1# tzdb data for North and Central America and environs 2 3# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 4# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 5 6# also includes Central America and the Caribbean 7 8# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 9# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 10# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see 11# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. 12 13# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22): 14# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 15# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 16 17############################################################################### 18 19# United States 20 21# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-31): 22# Howse writes (pp 121-125) that time zones were invented by 23# Professor Charles Ferdinand Dowd (1825-1904), 24# Principal of Temple Grove Ladies' Seminary (Saratoga Springs, NY). 25# His pamphlet "A System of National Time for Railroads" (1870) 26# was the result of his proposals at the Convention of Railroad Trunk Lines 27# in New York City (1869-10). His 1870 proposal was based on Washington, DC, 28# but in 1872-05 he moved the proposed origin to Greenwich. 29 30# From Paul Eggert (2018-03-20): 31# Dowd's proposal left many details unresolved, such as where to draw 32# lines between time zones. The key individual who made time zones 33# work in the US was William Frederick Allen - railway engineer, 34# managing editor of the Travelers' Guide, and secretary of the 35# General Time Convention, a railway standardization group. Allen 36# spent months in dialogs with scientific and railway leaders, 37# developed a workable plan to institute time zones, and presented it 38# to the General Time Convention on 1883-04-11, saying that his plan 39# meant "local time would be practically abolished" - a plus for 40# railway scheduling. By the next convention on 1883-10-11 nearly all 41# railroads had agreed and it took effect on 1883-11-18. That Sunday 42# was called the "day of two noons", as some locations observed noon 43# twice. Allen witnessed the transition in New York City, writing: 44# 45# I heard the bells of St. Paul's strike on the old time. Four 46# minutes later, obedient to the electrical signal from the Naval 47# Observatory ... the time-ball made its rapid descent, the chimes 48# of old Trinity rang twelve measured strokes, and local time was 49# abandoned, probably forever. 50# 51# Most of the US soon followed suit. See: 52# Bartky IR. The adoption of standard time. Technol Cult 1989 Jan;30(1):25-56. 53# https://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3105430 54 55# From Paul Eggert (2005-04-16): 56# That 1883 transition occurred at 12:00 new time, not at 12:00 old time. 57# See p 46 of David Prerau, Seize the daylight, Thunder's Mouth Press (2005). 58 59# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 60# A good source for time zone historical data in the US is 61# Thomas G. Shanks, The American Atlas (5th edition), 62# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). 63# Make sure you have the errata sheet; the book is somewhat useless without it. 64# It is the source for most of the pre-1991 US entries below. 65 66# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06): 67# Daylight Saving Time was first suggested as a joke by Benjamin Franklin 68# in his whimsical essay "An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost 69# of Light" published in the Journal de Paris (1784-04-26). 70# Not everyone is happy with the results: 71# 72# I don't really care how time is reckoned so long as there is some 73# agreement about it, but I object to being told that I am saving 74# daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind. 75# I even object to the implication that I am wasting something 76# valuable if I stay in bed after the sun has risen. As an admirer 77# of moonlight I resent the bossy insistence of those who want to 78# reduce my time for enjoying it. At the back of the Daylight Saving 79# scheme I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager 80# to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make 81# them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves. 82# 83# -- Robertson Davies, The diary of Samuel Marchbanks, 84# Clarke, Irwin (1947), XIX, Sunday 85# 86# For more about the first ten years of DST in the United States, see 87# Robert Garland, Ten years of daylight saving from the Pittsburgh standpoint 88# (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1927). 89# https://web.archive.org/web/20160517155308/http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/dst.html 90# 91# Shanks says that DST was called "War Time" in the US in 1918 and 1919. 92# However, DST was imposed by the Standard Time Act of 1918, which 93# was the first nationwide legal time standard, and apparently 94# time was just called "Standard Time" or "Daylight Saving Time". 95 96# From Paul Eggert (2019-06-04): 97# Here is the legal basis for the US federal rules. 98# * Public Law 65-106 (1918-03-19) implemented standard and daylight saving 99# time for the first time across the US, springing forward on March's last 100# Sunday and falling back on October's last Sunday. 101# https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/65th-congress/session-2/c65s2ch24.pdf 102# * Public Law 66-40 (1919-08-20) repealed DST on October 1919's last Sunday. 103# https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/66th-congress/session-1/c66s1ch51.pdf 104# * Public Law 77-403 (1942-01-20) started wartime DST on 1942-02-09. 105# https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/77th-congress/session-2/c77s2ch7.pdf 106# * Public Law 79-187 (1945-09-25) ended wartime DST on 1945-09-30. 107# https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/79th-congress/session-1/c79s1ch388.pdf 108# * Public Law 89-387 (1966-04-13) reinstituted a national standard for DST, 109# from April's last Sunday to October's last Sunday, effective 1967. 110# https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-80/pdf/STATUTE-80-Pg107.pdf 111# * Public Law 93-182 (1973-12-15) moved the 1974 spring-forward to 01-06. 112# https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-87/pdf/STATUTE-87-Pg707.pdf 113# * Public Law 93-434 (1974-10-05) moved the 1975 spring-forward to 114# February's last Sunday. 115# https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-88/pdf/STATUTE-88-Pg1209.pdf 116# * Public Law 99-359 (1986-07-08) moved the spring-forward to April's first 117# Sunday. 118# https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-100/pdf/STATUTE-100-Pg764.pdf 119# * Public Law 109-58 (2005-08-08), effective 2007, moved the spring-forward 120# to March's second Sunday and the fall-back to November's first Sunday. 121# https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-109publ58/pdf/PLAW-109publ58.pdf 122# All transitions are at 02:00 local time. 123 124# From Arthur David Olson: 125# Before the Uniform Time Act of 1966 took effect in 1967, observance of 126# Daylight Saving Time in the US was by local option, except during wartime. 127 128# From Arthur David Olson (2000-09-25): 129# Last night I heard part of a rebroadcast of a 1945 Arch Oboler radio drama. 130# In the introduction, Oboler spoke of "Eastern Peace Time." 131# An AltaVista search turned up: 132# https://web.archive.org/web/20000926032210/http://rowayton.org/rhs/hstaug45.html 133# "When the time is announced over the radio now, it is 'Eastern Peace 134# Time' instead of the old familiar 'Eastern War Time.' Peace is wonderful." 135# (August 1945) by way of confirmation. 136# 137# From Paul Eggert (2017-09-23): 138# This was the V-J Day issue of the Clamdigger, a Rowayton, CT newsletter. 139 140# From Joseph Gallant citing 141# George H. Douglas, _The Early Days of Radio Broadcasting_ (1987): 142# At 7 P.M. (Eastern War Time) [on 1945-08-14], the networks were set 143# to switch to London for Attlee's address, but the American people 144# never got to hear his speech live. According to one press account, 145# CBS' Bob Trout was first to announce the word of Japan's surrender, 146# but a few seconds later, NBC, ABC and Mutual also flashed the word 147# of surrender, all of whom interrupting the bells of Big Ben in 148# London which were to precede Mr. Attlee's speech. 149 150# From Paul Eggert (2003-02-09): It was Robert St John, not Bob Trout. From 151# Myrna Oliver's obituary of St John on page B16 of today's Los Angeles Times: 152# 153# ... a war-weary U.S. clung to radios, awaiting word of Japan's surrender. 154# Any announcement from Asia would reach St. John's New York newsroom on a 155# wire service teletype machine, which had prescribed signals for major news. 156# Associated Press, for example, would ring five bells before spewing out 157# typed copy of an important story, and 10 bells for news "of transcendental 158# importance." 159# 160# On Aug. 14, stalling while talking steadily into the NBC networks' open 161# microphone, St. John heard five bells and waited only to hear a sixth bell, 162# before announcing confidently: "Ladies and gentlemen, World War II is over. 163# The Japanese have agreed to our surrender terms." 164# 165# He had scored a 20-second scoop on other broadcasters. 166 167# From Arthur David Olson (2005-08-22): 168# Paul has been careful to use the "US" rules only in those locations 169# that are part of the United States; this reflects the real scope of 170# U.S. government action. So even though the "US" rules have changed 171# in the latest release, other countries won't be affected. 172 173# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 174Rule US 1918 1919 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 175Rule US 1918 1919 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 176Rule US 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War 177Rule US 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace 178Rule US 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S 179Rule US 1967 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 180Rule US 1967 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 181Rule US 1974 only - Jan 6 2:00 1:00 D 182Rule US 1975 only - Feb lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 183Rule US 1976 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 184Rule US 1987 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 185Rule US 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D 186Rule US 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S 187 188# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): 189# USA EASTERN 5 H BEHIND UTC NEW YORK, WASHINGTON 190# USA EASTERN 4 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 191# USA CENTRAL 6 H BEHIND UTC CHICAGO, HOUSTON 192# USA CENTRAL 5 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 193# USA MOUNTAIN 7 H BEHIND UTC DENVER 194# USA MOUNTAIN 6 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 195# USA PACIFIC 8 H BEHIND UTC L.A., SAN FRANCISCO 196# USA PACIFIC 7 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 197# USA ALASKA STD 9 H BEHIND UTC MOST OF ALASKA (AKST) 198# USA ALASKA STD 8 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 (AKDT) 199# USA ALEUTIAN 10 H BEHIND UTC ISLANDS WEST OF 170W 200# USA " 9 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 201# USA HAWAII 10 H BEHIND UTC 202# USA BERING 11 H BEHIND UTC SAMOA, MIDWAY 203 204# From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-21): 205# The above dates are for 1988. 206# Note the "AKST" and "AKDT" abbreviations, the claim that there's 207# no DST in Samoa, and the claim that there is DST in Alaska and the 208# Aleutians. 209 210# From Arthur David Olson (1988-02-13): 211# Legal standard time zone names, from United States Code (1982 Edition and 212# Supplement III), Title 15, Chapter 6, Section 260 and forward. First, names 213# up to 1967-04-01 (when most provisions of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 214# took effect), as explained in sections 263 and 261: 215# (none) 216# United States standard eastern time 217# United States standard mountain time 218# United States standard central time 219# United States standard Pacific time 220# (none) 221# United States standard Alaska time 222# (none) 223# Next, names from 1967-04-01 until 1983-11-30 (the date for 224# public law 98-181): 225# Atlantic standard time 226# eastern standard time 227# central standard time 228# mountain standard time 229# Pacific standard time 230# Yukon standard time 231# Alaska-Hawaii standard time 232# Bering standard time 233# And after 1983-11-30: 234# Atlantic standard time 235# eastern standard time 236# central standard time 237# mountain standard time 238# Pacific standard time 239# Alaska standard time 240# Hawaii-Aleutian standard time 241# Samoa standard time 242# The law doesn't give abbreviations. 243# 244# From Paul Eggert (2016-12-19): 245# Here are URLs for the 1918 and 1966 legislation: 246# http://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=40&page=451 247# http://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=80&page=108 248# Although the 1918 names were officially "United States Standard 249# Eastern Time" and similarly for "Central", "Mountain", "Pacific", 250# and "Alaska", in practice "Standard" was placed just before "Time", 251# as codified in 1966. In practice, Alaska time was abbreviated "AST" 252# before 1968. Summarizing the 1967 name changes: 253# 1918 names 1967 names 254# -08 Standard Pacific Time (PST) Pacific standard time (PST) 255# -09 (unofficial) Yukon (YST) Yukon standard time (YST) 256# -10 Standard Alaska Time (AST) Alaska-Hawaii standard time (AHST) 257# -11 (unofficial) Nome (NST) Bering standard time (BST) 258# 259# From Paul Eggert (2023-01-23), from a 2001-01-08 heads-up from Rives McDow: 260# Public law 106-564 (2000-12-23) introduced "Chamorro standard time" 261# for time in Guam and the Northern Marianas. See the file "australasia". 262# Also see 15 U.S.C. §263 <https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/263>. 263# 264# From Paul Eggert (2015-04-17): 265# HST and HDT are standardized abbreviations for Hawaii-Aleutian 266# standard and daylight times. See section 9.47 (p 234) of the 267# U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual (2008) 268# https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008/pdf/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008.pdf 269 270# From Arthur David Olson, 2005-08-09 271# The following was signed into law on 2005-08-08. 272# 273# H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act of 2005, SEC. 110. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS. 274# (a) Amendment.--Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 275# U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended-- 276# (1) by striking "first Sunday of April" and inserting "second 277# Sunday of March"; and 278# (2) by striking "last Sunday of October" and inserting "first 279# Sunday of November'. 280# (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the 281# date of enactment of this Act or March 1, 2007, whichever is later. 282# (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 9 months after the effective 283# date stated in subsection (b), the Secretary shall report to Congress 284# on the impact of this section on energy consumption in the United 285# States. 286# (d) Right to Revert.--Congress retains the right to revert the 287# Daylight Saving Time back to the 2005 time schedules once the 288# Department study is complete. 289 290# US eastern time, represented by New York 291 292# Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, most of Florida, 293# Georgia, southeast Indiana (Dearborn and Ohio counties), eastern Kentucky 294# (except America/Kentucky/Louisville below), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, 295# New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, 296# Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, eastern Tennessee, 297# Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia 298 299# From Dave Cantor (2004-11-02): 300# Early this summer I had the occasion to visit the Mount Washington 301# Observatory weather station atop (of course!) Mount Washington [, NH].... 302# One of the staff members said that the station was on Eastern Standard Time 303# and didn't change their clocks for Daylight Saving ... so that their 304# reports will always have times which are 5 hours behind UTC. 305 306# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-26): 307# According to today's Huntsville Times 308# http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1125047783228320.xml&coll=1 309# a few towns on Alabama's "eastern border with Georgia, such as Phenix City 310# in Russell County, Lanett in Chambers County and some towns in Lee County, 311# set their watches and clocks on Eastern time." It quotes H.H. "Bubba" 312# Roberts, city administrator in Phenix City. as saying "We are in the Central 313# time zone, but we do go by the Eastern time zone because so many people work 314# in Columbus." 315# 316# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-22): 317# Four cities are involved. The two not mentioned above are Smiths Station 318# and Valley. Barbara Brooks, Valley's assistant treasurer, heard it started 319# because West Point Pepperell textile mills were in Alabama while the 320# corporate office was in Georgia, and residents voted to keep Eastern 321# time even after the mills closed. See: Kazek K. Did you know which 322# Alabama towns are in a different time zone? al.com 2017-02-06. 323# http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2017/02/do_you_know_which_alabama_town.html 324 325# From Paul Eggert (2014-09-06): 326# Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 44, 4 (1884-02-08), 208 327# says that New York City Hall time was 3 minutes 58.4 seconds fast of 328# Eastern time (i.e., -4:56:01.6) just before the 1883 switch. 329 330# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER 331Rule NYC 1920 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 332Rule NYC 1920 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 333Rule NYC 1921 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 334Rule NYC 1921 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 335Rule NYC 1955 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 336# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 337 #STDOFF -4:56:01.6 338Zone America/New_York -4:56:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 17:00u 339 -5:00 US E%sT 1920 340 -5:00 NYC E%sT 1942 341 -5:00 US E%sT 1946 342 -5:00 NYC E%sT 1967 343 -5:00 US E%sT 344 345# US central time, represented by Chicago 346 347# Alabama, Arkansas, Florida panhandle (Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, 348# Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, and 349# Washington counties), Illinois, western Indiana 350# (Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer, 351# Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties), Iowa, most of Kansas, western 352# Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, eastern 353# Nebraska, eastern North Dakota, Oklahoma, eastern South Dakota, 354# western Tennessee, most of Texas, Wisconsin 355 356# From Paul Eggert (2018-01-07): 357# In 1869 the Chicago Astronomical Society contracted with the city to keep 358# time. Though delayed by the Great Fire, by 1880 a wire ran from the 359# Dearborn Observatory (on the University of Chicago campus) to City Hall, 360# which then sent signals to police and fire stations. However, railroads got 361# their time signals from the Allegheny Observatory, the Madison Observatory, 362# the Ann Arbor Observatory, etc., so their clocks did not agree with each 363# other or with the city's official time. The confusion took some years to 364# clear up. See: 365# Moser M. How Chicago gave America its time zones. Chicago. 2018-01-04. 366# http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/January-2018/How-Chicago-Gave-America-Its-Time-Zones/ 367 368# From Larry M. Smith (2006-04-26) re Wisconsin: 369# https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/175.pdf 370# is currently enforced at the 01:00 time of change. Because the local 371# "bar time" in the state corresponds to 02:00, a number of citations 372# are issued for the "sale of class 'B' alcohol after prohibited 373# hours" within the deviated hour of this change every year.... 374# 375# From Douglas R. Bomberg (2007-03-12): 376# Wisconsin has enacted (nearly eleventh-hour) legislation to get WI 377# Statue 175 closer in synch with the US Congress' intent.... 378# https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2007/related/acts/3 379 380# From an email administrator of the City of Fort Pierre, SD (2015-12-21): 381# Fort Pierre is technically located in the Mountain time zone as is 382# the rest of Stanley County. Most of Stanley County and Fort Pierre 383# uses the Central time zone due to doing most of their business in 384# Pierre so it simplifies schedules. I have lived in Stanley County 385# all my life and it has been that way since I can remember. (43 years!) 386# 387# From Paul Eggert (2015-12-25): 388# Assume this practice predates 1970, so Fort Pierre can use America/Chicago. 389 390# From Paul Eggert (2015-04-06): 391# In 1950s Nashville a public clock had dueling faces, one for conservatives 392# and the other for liberals; the two sides didn't agree about the time of day. 393# I haven't found a photo of this clock, nor have I tracked down the TIME 394# magazine report cited below, but here's the story as told by the late 395# American journalist John Seigenthaler, who was there: 396# 397# "The two [newspaper] owners held strongly contrasting political and 398# ideological views. Evans was a New South liberal, Stahlman an Old South 399# conservative, and their two papers frequently clashed editorially, often on 400# the same day.... In the 1950s as the state legislature was grappling with 401# the question of whether to approve daylight saving time for the entire state, 402# TIME magazine reported: 403# 404# "'The Nashville Banner and The Nashville Tennessean rarely agree on anything 405# but the time of day - and last week they couldn't agree on that.' 406# 407# "It was all too true. The clock on the front of the building had two faces - 408# The Tennessean side of the building facing west, the other, east. When it 409# was high noon Banner time, it was 11 a.m. Tennessean time." 410# 411# Seigenthaler J. For 100 years, Tennessean had it covered. 412# The Tennessean 2007-05-11, republished 2015-04-06. 413# https://www.tennessean.com/story/insider/extras/2015/04/06/archives-seigenthaler-for-100-years-the-tennessean-had-it-covered/25348545/ 414 415# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER 416Rule Chicago 1920 only - Jun 13 2:00 1:00 D 417Rule Chicago 1920 1921 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 418Rule Chicago 1921 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 419Rule Chicago 1922 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 420Rule Chicago 1922 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 421Rule Chicago 1955 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 422# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 423Zone America/Chicago -5:50:36 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 18:00u 424 -6:00 US C%sT 1920 425 -6:00 Chicago C%sT 1936 Mar 1 2:00 426 -5:00 - EST 1936 Nov 15 2:00 427 -6:00 Chicago C%sT 1942 428 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 429 -6:00 Chicago C%sT 1967 430 -6:00 US C%sT 431# Oliver County, ND switched from mountain to central time on 1992-10-25. 432Zone America/North_Dakota/Center -6:45:12 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 19:00u 433 -7:00 US M%sT 1992 Oct 25 2:00 434 -6:00 US C%sT 435# Morton County, ND, switched from mountain to central time on 436# 2003-10-26, except for the area around Mandan which was already central time. 437# See <http://dmses.dot.gov/docimages/p63/135818.pdf>. 438# Officially this switch also included part of Sioux County, and 439# Jones, Mellette, and Todd Counties in South Dakota; 440# but in practice these other counties were already observing central time. 441# See <http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2003/October/Day-28/i27056.htm>. 442Zone America/North_Dakota/New_Salem -6:45:39 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 19:00u 443 -7:00 US M%sT 2003 Oct 26 2:00 444 -6:00 US C%sT 445 446# From Josh Findley (2011-01-21): 447# ...it appears that Mercer County, North Dakota, changed from the 448# mountain time zone to the central time zone at the last transition from 449# daylight-saving to standard time (on Nov. 7, 2010): 450# https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-09-29/html/2010-24376.htm 451# http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/local/article_1eb1b588-c758-11df-b472-001cc4c03286.html 452 453# From Andy Lipscomb (2011-01-24): 454# ...according to the Census Bureau, the largest city is Beulah (although 455# it's commonly referred to as Beulah-Hazen, with Hazen being the next 456# largest city in Mercer County). Google Maps places Beulah's city hall 457# at 47° 15' 51" N, 101° 46' 40" W, which yields an offset of 6h47'07". 458 459Zone America/North_Dakota/Beulah -6:47:07 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 19:00u 460 -7:00 US M%sT 2010 Nov 7 2:00 461 -6:00 US C%sT 462 463# US mountain time, represented by Denver 464# 465# Colorado, far western Kansas, Montana, western 466# Nebraska, Nevada border (Jackpot, Owyhee, and Mountain City), 467# New Mexico, southwestern North Dakota, 468# western South Dakota, far western Texas (El Paso County, Hudspeth County, 469# and Pine Springs and Nickel Creek in Culberson County), Utah, Wyoming 470# 471# From Paul Eggert (2018-10-25): 472# On 1921-03-04 federal law placed all of Texas into the central time zone. 473# However, El Paso ignored the law for decades and continued to observe 474# mountain time, on the grounds that that's what they had always done 475# and they weren't about to let the federal government tell them what to do. 476# Eventually the federal government gave in and changed the law on 477# 1970-04-10 to match what El Paso was actually doing. Although 478# that's slightly after our 1970 cutoff, there is no need to create a 479# separate zone for El Paso since they were ignoring the law anyway. See: 480# Long T. El Pasoans were time rebels, fought to stay in Mountain zone. 481# El Paso Times. 2018-10-24 06:40 -06. 482# https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/el-paso/2018/10/24/el-pasoans-were-time-rebels-fought-stay-mountain-zone/1744509002/ 483# 484# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER 485Rule Denver 1920 1921 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 486Rule Denver 1920 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 487Rule Denver 1921 only - May 22 2:00 0 S 488Rule Denver 1965 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 489Rule Denver 1965 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 490# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 491Zone America/Denver -6:59:56 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 19:00u 492 -7:00 US M%sT 1920 493 -7:00 Denver M%sT 1942 494 -7:00 US M%sT 1946 495 -7:00 Denver M%sT 1967 496 -7:00 US M%sT 497 498# US Pacific time, represented by Los Angeles 499# 500# California, northern Idaho (Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, 501# Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, and Shoshone counties, Idaho county 502# north of the Salmon River, and the towns of Burgdorf and Warren), 503# Nevada (except West Wendover), Oregon (except the northern ¾ of 504# Malheur county), and Washington 505 506# From Paul Eggert (2016-08-20): 507# In early February 1948, in response to California's electricity shortage, 508# PG&E changed power frequency from 60 to 59.5 Hz during daylight hours, 509# causing electric clocks to lose six minutes per day. (This did not change 510# legal time, and is not part of the data here.) See: 511# Ross SA. An energy crisis from the past: Northern California in 1948. 512# Working Paper No. 8, Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley, 513# 1973-11. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8x22k30c 514# 515# In another measure to save electricity, DST was instituted from 1948-03-14 516# at 02:01 to 1949-01-16 at 02:00, with the governor having the option to move 517# the fallback transition earlier. See pages 3-4 of: 518# http://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/sites/clerk.assembly.ca.gov/files/archive/Statutes/1948/48Vol1_Chapters.pdf 519# 520# In response: 521# 522# Governor Warren received a torrent of objecting mail, and it is not too much 523# to speculate that the objections to Daylight Saving Time were one important 524# factor in the defeat of the Dewey-Warren Presidential ticket in California. 525# -- Ross, p 25 526# 527# On December 8 the governor exercised the option, setting the date to January 1 528# (LA Times 1948-12-09). The transition time was 02:00 (LA Times 1949-01-01). 529# 530# Despite the controversy, in 1949 California voters approved Proposition 12, 531# which established DST from April's last Sunday at 01:00 until September's 532# last Sunday at 02:00. This was amended by 1962's Proposition 6, which changed 533# the fall-back date to October's last Sunday. See: 534# https://repository.uchastings.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1501&context=ca_ballot_props 535# https://repository.uchastings.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1636&context=ca_ballot_props 536# 537# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER 538Rule CA 1948 only - Mar 14 2:01 1:00 D 539Rule CA 1949 only - Jan 1 2:00 0 S 540Rule CA 1950 1966 - Apr lastSun 1:00 1:00 D 541Rule CA 1950 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 542Rule CA 1962 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 543# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 544Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 20:00u 545 -8:00 US P%sT 1946 546 -8:00 CA P%sT 1967 547 -8:00 US P%sT 548 549# Alaska 550# AK%sT is the modern abbreviation for -09 per USNO. 551# 552# From Paul Eggert (2017-06-15): 553# Howse writes that Alaska switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, 554# and from east-of-GMT to west-of-GMT days, when the US bought it from Russia. 555# On Friday, 1867-10-18 (Gregorian), at precisely 15:30 local time, the 556# Russian forts and fleet at Sitka fired salutes to mark the ceremony of 557# formal transfer. See the Sacramento Daily Union (1867-11-14), p 3, col 2. 558# https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18671114.2.12.1 559# Sitka workers did not change their calendars until Sunday, 1867-10-20, 560# and so celebrated two Sundays that week. See: Ahllund T (tr Hallamaa P). 561# From the memoirs of a Finnish workman. Alaska History. 2006 Fall;21(2):1-25. 562# http://alaskahistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Ahllund-2006-Memoirs-of-a-Finnish-Workman.pdf 563# Include only the time zone part of this transition, ignoring the switch 564# from Julian to Gregorian, since we can't represent the Julian calendar. 565# 566# As far as we know, of the locations mentioned below only Sitka was 567# permanently inhabited in 1867 by anyone using either calendar. 568# (Yakutat was colonized by the Russians in 1799, but the settlement was 569# destroyed in 1805 by a Yakutat-kon war party.) Many of Alaska's inhabitants 570# were unaware of the US acquisition of Alaska, much less of any calendar or 571# time change. However, the Russian-influenced part of Alaska did observe 572# Russian time, and it is more accurate to model this than to ignore it. 573# The database format requires an exact transition time; use the Russian 574# salute as a somewhat-arbitrary time for the formal transfer of control for 575# all of Alaska. Sitka's UTC offset is -9:01:13; adjust its 15:30 to the 576# local times of other Alaskan locations so that they change simultaneously. 577 578# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-18): 579# One opinion of the early 1980s turmoil in Alaska over time zones and 580# daylight saving time appeared as graffiti on a Juneau airport wall: 581# "Welcome to Juneau. Please turn your watch back to the 19th century." 582# See: Turner W. Alaska's four time zones now two. NY Times 1983-11-01. 583# http://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/01/us/alaska-s-four-time-zones-now-two.html 584# 585# Steve Ferguson (2011-01-31) referred to the following source: 586# Norris F. Keeping time in Alaska: national directives, local response. 587# Alaska History 2001;16(1-2). 588# http://alaskahistoricalsociety.org/discover-alaska/glimpses-of-the-past/keeping-time-in-alaska/ 589 590# From Arthur David Olson (2011-02-01): 591# Here's database-relevant material from the 2001 "Alaska History" article: 592# 593# On September 20 [1979]...DOT...officials decreed that on April 27, 594# 1980, Juneau and other nearby communities would move to Yukon Time. 595# Sitka, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan, however, would remain on 596# Pacific Time. 597# 598# ...on September 22, 1980, DOT Secretary Neil E. Goldschmidt rescinded the 599# Department's September 1979 decision. Juneau and other communities in 600# northern Southeast reverted to Pacific Time on October 26. 601# 602# On October 28 [1983]...the Metlakatla Indian Community Council voted 603# unanimously to keep the reservation on Pacific Time. 604# 605# According to DOT official Joanne Petrie, Indian reservations are not 606# bound to follow time zones imposed by neighboring jurisdictions. 607# 608# (The last is consistent with how the database now handles the Navajo 609# Nation.) 610 611# From Arthur David Olson (2011-02-09): 612# I just spoke by phone with a staff member at the Metlakatla Indian 613# Community office (using contact information available at 614# http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_name=Metlakatla 615# It's shortly after 1:00 here on the east coast of the United States; 616# the staffer said it was shortly after 10:00 there. When I asked whether 617# that meant they were on Pacific time, they said no - they were on their 618# own time. I asked about daylight saving; they said it wasn't used. I 619# did not inquire about practices in the past. 620 621# From Arthur David Olson (2011-08-17): 622# For lack of better information, assume that Metlakatla's 623# abandonment of use of daylight saving resulted from the 1983 vote. 624 625# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-11-09): 626# It seems Metlakatla did go off PST on Sunday, November 1, changing 627# their time to AKST and are going to follow Alaska's DST, switching 628# between AKST and AKDT from now on.... 629# https://www.krbd.org/2015/10/30/annette-island-times-they-are-a-changing/ 630 631# From Ryan Stanley (2018-11-06): 632# The Metlakatla community in Alaska has decided not to change its 633# clock back an hour starting on November 4th, 2018 (day before yesterday). 634# They will be gmtoff=-28800 year-round. 635# https://www.facebook.com/141055983004923/photos/pb.141055983004923.-2207520000.1541465673./569081370202380/ 636 637# From Paul Eggert (2018-12-16): 638# In a 2018-12-11 special election, Metlakatla voted to go back to 639# Alaska time (including daylight saving time) starting next year. 640# https://www.krbd.org/2018/12/12/metlakatla-to-follow-alaska-standard-time-allow-liquor-sales/ 641# 642# From Ryan Stanley (2019-01-11): 643# The community will be changing back on the 20th of this month... 644# From Tim Parenti (2019-01-11): 645# Per an announcement on the Metlakatla community's official Facebook page, the 646# "fall back" will be on Sunday 2019-01-20 at 02:00: 647# https://www.facebook.com/141055983004923/photos/607150969728753/ 648# So they won't be waiting for Alaska to join them on 2019-03-10, but will 649# rather change their clocks twice in seven weeks. 650 651# From Paul Eggert (2023-01-23): 652# America/Adak is for the Aleutian Islands that are part of Alaska 653# and are west of 169.5° W. 654 655# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 656Zone America/Juneau 15:02:19 - LMT 1867 Oct 19 15:33:32 657 -8:57:41 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 658 -8:00 - PST 1942 659 -8:00 US P%sT 1946 660 -8:00 - PST 1969 661 -8:00 US P%sT 1980 Apr 27 2:00 662 -9:00 US Y%sT 1980 Oct 26 2:00 663 -8:00 US P%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 664 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Nov 30 665 -9:00 US AK%sT 666Zone America/Sitka 14:58:47 - LMT 1867 Oct 19 15:30 667 -9:01:13 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 668 -8:00 - PST 1942 669 -8:00 US P%sT 1946 670 -8:00 - PST 1969 671 -8:00 US P%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 672 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Nov 30 673 -9:00 US AK%sT 674Zone America/Metlakatla 15:13:42 - LMT 1867 Oct 19 15:44:55 675 -8:46:18 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 676 -8:00 - PST 1942 677 -8:00 US P%sT 1946 678 -8:00 - PST 1969 679 -8:00 US P%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 680 -8:00 - PST 2015 Nov 1 2:00 681 -9:00 US AK%sT 2018 Nov 4 2:00 682 -8:00 - PST 2019 Jan 20 2:00 683 -9:00 US AK%sT 684Zone America/Yakutat 14:41:05 - LMT 1867 Oct 19 15:12:18 685 -9:18:55 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 686 -9:00 - YST 1942 687 -9:00 US Y%sT 1946 688 -9:00 - YST 1969 689 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Nov 30 690 -9:00 US AK%sT 691Zone America/Anchorage 14:00:24 - LMT 1867 Oct 19 14:31:37 692 -9:59:36 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 693 -10:00 - AST 1942 694 -10:00 US A%sT 1967 Apr 695 -10:00 - AHST 1969 696 -10:00 US AH%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 697 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Nov 30 698 -9:00 US AK%sT 699Zone America/Nome 12:58:22 - LMT 1867 Oct 19 13:29:35 700 -11:01:38 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 701 -11:00 - NST 1942 702 -11:00 US N%sT 1946 703 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr 704 -11:00 - BST 1969 705 -11:00 US B%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 706 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Nov 30 707 -9:00 US AK%sT 708Zone America/Adak 12:13:22 - LMT 1867 Oct 19 12:44:35 709 -11:46:38 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 710 -11:00 - NST 1942 711 -11:00 US N%sT 1946 712 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr 713 -11:00 - BST 1969 714 -11:00 US B%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 715 -10:00 US AH%sT 1983 Nov 30 716 -10:00 US H%sT 717# The following switches don't make our 1970 cutoff. 718# 719# Kiska observed Tokyo date and time during Japanese occupation from 720# 1942-06-06 to 1943-07-29, and similarly for Attu from 1942-06-07 to 721# 1943-05-29 (all dates American). Both islands are now uninhabited. 722# 723# Shanks writes that part of southwest Alaska (e.g. Aniak) 724# switched from -11:00 to -10:00 on 1968-09-22 at 02:00, 725# and another part (e.g. Akiak) made the same switch five weeks later. 726# 727# From David Flater (2004-11-09): 728# In e-mail, 2004-11-02, Ray Hudson, historian/liaison to the Unalaska 729# Historic Preservation Commission, provided this information, which 730# suggests that Unalaska deviated from statutory time from early 1967 731# possibly until 1983: 732# 733# Minutes of the Unalaska City Council Meeting, January 10, 1967: 734# "Except for St. Paul and Akutan, Unalaska is the only important 735# location not on Alaska Standard Time. The following resolution was 736# made by William Robinson and seconded by Henry Swanson: Be it 737# resolved that the City of Unalaska hereby goes to Alaska Standard 738# Time as of midnight Friday, January 13, 1967 (1 A.M. Saturday, 739# January 14, Alaska Standard Time.) This resolution was passed with 740# three votes for and one against." 741 742# Hawaii 743 744# From Arthur David Olson (2010-12-09): 745# "Hawaiian Time" by Robert C. Schmitt and Doak C. Cox appears on pages 207-225 746# of volume 26 of The Hawaiian Journal of History (1992). As of 2010-12-09, 747# the article is available at 748# https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/239/2/JL26215.pdf 749# and indicates that standard time was adopted effective noon, January 750# 13, 1896 (page 218), that in "1933, the Legislature decreed daylight 751# saving for the period between the last Sunday of each April and the 752# last Sunday of each September, but less than a month later repealed the 753# act," (page 220), that year-round daylight saving time was in effect 754# from 1942-02-09 to 1945-09-30 (page 221, with no time of day given for 755# when clocks changed) and that clocks were changed by 30 minutes 756# effective the second Sunday of June, 1947 (page 219, with no time of 757# day given for when clocks changed). A footnote for the 1933 changes 758# cites Session Laws of Hawaii 1933, "Act. 90 (approved 26 Apr. 1933) 759# and Act 163 (approved 21 May 1933)." 760 761# From Arthur David Olson (2011-01-19): 762# The following is from "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the 763# Seventeenth Legislature: Regular Session 1933," available (as of 764# 2011-01-19) at American University's Pence Law Library. Page 85: "Act 765# 90...At 2 o'clock ante meridian of the last Sunday in April of each 766# year, the standard time of this Territory shall be advanced one 767# hour...This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved this 26th 768# day of April, A. D. 1933. LAWRENCE M JUDD, Governor of the Territory of 769# Hawaii." Page 172: "Act 163...Act 90 of the Session Laws of 1933 is 770# hereby repealed...This Act shall take effect upon its approval, upon 771# which date the standard time of this Territory shall be restored to 772# that existing immediately prior to the taking effect of said Act 90. 773# Approved this 21st day of May, A. D. 1933. LAWRENCE M. JUDD, Governor 774# of the Territory of Hawaii." 775# 776# Note that 1933-05-21 was a Sunday. 777# We're left to guess the time of day when Act 163 was approved; guess noon. 778 779# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 780Zone Pacific/Honolulu -10:31:26 - LMT 1896 Jan 13 12:00 781 -10:30 - HST 1933 Apr 30 2:00 782 -10:30 1:00 HDT 1933 May 21 12:00 783 -10:30 US H%sT 1947 Jun 8 2:00 784 -10:00 - HST 785 786# Now we turn to US areas that have diverged from the consensus since 1970. 787 788# Arizona mostly uses MST. 789 790# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-20): 791# 792# The information in the rest of this paragraph is derived from the 793# Daylight Saving Time web page 794# <http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/links/daylight.htm> (2002-01-23) 795# maintained by the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. 796# Between 1944-01-01 and 1944-04-01 the State of Arizona used standard 797# time, but by federal law railroads, airlines, bus lines, military 798# personnel, and some engaged in interstate commerce continued to 799# observe war (i.e., daylight saving) time. The 1944-03-17 Phoenix 800# Gazette says that was the date the law changed, and that 04-01 was 801# the date the state's clocks would change. In 1945 the State of 802# Arizona used standard time all year, again with exceptions only as 803# mandated by federal law. Arizona observed DST in 1967, but Arizona 804# Laws 1968, ch. 183 (effective 1968-03-21) repealed DST. 805# 806# Shanks says the 1944 experiment came to an end on 1944-03-17. 807# Go with the Arizona State Library instead. 808 809# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 810Zone America/Phoenix -7:28:18 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 19:00u 811 -7:00 US M%sT 1944 Jan 1 0:01 812 -7:00 - MST 1944 Apr 1 0:01 813 -7:00 US M%sT 1944 Oct 1 0:01 814 -7:00 - MST 1967 815 -7:00 US M%sT 1968 Mar 21 816 -7:00 - MST 817 818# From Arthur David Olson (1988-02-13): 819# A writer from the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., 820# notes in private correspondence dated 1987-12-28 that "Presently, only the 821# Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, due to its 822# large size and location in three states." (The "only" means that other 823# tribal nations don't use DST.) 824# 825# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-26): 826# See America/Denver for a zone appropriate for the Navajo Nation. 827 828# Southern Idaho (Ada, Adams, Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine, 829# Boise, Bonneville, Butte, Camas, Canyon, Caribou, Cassia, Clark, 830# Custer, Elmore, Franklin, Fremont, Gem, Gooding, Jefferson, Jerome, 831# Lemhi, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka, Oneida, Owyhee, Payette, Power, 832# Teton, Twin Falls, Valley, Washington counties, and the southern 833# quarter of Idaho county) and eastern Oregon (most of Malheur County) 834# switched four weeks late in 1974. 835# 836# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 837Zone America/Boise -7:44:49 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 20:00u 838 -8:00 US P%sT 1923 May 13 2:00 839 -7:00 US M%sT 1974 840 -7:00 - MST 1974 Feb 3 2:00 841 -7:00 US M%sT 842 843# Indiana 844# 845# For a map of Indiana's time zone regions, see: 846# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Indiana 847# 848# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-30): 849# A brief but entertaining history of time in Indiana describes a 1949 debate 850# in the Indiana House where city legislators (who favored "fast time") 851# tussled with farm legislators (who didn't) over a bill to outlaw DST: 852# "Lacking enough votes, the city faction tries to filibuster until time runs 853# out on the session at midnight, but rural champion Rep. Herbert Copeland, 854# R-Madison, leans over the gallery railing and forces the official clock 855# back to 9 p.m., breaking it in the process. The clock sticks on 9 as the 856# debate rages on into the night. The filibuster finally dies out and the 857# bill passes, while outside the chamber, clocks read 3:30 a.m. In the end, 858# it doesn't matter which side won. The law has no enforcement powers and 859# is simply ignored by fast-time communities." 860# How Indiana went from 'God's time' to split zones and daylight-saving. 861# Indianapolis Star. 2018-11-27 14:58 -05. 862# https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/27/indianapolis-indiana-time-zone-history-central-eastern-daylight-savings-time/2126300002/ 863# 864# From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17): 865# Since 1970, most of Indiana has been like America/Indiana/Indianapolis, 866# with the following exceptions: 867# 868# - Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer, 869# Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties have been like America/Chicago. 870# 871# - Dearborn and Ohio counties have been like America/New_York. 872# 873# - Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties have been like 874# America/Kentucky/Louisville. 875# 876# - Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Starke, 877# and Switzerland counties have their own time zone histories as noted below. 878# 879# Shanks partitioned Indiana into 345 regions, each with its own time history, 880# and wrote "Even newspaper reports present contradictory information." 881# Those Hoosiers! Such a flighty and changeable people! 882# Fortunately, most of the complexity occurred before our cutoff date of 1970. 883# 884# Other than Indianapolis, the Indiana place names are so nondescript 885# that they would be ambiguous if we left them at the 'America' level. 886# So we reluctantly put them all in a subdirectory 'America/Indiana'. 887 888# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-26): 889# https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2006/01/20/06-563/standard-time-zone-boundary-in-the-state-of-indiana 890# says "DOT is relocating the time zone boundary in Indiana to move Starke, 891# Pulaski, Knox, Daviess, Martin, Pike, Dubois, and Perry Counties from the 892# Eastern Time Zone to the Central Time Zone.... The effective date of 893# this rule is 2 a.m. EST Sunday, April 2, 2006, which is the 894# changeover date from standard time to Daylight Saving Time." 895# Strictly speaking, this meant the affected counties changed their 896# clocks twice that night, but this obviously was in error. The intent 897# was that 01:59:59 EST be followed by 02:00:00 CDT. 898 899# From Gwillim Law (2007-02-10): 900# The Associated Press has been reporting that Pulaski County, Indiana is 901# going to switch from Central to Eastern Time on March 11, 2007.... 902# http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070207/LOCAL190108/702070524/0/LOCAL 903 904# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER 905Rule Indianapolis 1941 only - Jun 22 2:00 1:00 D 906Rule Indianapolis 1941 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 907Rule Indianapolis 1946 1954 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 908# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 909Zone America/Indiana/Indianapolis -5:44:38 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 18:00u 910 -6:00 US C%sT 1920 911 -6:00 Indianapolis C%sT 1942 912 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 913 -6:00 Indianapolis C%sT 1955 Apr 24 2:00 914 -5:00 - EST 1957 Sep 29 2:00 915 -6:00 - CST 1958 Apr 27 2:00 916 -5:00 - EST 1969 917 -5:00 US E%sT 1971 918 -5:00 - EST 2006 919 -5:00 US E%sT 920# 921# Eastern Crawford County, Indiana, left its clocks alone in 1974, 922# as well as from 1976 through 2005. 923# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER 924Rule Marengo 1951 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 925Rule Marengo 1951 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 926Rule Marengo 1954 1960 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 927Rule Marengo 1954 1960 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 928# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 929Zone America/Indiana/Marengo -5:45:23 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 18:00u 930 -6:00 US C%sT 1951 931 -6:00 Marengo C%sT 1961 Apr 30 2:00 932 -5:00 - EST 1969 933 -5:00 US E%sT 1974 Jan 6 2:00 934 -6:00 1:00 CDT 1974 Oct 27 2:00 935 -5:00 US E%sT 1976 936 -5:00 - EST 2006 937 -5:00 US E%sT 938# 939# Daviess, Dubois, Knox, and Martin Counties, Indiana, 940# switched from eastern to central time in April 2006, then switched back 941# in November 2007. 942# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER 943Rule Vincennes 1946 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 944Rule Vincennes 1946 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 945Rule Vincennes 1953 1954 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 946Rule Vincennes 1953 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 947Rule Vincennes 1955 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 948Rule Vincennes 1956 1963 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 949Rule Vincennes 1960 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 950Rule Vincennes 1961 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 951Rule Vincennes 1962 1963 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 952# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 953Zone America/Indiana/Vincennes -5:50:07 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 18:00u 954 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 955 -6:00 Vincennes C%sT 1964 Apr 26 2:00 956 -5:00 - EST 1969 957 -5:00 US E%sT 1971 958 -5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00 959 -6:00 US C%sT 2007 Nov 4 2:00 960 -5:00 US E%sT 961# 962# Perry County, Indiana, switched from eastern to central time in April 2006. 963# From Alois Treindl (2019-07-09): 964# The Indianapolis News, Friday 27 October 1967 states that Perry County 965# returned to CST. It went again to EST on 27 April 1969, as documented by the 966# Indianapolis star of Saturday 26 April. 967# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER 968Rule Perry 1955 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 969Rule Perry 1955 1960 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 970Rule Perry 1956 1963 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 971Rule Perry 1961 1963 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 972# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 973Zone America/Indiana/Tell_City -5:47:03 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 18:00u 974 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 975 -6:00 Perry C%sT 1964 Apr 26 2:00 976 -5:00 - EST 1967 Oct 29 2:00 977 -6:00 US C%sT 1969 Apr 27 2:00 978 -5:00 US E%sT 1971 979 -5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00 980 -6:00 US C%sT 981# 982# Pike County, Indiana moved from central to eastern time in 1977, 983# then switched back in 2006, then switched back again in 2007. 984# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER 985Rule Pike 1955 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 986Rule Pike 1955 1960 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 987Rule Pike 1956 1964 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 988Rule Pike 1961 1964 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 989# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 990Zone America/Indiana/Petersburg -5:49:07 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 18:00u 991 -6:00 US C%sT 1955 992 -6:00 Pike C%sT 1965 Apr 25 2:00 993 -5:00 - EST 1966 Oct 30 2:00 994 -6:00 US C%sT 1977 Oct 30 2:00 995 -5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00 996 -6:00 US C%sT 2007 Nov 4 2:00 997 -5:00 US E%sT 998# 999# Starke County, Indiana moved from central to eastern time in 1991, 1000# then switched back in 2006. 1001# From Arthur David Olson (1991-10-28): 1002# An article on page A3 of the Sunday, 1991-10-27 Washington Post 1003# notes that Starke County switched from Central time to Eastern time as of 1004# 1991-10-27. 1005# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER 1006Rule Starke 1947 1961 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1007Rule Starke 1947 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1008Rule Starke 1955 1956 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 1009Rule Starke 1957 1958 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1010Rule Starke 1959 1961 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 1011# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1012Zone America/Indiana/Knox -5:46:30 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 18:00u 1013 -6:00 US C%sT 1947 1014 -6:00 Starke C%sT 1962 Apr 29 2:00 1015 -5:00 - EST 1963 Oct 27 2:00 1016 -6:00 US C%sT 1991 Oct 27 2:00 1017 -5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00 1018 -6:00 US C%sT 1019# 1020# Pulaski County, Indiana, switched from eastern to central time in 1021# April 2006 and then switched back in March 2007. 1022# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER 1023Rule Pulaski 1946 1960 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1024Rule Pulaski 1946 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1025Rule Pulaski 1955 1956 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 1026Rule Pulaski 1957 1960 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1027# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1028Zone America/Indiana/Winamac -5:46:25 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 18:00u 1029 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 1030 -6:00 Pulaski C%sT 1961 Apr 30 2:00 1031 -5:00 - EST 1969 1032 -5:00 US E%sT 1971 1033 -5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00 1034 -6:00 US C%sT 2007 Mar 11 2:00 1035 -5:00 US E%sT 1036# 1037# Switzerland County, Indiana, did not observe DST from 1973 through 2005. 1038# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1039Zone America/Indiana/Vevay -5:40:16 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 18:00u 1040 -6:00 US C%sT 1954 Apr 25 2:00 1041 -5:00 - EST 1969 1042 -5:00 US E%sT 1973 1043 -5:00 - EST 2006 1044 -5:00 US E%sT 1045 1046# From Paul Eggert (2018-03-20): 1047# The Louisville & Nashville Railroad's 1883-11-18 change occurred at 1048# 10:00 old local time; train were supposed to come to a standstill 1049# for precisely 18 minutes. See Bartky Fig. 1 (page 50). It is not 1050# clear how this matched civil time in Louisville, so for now continue 1051# to assume Louisville switched at noon new local time, like New York. 1052# 1053# From Michael Deckers (2019-08-06): 1054# From the contemporary source given by Alois Treindl, 1055# the switch in Louisville on 1946-04-28 was on 00:01 1056# From Paul Eggert (2019-08-26): 1057# That source was the Louisville Courier-Journal, 1946-04-27, p 4. 1058# Shanks gives 02:00 for all 20th-century transition times in Louisville. 1059# Evidently this is wrong for spring 1946. Although also likely wrong 1060# for other dates, we have no data. 1061# 1062# Part of Kentucky left its clocks alone in 1974. 1063# This also includes Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties in Indiana. 1064# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER 1065Rule Louisville 1921 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D 1066Rule Louisville 1921 only - Sep 1 2:00 0 S 1067Rule Louisville 1941 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1068Rule Louisville 1941 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1069Rule Louisville 1946 only - Apr lastSun 0:01 1:00 D 1070Rule Louisville 1946 only - Jun 2 2:00 0 S 1071Rule Louisville 1950 1961 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1072Rule Louisville 1950 1955 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1073Rule Louisville 1956 1961 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 1074# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1075Zone America/Kentucky/Louisville -5:43:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 18:00u 1076 -6:00 US C%sT 1921 1077 -6:00 Louisville C%sT 1942 1078 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 1079 -6:00 Louisville C%sT 1961 Jul 23 2:00 1080 -5:00 - EST 1968 1081 -5:00 US E%sT 1974 Jan 6 2:00 1082 -6:00 1:00 CDT 1974 Oct 27 2:00 1083 -5:00 US E%sT 1084# 1085# Wayne County, Kentucky 1086# 1087# From Lake Cumberland LIFE 1088# http://www.lake-cumberland.com/life/archive/news990129time.shtml 1089# (1999-01-29) via WKYM-101.7: 1090# Clinton County has joined Wayne County in asking the DoT to change from 1091# the Central to the Eastern time zone.... The Wayne County government made 1092# the same request in December. And while Russell County officials have not 1093# taken action, the majority of respondents to a poll conducted there in 1094# August indicated they would like to change to "fast time" also. 1095# The three Lake Cumberland counties are the farthest east of any U.S. 1096# location in the Central time zone. 1097# 1098# From Rich Wales (2000-08-29): 1099# After prolonged debate, and despite continuing deep differences of opinion, 1100# Wayne County (central Kentucky) is switching from Central (-0600) to Eastern 1101# (-0500) time. They won't "fall back" this year. See Sara Shipley, 1102# The difference an hour makes, Nando Times (2000-08-29 15:33 -0400). 1103# 1104# From Paul Eggert (2001-07-16): 1105# The final rule was published in the 1106# Federal Register 65, 160 (2000-08-17), pp 50154-50158. 1107# https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2000-08-17/html/00-20854.htm 1108# 1109Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 18:00u 1110 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 1111 -6:00 - CST 1968 1112 -6:00 US C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 1113 -5:00 US E%sT 1114 1115 1116# From Rives McDow (2000-08-30): 1117# Here ... are all the changes in the US since 1985. 1118# Kearny County, KS (put all of county on central; 1119# previously split between MST and CST) ... 1990-10 1120# Starke County, IN (from CST to EST) ... 1991-10 1121# Oliver County, ND (from MST to CST) ... 1992-10 1122# West Wendover, NV (from PST TO MST) ... 1999-10 1123# Wayne County, KY (from CST to EST) ... 2000-10 1124# 1125# From Paul Eggert (2001-07-17): 1126# We don't know where the line used to be within Kearny County, KS, 1127# so omit that change for now. 1128# See America/Indiana/Knox for the Starke County, IN change. 1129# See America/North_Dakota/Center for the Oliver County, ND change. 1130# West Wendover, NV officially switched from Pacific to mountain time on 1131# 1999-10-31. See the 1132# Federal Register 64, 203 (1999-10-21), pp 56705-56707. 1133# https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1999-10-21/html/99-27240.htm 1134# However, the Federal Register says that West Wendover already operated 1135# on mountain time, and the rule merely made this official; 1136# hence a separate tz entry is not needed. 1137 1138# Michigan 1139# 1140# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): 1141# Michigan didn't observe DST from 1968 to 1973. 1142# 1143# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-31): 1144# Shanks writes that Michigan started using standard time on 1885-09-18, 1145# but Howse writes (pp 124-125, referring to Popular Astronomy, 1901-01) 1146# that Detroit kept 1147# 1148# local time until 1900 when the City Council decreed that clocks should 1149# be put back twenty-eight minutes to Central Standard Time. Half the 1150# city obeyed, half refused. After considerable debate, the decision 1151# was rescinded and the city reverted to Sun time. A derisive offer to 1152# erect a sundial in front of the city hall was referred to the 1153# Committee on Sewers. Then, in 1905, Central time was adopted 1154# by city vote. 1155# 1156# This story is too entertaining to be false, so go with Howse over Shanks. 1157# 1158# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06): 1159# Garland (1927) writes "Cleveland and Detroit advanced their clocks 1160# one hour in 1914." This change is not in Shanks. We have no more 1161# info, so omit this for now. 1162# 1163# From Paul Eggert (2019-07-06): 1164# Due to a complicated set of legal maneuvers, in 1967 Michigan did 1165# not start daylight saving time when the rest of the US did. 1166# Instead, it began DST on Jun 14 at 00:01. This was big news: 1167# the Detroit Free Press reported it at the top of Page 1 on 1168# 1967-06-14, in an article "State Adjusting to Switch to Fast Time" 1169# by Gary Blonston, above an article about Thurgood Marshall's 1170# confirmation to the US Supreme Court. Although Shanks says Detroit 1171# observed DST until 1967-10-29 00:01, that time of day seems to be 1172# incorrect, as the Free Press later said DST ended in Michigan at the 1173# same time as the rest of the US. Also, although Shanks reports no DST in 1174# Detroit in 1968, it did observe DST that year; in the November 1968 1175# election Michigan voters narrowly repealed DST, effective 1969. 1176# 1177# Most of Michigan observed DST from 1973 on, but was a bit late in 1975. 1178# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER 1179Rule Detroit 1948 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1180Rule Detroit 1948 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1181# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1182Zone America/Detroit -5:32:11 - LMT 1905 1183 -6:00 - CST 1915 May 15 2:00 1184 -5:00 - EST 1942 1185 -5:00 US E%sT 1946 1186 -5:00 Detroit E%sT 1967 Jun 14 0:01 1187 -5:00 US E%sT 1969 1188 -5:00 - EST 1973 1189 -5:00 US E%sT 1975 1190 -5:00 - EST 1975 Apr 27 2:00 1191 -5:00 US E%sT 1192# 1193# Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, and Menominee Counties, Michigan, 1194# switched from EST to CST/CDT in 1973. 1195# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER 1196Rule Menominee 1946 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1197Rule Menominee 1946 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1198Rule Menominee 1966 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1199Rule Menominee 1966 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 1200# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1201Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00 1202 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 1203 -6:00 Menominee C%sT 1969 Apr 27 2:00 1204 -5:00 - EST 1973 Apr 29 2:00 1205 -6:00 US C%sT 1206 1207# Navassa 1208# administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service 1209# claimed by US under the provisions of the 1856 Guano Islands Act 1210# also claimed by Haiti 1211# occupied 1857/1900 by the Navassa Phosphate Co 1212# US lighthouse 1917/1996-09 1213# currently uninhabited 1214# see Mark Fineman, "An Isle Rich in Guano and Discord", 1215# _Los Angeles Times_ (1998-11-10), A1, A10; it cites 1216# Jimmy Skaggs, _The Great Guano Rush_ (1994). 1217 1218################################################################################ 1219 1220 1221# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-10): 1222# 1223# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: 1224# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), 1225# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). 1226# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. 1227# 1228# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source 1229# for time zone data was the International Air Transport 1230# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 1231# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 1232# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, 1233# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. 1234# 1235# Other sources occasionally used include: 1236# 1237# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94 1238# <https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>. 1239# 1240# Pearce C. The Great Daylight Saving Time Controversy. 1241# Australian Ebook Publisher. 2017. ISBN 978-1-925516-96-8. 1242# 1243# Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 1244# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), 1245# which I found in the UCLA library. 1246# 1247# William Willett, The Waste of Daylight, 19th edition 1248# <http://cs.ucla.edu/~eggert/The-Waste-of-Daylight-19th.pdf> 1249# [PDF] (1914-03) 1250# 1251# For the 1911/1912 establishment of standard time in French possessions, see: 1252# Société Française de Physique, Recueil de constantes physiques (1913), 1253# page 752, 18b. 1254# 1255# See the 'europe' file for Greenland. 1256 1257# Canada 1258 1259# From Alain LaBonté (1994-11-14): 1260# I post here the time zone abbreviations standardized in Canada 1261# for both English and French in the CAN/CSA-Z234.4-89 standard.... 1262# 1263# UTC Standard time Daylight saving time 1264# offset French English French English 1265# -2:30 - - HAT NDT 1266# -3 - - HAA ADT 1267# -3:30 HNT NST - - 1268# -4 HNA AST HAE EDT 1269# -5 HNE EST HAC CDT 1270# -6 HNC CST HAR MDT 1271# -7 HNR MST HAP PDT 1272# -8 HNP PST HAY YDT 1273# -9 HNY YST - - 1274# 1275# HN: Heure Normale ST: Standard Time 1276# HA: Heure Avancée DT: Daylight saving Time 1277# 1278# A: de l'Atlantique Atlantic 1279# C: du Centre Central 1280# E: de l'Est Eastern 1281# M: Mountain 1282# N: Newfoundland 1283# P: du Pacifique Pacific 1284# R: des Rocheuses 1285# T: de Terre-Neuve 1286# Y: du Yukon Yukon 1287# 1288# From Paul Eggert (1994-11-22): 1289# Alas, this sort of thing must be handled by localization software. 1290 1291# Unless otherwise specified, the data entries for Canada are all from Shanks 1292# & Pottenger. 1293 1294# From Chris Walton (2006-04-01, 2006-04-25, 2006-06-26, 2007-01-31, 1295# 2007-03-01): 1296# The British Columbia government announced yesterday that it will 1297# adjust daylight savings next year to align with changes in the 1298# U.S. and the rest of Canada.... 1299# https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2006AG0014-000330.htm 1300# ... 1301# Nova Scotia 1302# Daylight saving time will be extended by four weeks starting in 2007.... 1303# https://www.novascotia.ca/just/regulations/rg2/2006/ma1206.pdf 1304# 1305# [For New Brunswick] the new legislation dictates that the time change is to 1306# be done at 02:00 instead of 00:01. 1307# https://www.gnb.ca/0062/acts/BBA-2006/Chap-19.pdf 1308# ... 1309# Manitoba has traditionally changed the clock every fall at 03:00. 1310# As of 2006, the transition is to take place one hour earlier at 02:00. 1311# https://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/ccsm/o030e.php 1312# ... 1313# [Alberta, Ontario, Quebec] will follow US rules. 1314# http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/documents/spring/CH03_06.CFM 1315# http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Source/Regs/English/2006/R06111_e.htm 1316# http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=5&file=2006C39A.PDF 1317# ... 1318# P.E.I. will follow US rules.... 1319# http://www.assembly.pe.ca/bills/pdf_chapter/62/3/chapter-41.pdf 1320# ... 1321# Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.... 1322# http://www.hoa.gov.nl.ca/hoa/bills/Bill0634.htm 1323# ... 1324# Yukon 1325# https://www.gov.yk.ca/legislation/regs/oic2006_127.pdf 1326# ... 1327# N.W.T. will follow US rules. Whoever maintains the government web site 1328# does not seem to believe in bookmarks. To see the news release, click the 1329# following link and search for "Daylight Savings Time Change". Press the 1330# "Daylight Savings Time Change" link; it will fire off a popup using 1331# JavaScript. 1332# http://www.exec.gov.nt.ca/currentnews/currentPR.asp?mode=archive 1333# ... 1334# Nunavut 1335# An amendment to the Interpretation Act was registered on February 19/2007.... 1336# http://action.attavik.ca/home/justice-gn/attach/2007/gaz02part2.pdf 1337 1338# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-18): 1339# H. David Matthews and Mary Vincent's map 1340# "It's about TIME", _Canadian Geographic_ (September-October 1998) 1341# https://web.archive.org/web/19990827055050/https://canadiangeographic.ca/SO98/geomap.htm 1342# contains detailed boundaries for regions observing nonstandard 1343# time and daylight saving time arrangements in Canada circa 1998. 1344# 1345# National Research Council Canada maintains info about time zones and DST. 1346# https://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/time/time_zones.html 1347# https://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/time/faq/index.html#Q5 1348# Its unofficial information is often taken from Matthews and Vincent. 1349 1350# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27): 1351# For now, assume all of DST-observing Canada will fall into line with the 1352# new US DST rules, 1353 1354# From Chris Walton (2011-12-01) 1355# In the first of Tammy Hardwick's articles 1356# http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260 1357# she quotes the Friday November 1/1918 edition of the Creston Review. 1358# The quote includes these two statements: 1359# 'Sunday the CPR went back to the old system of time...' 1360# '... The daylight saving scheme was dropped all over Canada at the same time,' 1361# These statements refer to a transition from daylight time to standard time 1362# that occurred nationally on Sunday October 27/1918. This transition was 1363# also documented in the Saturday October 26/1918 edition of the Toronto Star. 1364 1365# In light of that evidence, we alter the date from the earlier believed 1366# Oct 31, to Oct 27, 1918 (and Sunday is a more likely transition day 1367# than Thursday) in all Canadian rulesets. 1368 1369# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1370Rule Canada 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D 1371Rule Canada 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S 1372Rule Canada 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War 1373Rule Canada 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace 1374Rule Canada 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S 1375Rule Canada 1974 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1376Rule Canada 1974 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 1377Rule Canada 1987 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 1378Rule Canada 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D 1379Rule Canada 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S 1380 1381 1382# Newfoundland and Labrador 1383 1384# From Paul Eggert (2017-10-14): 1385# Legally Labrador should observe Newfoundland time; see: 1386# McLeod J. Labrador time - legal or not? St. John's Telegram, 2017-10-07 1387# http://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/labrador-time--legal-or-not-154860/ 1388# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that the only part of Labrador 1389# that follows the rules is the southeast corner, including Port Hope 1390# Simpson and Mary's Harbour, but excluding, say, Black Tickle. 1391 1392# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1393Rule StJohns 1917 only - Apr 8 2:00 1:00 D 1394Rule StJohns 1917 only - Sep 17 2:00 0 S 1395# Whitman gives 1919 Apr 5 and 1920 Apr 5; go with Shanks & Pottenger. 1396Rule StJohns 1919 only - May 5 23:00 1:00 D 1397Rule StJohns 1919 only - Aug 12 23:00 0 S 1398# For 1931-1935 Whitman gives Apr same date; go with Shanks & Pottenger. 1399Rule StJohns 1920 1935 - May Sun>=1 23:00 1:00 D 1400Rule StJohns 1920 1935 - Oct lastSun 23:00 0 S 1401# For 1936-1941 Whitman gives May Sun>=8 and Oct Sun>=1; go with Shanks & 1402# Pottenger. 1403Rule StJohns 1936 1941 - May Mon>=9 0:00 1:00 D 1404Rule StJohns 1936 1941 - Oct Mon>=2 0:00 0 S 1405# Whitman gives the following transitions: 1406# 1942 03-01/12-31, 1943 05-30/09-05, 1944 07-10/09-02, 1945 01-01/10-07 1407# but go with Shanks & Pottenger and assume they used Canadian rules. 1408# For 1946-9 Whitman gives May 5,4,9,1 - Oct 1,5,3,2, and for 1950 he gives 1409# Apr 30 - Sep 24; go with Shanks & Pottenger. 1410Rule StJohns 1946 1950 - May Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D 1411Rule StJohns 1946 1950 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S 1412Rule StJohns 1951 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1413Rule StJohns 1951 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1414Rule StJohns 1960 1986 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 1415# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): 1416# INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Newfoundland switches 1417# at 00:01 local time. For now, assume it started in 1987. 1418 1419# From Michael Pelley (2011-09-12): 1420# We received today, Monday, September 12, 2011, notification that the 1421# changes to the Newfoundland Standard Time Act have been proclaimed. 1422# The change in the Act stipulates that the change from Daylight Savings 1423# Time to Standard Time and from Standard Time to Daylight Savings Time 1424# now occurs at 2:00AM. 1425# ... 1426# http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm 1427# ... 1428# MICHAEL PELLEY | Manager of Enterprise Architecture - Solution Delivery 1429# Office of the Chief Information Officer 1430# Executive Council 1431# Government of Newfoundland & Labrador 1432 1433Rule StJohns 1987 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D 1434Rule StJohns 1987 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S 1435Rule StJohns 1988 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 2:00 DD 1436Rule StJohns 1989 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D 1437Rule StJohns 2007 2011 - Mar Sun>=8 0:01 1:00 D 1438Rule StJohns 2007 2010 - Nov Sun>=1 0:01 0 S 1439# 1440# St John's has an apostrophe, but POSIX file names can't have apostrophes. 1441# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1442Zone America/St_Johns -3:30:52 - LMT 1884 1443 -3:30:52 StJohns N%sT 1918 1444 -3:30:52 Canada N%sT 1919 1445 -3:30:52 StJohns N%sT 1935 Mar 30 1446 -3:30 StJohns N%sT 1942 May 11 1447 -3:30 Canada N%sT 1946 1448 -3:30 StJohns N%sT 2011 Nov 1449 -3:30 Canada N%sT 1450 1451# most of east Labrador 1452 1453# The name 'Happy Valley-Goose Bay' is too long; use 'Goose Bay'. 1454# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1455Zone America/Goose_Bay -4:01:40 - LMT 1884 # Happy Valley-Goose Bay 1456 -3:30:52 - NST 1918 1457 -3:30:52 Canada N%sT 1919 1458 -3:30:52 - NST 1935 Mar 30 1459 -3:30 - NST 1936 1460 -3:30 StJohns N%sT 1942 May 11 1461 -3:30 Canada N%sT 1946 1462 -3:30 StJohns N%sT 1966 Mar 15 2:00 1463 -4:00 StJohns A%sT 2011 Nov 1464 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1465 1466 1467# west Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I, 1468# Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Listuguj reserve 1469 1470# From Brian Inglis (2015-07-20): 1471# From the historical weather station records available at: 1472# https://weatherspark.com/history/28351/1971/Sydney-Nova-Scotia-Canada 1473# Sydney shares the same time history as Glace Bay, so was 1474# likely to be the same across the island.... 1475# Sydney, as the capital and most populous location, or Cape Breton, would 1476# have been better names for the zone had we known this in 1996. 1477 1478# From Paul Eggert (2015-07-20): 1479# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of this region has been like 1480# Halifax. Many locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1972; 1481# the Cape Breton area, represented by Glace Bay, is the largest we know of 1482# (Glace Bay was perhaps not the best name choice but no point changing now). 1483# Shanks & Pottenger also write that Liverpool, NS was the only town 1484# in Canada to observe DST in 1971 but not 1970; for now we'll assume 1485# this is a typo. 1486 1487# From Jeffery Nichols (2020-01-09): 1488# America/Halifax ... also applies to Îles-de-la-Madeleine and the Listuguj 1489# reserve in Quebec. Officially, this came into effect on January 1, 2007 1490# (Legal Time Act, CQLR c T-5.1), but the legislative debates surrounding that 1491# bill say that it is "accommodating the customs and practices" of those 1492# regions, which suggests that they have always been in-line with Halifax. 1493 1494# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1495Rule Halifax 1916 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D 1496Rule Halifax 1916 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 1497Rule Halifax 1920 only - May 9 0:00 1:00 D 1498Rule Halifax 1920 only - Aug 29 0:00 0 S 1499Rule Halifax 1921 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 D 1500Rule Halifax 1921 1922 - Sep 5 0:00 0 S 1501Rule Halifax 1922 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D 1502Rule Halifax 1923 1925 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D 1503Rule Halifax 1923 only - Sep 4 0:00 0 S 1504Rule Halifax 1924 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S 1505Rule Halifax 1925 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 S 1506Rule Halifax 1926 only - May 16 0:00 1:00 D 1507Rule Halifax 1926 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S 1508Rule Halifax 1927 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 1509Rule Halifax 1927 only - Sep 26 0:00 0 S 1510Rule Halifax 1928 1931 - May Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D 1511Rule Halifax 1928 only - Sep 9 0:00 0 S 1512Rule Halifax 1929 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S 1513Rule Halifax 1930 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S 1514Rule Halifax 1931 1932 - Sep Mon>=24 0:00 0 S 1515Rule Halifax 1932 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 1516Rule Halifax 1933 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D 1517Rule Halifax 1933 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 S 1518Rule Halifax 1934 only - May 20 0:00 1:00 D 1519Rule Halifax 1934 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S 1520Rule Halifax 1935 only - Jun 2 0:00 1:00 D 1521Rule Halifax 1935 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S 1522Rule Halifax 1936 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 1523Rule Halifax 1936 only - Sep 14 0:00 0 S 1524Rule Halifax 1937 1938 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D 1525Rule Halifax 1937 1941 - Sep Mon>=24 0:00 0 S 1526Rule Halifax 1939 only - May 28 0:00 1:00 D 1527Rule Halifax 1940 1941 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D 1528Rule Halifax 1946 1949 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1529Rule Halifax 1946 1949 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1530Rule Halifax 1951 1954 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1531Rule Halifax 1951 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1532Rule Halifax 1956 1959 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1533Rule Halifax 1956 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1534Rule Halifax 1962 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1535Rule Halifax 1962 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 1536# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1537Zone America/Halifax -4:14:24 - LMT 1902 Jun 15 1538 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1918 1539 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1919 1540 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s 1541 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1946 1542 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1974 1543 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1544Zone America/Glace_Bay -3:59:48 - LMT 1902 Jun 15 1545 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1953 1546 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1954 1547 -4:00 - AST 1972 1548 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1974 1549 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1550 1551# New Brunswick 1552 1553# From Paul Eggert (2007-01-31): 1554# The Time Definition Act <http://www.gnb.ca/0062/PDF-acts/t-06.pdf> 1555# says they changed at 00:01 through 2006, and 1556# <http://www.canlii.org/nb/laws/sta/t-6/20030127/whole.html> makes it 1557# clear that this was the case since at least 1993. 1558# For now, assume it started in 1993. 1559 1560# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1561Rule Moncton 1933 1935 - Jun Sun>=8 1:00 1:00 D 1562Rule Moncton 1933 1935 - Sep Sun>=8 1:00 0 S 1563Rule Moncton 1936 1938 - Jun Sun>=1 1:00 1:00 D 1564Rule Moncton 1936 1938 - Sep Sun>=1 1:00 0 S 1565Rule Moncton 1939 only - May 27 1:00 1:00 D 1566Rule Moncton 1939 1941 - Sep Sat>=21 1:00 0 S 1567Rule Moncton 1940 only - May 19 1:00 1:00 D 1568Rule Moncton 1941 only - May 4 1:00 1:00 D 1569Rule Moncton 1946 1972 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1570Rule Moncton 1946 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1571Rule Moncton 1957 1972 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 1572Rule Moncton 1993 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D 1573Rule Moncton 1993 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S 1574# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1575Zone America/Moncton -4:19:08 - LMT 1883 Dec 9 1576 -5:00 - EST 1902 Jun 15 1577 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1933 1578 -4:00 Moncton A%sT 1942 1579 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1946 1580 -4:00 Moncton A%sT 1973 1581 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1993 1582 -4:00 Moncton A%sT 2007 1583 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1584 1585# Quebec 1586 1587# From Paul Eggert (2020-01-10): 1588# See America/Toronto for most of Quebec, including Montreal. 1589# See America/Halifax for the Îles de la Madeleine and the Listuguj reserve. 1590# See America/Puerto_Rico for east of Natashquan. 1591 1592# Ontario 1593 1594# From Mark Brader (2003-07-26): 1595# [According to the Toronto Star] Orillia, Ontario, adopted DST 1596# effective Saturday, 1912-06-22, 22:00; the article mentions that 1597# Port Arthur (now part of Thunder Bay, Ontario) as well as Moose Jaw 1598# have already done so. In Orillia DST was to run until Saturday, 1599# 1912-08-31 (no time mentioned), but it was met with considerable 1600# hostility from certain segments of the public, and was revoked after 1601# only two weeks - I copied it as Saturday, 1912-07-07, 22:00, but 1602# presumably that should be -07-06. (1912-06-19, -07-12; also letters 1603# earlier in June). 1604# 1605# Kenora, Ontario, was to abandon DST on 1914-06-01 (-05-21). 1606# 1607# From Paul Eggert (2017-07-08): 1608# For more on Orillia, see: Daubs K. Bold attempt at daylight saving 1609# time became a comic failure in Orillia. Toronto Star 2017-07-08. 1610# https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/07/08/bold-attempt-at-daylight-saving-time-became-a-comic-failure-in-orillia.html 1611 1612# From Mark Brader (2010-03-06): 1613# 1614# In the (Toronto) Globe and Mail for Saturday, 1955-09-24, in the bottom 1615# right corner of page 1, it says that Toronto will return to standard 1616# time at 2 am Sunday morning (which agrees with the database), and that: 1617# 1618# The one-hour setback will go into effect throughout most of Ontario, 1619# except in areas like Windsor which remains on standard time all year. 1620# 1621# ... I don't know if Windsor began observing DST when Detroit did, 1622# or in 1974, or on some other date. 1623# 1624# By the way, the article continues by noting that: 1625# 1626# Some cities in the United States have pushed the deadline back 1627# three weeks and will change over from daylight saving in October. 1628 1629# From Chris Walton (2024-01-09): 1630# The [Toronto] changes in 1947, 1948, and 1949 took place at 2:00 a.m. local 1631# time instead of midnight.... Toronto Daily Star - ... 1632# April 2, 1947 - Page 39 ... April 7, 1948 - Page 13 ... 1633# April 2, 1949 - Page 1 ... April 7, 1949 - Page 24 ... 1634# November 25, 1949 - Page 52 ... April 21, 1950 - Page 14 ... 1635# September 19, 1950 - Page 46 ... September 20, 1950 - Page 3 ... 1636# November 24, 1950 - Page 21 1637 1638# From Arthur David Olson (2010-07-17): 1639# 1640# "Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada" appeared in 1641# The Journal of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 1642# volume 26, number 2 (February 1932) and, as of 2010-07-17, 1643# was available at 1644# http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1932JRASC..26...49S 1645# 1646# It includes the text below (starting on page 57): 1647# 1648# A list of the places in Canada using daylight saving time would 1649# require yearly revision. From information kindly furnished by 1650# the provincial governments and by the postmasters in many cities 1651# and towns, it is found that the following places used daylight sav- 1652# ing in 1930. The information for the province of Quebec is definite, 1653# for the other provinces only approximate: 1654# 1655# Province Daylight saving time used 1656# Prince Edward Island Not used. 1657# Nova Scotia In Halifax only. 1658# New Brunswick In St. John only. 1659# Quebec In the following places: 1660# Montreal Lachine 1661# Quebec Mont-Royal 1662# Lévis Iberville 1663# St. Lambert Cap de la Madelèine 1664# Verdun Loretteville 1665# Westmount Richmond 1666# Outremont St. Jérôme 1667# Longueuil Greenfield Park 1668# Arvida Waterloo 1669# Chambly-Canton Beaulieu 1670# Melbourne La Tuque 1671# St. Théophile Buckingham 1672# Ontario Used generally in the cities and towns along 1673# the southerly part of the province. Not 1674# used in the northwesterly part. 1675# Manitoba Not used. 1676# Saskatchewan In Regina only. 1677# Alberta Not used. 1678# British Columbia Not used. 1679# 1680# With some exceptions, the use of daylight saving may be said to be limited 1681# to those cities and towns lying between Quebec city and Windsor, Ont. 1682 1683# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1684Rule Toronto 1919 only - Mar 30 23:30 1:00 D 1685Rule Toronto 1919 only - Oct 26 0:00 0 S 1686Rule Toronto 1920 only - May 2 2:00 1:00 D 1687Rule Toronto 1920 only - Sep 26 0:00 0 S 1688Rule Toronto 1921 only - May 15 2:00 1:00 D 1689Rule Toronto 1921 only - Sep 15 2:00 0 S 1690Rule Toronto 1922 1923 - May Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D 1691# Shanks & Pottenger say 1923-09-19; assume it's a typo and that "-16" 1692# was meant. 1693Rule Toronto 1922 1926 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 S 1694Rule Toronto 1924 1927 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 1695Rule Toronto 1927 1937 - Sep Sun>=25 2:00 0 S 1696Rule Toronto 1928 1937 - Apr Sun>=25 2:00 1:00 D 1697Rule Toronto 1938 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1698Rule Toronto 1938 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1699Rule Toronto 1945 1948 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1700Rule Toronto 1946 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1701Rule Toronto 1949 1950 - Nov lastSun 2:00 0 S 1702Rule Toronto 1951 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1703# Shanks & Pottenger say Toronto ended DST a week early in 1971, 1704# namely on 1971-10-24, but Mark Brader wrote (2003-05-31) that this 1705# is wrong, and that he had confirmed it by checking the 1971-10-30 1706# Toronto Star, which said that DST was ending 1971-10-31 as usual. 1707Rule Toronto 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 1708 1709# The Bahamas match Toronto since 1970. 1710 1711# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1712Zone America/Toronto -5:17:32 - LMT 1895 1713 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1919 1714 -5:00 Toronto E%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s 1715 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1946 1716 -5:00 Toronto E%sT 1974 1717 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1718# For Atikokan see America/Panama. 1719 1720 1721# Manitoba 1722 1723# From Rob Douglas (2006-04-06): 1724# the old Manitoba Time Act - as amended by Bill 2, assented to 1725# March 27, 1987 ... said ... 1726# "between two o'clock Central Standard Time in the morning of 1727# the first Sunday of April of each year and two o'clock Central 1728# Standard Time in the morning of the last Sunday of October next 1729# following, one hour in advance of Central Standard Time."... 1730# I believe that the English legislation [of the old time act] had 1731# been assented to (March 22, 1967).... 1732# Also, as far as I can tell, there was no order-in-council varying 1733# the time of Daylight Saving Time for 2005 and so the provisions of 1734# the 1987 version would apply - the changeover was at 2:00 Central 1735# Standard Time (i.e. not until 3:00 Central Daylight Time). 1736 1737# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-10): 1738# Shanks & Pottenger say Manitoba switched at 02:00 (not 02:00s) 1739# starting 1966. Since 02:00s is clearly correct for 1967 on, assume 1740# it was also 02:00s in 1966. 1741 1742# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1743Rule Winn 1916 only - Apr 23 0:00 1:00 D 1744Rule Winn 1916 only - Sep 17 0:00 0 S 1745Rule Winn 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D 1746Rule Winn 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S 1747Rule Winn 1937 only - May 16 2:00 1:00 D 1748Rule Winn 1937 only - Sep 26 2:00 0 S 1749Rule Winn 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War 1750Rule Winn 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace 1751Rule Winn 1945 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1752Rule Winn 1946 only - May 12 2:00 1:00 D 1753Rule Winn 1946 only - Oct 13 2:00 0 S 1754Rule Winn 1947 1949 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1755Rule Winn 1947 1949 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1756Rule Winn 1950 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D 1757Rule Winn 1950 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S 1758Rule Winn 1951 1960 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1759Rule Winn 1951 1958 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1760Rule Winn 1959 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 1761Rule Winn 1960 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1762Rule Winn 1963 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1763Rule Winn 1963 only - Sep 22 2:00 0 S 1764Rule Winn 1966 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 1765Rule Winn 1966 2005 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 S 1766Rule Winn 1987 2005 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 1767# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1768Zone America/Winnipeg -6:28:36 - LMT 1887 Jul 16 1769 -6:00 Winn C%sT 2006 1770 -6:00 Canada C%sT 1771 1772 1773# Saskatchewan 1774 1775# From Mark Brader (2003-07-26): 1776# The first actual adoption of DST in Canada was at the municipal 1777# level. As the [Toronto] Star put it (1912-06-07), "While people 1778# elsewhere have long been talking of legislation to save daylight, 1779# the city of Moose Jaw [Saskatchewan] has acted on its own hook." 1780# DST in Moose Jaw began on Saturday, 1912-06-01 (no time mentioned: 1781# presumably late evening, as below), and would run until "the end of 1782# the summer". The discrepancy between municipal time and railroad 1783# time was noted. 1784 1785# From Paul Eggert (2003-07-27): 1786# Willett (1914-03) notes that DST "has been in operation ... in the 1787# City of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, for one year." 1788 1789# From Paul Eggert (2019-07-25): 1790# Pearce's book says Regina observed DST in 1914-1917. No dates and times, 1791# unfortunately. It also says that in 1914 Saskatoon observed DST 1792# from 1 June to 6 July, and that DST was also tried out in Davidson, 1793# Melfort, and Prince Albert. 1794 1795# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 1796# Shanks & Pottenger say that since 1970 this region has mostly been as Regina. 1797# Some western towns (e.g. Swift Current) switched from MST/MDT to CST in 1972. 1798# Other western towns (e.g. Lloydminster) are like Edmonton. 1799# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Denare Beach and Creighton 1800# are like Winnipeg, in violation of Saskatchewan law. 1801 1802# From W. Jones (1992-11-06): 1803# The. . .below is based on information I got from our law library, the 1804# provincial archives, and the provincial Community Services department. 1805# A precise history would require digging through newspaper archives, and 1806# since you didn't say what you wanted, I didn't bother. 1807# 1808# Saskatchewan is split by a time zone meridian (105W) and over the years 1809# the boundary became pretty ragged as communities near it reevaluated 1810# their affiliations in one direction or the other. In 1965 a provincial 1811# referendum favoured legislating common time practices. 1812# 1813# On 15 April 1966 the Time Act (c. T-14, Revised Statutes of 1814# Saskatchewan 1978) was proclaimed, and established that the eastern 1815# part of Saskatchewan would use CST year round, that districts in 1816# northwest Saskatchewan would by default follow CST but could opt to 1817# follow Mountain Time rules (thus 1 hour difference in the winter and 1818# zero in the summer), and that districts in southwest Saskatchewan would 1819# by default follow MT but could opt to follow CST. 1820# 1821# It took a few years for the dust to settle (I know one story of a town 1822# on one time zone having its school in another, such that a mom had to 1823# serve her family lunch in two shifts), but presently it seems that only 1824# a few towns on the border with Alberta (e.g. Lloydminster) follow MT 1825# rules any more; all other districts appear to have used CST year round 1826# since sometime in the 1960s. 1827 1828# From Chris Walton (2006-06-26): 1829# The Saskatchewan time act which was last updated in 1996 is about 30 pages 1830# long and rather painful to read. 1831# http://www.qp.gov.sk.ca/documents/English/Statutes/Statutes/T14.pdf 1832 1833# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1834Rule Regina 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D 1835Rule Regina 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S 1836Rule Regina 1930 1934 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D 1837Rule Regina 1930 1934 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S 1838Rule Regina 1937 1941 - Apr Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D 1839Rule Regina 1937 only - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S 1840Rule Regina 1938 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S 1841Rule Regina 1939 1941 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S 1842Rule Regina 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War 1843Rule Regina 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace 1844Rule Regina 1945 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1845Rule Regina 1946 only - Apr Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D 1846Rule Regina 1946 only - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0 S 1847Rule Regina 1947 1957 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1848Rule Regina 1947 1957 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1849Rule Regina 1959 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1850Rule Regina 1959 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 1851# 1852Rule Swift 1957 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1853Rule Swift 1957 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 1854Rule Swift 1959 1961 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1855Rule Swift 1959 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 1856Rule Swift 1960 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1857# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1858Zone America/Regina -6:58:36 - LMT 1905 Sep 1859 -7:00 Regina M%sT 1960 Apr lastSun 2:00 1860 -6:00 - CST 1861Zone America/Swift_Current -7:11:20 - LMT 1905 Sep 1862 -7:00 Canada M%sT 1946 Apr lastSun 2:00 1863 -7:00 Regina M%sT 1950 1864 -7:00 Swift M%sT 1972 Apr lastSun 2:00 1865 -6:00 - CST 1866 1867 1868# Alberta 1869 1870# From Alois Treindl (2019-07-19): 1871# There was no DST in Alberta in 1967... Calgary Herald, 29 April 1967. 1872# 1969, no DST, from Edmonton Journal 18 April 1969 1873# 1874# From Paul Eggert (2019-07-25): 1875# Pearce's book says that Alberta's 1948 Daylight Saving Act required 1876# Mountain Standard Time without DST, and that "anyone who broke that law 1877# could be fined up to $25 and costs". There seems to be no record of 1878# anybody paying the fine. The law was not changed until an August 1971 1879# plebiscite reinstituted DST in 1972. This story is also mentioned in: 1880# Boyer JP. Forcing Choice: The Risky Reward of Referendums. Dundum. 2017. 1881# ISBN 978-1459739123. 1882 1883# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1884Rule Edm 1918 1919 - Apr Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D 1885Rule Edm 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S 1886Rule Edm 1919 only - May 27 2:00 0 S 1887Rule Edm 1920 1923 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1888Rule Edm 1920 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 1889Rule Edm 1921 1923 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1890Rule Edm 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War 1891Rule Edm 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace 1892Rule Edm 1945 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1893Rule Edm 1947 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1894Rule Edm 1947 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1895Rule Edm 1972 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1896Rule Edm 1972 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 1897# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1898Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep 1899 -7:00 Edm M%sT 1987 1900 -7:00 Canada M%sT 1901 1902 1903# British Columbia 1904 1905# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 1906# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of this region has 1907# been like Vancouver. 1908# Dawson Creek uses MST. Much of east BC is like Edmonton. 1909 1910# From Matt Johnson (2015-09-21): 1911# Fort Nelson, BC, Canada will cancel DST this year. So while previously they 1912# were aligned with America/Vancouver, they're now aligned with 1913# America/Dawson_Creek. 1914# http://www.northernrockies.ca/EN/meta/news/archives/2015/northern-rockies-time-change.html 1915# 1916# From Tim Parenti (2015-09-23): 1917# This requires a new zone for the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, 1918# America/Fort_Nelson. The resolution of 2014-12-08 was reached following a 1919# 2014-11-15 poll with nearly 75% support. Effectively, the municipality has 1920# been on MST (-0700) like Dawson Creek since it advanced its clocks on 1921# 2015-03-08. 1922# 1923# From Paul Eggert (2019-07-25): 1924# Shanks says Fort Nelson did not observe DST in 1946, unlike Vancouver. 1925# Alois Treindl confirmed this on 07-22, citing the 1946-04-27 Vancouver Daily 1926# Province. He also cited the 1946-09-28 Victoria Daily Times, which said 1927# that Vancouver, Victoria, etc. "change at midnight Saturday"; for now, 1928# guess they meant 02:00 Sunday since 02:00 was common practice in Vancouver. 1929# 1930# Early Vancouver, Volume Four, by Major J.S. Matthews, V.D., 2011 edition 1931# says that a 1922 plebiscite adopted DST, but a 1923 plebiscite rejected it. 1932# http://former.vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/archives/digitized/EarlyVan/SearchEarlyVan/Vol4pdf/MatthewsEarlyVancouverVol4_DaylightSavings.pdf 1933# A catalog entry for a newspaper clipping seems to indicate that Vancouver 1934# observed DST in 1941 from 07-07 through 09-27; see 1935# https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/daylight-saving-1918-starts-again-july-7-1941-start-d-s-sept-27-end-of-d-s-1941 1936# We have no further details, so omit them for now. 1937 1938# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1939Rule Vanc 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D 1940Rule Vanc 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S 1941Rule Vanc 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War 1942Rule Vanc 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace 1943Rule Vanc 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S 1944Rule Vanc 1946 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1945Rule Vanc 1946 only - Sep 29 2:00 0 S 1946Rule Vanc 1947 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1947Rule Vanc 1962 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 1948# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1949Zone America/Vancouver -8:12:28 - LMT 1884 1950 -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1987 1951 -8:00 Canada P%sT 1952Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884 1953 -8:00 Canada P%sT 1947 1954 -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1972 Aug 30 2:00 1955 -7:00 - MST 1956Zone America/Fort_Nelson -8:10:47 - LMT 1884 1957 -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1946 1958 -8:00 - PST 1947 1959 -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1987 1960 -8:00 Canada P%sT 2015 Mar 8 2:00 1961 -7:00 - MST 1962# For Creston see America/Phoenix. 1963 1964# Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon 1965 1966# From Chris Walton (2022-11-06): 1967# Whitehorse Star - Thursday April 22, 1965 - page 1 1968# title: DST Starts Monday ... 1969# https://www.newspapers.com/image/578587481/ 1970# The title of this first article is wrong and/or misleading. 1971# Also, the start time shown in the article is vague; it simply says "after 1972# midnight" when it probably should have stated 2:00a.m.... 1973# 1974# Whitehorse Star - Monday October 25, 1965 - page 15 ... 1975# https://www.newspapers.com/image/578589147/ 1976# The 1965 Yukon Council minutes can be found here: 1977# http://assets.yukonarchives.ca/PER_YG_06_1965_C20_S02_v1.pdf 1978# ... I do not currently believe that NWT touched any of its clocks in 1965.... 1979# 1980# Whitehorse Star - Thursday Feb 24,1966 - page 2 1981# title: It's Time for YDT ... 1982# https://www.newspapers.com/image/578575979/ ... 1983# America/Whitehorse as a permanent change from UTC-9(YST) to 1984# UTC-8(PST) at 00:00 on Sunday February 27, 1966.... 1985# 1986# Whitehorse Star - Friday April 28,1972 - page 6 1987# title: Daylight Saving Time for N.W.T.... 1988# https://www.newspapers.com/image/578701610/ ... 1989# Nunavut and NWT zones ... DST starting in 1972.... Start and End ... 1990# should be the same as the rest of Canada 1991# 1992# 1993# From Paul Eggert (2022-11-06): 1994# For now, assume Yukon's 1965-04-22 spring forward was 00:00 -> 02:00, as this 1995# seems likely than 02:00 -> 04:00 and matches "after midnight". 1996 1997# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 1998# Dawson switched to PST in 1973. Inuvik switched to MST in 1979. 1999# Mathew Englander (1996-10-07) gives the following refs: 2000# * 1967. Paragraph 28(34)(g) of the Interpretation Act, S.C. 1967-68, 2001# c. 7 defines Yukon standard time as UTC-9.... 2002# see Interpretation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-21, s. 35(1). 2003# [https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-i-21/latest/rsc-1985-c-i-21.html] 2004# * C.O. 1973/214 switched Yukon to PST on 1973-10-28 00:00. 2005# * O.I.C. 1980/02 established DST. 2006# * O.I.C. 1987/056 changed DST to Apr firstSun 2:00 to Oct lastSun 2:00. 2007 2008# From Brian Inglis (2015-04-14): 2009# 2010# I tried to trace the history of Yukon time and found the following 2011# regulations, giving the reference title and URL if found, regulation name, 2012# and relevant quote if available. Each regulation specifically revokes its 2013# predecessor. The final reference is to the current Interpretation Act 2014# authorizing and resulting from these regulatory changes. 2015# 2016# Only recent regulations were retrievable via Yukon government site search or 2017# index, and only some via Canadian legal sources. Other sources used include 2018# articles titled "Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada" from JRASC via ADS 2019# Abstracts, cited by ADO for 1932 ..., and updated versions from 1958 and 2020# 1970 quoted below; each article includes current extracts from provincial 2021# and territorial ST and DST regulations at the end, summaries and details of 2022# standard times and daylight saving time at many locations across Canada, 2023# with time zone maps, tables and calculations for Canadian Sunrise, Sunset, 2024# and LMST; they also cover many countries and global locations, with a chart 2025# and table showing current Universal Time offsets, and may be useful as 2026# another source of information for 1970 and earlier. 2027# 2028# * Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada; Smith, C.C.; JRASC, Vol. 26, 2029# pp.49-77; February 1932; SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) 2030# http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1932JRASC..26...49S from p.75: 2031# Yukon Interpretation Ordinance 2032# Yukon standard time is the local mean time at the one hundred and 2033# thirty-fifth meridian. 2034# 2035# * Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada; Smith, C.C.; Thomson, Malcolm M.; 2036# JRASC, Vol. 52, pp.193-223; October 1958; SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System 2037# (ADS) http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1958JRASC..52..193S from pp.220-1: 2038# Yukon Interpretation Ordinance, 1955, Chap. 16. 2039# 2040# (1) Subject to this section, standard time shall be reckoned as nine 2041# hours behind Greenwich Time and called Yukon Standard Time. 2042# 2043# (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Commissioner may make regulations 2044# varying the manner of reckoning standard time. 2045# 2046# * Yukon Territory Commissioner's Order 1966-20 Interpretation Ordinance 2047# [no online source found] 2048# 2049# * Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada; Thomson, Malcolm M.; JRASC, 2050# Vol. 64, pp.129-162; June 1970; SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) 2051# http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1970JRASC..64..129T from p.156: Yukon 2052# Territory Commissioner's Order 1967-59 Interpretation Ordinance ... 2053# 2054# 1. Commissioner's Order 1966-20 dated at Whitehorse in the Yukon 2055# Territory on 27th January, 1966, is hereby revoked. 2056# 2057# 2. Yukon (East) Standard Time as defined by section 36 of the 2058# Interpretation Ordinance from and after mid-night on the 28th day of May, 2059# 1967 shall be reckoned in the same manner as Pacific Standard Time, that 2060# is to say, eight hours behind Greenwich Time in the area of the Yukon 2061# Territory lying east of the 138th degree longitude west. 2062# 2063# 3. In the remainder of the Territory, lying west of the 138th degree 2064# longitude west, Yukon (West) Standard Time shall be reckoned as nine 2065# hours behind Greenwich Time. 2066# 2067# * Yukon Standard Time defined as Pacific Standard Time, YCO 1973/214 2068# https://www.canlii.org/en/yk/laws/regu/yco-1973-214/latest/yco-1973-214.html 2069# C.O. 1973/214 INTERPRETATION ACT ... 2070# 2071# 1. Effective October 28, 1973 Commissioner's Order 1967/59 is hereby 2072# revoked. 2073# 2074# 2. Yukon Standard Time as defined by section 36 of the Interpretation 2075# Act from and after midnight on the twenty-eighth day of October, 1973 2076# shall be reckoned in the same manner as Pacific Standard Time, that is 2077# to say eight hours behind Greenwich Time. 2078# 2079# * O.I.C. 1980/02 INTERPRETATION ACT 2080# https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/attachments/20201125/d5adc93b/CAYTOIC1980-02DST1980-01-04-0001.pdf 2081# 2082# * Yukon Daylight Saving Time, YOIC 1987/56 2083# https://www.canlii.org/en/yk/laws/regu/yoic-1987-56/latest/yoic-1987-56.html 2084# O.I.C. 1987/056 INTERPRETATION ACT ... 2085# 2086# In every year between 2087# (a) two o'clock in the morning in the first Sunday in April, and 2088# (b) two o'clock in the morning in the last Sunday in October, 2089# Standard Time shall be reckoned as seven hours behind Greenwich Time and 2090# called Yukon Daylight Saving Time. 2091# ... 2092# Dated ... 9th day of March, A.D., 1987. 2093# 2094# * Yukon Daylight Saving Time 2006, YOIC 2006/127 2095# https://www.canlii.org/en/yk/laws/regu/yoic-2006-127/latest/yoic-2006-127.html 2096# O.I.C. 2006/127 INTERPRETATION ACT ... 2097# 2098# 1. In Yukon each year the time for general purposes shall be 7 hours 2099# behind Greenwich mean time during the period commencing at two o'clock 2100# in the forenoon on the second Sunday of March and ending at two o'clock 2101# in the forenoon on the first Sunday of November and shall be called 2102# Yukon Daylight Saving Time. 2103# 2104# 2. Order-in-Council 1987/56 is revoked. 2105# 2106# 3. This order comes into force January 1, 2007. 2107# 2108# * Interpretation Act, RSY 2002, c 125 2109# https://www.canlii.org/en/yk/laws/stat/rsy-2002-c-125/latest/rsy-2002-c-125.html 2110 2111# From Chris Walton (2022-11-06): 2112# The 5th edition of the Atlas of Canada contains a time zone map that 2113# shows both legislated and observed time zone boundaries. 2114# All communities on Baffin Island are shown to be observing Eastern time. 2115# The date on the map is 1984. 2116# https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/atlas_5_ed/eng/other/referencemaps/mcr4056.pdf 2117 2118# From Rives McDow (1999-09-04): 2119# Nunavut ... moved ... to incorporate the whole territory into one time zone. 2120# Nunavut moves to single time zone Oct. 31 2121# http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt90903_13.html 2122 2123# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20): 2124# Basic Facts: The New Territory 2125# http://www.nunavut.com/basicfacts/english/basicfacts_1territory.html 2126# (1999) reports that ... Coral Harbour does not observe DST. 2127 2128# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): 2129# Matthews and Vincent (1998) say the following, but we lack histories 2130# for these potential new Zones. 2131# 2132# The Canadian Forces station at Alert uses Eastern Time while the 2133# handful of residents at the Eureka weather station [in the Central 2134# zone] skip daylight savings. Baffin Island, which is crossed by the 2135# Central, Eastern and Atlantic Time zones only uses Eastern Time. 2136# Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak and Pelly Bay all use Mountain instead of 2137# Central Time and Southampton Island [in the Central zone] is not 2138# required to use daylight savings. 2139 2140# From <http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/archives/nunavut001130/nvt21110_02.html> 2141# Nunavut now has two time zones (2000-11-10): 2142# The Nunavut government would allow its employees in Kugluktuk and 2143# Cambridge Bay to operate on central time year-round, putting them 2144# one hour behind the rest of Nunavut for six months during the winter. 2145# At the end of October the two communities had rebelled against 2146# Nunavut's unified time zone, refusing to shift to eastern time with 2147# the rest of the territory for the winter. Cambridge Bay remained on 2148# central time, while Kugluktuk, even farther west, reverted to 2149# mountain time, which they had used before the advent of Nunavut's 2150# unified time zone in 1999. 2151# 2152# From Rives McDow (2001-01-20), quoting the Nunavut government: 2153# The preceding decision came into effect at midnight, Saturday Nov 4, 2000. 2154 2155# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04): 2156# Let's just keep track of the official times for now. 2157 2158# From Rives McDow (2001-03-07): 2159# The premier of Nunavut has issued a ministerial statement advising 2160# that effective 2001-04-01, the territory of Nunavut will revert 2161# back to three time zones (mountain, central, and eastern). Of the 2162# cities in Nunavut, Coral Harbor is the only one that I know of that 2163# has said it will not observe dst, staying on EST year round. I'm 2164# checking for more info, and will get back to you if I come up with 2165# more. 2166# [Also see <http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt10309_06.html> (2001-03-09).] 2167 2168# From Gwillim Law (2005-05-21): 2169# According to ... 2170# http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp 2171# (from a 1998 Canadian Geographic article), the de facto and de jure time 2172# for Southampton Island (at the north end of Hudson Bay) is UTC-5 all year 2173# round. Using Google, it's easy to find other websites that confirm this. 2174# I wasn't able to find how far back this time regimen goes, but since it 2175# predates the creation of Nunavut, it probably goes back many years.... 2176# The Inuktitut name of Coral Harbour is Sallit, but it's rarely used. 2177# 2178# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-17): 2179# For lack of better information, assume that Southampton Island observed 2180# daylight saving only during wartime. Gwillim Law's email also 2181# mentioned maps now maintained by National Research Council Canada; 2182# see above for an up-to-date link. 2183 2184# From Chris Walton (2007-03-01): 2185# ... the community of Resolute (located on Cornwallis Island in 2186# Nunavut) moved from Central Time to Eastern Time last November. 2187# Basically the community did not change its clocks at the end of 2188# daylight saving.... 2189# http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2006-11/nov13_06none.html 2190 2191# From Chris Walton (2011-03-21): 2192# Back in 2007 I initiated the creation of a new "zone file" for Resolute 2193# Bay. Resolute Bay is a small community located about 900km north of 2194# the Arctic Circle. The zone file was required because Resolute Bay had 2195# decided to use UTC-5 instead of UTC-6 for the winter of 2006-2007. 2196# 2197# According to new information which I received last week, Resolute Bay 2198# went back to using UTC-6 in the winter of 2007-2008... 2199# 2200# On March 11/2007 most of Canada went onto daylight saving. On March 2201# 14/2007 I phoned the Resolute Bay hamlet office to do a "time check." I 2202# talked to somebody that was both knowledgeable and helpful. I was able 2203# to confirm that Resolute Bay was still operating on UTC-5. It was 2204# explained to me that Resolute Bay had been on the Eastern Time zone 2205# (EST) in the winter, and was now back on the Central Time zone (CDT). 2206# i.e. the time zone had changed twice in the last year but the clocks 2207# had not moved. The residents had to know which time zone they were in 2208# so they could follow the correct TV schedule... 2209# 2210# On Nov 02/2008 most of Canada went onto standard time. On Nov 03/2008 I 2211# phoned the Resolute Bay hamlet office...[D]ue to the challenging nature 2212# of the phone call, I decided to seek out an alternate source of 2213# information. I found an e-mail address for somebody by the name of 2214# Stephanie Adams whose job was listed as "Inns North Support Officer for 2215# Arctic Co-operatives." I was under the impression that Stephanie lived 2216# and worked in Resolute Bay... 2217# 2218# On March 14/2011 I phoned the hamlet office again. I was told that 2219# Resolute Bay had been using Central Standard Time over the winter of 2220# 2010-2011 and that the clocks had therefore been moved one hour ahead 2221# on March 13/2011. The person I talked to was aware that Resolute Bay 2222# had previously experimented with Eastern Standard Time but he could not 2223# tell me when the practice had stopped. 2224# 2225# On March 17/2011 I searched the Web to find an e-mail address of 2226# somebody that might be able to tell me exactly when Resolute Bay went 2227# off Eastern Standard Time. I stumbled on the name "Aziz Kheraj." Aziz 2228# used to be the mayor of Resolute Bay and he apparently owns half the 2229# businesses including "South Camp Inn." This website has some info on 2230# Aziz: 2231# http://www.uphere.ca/node/493 2232# 2233# I sent Aziz an e-mail asking when Resolute Bay had stopped using 2234# Eastern Standard Time. 2235# 2236# Aziz responded quickly with this: "hi, The time was not changed for the 2237# 1 year only, the following year, the community went back to the old way 2238# of "spring ahead-fall behind" currently we are zulu plus 5 hrs and in 2239# the winter Zulu plus 6 hrs" 2240# 2241# This of course conflicted with everything I had ascertained in November 2008. 2242# 2243# I sent Aziz a copy of my 2008 e-mail exchange with Stephanie. Aziz 2244# responded with this: "Hi, Stephanie lives in Winnipeg. I live here, You 2245# may want to check with the weather office in Resolute Bay or do a 2246# search on the weather through Env. Canada. web site" 2247# 2248# If I had realized the Stephanie did not live in Resolute Bay I would 2249# never have contacted her. I now believe that all the information I 2250# obtained in November 2008 should be ignored... 2251# I apologize for reporting incorrect information in 2008. 2252 2253# From Tim Parenti (2020-03-05): 2254# The government of Yukon announced [yesterday] the cessation of seasonal time 2255# changes. "After clocks are pushed ahead one hour on March 8, the territory 2256# will remain on [UTC-07]. ... [The government] found 93 per cent of 2257# respondents wanted to end seasonal time changes and, of that group, 70 per 2258# cent wanted 'permanent Pacific Daylight Saving Time.'" 2259# https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-end-daylight-saving-time-1.5486358 2260# 2261# Although the government press release prefers PDT, we prefer MST for 2262# consistency with nearby Dawson Creek, Creston, and Fort Nelson. 2263# https://yukon.ca/en/news/yukon-end-seasonal-time-change 2264 2265# From Andrew G. Smith (2020-09-24): 2266# Yukon has completed its regulatory change to be on UTC -7 year-round.... 2267# http://www.gov.yk.ca/legislation/regs/oic2020_125.pdf 2268# What we have done is re-defined Yukon Standard Time, as we are 2269# authorized to do under section 33 of our Interpretation Act: 2270# http://www.gov.yk.ca/legislation/acts/interpretation_c.pdf 2271# 2272# From Paul Eggert (2020-09-24): 2273# tzdb uses the obsolete YST abbreviation for standard time in Yukon through 2274# about 1970, and uses PST for standard time in Yukon since then. Consistent 2275# with that, use MST for -07, the new standard time in Yukon effective Nov. 1. 2276 2277# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 2278Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D 2279Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S 2280Rule NT_YK 1919 only - May 25 2:00 1:00 D 2281Rule NT_YK 1919 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S 2282Rule NT_YK 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War 2283Rule NT_YK 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace 2284Rule NT_YK 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S 2285Rule NT_YK 1972 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 2286Rule NT_YK 1972 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 2287Rule NT_YK 1987 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 2288Rule Yukon 1965 only - Apr lastSun 0:00 2:00 DD 2289Rule Yukon 1965 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 2290# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2291# formerly Frobisher Bay 2292Zone America/Iqaluit 0 - -00 1942 Aug # Frobisher Bay est. 2293 -5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 2294 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 2295 -5:00 Canada E%sT 2296# aka Qausuittuq 2297Zone America/Resolute 0 - -00 1947 Aug 31 # Resolute founded 2298 -6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 2299 -5:00 - EST 2001 Apr 1 3:00 2300 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2006 Oct 29 2:00 2301 -5:00 - EST 2007 Mar 11 3:00 2302 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2303# aka Kangiqiniq 2304Zone America/Rankin_Inlet 0 - -00 1957 # Rankin Inlet founded 2305 -6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 2306 -5:00 - EST 2001 Apr 1 3:00 2307 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2308# aka Iqaluktuuttiaq 2309Zone America/Cambridge_Bay 0 - -00 1920 # trading post est.? 2310 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 2311 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 2312 -5:00 - EST 2000 Nov 5 0:00 2313 -6:00 - CST 2001 Apr 1 3:00 2314 -7:00 Canada M%sT 2315Zone America/Inuvik 0 - -00 1953 # Inuvik founded 2316 -8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1979 Apr lastSun 2:00 2317 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1980 2318 -7:00 Canada M%sT 2319Zone America/Whitehorse -9:00:12 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 2320 -9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1965 2321 -9:00 Yukon Y%sT 1966 Feb 27 0:00 2322 -8:00 - PST 1980 2323 -8:00 Canada P%sT 2020 Nov 1 2324 -7:00 - MST 2325Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 2326 -9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1965 2327 -9:00 Yukon Y%sT 1973 Oct 28 0:00 2328 -8:00 - PST 1980 2329 -8:00 Canada P%sT 2020 Nov 1 2330 -7:00 - MST 2331 2332 2333############################################################################### 2334 2335# Mexico 2336 2337# From Paul Eggert (2014-12-07): 2338# The Investigation and Analysis Service of the 2339# Mexican Library of Congress (MLoC) has published a 2340# history of Mexican local time (in Spanish) 2341# http://www.diputados.gob.mx/bibliot/publica/inveyana/polisoc/horver/index.htm 2342# 2343# Here are the discrepancies between Shanks & Pottenger (S&P) and the MLoC. 2344# (In all cases we go with the MLoC.) 2345# S&P report that Baja was at -8:00 in 1922/1923. 2346# S&P say the 1930 transition in Baja was 1930-11-16. 2347# S&P report no DST during summer 1931. 2348# S&P report a transition at 1932-03-30 23:00, not 1932-04-01. 2349 2350# From Gwillim Law (2001-02-20): 2351# There are some other discrepancies between the Decrees page and the 2352# tz database. I think they can best be explained by supposing that 2353# the researchers who prepared the Decrees page failed to find some of 2354# the relevant documents. 2355 2356# From Heitor David Pinto (2024-08-04): 2357# In 1931, the decree implementing DST specified that it would take 2358# effect on 30 April.... 2359# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?cod_diario=192270&pagina=2&seccion=1 2360# 2361# In 1981, the decree changing Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo to UTC-5 2362# specified that it would enter into force on 26 December 1981 at 2:00.... 2363# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4705667&fecha=23/12/1981&cod_diario=202796 2364# 2365# In 1982, the decree returning Campeche and Yucatán to UTC-6 specified that 2366# it would enter into force on 2 November 1982 at 2:00.... 2367# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?cod_diario=205689&pagina=3&seccion=0 2368# 2369# Quintana Roo changed to UTC-6 on 4 January 1983 at 0:00, and again 2370# to UTC-5 on 26 October 1997 at 2:00.... 2371# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4787355&fecha=28/12/1982&cod_diario=206112 2372# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?cod_diario=209559&pagina=15&seccion=0 2373# 2374# Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas were set to UTC-7 on 1 January 2375# 1922, and changed to UTC-6 on 10 June 1927. Then Durango, Coahuila and 2376# Nuevo León (but not Tamaulipas) returned to UTC-7 on 15 November 1930, 2377# observed DST in 1931, and changed again to UTC-6 on 1 April 1932.... 2378# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4441846&fecha=29/12/1921&cod_diario=187468 2379# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4541520&fecha=09/06/1927&cod_diario=193920 2380# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4491963&fecha=15/11/1930&cod_diario=190835 2381# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4418437&fecha=21/01/1932&cod_diario=185588 2382# 2383# ... the ... 10 June 1927 ... decree only said 10 June 1927, without 2384# specifying a time, so I suppose that it should be considered at 0:00. 2385# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4541520&fecha=09/06/1927&cod_diario=193920 2386# 2387# In 1942, the decree changing Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, 2388# Sinaloa and Nayarit to UTC-7 was published on 24 April, but it said that it 2389# would apply from 1 April, so it's unclear when the change actually 2390# occurred. The database currently shows 24 April 1942. 2391# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?cod_diario=192203&pagina=2&seccion=1 2392# 2393# Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa and Nayarit never used UTC-8. The ... 2394# 14 January 1949 ... change [to UTC-8] only occurred in Baja California. 2395# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4515613&fecha=13/01/1949&cod_diario=192309 2396# 2397# In 1945, the decree changing Baja California to UTC-8 specified that it 2398# would take effect on the third day from its publication. 2399# It was published on 12 November, so it would take effect on 15 November.... 2400# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4555049&fecha=12/11/1945&cod_diario=194763 2401# 2402# In 1948, the decree changing Baja California to UTC-7 specified that it 2403# would take effect on "this date". The decree was made on 13 March, 2404# but published on 5 April, so it's unclear when the change actually occurred. 2405# The database currently shows 5 April 1948. 2406# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?cod_diario=188624&pagina=2&seccion=0 2407# 2408# In 1949, the decree changing Baja California to UTC-8 was published on 13 2409# January, but it said that it would apply from 1 January, so it's unclear when 2410# the change actually occurred. The database currently shows 14 January 1949. 2411# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4515613&fecha=13/01/1949&cod_diario=192309 2412# 2413# Baja California also observed UTC-7 from 1 May to 24 September 1950, 2414# from 29 April to 30 September 1951 at 2:00, 2415# and from 27 April to 28 September 1952 at 2:00.... 2416# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4600403&fecha=29/04/1950&cod_diario=197505 2417# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4623553&fecha=23/09/1950&cod_diario=198805 2418# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4469444&fecha=27/04/1951&cod_diario=189317 2419# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4533868&fecha=10/03/1952&cod_diario=193465 2420# 2421# All changes in Baja California from 1948 to 1952 match those in California, 2422# on the same dates or with a difference of one day. 2423# So it may be easier to implement these changes as DST with rule CA 2424# during this whole period. 2425# 2426# From Paul Eggert (2024-08-18): 2427# For now, maintain the slightly-different history for Baja California, 2428# as we have no information on whether 1948/1952 clocks in Tijuana followed 2429# the decrees or followed San Diego. 2430 2431# From Alan Perry (1996-02-15): 2432# A guy from our Mexico subsidiary finally found the Presidential Decree 2433# outlining the timezone changes in Mexico. 2434# 2435# ------------- Begin Forwarded Message ------------- 2436# 2437# I finally got my hands on the Official Presidential Decree that sets up the 2438# rules for the DST changes. The rules are: 2439# 2440# 1. The country is divided in 3 timezones: 2441# - Baja California Norte (the Mexico/BajaNorte TZ) 2442# - Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora (the Mexico/BajaSur TZ) 2443# - The rest of the country (the Mexico/General TZ) 2444# 2445# 2. From the first Sunday in April at 2:00 AM to the last Sunday in October 2446# at 2:00 AM, the times in each zone are as follows: 2447# BajaNorte: GMT+7 2448# BajaSur: GMT+6 2449# General: GMT+5 2450# 2451# 3. The rest of the year, the times are as follows: 2452# BajaNorte: GMT+8 2453# BajaSur: GMT+7 2454# General: GMT+6 2455# 2456# The Decree was published in Mexico's Official Newspaper on January 4th. 2457# 2458# -------------- End Forwarded Message -------------- 2459# From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12): 2460# For an English translation of the decree, see 2461# "Diario Oficial: Time Zone Changeover" (1996-01-04). 2462# http://mexico-travel.com/extra/timezone_eng.html 2463 2464# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08): 2465# The State of Quintana Roo has reverted back to central STD and DST times 2466# (i.e. UTC -0600 and -0500 as of 1998-08-02). 2467 2468# From Rives McDow (2000-01-10): 2469# Effective April 4, 1999 at 2:00 AM local time, Sonora changed to the time 2470# zone 5 hours from the International Date Line, and will not observe daylight 2471# savings time so as to stay on the same time zone as the southern part of 2472# Arizona year round. 2473 2474# From Jesper Nørgaard, translating 2475# <http://www.reforma.com/nacional/articulo/064327/> (2001-01-17): 2476# In Oaxaca, the 55.000 teachers from the Section 22 of the National 2477# Syndicate of Education Workers, refuse to apply daylight saving each 2478# year, so that the more than 10,000 schools work at normal hour the 2479# whole year. 2480 2481# From Gwillim Law (2001-01-19): 2482# <http://www.reforma.com/negocios_y_dinero/articulo/064481/> ... says 2483# (translated):... 2484# January 17, 2000 - The Energy Secretary, Ernesto Martens, announced 2485# that Summer Time will be reduced from seven to five months, starting 2486# this year.... 2487# http://www.publico.com.mx/scripts/texto3.asp?action=pagina&pag=21&pos=p&secc=naci&date=01/17/2001 2488# [translated], says "summer time will ... take effect on the first Sunday 2489# in May, and end on the last Sunday of September. 2490 2491# From Arthur David Olson (2001-01-25): 2492# The 2001-01-24 traditional Washington Post contained the page one 2493# story "Timely Issue Divides Mexicans."... 2494# http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37383-2001Jan23.html 2495# ... Mexico City Mayor López Obrador "...is threatening to keep 2496# Mexico City and its 20 million residents on a different time than 2497# the rest of the country..." In particular, López Obrador would abolish 2498# observation of Daylight Saving Time. 2499 2500# Official statute published by the Energy Department 2501# http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/decretohorver2001.html#decre 2502# (2001-02-01) shows Baja and Chihauhua as still using US DST rules, 2503# and Sonora with no DST. This was reported by Jesper Nørgaard (2001-02-03). 2504 2505# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-03): 2506# 2507# https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-03-mn-32561-story.html 2508# James F. Smith writes in today's LA Times 2509# * Sonora will continue to observe standard time. 2510# * Last week Mexico City's mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador decreed that 2511# the Federal District will not adopt DST. 2512# * 4 of 16 district leaders announced they'll ignore the decree. 2513# * The decree does not affect federal-controlled facilities including 2514# the airport, banks, hospitals, and schools. 2515# 2516# For now we'll assume that the Federal District will bow to federal rules. 2517 2518# From Jesper Nørgaard (2001-04-01): 2519# I found some references to the Mexican application of daylight 2520# saving, which modifies what I had already sent you, stating earlier 2521# that a number of northern Mexican states would go on daylight 2522# saving. The modification reverts this to only cover Baja California 2523# (Norte), while all other states (except Sonora, who has no daylight 2524# saving all year) will follow the original decree of president 2525# Vicente Fox, starting daylight saving May 6, 2001 and ending 2526# September 30, 2001. 2527# References: "Diario de Monterrey" <http://www.diariodemonterrey.com/index.asp> 2528# Palabra <http://palabra.infosel.com/010331/primera/ppri3101.pdf> (2001-03-31) 2529 2530# From Reuters (2001-09-04): 2531# Mexico's Supreme Court on Tuesday declared that daylight savings was 2532# unconstitutional in Mexico City, creating the possibility the 2533# capital will be in a different time zone from the rest of the nation 2534# next year.... The Supreme Court's ruling takes effect at 2:00 2535# a.m. (0800 GMT) on Sept. 30, when Mexico is scheduled to revert to 2536# standard time. "This is so residents of the Federal District are not 2537# subject to unexpected time changes," a statement from the court said. 2538 2539# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2002-03-12): 2540# ... consulting my local grocery store(!) and my coworkers, they all insisted 2541# that a new decision had been made to reinstate US style DST in Mexico.... 2542# http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/horaver2001_m1_2002.html (2002-02-20) 2543# confirms this. Sonora as usual is the only state where DST is not applied. 2544 2545# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-12-28): 2546# 2547# Steffen Thorsen wrote: 2548# > Mexico's House of Representatives has approved a proposal for northern 2549# > Mexico's border cities to share the same daylight saving schedule as 2550# > the United States. 2551# Now this has passed both the Congress and the Senate, so starting from 2552# 2010, some border regions will be the same: 2553# http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/28/clocks-will-match-both-sides-border/ 2554# http://www.elmananarey.com/diario/noticia/nacional/noticias/empatan_horario_de_frontera_con_eu/621939 2555# (Spanish) 2556# 2557# Could not find the new law text, but the proposed law text changes are here: 2558# http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/20091210-V.pdf 2559# (Gaceta Parlamentaria) 2560# 2561# There is also a list of the votes here: 2562# http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/V2-101209.html 2563# 2564# Our page: 2565# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/north-mexico-dst-change.html 2566 2567# From Arthur David Olson (2010-01-20): 2568# The page 2569# http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5127480&fecha=06/01/2010 2570# includes this text: 2571# En los municipios fronterizos de Tijuana y Mexicali en Baja California; 2572# Juárez y Ojinaga en Chihuahua; Acuña y Piedras Negras en Coahuila; 2573# Anáhuac en Nuevo León; y Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa y Matamoros en 2574# Tamaulipas, la aplicación de este horario estacional surtirá efecto 2575# desde las dos horas del segundo domingo de marzo y concluirá a las dos 2576# horas del primer domingo de noviembre. 2577# En los municipios fronterizos que se encuentren ubicados en la franja 2578# fronteriza norte en el territorio comprendido entre la línea 2579# internacional y la línea paralela ubicada a una distancia de veinte 2580# kilómetros, así como la Ciudad de Ensenada, Baja California, hacia el 2581# interior del país, la aplicación de este horario estacional surtirá 2582# efecto desde las dos horas del segundo domingo de marzo y concluirá a 2583# las dos horas del primer domingo de noviembre. 2584 2585# From Steffen Thorsen (2014-12-08), translated by Gwillim Law: 2586# The Mexican state of Quintana Roo will likely change to EST in 2015. 2587# 2588# http://www.unioncancun.mx/articulo/2014/12/04/medio-ambiente/congreso-aprueba-una-hora-mas-de-sol-en-qroo 2589# "With this change, the time conflict that has existed between the municipios 2590# of Quintana Roo and the municipio of Felipe Carrillo Puerto may come to an 2591# end. The latter declared itself in rebellion 15 years ago when a time change 2592# was initiated in Mexico, and since then it has refused to change its time 2593# zone along with the rest of the country." 2594# 2595# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-01-14), translated by Gwillim Law: 2596# http://sipse.com/novedades/confirman-aplicacion-de-nueva-zona-horaria-para-quintana-roo-132331.html 2597# "...the new time zone will come into effect at two o'clock on the first Sunday 2598# of February, when we will have to advance the clock one hour from its current 2599# time..." 2600# Also, the new zone will not use DST. 2601# 2602# From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2015-02-02): 2603# The decree that modifies the Mexican Hour System Law has finally 2604# been published at the Diario Oficial de la Federación 2605# http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5380123&fecha=31/01/2015 2606# It establishes 5 zones for Mexico: 2607# 1- Zona Centro (Central Zone): Corresponds to longitude 90 W, 2608# includes most of Mexico, excluding what's mentioned below. 2609# 2- Zona Pacífico (Pacific Zone): Longitude 105 W, includes the 2610# states of Baja California Sur; Chihuahua; Nayarit (excluding Bahía 2611# de Banderas which lies in Central Zone); Sinaloa and Sonora. 2612# 3- Zona Noroeste (Northwest Zone): Longitude 120 W, includes the 2613# state of Baja California. 2614# 4- Zona Sureste (Southeast Zone): Longitude 75 W, includes the state 2615# of Quintana Roo. 2616# 5- The islands, reefs and keys shall take their timezone from the 2617# longitude they are located at. 2618 2619# From Paul Eggert (2022-10-28): 2620# The new Mexican law was published today: 2621# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5670045&fecha=28/10/2022 2622# This abolishes DST except where US DST rules are observed, 2623# and in addition changes all of Chihuahua to -06 with no DST. 2624 2625# From Heitor David Pinto (2022-11-28): 2626# Now the northern [municipios] want to have the same time zone as the 2627# respective neighboring cities in the US, for example Juárez in UTC-7 with 2628# DST, matching El Paso, and Ojinaga in UTC-6 with DST, matching Presidio.... 2629# the president authorized the publication of the decree for November 29, 2630# so the time change would occur on November 30 at 0:00. 2631# http://puentelibre.mx/noticia/ciudad_juarez_cambio_horario_noviembre_2022/ 2632 2633# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 2634Rule Mexico 1931 only - April 30 0:00 1:00 D 2635Rule Mexico 1931 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 2636Rule Mexico 1939 only - Feb 5 0:00 1:00 D 2637Rule Mexico 1939 only - Jun 25 0:00 0 S 2638Rule Mexico 1940 only - Dec 9 0:00 1:00 D 2639Rule Mexico 1941 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 S 2640Rule Mexico 1943 only - Dec 16 0:00 1:00 W # War 2641Rule Mexico 1944 only - May 1 0:00 0 S 2642Rule Mexico 1950 only - Feb 12 0:00 1:00 D 2643Rule Mexico 1950 only - Jul 30 0:00 0 S 2644Rule Mexico 1996 2000 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 2645Rule Mexico 1996 2000 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 2646Rule Mexico 2001 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 2647Rule Mexico 2001 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 2648Rule Mexico 2002 2022 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 2649Rule Mexico 2002 2022 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 2650# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2651# Quintana Roo; represented by Cancún 2652Zone America/Cancun -5:47:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 6:00u 2653 -6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 26 2:00 2654 -5:00 - EST 1983 Jan 4 0:00 2655 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 1997 Oct 26 2:00 2656 -5:00 Mexico E%sT 1998 Aug 2 2:00 2657 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 2015 Feb 1 2:00 2658 -5:00 - EST 2659# Campeche, Yucatán; represented by Mérida 2660Zone America/Merida -5:58:28 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 6:00u 2661 -6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 26 2:00 2662 -5:00 - EST 1982 Nov 2 2:00 2663 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 2664# Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas (near US border) 2665# This includes the following municipios: 2666# in Coahuila: Acuña, Allende, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jiménez, Morelos, Nava, 2667# Ocampo, Piedras Negras, Villa Unión, Zaragoza 2668# in Nuevo León: Anáhuac 2669# in Tamaulipas: Nuevo Laredo, Guerrero, Mier, Miguel Alemán, Camargo, 2670# Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Reynosa, Río Bravo, Valle Hermoso, Matamoros. 2671# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5670045&fecha=28/10/2022 2672Zone America/Matamoros -6:30:00 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 6:00u 2673 -6:00 - CST 1988 2674 -6:00 US C%sT 1989 2675 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 2010 2676 -6:00 US C%sT 2677# Durango; Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas (away from US border) 2678Zone America/Monterrey -6:41:16 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 6:00u 2679 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 2680 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 2681 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 1932 Apr 1 2682 -6:00 - CST 1988 2683 -6:00 US C%sT 1989 2684 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 2685# Central Mexico 2686Zone America/Mexico_City -6:36:36 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 7:00u 2687 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 2688 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 2689 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 1932 Apr 1 2690 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 2001 Sep 30 2:00 2691 -6:00 - CST 2002 Feb 20 2692 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 2693# Chihuahua (near US border - western side) 2694# This includes the municipios of Janos, Ascensión, Juárez, Guadalupe, and 2695# Práxedis G Guerrero. 2696# http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/PDF/65/2a022/nov/20221124-VII.pdf 2697Zone America/Ciudad_Juarez -7:05:56 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 7:00u 2698 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 2699 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 2700 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 1932 Apr 1 2701 -6:00 - CST 1996 2702 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 1998 2703 -6:00 - CST 1998 Apr Sun>=1 3:00 2704 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 2010 2705 -7:00 US M%sT 2022 Oct 30 2:00 2706 -6:00 - CST 2022 Nov 30 0:00 2707 -7:00 US M%sT 2708# Chihuahua (near US border - eastern side) 2709# This includes the municipios of Coyame del Sotol, Ojinaga, and Manuel 2710# Benavides. 2711# http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/PDF/65/2a022/nov/20221124-VII.pdf 2712Zone America/Ojinaga -6:57:40 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 7:00u 2713 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 2714 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 2715 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 1932 Apr 1 2716 -6:00 - CST 1996 2717 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 1998 2718 -6:00 - CST 1998 Apr Sun>=1 3:00 2719 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 2010 2720 -7:00 US M%sT 2022 Oct 30 2:00 2721 -6:00 - CST 2022 Nov 30 0:00 2722 -6:00 US C%sT 2723# Chihuahua (away from US border) 2724Zone America/Chihuahua -7:04:20 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 7:00u 2725 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 2726 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 2727 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 1932 Apr 1 2728 -6:00 - CST 1996 2729 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 1998 2730 -6:00 - CST 1998 Apr Sun>=1 3:00 2731 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 2022 Oct 30 2:00 2732 -6:00 - CST 2733# Sonora 2734Zone America/Hermosillo -7:23:52 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 7:00u 2735 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 2736 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 2737 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 1932 Apr 1 2738 -6:00 - CST 1942 Apr 24 2739 -7:00 - MST 1996 2740 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 1999 2741 -7:00 - MST 2742 2743# Baja California Sur, Nayarit (except Bahía de Banderas), Sinaloa 2744Zone America/Mazatlan -7:05:40 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 7:00u 2745 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 2746 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 2747 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 1932 Apr 1 2748 -6:00 - CST 1942 Apr 24 2749 -7:00 - MST 1970 2750 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 2751 2752# Bahía de Banderas 2753 2754# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-21): 2755# According to news, Bahía de Banderas (Mexican state of Nayarit) 2756# changed time zone UTC-7 to new time zone UTC-6 on April 4, 2010 (to 2757# share the same time zone as nearby city Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco). 2758# 2759# (Spanish) 2760# Bahía de Banderas homologa su horario al del centro del 2761# país, a partir de este domingo 2762# http://www.nayarit.gob.mx/notes.asp?id=20748 2763# 2764# Bahía de Banderas homologa su horario con el del Centro del 2765# País 2766# http://www.bahiadebanderas.gob.mx/principal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=261:bahia-de-banderas-homologa-su-horario-con-el-del-centro-del-pais&catid=42:comunicacion-social&Itemid=50 2767# 2768# (English) 2769# Puerto Vallarta and Bahía de Banderas: One Time Zone 2770# http://virtualvallarta.com/puertovallarta/puertovallarta/localnews/2009-12-03-Puerto-Vallarta-and-Bahia-de-Banderas-One-Time-Zone.shtml 2771# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mexico08.html 2772# 2773# "Mexico's Senate approved the amendments to the Mexican Schedule System that 2774# will allow Bahía de Banderas and Puerto Vallarta to share the same time 2775# zone ..." 2776# Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa 2777 2778# From Arthur David Olson (2010-05-01): 2779# Use "Bahia_Banderas" to keep the name to fourteen characters. 2780 2781Zone America/Bahia_Banderas -7:01:00 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 7:00u 2782 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 2783 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 2784 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 1932 Apr 1 2785 -6:00 - CST 1942 Apr 24 2786 -7:00 - MST 1970 2787 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 2010 Apr 4 2:00 2788 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 2789 2790# Baja California 2791Zone America/Tijuana -7:48:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 7:00u 2792 -7:00 - MST 1924 2793 -8:00 - PST 1927 Jun 10 2794 -7:00 - MST 1930 Nov 15 2795 -8:00 - PST 1931 Apr 1 2796 -8:00 1:00 PDT 1931 Sep 30 2797 -8:00 - PST 1942 Apr 24 2798 -8:00 1:00 PWT 1945 Aug 14 23:00u 2799 -8:00 1:00 PPT 1945 Nov 15 # Peace 2800 -8:00 - PST 1948 Apr 5 2801 -8:00 1:00 PDT 1949 Jan 14 2802 -8:00 - PST 1950 May 1 2803 -8:00 1:00 PDT 1950 Sep 24 2804 -8:00 - PST 1951 Apr 29 2:00 2805 -8:00 1:00 PDT 1951 Sep 30 2:00 2806 -8:00 - PST 1952 Apr 27 2:00 2807 -8:00 1:00 PDT 1952 Sep 28 2:00 2808 -8:00 - PST 1954 2809 -8:00 CA P%sT 1961 2810 -8:00 - PST 1976 2811 -8:00 US P%sT 1996 2812 -8:00 Mexico P%sT 2001 2813 -8:00 US P%sT 2002 Feb 20 2814 -8:00 Mexico P%sT 2010 2815 -8:00 US P%sT 2816# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 2817# Formerly there was an America/Ensenada zone, which differed from 2818# America/Tijuana only in that it did not observe DST from 1976 2819# through 1995. This was as per Shanks (1999). But Shanks & Pottenger say 2820# Ensenada did not observe DST from 1948 through 1975. Guy Harris reports 2821# that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicali, San Felipe and 2822# Tijuana observe DST," which agrees with Shanks & Pottenger but implies that 2823# DST-observance was a town-by-town matter back then. This concerns 2824# data after 1970 so most likely there should be at least one Zone 2825# other than America/Tijuana for Baja, but it's not clear yet what its 2826# name or contents should be. 2827# 2828# From Paul Eggert (2015-10-08): 2829# Formerly there was an America/Santa_Isabel zone, but this appears to 2830# have come from a misreading of 2831# http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5127480&fecha=06/01/2010 2832# It has been moved to the 'backward' file. 2833# 2834# From Paul Eggert (2022-10-28): 2835# Today's new law states that the entire state of Baja California 2836# follows US DST rules, which agrees with simplifications noted above. 2837# 2838# 2839# Revillagigedo Is 2840# no information 2841 2842############################################################################### 2843 2844# Barbados 2845 2846# For 1899 Milne gives -3:58:29.2. 2847 2848# From P Chan (2020-12-09 and 2020-12-11): 2849# Standard time of GMT-4 was adopted in 1911. 2850# Definition of Time Act, 1911 (1911-7) [1911-08-28] 2851# 1912, Laws of Barbados (5 v.), OCLC Number: 919801291, Vol. 4, Image No. 522 2852# 1944, Laws of Barbados (5 v.), OCLC Number: 84548697, Vol. 4, Image No. 122 2853# http://llmc.com/browse.aspx?type=2&coll=85&div=297 2854# 2855# DST was observed in 1942-44. 2856# Defence (Daylight Saving) Regulations, 1942, 1942-04-13 2857# Defence (Daylight Saving) (Repeal) Regulations, 1942, 1942-08-22 2858# Defence (Daylight Saving) Regulations, 1943, 1943-04-16 2859# Defence (Daylight Saving) (Repeal) Regulations, 1943, 1943-09-01 2860# Defence (Daylight Saving) Regulations, 1944, 1944-03-21 2861# [Defence (Daylight Saving) (Amendment) Regulations 1944, 1944-03-28] 2862# Defence (Daylight Saving) (Repeal) Regulations, 1944, 1944-08-30 2863# 2864# 1914-, Subsidiary Legis., Annual Vols. OCLC Number: 226290591 2865# 1942: Image Nos. 527-528, 555-556 2866# 1943: Image Nos. 178-179, 198 2867# 1944: Image Nos. 113-115, 129 2868# http://llmc.com/titledescfull.aspx?type=2&coll=85&div=297&set=98437 2869# 2870# From Tim Parenti (2021-02-20): 2871# The transitions below are derived from P Chan's sources, except that the 1977 2872# through 1980 transitions are from Shanks & Pottenger since we have no better 2873# data there. Of particular note, the 1944 DST regulation only advanced the 2874# time to "exactly three and a half hours later than Greenwich mean time", as 2875# opposed to "three hours" in the 1942 and 1943 regulations. 2876 2877# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 2878Rule Barb 1942 only - Apr 19 5:00u 1:00 D 2879Rule Barb 1942 only - Aug 31 6:00u 0 S 2880Rule Barb 1943 only - May 2 5:00u 1:00 D 2881Rule Barb 1943 only - Sep 5 6:00u 0 S 2882Rule Barb 1944 only - Apr 10 5:00u 0:30 - 2883Rule Barb 1944 only - Sep 10 6:00u 0 S 2884Rule Barb 1977 only - Jun 12 2:00 1:00 D 2885Rule Barb 1977 1978 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 S 2886Rule Barb 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D 2887Rule Barb 1979 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S 2888Rule Barb 1980 only - Sep 25 2:00 0 S 2889# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2890 #STDOFF -3:58:29.2 2891Zone America/Barbados -3:58:29 - LMT 1911 Aug 28 # Bridgetown 2892 -4:00 Barb A%sT 1944 2893 -4:00 Barb AST/-0330 1945 2894 -4:00 Barb A%sT 2895 2896# Belize 2897 2898# From P Chan (2020-11-03): 2899# Below are some laws related to the time in British Honduras/Belize: 2900# 2901# Definition of Time Ordinance, 1927 (No.4 of 1927) [1927-04-01] 2902# Ordinances of British Honduras Passed in the Year 1927, p 19-20 2903# https://books.google.com/books?id=LqEpAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA19 2904# 2905# Definition of Time (Amendment) Ordinance, 1942 (No. 5 of 1942) [1942-06-27] 2906# Ordinances of British Honduras Passed in the Year 1942, p 31-32 2907# https://books.google.com/books?id=h6MpAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA6-PA95-IA44 2908# 2909# Definition of Time Ordinance, 1945 (No. 19 of 1945) [1945-12-15] 2910# Ordinances of British Honduras Passed in the Year 1945, p 49-50 2911# https://books.google.com/books?id=xaMpAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PP1 2912# 2913# Definition of Time Ordinance, 1947 (No. 1 of 1947) [1947-03-11] 2914# Ordinances of British Honduras Passed in the Year 1947, p 1-2 2915# https://books.google.com/books?id=xaMpAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA1 2916# 2917# Time (Definition of) Ordinance (Chapter 180) 2918# The Laws of British Honduras in Force on the 15th Day of September, 1958 , Volume IV, p 2580 2919# https://books.google.com/books?id=v5QpAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA2580 2920# 2921# Time (Definition of) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1968 (No. 13 of 1968) [1968-08-03] 2922# https://books.google.com/books?id=xij7KEB_58wC&pg=RA1-PA428-IA9 2923# 2924# Definition of Time Act (Chapter 339) 2925# Law of Belize, Revised Edition 2000 2926# http://www.belizelaw.org/web/lawadmin/PDF%20files/cap339.pdf 2927 2928# From Paul Eggert (2020-11-03): 2929# The transitions below are derived from P Chan's sources, except that the 2930# 1973 through 1983 transitions are from Shanks & Pottenger since we have 2931# no better data there. 2932 2933# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 2934Rule Belize 1918 1941 - Oct Sat>=1 24:00 0:30 -0530 2935Rule Belize 1919 1942 - Feb Sat>=8 24:00 0 CST 2936Rule Belize 1942 only - Jun 27 24:00 1:00 CWT 2937Rule Belize 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 CPT 2938Rule Belize 1945 only - Dec 15 24:00 0 CST 2939Rule Belize 1947 1967 - Oct Sat>=1 24:00 0:30 -0530 2940Rule Belize 1948 1968 - Feb Sat>=8 24:00 0 CST 2941Rule Belize 1973 only - Dec 5 0:00 1:00 CDT 2942Rule Belize 1974 only - Feb 9 0:00 0 CST 2943Rule Belize 1982 only - Dec 18 0:00 1:00 CDT 2944Rule Belize 1983 only - Feb 12 0:00 0 CST 2945# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2946Zone America/Belize -5:52:48 - LMT 1912 Apr 1 2947 -6:00 Belize %s 2948 2949# Bermuda 2950 2951# From Paul Eggert (2022-07-27): 2952# For 1899 Milne gives -4:19:18.3 as the meridian of the clock tower, 2953# Bermuda dockyard, Ireland I. This agrees with standard offset given in the 2954# Daylight Saving Act, 1917 cited below. 2955# It is not known when this time became standard for Bermuda; guess 1890. 2956# The transition to -04 was specified by: 2957# 1930: The Time Zone Act, 1929 (1929: No. 39) [1929-11-08] 2958# https://books.google.com/books?id=7tdMAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA54-PP1 2959 2960# From P Chan (2020-11-20): 2961# Most of the information can be found online from the Bermuda National 2962# Library - Digital Collection which includes The Royal Gazette (RG) until 1957 2963# https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/ 2964# I will cite the ID. For example, [10000] means 2965# https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/BermudaNP02/id/10000 2966# 2967# 1917: Apr 5 midnight to Sep 30 midnight 2968# Daylight Saving Act, 1917 (1917 No. 13) [1917-04-02] 2969# Bermuda Acts and Resolves 1917, p 37-38 2970# https://books.google.com/books?id=M-lCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA36-IA2 2971# RG, 1917-04-04, p 6 [42340] gives the spring forward date. 2972# 2973# 1918: Apr 13 midnight to Sep 15 midnight 2974# Daylight Saving Act, 1918 (1918 No. 9) [1918-04-06] 2975# Bermuda Acts and Resolves 1917, p 13 2976# https://books.google.com/books?id=K-lCAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA7 2977# 2978# Note that local mean time was still used before 1930. 2979# 2980# During WWII, DST was introduced by Defence Regulations 2981# 1942: Jan 11 02:00 to Oct 18 02:00 [113646], [115726] 2982# 1943: Mar 21 02:00 to Oct 31 02:00 [116704], [118193] 2983# 1944: Mar 12 02:00 to Nov 5 02:00 [119225], [121593] 2984# 1945: Mar 11 02:00 to Nov 4 02:00 [122369], [124461] 2985# RG, 1942-01-08, p 2, 1942-10-12, p 2 , 1943-03-06, p 2, 1943-09-03, p 1, 2986# 1944-02-29, p 6, 1944-09-20, p 2, 1945-02-13, p 2, 1945-11-03, p 1 2987# 2988# In 1946, the House of Assembly rejected DST twice. [128686], [128076] 2989# RG, 1946-03-16 p 1,1946-04-13 p 1 2990# 2991# 1947: third Sunday in May 02:00 to second Sunday in September 02:00 2992# DST in 1947 was defined in the Daylight Saving Act, 1947 (1947: No. 12) 2993# which expired at the end of the year. [125784] ,[132405], [144454], [138226] 2994# RG, 1947-02-27, p 1, 1947-05-15, p 1, 1947-09-13, p 1, 1947-12-30, p 1 2995# 2996# 1948-1952: fourth Sunday in May 02:00 to first Sunday in September 02:00 2997# DST in 1948 was defined in the Daylight Saving Act, 1948 (1948 : No. 12) 2998# which was set to expired at the end of the year but it was extended until 2999# the end of 1952 and was not further extended. 3000# [129802], [139403], [146008], [135240], [144330], [139049], [143309], 3001# [148271], [149773], [153589], [153802], [155924] 3002# RG, 1948-04-13, p 1, 1948-05-22, p 1, 1948-09-04, p 1, 1949-05-21, p1, 3003# 1949-09-03, p 1, 1950-05-27 p 1, 1950-09-02, p 1, 1951-05-27, p 1, 3004# 1951-09-01, p 1, 1952-05-23, p 1, 1952-09-26, p 1, 1952-12-21, p 8 3005# 3006# In 1953-1955, the House of Assembly rejected DST each year. [158996], 3007# [162620], [166720] RG, 1953-05-02, p 1, 1954-04-01 p 1, 1955-03-12, p 1 3008# 3009# 1956: fourth Sunday in May 02:00 to last Sunday in October 02:00 3010# Time Zone (Seasonal Variation) Act, 1956 (1956: No.44) [1956-05-25] 3011# Bermuda Public Acts 1956, p 331-332 3012# https://books.google.com/books?id=Xs1AlmD_cEwC&pg=PA63 3013# 3014# The extension of the Act was rejected by the House of Assembly. [176218] 3015# RG, 1956-12-13, p 1 3016# 3017# From the Chronological Table of Public and Private Acts up to 1985, it seems 3018# that there does not exist other Acts related to DST before 1973. 3019# https://books.google.com/books?id=r9hMAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA23-PA1 3020# Public Acts of the Legislature of the Islands of Bermuda, Together with 3021# Statutory Instruments in Force Thereunder, Vol VII 3022 3023# From Dan Jones, reporting in The Royal Gazette (2006-06-26): 3024# Next year, however, clocks in the US will go forward on the second Sunday 3025# in March, until the first Sunday in November. And, after the Time Zone 3026# (Seasonal Variation) Bill 2006 was passed in the House of Assembly on 3027# Friday, the same thing will happen in Bermuda. 3028# http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060529/NEWS/105290135 3029 3030# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 3031Rule Bermuda 1917 only - Apr 5 24:00 1:00 - 3032Rule Bermuda 1917 only - Sep 30 24:00 0 - 3033Rule Bermuda 1918 only - Apr 13 24:00 1:00 - 3034Rule Bermuda 1918 only - Sep 15 24:00 0 S 3035Rule Bermuda 1942 only - Jan 11 2:00 1:00 D 3036Rule Bermuda 1942 only - Oct 18 2:00 0 S 3037Rule Bermuda 1943 only - Mar 21 2:00 1:00 D 3038Rule Bermuda 1943 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S 3039Rule Bermuda 1944 1945 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D 3040Rule Bermuda 1944 1945 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S 3041Rule Bermuda 1947 only - May Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D 3042Rule Bermuda 1947 only - Sep Sun>=8 2:00 0 S 3043Rule Bermuda 1948 1952 - May Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D 3044Rule Bermuda 1948 1952 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 0 S 3045Rule Bermuda 1956 only - May Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D 3046Rule Bermuda 1956 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 3047 3048# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3049 #STDOFF -4:19:18.3 3050Zone Atlantic/Bermuda -4:19:18 - LMT 1890 # Hamilton 3051 -4:19:18 Bermuda BMT/BST 1930 Jan 1 2:00 3052 -4:00 Bermuda A%sT 1974 Apr 28 2:00 3053 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1976 3054 -4:00 US A%sT 3055 3056# Costa Rica 3057 3058# Milne gives -5:36:13.3 as San José mean time. 3059 3060# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 3061Rule CR 1979 1980 - Feb lastSun 0:00 1:00 D 3062Rule CR 1979 1980 - Jun Sun>=1 0:00 0 S 3063Rule CR 1991 1992 - Jan Sat>=15 0:00 1:00 D 3064# IATA SSIM (1991-09) says the following was at 1:00; 3065# go with Shanks & Pottenger. 3066Rule CR 1991 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S 3067Rule CR 1992 only - Mar 15 0:00 0 S 3068# There are too many San Josés elsewhere, so we'll use 'Costa Rica'. 3069# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3070 #STDOFF -5:36:13.3 3071Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San José 3072 -5:36:13 - SJMT 1921 Jan 15 # San José Mean Time 3073 -6:00 CR C%sT 3074# Coco 3075# no information; probably like America/Costa_Rica 3076 3077# Cuba 3078 3079# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21): 3080# Milne gives -5:28:50.45 for the observatory at Havana, -5:29:23.57 3081# for the port, and -5:30 for meteorological observations. 3082# For now, stick with Shanks & Pottenger. 3083 3084# From Arthur David Olson (1999-03-29): 3085# The 1999-03-28 exhibition baseball game held in Havana, Cuba, between 3086# the Cuban National Team and the Baltimore Orioles was carried live on 3087# the Orioles Radio Network, including affiliate WTOP in Washington, DC. 3088# During the game, play-by-play announcer Jim Hunter noted that 3089# "We'll be losing two hours of sleep...Cuba switched to Daylight Saving 3090# Time today." (The "two hour" remark referred to losing one hour of 3091# sleep on 1999-03-28 - when the announcers were in Cuba as it switched 3092# to DST - and one more hour on 1999-04-04 - when the announcers will have 3093# returned to Baltimore, which switches on that date.) 3094 3095# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-11-11): 3096# DST start in Cuba in 2004 ... does not follow the same rules as the 3097# years before. The correct date should be Sunday 2004-03-28 00:00 ... 3098# https://web.archive.org/web/20040402060750/http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2004/marzo/sab27/reloj.html 3099 3100# From Evert van der Veer via Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-28): 3101# Cuba is not going back to standard time this year. 3102# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 3103# http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2004/septiembre/juev30/41medid-i.html 3104# says that it's due to a problem at the Antonio Guiteras 3105# thermoelectric plant, and says "This October there will be no return 3106# to normal hours (after daylight saving time)". 3107# For now, let's assume that it's a temporary measure. 3108 3109# From Carlos A. Carnero Delgado (2005-11-12): 3110# This year (just like in 2004-2005) there's no change in time zone 3111# adjustment in Cuba. We will stay in daylight saving time: 3112# http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2005/noviembre/mier9/horario.html 3113 3114# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-10-21): 3115# An article in GRANMA INTERNACIONAL claims that Cuba will end 3116# the 3 years of permanent DST next weekend, see 3117# http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/octubre/lun16/43horario.html 3118# "On Saturday night, October 28 going into Sunday, October 29, at 01:00, 3119# watches should be set back one hour - going back to 00:00 hours - returning 3120# to the normal schedule.... 3121 3122# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-02): 3123# <http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/english/news/art89.html>, dated yesterday, 3124# says Cuban clocks will advance at midnight on March 10. 3125# For lack of better information, assume Cuba will use US rules, 3126# except that it switches at midnight standard time as usual. 3127# 3128# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-10-25): 3129# Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz informed me that Cuba will end DST one week 3130# earlier - on the last Sunday of October, just like in 2006. 3131# 3132# He supplied these references: 3133# 3134# http://www.prensalatina.com.mx/article.asp?ID={4CC32C1B-A9F7-42FB-8A07-8631AFC923AF}&language=ES 3135# http://actualidad.terra.es/sociedad/articulo/cuba_llama_ahorrar_energia_cambio_1957044.htm 3136# 3137# From Alex Krivenyshev (2007-10-25): 3138# Here is also article from Granma (Cuba): 3139# 3140# Regirá el Horario Normal desde el próximo domingo 28 de octubre 3141# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2007/10/24/nacional/artic07.html 3142# 3143# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba03.html 3144 3145# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-09): 3146# I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight 3147# Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to 3148# http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj 3149# a Cuban information station, and heard 3150# the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"), 3151# indicating that Cuba is still on standard time. 3152 3153# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-12): 3154# It seems that Cuba will start DST on Sunday, 2007-03-16... 3155# It was announced yesterday, according to this source (in Spanish): 3156# http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm 3157# 3158# Some more background information is posted here: 3159# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html 3160# 3161# The article also says that Cuba has been observing DST since 1963, 3162# while Shanks (and tzdata) has 1965 as the first date (except in the 3163# 1940's). Many other web pages in Cuba also claim that it has been 3164# observed since 1963, but with the exception of 1970 - an exception 3165# which is not present in tzdata/Shanks. So there is a chance we need to 3166# change some historic records as well. 3167# 3168# One example: 3169# http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm 3170 3171# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-03-13): 3172# The Cuban time change has just been confirmed on the most authoritative 3173# web site, the Granma. Please check out 3174# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html 3175# 3176# Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsen's information, the change 3177# will take place midnight between Saturday and Sunday. 3178 3179# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-12): 3180# Assume Sun>=15 (third Sunday) going forward. 3181 3182# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-04) 3183# According to the Radio Reloj - Cuba will start Daylight Saving Time on 3184# midnight between Saturday, March 07, 2009 and Sunday, March 08, 2009- 3185# not on midnight March 14 / March 15 as previously thought. 3186# 3187# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba05.html 3188# (in Spanish) 3189 3190# From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-09) 3191# I listened over the Internet to 3192# http://media.enet.cu/readioreloj 3193# this morning; when it was 10:05 a. m. here in Bethesda, Maryland the 3194# the time was announced as "diez cinco" - the same time as here, indicating 3195# that has indeed switched to DST. Assume second Sunday from 2009 forward. 3196 3197# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-03-08): 3198# Granma announced that Cuba is going to start DST on 2011-03-20 00:00:00 3199# this year. Nothing about the end date known so far (if that has 3200# changed at all). 3201# 3202# Source: 3203# http://granma.co.cu/2011/03/08/nacional/artic01.html 3204# 3205# Our info: 3206# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2011.html 3207# 3208# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-10-30) 3209# Cuba will end DST two weeks later this year. Instead of going back 3210# tonight, it has been delayed to 2011-11-13 at 01:00. 3211# 3212# One source (Spanish) 3213# http://www.radioangulo.cu/noticias/cuba/17105-cuba-restablecera-el-horario-del-meridiano-de-greenwich.html 3214# 3215# Our page: 3216# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-time-changes-2011.html 3217# 3218# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-01) 3219# According to Radio Reloj, Cuba will start DST on Midnight between March 3220# 31 and April 1. 3221# 3222# Radio Reloj has the following info (Spanish): 3223# http://www.radioreloj.cu/index.php/noticias-radio-reloj/71-miscelaneas/7529-cuba-aplicara-el-horario-de-verano-desde-el-1-de-abril 3224# 3225# Our info on it: 3226# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2012.html 3227 3228# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-11-03): 3229# Radio Reloj and many other sources report that Cuba is changing back 3230# to standard time on 2012-11-04: 3231# http://www.radioreloj.cu/index.php/noticias-radio-reloj/36-nacionales/9961-regira-horario-normal-en-cuba-desde-el-domingo-cuatro-de-noviembre 3232# From Paul Eggert (2012-11-03): 3233# For now, assume the future rule is first Sunday in November. 3234 3235# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 3236Rule Cuba 1928 only - Jun 10 0:00 1:00 D 3237Rule Cuba 1928 only - Oct 10 0:00 0 S 3238Rule Cuba 1940 1942 - Jun Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D 3239Rule Cuba 1940 1942 - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 0 S 3240Rule Cuba 1945 1946 - Jun Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D 3241Rule Cuba 1945 1946 - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 0 S 3242Rule Cuba 1965 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D 3243Rule Cuba 1965 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S 3244Rule Cuba 1966 only - May 29 0:00 1:00 D 3245Rule Cuba 1966 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 S 3246Rule Cuba 1967 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 D 3247Rule Cuba 1967 1968 - Sep Sun>=8 0:00 0 S 3248Rule Cuba 1968 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D 3249Rule Cuba 1969 1977 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D 3250Rule Cuba 1969 1971 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S 3251Rule Cuba 1972 1974 - Oct 8 0:00 0 S 3252Rule Cuba 1975 1977 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S 3253Rule Cuba 1978 only - May 7 0:00 1:00 D 3254Rule Cuba 1978 1990 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S 3255Rule Cuba 1979 1980 - Mar Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D 3256Rule Cuba 1981 1985 - May Sun>=5 0:00 1:00 D 3257Rule Cuba 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=14 0:00 1:00 D 3258Rule Cuba 1990 1997 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D 3259Rule Cuba 1991 1995 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00s 0 S 3260Rule Cuba 1996 only - Oct 6 0:00s 0 S 3261Rule Cuba 1997 only - Oct 12 0:00s 0 S 3262Rule Cuba 1998 1999 - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D 3263Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S 3264Rule Cuba 2000 2003 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D 3265Rule Cuba 2004 only - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D 3266Rule Cuba 2006 2010 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S 3267Rule Cuba 2007 only - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D 3268Rule Cuba 2008 only - Mar Sun>=15 0:00s 1:00 D 3269Rule Cuba 2009 2010 - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D 3270Rule Cuba 2011 only - Mar Sun>=15 0:00s 1:00 D 3271Rule Cuba 2011 only - Nov 13 0:00s 0 S 3272Rule Cuba 2012 only - Apr 1 0:00s 1:00 D 3273Rule Cuba 2012 max - Nov Sun>=1 0:00s 0 S 3274Rule Cuba 2013 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D 3275 3276# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3277Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890 3278 -5:29:36 - HMT 1925 Jul 19 12:00 # Havana MT 3279 -5:00 Cuba C%sT 3280 3281# Dominican Republic 3282 3283# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-30): 3284# Enrique Morales reported to me that the Dominican Republic has changed the 3285# time zone to Eastern Standard Time as of Sunday 29 at 2 am.... 3286# http://www.listin.com.do/antes/261000/republica/princi.html 3287 3288# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04): 3289# That URL (2000-10-26, in Spanish) says they planned to use US-style DST. 3290 3291# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01): 3292# Dominican Republic changed its mind and presidential decree on Tuesday, 3293# November 28, 2000, with a new decree. On Sunday, December 3 at 1:00 AM the 3294# Dominican Republic will be reverting to 8 hours from the International Date 3295# Line, and will not be using DST in the foreseeable future. The reason they 3296# decided to use DST was to be in synch with Puerto Rico, who was also going 3297# to implement DST. When Puerto Rico didn't implement DST, the president 3298# decided to revert. 3299 3300 3301# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 3302Rule DR 1966 only - Oct 30 0:00 1:00 EDT 3303Rule DR 1967 only - Feb 28 0:00 0 EST 3304Rule DR 1969 1973 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 -0430 3305Rule DR 1970 only - Feb 21 0:00 0 EST 3306Rule DR 1971 only - Jan 20 0:00 0 EST 3307Rule DR 1972 1974 - Jan 21 0:00 0 EST 3308# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3309Zone America/Santo_Domingo -4:39:36 - LMT 1890 3310 -4:40 - SDMT 1933 Apr 1 12:00 # S. Dom. MT 3311 -5:00 DR %s 1974 Oct 27 3312 -4:00 - AST 2000 Oct 29 2:00 3313 -5:00 US E%sT 2000 Dec 3 1:00 3314 -4:00 - AST 3315 3316# El Salvador 3317 3318# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 3319Rule Salv 1987 1988 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D 3320Rule Salv 1987 1988 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S 3321# There are too many San Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/El_Salvador 3322# instead of America/San_Salvador. 3323# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3324Zone America/El_Salvador -5:56:48 - LMT 1921 # San Salvador 3325 -6:00 Salv C%sT 3326 3327# Guatemala 3328# 3329# From Gwillim Law (2006-04-22), after a heads-up from Oscar van Vlijmen: 3330# Diario Co Latino, at 3331# <http://www.diariocolatino.com/internacionales/detalles.asp?NewsID=8079>, 3332# says in an article dated 2006-04-19 that the Guatemalan government had 3333# decided on that date to advance official time by 60 minutes, to lessen the 3334# impact of the elevated cost of oil.... Daylight saving time will last from 3335# 2006-04-29 24:00 (Guatemalan standard time) to 2006-09-30 (time unspecified). 3336# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-22): 3337# The Ministry of Energy and Mines, press release CP-15/2006 3338# (2006-04-19), says DST ends at 24:00. See 3339# http://www.sieca.org.gt/Sitio_publico/Energeticos/Doc/Medidas/Cambio_Horario_Nac_190406.pdf 3340 3341# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 3342Rule Guat 1973 only - Nov 25 0:00 1:00 D 3343Rule Guat 1974 only - Feb 24 0:00 0 S 3344Rule Guat 1983 only - May 21 0:00 1:00 D 3345Rule Guat 1983 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S 3346Rule Guat 1991 only - Mar 23 0:00 1:00 D 3347Rule Guat 1991 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S 3348Rule Guat 2006 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D 3349Rule Guat 2006 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S 3350# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3351Zone America/Guatemala -6:02:04 - LMT 1918 Oct 5 3352 -6:00 Guat C%sT 3353 3354# Haiti 3355# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-15): 3356# Risto O. Nykänen wrote me that Haiti is now on DST. 3357# I searched for confirmation, and I found a press release 3358# on the Web page of the Haitian Consulate in Chicago (2005-03-31), 3359# <http://www.haitianconsulate.org/time.doc>. Translated from French, it says: 3360# 3361# "The Prime Minister's Communication Office notifies the public in general 3362# and the press in particular that, following a decision of the Interior 3363# Ministry and the Territorial Collectivities [I suppose that means the 3364# provinces], Haiti will move to Eastern Daylight Time in the night from next 3365# Saturday the 2nd to Sunday the 3rd. 3366# 3367# "Consequently, the Prime Minister's Communication Office wishes to inform 3368# the population that the country's clocks will be set forward one hour 3369# starting at midnight. This provision will hold until the last Saturday in 3370# October 2005. 3371# 3372# "Port-au-Prince, March 31, 2005" 3373# 3374# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-04-04): 3375# I have been informed by users that Haiti observes DST this year like 3376# last year, so the current "only" rule for 2005 might be changed to a 3377# "max" rule or to last until 2006. (Who knows if they will observe DST 3378# next year or if they will extend their DST like US/Canada next year). 3379# 3380# I have found this article about it (in French): 3381# http://www.haitipressnetwork.com/news.cfm?articleID=7612 3382# 3383# The reason seems to be an energy crisis. 3384 3385# From Stephen Colebourne (2007-02-22): 3386# Some IATA info: Haiti won't be having DST in 2007. 3387 3388# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-11): 3389# According to several news sources, Haiti will observe DST this year, 3390# apparently using the same start and end date as USA/Canada. 3391# So this means they have already changed their time. 3392# 3393# http://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article12510 3394# http://radiovision2000haiti.net/home/?p=13253 3395# 3396# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-11): 3397# The alterpresse.org source seems to show a US-style leap from 2:00 a.m. to 3398# 3:00 a.m. rather than the traditional Haitian jump at midnight. 3399# Assume a US-style fall back as well. 3400 3401# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-10): 3402# It appears that Haiti is observing DST this year as well, same rules 3403# as US/Canada. They did it last year as well, and it looks like they 3404# are going to observe DST every year now... 3405# 3406# http://radiovision2000haiti.net/public/haiti-avis-changement-dheure-dimanche/ 3407# http://www.canalplushaiti.net/?p=6714 3408 3409# From Steffen Thorsen (2016-03-12): 3410# Jean Antoine, editor of www.haiti-reference.com informed us that Haiti 3411# are not going on DST this year. Several other resources confirm this: ... 3412# https://www.radiotelevisioncaraibes.com/presse/heure_d_t_pas_de_changement_d_heure_pr_vu_pour_cet_ann_e.html 3413# https://www.vantbefinfo.com/changement-dheure-pas-pour-haiti/ 3414# http://news.anmwe.com/haiti-lheure-nationale-ne-sera-ni-avancee-ni-reculee-cette-annee/ 3415 3416# From Steffen Thorsen (2017-03-12): 3417# We have received 4 mails from different people telling that Haiti 3418# has started DST again today, and this source seems to confirm that, 3419# I have not been able to find a more authoritative source: 3420# https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20319-haiti-notices-time-change-in-haiti.html 3421 3422# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 3423Rule Haiti 1983 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 D 3424Rule Haiti 1984 1987 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D 3425Rule Haiti 1983 1987 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S 3426# Shanks & Pottenger say AT is 2:00, but IATA SSIM (1991/1997) says 1:00s. 3427# Go with IATA. 3428Rule Haiti 1988 1997 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 D 3429Rule Haiti 1988 1997 - Oct lastSun 1:00s 0 S 3430Rule Haiti 2005 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D 3431Rule Haiti 2005 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S 3432Rule Haiti 2012 2015 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D 3433Rule Haiti 2012 2015 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S 3434Rule Haiti 2017 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D 3435Rule Haiti 2017 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S 3436# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3437Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 - LMT 1890 3438 -4:49 - PPMT 1917 Jan 24 12:00 # P-a-P MT 3439 -5:00 Haiti E%sT 3440 3441# Honduras 3442# Shanks & Pottenger say 1921 Jan 1; go with Whitman's more precise Apr 1. 3443 3444# From Paul Eggert (2006-05-05): 3445# worldtimezone.com reports a 2006-05-02 Spanish-language AP article 3446# saying Honduras will start using DST midnight Saturday, effective 4 3447# months until September. La Tribuna reported today 3448# <http://www.latribuna.hn/99299.html> that Manuel Zelaya, the president 3449# of Honduras, refused to back down on this. 3450 3451# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-08-08): 3452# It seems that Honduras has returned from DST to standard time this Monday at 3453# 00:00 hours (prolonging Sunday to 25 hours duration). 3454# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_honduras04.html 3455 3456# From Paul Eggert (2006-08-08): 3457# Also see Diario El Heraldo, The country returns to standard time (2006-08-08). 3458# http://www.elheraldo.hn/nota.php?nid=54941&sec=12 3459# It mentions executive decree 18-2006. 3460 3461# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17): 3462# Honduras will observe DST from 2007 to 2009, exact dates are not 3463# published, I have located this authoritative source: 3464# http://www.presidencia.gob.hn/noticia.aspx?nId=47 3465 3466# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-03-30): 3467# http://www.laprensahn.com/pais_nota.php?id04962=7386 3468# So it seems that Honduras will not enter DST this year.... 3469 3470# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 3471Rule Hond 1987 1988 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D 3472Rule Hond 1987 1988 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S 3473Rule Hond 2006 only - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D 3474Rule Hond 2006 only - Aug Mon>=1 0:00 0 S 3475# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3476Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 - LMT 1921 Apr 3477 -6:00 Hond C%sT 3478# 3479# Great Swan I ceded by US to Honduras in 1972 3480 3481# Jamaica 3482# Shanks & Pottenger give -5:07:12, but Milne records -5:07:10.41 from an 3483# unspecified official document, and says "This time is used throughout the 3484# island". Go with Milne. 3485# 3486# Shanks & Pottenger give April 28 for the 1974 spring-forward transition, but 3487# Lance Neita writes that Prime Minister Michael Manley decreed it January 5. 3488# Assume Neita meant Jan 6 02:00, the same as the US. Neita also writes that 3489# Manley's supporters associated this act with Manley's nickname "Joshua" 3490# (recall that in the Bible the sun stood still at Joshua's request), 3491# and with the Rod of Correction which Manley said he had received from 3492# Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia. See: 3493# Neita L. The politician in all of us. Jamaica Observer 2014-09-20 3494# http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/The-politician-in-all-of-us_17573647 3495# 3496# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3497 #STDOFF -5:07:10.41 3498Zone America/Jamaica -5:07:10 - LMT 1890 # Kingston 3499 -5:07:10 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time 3500 -5:00 - EST 1974 3501 -5:00 US E%sT 1984 3502 -5:00 - EST 3503 3504# Martinique 3505# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3506Zone America/Martinique -4:04:20 - LMT 1890 # Fort-de-France 3507 -4:04:20 - FFMT 1911 May 1 # Fort-de-France MT 3508 -4:00 - AST 1980 Apr 6 3509 -4:00 1:00 ADT 1980 Sep 28 3510 -4:00 - AST 3511 3512# Nicaragua 3513# 3514# This uses Shanks & Pottenger for times before 2005. 3515# 3516# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-04-12): 3517# I've got reports from 8 different people that Nicaragua just started 3518# DST on Sunday 2005-04-10, in order to save energy because of 3519# expensive petroleum. The exact end date for DST is not yet 3520# announced, only "September" but some sites also say "mid-September". 3521# Some background information is available on the President's official site: 3522# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/Presidencia/Files_index/Secretaria/Notas%20de%20Prensa/Presidente/2005/ABRIL/Gobierno-de-nicaragua-adelanta-hora-oficial-06abril.htm 3523# The Decree, no 23-2005 is available here: 3524# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/buscador_gaceta/BD/DECRETOS/2005/Decreto%2023-2005%20Se%20adelanta%20en%20una%20hora%20en%20todo%20el%20territorio%20nacional%20apartir%20de%20las%2024horas%20del%2009%20de%20Abril.pdf 3525# 3526# From Paul Eggert (2005-05-01): 3527# The decree doesn't say anything about daylight saving, but for now let's 3528# assume that it is daylight saving.... 3529# 3530# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-21): 3531# The Associated Press story on the time change, which can be found at 3532# http://www.lapalmainteractivo.com/guias/content/gen/ap/America_Latina/AMC_GEN_NICARAGUA_HORA.html 3533# and elsewhere, says (fifth paragraph, translated from Spanish): "The last 3534# time that a change of clocks was applied to save energy was in the year 2000 3535# during the Arnoldo Alemán administration."... 3536# The northamerica file says that Nicaragua has been on UTC-6 continuously 3537# since December 1998. I wasn't able to find any details of Nicaraguan time 3538# changes in 2000. Perhaps a note could be added to the northamerica file, to 3539# the effect that we have indirect evidence that DST was observed in 2000. 3540# 3541# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-11-02): 3542# Nicaragua left DST the 2005-10-02 at 00:00 (local time). 3543# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/presidencia/files_index/secretaria/comunicados/2005/septiembre/26septiembre-cambio-hora.htm 3544# (2005-09-26) 3545# 3546# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-05-05): 3547# http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2006/05/01/nacionales/18410 3548# (my informal translation) 3549# By order of the president of the republic, Enrique Bolaños, Nicaragua 3550# advanced by sixty minutes their official time, yesterday at 2 in the 3551# morning, and will stay that way until 30th of September. 3552# 3553# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-09-30): 3554# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/buscador_gaceta/BD/DECRETOS/2006/D-063-2006P-PRN-Cambio-Hora.pdf 3555# My informal translation runs: 3556# The natural sun time is restored in all the national territory, in that the 3557# time is returned one hour at 01:00 am of October 1 of 2006. 3558# 3559# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 3560Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D 3561Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Jun Mon>=23 0:00 0 S 3562Rule Nic 2005 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 D 3563Rule Nic 2005 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S 3564Rule Nic 2006 only - Apr 30 2:00 1:00 D 3565Rule Nic 2006 only - Oct Sun>=1 1:00 0 S 3566# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3567Zone America/Managua -5:45:08 - LMT 1890 3568 -5:45:12 - MMT 1934 Jun 23 # Managua Mean Time? 3569 -6:00 - CST 1973 May 3570 -5:00 - EST 1975 Feb 16 3571 -6:00 Nic C%sT 1992 Jan 1 4:00 3572 -5:00 - EST 1992 Sep 24 3573 -6:00 - CST 1993 3574 -5:00 - EST 1997 3575 -6:00 Nic C%sT 3576 3577# Cayman Is 3578# Panama 3579# 3580# Atikokan and Coral Harbour, Canada, match Panama since 1970. 3581# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3582Zone America/Panama -5:18:08 - LMT 1890 3583 -5:19:36 - CMT 1908 Apr 22 # Colón Mean Time 3584 -5:00 - EST 3585 3586# Anguilla 3587# Antigua & Barbuda 3588# Aruba 3589# Caribbean Netherlands 3590# Curaçao 3591# Dominica 3592# Grenada 3593# Guadeloupe 3594# Montserrat 3595# Puerto Rico 3596# St Barthélemy 3597# St Kitts-Nevis 3598# Sint Maarten / St Martin 3599# St Lucia 3600# St Vincent & the Grenadines 3601# Trinidad & Tobago 3602# Virgin Is (UK & US) 3603# 3604# There are too many San Juans elsewhere, so we'll use 'Puerto_Rico'. 3605# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3606Zone America/Puerto_Rico -4:24:25 - LMT 1899 Mar 28 12:00 # San Juan 3607 -4:00 - AST 1942 May 3 3608 -4:00 US A%sT 1946 3609 -4:00 - AST 3610 3611# St Pierre and Miquelon 3612# There are too many St Pierres elsewhere, so we'll use 'Miquelon'. 3613# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3614Zone America/Miquelon -3:44:40 - LMT 1911 Jun 15 # St Pierre 3615 -4:00 - AST 1980 May 3616 -3:00 - %z 1987 3617 -3:00 Canada %z 3618 3619# Turks and Caicos 3620# 3621# From Chris Dunn in 3622# https://bugs.debian.org/415007 3623# (2007-03-15): In the Turks & Caicos Islands (America/Grand_Turk) the 3624# daylight saving dates for time changes have been adjusted to match 3625# the recent U.S. change of dates. 3626# 3627# From Brian Inglis (2007-04-28): 3628# http://www.turksandcaicos.tc/calendar/index.htm [2007-04-26] 3629# there is an entry for Nov 4 "Daylight Savings Time Ends 2007" and three 3630# rows before that there is an out of date entry for Oct: 3631# "Eastern Standard Times Begins 2007 3632# Clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local Daylight Saving Time" 3633# indicating that the normal ET rules are followed. 3634 3635# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-19): 3636# The 2014-08-13 Cabinet meeting decided to stay on UT -04 year-round. See: 3637# http://tcweeklynews.com/daylight-savings-time-to-be-maintained-p5353-127.htm 3638# Model this as a switch from EST/EDT to AST ... 3639# From Chris Walton (2014-11-04): 3640# ... the TCI government appears to have delayed the switch to 3641# "permanent daylight saving time" by one year.... 3642# http://tcweeklynews.com/time-change-to-go-ahead-this-november-p5437-127.htm 3643# 3644# From the Turks & Caicos Cabinet (2017-07-20), heads-up from Steffen Thorsen: 3645# ... agreed to the reintroduction in TCI of Daylight Saving Time (DST) 3646# during the summer months and Standard Time, also known as Local 3647# Time, during the winter months with effect from April 2018 ... 3648# https://www.gov.uk/government/news/turks-and-caicos-post-cabinet-meeting-statement--3 3649# From Paul Eggert (2017-08-26): 3650# The date of effect of the spring 2018 change appears to be March 11, 3651# which makes more sense. See: Hamilton D. Time change back 3652# by March 2018 for TCI. Magnetic Media. 2017-08-25. 3653# http://magneticmediatv.com/2017/08/time-change-back-by-march-2018-for-tci/ 3654# 3655# From P Chan (2020-11-27): 3656# Standard Time Declaration Order 2015 (L.N. 15/2015) 3657# http://online.fliphtml5.com/fizd/czin/#p=2 3658# 3659# Standard Time Declaration Order 2017 (L.N. 31/2017) 3660# http://online.fliphtml5.com/fizd/dmcu/#p=2 3661# 3662# From Tim Parenti (2020-12-05): 3663# Although L.N. 31/2017 reads that it "shall come into operation at 2:00 a.m. 3664# on 11th March 2018", a precise interpretation here poses some problems. The 3665# order states that "the standard time to be observed throughout the Turks and 3666# Caicos Islands shall be the same time zone as the Eastern United States of 3667# America" and further clarifies "[f]or the avoidance of doubt" that it 3668# "applies to the Eastern Standard Time as well as any changes thereto for 3669# Daylight Saving Time." However, as clocks in Turks and Caicos approached 3670# 02:00 -04, and thus the declared implementation time, it was still 01:00 EST 3671# (-05), as DST in the Eastern US would not start until an hour later. 3672# 3673# Since it is unlikely that those on the islands switched their clocks twice in 3674# the span of an hour, we assume instead that the adoption of EDT actually took 3675# effect once clocks in the Eastern US had sprung forward, from 03:00 -04. 3676# This discrepancy only affects the time zone abbreviation and DST flag for the 3677# intervening hour, not wall clock times, as -04 was maintained throughout. 3678 3679# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3680Zone America/Grand_Turk -4:44:32 - LMT 1890 3681 #STDOFF -5:07:10.41 3682 -5:07:10 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time 3683 -5:00 - EST 1979 3684 -5:00 US E%sT 2015 Mar 8 2:00 3685 -4:00 - AST 2018 Mar 11 3:00 3686 -5:00 US E%sT 3687 3688# Local Variables: 3689# coding: utf-8 3690# End: 3691