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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# the public mailing list tz@iana.org for general use in the future.
11# For more, please see 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 (2024-11-18):
31# Dowd's proposal left many details unresolved, such as where to draw
32# lines between time zones.  Sandford Fleming of the Canadian Pacific Railway
33# argued for Dowd's proposal in 1876, and Cleveland Abbe of the American
34# Meteorology Society published a report in 1879 recommending four US time
35# zones based on GMT.  However, the key individual who made time zones
36# work in the US was William Frederick Allen - railway engineer,
37# managing editor of the Travelers' Guide, and secretary of the
38# General Time Convention, a railway standardization group.  Allen
39# spent months in dialogs with scientific and railway leaders,
40# developed a workable plan to institute time zones, and presented it
41# to the General Time Convention on 1883-04-11, saying that his plan
42# meant "local time would be practically abolished" - a plus for
43# railway scheduling.  By the next convention on 1883-10-11 nearly all
44# railroads had agreed and it took effect on 1883-11-18.  That Sunday
45# was called the "day of two noons", as some locations observed noon
46# twice.  Allen witnessed the transition in New York City, writing:
47#
48#   I heard the bells of St. Paul's strike on the old time.  Four
49#   minutes later, obedient to the electrical signal from the Naval
50#   Observatory ... the time-ball made its rapid descent, the chimes
51#   of old Trinity rang twelve measured strokes, and local time was
52#   abandoned, probably forever.
53#
54# Most of the US soon followed suit.  See:
55# Bartky IR. The adoption of standard time. Technol Cult 1989 Jan;30(1):25-56.
56# https://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3105430
57
58# From Paul Eggert (2005-04-16):
59# That 1883 transition occurred at 12:00 new time, not at 12:00 old time.
60# See p 46 of David Prerau, Seize the daylight, Thunder's Mouth Press (2005).
61
62# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
63# A good source for time zone historical data in the US is
64# Thomas G. Shanks, The American Atlas (5th edition),
65# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
66# Make sure you have the errata sheet; the book is somewhat useless without it.
67# It is the source for most of the pre-1991 US entries below.
68
69# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06):
70# Daylight Saving Time was first suggested as a joke by Benjamin Franklin
71# in his whimsical essay "An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost
72# of Light" published in the Journal de Paris (1784-04-26).
73# Not everyone is happy with the results:
74#
75#	I don't really care how time is reckoned so long as there is some
76#	agreement about it, but I object to being told that I am saving
77#	daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind.
78#	I even object to the implication that I am wasting something
79#	valuable if I stay in bed after the sun has risen.  As an admirer
80#	of moonlight I resent the bossy insistence of those who want to
81#	reduce my time for enjoying it.  At the back of the Daylight Saving
82#	scheme I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager
83#	to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make
84#	them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves.
85#
86#	 -- Robertson Davies, The diary of Samuel Marchbanks,
87#	   Clarke, Irwin (1947), XIX, Sunday
88#
89# For more about the first ten years of DST in the United States, see
90# Robert Garland, Ten years of daylight saving from the Pittsburgh standpoint
91# (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1927).
92# https://web.archive.org/web/20160517155308/http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/dst.html
93#
94# Shanks says that DST was called "War Time" in the US in 1918 and 1919.
95# However, DST was imposed by the Standard Time Act of 1918, which
96# was the first nationwide legal time standard, and apparently
97# time was just called "Standard Time" or "Daylight Saving Time".
98
99# From Paul Eggert (2019-06-04):
100# Here is the legal basis for the US federal rules.
101# * Public Law 65-106 (1918-03-19) implemented standard and daylight saving
102#   time for the first time across the US, springing forward on March's last
103#   Sunday and falling back on October's last Sunday.
104#   https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/65th-congress/session-2/c65s2ch24.pdf
105# * Public Law 66-40 (1919-08-20) repealed DST on October 1919's last Sunday.
106#   https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/66th-congress/session-1/c66s1ch51.pdf
107# * Public Law 77-403 (1942-01-20) started wartime DST on 1942-02-09.
108#   https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/77th-congress/session-2/c77s2ch7.pdf
109# * Public Law 79-187 (1945-09-25) ended wartime DST on 1945-09-30.
110#   https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/79th-congress/session-1/c79s1ch388.pdf
111# * Public Law 89-387 (1966-04-13) reinstituted a national standard for DST,
112#   from April's last Sunday to October's last Sunday, effective 1967.
113#   https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-80/pdf/STATUTE-80-Pg107.pdf
114# * Public Law 93-182 (1973-12-15) moved the 1974 spring-forward to 01-06.
115#   https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-87/pdf/STATUTE-87-Pg707.pdf
116# * Public Law 93-434 (1974-10-05) moved the 1975 spring-forward to
117#   February's last Sunday.
118#   https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-88/pdf/STATUTE-88-Pg1209.pdf
119# * Public Law 99-359 (1986-07-08) moved the spring-forward to April's first
120#   Sunday.
121#   https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-100/pdf/STATUTE-100-Pg764.pdf
122# * Public Law 109-58 (2005-08-08), effective 2007, moved the spring-forward
123#   to March's second Sunday and the fall-back to November's first Sunday.
124#   https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-109publ58/pdf/PLAW-109publ58.pdf
125# All transitions are at 02:00 local time.
126
127# From Arthur David Olson:
128# Before the Uniform Time Act of 1966 took effect in 1967, observance of
129# Daylight Saving Time in the US was by local option, except during wartime.
130
131# From Arthur David Olson (2000-09-25):
132# Last night I heard part of a rebroadcast of a 1945 Arch Oboler radio drama.
133# In the introduction, Oboler spoke of "Eastern Peace Time."
134# An AltaVista search turned up:
135# https://web.archive.org/web/20000926032210/http://rowayton.org/rhs/hstaug45.html
136# "When the time is announced over the radio now, it is 'Eastern Peace
137# Time' instead of the old familiar 'Eastern War Time.'  Peace is wonderful."
138# (August 1945) by way of confirmation.
139#
140# From Paul Eggert (2017-09-23):
141# This was the V-J Day issue of the Clamdigger, a Rowayton, CT newsletter.
142
143# From Joseph Gallant citing
144# George H. Douglas, _The Early Days of Radio Broadcasting_ (1987):
145# At 7 P.M. (Eastern War Time) [on 1945-08-14], the networks were set
146# to switch to London for Attlee's address, but the American people
147# never got to hear his speech live. According to one press account,
148# CBS' Bob Trout was first to announce the word of Japan's surrender,
149# but a few seconds later, NBC, ABC and Mutual also flashed the word
150# of surrender, all of whom interrupting the bells of Big Ben in
151# London which were to precede Mr. Attlee's speech.
152
153# From Paul Eggert (2003-02-09): It was Robert St John, not Bob Trout.  From
154# Myrna Oliver's obituary of St John on page B16 of today's Los Angeles Times:
155#
156# ... a war-weary U.S. clung to radios, awaiting word of Japan's surrender.
157# Any announcement from Asia would reach St. John's New York newsroom on a
158# wire service teletype machine, which had prescribed signals for major news.
159# Associated Press, for example, would ring five bells before spewing out
160# typed copy of an important story, and 10 bells for news "of transcendental
161# importance."
162#
163# On Aug. 14, stalling while talking steadily into the NBC networks' open
164# microphone, St. John heard five bells and waited only to hear a sixth bell,
165# before announcing confidently: "Ladies and gentlemen, World War II is over.
166# The Japanese have agreed to our surrender terms."
167#
168# He had scored a 20-second scoop on other broadcasters.
169
170# From Arthur David Olson (2005-08-22):
171# Paul has been careful to use the "US" rules only in those locations
172# that are part of the United States; this reflects the real scope of
173# U.S. government action.  So even though the "US" rules have changed
174# in the latest release, other countries won't be affected.
175
176# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
177Rule	US	1918	1919	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
178Rule	US	1918	1919	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
179Rule	US	1942	only	-	Feb	9	2:00	1:00	W # War
180Rule	US	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
181Rule	US	1945	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
182Rule	US	1967	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
183Rule	US	1967	1973	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
184Rule	US	1974	only	-	Jan	6	2:00	1:00	D
185Rule	US	1975	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
186Rule	US	1976	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
187Rule	US	1987	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
188Rule	US	2007	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
189Rule	US	2007	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	0	S
190
191# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
192# USA  EASTERN       5 H  BEHIND UTC    NEW YORK, WASHINGTON
193# USA  EASTERN       4 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
194# USA  CENTRAL       6 H  BEHIND UTC    CHICAGO, HOUSTON
195# USA  CENTRAL       5 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
196# USA  MOUNTAIN      7 H  BEHIND UTC    DENVER
197# USA  MOUNTAIN      6 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
198# USA  PACIFIC       8 H  BEHIND UTC    L.A., SAN FRANCISCO
199# USA  PACIFIC       7 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
200# USA  ALASKA STD    9 H  BEHIND UTC    MOST OF ALASKA     (AKST)
201# USA  ALASKA STD    8 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30 (AKDT)
202# USA  ALEUTIAN     10 H  BEHIND UTC    ISLANDS WEST OF 170W
203# USA    "           9 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
204# USA  HAWAII       10 H  BEHIND UTC
205# USA  BERING       11 H  BEHIND UTC    SAMOA, MIDWAY
206
207# From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-21):
208# The above dates are for 1988.
209# Note the "AKST" and "AKDT" abbreviations, the claim that there's
210# no DST in Samoa, and the claim that there is DST in Alaska and the
211# Aleutians.
212
213# From Arthur David Olson (1988-02-13):
214# Legal standard time zone names, from United States Code (1982 Edition and
215# Supplement III), Title 15, Chapter 6, Section 260 and forward.  First, names
216# up to 1967-04-01 (when most provisions of the Uniform Time Act of 1966
217# took effect), as explained in sections 263 and 261:
218#	(none)
219#	United States standard eastern time
220#	United States standard mountain time
221#	United States standard central time
222#	United States standard Pacific time
223#	(none)
224#	United States standard Alaska time
225#	(none)
226# Next, names from 1967-04-01 until 1983-11-30 (the date for
227# public law 98-181):
228#	Atlantic standard time
229#	eastern standard time
230#	central standard time
231#	mountain standard time
232#	Pacific standard time
233#	Yukon standard time
234#	Alaska-Hawaii standard time
235#	Bering standard time
236# And after 1983-11-30:
237#	Atlantic standard time
238#	eastern standard time
239#	central standard time
240#	mountain standard time
241#	Pacific standard time
242#	Alaska standard time
243#	Hawaii-Aleutian standard time
244#	Samoa standard time
245# The law doesn't give abbreviations.
246#
247# From Paul Eggert (2016-12-19):
248# Here are URLs for the 1918 and 1966 legislation:
249# http://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=40&page=451
250# http://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=80&page=108
251# Although the 1918 names were officially "United States Standard
252# Eastern Time" and similarly for "Central", "Mountain", "Pacific",
253# and "Alaska", in practice "Standard" was placed just before "Time",
254# as codified in 1966.  In practice, Alaska time was abbreviated "AST"
255# before 1968.  Summarizing the 1967 name changes:
256#	1918 names			1967 names
257#  -08	Standard Pacific Time (PST)	Pacific standard time (PST)
258#  -09	(unofficial) Yukon (YST)	Yukon standard time (YST)
259#  -10	Standard Alaska Time (AST)	Alaska-Hawaii standard time (AHST)
260#  -11	(unofficial) Nome (NST)		Bering standard time (BST)
261#
262# From Paul Eggert (2023-01-23), from a 2001-01-08 heads-up from Rives McDow:
263# Public law 106-564 (2000-12-23) introduced "Chamorro standard time"
264# for time in Guam and the Northern Marianas.  See the file "australasia".
265# Also see 15 U.S.C. §263 <https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/263>.
266#
267# From Paul Eggert (2015-04-17):
268# HST and HDT are standardized abbreviations for Hawaii-Aleutian
269# standard and daylight times.  See section 9.47 (p 234) of the
270# U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual (2008)
271# https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008/pdf/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008.pdf
272
273# From Arthur David Olson, 2005-08-09
274# The following was signed into law on 2005-08-08.
275#
276# H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act of 2005, SEC. 110. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS.
277#   (a) Amendment.--Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15
278#   U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended--
279#     (1) by striking "first Sunday of April" and inserting "second
280#     Sunday of March"; and
281#     (2) by striking "last Sunday of October" and inserting "first
282#     Sunday of November'.
283#   (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the
284#   date of enactment of this Act or March 1, 2007, whichever is later.
285#   (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 9 months after the effective
286#   date stated in subsection (b), the Secretary shall report to Congress
287#   on the impact of this section on energy consumption in the United
288#   States.
289#   (d) Right to Revert.--Congress retains the right to revert the
290#   Daylight Saving Time back to the 2005 time schedules once the
291#   Department study is complete.
292
293# US eastern time, represented by New York
294
295# Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, most of Florida,
296# Georgia, southeast Indiana (Dearborn and Ohio counties), eastern Kentucky
297# (except America/Kentucky/Louisville below), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
298# New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
299# Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, eastern Tennessee,
300# Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
301
302# From Dave Cantor (2004-11-02):
303# Early this summer I had the occasion to visit the Mount Washington
304# Observatory weather station atop (of course!) Mount Washington [, NH]....
305# One of the staff members said that the station was on Eastern Standard Time
306# and didn't change their clocks for Daylight Saving ... so that their
307# reports will always have times which are 5 hours behind UTC.
308
309# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-26):
310# According to today's Huntsville Times
311# http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1125047783228320.xml&coll=1
312# a few towns on Alabama's "eastern border with Georgia, such as Phenix City
313# in Russell County, Lanett in Chambers County and some towns in Lee County,
314# set their watches and clocks on Eastern time."  It quotes H.H. "Bubba"
315# Roberts, city administrator in Phenix City. as saying "We are in the Central
316# time zone, but we do go by the Eastern time zone because so many people work
317# in Columbus."
318#
319# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-22):
320# Four cities are involved.  The two not mentioned above are Smiths Station
321# and Valley.  Barbara Brooks, Valley's assistant treasurer, heard it started
322# because West Point Pepperell textile mills were in Alabama while the
323# corporate office was in Georgia, and residents voted to keep Eastern
324# time even after the mills closed.  See: Kazek K. Did you know which
325# Alabama towns are in a different time zone?  al.com 2017-02-06.
326# http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2017/02/do_you_know_which_alabama_town.html
327
328# From Paul Eggert (2014-09-06):
329# Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 44, 4 (1884-02-08), 208
330# says that New York City Hall time was 3 minutes 58.4 seconds fast of
331# Eastern time (i.e., -4:56:01.6) just before the 1883 switch.
332
333# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
334Rule	NYC	1920	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
335Rule	NYC	1920	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
336Rule	NYC	1921	1966	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
337Rule	NYC	1921	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
338Rule	NYC	1955	1966	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
339# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
340		#STDOFF	-4:56:01.6
341Zone America/New_York	-4:56:02 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 17:00u
342			-5:00	US	E%sT	1920
343			-5:00	NYC	E%sT	1942
344			-5:00	US	E%sT	1946
345			-5:00	NYC	E%sT	1967
346			-5:00	US	E%sT
347
348# US central time, represented by Chicago
349
350# Alabama, Arkansas, Florida panhandle (Bay, Calhoun, Escambia,
351# Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, and
352# Washington counties), Illinois, western Indiana
353# (Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer,
354# Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties), Iowa, most of Kansas, western
355# Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, eastern
356# Nebraska, eastern North Dakota, Oklahoma, eastern South Dakota,
357# western Tennessee, most of Texas, Wisconsin
358
359# From Paul Eggert (2018-01-07):
360# In 1869 the Chicago Astronomical Society contracted with the city to keep
361# time.  Though delayed by the Great Fire, by 1880 a wire ran from the
362# Dearborn Observatory (on the University of Chicago campus) to City Hall,
363# which then sent signals to police and fire stations.  However, railroads got
364# their time signals from the Allegheny Observatory, the Madison Observatory,
365# the Ann Arbor Observatory, etc., so their clocks did not agree with each
366# other or with the city's official time.  The confusion took some years to
367# clear up.  See:
368# Moser M. How Chicago gave America its time zones. Chicago. 2018-01-04.
369# http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/January-2018/How-Chicago-Gave-America-Its-Time-Zones/
370
371# From Larry M. Smith (2006-04-26) re Wisconsin:
372# https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/175.pdf
373# is currently enforced at the 01:00 time of change.  Because the local
374# "bar time" in the state corresponds to 02:00, a number of citations
375# are issued for the "sale of class 'B' alcohol after prohibited
376# hours" within the deviated hour of this change every year....
377#
378# From Douglas R. Bomberg (2007-03-12):
379# Wisconsin has enacted (nearly eleventh-hour) legislation to get WI
380# Statue 175 closer in synch with the US Congress' intent....
381# https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2007/related/acts/3
382
383# From an email administrator of the City of Fort Pierre, SD (2015-12-21):
384# Fort Pierre is technically located in the Mountain time zone as is
385# the rest of Stanley County.  Most of Stanley County and Fort Pierre
386# uses the Central time zone due to doing most of their business in
387# Pierre so it simplifies schedules.  I have lived in Stanley County
388# all my life and it has been that way since I can remember.  (43 years!)
389#
390# From Paul Eggert (2015-12-25):
391# Assume this practice predates 1970, so Fort Pierre can use America/Chicago.
392
393# From Paul Eggert (2015-04-06):
394# In 1950s Nashville a public clock had dueling faces, one for conservatives
395# and the other for liberals; the two sides didn't agree about the time of day.
396# I haven't found a photo of this clock, nor have I tracked down the TIME
397# magazine report cited below, but here's the story as told by the late
398# American journalist John Seigenthaler, who was there:
399#
400# "The two [newspaper] owners held strongly contrasting political and
401# ideological views.  Evans was a New South liberal, Stahlman an Old South
402# conservative, and their two papers frequently clashed editorially, often on
403# the same day....  In the 1950s as the state legislature was grappling with
404# the question of whether to approve daylight saving time for the entire state,
405# TIME magazine reported:
406#
407# "'The Nashville Banner and The Nashville Tennessean rarely agree on anything
408# but the time of day - and last week they couldn't agree on that.'
409#
410# "It was all too true. The clock on the front of the building had two faces -
411# The Tennessean side of the building facing west, the other, east.  When it
412# was high noon Banner time, it was 11 a.m. Tennessean time."
413#
414# Seigenthaler J. For 100 years, Tennessean had it covered.
415# The Tennessean 2007-05-11, republished 2015-04-06.
416# https://www.tennessean.com/story/insider/extras/2015/04/06/archives-seigenthaler-for-100-years-the-tennessean-had-it-covered/25348545/
417
418# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
419Rule	Chicago	1920	only	-	Jun	13	2:00	1:00	D
420Rule	Chicago	1920	1921	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
421Rule	Chicago	1921	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
422Rule	Chicago	1922	1966	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
423Rule	Chicago	1922	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
424Rule	Chicago	1955	1966	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
425# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
426Zone America/Chicago	-5:50:36 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 18:00u
427			-6:00	US	C%sT	1920
428			-6:00	Chicago	C%sT	1936 Mar  1  2:00
429			-5:00	-	EST	1936 Nov 15  2:00
430			-6:00	Chicago	C%sT	1942
431			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
432			-6:00	Chicago	C%sT	1967
433			-6:00	US	C%sT
434# Oliver County, ND switched from mountain to central time on 1992-10-25.
435Zone America/North_Dakota/Center -6:45:12 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 19:00u
436			-7:00	US	M%sT	1992 Oct 25  2:00
437			-6:00	US	C%sT
438# Morton County, ND, switched from mountain to central time on
439# 2003-10-26, except for the area around Mandan which was already central time.
440# See <http://dmses.dot.gov/docimages/p63/135818.pdf>.
441# Officially this switch also included part of Sioux County, and
442# Jones, Mellette, and Todd Counties in South Dakota;
443# but in practice these other counties were already observing central time.
444# See <http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2003/October/Day-28/i27056.htm>.
445Zone America/North_Dakota/New_Salem -6:45:39 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 19:00u
446			-7:00	US	M%sT	2003 Oct 26  2:00
447			-6:00	US	C%sT
448
449# From Josh Findley (2011-01-21):
450# ...it appears that Mercer County, North Dakota, changed from the
451# mountain time zone to the central time zone at the last transition from
452# daylight-saving to standard time (on Nov. 7, 2010):
453# https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-09-29/html/2010-24376.htm
454# http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/local/article_1eb1b588-c758-11df-b472-001cc4c03286.html
455
456# From Andy Lipscomb (2011-01-24):
457# ...according to the Census Bureau, the largest city is Beulah (although
458# it's commonly referred to as Beulah-Hazen, with Hazen being the next
459# largest city in Mercer County).  Google Maps places Beulah's city hall
460# at 47° 15' 51" N, 101° 46' 40" W, which yields an offset of 6h47'07".
461
462Zone America/North_Dakota/Beulah -6:47:07 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 19:00u
463			-7:00	US	M%sT	2010 Nov  7  2:00
464			-6:00	US	C%sT
465
466# US mountain time, represented by Denver
467#
468# Colorado, far western Kansas, Montana, western
469# Nebraska, Nevada border (Jackpot, Owyhee, and Mountain City),
470# New Mexico, southwestern North Dakota,
471# western South Dakota, far western Texas (El Paso County, Hudspeth County,
472# and Pine Springs and Nickel Creek in Culberson County), Utah, Wyoming
473#
474# From Paul Eggert (2018-10-25):
475# On 1921-03-04 federal law placed all of Texas into the central time zone.
476# However, El Paso ignored the law for decades and continued to observe
477# mountain time, on the grounds that that's what they had always done
478# and they weren't about to let the federal government tell them what to do.
479# Eventually the federal government gave in and changed the law on
480# 1970-04-10 to match what El Paso was actually doing.  Although
481# that's slightly after our 1970 cutoff, there is no need to create a
482# separate zone for El Paso since they were ignoring the law anyway.  See:
483# Long T. El Pasoans were time rebels, fought to stay in Mountain zone.
484# El Paso Times. 2018-10-24 06:40 -06.
485# https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/el-paso/2018/10/24/el-pasoans-were-time-rebels-fought-stay-mountain-zone/1744509002/
486#
487# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
488Rule	Denver	1920	1921	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
489Rule	Denver	1920	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
490Rule	Denver	1921	only	-	May	22	2:00	0	S
491Rule	Denver	1965	1966	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
492Rule	Denver	1965	1966	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
493# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
494Zone America/Denver	-6:59:56 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 19:00u
495			-7:00	US	M%sT	1920
496			-7:00	Denver	M%sT	1942
497			-7:00	US	M%sT	1946
498			-7:00	Denver	M%sT	1967
499			-7:00	US	M%sT
500
501# US Pacific time, represented by Los Angeles
502#
503# California, northern Idaho (Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater,
504# Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, and Shoshone counties, Idaho county
505# north of the Salmon River, and the towns of Burgdorf and Warren),
506# Nevada (except West Wendover), Oregon (except the northern ¾ of
507# Malheur county), and Washington
508
509# From Paul Eggert (2016-08-20):
510# In early February 1948, in response to California's electricity shortage,
511# PG&E changed power frequency from 60 to 59.5 Hz during daylight hours,
512# causing electric clocks to lose six minutes per day.  (This did not change
513# legal time, and is not part of the data here.)  See:
514# Ross SA. An energy crisis from the past: Northern California in 1948.
515# Working Paper No. 8, Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley,
516# 1973-11.  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8x22k30c
517#
518# In another measure to save electricity, DST was instituted from 1948-03-14
519# at 02:01 to 1949-01-16 at 02:00, with the governor having the option to move
520# the fallback transition earlier.  See pages 3-4 of:
521# http://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/sites/clerk.assembly.ca.gov/files/archive/Statutes/1948/48Vol1_Chapters.pdf
522#
523# In response:
524#
525#   Governor Warren received a torrent of objecting mail, and it is not too much
526#   to speculate that the objections to Daylight Saving Time were one important
527#   factor in the defeat of the Dewey-Warren Presidential ticket in California.
528#     -- Ross, p 25
529#
530# On December 8 the governor exercised the option, setting the date to January 1
531# (LA Times 1948-12-09).  The transition time was 02:00 (LA Times 1949-01-01).
532#
533# Despite the controversy, in 1949 California voters approved Proposition 12,
534# which established DST from April's last Sunday at 01:00 until September's
535# last Sunday at 02:00. This was amended by 1962's Proposition 6, which changed
536# the fall-back date to October's last Sunday. See:
537# https://repository.uchastings.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1501&context=ca_ballot_props
538# https://repository.uchastings.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1636&context=ca_ballot_props
539#
540# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
541Rule	CA	1948	only	-	Mar	14	2:01	1:00	D
542Rule	CA	1949	only	-	Jan	 1	2:00	0	S
543Rule	CA	1950	1966	-	Apr	lastSun	1:00	1:00	D
544Rule	CA	1950	1961	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
545Rule	CA	1962	1966	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
546# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
547Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 20:00u
548			-8:00	US	P%sT	1946
549			-8:00	CA	P%sT	1967
550			-8:00	US	P%sT
551
552# Alaska
553# AK%sT is the modern abbreviation for -09 per USNO.
554#
555# From Paul Eggert (2017-06-15):
556# Howse writes that Alaska switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar,
557# and from east-of-GMT to west-of-GMT days, when the US bought it from Russia.
558# On Friday, 1867-10-18 (Gregorian), at precisely 15:30 local time, the
559# Russian forts and fleet at Sitka fired salutes to mark the ceremony of
560# formal transfer.  See the Sacramento Daily Union (1867-11-14), p 3, col 2.
561# https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18671114.2.12.1
562# Sitka workers did not change their calendars until Sunday, 1867-10-20,
563# and so celebrated two Sundays that week.  See: Ahllund T (tr Hallamaa P).
564# From the memoirs of a Finnish workman. Alaska History. 2006 Fall;21(2):1-25.
565# http://alaskahistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Ahllund-2006-Memoirs-of-a-Finnish-Workman.pdf
566# Include only the time zone part of this transition, ignoring the switch
567# from Julian to Gregorian, since we can't represent the Julian calendar.
568#
569# As far as we know, of the locations mentioned below only Sitka was
570# permanently inhabited in 1867 by anyone using either calendar.
571# (Yakutat was colonized by the Russians in 1799, but the settlement was
572# destroyed in 1805 by a Yakutat-kon war party.)  Many of Alaska's inhabitants
573# were unaware of the US acquisition of Alaska, much less of any calendar or
574# time change.  However, the Russian-influenced part of Alaska did observe
575# Russian time, and it is more accurate to model this than to ignore it.
576# The database format requires an exact transition time; use the Russian
577# salute as a somewhat-arbitrary time for the formal transfer of control for
578# all of Alaska.  Sitka's UTC offset is -9:01:13; adjust its 15:30 to the
579# local times of other Alaskan locations so that they change simultaneously.
580
581# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-18):
582# One opinion of the early 1980s turmoil in Alaska over time zones and
583# daylight saving time appeared as graffiti on a Juneau airport wall:
584# "Welcome to Juneau.  Please turn your watch back to the 19th century."
585# See: Turner W. Alaska's four time zones now two. NY Times 1983-11-01.
586# http://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/01/us/alaska-s-four-time-zones-now-two.html
587#
588# Steve Ferguson (2011-01-31) referred to the following source:
589# Norris F. Keeping time in Alaska: national directives, local response.
590# Alaska History 2001;16(1-2).
591# http://alaskahistoricalsociety.org/discover-alaska/glimpses-of-the-past/keeping-time-in-alaska/
592
593# From Arthur David Olson (2011-02-01):
594# Here's database-relevant material from the 2001 "Alaska History" article:
595#
596# On September 20 [1979]...DOT...officials decreed that on April 27,
597# 1980, Juneau and other nearby communities would move to Yukon Time.
598# Sitka, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan, however, would remain on
599# Pacific Time.
600#
601# ...on September 22, 1980, DOT Secretary Neil E. Goldschmidt rescinded the
602# Department's September 1979 decision. Juneau and other communities in
603# northern Southeast reverted to Pacific Time on October 26.
604#
605# On October 28 [1983]...the Metlakatla Indian Community Council voted
606# unanimously to keep the reservation on Pacific Time.
607#
608# According to DOT official Joanne Petrie, Indian reservations are not
609# bound to follow time zones imposed by neighboring jurisdictions.
610#
611# (The last is consistent with how the database now handles the Navajo
612# Nation.)
613
614# From Arthur David Olson (2011-02-09):
615# I just spoke by phone with a staff member at the Metlakatla Indian
616# Community office (using contact information available at
617# http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_name=Metlakatla
618# It's shortly after 1:00 here on the east coast of the United States;
619# the staffer said it was shortly after 10:00 there. When I asked whether
620# that meant they were on Pacific time, they said no - they were on their
621# own time. I asked about daylight saving; they said it wasn't used. I
622# did not inquire about practices in the past.
623
624# From Arthur David Olson (2011-08-17):
625# For lack of better information, assume that Metlakatla's
626# abandonment of use of daylight saving resulted from the 1983 vote.
627
628# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-11-09):
629# It seems Metlakatla did go off PST on Sunday, November 1, changing
630# their time to AKST and are going to follow Alaska's DST, switching
631# between AKST and AKDT from now on....
632# https://www.krbd.org/2015/10/30/annette-island-times-they-are-a-changing/
633
634# From Ryan Stanley (2018-11-06):
635# The Metlakatla community in Alaska has decided not to change its
636# clock back an hour starting on November 4th, 2018 (day before yesterday).
637# They will be gmtoff=-28800 year-round.
638# https://www.facebook.com/141055983004923/photos/pb.141055983004923.-2207520000.1541465673./569081370202380/
639
640# From Paul Eggert (2018-12-16):
641# In a 2018-12-11 special election, Metlakatla voted to go back to
642# Alaska time (including daylight saving time) starting next year.
643# https://www.krbd.org/2018/12/12/metlakatla-to-follow-alaska-standard-time-allow-liquor-sales/
644#
645# From Ryan Stanley (2019-01-11):
646# The community will be changing back on the 20th of this month...
647# From Tim Parenti (2019-01-11):
648# Per an announcement on the Metlakatla community's official Facebook page, the
649# "fall back" will be on Sunday 2019-01-20 at 02:00:
650# https://www.facebook.com/141055983004923/photos/607150969728753/
651# So they won't be waiting for Alaska to join them on 2019-03-10, but will
652# rather change their clocks twice in seven weeks.
653
654# From Paul Eggert (2023-01-23):
655# America/Adak is for the Aleutian Islands that are part of Alaska
656# and are west of 169.5° W.
657
658# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
659Zone America/Juneau	 15:02:19 -	LMT	1867 Oct 19 15:33:32
660			 -8:57:41 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
661			 -8:00	-	PST	1942
662			 -8:00	US	P%sT	1946
663			 -8:00	-	PST	1969
664			 -8:00	US	P%sT	1980 Apr 27  2:00
665			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1980 Oct 26  2:00
666			 -8:00	US	P%sT	1983 Oct 30  2:00
667			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1983 Nov 30
668			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
669Zone America/Sitka	 14:58:47 -	LMT	1867 Oct 19 15:30
670			 -9:01:13 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
671			 -8:00	-	PST	1942
672			 -8:00	US	P%sT	1946
673			 -8:00	-	PST	1969
674			 -8:00	US	P%sT	1983 Oct 30  2:00
675			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1983 Nov 30
676			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
677Zone America/Metlakatla	 15:13:42 -	LMT	1867 Oct 19 15:44:55
678			 -8:46:18 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
679			 -8:00	-	PST	1942
680			 -8:00	US	P%sT	1946
681			 -8:00	-	PST	1969
682			 -8:00	US	P%sT	1983 Oct 30  2:00
683			 -8:00	-	PST	2015 Nov  1  2:00
684			 -9:00	US	AK%sT	2018 Nov  4  2:00
685			 -8:00	-	PST	2019 Jan 20  2:00
686			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
687Zone America/Yakutat	 14:41:05 -	LMT	1867 Oct 19 15:12:18
688			 -9:18:55 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
689			 -9:00	-	YST	1942
690			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1946
691			 -9:00	-	YST	1969
692			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1983 Nov 30
693			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
694Zone America/Anchorage	 14:00:24 -	LMT	1867 Oct 19 14:31:37
695			 -9:59:36 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
696			-10:00	-	AST	1942
697			-10:00	US	A%sT	1967 Apr
698			-10:00	-	AHST	1969
699			-10:00	US	AH%sT	1983 Oct 30  2:00
700			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1983 Nov 30
701			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
702Zone America/Nome	 12:58:22 -	LMT	1867 Oct 19 13:29:35
703			-11:01:38 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
704			-11:00	-	NST	1942
705			-11:00	US	N%sT	1946
706			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr
707			-11:00	-	BST	1969
708			-11:00	US	B%sT	1983 Oct 30  2:00
709			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1983 Nov 30
710			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
711Zone America/Adak	 12:13:22 -	LMT	1867 Oct 19 12:44:35
712			-11:46:38 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
713			-11:00	-	NST	1942
714			-11:00	US	N%sT	1946
715			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr
716			-11:00	-	BST	1969
717			-11:00	US	B%sT	1983 Oct 30  2:00
718			-10:00	US	AH%sT	1983 Nov 30
719			-10:00	US	H%sT
720# The following switches don't make our 1970 cutoff.
721#
722# Kiska observed Tokyo date and time during Japanese occupation from
723# 1942-06-06 to 1943-07-29, and similarly for Attu from 1942-06-07 to
724# 1943-05-29 (all dates American).  Both islands are now uninhabited.
725#
726# Shanks writes that part of southwest Alaska (e.g. Aniak)
727# switched from -11:00 to -10:00 on 1968-09-22 at 02:00,
728# and another part (e.g. Akiak) made the same switch five weeks later.
729#
730# From David Flater (2004-11-09):
731# In e-mail, 2004-11-02, Ray Hudson, historian/liaison to the Unalaska
732# Historic Preservation Commission, provided this information, which
733# suggests that Unalaska deviated from statutory time from early 1967
734# possibly until 1983:
735#
736#  Minutes of the Unalaska City Council Meeting, January 10, 1967:
737#  "Except for St. Paul and Akutan, Unalaska is the only important
738#  location not on Alaska Standard Time.  The following resolution was
739#  made by William Robinson and seconded by Henry Swanson: Be it
740#  resolved that the City of Unalaska hereby goes to Alaska Standard
741#  Time as of midnight Friday, January 13, 1967 (1 A.M. Saturday,
742#  January 14, Alaska Standard Time.)  This resolution was passed with
743#  three votes for and one against."
744
745# Hawaii
746
747# From Arthur David Olson (2010-12-09):
748# "Hawaiian Time" by Robert C. Schmitt and Doak C. Cox appears on pages 207-225
749# of volume 26 of The Hawaiian Journal of History (1992). As of 2010-12-09,
750# the article is available at
751# https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/239/2/JL26215.pdf
752# and indicates that standard time was adopted effective noon, January
753# 13, 1896 (page 218), that in "1933, the Legislature decreed daylight
754# saving for the period between the last Sunday of each April and the
755# last Sunday of each September, but less than a month later repealed the
756# act," (page 220), that year-round daylight saving time was in effect
757# from 1942-02-09 to 1945-09-30 (page 221, with no time of day given for
758# when clocks changed) and that clocks were changed by 30 minutes
759# effective the second Sunday of June, 1947 (page 219, with no time of
760# day given for when clocks changed). A footnote for the 1933 changes
761# cites Session Laws of Hawaii 1933, "Act. 90 (approved 26 Apr. 1933)
762# and Act 163 (approved 21 May 1933)."
763
764# From Arthur David Olson (2011-01-19):
765# The following is from "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the
766# Seventeenth Legislature: Regular Session 1933," available (as of
767# 2011-01-19) at American University's Pence Law Library. Page 85: "Act
768# 90...At 2 o'clock ante meridian of the last Sunday in April of each
769# year, the standard time of this Territory shall be advanced one
770# hour...This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved this 26th
771# day of April, A. D. 1933. LAWRENCE M JUDD, Governor of the Territory of
772# Hawaii." Page 172: "Act 163...Act 90 of the Session Laws of 1933 is
773# hereby repealed...This Act shall take effect upon its approval, upon
774# which date the standard time of this Territory shall be restored to
775# that existing immediately prior to the taking effect of said Act 90.
776# Approved this 21st day of May, A. D. 1933. LAWRENCE M. JUDD, Governor
777# of the Territory of Hawaii."
778#
779# Note that 1933-05-21 was a Sunday.
780# We're left to guess the time of day when Act 163 was approved; guess noon.
781
782# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
783Zone Pacific/Honolulu	-10:31:26 -	LMT	1896 Jan 13 12:00
784			-10:30	-	HST	1933 Apr 30  2:00
785			-10:30	1:00	HDT	1933 May 21 12:00
786			-10:30	US	H%sT	1947 Jun  8  2:00
787			-10:00	-	HST
788
789# Now we turn to US areas that have diverged from the consensus since 1970.
790
791# Arizona mostly uses MST.
792
793# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-20):
794#
795# The information in the rest of this paragraph is derived from the
796# Daylight Saving Time web page
797# <http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/links/daylight.htm> (2002-01-23)
798# maintained by the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records.
799# Between 1944-01-01 and 1944-04-01 the State of Arizona used standard
800# time, but by federal law railroads, airlines, bus lines, military
801# personnel, and some engaged in interstate commerce continued to
802# observe war (i.e., daylight saving) time.  The 1944-03-17 Phoenix
803# Gazette says that was the date the law changed, and that 04-01 was
804# the date the state's clocks would change.  In 1945 the State of
805# Arizona used standard time all year, again with exceptions only as
806# mandated by federal law.  Arizona observed DST in 1967, but Arizona
807# Laws 1968, ch. 183 (effective 1968-03-21) repealed DST.
808#
809# Shanks says the 1944 experiment came to an end on 1944-03-17.
810# Go with the Arizona State Library instead.
811
812# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
813Zone America/Phoenix	-7:28:18 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 19:00u
814			-7:00	US	M%sT	1944 Jan  1  0:01
815			-7:00	-	MST	1944 Apr  1  0:01
816			-7:00	US	M%sT	1944 Oct  1  0:01
817			-7:00	-	MST	1967
818			-7:00	US	M%sT	1968 Mar 21
819			-7:00	-	MST
820
821# From Arthur David Olson (1988-02-13):
822# A writer from the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.,
823# notes in private correspondence dated 1987-12-28 that "Presently, only the
824# Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, due to its
825# large size and location in three states."  (The "only" means that other
826# tribal nations don't use DST.)
827#
828# From Paul Eggert (2013-08-26):
829# See America/Denver for a zone appropriate for the Navajo Nation.
830
831# Southern Idaho (Ada, Adams, Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine,
832# Boise, Bonneville, Butte, Camas, Canyon, Caribou, Cassia, Clark,
833# Custer, Elmore, Franklin, Fremont, Gem, Gooding, Jefferson, Jerome,
834# Lemhi, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka, Oneida, Owyhee, Payette, Power,
835# Teton, Twin Falls, Valley, Washington counties, and the southern
836# quarter of Idaho county) and eastern Oregon (most of Malheur County)
837# switched four weeks late in 1974.
838#
839# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
840Zone America/Boise	-7:44:49 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 20:00u
841			-8:00	US	P%sT	1923 May 13  2:00
842			-7:00	US	M%sT	1974
843			-7:00	-	MST	1974 Feb  3  2:00
844			-7:00	US	M%sT
845
846# Indiana
847#
848# For a map of Indiana's time zone regions, see:
849# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Indiana
850#
851# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-30):
852# A brief but entertaining history of time in Indiana describes a 1949 debate
853# in the Indiana House where city legislators (who favored "fast time")
854# tussled with farm legislators (who didn't) over a bill to outlaw DST:
855#  "Lacking enough votes, the city faction tries to filibuster until time runs
856#   out on the session at midnight, but rural champion Rep. Herbert Copeland,
857#   R-Madison, leans over the gallery railing and forces the official clock
858#   back to 9 p.m., breaking it in the process.  The clock sticks on 9 as the
859#   debate rages on into the night.  The filibuster finally dies out and the
860#   bill passes, while outside the chamber, clocks read 3:30 a.m.  In the end,
861#   it doesn't matter which side won.  The law has no enforcement powers and
862#   is simply ignored by fast-time communities."
863# How Indiana went from 'God's time' to split zones and daylight-saving.
864# Indianapolis Star. 2018-11-27 14:58 -05.
865# https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/27/indianapolis-indiana-time-zone-history-central-eastern-daylight-savings-time/2126300002/
866#
867# From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17):
868# Since 1970, most of Indiana has been like America/Indiana/Indianapolis,
869# with the following exceptions:
870#
871# - Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer,
872#   Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties have been like America/Chicago.
873#
874# - Dearborn and Ohio counties have been like America/New_York.
875#
876# - Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties have been like
877#   America/Kentucky/Louisville.
878#
879# - Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Starke,
880#   and Switzerland counties have their own time zone histories as noted below.
881#
882# Shanks partitioned Indiana into 345 regions, each with its own time history,
883# and wrote "Even newspaper reports present contradictory information."
884# Those Hoosiers!  Such a flighty and changeable people!
885# Fortunately, most of the complexity occurred before our cutoff date of 1970.
886#
887# Other than Indianapolis, the Indiana place names are so nondescript
888# that they would be ambiguous if we left them at the 'America' level.
889# So we reluctantly put them all in a subdirectory 'America/Indiana'.
890
891# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-26):
892# https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2006/01/20/06-563/standard-time-zone-boundary-in-the-state-of-indiana
893# says "DOT is relocating the time zone boundary in Indiana to move Starke,
894# Pulaski, Knox, Daviess, Martin, Pike, Dubois, and Perry Counties from the
895# Eastern Time Zone to the Central Time Zone.... The effective date of
896# this rule is 2 a.m. EST Sunday, April 2, 2006, which is the
897# changeover date from standard time to Daylight Saving Time."
898# Strictly speaking, this meant the affected counties changed their
899# clocks twice that night, but this obviously was in error.  The intent
900# was that 01:59:59 EST be followed by 02:00:00 CDT.
901
902# From Gwillim Law (2007-02-10):
903# The Associated Press has been reporting that Pulaski County, Indiana is
904# going to switch from Central to Eastern Time on March 11, 2007....
905# http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070207/LOCAL190108/702070524/0/LOCAL
906
907# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
908Rule Indianapolis 1941	only	-	Jun	22	2:00	1:00	D
909Rule Indianapolis 1941	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
910Rule Indianapolis 1946	1954	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
911# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
912Zone America/Indiana/Indianapolis -5:44:38 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 18:00u
913			-6:00	US	C%sT	1920
914			-6:00 Indianapolis C%sT	1942
915			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
916			-6:00 Indianapolis C%sT	1955 Apr 24  2:00
917			-5:00	-	EST	1957 Sep 29  2:00
918			-6:00	-	CST	1958 Apr 27  2:00
919			-5:00	-	EST	1969
920			-5:00	US	E%sT	1971
921			-5:00	-	EST	2006
922			-5:00	US	E%sT
923#
924# Eastern Crawford County, Indiana, left its clocks alone in 1974,
925# as well as from 1976 through 2005.
926# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
927Rule	Marengo	1951	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
928Rule	Marengo	1951	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
929Rule	Marengo	1954	1960	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
930Rule	Marengo	1954	1960	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
931# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
932Zone America/Indiana/Marengo -5:45:23 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 18:00u
933			-6:00	US	C%sT	1951
934			-6:00	Marengo	C%sT	1961 Apr 30  2:00
935			-5:00	-	EST	1969
936			-5:00	US	E%sT	1974 Jan  6  2:00
937			-6:00	1:00	CDT	1974 Oct 27  2:00
938			-5:00	US	E%sT	1976
939			-5:00	-	EST	2006
940			-5:00	US	E%sT
941#
942# Daviess, Dubois, Knox, and Martin Counties, Indiana,
943# switched from eastern to central time in April 2006, then switched back
944# in November 2007.
945# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
946Rule Vincennes	1946	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
947Rule Vincennes	1946	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
948Rule Vincennes	1953	1954	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
949Rule Vincennes	1953	1959	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
950Rule Vincennes	1955	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	D
951Rule Vincennes	1956	1963	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
952Rule Vincennes	1960	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
953Rule Vincennes	1961	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
954Rule Vincennes	1962	1963	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
955# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
956Zone America/Indiana/Vincennes -5:50:07 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 18:00u
957			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
958			-6:00 Vincennes	C%sT	1964 Apr 26  2:00
959			-5:00	-	EST	1969
960			-5:00	US	E%sT	1971
961			-5:00	-	EST	2006 Apr  2  2:00
962			-6:00	US	C%sT	2007 Nov  4  2:00
963			-5:00	US	E%sT
964#
965# Perry County, Indiana, switched from eastern to central time in April 2006.
966# From Alois Treindl (2019-07-09):
967# The Indianapolis News, Friday 27 October 1967 states that Perry County
968# returned to CST.  It went again to EST on 27 April 1969, as documented by the
969# Indianapolis star of Saturday 26 April.
970# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
971Rule Perry	1955	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	D
972Rule Perry	1955	1960	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
973Rule Perry	1956	1963	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
974Rule Perry	1961	1963	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
975# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
976Zone America/Indiana/Tell_City -5:47:03 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 18:00u
977			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
978			-6:00 Perry	C%sT	1964 Apr 26  2:00
979			-5:00	-	EST	1967 Oct 29  2:00
980			-6:00	US	C%sT	1969 Apr 27  2:00
981			-5:00	US	E%sT	1971
982			-5:00	-	EST	2006 Apr  2  2:00
983			-6:00	US	C%sT
984#
985# Pike County, Indiana moved from central to eastern time in 1977,
986# then switched back in 2006, then switched back again in 2007.
987# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
988Rule	Pike	1955	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	D
989Rule	Pike	1955	1960	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
990Rule	Pike	1956	1964	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
991Rule	Pike	1961	1964	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
992# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
993Zone America/Indiana/Petersburg -5:49:07 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 18:00u
994			-6:00	US	C%sT	1955
995			-6:00	Pike	C%sT	1965 Apr 25  2:00
996			-5:00	-	EST	1966 Oct 30  2:00
997			-6:00	US	C%sT	1977 Oct 30  2:00
998			-5:00	-	EST	2006 Apr  2  2:00
999			-6:00	US	C%sT	2007 Nov  4  2:00
1000			-5:00	US	E%sT
1001#
1002# Starke County, Indiana moved from central to eastern time in 1991,
1003# then switched back in 2006.
1004# From Arthur David Olson (1991-10-28):
1005# An article on page A3 of the Sunday, 1991-10-27 Washington Post
1006# notes that Starke County switched from Central time to Eastern time as of
1007# 1991-10-27.
1008# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
1009Rule	Starke	1947	1961	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1010Rule	Starke	1947	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1011Rule	Starke	1955	1956	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1012Rule	Starke	1957	1958	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1013Rule	Starke	1959	1961	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1014# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1015Zone America/Indiana/Knox -5:46:30 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 18:00u
1016			-6:00	US	C%sT	1947
1017			-6:00	Starke	C%sT	1962 Apr 29  2:00
1018			-5:00	-	EST	1963 Oct 27  2:00
1019			-6:00	US	C%sT	1991 Oct 27  2:00
1020			-5:00	-	EST	2006 Apr  2  2:00
1021			-6:00	US	C%sT
1022#
1023# Pulaski County, Indiana, switched from eastern to central time in
1024# April 2006 and then switched back in March 2007.
1025# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
1026Rule	Pulaski	1946	1960	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1027Rule	Pulaski	1946	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1028Rule	Pulaski	1955	1956	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1029Rule	Pulaski	1957	1960	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1030# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1031Zone America/Indiana/Winamac -5:46:25 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 18:00u
1032			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
1033			-6:00	Pulaski	C%sT	1961 Apr 30  2:00
1034			-5:00	-	EST	1969
1035			-5:00	US	E%sT	1971
1036			-5:00	-	EST	2006 Apr  2  2:00
1037			-6:00	US	C%sT	2007 Mar 11  2:00
1038			-5:00	US	E%sT
1039#
1040# Switzerland County, Indiana, did not observe DST from 1973 through 2005.
1041# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1042Zone America/Indiana/Vevay -5:40:16 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 18:00u
1043			-6:00	US	C%sT	1954 Apr 25  2:00
1044			-5:00	-	EST	1969
1045			-5:00	US	E%sT	1973
1046			-5:00	-	EST	2006
1047			-5:00	US	E%sT
1048
1049# From Paul Eggert (2018-03-20):
1050# The Louisville & Nashville Railroad's 1883-11-18 change occurred at
1051# 10:00 old local time; train were supposed to come to a standstill
1052# for precisely 18 minutes.  See Bartky Fig. 1 (page 50).  It is not
1053# clear how this matched civil time in Louisville, so for now continue
1054# to assume Louisville switched at noon new local time, like New York.
1055#
1056# From Michael Deckers (2019-08-06):
1057# From the contemporary source given by Alois Treindl,
1058# the switch in Louisville on 1946-04-28 was on 00:01
1059# From Paul Eggert (2019-08-26):
1060# That source was the Louisville Courier-Journal, 1946-04-27, p 4.
1061# Shanks gives 02:00 for all 20th-century transition times in Louisville.
1062# Evidently this is wrong for spring 1946.  Although also likely wrong
1063# for other dates, we have no data.
1064#
1065# Part of Kentucky left its clocks alone in 1974.
1066# This also includes Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties in Indiana.
1067# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
1068Rule Louisville	1921	only	-	May	1	2:00	1:00	D
1069Rule Louisville	1921	only	-	Sep	1	2:00	0	S
1070Rule Louisville	1941	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1071Rule Louisville	1941	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1072Rule Louisville	1946	only	-	Apr	lastSun	0:01	1:00	D
1073Rule Louisville	1946	only	-	Jun	2	2:00	0	S
1074Rule Louisville	1950	1961	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1075Rule Louisville	1950	1955	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1076Rule Louisville	1956	1961	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1077# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1078Zone America/Kentucky/Louisville -5:43:02 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 18:00u
1079			-6:00	US	C%sT	1921
1080			-6:00 Louisville C%sT	1942
1081			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
1082			-6:00 Louisville C%sT	1961 Jul 23  2:00
1083			-5:00	-	EST	1968
1084			-5:00	US	E%sT	1974 Jan  6  2:00
1085			-6:00	1:00	CDT	1974 Oct 27  2:00
1086			-5:00	US	E%sT
1087#
1088# Wayne County, Kentucky
1089#
1090# From Lake Cumberland LIFE
1091# http://www.lake-cumberland.com/life/archive/news990129time.shtml
1092# (1999-01-29) via WKYM-101.7:
1093# Clinton County has joined Wayne County in asking the DoT to change from
1094# the Central to the Eastern time zone....  The Wayne County government made
1095# the same request in December.  And while Russell County officials have not
1096# taken action, the majority of respondents to a poll conducted there in
1097# August indicated they would like to change to "fast time" also.
1098# The three Lake Cumberland counties are the farthest east of any U.S.
1099# location in the Central time zone.
1100#
1101# From Rich Wales (2000-08-29):
1102# After prolonged debate, and despite continuing deep differences of opinion,
1103# Wayne County (central Kentucky) is switching from Central (-0600) to Eastern
1104# (-0500) time.  They won't "fall back" this year.  See Sara Shipley,
1105# The difference an hour makes, Nando Times (2000-08-29 15:33 -0400).
1106#
1107# From Paul Eggert (2001-07-16):
1108# The final rule was published in the
1109# Federal Register 65, 160 (2000-08-17), pp 50154-50158.
1110# https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2000-08-17/html/00-20854.htm
1111#
1112Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 18:00u
1113			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
1114			-6:00	-	CST	1968
1115			-6:00	US	C%sT	2000 Oct 29  2:00
1116			-5:00	US	E%sT
1117
1118
1119# From Rives McDow (2000-08-30):
1120# Here ... are all the changes in the US since 1985.
1121# Kearny County, KS (put all of county on central;
1122#	previously split between MST and CST) ... 1990-10
1123# Starke County, IN (from CST to EST) ... 1991-10
1124# Oliver County, ND (from MST to CST) ... 1992-10
1125# West Wendover, NV (from PST TO MST) ... 1999-10
1126# Wayne County, KY (from CST to EST) ... 2000-10
1127#
1128# From Paul Eggert (2001-07-17):
1129# We don't know where the line used to be within Kearny County, KS,
1130# so omit that change for now.
1131# See America/Indiana/Knox for the Starke County, IN change.
1132# See America/North_Dakota/Center for the Oliver County, ND change.
1133# West Wendover, NV officially switched from Pacific to mountain time on
1134# 1999-10-31.  See the
1135# Federal Register 64, 203 (1999-10-21), pp 56705-56707.
1136# https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1999-10-21/html/99-27240.htm
1137# However, the Federal Register says that West Wendover already operated
1138# on mountain time, and the rule merely made this official;
1139# hence a separate tz entry is not needed.
1140
1141# Michigan
1142#
1143# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
1144# Michigan didn't observe DST from 1968 to 1973.
1145#
1146# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-31):
1147# Shanks writes that Michigan started using standard time on 1885-09-18,
1148# but Howse writes (pp 124-125, referring to Popular Astronomy, 1901-01)
1149# that Detroit kept
1150#
1151#	local time until 1900 when the City Council decreed that clocks should
1152#	be put back twenty-eight minutes to Central Standard Time.  Half the
1153#	city obeyed, half refused.  After considerable debate, the decision
1154#	was rescinded and the city reverted to Sun time.  A derisive offer to
1155#	erect a sundial in front of the city hall was referred to the
1156#	Committee on Sewers.  Then, in 1905, Central time was adopted
1157#	by city vote.
1158#
1159# This story is too entertaining to be false, so go with Howse over Shanks.
1160#
1161# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06):
1162# Garland (1927) writes "Cleveland and Detroit advanced their clocks
1163# one hour in 1914."  This change is not in Shanks.  We have no more
1164# info, so omit this for now.
1165#
1166# From Paul Eggert (2019-07-06):
1167# Due to a complicated set of legal maneuvers, in 1967 Michigan did
1168# not start daylight saving time when the rest of the US did.
1169# Instead, it began DST on Jun 14 at 00:01.  This was big news:
1170# the Detroit Free Press reported it at the top of Page 1 on
1171# 1967-06-14, in an article "State Adjusting to Switch to Fast Time"
1172# by Gary Blonston, above an article about Thurgood Marshall's
1173# confirmation to the US Supreme Court.  Although Shanks says Detroit
1174# observed DST until 1967-10-29 00:01, that time of day seems to be
1175# incorrect, as the Free Press later said DST ended in Michigan at the
1176# same time as the rest of the US.  Also, although Shanks reports no DST in
1177# Detroit in 1968, it did observe DST that year; in the November 1968
1178# election Michigan voters narrowly repealed DST, effective 1969.
1179#
1180# Most of Michigan observed DST from 1973 on, but was a bit late in 1975.
1181# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
1182Rule	Detroit	1948	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1183Rule	Detroit	1948	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1184# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1185Zone America/Detroit	-5:32:11 -	LMT	1905
1186			-6:00	-	CST	1915 May 15  2:00
1187			-5:00	-	EST	1942
1188			-5:00	US	E%sT	1946
1189			-5:00	Detroit	E%sT	1967 Jun 14  0:01
1190			-5:00	US	E%sT	1969
1191			-5:00	-	EST	1973
1192			-5:00	US	E%sT	1975
1193			-5:00	-	EST	1975 Apr 27  2:00
1194			-5:00	US	E%sT
1195#
1196# Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, and Menominee Counties, Michigan,
1197# switched from EST to CST/CDT in 1973.
1198# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
1199Rule Menominee	1946	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1200Rule Menominee	1946	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1201Rule Menominee	1966	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1202Rule Menominee	1966	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1203# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1204Zone America/Menominee	-5:50:27 -	LMT	1885 Sep 18 12:00
1205			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
1206			-6:00 Menominee	C%sT	1969 Apr 27  2:00
1207			-5:00	-	EST	1973 Apr 29  2:00
1208			-6:00	US	C%sT
1209
1210# Navassa
1211# administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service
1212# claimed by US under the provisions of the 1856 Guano Islands Act
1213# also claimed by Haiti
1214# occupied 1857/1900 by the Navassa Phosphate Co
1215# US lighthouse 1917/1996-09
1216# currently uninhabited
1217# see Mark Fineman, "An Isle Rich in Guano and Discord",
1218# _Los Angeles Times_ (1998-11-10), A1, A10; it cites
1219# Jimmy Skaggs, _The Great Guano Rush_ (1994).
1220
1221# From Rob van Gent (2025-07-23):
1222# Another useful source for historical time zone information appears to be
1223# a series of circulars with the title "Standard Time Throughout the World"
1224# issued between 1925 and 1950 by the U.S. Bureau of Standards.
1225# I found the following issues online:
1226# https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/circ/nbscircular280.pdf (1925)
1227# https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/circ/nbscircular399.pdf (1932)
1228# https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/circ/nbscircular406.pdf (1935)
1229# https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/circ/nbscircular496.pdf (1950)
1230
1231################################################################################
1232
1233
1234# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-10):
1235#
1236# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
1237# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
1238# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
1239# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
1240#
1241# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source
1242# for time zone data was the International Air Transport
1243# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
1244# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
1245# of the IATA's data after 1990.  Except where otherwise noted,
1246# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
1247#
1248# Other sources occasionally used include:
1249#
1250#	Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
1251#	<https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
1252#
1253#	Pearce C. The Great Daylight Saving Time Controversy.
1254#	Australian Ebook Publisher. 2017. ISBN 978-1-925516-96-8.
1255#
1256#	Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
1257#	Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated),
1258#	which I found in the UCLA library.
1259#
1260#	William Willett, The Waste of Daylight, 19th edition
1261#	<http://cs.ucla.edu/~eggert/The-Waste-of-Daylight-19th.pdf>
1262#	[PDF] (1914-03)
1263#
1264# For the 1911/1912 establishment of standard time in French possessions, see:
1265# Société Française de Physique, Recueil de constantes physiques (1913),
1266# page 752, 18b.
1267#
1268# See the 'europe' file for Greenland.
1269
1270# Canada
1271
1272# From Alain LaBonté (1994-11-14):
1273# I post here the time zone abbreviations standardized in Canada
1274# for both English and French in the CAN/CSA-Z234.4-89 standard....
1275#
1276#	UTC	Standard time	Daylight saving time
1277#	offset	French	English	French	English
1278#	-2:30	-	-	HAT	NDT
1279#	-3	-	-	HAA	ADT
1280#	-3:30	HNT	NST	-	-
1281#	-4	HNA	AST	HAE	EDT
1282#	-5	HNE	EST	HAC	CDT
1283#	-6	HNC	CST	HAR	MDT
1284#	-7	HNR	MST	HAP	PDT
1285#	-8	HNP	PST	HAY	YDT
1286#	-9	HNY	YST	-	-
1287#
1288#	HN: Heure Normale	ST: Standard Time
1289#	HA: Heure Avancée	DT: Daylight saving Time
1290#
1291#	A: de l'Atlantique	Atlantic
1292#	C: du Centre		Central
1293#	E: de l'Est		Eastern
1294#	M:			Mountain
1295#	N:			Newfoundland
1296#	P: du Pacifique		Pacific
1297#	R: des Rocheuses
1298#	T: de Terre-Neuve
1299#	Y: du Yukon		Yukon
1300#
1301# From Paul Eggert (1994-11-22):
1302# Alas, this sort of thing must be handled by localization software.
1303
1304# Unless otherwise specified, the data entries for Canada are all from Shanks
1305# & Pottenger.
1306
1307# From Chris Walton (2006-04-01, 2006-04-25, 2006-06-26, 2007-01-31,
1308# 2007-03-01):
1309# The British Columbia government announced yesterday that it will
1310# adjust daylight savings next year to align with changes in the
1311# U.S. and the rest of Canada....
1312# https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2006AG0014-000330.htm
1313# ...
1314# Nova Scotia
1315# Daylight saving time will be extended by four weeks starting in 2007....
1316# https://www.novascotia.ca/just/regulations/rg2/2006/ma1206.pdf
1317#
1318# [For New Brunswick] the new legislation dictates that the time change is to
1319# be done at 02:00 instead of 00:01.
1320# https://www.gnb.ca/0062/acts/BBA-2006/Chap-19.pdf
1321# ...
1322# Manitoba has traditionally changed the clock every fall at 03:00.
1323# As of 2006, the transition is to take place one hour earlier at 02:00.
1324# https://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/ccsm/o030e.php
1325# ...
1326# [Alberta, Ontario, Quebec] will follow US rules.
1327# http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/documents/spring/CH03_06.CFM
1328# http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Source/Regs/English/2006/R06111_e.htm
1329# http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=5&file=2006C39A.PDF
1330# ...
1331# P.E.I. will follow US rules....
1332# http://www.assembly.pe.ca/bills/pdf_chapter/62/3/chapter-41.pdf
1333# ...
1334# Province of Newfoundland and Labrador....
1335# http://www.hoa.gov.nl.ca/hoa/bills/Bill0634.htm
1336# ...
1337# Yukon
1338# https://www.gov.yk.ca/legislation/regs/oic2006_127.pdf
1339# ...
1340# N.W.T. will follow US rules.  Whoever maintains the government web site
1341# does not seem to believe in bookmarks.  To see the news release, click the
1342# following link and search for "Daylight Savings Time Change".  Press the
1343# "Daylight Savings Time Change" link; it will fire off a popup using
1344# JavaScript.
1345# http://www.exec.gov.nt.ca/currentnews/currentPR.asp?mode=archive
1346# ...
1347# Nunavut
1348# An amendment to the Interpretation Act was registered on February 19/2007....
1349# http://action.attavik.ca/home/justice-gn/attach/2007/gaz02part2.pdf
1350
1351# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-18):
1352# H. David Matthews and Mary Vincent's map
1353# "It's about TIME", _Canadian Geographic_ (September-October 1998)
1354# https://web.archive.org/web/19990827055050/https://canadiangeographic.ca/SO98/geomap.htm
1355# contains detailed boundaries for regions observing nonstandard
1356# time and daylight saving time arrangements in Canada circa 1998.
1357#
1358# National Research Council Canada maintains info about time zones and DST.
1359# https://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/time/time_zones.html
1360# https://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/time/faq/index.html#Q5
1361# Its unofficial information is often taken from Matthews and Vincent.
1362
1363# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27):
1364# For now, assume all of DST-observing Canada will fall into line with the
1365# new US DST rules,
1366
1367# From Chris Walton (2011-12-01)
1368# In the first of Tammy Hardwick's articles
1369# http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260
1370# she quotes the Friday November 1/1918 edition of the Creston Review.
1371# The quote includes these two statements:
1372# 'Sunday the CPR went back to the old system of time...'
1373# '... The daylight saving scheme was dropped all over Canada at the same time,'
1374# These statements refer to a transition from daylight time to standard time
1375# that occurred nationally on Sunday October 27/1918.  This transition was
1376# also documented in the Saturday October 26/1918 edition of the Toronto Star.
1377
1378# In light of that evidence, we alter the date from the earlier believed
1379# Oct 31, to Oct 27, 1918 (and Sunday is a more likely transition day
1380# than Thursday) in all Canadian rulesets.
1381
1382# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1383Rule	Canada	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
1384Rule	Canada	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
1385Rule	Canada	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
1386Rule	Canada	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
1387Rule	Canada	1945	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
1388Rule	Canada	1974	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1389Rule	Canada	1974	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1390Rule	Canada	1987	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
1391Rule	Canada	2007	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
1392Rule	Canada	2007	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	0	S
1393
1394
1395# Newfoundland and Labrador
1396
1397# From Paul Eggert (2017-10-14):
1398# Legally Labrador should observe Newfoundland time; see:
1399# McLeod J. Labrador time - legal or not? St. John's Telegram, 2017-10-07
1400# http://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/labrador-time--legal-or-not-154860/
1401# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that the only part of Labrador
1402# that follows the rules is the southeast corner, including Port Hope
1403# Simpson and Mary's Harbour, but excluding, say, Black Tickle.
1404
1405# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1406Rule	StJohns	1917	only	-	Apr	 8	2:00	1:00	D
1407Rule	StJohns	1917	only	-	Sep	17	2:00	0	S
1408# Whitman gives 1919 Apr 5 and 1920 Apr 5; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1409Rule	StJohns	1919	only	-	May	 5	23:00	1:00	D
1410Rule	StJohns	1919	only	-	Aug	12	23:00	0	S
1411# For 1931-1935 Whitman gives Apr same date; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1412Rule	StJohns	1920	1935	-	May	Sun>=1	23:00	1:00	D
1413Rule	StJohns	1920	1935	-	Oct	lastSun	23:00	0	S
1414# For 1936-1941 Whitman gives May Sun>=8 and Oct Sun>=1; go with Shanks &
1415# Pottenger.
1416Rule	StJohns	1936	1941	-	May	Mon>=9	0:00	1:00	D
1417Rule	StJohns	1936	1941	-	Oct	Mon>=2	0:00	0	S
1418# Whitman gives the following transitions:
1419# 1942 03-01/12-31, 1943 05-30/09-05, 1944 07-10/09-02, 1945 01-01/10-07
1420# but go with Shanks & Pottenger and assume they used Canadian rules.
1421# For 1946-9 Whitman gives May 5,4,9,1 - Oct 1,5,3,2, and for 1950 he gives
1422# Apr 30 - Sep 24; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1423Rule	StJohns	1946	1950	-	May	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
1424Rule	StJohns	1946	1950	-	Oct	Sun>=2	2:00	0	S
1425Rule	StJohns	1951	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1426Rule	StJohns	1951	1959	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1427Rule	StJohns	1960	1986	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1428# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
1429# INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Newfoundland switches
1430# at 00:01 local time.  For now, assume it started in 1987.
1431
1432# From Michael Pelley (2011-09-12):
1433# We received today, Monday, September 12, 2011, notification that the
1434# changes to the Newfoundland Standard Time Act have been proclaimed.
1435# The change in the Act stipulates that the change from Daylight Savings
1436# Time to Standard Time and from Standard Time to Daylight Savings Time
1437# now occurs at 2:00AM.
1438# ...
1439# http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm
1440# ...
1441# MICHAEL PELLEY  |  Manager of Enterprise Architecture - Solution Delivery
1442# Office of the Chief Information Officer
1443# Executive Council
1444# Government of Newfoundland & Labrador
1445
1446Rule	StJohns	1987	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:01	1:00	D
1447Rule	StJohns	1987	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	0:01	0	S
1448Rule	StJohns	1988	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:01	2:00	DD
1449Rule	StJohns	1989	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:01	1:00	D
1450Rule	StJohns	2007	2011	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:01	1:00	D
1451Rule	StJohns	2007	2010	-	Nov	Sun>=1	0:01	0	S
1452#
1453# St John's has an apostrophe, but POSIX file names can't have apostrophes.
1454# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1455Zone America/St_Johns	-3:30:52 -	LMT	1884
1456			-3:30:52 StJohns N%sT	1918
1457			-3:30:52 Canada	N%sT	1919
1458			-3:30:52 StJohns N%sT	1935 Mar 30
1459			-3:30	StJohns	N%sT	1942 May 11
1460			-3:30	Canada	N%sT	1946
1461			-3:30	StJohns	N%sT	2011 Nov
1462			-3:30	Canada	N%sT
1463
1464# most of east Labrador
1465
1466# The name 'Happy Valley-Goose Bay' is too long; use 'Goose Bay'.
1467# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1468Zone America/Goose_Bay	-4:01:40 -	LMT	1884 # Happy Valley-Goose Bay
1469			-3:30:52 -	NST	1918
1470			-3:30:52 Canada N%sT	1919
1471			-3:30:52 -	NST	1935 Mar 30
1472			-3:30	-	NST	1936
1473			-3:30	StJohns	N%sT	1942 May 11
1474			-3:30	Canada	N%sT	1946
1475			-3:30	StJohns	N%sT	1966 Mar 15  2:00
1476			-4:00	StJohns	A%sT	2011 Nov
1477			-4:00	Canada	A%sT
1478
1479
1480# west Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I,
1481# Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Listuguj reserve
1482
1483# From Brian Inglis (2015-07-20):
1484# From the historical weather station records available at:
1485# https://weatherspark.com/history/28351/1971/Sydney-Nova-Scotia-Canada
1486# Sydney shares the same time history as Glace Bay, so was
1487# likely to be the same across the island....
1488# Sydney, as the capital and most populous location, or Cape Breton, would
1489# have been better names for the zone had we known this in 1996.
1490
1491# From Paul Eggert (2015-07-20):
1492# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of this region has been like
1493# Halifax.  Many locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1972;
1494# the Cape Breton area, represented by Glace Bay, is the largest we know of
1495# (Glace Bay was perhaps not the best name choice but no point changing now).
1496# Shanks & Pottenger also write that Liverpool, NS was the only town
1497# in Canada to observe DST in 1971 but not 1970; for now we'll assume
1498# this is a typo.
1499
1500# From Jeffery Nichols (2020-01-09):
1501# America/Halifax ... also applies to Îles-de-la-Madeleine and the Listuguj
1502# reserve in Quebec. Officially, this came into effect on January 1, 2007
1503# (Legal Time Act, CQLR c T-5.1), but the legislative debates surrounding that
1504# bill say that it is "accommodating the customs and practices" of those
1505# regions, which suggests that they have always been in-line with Halifax.
1506
1507# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1508Rule	Halifax	1916	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	D
1509Rule	Halifax	1916	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	S
1510Rule	Halifax	1920	only	-	May	 9	0:00	1:00	D
1511Rule	Halifax	1920	only	-	Aug	29	0:00	0	S
1512Rule	Halifax	1921	only	-	May	 6	0:00	1:00	D
1513Rule	Halifax	1921	1922	-	Sep	 5	0:00	0	S
1514Rule	Halifax	1922	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	D
1515Rule	Halifax	1923	1925	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
1516Rule	Halifax	1923	only	-	Sep	 4	0:00	0	S
1517Rule	Halifax	1924	only	-	Sep	15	0:00	0	S
1518Rule	Halifax	1925	only	-	Sep	28	0:00	0	S
1519Rule	Halifax	1926	only	-	May	16	0:00	1:00	D
1520Rule	Halifax	1926	only	-	Sep	13	0:00	0	S
1521Rule	Halifax	1927	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	D
1522Rule	Halifax	1927	only	-	Sep	26	0:00	0	S
1523Rule	Halifax	1928	1931	-	May	Sun>=8	0:00	1:00	D
1524Rule	Halifax	1928	only	-	Sep	 9	0:00	0	S
1525Rule	Halifax	1929	only	-	Sep	 3	0:00	0	S
1526Rule	Halifax	1930	only	-	Sep	15	0:00	0	S
1527Rule	Halifax	1931	1932	-	Sep	Mon>=24	0:00	0	S
1528Rule	Halifax	1932	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	D
1529Rule	Halifax	1933	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	D
1530Rule	Halifax	1933	only	-	Oct	 2	0:00	0	S
1531Rule	Halifax	1934	only	-	May	20	0:00	1:00	D
1532Rule	Halifax	1934	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0	S
1533Rule	Halifax	1935	only	-	Jun	 2	0:00	1:00	D
1534Rule	Halifax	1935	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	S
1535Rule	Halifax	1936	only	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	D
1536Rule	Halifax	1936	only	-	Sep	14	0:00	0	S
1537Rule	Halifax	1937	1938	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
1538Rule	Halifax	1937	1941	-	Sep	Mon>=24	0:00	0	S
1539Rule	Halifax	1939	only	-	May	28	0:00	1:00	D
1540Rule	Halifax	1940	1941	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
1541Rule	Halifax	1946	1949	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1542Rule	Halifax	1946	1949	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1543Rule	Halifax	1951	1954	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1544Rule	Halifax	1951	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1545Rule	Halifax	1956	1959	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1546Rule	Halifax	1956	1959	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1547Rule	Halifax	1962	1973	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1548Rule	Halifax	1962	1973	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1549# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1550Zone America/Halifax	-4:14:24 -	LMT	1902 Jun 15
1551			-4:00	Halifax	A%sT	1918
1552			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1919
1553			-4:00	Halifax	A%sT	1942 Feb  9  2:00s
1554			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1946
1555			-4:00	Halifax	A%sT	1974
1556			-4:00	Canada	A%sT
1557Zone America/Glace_Bay	-3:59:48 -	LMT	1902 Jun 15
1558			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1953
1559			-4:00	Halifax	A%sT	1954
1560			-4:00	-	AST	1972
1561			-4:00	Halifax	A%sT	1974
1562			-4:00	Canada	A%sT
1563
1564# New Brunswick
1565
1566# From Paul Eggert (2007-01-31):
1567# The Time Definition Act <http://www.gnb.ca/0062/PDF-acts/t-06.pdf>
1568# says they changed at 00:01 through 2006, and
1569# <http://www.canlii.org/nb/laws/sta/t-6/20030127/whole.html> makes it
1570# clear that this was the case since at least 1993.
1571# For now, assume it started in 1993.
1572
1573# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1574Rule	Moncton	1933	1935	-	Jun	Sun>=8	1:00	1:00	D
1575Rule	Moncton	1933	1935	-	Sep	Sun>=8	1:00	0	S
1576Rule	Moncton	1936	1938	-	Jun	Sun>=1	1:00	1:00	D
1577Rule	Moncton	1936	1938	-	Sep	Sun>=1	1:00	0	S
1578Rule	Moncton	1939	only	-	May	27	1:00	1:00	D
1579Rule	Moncton	1939	1941	-	Sep	Sat>=21	1:00	0	S
1580Rule	Moncton	1940	only	-	May	19	1:00	1:00	D
1581Rule	Moncton	1941	only	-	May	 4	1:00	1:00	D
1582Rule	Moncton	1946	1972	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1583Rule	Moncton	1946	1956	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1584Rule	Moncton	1957	1972	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1585Rule	Moncton	1993	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:01	1:00	D
1586Rule	Moncton	1993	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	0:01	0	S
1587# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1588Zone America/Moncton	-4:19:08 -	LMT	1883 Dec  9
1589			-5:00	-	EST	1902 Jun 15
1590			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1933
1591			-4:00	Moncton	A%sT	1942
1592			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1946
1593			-4:00	Moncton	A%sT	1973
1594			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1993
1595			-4:00	Moncton	A%sT	2007
1596			-4:00	Canada	A%sT
1597
1598# Quebec
1599
1600# From Paul Eggert (2020-01-10):
1601# See America/Toronto for most of Quebec, including Montreal.
1602# See America/Halifax for the Îles de la Madeleine and the Listuguj reserve.
1603# See America/Puerto_Rico for east of Natashquan.
1604
1605# Ontario
1606
1607# From Mark Brader (2003-07-26):
1608# [According to the Toronto Star] Orillia, Ontario, adopted DST
1609# effective Saturday, 1912-06-22, 22:00; the article mentions that
1610# Port Arthur (now part of Thunder Bay, Ontario) as well as Moose Jaw
1611# have already done so.  In Orillia DST was to run until Saturday,
1612# 1912-08-31 (no time mentioned), but it was met with considerable
1613# hostility from certain segments of the public, and was revoked after
1614# only two weeks - I copied it as Saturday, 1912-07-07, 22:00, but
1615# presumably that should be -07-06.  (1912-06-19, -07-12; also letters
1616# earlier in June).
1617#
1618# Kenora, Ontario, was to abandon DST on 1914-06-01 (-05-21).
1619#
1620# From Paul Eggert (2017-07-08):
1621# For more on Orillia, see: Daubs K. Bold attempt at daylight saving
1622# time became a comic failure in Orillia. Toronto Star 2017-07-08.
1623# https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/07/08/bold-attempt-at-daylight-saving-time-became-a-comic-failure-in-orillia.html
1624# From Paul Eggert (2025-03-20):
1625# Also see the 1912-06-17 front page of The Evening Sunbeam,
1626# reproduced in: Richardson M. "Daylight saving was a confusing
1627# time in Orillia" in the 2025-03-15 Orillia Matters. Richardson writes,
1628# "The first Sunday after the switch was made, [DST proponent and
1629# Orillia mayor William Sword] Frost walked into church an hour late.
1630# This became a symbol of the downfall of daylight saving in Orillia."
1631# The mayor became known as "Daylight Bill".
1632# https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/column-daylight-saving-was-a-confusing-time-in-orillia-10377529
1633
1634# From Mark Brader (2010-03-06):
1635#
1636# In the (Toronto) Globe and Mail for Saturday, 1955-09-24, in the bottom
1637# right corner of page 1, it says that Toronto will return to standard
1638# time at 2 am Sunday morning (which agrees with the database), and that:
1639#
1640#     The one-hour setback will go into effect throughout most of Ontario,
1641#     except in areas like Windsor which remains on standard time all year.
1642#
1643# ... I don't know if Windsor began observing DST when Detroit did,
1644# or in 1974, or on some other date.
1645#
1646# By the way, the article continues by noting that:
1647#
1648#     Some cities in the United States have pushed the deadline back
1649#     three weeks and will change over from daylight saving in October.
1650
1651# From Chris Walton (2024-01-09):
1652# The [Toronto] changes in 1947, 1948, and 1949 took place at 2:00 a.m. local
1653# time instead of midnight....  Toronto Daily Star - ...
1654# April 2, 1947 - Page 39 ... April 7, 1948 - Page 13 ...
1655# April 2, 1949 - Page 1 ... April 7, 1949 - Page 24 ...
1656# November 25, 1949 - Page 52 ... April 21, 1950 - Page 14 ...
1657# September 19, 1950 - Page 46 ... September 20, 1950 - Page 3 ...
1658# November 24, 1950 - Page 21
1659
1660# From Arthur David Olson (2010-07-17):
1661#
1662# "Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada" appeared in
1663# The Journal of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada,
1664# volume 26, number 2 (February 1932) and, as of 2010-07-17,
1665# was available at
1666# http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1932JRASC..26...49S
1667#
1668# It includes the text below (starting on page 57):
1669#
1670#   A list of the places in Canada using daylight saving time would
1671# require yearly revision. From information kindly furnished by
1672# the provincial governments and by the postmasters in many cities
1673# and towns, it is found that the following places used daylight sav-
1674# ing in 1930. The information for the province of Quebec is definite,
1675# for the other provinces only approximate:
1676#
1677#	Province	Daylight saving time used
1678# Prince Edward Island	Not used.
1679# Nova Scotia		In Halifax only.
1680# New Brunswick		In St. John only.
1681# Quebec		In the following places:
1682#			Montreal	Lachine
1683#			Quebec		Mont-Royal
1684#			Lévis		Iberville
1685#			St. Lambert	Cap de la Madelèine
1686#			Verdun		Loretteville
1687#			Westmount	Richmond
1688#			Outremont	St. Jérôme
1689#			Longueuil	Greenfield Park
1690#			Arvida		Waterloo
1691#			Chambly-Canton	Beaulieu
1692#			Melbourne	La Tuque
1693#			St. Théophile	Buckingham
1694# Ontario		Used generally in the cities and towns along
1695#			the southerly part of the province. Not
1696#			used in the northwesterly part.
1697# Manitoba		Not used.
1698# Saskatchewan		In Regina only.
1699# Alberta		Not used.
1700# British Columbia	Not used.
1701#
1702#   With some exceptions, the use of daylight saving may be said to be limited
1703# to those cities and towns lying between Quebec city and Windsor, Ont.
1704
1705# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1706Rule	Toronto	1919	only	-	Mar	30	23:30	1:00	D
1707Rule	Toronto	1919	only	-	Oct	26	0:00	0	S
1708Rule	Toronto	1920	only	-	May	 2	2:00	1:00	D
1709Rule	Toronto	1920	only	-	Sep	26	0:00	0	S
1710Rule	Toronto	1921	only	-	May	15	2:00	1:00	D
1711Rule	Toronto	1921	only	-	Sep	15	2:00	0	S
1712Rule	Toronto	1922	1923	-	May	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
1713# Shanks & Pottenger say 1923-09-19; assume it's a typo and that "-16"
1714# was meant.
1715Rule	Toronto	1922	1926	-	Sep	Sun>=15	2:00	0	S
1716Rule	Toronto	1924	1927	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
1717Rule	Toronto	1927	1937	-	Sep	Sun>=25	2:00	0	S
1718Rule	Toronto	1928	1937	-	Apr	Sun>=25	2:00	1:00	D
1719Rule	Toronto	1938	1940	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1720Rule	Toronto	1938	1939	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1721Rule	Toronto	1945	1948	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1722Rule	Toronto	1946	1973	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1723Rule	Toronto	1949	1950	-	Nov	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1724Rule	Toronto	1951	1956	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1725# Shanks & Pottenger say Toronto ended DST a week early in 1971,
1726# namely on 1971-10-24, but Mark Brader wrote (2003-05-31) that this
1727# is wrong, and that he had confirmed it by checking the 1971-10-30
1728# Toronto Star, which said that DST was ending 1971-10-31 as usual.
1729Rule	Toronto	1957	1973	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1730
1731# The Bahamas match Toronto since 1970.
1732
1733# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1734Zone America/Toronto	-5:17:32 -	LMT	1895
1735			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1919
1736			-5:00	Toronto	E%sT	1942 Feb  9  2:00s
1737			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1946
1738			-5:00	Toronto	E%sT	1974
1739			-5:00	Canada	E%sT
1740# For Atikokan see America/Panama.
1741
1742
1743# Manitoba
1744
1745# From Rob Douglas (2006-04-06):
1746# the old Manitoba Time Act - as amended by Bill 2, assented to
1747# March 27, 1987 ... said ...
1748# "between two o'clock Central Standard Time in the morning of
1749# the first Sunday of April of each year and two o'clock Central
1750# Standard Time in the morning of the last Sunday of October next
1751# following, one hour in advance of Central Standard Time."...
1752# I believe that the English legislation [of the old time act] had
1753# been assented to (March 22, 1967)....
1754# Also, as far as I can tell, there was no order-in-council varying
1755# the time of Daylight Saving Time for 2005 and so the provisions of
1756# the 1987 version would apply - the changeover was at 2:00 Central
1757# Standard Time (i.e. not until 3:00 Central Daylight Time).
1758
1759# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-10):
1760# Shanks & Pottenger say Manitoba switched at 02:00 (not 02:00s)
1761# starting 1966.  Since 02:00s is clearly correct for 1967 on, assume
1762# it was also 02:00s in 1966.
1763
1764# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1765Rule	Winn	1916	only	-	Apr	23	0:00	1:00	D
1766Rule	Winn	1916	only	-	Sep	17	0:00	0	S
1767Rule	Winn	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
1768Rule	Winn	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
1769Rule	Winn	1937	only	-	May	16	2:00	1:00	D
1770Rule	Winn	1937	only	-	Sep	26	2:00	0	S
1771Rule	Winn	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
1772Rule	Winn	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
1773Rule	Winn	1945	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1774Rule	Winn	1946	only	-	May	12	2:00	1:00	D
1775Rule	Winn	1946	only	-	Oct	13	2:00	0	S
1776Rule	Winn	1947	1949	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1777Rule	Winn	1947	1949	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1778Rule	Winn	1950	only	-	May	 1	2:00	1:00	D
1779Rule	Winn	1950	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
1780Rule	Winn	1951	1960	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1781Rule	Winn	1951	1958	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1782Rule	Winn	1959	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1783Rule	Winn	1960	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1784Rule	Winn	1963	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1785Rule	Winn	1963	only	-	Sep	22	2:00	0	S
1786Rule	Winn	1966	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
1787Rule	Winn	1966	2005	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
1788Rule	Winn	1987	2005	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
1789# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1790Zone America/Winnipeg	-6:28:36 -	LMT	1887 Jul 16
1791			-6:00	Winn	C%sT	2006
1792			-6:00	Canada	C%sT
1793
1794
1795# Saskatchewan
1796
1797# From Mark Brader (2003-07-26):
1798# The first actual adoption of DST in Canada was at the municipal
1799# level.  As the [Toronto] Star put it (1912-06-07), "While people
1800# elsewhere have long been talking of legislation to save daylight,
1801# the city of Moose Jaw [Saskatchewan] has acted on its own hook."
1802# DST in Moose Jaw began on Saturday, 1912-06-01 (no time mentioned:
1803# presumably late evening, as below), and would run until "the end of
1804# the summer".  The discrepancy between municipal time and railroad
1805# time was noted.
1806
1807# From Paul Eggert (2003-07-27):
1808# Willett (1914-03) notes that DST "has been in operation ... in the
1809# City of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, for one year."
1810
1811# From Paul Eggert (2019-07-25):
1812# Pearce's book says Regina observed DST in 1914-1917.  No dates and times,
1813# unfortunately.  It also says that in 1914 Saskatoon observed DST
1814# from 1 June to 6 July, and that DST was also tried out in Davidson,
1815# Melfort, and Prince Albert.
1816
1817# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1818# Shanks & Pottenger say that since 1970 this region has mostly been as Regina.
1819# Some western towns (e.g. Swift Current) switched from MST/MDT to CST in 1972.
1820# Other western towns (e.g. Lloydminster) are like Edmonton.
1821# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Denare Beach and Creighton
1822# are like Winnipeg, in violation of Saskatchewan law.
1823
1824# From W. Jones (1992-11-06):
1825# The. . .below is based on information I got from our law library, the
1826# provincial archives, and the provincial Community Services department.
1827# A precise history would require digging through newspaper archives, and
1828# since you didn't say what you wanted, I didn't bother.
1829#
1830# Saskatchewan is split by a time zone meridian (105W) and over the years
1831# the boundary became pretty ragged as communities near it reevaluated
1832# their affiliations in one direction or the other.  In 1965 a provincial
1833# referendum favoured legislating common time practices.
1834#
1835# On 15 April 1966 the Time Act (c. T-14, Revised Statutes of
1836# Saskatchewan 1978) was proclaimed, and established that the eastern
1837# part of Saskatchewan would use CST year round, that districts in
1838# northwest Saskatchewan would by default follow CST but could opt to
1839# follow Mountain Time rules (thus 1 hour difference in the winter and
1840# zero in the summer), and that districts in southwest Saskatchewan would
1841# by default follow MT but could opt to follow CST.
1842#
1843# It took a few years for the dust to settle (I know one story of a town
1844# on one time zone having its school in another, such that a mom had to
1845# serve her family lunch in two shifts), but presently it seems that only
1846# a few towns on the border with Alberta (e.g. Lloydminster) follow MT
1847# rules any more; all other districts appear to have used CST year round
1848# since sometime in the 1960s.
1849
1850# From Chris Walton (2006-06-26):
1851# The Saskatchewan time act which was last updated in 1996 is about 30 pages
1852# long and rather painful to read.
1853# http://www.qp.gov.sk.ca/documents/English/Statutes/Statutes/T14.pdf
1854
1855# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1856Rule	Regina	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
1857Rule	Regina	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
1858Rule	Regina	1930	1934	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
1859Rule	Regina	1930	1934	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
1860Rule	Regina	1937	1941	-	Apr	Sun>=8	0:00	1:00	D
1861Rule	Regina	1937	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00	0	S
1862Rule	Regina	1938	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
1863Rule	Regina	1939	1941	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00	0	S
1864Rule	Regina	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
1865Rule	Regina	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
1866Rule	Regina	1945	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1867Rule	Regina	1946	only	-	Apr	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
1868Rule	Regina	1946	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00	0	S
1869Rule	Regina	1947	1957	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1870Rule	Regina	1947	1957	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1871Rule	Regina	1959	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1872Rule	Regina	1959	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1873#
1874Rule	Swift	1957	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1875Rule	Swift	1957	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1876Rule	Swift	1959	1961	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1877Rule	Swift	1959	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1878Rule	Swift	1960	1961	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1879# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1880Zone America/Regina	-6:58:36 -	LMT	1905 Sep
1881			-7:00	Regina	M%sT	1960 Apr lastSun  2:00
1882			-6:00	-	CST
1883Zone America/Swift_Current -7:11:20 -	LMT	1905 Sep
1884			-7:00	Canada	M%sT	1946 Apr lastSun  2:00
1885			-7:00	Regina	M%sT	1950
1886			-7:00	Swift	M%sT	1972 Apr lastSun  2:00
1887			-6:00	-	CST
1888
1889
1890# Alberta
1891
1892# From Alois Treindl (2019-07-19):
1893# There was no DST in Alberta in 1967... Calgary Herald, 29 April 1967.
1894# 1969, no DST, from Edmonton Journal 18 April 1969
1895#
1896# From Paul Eggert (2019-07-25):
1897# Pearce's book says that Alberta's 1948 Daylight Saving Act required
1898# Mountain Standard Time without DST, and that "anyone who broke that law
1899# could be fined up to $25 and costs".  There seems to be no record of
1900# anybody paying the fine.  The law was not changed until an August 1971
1901# plebiscite reinstituted DST in 1972.  This story is also mentioned in:
1902# Boyer JP. Forcing Choice: The Risky Reward of Referendums. Dundum. 2017.
1903# ISBN 978-1459739123.
1904
1905# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1906Rule	Edm	1918	1919	-	Apr	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
1907Rule	Edm	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
1908Rule	Edm	1919	only	-	May	27	2:00	0	S
1909Rule	Edm	1920	1923	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1910Rule	Edm	1920	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1911Rule	Edm	1921	1923	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1912Rule	Edm	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
1913Rule	Edm	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
1914Rule	Edm	1945	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1915Rule	Edm	1947	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1916Rule	Edm	1947	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1917Rule	Edm	1972	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1918Rule	Edm	1972	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1919# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1920Zone America/Edmonton	-7:33:52 -	LMT	1906 Sep
1921			-7:00	Edm	M%sT	1987
1922			-7:00	Canada	M%sT
1923
1924
1925# British Columbia
1926
1927# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1928# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of this region has
1929# been like Vancouver.
1930# Dawson Creek uses MST.  Much of east BC is like Edmonton.
1931
1932# From Matt Johnson (2015-09-21):
1933# Fort Nelson, BC, Canada will cancel DST this year.  So while previously they
1934# were aligned with America/Vancouver, they're now aligned with
1935# America/Dawson_Creek.
1936# http://www.northernrockies.ca/EN/meta/news/archives/2015/northern-rockies-time-change.html
1937#
1938# From Tim Parenti (2015-09-23):
1939# This requires a new zone for the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality,
1940# America/Fort_Nelson.  The resolution of 2014-12-08 was reached following a
1941# 2014-11-15 poll with nearly 75% support.  Effectively, the municipality has
1942# been on MST (-0700) like Dawson Creek since it advanced its clocks on
1943# 2015-03-08.
1944#
1945# From Paul Eggert (2019-07-25):
1946# Shanks says Fort Nelson did not observe DST in 1946, unlike Vancouver.
1947# Alois Treindl confirmed this on 07-22, citing the 1946-04-27 Vancouver Daily
1948# Province.  He also cited the 1946-09-28 Victoria Daily Times, which said
1949# that Vancouver, Victoria, etc. "change at midnight Saturday"; for now,
1950# guess they meant 02:00 Sunday since 02:00 was common practice in Vancouver.
1951#
1952# Early Vancouver, Volume Four, by Major J.S. Matthews, V.D., 2011 edition
1953# says that a 1922 plebiscite adopted DST, but a 1923 plebiscite rejected it.
1954# http://former.vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/archives/digitized/EarlyVan/SearchEarlyVan/Vol4pdf/MatthewsEarlyVancouverVol4_DaylightSavings.pdf
1955# A catalog entry for a newspaper clipping seems to indicate that Vancouver
1956# observed DST in 1941 from 07-07 through 09-27; see
1957# https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/daylight-saving-1918-starts-again-july-7-1941-start-d-s-sept-27-end-of-d-s-1941
1958# We have no further details, so omit them for now.
1959
1960# From Arthur David Olson (2026-03-02):
1961# B. C. Gov News: “Adopting permanent daylight saving time: ‘Spring forward’
1962# on March 8 will be the last time change, ending twice-yearly clock changes.”
1963# https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026AG0013-000209
1964#
1965# From Paul Eggert (2026-03-07):
1966# The law says that 21 hours after the usual 2026-03-08 02:00 switch from
1967# PST to PDT, the next day inaugurates the new standard time Pacific Time,
1968# i.e., just one clock change but two name changes separated by 21 hours.
1969# PT, the obvious abbreviation for Pacific Time, is one letter too short
1970# to conform to TZDB’s (and POSIX’s) [-+[:alnum:]]{3,6} requirements.
1971# I asked the BC government for advice, with no response. For now, do this:
1972#   1.	As a temporary hack, pretend that the BC law takes effect
1973#	not on 2026-03-09 at 00:00, but on 2026-11-01 at 02:00.
1974#	This pretense works around a limitation in CLDR v48.2 (2026-03-17),
1975#	which would otherwise say the interval uses “Pacific Standard Time”.
1976#	(Below, this temporary hack is marked “Temporary hack; see above.”)
1977#	Strictly speaking this hack is incorrect since the interval uses
1978#	standard time, but it does have the right UT offset and it
1979#	works around the CLDR limitation.  We should be able to remove
1980#	the temporary hack after CLDR is fixed.
1981#   2.	After the BC law takes effect, model the time as MST sans DST.
1982#	We can change this later if another conforming non-numeric abbreviation
1983#	for Pacific Time becomes more popular.  Possibilities include:
1984#   MST - the most compatible with existing software and practice,
1985#	and already used in parts of BC and in Yukon
1986#   PDT - almost as software-friendly, but confusing because it implies
1987#	it is DST and is paired with PST, whereas PT is standard time
1988#   PST - straightforward but even more confusing,
1989#	and will likely break much software that assumes PST is -08
1990#   -07 - accurate and clear in itself, but makes BC look odd vs neighbors
1991#   CPT, CPST - for Canadian Pacific (Standard) Time,
1992#	by analogy with AEST in Australia
1993#   P-T - conforming approximation to “PT”
1994#   PT+ - like P-T but suggesting one-hour advance over PST
1995
1996# From Chris Walton (2026-03-15):
1997# The Regional District of East Kootenay is planning to move to year-round
1998# Mountain Standard Time (MST) on November 1, 2026....
1999# https://www.rdek.bc.ca/news/entry/rdek_board_moves_to_transition_to_year_round_mountain_standard_time
2000# (2026-03-17):
2001# The final decision East Kootenay made a few days ago may turn out not to
2002# be final after all. They are going to reopen the debate next month!
2003# https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/what-time-is-it-in-the-east-kootenay-debate-9.7132624
2004# From Paul Eggert (2026-03-17):
2005# Mayor Steve Fairbairn of Elkford asked the question be called a second time,
2006# saying, “Pardon the pun, but this is not a time-sensitive issue.”
2007# For now, merely mention the potential change in these comments.
2008# If it happens it would likely affect clocks starting 2027-03-14 at 02:00.
2009
2010# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2011Rule	Vanc	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
2012Rule	Vanc	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
2013Rule	Vanc	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
2014Rule	Vanc	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
2015Rule	Vanc	1945	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
2016Rule	Vanc	1946	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
2017Rule	Vanc	1946	only	-	Sep	29	2:00	0	S
2018Rule	Vanc	1947	1961	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
2019Rule	Vanc	1962	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
2020# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2021Zone America/Vancouver	-8:12:28 -	LMT	1884
2022			-8:00	Vanc	P%sT	1987
2023			-8:00	Canada	P%sT	2026 Mar  9
2024			# Temporary hack; see above.
2025			-8:00	1:00	PDT	2026 Nov  1 02:00
2026			# End of temporary hack.
2027			-7:00	-	MST
2028Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 -	LMT	1884
2029			-8:00	Canada	P%sT	1947
2030			-8:00	Vanc	P%sT	1972 Aug 30  2:00
2031			-7:00	-	MST
2032Zone America/Fort_Nelson	-8:10:47 -	LMT	1884
2033			-8:00	Vanc	P%sT	1946
2034			-8:00	-	PST	1947
2035			-8:00	Vanc	P%sT	1987
2036			-8:00	Canada	P%sT	2015 Mar  8  2:00
2037			-7:00	-	MST
2038# For Creston see America/Phoenix.
2039
2040# Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon
2041
2042# From Chris Walton (2022-11-06):
2043# Whitehorse Star - Thursday April 22, 1965 - page 1
2044# title: DST Starts Monday ...
2045# https://www.newspapers.com/image/578587481/
2046# The title of this first article is wrong and/or misleading.
2047# Also, the start time shown in the  article is vague; it simply says "after
2048# midnight" when it probably should have stated 2:00a.m....
2049#
2050# Whitehorse Star - Monday October 25, 1965 - page 15 ...
2051# https://www.newspapers.com/image/578589147/
2052# The 1965 Yukon Council minutes can be found here:
2053# http://assets.yukonarchives.ca/PER_YG_06_1965_C20_S02_v1.pdf
2054# ... I do not currently believe that NWT touched any of its clocks in 1965....
2055#
2056# Whitehorse Star - Thursday Feb 24,1966 - page 2
2057# title: It's Time for YDT ...
2058# https://www.newspapers.com/image/578575979/ ...
2059# America/Whitehorse as a permanent change from UTC-9(YST) to
2060# UTC-8(PST) at 00:00 on Sunday February 27, 1966....
2061#
2062# Whitehorse Star - Friday April 28,1972 - page 6
2063# title: Daylight Saving Time for N.W.T....
2064# https://www.newspapers.com/image/578701610/ ...
2065# Nunavut and NWT zones ... DST starting in 1972.... Start and End ...
2066# should be the same as the rest of Canada
2067#
2068#
2069# From Paul Eggert (2022-11-06):
2070# For now, assume Yukon's 1965-04-22 spring forward was 00:00 -> 02:00, as this
2071# seems likely than 02:00 -> 04:00 and matches "after midnight".
2072
2073# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2074# Dawson switched to PST in 1973.  Inuvik switched to MST in 1979.
2075# Mathew Englander (1996-10-07) gives the following refs:
2076#	* 1967. Paragraph 28(34)(g) of the Interpretation Act, S.C. 1967-68,
2077#	c. 7 defines Yukon standard time as UTC-9....
2078#	see Interpretation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-21, s. 35(1).
2079#	[https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-i-21/latest/rsc-1985-c-i-21.html]
2080#	* C.O. 1973/214 switched Yukon to PST on 1973-10-28 00:00.
2081#	* O.I.C. 1980/02 established DST.
2082#	* O.I.C. 1987/056 changed DST to Apr firstSun 2:00 to Oct lastSun 2:00.
2083
2084# From Brian Inglis (2015-04-14):
2085#
2086# I tried to trace the history of Yukon time and found the following
2087# regulations, giving the reference title and URL if found, regulation name,
2088# and relevant quote if available.  Each regulation specifically revokes its
2089# predecessor.  The final reference is to the current Interpretation Act
2090# authorizing and resulting from these regulatory changes.
2091#
2092# Only recent regulations were retrievable via Yukon government site search or
2093# index, and only some via Canadian legal sources.  Other sources used include
2094# articles titled "Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada" from JRASC via ADS
2095# Abstracts, cited by ADO for 1932 ..., and updated versions from 1958 and
2096# 1970 quoted below; each article includes current extracts from provincial
2097# and territorial ST and DST regulations at the end, summaries and details of
2098# standard times and daylight saving time at many locations across Canada,
2099# with time zone maps, tables and calculations for Canadian Sunrise, Sunset,
2100# and LMST; they also cover many countries and global locations, with a chart
2101# and table showing current Universal Time offsets, and may be useful as
2102# another source of information for 1970 and earlier.
2103#
2104# * Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada; Smith, C.C.; JRASC, Vol. 26,
2105#   pp.49-77; February 1932; SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
2106#   http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1932JRASC..26...49S from p.75:
2107#   Yukon Interpretation Ordinance
2108#   Yukon standard time is the local mean time at the one hundred and
2109#   thirty-fifth meridian.
2110#
2111# * Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada; Smith, C.C.; Thomson, Malcolm M.;
2112#   JRASC, Vol. 52, pp.193-223; October 1958; SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
2113#   (ADS) http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1958JRASC..52..193S from pp.220-1:
2114#   Yukon Interpretation Ordinance, 1955, Chap. 16.
2115#
2116#     (1) Subject to this section, standard time shall be reckoned as nine
2117#     hours behind Greenwich Time and called Yukon Standard Time.
2118#
2119#     (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Commissioner may make regulations
2120#     varying the manner of reckoning standard time.
2121#
2122# * Yukon Territory Commissioner's Order 1966-20 Interpretation Ordinance
2123#   [no online source found]
2124#
2125# * Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada; Thomson, Malcolm M.; JRASC,
2126#   Vol. 64, pp.129-162; June 1970; SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
2127#   http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1970JRASC..64..129T from p.156: Yukon
2128#   Territory Commissioner's Order 1967-59 Interpretation Ordinance ...
2129#
2130#     1. Commissioner's Order 1966-20 dated at Whitehorse in the Yukon
2131#     Territory on 27th January, 1966, is hereby revoked.
2132#
2133#     2. Yukon (East) Standard Time as defined by section 36 of the
2134#     Interpretation Ordinance from and after mid-night on the 28th day of May,
2135#     1967 shall be reckoned in the same manner as Pacific Standard Time, that
2136#     is to say, eight hours behind Greenwich Time in the area of the Yukon
2137#     Territory lying east of the 138th degree longitude west.
2138#
2139#     3. In the remainder of the Territory, lying west of the 138th degree
2140#     longitude west, Yukon (West) Standard Time shall be reckoned as nine
2141#     hours behind Greenwich Time.
2142#
2143# * Yukon Standard Time defined as Pacific Standard Time, YCO 1973/214
2144#   https://www.canlii.org/en/yk/laws/regu/yco-1973-214/latest/yco-1973-214.html
2145#   C.O. 1973/214 INTERPRETATION ACT ...
2146#
2147#     1. Effective October 28, 1973 Commissioner's Order 1967/59 is hereby
2148#     revoked.
2149#
2150#     2. Yukon Standard Time as defined by section 36 of the Interpretation
2151#     Act from and after midnight on the twenty-eighth day of October, 1973
2152#     shall be reckoned in the same manner as Pacific Standard Time, that is
2153#     to say eight hours behind Greenwich Time.
2154#
2155# * O.I.C. 1980/02 INTERPRETATION ACT
2156#   https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/attachments/20201125/d5adc93b/CAYTOIC1980-02DST1980-01-04-0001.pdf
2157#
2158# * Yukon Daylight Saving Time, YOIC 1987/56
2159#   https://www.canlii.org/en/yk/laws/regu/yoic-1987-56/latest/yoic-1987-56.html
2160#   O.I.C. 1987/056 INTERPRETATION ACT ...
2161#
2162#   In every year between
2163#     (a) two o'clock in the morning in the first Sunday in April, and
2164#     (b) two o'clock in the morning in the last Sunday in October,
2165#   Standard Time shall be reckoned as seven hours behind Greenwich Time and
2166#   called Yukon Daylight Saving Time.
2167#   ...
2168#   Dated ... 9th day of March, A.D., 1987.
2169#
2170# * Yukon Daylight Saving Time 2006, YOIC 2006/127
2171#   https://www.canlii.org/en/yk/laws/regu/yoic-2006-127/latest/yoic-2006-127.html
2172#   O.I.C. 2006/127 INTERPRETATION ACT ...
2173#
2174#     1. In Yukon each year the time for general purposes shall be 7 hours
2175#     behind Greenwich mean time during the period commencing at two o'clock
2176#     in the forenoon on the second Sunday of March and ending at two o'clock
2177#     in the forenoon on the first Sunday of November and shall be called
2178#     Yukon Daylight Saving Time.
2179#
2180#     2. Order-in-Council 1987/56 is revoked.
2181#
2182#     3. This order comes into force January 1, 2007.
2183#
2184# * Interpretation Act, RSY 2002, c 125
2185# https://www.canlii.org/en/yk/laws/stat/rsy-2002-c-125/latest/rsy-2002-c-125.html
2186
2187# From Chris Walton (2022-11-06):
2188# The 5th edition of the Atlas of Canada contains a time zone map that
2189# shows both legislated and observed time zone boundaries.
2190# All communities on Baffin Island are shown to be observing Eastern time.
2191# The date on the map is 1984.
2192# https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/atlas_5_ed/eng/other/referencemaps/mcr4056.pdf
2193
2194# From Rives McDow (1999-09-04):
2195# Nunavut ... moved ... to incorporate the whole territory into one time zone.
2196# Nunavut moves to single time zone Oct. 31
2197# http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt90903_13.html
2198
2199# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20):
2200# Basic Facts: The New Territory
2201# http://www.nunavut.com/basicfacts/english/basicfacts_1territory.html
2202# (1999) reports that ... Coral Harbour does not observe DST.
2203
2204# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
2205# Matthews and Vincent (1998) say the following, but we lack histories
2206# for these potential new Zones.
2207#
2208# The Canadian Forces station at Alert uses Eastern Time while the
2209# handful of residents at the Eureka weather station [in the Central
2210# zone] skip daylight savings.  Baffin Island, which is crossed by the
2211# Central, Eastern and Atlantic Time zones only uses Eastern Time.
2212# Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak and Pelly Bay all use Mountain instead of
2213# Central Time and Southampton Island [in the Central zone] is not
2214# required to use daylight savings.
2215
2216# From <http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/archives/nunavut001130/nvt21110_02.html>
2217# Nunavut now has two time zones (2000-11-10):
2218# The Nunavut government would allow its employees in Kugluktuk and
2219# Cambridge Bay to operate on central time year-round, putting them
2220# one hour behind the rest of Nunavut for six months during the winter.
2221# At the end of October the two communities had rebelled against
2222# Nunavut's unified time zone, refusing to shift to eastern time with
2223# the rest of the territory for the winter.  Cambridge Bay remained on
2224# central time, while Kugluktuk, even farther west, reverted to
2225# mountain time, which they had used before the advent of Nunavut's
2226# unified time zone in 1999.
2227#
2228# From Rives McDow (2001-01-20), quoting the Nunavut government:
2229# The preceding decision came into effect at midnight, Saturday Nov 4, 2000.
2230
2231# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
2232# Let's just keep track of the official times for now.
2233
2234# From Rives McDow (2001-03-07):
2235# The premier of Nunavut has issued a ministerial statement advising
2236# that effective 2001-04-01, the territory of Nunavut will revert
2237# back to three time zones (mountain, central, and eastern).  Of the
2238# cities in Nunavut, Coral Harbor is the only one that I know of that
2239# has said it will not observe dst, staying on EST year round.  I'm
2240# checking for more info, and will get back to you if I come up with
2241# more.
2242# [Also see <http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt10309_06.html> (2001-03-09).]
2243
2244# From Gwillim Law (2005-05-21):
2245# According to ...
2246# http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp
2247# (from a 1998 Canadian Geographic article), the de facto and de jure time
2248# for Southampton Island (at the north end of Hudson Bay) is UTC-5 all year
2249# round.  Using Google, it's easy to find other websites that confirm this.
2250# I wasn't able to find how far back this time regimen goes, but since it
2251# predates the creation of Nunavut, it probably goes back many years....
2252# The Inuktitut name of Coral Harbour is Sallit, but it's rarely used.
2253#
2254# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-17):
2255# For lack of better information, assume that Southampton Island observed
2256# daylight saving only during wartime.  Gwillim Law's email also
2257# mentioned maps now maintained by National Research Council Canada;
2258# see above for an up-to-date link.
2259
2260# From Chris Walton (2007-03-01):
2261# ... the community of Resolute (located on Cornwallis Island in
2262# Nunavut) moved from Central Time to Eastern Time last November.
2263# Basically the community did not change its clocks at the end of
2264# daylight saving....
2265# http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2006-11/nov13_06none.html
2266
2267# From Chris Walton (2011-03-21):
2268# Back in 2007 I initiated the creation of a new "zone file" for Resolute
2269# Bay. Resolute Bay is a small community located about 900km north of
2270# the Arctic Circle. The zone file was required because Resolute Bay had
2271# decided to use UTC-5 instead of UTC-6 for the winter of 2006-2007.
2272#
2273# According to new information which I received last week, Resolute Bay
2274# went back to using UTC-6 in the winter of 2007-2008...
2275#
2276# On March 11/2007 most of Canada went onto daylight saving. On March
2277# 14/2007 I phoned the Resolute Bay hamlet office to do a "time check." I
2278# talked to somebody that was both knowledgeable and helpful. I was able
2279# to confirm that Resolute Bay was still operating on UTC-5. It was
2280# explained to me that Resolute Bay had been on the Eastern Time zone
2281# (EST) in the winter, and was now back on the Central Time zone (CDT).
2282# i.e. the time zone had changed twice in the last year but the clocks
2283# had not moved. The residents had to know which time zone they were in
2284# so they could follow the correct TV schedule...
2285#
2286# On Nov 02/2008 most of Canada went onto standard time. On Nov 03/2008 I
2287# phoned the Resolute Bay hamlet office...[D]ue to the challenging nature
2288# of the phone call, I decided to seek out an alternate source of
2289# information. I found an e-mail address for somebody by the name of
2290# Stephanie Adams whose job was listed as "Inns North Support Officer for
2291# Arctic Co-operatives." I was under the impression that Stephanie lived
2292# and worked in Resolute Bay...
2293#
2294# On March 14/2011 I phoned the hamlet office again. I was told that
2295# Resolute Bay had been using Central Standard Time over the winter of
2296# 2010-2011 and that the clocks had therefore been moved one hour ahead
2297# on March 13/2011. The person I talked to was aware that Resolute Bay
2298# had previously experimented with Eastern Standard Time but he could not
2299# tell me when the practice had stopped.
2300#
2301# On March 17/2011 I searched the Web to find an e-mail address of
2302# somebody that might be able to tell me exactly when Resolute Bay went
2303# off Eastern Standard Time. I stumbled on the name "Aziz Kheraj." Aziz
2304# used to be the mayor of Resolute Bay and he apparently owns half the
2305# businesses including "South Camp Inn." This website has some info on
2306# Aziz:
2307# http://www.uphere.ca/node/493
2308#
2309# I sent Aziz an e-mail asking when Resolute Bay had stopped using
2310# Eastern Standard Time.
2311#
2312# Aziz responded quickly with this: "hi, The time was not changed for the
2313# 1 year only, the following year, the community went back to the old way
2314# of "spring ahead-fall behind" currently we are zulu plus 5 hrs and in
2315# the winter Zulu plus 6 hrs"
2316#
2317# This of course conflicted with everything I had ascertained in November 2008.
2318#
2319# I sent Aziz a copy of my 2008 e-mail exchange with Stephanie. Aziz
2320# responded with this: "Hi, Stephanie lives in Winnipeg. I live here, You
2321# may want to check with the weather office in Resolute Bay or do a
2322# search on the weather through Env. Canada. web site"
2323#
2324# If I had realized the Stephanie did not live in Resolute Bay I would
2325# never have contacted her.  I now believe that all the information I
2326# obtained in November 2008 should be ignored...
2327# I apologize for reporting incorrect information in 2008.
2328
2329# From Tim Parenti (2020-03-05):
2330# The government of Yukon announced [yesterday] the cessation of seasonal time
2331# changes.  "After clocks are pushed ahead one hour on March 8, the territory
2332# will remain on [UTC-07].  ... [The government] found 93 per cent of
2333# respondents wanted to end seasonal time changes and, of that group, 70 per
2334# cent wanted 'permanent Pacific Daylight Saving Time.'"
2335# https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-end-daylight-saving-time-1.5486358
2336#
2337# Although the government press release prefers PDT, we prefer MST for
2338# consistency with nearby Dawson Creek, Creston, and Fort Nelson.
2339# https://yukon.ca/en/news/yukon-end-seasonal-time-change
2340
2341# From Andrew G. Smith (2020-09-24):
2342# Yukon has completed its regulatory change to be on UTC -7 year-round....
2343# http://www.gov.yk.ca/legislation/regs/oic2020_125.pdf
2344# What we have done is re-defined Yukon Standard Time, as we are
2345# authorized to do under section 33 of our Interpretation Act:
2346# http://www.gov.yk.ca/legislation/acts/interpretation_c.pdf
2347#
2348# From Paul Eggert (2020-09-24):
2349# tzdb uses the obsolete YST abbreviation for standard time in Yukon through
2350# about 1970, and uses PST for standard time in Yukon since then.  Consistent
2351# with that, use MST for -07, the new standard time in Yukon effective Nov. 1.
2352
2353# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2354Rule	NT_YK	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
2355Rule	NT_YK	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
2356Rule	NT_YK	1919	only	-	May	25	2:00	1:00	D
2357Rule	NT_YK	1919	only	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	S
2358Rule	NT_YK	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
2359Rule	NT_YK	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
2360Rule	NT_YK	1945	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
2361Rule	NT_YK	1972	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
2362Rule	NT_YK	1972	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
2363Rule	NT_YK	1987	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
2364Rule	Yukon	1965	only	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	2:00	DD
2365Rule	Yukon	1965	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
2366# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2367# formerly Frobisher Bay
2368Zone America/Iqaluit	0	-	-00	1942 Aug # Frobisher Bay est.
2369			-5:00	NT_YK	E%sT	1999 Oct 31  2:00
2370			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	2000 Oct 29  2:00
2371			-5:00	Canada	E%sT
2372# aka Qausuittuq
2373Zone America/Resolute	0	-	-00	1947 Aug 31 # Resolute founded
2374			-6:00	NT_YK	C%sT	2000 Oct 29  2:00
2375			-5:00	-	EST	2001 Apr  1  3:00
2376			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	2006 Oct 29  2:00
2377			-5:00	-	EST	2007 Mar 11  3:00
2378			-6:00	Canada	C%sT
2379# aka Kangiqiniq
2380Zone America/Rankin_Inlet 0	-	-00	1957 # Rankin Inlet founded
2381			-6:00	NT_YK	C%sT	2000 Oct 29  2:00
2382			-5:00	-	EST	2001 Apr  1  3:00
2383			-6:00	Canada	C%sT
2384# aka Iqaluktuuttiaq
2385Zone America/Cambridge_Bay 0	-	-00	1920 # trading post est.?
2386			-7:00	NT_YK	M%sT	1999 Oct 31  2:00
2387			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	2000 Oct 29  2:00
2388			-5:00	-	EST	2000 Nov  5  0:00
2389			-6:00	-	CST	2001 Apr  1  3:00
2390			-7:00	Canada	M%sT
2391Zone America/Inuvik	0	-	-00	1953 # Inuvik founded
2392			-8:00	NT_YK	P%sT	1979 Apr lastSun  2:00
2393			-7:00	NT_YK	M%sT	1980
2394			-7:00	Canada	M%sT
2395Zone America/Whitehorse	-9:00:12 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20
2396			-9:00	NT_YK	Y%sT	1965
2397			-9:00	Yukon	Y%sT	1966 Feb 27  0:00
2398			-8:00	-	PST	1980
2399			-8:00	Canada	P%sT	2020 Nov  1
2400			-7:00	-	MST
2401Zone America/Dawson	-9:17:40 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20
2402			-9:00	NT_YK	Y%sT	1965
2403			-9:00	Yukon	Y%sT	1973 Oct 28  0:00
2404			-8:00	-	PST	1980
2405			-8:00	Canada	P%sT	2020 Nov  1
2406			-7:00	-	MST
2407
2408
2409###############################################################################
2410
2411# Mexico
2412
2413# From Paul Eggert (2014-12-07):
2414# The Investigation and Analysis Service of the
2415# Mexican Library of Congress (MLoC) has published a
2416# history of Mexican local time (in Spanish)
2417# http://www.diputados.gob.mx/bibliot/publica/inveyana/polisoc/horver/index.htm
2418#
2419# Here are the discrepancies between Shanks & Pottenger (S&P) and the MLoC.
2420# (In all cases we go with the MLoC.)
2421# S&P report that Baja was at -8:00 in 1922/1923.
2422# S&P say the 1930 transition in Baja was 1930-11-16.
2423# S&P report no DST during summer 1931.
2424# S&P report a transition at 1932-03-30 23:00, not 1932-04-01.
2425
2426# From Gwillim Law (2001-02-20):
2427# There are some other discrepancies between the Decrees page and the
2428# tz database.  I think they can best be explained by supposing that
2429# the researchers who prepared the Decrees page failed to find some of
2430# the relevant documents.
2431
2432# From Heitor David Pinto (2024-08-04):
2433# In 1931, the decree implementing DST specified that it would take
2434# effect on 30 April....
2435# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?cod_diario=192270&pagina=2&seccion=1
2436#
2437# In 1981, the decree changing Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo to UTC-5
2438# specified that it would enter into force on 26 December 1981 at 2:00....
2439# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4705667&fecha=23/12/1981&cod_diario=202796
2440#
2441# In 1982, the decree returning Campeche and Yucatán to UTC-6 specified that
2442# it would enter into force on 2 November 1982 at 2:00....
2443# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?cod_diario=205689&pagina=3&seccion=0
2444#
2445# Quintana Roo changed to UTC-6 on 4 January 1983 at 0:00, and again
2446# to UTC-5 on 26 October 1997 at 2:00....
2447# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4787355&fecha=28/12/1982&cod_diario=206112
2448# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?cod_diario=209559&pagina=15&seccion=0
2449#
2450# Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas were set to UTC-7 on 1 January
2451# 1922, and changed to UTC-6 on 10 June 1927.  Then Durango, Coahuila and
2452# Nuevo León (but not Tamaulipas) returned to UTC-7 on 15 November 1930,
2453# observed DST in 1931, and changed again to UTC-6 on 1 April 1932....
2454# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4441846&fecha=29/12/1921&cod_diario=187468
2455# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4541520&fecha=09/06/1927&cod_diario=193920
2456# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4491963&fecha=15/11/1930&cod_diario=190835
2457# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4418437&fecha=21/01/1932&cod_diario=185588
2458#
2459# ... the ... 10 June 1927 ... decree only said 10 June 1927, without
2460# specifying a time, so I suppose that it should be considered at 0:00.
2461# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4541520&fecha=09/06/1927&cod_diario=193920
2462#
2463# In 1942, the decree changing Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora,
2464# Sinaloa and Nayarit to UTC-7 was published on 24 April, but it said that it
2465# would apply from 1 April, so it's unclear when the change actually
2466# occurred. The database currently shows 24 April 1942.
2467# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?cod_diario=192203&pagina=2&seccion=1
2468#
2469# Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa and Nayarit never used UTC-8.  The ...
2470# 14 January 1949 ... change [to UTC-8] only occurred in Baja California.
2471# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4515613&fecha=13/01/1949&cod_diario=192309
2472#
2473# In 1945, the decree changing Baja California to UTC-8 specified that it
2474# would take effect on the third day from its publication.
2475# It was published on 12 November, so it would take effect on 15 November....
2476# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4555049&fecha=12/11/1945&cod_diario=194763
2477#
2478# In 1948, the decree changing Baja California to UTC-7 specified that it
2479# would take effect on "this date".  The decree was made on 13 March,
2480# but published on 5 April, so it's unclear when the change actually occurred.
2481# The database currently shows 5 April 1948.
2482# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?cod_diario=188624&pagina=2&seccion=0
2483#
2484# In 1949, the decree changing Baja California to UTC-8 was published on 13
2485# January, but it said that it would apply from 1 January, so it's unclear when
2486# the change actually occurred.  The database currently shows 14 January 1949.
2487# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4515613&fecha=13/01/1949&cod_diario=192309
2488#
2489# Baja California also observed UTC-7 from 1 May to 24 September 1950,
2490# from 29 April to 30 September 1951 at 2:00,
2491# and from 27 April to 28 September 1952 at 2:00....
2492# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4600403&fecha=29/04/1950&cod_diario=197505
2493# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4623553&fecha=23/09/1950&cod_diario=198805
2494# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4469444&fecha=27/04/1951&cod_diario=189317
2495# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4533868&fecha=10/03/1952&cod_diario=193465
2496#
2497# All changes in Baja California from 1948 to 1952 match those in California,
2498# on the same dates or with a difference of one day.
2499# So it may be easier to implement these changes as DST with rule CA
2500# during this whole period.
2501
2502# From Alois Treindl (2025-07-29):
2503# I did a quick newspaper archive research on https://hndm.iib.unam.mx/
2504# and found that Periódico Oficial del Estado de Baja California Norte
2505# (1973-04-20) states clearly that DST was observed from last Sunday
2506# in April to last Sunday in October....  I have a few more data from the
2507# official bulletin for DST begin or end in Baja California 1964 1967 1969
2508# 1972 1973 (already sent) 1974 1975 1976 I do not know whether it is safe to
2509# assume that it also applied in the years where I did not yet find proof.
2510# The 1974 end of DST contains a reference to an Acuerdo of 1973-dec-20 which
2511# I could not find....  One might assume that Baja California, which followed
2512# US-CA in all these other yours, did the same.
2513#
2514# From Paul Eggert (2025-08-04):
2515# Assume that Tijuana agreed with San Diego from 1953 through 1996,
2516# as this agrees with Alois Treindl's data and with Shanks.
2517# For now, keep the slightly-different 1948/1952 history for Baja California,
2518# as we have no information on whether 1948/1952 clocks in Tijuana followed
2519# the decrees or followed San Diego.
2520
2521# From Mark Schapiro, writing in The Nation (2002-10-28):
2522# https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/sowing-disaster/
2523# When Mexican clocks were turned back for daylight saving time in the spring,
2524# the Zapotecs refused to make the adjustment, insisting that they live in
2525# "God's time," not in what they derisively call "Fox time," referring to
2526# President Vicente Fox in far-off Mexico City.
2527# From Paul Eggert (2025-08-04):
2528# Unfortunately we have no data to track this informal practice.
2529
2530# From Alan Perry (1996-02-15):
2531# A guy from our Mexico subsidiary finally found the Presidential Decree
2532# outlining the timezone changes in Mexico.
2533#
2534# ------------- Begin Forwarded Message -------------
2535#
2536# I finally got my hands on the Official Presidential Decree that sets up the
2537# rules for the DST changes. The rules are:
2538#
2539# 1. The country is divided in 3 timezones:
2540#    - Baja California Norte (the Mexico/BajaNorte TZ)
2541#    - Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora (the Mexico/BajaSur TZ)
2542#    - The rest of the country (the Mexico/General TZ)
2543#
2544# 2. From the first Sunday in April at 2:00 AM to the last Sunday in October
2545#    at 2:00 AM, the times in each zone are as follows:
2546#    BajaNorte: GMT+7
2547#    BajaSur:   GMT+6
2548#    General:   GMT+5
2549#
2550# 3. The rest of the year, the times are as follows:
2551#    BajaNorte: GMT+8
2552#    BajaSur:   GMT+7
2553#    General:   GMT+6
2554#
2555# The Decree was published in Mexico's Official Newspaper on January 4th.
2556#
2557# -------------- End Forwarded Message --------------
2558# From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12):
2559# For an English translation of the decree, see
2560# "Diario Oficial: Time Zone Changeover" (1996-01-04).
2561# http://mexico-travel.com/extra/timezone_eng.html
2562
2563# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08):
2564# The State of Quintana Roo has reverted back to central STD and DST times
2565# (i.e. UTC -0600 and -0500 as of 1998-08-02).
2566
2567# From Rives McDow (2000-01-10):
2568# Effective April 4, 1999 at 2:00 AM local time, Sonora changed to the time
2569# zone 5 hours from the International Date Line, and will not observe daylight
2570# savings time so as to stay on the same time zone as the southern part of
2571# Arizona year round.
2572
2573# From Jesper Nørgaard, translating
2574# <http://www.reforma.com/nacional/articulo/064327/> (2001-01-17):
2575# In Oaxaca, the 55.000 teachers from the Section 22 of the National
2576# Syndicate of Education Workers, refuse to apply daylight saving each
2577# year, so that the more than 10,000 schools work at normal hour the
2578# whole year.
2579
2580# From Gwillim Law (2001-01-19):
2581# <http://www.reforma.com/negocios_y_dinero/articulo/064481/> ... says
2582# (translated):...
2583# January 17, 2000 - The Energy Secretary, Ernesto Martens, announced
2584# that Summer Time will be reduced from seven to five months, starting
2585# this year....
2586# http://www.publico.com.mx/scripts/texto3.asp?action=pagina&pag=21&pos=p&secc=naci&date=01/17/2001
2587# [translated], says "summer time will ... take effect on the first Sunday
2588# in May, and end on the last Sunday of September.
2589
2590# From Arthur David Olson (2001-01-25):
2591# The 2001-01-24 traditional Washington Post contained the page one
2592# story "Timely Issue Divides Mexicans."...
2593# http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37383-2001Jan23.html
2594# ... Mexico City Mayor López Obrador "...is threatening to keep
2595# Mexico City and its 20 million residents on a different time than
2596# the rest of the country..." In particular, López Obrador would abolish
2597# observation of Daylight Saving Time.
2598
2599# Official statute published by the Energy Department
2600# http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/decretohorver2001.html#decre
2601# (2001-02-01) shows Baja and Chihauhua as still using US DST rules,
2602# and Sonora with no DST.  This was reported by Jesper Nørgaard (2001-02-03).
2603
2604# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-03):
2605#
2606# https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-03-mn-32561-story.html
2607# James F. Smith writes in today's LA Times
2608# * Sonora will continue to observe standard time.
2609# * Last week Mexico City's mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador decreed that
2610#   the Federal District will not adopt DST.
2611# * 4 of 16 district leaders announced they'll ignore the decree.
2612# * The decree does not affect federal-controlled facilities including
2613#   the airport, banks, hospitals, and schools.
2614#
2615# For now we'll assume that the Federal District will bow to federal rules.
2616
2617# From Jesper Nørgaard (2001-04-01):
2618# I found some references to the Mexican application of daylight
2619# saving, which modifies what I had already sent you, stating earlier
2620# that a number of northern Mexican states would go on daylight
2621# saving. The modification reverts this to only cover Baja California
2622# (Norte), while all other states (except Sonora, who has no daylight
2623# saving all year) will follow the original decree of president
2624# Vicente Fox, starting daylight saving May 6, 2001 and ending
2625# September 30, 2001.
2626# References: "Diario de Monterrey" <http://www.diariodemonterrey.com/index.asp>
2627# Palabra <http://palabra.infosel.com/010331/primera/ppri3101.pdf> (2001-03-31)
2628
2629# From Reuters (2001-09-04):
2630# Mexico's Supreme Court on Tuesday declared that daylight savings was
2631# unconstitutional in Mexico City, creating the possibility the
2632# capital will be in a different time zone from the rest of the nation
2633# next year....  The Supreme Court's ruling takes effect at 2:00
2634# a.m. (0800 GMT) on Sept. 30, when Mexico is scheduled to revert to
2635# standard time. "This is so residents of the Federal District are not
2636# subject to unexpected time changes," a statement from the court said.
2637
2638# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2002-03-12):
2639# ... consulting my local grocery store(!) and my coworkers, they all insisted
2640# that a new decision had been made to reinstate US style DST in Mexico....
2641# http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/horaver2001_m1_2002.html (2002-02-20)
2642# confirms this.  Sonora as usual is the only state where DST is not applied.
2643
2644# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-12-28):
2645#
2646# Steffen Thorsen wrote:
2647# > Mexico's House of Representatives has approved a proposal for northern
2648# > Mexico's border cities to share the same daylight saving schedule as
2649# > the United States.
2650# Now this has passed both the Congress and the Senate, so starting from
2651# 2010, some border regions will be the same:
2652# http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/28/clocks-will-match-both-sides-border/
2653# http://www.elmananarey.com/diario/noticia/nacional/noticias/empatan_horario_de_frontera_con_eu/621939
2654# (Spanish)
2655#
2656# Could not find the new law text, but the proposed law text changes are here:
2657# http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/20091210-V.pdf
2658# (Gaceta Parlamentaria)
2659#
2660# There is also a list of the votes here:
2661# http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/V2-101209.html
2662#
2663# Our page:
2664# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/north-mexico-dst-change.html
2665
2666# From Arthur David Olson (2010-01-20):
2667# The page
2668# http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5127480&fecha=06/01/2010
2669# includes this text:
2670# En los municipios fronterizos de Tijuana y Mexicali en Baja California;
2671# Juárez y Ojinaga en Chihuahua; Acuña y Piedras Negras en Coahuila;
2672# Anáhuac en Nuevo León; y Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa y Matamoros en
2673# Tamaulipas, la aplicación de este horario estacional surtirá efecto
2674# desde las dos horas del segundo domingo de marzo y concluirá a las dos
2675# horas del primer domingo de noviembre.
2676# En los municipios fronterizos que se encuentren ubicados en la franja
2677# fronteriza norte en el territorio comprendido entre la línea
2678# internacional y la línea paralela ubicada a una distancia de veinte
2679# kilómetros, así como la Ciudad de Ensenada, Baja California, hacia el
2680# interior del país, la aplicación de este horario estacional surtirá
2681# efecto desde las dos horas del segundo domingo de marzo y concluirá a
2682# las dos horas del primer domingo de noviembre.
2683
2684# From Steffen Thorsen (2014-12-08), translated by Gwillim Law:
2685# The Mexican state of Quintana Roo will likely change to EST in 2015.
2686#
2687# http://www.unioncancun.mx/articulo/2014/12/04/medio-ambiente/congreso-aprueba-una-hora-mas-de-sol-en-qroo
2688# "With this change, the time conflict that has existed between the municipios
2689# of Quintana Roo and the municipio of Felipe Carrillo Puerto may come to an
2690# end. The latter declared itself in rebellion 15 years ago when a time change
2691# was initiated in Mexico, and since then it has refused to change its time
2692# zone along with the rest of the country."
2693#
2694# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-01-14), translated by Gwillim Law:
2695# http://sipse.com/novedades/confirman-aplicacion-de-nueva-zona-horaria-para-quintana-roo-132331.html
2696# "...the new time zone will come into effect at two o'clock on the first Sunday
2697# of February, when we will have to advance the clock one hour from its current
2698# time..."
2699# Also, the new zone will not use DST.
2700#
2701# From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2015-02-02):
2702# The decree that modifies the Mexican Hour System Law has finally
2703# been published at the Diario Oficial de la Federación
2704# http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5380123&fecha=31/01/2015
2705# It establishes 5 zones for Mexico:
2706# 1- Zona Centro (Central Zone): Corresponds to longitude 90 W,
2707#    includes most of Mexico, excluding what's mentioned below.
2708# 2- Zona Pacífico (Pacific Zone): Longitude 105 W, includes the
2709#    states of Baja California Sur; Chihuahua; Nayarit (excluding Bahía
2710#    de Banderas which lies in Central Zone); Sinaloa and Sonora.
2711# 3- Zona Noroeste (Northwest Zone): Longitude 120 W, includes the
2712#    state of Baja California.
2713# 4- Zona Sureste (Southeast Zone): Longitude 75 W, includes the state
2714#    of Quintana Roo.
2715# 5- The islands, reefs and keys shall take their timezone from the
2716#    longitude they are located at.
2717
2718# From Paul Eggert (2022-10-28):
2719# The new Mexican law was published today:
2720# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5670045&fecha=28/10/2022
2721# This abolishes DST except where US DST rules are observed,
2722# and in addition changes all of Chihuahua to -06 with no DST.
2723
2724# From Heitor David Pinto (2022-11-28):
2725# Now the northern [municipios] want to have the same time zone as the
2726# respective neighboring cities in the US, for example Juárez in UTC-7 with
2727# DST, matching El Paso, and Ojinaga in UTC-6 with DST, matching Presidio....
2728# the president authorized the publication of the decree for November 29,
2729# so the time change would occur on November 30 at 0:00.
2730# http://puentelibre.mx/noticia/ciudad_juarez_cambio_horario_noviembre_2022/
2731
2732# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2733Rule	Mexico	1931	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	D
2734Rule	Mexico	1931	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
2735Rule	Mexico	1939	only	-	Feb	5	0:00	1:00	D
2736Rule	Mexico	1939	only	-	Jun	25	0:00	0	S
2737Rule	Mexico	1940	only	-	Dec	9	0:00	1:00	D
2738Rule	Mexico	1941	only	-	Apr	1	0:00	0	S
2739Rule	Mexico	1943	only	-	Dec	16	0:00	1:00	W # War
2740Rule	Mexico	1944	only	-	May	1	0:00	0	S
2741Rule	Mexico	1950	only	-	Feb	12	0:00	1:00	D
2742Rule	Mexico	1950	only	-	Jul	30	0:00	0	S
2743Rule	Mexico	1996	2000	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
2744Rule	Mexico	1996	2000	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
2745Rule	Mexico	2001	only	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
2746Rule	Mexico	2001	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
2747Rule	Mexico	2002	2022	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
2748Rule	Mexico	2002	2022	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
2749# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2750# Quintana Roo; represented by Cancún
2751Zone America/Cancun	-5:47:04 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  6:00u
2752			-6:00	-	CST	1981 Dec 26  2:00
2753			-5:00	-	EST	1983 Jan  4  0:00
2754			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT	1997 Oct 26  2:00
2755			-5:00	Mexico	E%sT	1998 Aug  2  2:00
2756			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT	2015 Feb  1  2:00
2757			-5:00	-	EST
2758# Campeche, Yucatán; represented by Mérida
2759Zone America/Merida	-5:58:28 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  6:00u
2760			-6:00	-	CST	1981 Dec 26  2:00
2761			-5:00	-	EST	1982 Nov  2  2:00
2762			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT
2763# Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas (near US border)
2764# This includes the following municipios:
2765#   in Coahuila: Acuña, Allende, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jiménez, Morelos, Nava,
2766#     Ocampo, Piedras Negras, Villa Unión, Zaragoza
2767#   in Nuevo León: Anáhuac
2768#   in Tamaulipas: Nuevo Laredo, Guerrero, Mier, Miguel Alemán, Camargo,
2769#     Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Reynosa, Río Bravo, Valle Hermoso, Matamoros.
2770# https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5670045&fecha=28/10/2022
2771Zone America/Matamoros	-6:30:00 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  6:00u
2772			-6:00	-	CST	1988
2773			-6:00	US	C%sT	1989
2774			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT	2010
2775			-6:00	US	C%sT
2776# Durango; Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas (away from US border)
2777Zone America/Monterrey	-6:41:16 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  6:00u
2778			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10
2779			-6:00	-	CST	1930 Nov 15
2780			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT	1932 Apr  1
2781			-6:00	-	CST	1988
2782			-6:00	US	C%sT	1989
2783			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT
2784# Central Mexico
2785Zone America/Mexico_City -6:36:36 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  7:00u
2786			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10
2787			-6:00	-	CST	1930 Nov 15
2788			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT	1932 Apr  1
2789			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT	2001 Sep 30  2:00
2790			-6:00	-	CST	2002 Feb 20
2791			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT
2792# Chihuahua (near US border - western side)
2793# This includes the municipios of Janos, Ascensión, Juárez, Guadalupe, and
2794# Práxedis G Guerrero.
2795# https://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/PDF/65/2022/nov/20221124-VII.pdf
2796Zone America/Ciudad_Juarez -7:05:56 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  7:00u
2797			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10
2798			-6:00	-	CST	1930 Nov 15
2799			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT	1932 Apr  1
2800			-6:00	-	CST	1996
2801			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT	1998
2802			-6:00	-	CST	1998 Apr Sun>=1  3:00
2803			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT	2010
2804			-7:00	US	M%sT	2022 Oct 30  2:00
2805			-6:00	-	CST	2022 Nov 30  0:00
2806			-7:00	US	M%sT
2807# Chihuahua (near US border - eastern side)
2808# This includes the municipios of Coyame del Sotol, Ojinaga, and Manuel
2809# Benavides.
2810# https://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/PDF/65/2022/nov/20221124-VII.pdf
2811Zone America/Ojinaga	-6:57:40 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  7:00u
2812			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10
2813			-6:00	-	CST	1930 Nov 15
2814			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT	1932 Apr  1
2815			-6:00	-	CST	1996
2816			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT	1998
2817			-6:00	-	CST	1998 Apr Sun>=1  3:00
2818			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT	2010
2819			-7:00	US	M%sT	2022 Oct 30  2:00
2820			-6:00	-	CST	2022 Nov 30  0:00
2821			-6:00	US	C%sT
2822# Chihuahua (away from US border)
2823Zone America/Chihuahua	-7:04:20 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  7:00u
2824			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10
2825			-6:00	-	CST	1930 Nov 15
2826			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT	1932 Apr  1
2827			-6:00	-	CST	1996
2828			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT	1998
2829			-6:00	-	CST	1998 Apr Sun>=1  3:00
2830			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT	2022 Oct 30  2:00
2831			-6:00	-	CST
2832# Sonora
2833Zone America/Hermosillo	-7:23:52 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  7:00u
2834			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10
2835			-6:00	-	CST	1930 Nov 15
2836			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT	1932 Apr  1
2837			-6:00	-	CST	1942 Apr 24
2838			-7:00	-	MST	1996
2839			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT	1999
2840			-7:00	-	MST
2841
2842# Baja California Sur, Nayarit (except Bahía de Banderas), Sinaloa
2843Zone America/Mazatlan	-7:05:40 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  7:00u
2844			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10
2845			-6:00	-	CST	1930 Nov 15
2846			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT	1932 Apr  1
2847			-6:00	-	CST	1942 Apr 24
2848			-7:00	-	MST	1970
2849			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT
2850
2851# Bahía de Banderas
2852
2853# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-21):
2854# According to news, Bahía de Banderas (Mexican state of Nayarit)
2855# changed time zone UTC-7 to new time zone UTC-6 on April 4, 2010 (to
2856# share the same time zone as nearby city Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco).
2857#
2858# (Spanish)
2859# Bahía de Banderas homologa su horario al del centro del
2860# país, a partir de este domingo
2861# http://www.nayarit.gob.mx/notes.asp?id=20748
2862#
2863# Bahía de Banderas homologa su horario con el del Centro del
2864# País
2865# 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
2866#
2867# (English)
2868# Puerto Vallarta and Bahía de Banderas: One Time Zone
2869# http://virtualvallarta.com/puertovallarta/puertovallarta/localnews/2009-12-03-Puerto-Vallarta-and-Bahia-de-Banderas-One-Time-Zone.shtml
2870# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mexico08.html
2871#
2872# "Mexico's Senate approved the amendments to the Mexican Schedule System that
2873# will allow Bahía de Banderas and Puerto Vallarta to share the same time
2874# zone ..."
2875# Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa
2876
2877# From Arthur David Olson (2010-05-01):
2878# Use "Bahia_Banderas" to keep the name to fourteen characters.
2879
2880Zone America/Bahia_Banderas -7:01:00 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  7:00u
2881			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10
2882			-6:00	-	CST	1930 Nov 15
2883			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT	1932 Apr  1
2884			-6:00	-	CST	1942 Apr 24
2885			-7:00	-	MST	1970
2886			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT	2010 Apr  4  2:00
2887			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT
2888
2889# Baja California
2890Zone America/Tijuana	-7:48:04 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  7:00u
2891			-7:00	-	MST	1924
2892			-8:00	-	PST	1927 Jun 10
2893			-7:00	-	MST	1930 Nov 15
2894			-8:00	-	PST	1931 Apr  1
2895			-8:00	1:00	PDT	1931 Sep 30
2896			-8:00	-	PST	1942 Apr 24
2897			-8:00	1:00	PWT	1945 Aug 14 23:00u
2898			-8:00	1:00	PPT	1945 Nov 15 # Peace
2899			-8:00	-	PST	1948 Apr  5
2900			-8:00	1:00	PDT	1949 Jan 14
2901			-8:00	-	PST	1950 May  1
2902			-8:00	1:00	PDT	1950 Sep 24
2903			-8:00	-	PST	1951 Apr 29  2:00
2904			-8:00	1:00	PDT	1951 Sep 30  2:00
2905			-8:00	-	PST	1952 Apr 27  2:00
2906			-8:00	1:00	PDT	1952 Sep 28  2:00
2907			-8:00	CA	P%sT	1967
2908			-8:00	US	P%sT	1996
2909			-8:00	Mexico	P%sT	2001
2910			-8:00	US	P%sT	2002 Feb 20
2911			-8:00	Mexico	P%sT	2010
2912			-8:00	US	P%sT
2913# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2914# Formerly there was an America/Ensenada zone, which differed from
2915# America/Tijuana only in that it did not observe DST from 1976
2916# through 1995.  This was as per Shanks (1999).  But Shanks & Pottenger say
2917# Ensenada did not observe DST from 1948 through 1975.  Guy Harris reports
2918# that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicali, San Felipe and
2919# Tijuana observe DST," which agrees with Shanks & Pottenger but implies that
2920# DST-observance was a town-by-town matter back then.  This concerns
2921# data after 1970 so most likely there should be at least one Zone
2922# other than America/Tijuana for Baja, but it's not clear yet what its
2923# name or contents should be.
2924#
2925# From Paul Eggert (2015-10-08):
2926# Formerly there was an America/Santa_Isabel zone, but this appears to
2927# have come from a misreading of
2928# http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5127480&fecha=06/01/2010
2929# It has been moved to the 'backward' file.
2930#
2931# From Paul Eggert (2022-10-28):
2932# Today's new law states that the entire state of Baja California
2933# follows US DST rules, which agrees with simplifications noted above.
2934#
2935#
2936# Revillagigedo Is
2937# no information
2938
2939###############################################################################
2940
2941# Barbados
2942
2943# For 1899 Milne gives -3:58:29.2.
2944
2945# From P Chan (2020-12-09 and 2020-12-11):
2946# Standard time of GMT-4 was adopted in 1911.
2947# Definition of Time Act, 1911 (1911-7) [1911-08-28]
2948# 1912, Laws of Barbados (5 v.), OCLC Number: 919801291, Vol. 4, Image No. 522
2949# 1944, Laws of Barbados (5 v.), OCLC Number: 84548697, Vol. 4, Image No. 122
2950# http://llmc.com/browse.aspx?type=2&coll=85&div=297
2951#
2952# DST was observed in 1942-44.
2953# Defence (Daylight Saving) Regulations, 1942, 1942-04-13
2954# Defence (Daylight Saving) (Repeal) Regulations, 1942, 1942-08-22
2955# Defence (Daylight Saving) Regulations, 1943, 1943-04-16
2956# Defence (Daylight Saving) (Repeal) Regulations, 1943, 1943-09-01
2957# Defence (Daylight Saving) Regulations, 1944, 1944-03-21
2958# [Defence (Daylight Saving) (Amendment) Regulations 1944, 1944-03-28]
2959# Defence (Daylight Saving) (Repeal) Regulations, 1944, 1944-08-30
2960#
2961# 1914-, Subsidiary Legis., Annual Vols. OCLC Number: 226290591
2962# 1942: Image Nos. 527-528, 555-556
2963# 1943: Image Nos. 178-179, 198
2964# 1944: Image Nos. 113-115, 129
2965# http://llmc.com/titledescfull.aspx?type=2&coll=85&div=297&set=98437
2966#
2967# From Tim Parenti (2021-02-20):
2968# The transitions below are derived from P Chan's sources, except that the 1977
2969# through 1980 transitions are from Shanks & Pottenger since we have no better
2970# data there.  Of particular note, the 1944 DST regulation only advanced the
2971# time to "exactly three and a half hours later than Greenwich mean time", as
2972# opposed to "three hours" in the 1942 and 1943 regulations.
2973
2974# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2975Rule	Barb	1942	only	-	Apr	19	5:00u	1:00	D
2976Rule	Barb	1942	only	-	Aug	31	6:00u	0	S
2977Rule	Barb	1943	only	-	May	 2	5:00u	1:00	D
2978Rule	Barb	1943	only	-	Sep	 5	6:00u	0	S
2979Rule	Barb	1944	only	-	Apr	10	5:00u	0:30	-
2980Rule	Barb	1944	only	-	Sep	10	6:00u	0	S
2981Rule	Barb	1977	only	-	Jun	12	2:00	1:00	D
2982Rule	Barb	1977	1978	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	0	S
2983Rule	Barb	1978	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	D
2984Rule	Barb	1979	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
2985Rule	Barb	1980	only	-	Sep	25	2:00	0	S
2986# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2987		#STDOFF	-3:58:29.2
2988Zone America/Barbados	-3:58:29 -	LMT	1911 Aug 28 # Bridgetown
2989			-4:00	Barb	A%sT	1944
2990			-4:00	Barb	AST/-0330 1945
2991			-4:00	Barb	A%sT
2992
2993# Belize
2994
2995# From P Chan (2020-11-03):
2996# Below are some laws related to the time in British Honduras/Belize:
2997#
2998# Definition of Time Ordinance, 1927 (No.4 of 1927) [1927-04-01]
2999# Ordinances of British Honduras Passed in the Year 1927, p 19-20
3000# https://books.google.com/books?id=LqEpAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA19
3001#
3002# Definition of Time (Amendment) Ordinance, 1942 (No. 5 of 1942) [1942-06-27]
3003# Ordinances of British Honduras Passed in the Year 1942, p 31-32
3004# https://books.google.com/books?id=h6MpAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA6-PA95-IA44
3005#
3006# Definition of Time Ordinance, 1945 (No. 19 of 1945) [1945-12-15]
3007# Ordinances of British Honduras Passed in the Year 1945, p 49-50
3008# https://books.google.com/books?id=xaMpAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PP1
3009#
3010# Definition of Time Ordinance, 1947 (No. 1 of 1947) [1947-03-11]
3011# Ordinances of British Honduras Passed in the Year 1947, p 1-2
3012# https://books.google.com/books?id=xaMpAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA1
3013#
3014# Time (Definition of) Ordinance  (Chapter 180)
3015# The Laws of British Honduras in Force on the 15th Day of September, 1958 , Volume IV, p 2580
3016# https://books.google.com/books?id=v5QpAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA2580
3017#
3018# Time (Definition of) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1968 (No. 13 of 1968) [1968-08-03]
3019# https://books.google.com/books?id=xij7KEB_58wC&pg=RA1-PA428-IA9
3020#
3021# Definition of Time Act (Chapter 339)
3022# Law of Belize, Revised Edition 2000
3023# http://www.belizelaw.org/web/lawadmin/PDF%20files/cap339.pdf
3024
3025# From Paul Eggert (2020-11-03):
3026# The transitions below are derived from P Chan's sources, except that the
3027# 1973 through 1983 transitions are from Shanks & Pottenger since we have
3028# no better data there.
3029
3030# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
3031Rule	Belize	1918	1941	-	Oct	Sat>=1	24:00	0:30	-0530
3032Rule	Belize	1919	1942	-	Feb	Sat>=8	24:00	0	CST
3033Rule	Belize	1942	only	-	Jun	27	24:00	1:00	CWT
3034Rule	Belize	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	CPT
3035Rule	Belize	1945	only	-	Dec	15	24:00	0	CST
3036Rule	Belize	1947	1967	-	Oct	Sat>=1	24:00	0:30	-0530
3037Rule	Belize	1948	1968	-	Feb	Sat>=8	24:00	0	CST
3038Rule	Belize	1973	only	-	Dec	 5	0:00	1:00	CDT
3039Rule	Belize	1974	only	-	Feb	 9	0:00	0	CST
3040Rule	Belize	1982	only	-	Dec	18	0:00	1:00	CDT
3041Rule	Belize	1983	only	-	Feb	12	0:00	0	CST
3042# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3043Zone	America/Belize	-5:52:48 -	LMT	1912 Apr  1
3044			-6:00	Belize	%s
3045
3046# Bermuda
3047
3048# From Paul Eggert (2022-07-27):
3049# For 1899 Milne gives -4:19:18.3 as the meridian of the clock tower,
3050# Bermuda dockyard, Ireland I.  This agrees with standard offset given in the
3051# Daylight Saving Act, 1917 cited below.
3052# It is not known when this time became standard for Bermuda; guess 1890.
3053# The transition to -04 was specified by:
3054# 1930: The Time Zone Act, 1929 (1929: No. 39) [1929-11-08]
3055# https://books.google.com/books?id=7tdMAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA54-PP1
3056
3057# From P Chan (2020-11-20):
3058# Most of the information can be found online from the Bermuda National
3059# Library - Digital Collection which includes The Royal Gazette (RG) until 1957
3060# https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/
3061# I will cite the ID.  For example, [10000] means
3062# https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/BermudaNP02/id/10000
3063#
3064# 1917: Apr 5 midnight to Sep 30 midnight
3065# Daylight Saving Act, 1917 (1917 No. 13) [1917-04-02]
3066# Bermuda Acts and Resolves 1917, p 37-38
3067# https://books.google.com/books?id=M-lCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA36-IA2
3068# RG, 1917-04-04, p 6 [42340] gives the spring forward date.
3069#
3070# 1918: Apr 13 midnight to Sep 15 midnight
3071# Daylight Saving Act, 1918 (1918 No. 9) [1918-04-06]
3072# Bermuda Acts and Resolves 1917, p 13
3073# https://books.google.com/books?id=K-lCAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA7
3074#
3075# Note that local mean time was still used before 1930.
3076#
3077# During WWII, DST was introduced by Defence Regulations
3078# 1942: Jan 11 02:00 to Oct 18 02:00 [113646], [115726]
3079# 1943: Mar 21 02:00 to Oct 31 02:00 [116704], [118193]
3080# 1944: Mar 12 02:00 to Nov 5 02:00 [119225], [121593]
3081# 1945: Mar 11 02:00 to Nov 4 02:00 [122369], [124461]
3082# RG, 1942-01-08, p 2, 1942-10-12, p 2 , 1943-03-06, p 2, 1943-09-03, p 1,
3083# 1944-02-29, p 6, 1944-09-20, p 2, 1945-02-13, p 2, 1945-11-03, p 1
3084#
3085# In 1946, the House of Assembly rejected DST twice. [128686], [128076]
3086# RG, 1946-03-16 p 1,1946-04-13 p 1
3087#
3088# 1947: third Sunday in May 02:00 to second Sunday in September 02:00
3089# DST in 1947 was defined in the Daylight Saving Act, 1947 (1947: No. 12)
3090# which expired at the end of the year.  [125784] ,[132405], [144454], [138226]
3091# RG, 1947-02-27, p 1, 1947-05-15, p 1, 1947-09-13, p 1, 1947-12-30, p 1
3092#
3093# 1948-1952: fourth Sunday in May 02:00 to first Sunday in September 02:00
3094# DST in 1948 was defined in the Daylight Saving Act, 1948 (1948 : No. 12)
3095# which was set to expired at the end of the year but it was extended until
3096# the end of 1952 and was not further extended.
3097# [129802], [139403], [146008], [135240], [144330], [139049], [143309],
3098# [148271], [149773], [153589], [153802], [155924]
3099# RG, 1948-04-13, p 1, 1948-05-22, p 1, 1948-09-04, p 1, 1949-05-21, p1,
3100# 1949-09-03, p 1, 1950-05-27 p 1, 1950-09-02, p 1, 1951-05-27, p 1,
3101# 1951-09-01, p 1, 1952-05-23, p 1, 1952-09-26, p 1, 1952-12-21, p 8
3102#
3103# In 1953-1955, the House of Assembly rejected DST each year. [158996],
3104# [162620], [166720] RG, 1953-05-02, p 1, 1954-04-01 p 1, 1955-03-12, p 1
3105#
3106# 1956: fourth Sunday in May 02:00 to last Sunday in October 02:00
3107# Time Zone (Seasonal Variation) Act, 1956 (1956: No.44) [1956-05-25]
3108# Bermuda Public Acts 1956, p 331-332
3109# https://books.google.com/books?id=Xs1AlmD_cEwC&pg=PA63
3110#
3111# The extension of the Act was rejected by the House of Assembly. [176218]
3112# RG, 1956-12-13, p 1
3113#
3114# From the Chronological Table of Public and Private Acts up to 1985, it seems
3115# that there does not exist other Acts related to DST before 1973.
3116# https://books.google.com/books?id=r9hMAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA23-PA1
3117# Public Acts of the Legislature of the Islands of Bermuda, Together with
3118# Statutory Instruments in Force Thereunder, Vol VII
3119
3120# From Dan Jones, reporting in The Royal Gazette (2006-06-26):
3121# Next year, however, clocks in the US will go forward on the second Sunday
3122# in March, until the first Sunday in November.  And, after the Time Zone
3123# (Seasonal Variation) Bill 2006 was passed in the House of Assembly on
3124# Friday, the same thing will happen in Bermuda.
3125# http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060529/NEWS/105290135
3126
3127# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
3128Rule	Bermuda	1917	only	-	Apr	 5	24:00	1:00	-
3129Rule	Bermuda	1917	only	-	Sep	30	24:00	0	-
3130Rule	Bermuda	1918	only	-	Apr	13	24:00	1:00	-
3131Rule	Bermuda	1918	only	-	Sep	15	24:00	0	S
3132Rule	Bermuda	1942	only	-	Jan	11	 2:00	1:00	D
3133Rule	Bermuda	1942	only	-	Oct	18	 2:00	0	S
3134Rule	Bermuda	1943	only	-	Mar	21	 2:00	1:00	D
3135Rule	Bermuda	1943	only	-	Oct	31	 2:00	0	S
3136Rule	Bermuda	1944	1945	-	Mar	Sun>=8	 2:00	1:00	D
3137Rule	Bermuda	1944	1945	-	Nov	Sun>=1	 2:00	0	S
3138Rule	Bermuda	1947	only	-	May	Sun>=15	 2:00	1:00	D
3139Rule	Bermuda	1947	only	-	Sep	Sun>=8	 2:00	0	S
3140Rule	Bermuda	1948	1952	-	May	Sun>=22	 2:00	1:00	D
3141Rule	Bermuda	1948	1952	-	Sep	Sun>=1	 2:00	0	S
3142Rule	Bermuda	1956	only	-	May	Sun>=22	 2:00	1:00	D
3143Rule	Bermuda	1956	only	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00	0	S
3144
3145# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3146		#STDOFF	-4:19:18.3
3147Zone Atlantic/Bermuda	-4:19:18 -	LMT	1890	# Hamilton
3148			-4:19:18 Bermuda BMT/BST 1930 Jan 1  2:00
3149			-4:00	Bermuda	A%sT	1974 Apr 28  2:00
3150			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1976
3151			-4:00	US	A%sT
3152
3153# Costa Rica
3154
3155# Milne gives -5:36:13.3 as San José mean time.
3156
3157# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
3158Rule	CR	1979	1980	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
3159Rule	CR	1979	1980	-	Jun	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
3160Rule	CR	1991	1992	-	Jan	Sat>=15	0:00	1:00	D
3161# IATA SSIM (1991-09) says the following was at 1:00;
3162# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
3163Rule	CR	1991	only	-	Jul	 1	0:00	0	S
3164Rule	CR	1992	only	-	Mar	15	0:00	0	S
3165# There are too many San Josés elsewhere, so we'll use 'Costa Rica'.
3166# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3167		#STDOFF	-5:36:13.3
3168Zone America/Costa_Rica	-5:36:13 -	LMT	1890        # San José
3169			-5:36:13 -	SJMT	1921 Jan 15 # San José Mean Time
3170			-6:00	CR	C%sT
3171# Coco
3172# no information; probably like America/Costa_Rica
3173
3174# Cuba
3175
3176# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
3177# Milne gives -5:28:50.45 for the observatory at Havana, -5:29:23.57
3178# for the port, and -5:30 for meteorological observations.
3179# For now, stick with Shanks & Pottenger.
3180
3181# From Arthur David Olson (1999-03-29):
3182# The 1999-03-28 exhibition baseball game held in Havana, Cuba, between
3183# the Cuban National Team and the Baltimore Orioles was carried live on
3184# the Orioles Radio Network, including affiliate WTOP in Washington, DC.
3185# During the game, play-by-play announcer Jim Hunter noted that
3186# "We'll be losing two hours of sleep...Cuba switched to Daylight Saving
3187# Time today."  (The "two hour" remark referred to losing one hour of
3188# sleep on 1999-03-28 - when the announcers were in Cuba as it switched
3189# to DST - and one more hour on 1999-04-04 - when the announcers will have
3190# returned to Baltimore, which switches on that date.)
3191
3192# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-11-11):
3193# DST start in Cuba in 2004 ... does not follow the same rules as the
3194# years before.  The correct date should be Sunday 2004-03-28 00:00 ...
3195# https://web.archive.org/web/20040402060750/http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2004/marzo/sab27/reloj.html
3196
3197# From Evert van der Veer via Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-28):
3198# Cuba is not going back to standard time this year.
3199# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
3200# http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2004/septiembre/juev30/41medid-i.html
3201# says that it's due to a problem at the Antonio Guiteras
3202# thermoelectric plant, and says "This October there will be no return
3203# to normal hours (after daylight saving time)".
3204# For now, let's assume that it's a temporary measure.
3205
3206# From Carlos A. Carnero Delgado (2005-11-12):
3207# This year (just like in 2004-2005) there's no change in time zone
3208# adjustment in Cuba.  We will stay in daylight saving time:
3209# http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2005/noviembre/mier9/horario.html
3210
3211# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-10-21):
3212# An article in GRANMA INTERNACIONAL claims that Cuba will end
3213# the 3 years of permanent DST next weekend, see
3214# http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/octubre/lun16/43horario.html
3215# "On Saturday night, October 28 going into Sunday, October 29, at 01:00,
3216# watches should be set back one hour - going back to 00:00 hours - returning
3217# to the normal schedule....
3218
3219# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-02):
3220# <http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/english/news/art89.html>, dated yesterday,
3221# says Cuban clocks will advance at midnight on March 10.
3222# For lack of better information, assume Cuba will use US rules,
3223# except that it switches at midnight standard time as usual.
3224#
3225# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-10-25):
3226# Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz informed me that Cuba will end DST one week
3227# earlier - on the last Sunday of October, just like in 2006.
3228#
3229# He supplied these references:
3230#
3231# http://www.prensalatina.com.mx/article.asp?ID={4CC32C1B-A9F7-42FB-8A07-8631AFC923AF}&language=ES
3232# http://actualidad.terra.es/sociedad/articulo/cuba_llama_ahorrar_energia_cambio_1957044.htm
3233#
3234# From Alex Krivenyshev (2007-10-25):
3235# Here is also article from Granma (Cuba):
3236#
3237# Regirá el Horario Normal desde el próximo domingo 28 de octubre
3238# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2007/10/24/nacional/artic07.html
3239#
3240# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba03.html
3241
3242# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-09):
3243# I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight
3244# Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to
3245# http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj
3246# a Cuban information station, and heard
3247# the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"),
3248# indicating that Cuba is still on standard time.
3249
3250# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-12):
3251# It seems that Cuba will start DST on Sunday, 2007-03-16...
3252# It was announced yesterday, according to this source (in Spanish):
3253# http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm
3254#
3255# Some more background information is posted here:
3256# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html
3257#
3258# The article also says that Cuba has been observing DST since 1963,
3259# while Shanks (and tzdata) has 1965 as the first date (except in the
3260# 1940's). Many other web pages in Cuba also claim that it has been
3261# observed since 1963, but with the exception of 1970 - an exception
3262# which is not present in tzdata/Shanks. So there is a chance we need to
3263# change some historic records as well.
3264#
3265# One example:
3266# http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm
3267
3268# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-03-13):
3269# The Cuban time change has just been confirmed on the most authoritative
3270# web site, the Granma.  Please check out
3271# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html
3272#
3273# Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsen's information, the change
3274# will take place midnight between Saturday and Sunday.
3275
3276# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-12):
3277# Assume Sun>=15 (third Sunday) going forward.
3278
3279# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-04)
3280# According to the Radio Reloj - Cuba will start Daylight Saving Time on
3281# midnight between Saturday, March 07, 2009 and Sunday, March 08, 2009-
3282# not on midnight March 14 / March 15 as previously thought.
3283#
3284# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba05.html
3285# (in Spanish)
3286
3287# From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-09)
3288# I listened over the Internet to
3289# http://media.enet.cu/readioreloj
3290# this morning; when it was 10:05 a. m. here in Bethesda, Maryland the
3291# the time was announced as "diez cinco" - the same time as here, indicating
3292# that has indeed switched to DST. Assume second Sunday from 2009 forward.
3293
3294# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-03-08):
3295# Granma announced that Cuba is going to start DST on 2011-03-20 00:00:00
3296# this year. Nothing about the end date known so far (if that has
3297# changed at all).
3298#
3299# Source:
3300# http://granma.co.cu/2011/03/08/nacional/artic01.html
3301#
3302# Our info:
3303# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2011.html
3304#
3305# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-10-30)
3306# Cuba will end DST two weeks later this year. Instead of going back
3307# tonight, it has been delayed to 2011-11-13 at 01:00.
3308#
3309# One source (Spanish)
3310# http://www.radioangulo.cu/noticias/cuba/17105-cuba-restablecera-el-horario-del-meridiano-de-greenwich.html
3311#
3312# Our page:
3313# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-time-changes-2011.html
3314#
3315# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-01)
3316# According to Radio Reloj, Cuba will start DST on Midnight between March
3317# 31 and April 1.
3318#
3319# Radio Reloj has the following info (Spanish):
3320# http://www.radioreloj.cu/index.php/noticias-radio-reloj/71-miscelaneas/7529-cuba-aplicara-el-horario-de-verano-desde-el-1-de-abril
3321#
3322# Our info on it:
3323# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2012.html
3324
3325# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-11-03):
3326# Radio Reloj and many other sources report that Cuba is changing back
3327# to standard time on 2012-11-04:
3328# http://www.radioreloj.cu/index.php/noticias-radio-reloj/36-nacionales/9961-regira-horario-normal-en-cuba-desde-el-domingo-cuatro-de-noviembre
3329# From Paul Eggert (2012-11-03):
3330# For now, assume the future rule is first Sunday in November.
3331
3332# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
3333Rule	Cuba	1928	only	-	Jun	10	0:00	1:00	D
3334Rule	Cuba	1928	only	-	Oct	10	0:00	0	S
3335Rule	Cuba	1940	1942	-	Jun	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
3336Rule	Cuba	1940	1942	-	Sep	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
3337Rule	Cuba	1945	1946	-	Jun	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
3338Rule	Cuba	1945	1946	-	Sep	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
3339Rule	Cuba	1965	only	-	Jun	1	0:00	1:00	D
3340Rule	Cuba	1965	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	S
3341Rule	Cuba	1966	only	-	May	29	0:00	1:00	D
3342Rule	Cuba	1966	only	-	Oct	2	0:00	0	S
3343Rule	Cuba	1967	only	-	Apr	8	0:00	1:00	D
3344Rule	Cuba	1967	1968	-	Sep	Sun>=8	0:00	0	S
3345Rule	Cuba	1968	only	-	Apr	14	0:00	1:00	D
3346Rule	Cuba	1969	1977	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
3347Rule	Cuba	1969	1971	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	S
3348Rule	Cuba	1972	1974	-	Oct	8	0:00	0	S
3349Rule	Cuba	1975	1977	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	S
3350Rule	Cuba	1978	only	-	May	7	0:00	1:00	D
3351Rule	Cuba	1978	1990	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00	0	S
3352Rule	Cuba	1979	1980	-	Mar	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	D
3353Rule	Cuba	1981	1985	-	May	Sun>=5	0:00	1:00	D
3354Rule	Cuba	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=14	0:00	1:00	D
3355Rule	Cuba	1990	1997	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
3356Rule	Cuba	1991	1995	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00s	0	S
3357Rule	Cuba	1996	only	-	Oct	 6	0:00s	0	S
3358Rule	Cuba	1997	only	-	Oct	12	0:00s	0	S
3359Rule	Cuba	1998	1999	-	Mar	lastSun	0:00s	1:00	D
3360Rule	Cuba	1998	2003	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00s	0	S
3361Rule	Cuba	2000	2003	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00s	1:00	D
3362Rule	Cuba	2004	only	-	Mar	lastSun	0:00s	1:00	D
3363Rule	Cuba	2006	2010	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00s	0	S
3364Rule	Cuba	2007	only	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00s	1:00	D
3365Rule	Cuba	2008	only	-	Mar	Sun>=15	0:00s	1:00	D
3366Rule	Cuba	2009	2010	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00s	1:00	D
3367Rule	Cuba	2011	only	-	Mar	Sun>=15	0:00s	1:00	D
3368Rule	Cuba	2011	only	-	Nov	13	0:00s	0	S
3369Rule	Cuba	2012	only	-	Apr	1	0:00s	1:00	D
3370Rule	Cuba	2012	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	0:00s	0	S
3371Rule	Cuba	2013	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00s	1:00	D
3372
3373# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3374Zone	America/Havana	-5:29:28 -	LMT	1890
3375			-5:29:36 -	HMT	1925 Jul 19 12:00 # Havana MT
3376			-5:00	Cuba	C%sT
3377
3378# Dominican Republic
3379
3380# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-30):
3381# Enrique Morales reported to me that the Dominican Republic has changed the
3382# time zone to Eastern Standard Time as of Sunday 29 at 2 am....
3383# http://www.listin.com.do/antes/261000/republica/princi.html
3384
3385# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
3386# That URL (2000-10-26, in Spanish) says they planned to use US-style DST.
3387
3388# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01):
3389# Dominican Republic changed its mind and presidential decree on Tuesday,
3390# November 28, 2000, with a new decree.  On Sunday, December 3 at 1:00 AM the
3391# Dominican Republic will be reverting to 8 hours from the International Date
3392# Line, and will not be using DST in the foreseeable future.  The reason they
3393# decided to use DST was to be in synch with Puerto Rico, who was also going
3394# to implement DST.  When Puerto Rico didn't implement DST, the president
3395# decided to revert.
3396
3397
3398# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
3399Rule	DR	1966	only	-	Oct	30	0:00	1:00	EDT
3400Rule	DR	1967	only	-	Feb	28	0:00	0	EST
3401Rule	DR	1969	1973	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0:30	-0430
3402Rule	DR	1970	only	-	Feb	21	0:00	0	EST
3403Rule	DR	1971	only	-	Jan	20	0:00	0	EST
3404Rule	DR	1972	1974	-	Jan	21	0:00	0	EST
3405# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3406Zone America/Santo_Domingo -4:39:36 -	LMT	1890
3407			-4:40	-	SDMT	1933 Apr  1 12:00 # S. Dom. MT
3408			-5:00	DR	%s	1974 Oct 27
3409			-4:00	-	AST	2000 Oct 29  2:00
3410			-5:00	US	E%sT	2000 Dec  3  1:00
3411			-4:00	-	AST
3412
3413# El Salvador
3414
3415# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
3416Rule	Salv	1987	1988	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
3417Rule	Salv	1987	1988	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	S
3418# There are too many San Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/El_Salvador
3419# instead of America/San_Salvador.
3420# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3421Zone America/El_Salvador -5:56:48 -	LMT	1921 # San Salvador
3422			-6:00	Salv	C%sT
3423
3424# Guatemala
3425#
3426# From Gwillim Law (2006-04-22), after a heads-up from Oscar van Vlijmen:
3427# Diario Co Latino, at
3428# <http://www.diariocolatino.com/internacionales/detalles.asp?NewsID=8079>,
3429# says in an article dated 2006-04-19 that the Guatemalan government had
3430# decided on that date to advance official time by 60 minutes, to lessen the
3431# impact of the elevated cost of oil....  Daylight saving time will last from
3432# 2006-04-29 24:00 (Guatemalan standard time) to 2006-09-30 (time unspecified).
3433# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-22):
3434# The Ministry of Energy and Mines, press release CP-15/2006
3435# (2006-04-19), says DST ends at 24:00.  See
3436# http://www.sieca.org.gt/Sitio_publico/Energeticos/Doc/Medidas/Cambio_Horario_Nac_190406.pdf
3437
3438# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
3439Rule	Guat	1973	only	-	Nov	25	0:00	1:00	D
3440Rule	Guat	1974	only	-	Feb	24	0:00	0	S
3441Rule	Guat	1983	only	-	May	21	0:00	1:00	D
3442Rule	Guat	1983	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
3443Rule	Guat	1991	only	-	Mar	23	0:00	1:00	D
3444Rule	Guat	1991	only	-	Sep	 7	0:00	0	S
3445Rule	Guat	2006	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	D
3446Rule	Guat	2006	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	S
3447# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3448Zone America/Guatemala	-6:02:04 -	LMT	1918 Oct 5
3449			-6:00	Guat	C%sT
3450
3451# Haiti
3452# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-15):
3453# Risto O. Nykänen wrote me that Haiti is now on DST.
3454# I searched for confirmation, and I found a press release
3455# on the Web page of the Haitian Consulate in Chicago (2005-03-31),
3456# <http://www.haitianconsulate.org/time.doc>.  Translated from French, it says:
3457#
3458#  "The Prime Minister's Communication Office notifies the public in general
3459#   and the press in particular that, following a decision of the Interior
3460#   Ministry and the Territorial Collectivities [I suppose that means the
3461#   provinces], Haiti will move to Eastern Daylight Time in the night from next
3462#   Saturday the 2nd to Sunday the 3rd.
3463#
3464#  "Consequently, the Prime Minister's Communication Office wishes to inform
3465#   the population that the country's clocks will be set forward one hour
3466#   starting at midnight.  This provision will hold until the last Saturday in
3467#   October 2005.
3468#
3469#  "Port-au-Prince, March 31, 2005"
3470#
3471# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-04-04):
3472# I have been informed by users that Haiti observes DST this year like
3473# last year, so the current "only" rule for 2005 might be changed to a
3474# "max" rule or to last until 2006. (Who knows if they will observe DST
3475# next year or if they will extend their DST like US/Canada next year).
3476#
3477# I have found this article about it (in French):
3478# http://www.haitipressnetwork.com/news.cfm?articleID=7612
3479#
3480# The reason seems to be an energy crisis.
3481
3482# From Stephen Colebourne (2007-02-22):
3483# Some IATA info: Haiti won't be having DST in 2007.
3484
3485# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-11):
3486# According to several news sources, Haiti will observe DST this year,
3487# apparently using the same start and end date as USA/Canada.
3488# So this means they have already changed their time.
3489#
3490# http://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article12510
3491# http://radiovision2000haiti.net/home/?p=13253
3492#
3493# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-11):
3494# The alterpresse.org source seems to show a US-style leap from 2:00 a.m. to
3495# 3:00 a.m. rather than the traditional Haitian jump at midnight.
3496# Assume a US-style fall back as well.
3497
3498# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-10):
3499# It appears that Haiti is observing DST this year as well, same rules
3500# as US/Canada.  They did it last year as well, and it looks like they
3501# are going to observe DST every year now...
3502#
3503# http://radiovision2000haiti.net/public/haiti-avis-changement-dheure-dimanche/
3504# http://www.canalplushaiti.net/?p=6714
3505
3506# From Steffen Thorsen (2016-03-12):
3507# Jean Antoine, editor of www.haiti-reference.com informed us that Haiti
3508# are not going on DST this year.  Several other resources confirm this: ...
3509# https://www.radiotelevisioncaraibes.com/presse/heure_d_t_pas_de_changement_d_heure_pr_vu_pour_cet_ann_e.html
3510# https://www.vantbefinfo.com/changement-dheure-pas-pour-haiti/
3511# http://news.anmwe.com/haiti-lheure-nationale-ne-sera-ni-avancee-ni-reculee-cette-annee/
3512
3513# From Steffen Thorsen (2017-03-12):
3514# We have received 4 mails from different people telling that Haiti
3515# has started DST again today, and this source seems to confirm that,
3516# I have not been able to find a more authoritative source:
3517# https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20319-haiti-notices-time-change-in-haiti.html
3518
3519# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
3520Rule	Haiti	1983	only	-	May	8	0:00	1:00	D
3521Rule	Haiti	1984	1987	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
3522Rule	Haiti	1983	1987	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	S
3523# Shanks & Pottenger say AT is 2:00, but IATA SSIM (1991/1997) says 1:00s.
3524# Go with IATA.
3525Rule	Haiti	1988	1997	-	Apr	Sun>=1	1:00s	1:00	D
3526Rule	Haiti	1988	1997	-	Oct	lastSun	1:00s	0	S
3527Rule	Haiti	2005	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
3528Rule	Haiti	2005	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	S
3529Rule	Haiti	2012	2015	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
3530Rule	Haiti	2012	2015	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	0	S
3531Rule	Haiti	2017	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
3532Rule	Haiti	2017	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	0	S
3533# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3534Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 -	LMT	1890
3535			-4:49	-	PPMT	1917 Jan 24 12:00 # P-a-P MT
3536			-5:00	Haiti	E%sT
3537
3538# Honduras
3539# Shanks & Pottenger say 1921 Jan 1; go with Whitman's more precise Apr 1.
3540
3541# From Paul Eggert (2006-05-05):
3542# worldtimezone.com reports a 2006-05-02 Spanish-language AP article
3543# saying Honduras will start using DST midnight Saturday, effective 4
3544# months until September.  La Tribuna reported today
3545# <http://www.latribuna.hn/99299.html> that Manuel Zelaya, the president
3546# of Honduras, refused to back down on this.
3547
3548# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-08-08):
3549# It seems that Honduras has returned from DST to standard time this Monday at
3550# 00:00 hours (prolonging Sunday to 25 hours duration).
3551# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_honduras04.html
3552
3553# From Paul Eggert (2006-08-08):
3554# Also see Diario El Heraldo, The country returns to standard time (2006-08-08).
3555# http://www.elheraldo.hn/nota.php?nid=54941&sec=12
3556# It mentions executive decree 18-2006.
3557
3558# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17):
3559# Honduras will observe DST from 2007 to 2009, exact dates are not
3560# published, I have located this authoritative source:
3561# http://www.presidencia.gob.hn/noticia.aspx?nId=47
3562
3563# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-03-30):
3564# http://www.laprensahn.com/pais_nota.php?id04962=7386
3565# So it seems that Honduras will not enter DST this year....
3566
3567# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
3568Rule	Hond	1987	1988	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
3569Rule	Hond	1987	1988	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	S
3570Rule	Hond	2006	only	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
3571Rule	Hond	2006	only	-	Aug	Mon>=1	0:00	0	S
3572# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3573Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 -	LMT	1921 Apr
3574			-6:00	Hond	C%sT
3575#
3576# Great Swan I ceded by US to Honduras in 1972
3577
3578# Jamaica
3579# Shanks & Pottenger give -5:07:12, but Milne records -5:07:10.41 from an
3580# unspecified official document, and says "This time is used throughout the
3581# island".  Go with Milne.
3582#
3583# Shanks & Pottenger give April 28 for the 1974 spring-forward transition, but
3584# Lance Neita writes that Prime Minister Michael Manley decreed it January 5.
3585# Assume Neita meant Jan 6 02:00, the same as the US.  Neita also writes that
3586# Manley's supporters associated this act with Manley's nickname "Joshua"
3587# (recall that in the Bible the sun stood still at Joshua's request),
3588# and with the Rod of Correction which Manley said he had received from
3589# Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia.  See:
3590# Neita L. The politician in all of us. Jamaica Observer 2014-09-20
3591# http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/The-politician-in-all-of-us_17573647
3592#
3593# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3594		#STDOFF	-5:07:10.41
3595Zone	America/Jamaica	-5:07:10 -	LMT	1890        # Kingston
3596			-5:07:10 -	KMT	1912 Feb    # Kingston Mean Time
3597			-5:00	-	EST	1974
3598			-5:00	US	E%sT	1984
3599			-5:00	-	EST
3600
3601# Martinique
3602# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3603Zone America/Martinique	-4:04:20 -      LMT	1890        # Fort-de-France
3604			-4:04:20 -	FFMT	1911 May  1 # Fort-de-France MT
3605			-4:00	-	AST	1980 Apr  6
3606			-4:00	1:00	ADT	1980 Sep 28
3607			-4:00	-	AST
3608
3609# Nicaragua
3610#
3611# This uses Shanks & Pottenger for times before 2005.
3612#
3613# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-04-12):
3614# I've got reports from 8 different people that Nicaragua just started
3615# DST on Sunday 2005-04-10, in order to save energy because of
3616# expensive petroleum.  The exact end date for DST is not yet
3617# announced, only "September" but some sites also say "mid-September".
3618# Some background information is available on the President's official site:
3619# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/Presidencia/Files_index/Secretaria/Notas%20de%20Prensa/Presidente/2005/ABRIL/Gobierno-de-nicaragua-adelanta-hora-oficial-06abril.htm
3620# The Decree, no 23-2005 is available here:
3621# 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
3622#
3623# From Paul Eggert (2005-05-01):
3624# The decree doesn't say anything about daylight saving, but for now let's
3625# assume that it is daylight saving....
3626#
3627# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-21):
3628# The Associated Press story on the time change, which can be found at
3629# http://www.lapalmainteractivo.com/guias/content/gen/ap/America_Latina/AMC_GEN_NICARAGUA_HORA.html
3630# and elsewhere, says (fifth paragraph, translated from Spanish): "The last
3631# time that a change of clocks was applied to save energy was in the year 2000
3632# during the Arnoldo Alemán administration."...
3633# The northamerica file says that Nicaragua has been on UTC-6 continuously
3634# since December 1998.  I wasn't able to find any details of Nicaraguan time
3635# changes in 2000.  Perhaps a note could be added to the northamerica file, to
3636# the effect that we have indirect evidence that DST was observed in 2000.
3637#
3638# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-11-02):
3639# Nicaragua left DST the 2005-10-02 at 00:00 (local time).
3640# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/presidencia/files_index/secretaria/comunicados/2005/septiembre/26septiembre-cambio-hora.htm
3641# (2005-09-26)
3642#
3643# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-05-05):
3644# http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2006/05/01/nacionales/18410
3645# (my informal translation)
3646# By order of the president of the republic, Enrique Bolaños, Nicaragua
3647# advanced by sixty minutes their official time, yesterday at 2 in the
3648# morning, and will stay that way until 30th of September.
3649#
3650# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-09-30):
3651# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/buscador_gaceta/BD/DECRETOS/2006/D-063-2006P-PRN-Cambio-Hora.pdf
3652# My informal translation runs:
3653# The natural sun time is restored in all the national territory, in that the
3654# time is returned one hour at 01:00 am of October 1 of 2006.
3655#
3656# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
3657Rule	Nic	1979	1980	-	Mar	Sun>=16	0:00	1:00	D
3658Rule	Nic	1979	1980	-	Jun	Mon>=23	0:00	0	S
3659Rule	Nic	2005	only	-	Apr	10	0:00	1:00	D
3660Rule	Nic	2005	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
3661Rule	Nic	2006	only	-	Apr	30	2:00	1:00	D
3662Rule	Nic	2006	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	1:00	0	S
3663# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3664Zone	America/Managua	-5:45:08 -	LMT	1890
3665			-5:45:12 -	MMT	1934 Jun 23 # Managua Mean Time?
3666			-6:00	-	CST	1973 May
3667			-5:00	-	EST	1975 Feb 16
3668			-6:00	Nic	C%sT	1992 Jan  1  4:00
3669			-5:00	-	EST	1992 Sep 24
3670			-6:00	-	CST	1993
3671			-5:00	-	EST	1997
3672			-6:00	Nic	C%sT
3673
3674# Cayman Is
3675# Panama
3676#
3677# Atikokan and Coral Harbour, Canada, match Panama since 1970.
3678# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3679Zone	America/Panama	-5:18:08 -	LMT	1890
3680			-5:19:36 -	CMT	1908 Apr 22 # Colón Mean Time
3681			-5:00	-	EST
3682
3683# Anguilla
3684# Antigua & Barbuda
3685# Aruba
3686# Caribbean Netherlands
3687# Curaçao
3688# Dominica
3689# Grenada
3690# Guadeloupe
3691# Montserrat
3692# Puerto Rico
3693# St Barthélemy
3694# St Kitts-Nevis
3695# Sint Maarten / St Martin
3696# St Lucia
3697# St Vincent & the Grenadines
3698# Trinidad & Tobago
3699# Virgin Is (UK & US)
3700#
3701# There are too many San Juans elsewhere, so we'll use 'Puerto_Rico'.
3702# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3703Zone America/Puerto_Rico -4:24:25 -	LMT	1899 Mar 28 12:00 # San Juan
3704			-4:00	-	AST	1942 May  3
3705			-4:00	US	A%sT	1946
3706			-4:00	-	AST
3707
3708# St Pierre and Miquelon
3709# There are too many St Pierres elsewhere, so we'll use 'Miquelon'.
3710# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3711Zone America/Miquelon	-3:44:40 -	LMT	1911 Jun 15 # St Pierre
3712			-4:00	-	AST	1980 May
3713			-3:00	-	%z	1987
3714			-3:00	Canada	%z
3715
3716# Turks and Caicos
3717#
3718# From Chris Dunn in
3719# https://bugs.debian.org/415007
3720# (2007-03-15): In the Turks & Caicos Islands (America/Grand_Turk) the
3721# daylight saving dates for time changes have been adjusted to match
3722# the recent U.S. change of dates.
3723#
3724# From Brian Inglis (2007-04-28):
3725# http://www.turksandcaicos.tc/calendar/index.htm [2007-04-26]
3726# there is an entry for Nov 4 "Daylight Savings Time Ends 2007" and three
3727# rows before that there is an out of date entry for Oct:
3728# "Eastern Standard Times Begins 2007
3729# Clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local Daylight Saving Time"
3730# indicating that the normal ET rules are followed.
3731
3732# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-19):
3733# The 2014-08-13 Cabinet meeting decided to stay on UT -04 year-round.  See:
3734# http://tcweeklynews.com/daylight-savings-time-to-be-maintained-p5353-127.htm
3735# Model this as a switch from EST/EDT to AST ...
3736# From Chris Walton (2014-11-04):
3737# ... the TCI government appears to have delayed the switch to
3738# "permanent daylight saving time" by one year....
3739# http://tcweeklynews.com/time-change-to-go-ahead-this-november-p5437-127.htm
3740#
3741# From the Turks & Caicos Cabinet (2017-07-20), heads-up from Steffen Thorsen:
3742# ... agreed to the reintroduction in TCI of Daylight Saving Time (DST)
3743# during the summer months and Standard Time, also known as Local
3744# Time, during the winter months with effect from April 2018 ...
3745# https://www.gov.uk/government/news/turks-and-caicos-post-cabinet-meeting-statement--3
3746# From Paul Eggert (2017-08-26):
3747# The date of effect of the spring 2018 change appears to be March 11,
3748# which makes more sense.  See: Hamilton D. Time change back
3749# by March 2018 for TCI. Magnetic Media. 2017-08-25.
3750# http://magneticmediatv.com/2017/08/time-change-back-by-march-2018-for-tci/
3751#
3752# From P Chan (2020-11-27):
3753# Standard Time Declaration Order 2015 (L.N. 15/2015)
3754# http://online.fliphtml5.com/fizd/czin/#p=2
3755#
3756# Standard Time Declaration Order 2017 (L.N. 31/2017)
3757# http://online.fliphtml5.com/fizd/dmcu/#p=2
3758#
3759# From Tim Parenti (2020-12-05):
3760# Although L.N. 31/2017 reads that it "shall come into operation at 2:00 a.m.
3761# on 11th March 2018", a precise interpretation here poses some problems.  The
3762# order states that "the standard time to be observed throughout the Turks and
3763# Caicos Islands shall be the same time zone as the Eastern United States of
3764# America" and further clarifies "[f]or the avoidance of doubt" that it
3765# "applies to the Eastern Standard Time as well as any changes thereto for
3766# Daylight Saving Time."  However, as clocks in Turks and Caicos approached
3767# 02:00 -04, and thus the declared implementation time, it was still 01:00 EST
3768# (-05), as DST in the Eastern US would not start until an hour later.
3769#
3770# Since it is unlikely that those on the islands switched their clocks twice in
3771# the span of an hour, we assume instead that the adoption of EDT actually took
3772# effect once clocks in the Eastern US had sprung forward, from 03:00 -04.
3773# This discrepancy only affects the time zone abbreviation and DST flag for the
3774# intervening hour, not wall clock times, as -04 was maintained throughout.
3775
3776# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3777Zone America/Grand_Turk	-4:44:32 -	LMT	1890
3778		#STDOFF	-5:07:10.41
3779			-5:07:10 -	KMT	1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time
3780			-5:00	-	EST	1979
3781			-5:00	US	E%sT	2015 Mar  8  2:00
3782			-4:00	-	AST	2018 Mar 11  3:00
3783			-5:00	US	E%sT
3784
3785# Local Variables:
3786# coding: utf-8
3787# End:
3788