1 # tzdb data for North and Central America and environs
3 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
4 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
6 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean
8 # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
9 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
10 # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
11 # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
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).
17 ###############################################################################
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.
30 # From Paul Eggert (2018-03-20):
31 # Dowd's proposal left many details unresolved, such as where to draw
32 # lines between time zones. The key individual who made time zones
33 # work in the US was William Frederick Allen - railway engineer,
34 # managing editor of the Travelers' Guide, and secretary of the
35 # General Time Convention, a railway standardization group. Allen
36 # spent months in dialogs with scientific and railway leaders,
37 # developed a workable plan to institute time zones, and presented it
38 # to the General Time Convention on 1883-04-11, saying that his plan
39 # meant "local time would be practically abolished" - a plus for
40 # railway scheduling. By the next convention on 1883-10-11 nearly all
41 # railroads had agreed and it took effect on 1883-11-18. That Sunday
42 # was called the "day of two noons", as some locations observed noon
43 # twice. Allen witnessed the transition in New York City, writing:
45 # I heard the bells of St. Paul's strike on the old time. Four
46 # minutes later, obedient to the electrical signal from the Naval
47 # Observatory ... the time-ball made its rapid descent, the chimes
48 # of old Trinity rang twelve measured strokes, and local time was
49 # abandoned, probably forever.
51 # Most of the US soon followed suit. See:
52 # Bartky IR. The adoption of standard time. Technol Cult 1989 Jan;30(1):25-56.
53 # https://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3105430
55 # From Paul Eggert (2005-04-16):
56 # That 1883 transition occurred at 12:00 new time, not at 12:00 old time.
57 # See p 46 of David Prerau, Seize the daylight, Thunder's Mouth Press (2005).
59 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
60 # A good source for time zone historical data in the US is
61 # Thomas G. Shanks, The American Atlas (5th edition),
62 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
63 # Make sure you have the errata sheet; the book is somewhat useless without it.
64 # It is the source for most of the pre-1991 US entries below.
66 # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06):
67 # Daylight Saving Time was first suggested as a joke by Benjamin Franklin
68 # in his whimsical essay "An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost
69 # of Light" published in the Journal de Paris (1784-04-26).
70 # Not everyone is happy with the results:
72 # I don't really care how time is reckoned so long as there is some
73 # agreement about it, but I object to being told that I am saving
74 # daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind.
75 # I even object to the implication that I am wasting something
76 # valuable if I stay in bed after the sun has risen. As an admirer
77 # of moonlight I resent the bossy insistence of those who want to
78 # reduce my time for enjoying it. At the back of the Daylight Saving
79 # scheme I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager
80 # to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make
81 # them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves.
83 # -- Robertson Davies, The diary of Samuel Marchbanks,
84 # Clarke, Irwin (1947), XIX, Sunday
86 # For more about the first ten years of DST in the United States, see
87 # Robert Garland, Ten years of daylight saving from the Pittsburgh standpoint
88 # (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1927).
89 # http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/dst.html
91 # Shanks says that DST was called "War Time" in the US in 1918 and 1919.
92 # However, DST was imposed by the Standard Time Act of 1918, which
93 # was the first nationwide legal time standard, and apparently
94 # time was just called "Standard Time" or "Daylight Saving Time".
96 # From Paul Eggert (2019-06-04):
97 # Here is the legal basis for the US federal rules.
98 # * Public Law 65-106 (1918-03-19) implemented standard and daylight saving
99 # time for the first time across the US, springing forward on March's last
100 # Sunday and falling back on October's last Sunday.
101 # https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/65th-congress/session-2/c65s2ch24.pdf
102 # * Public Law 66-40 (1919-08-20) repealed DST on October 1919's last Sunday.
103 # https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/66th-congress/session-1/c66s1ch51.pdf
104 # * Public Law 77-403 (1942-01-20) started wartime DST on 1942-02-09.
105 # https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/77th-congress/session-2/c77s2ch7.pdf
106 # * Public Law 79-187 (1945-09-25) ended wartime DST on 1945-09-30.
107 # https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/79th-congress/session-1/c79s1ch388.pdf
108 # * Public Law 89-387 (1966-04-13) reinstituted a national standard for DST,
109 # from April's last Sunday to October's last Sunday, effective 1967.
110 # https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-80/pdf/STATUTE-80-Pg107.pdf
111 # * Public Law 93-182 (1973-12-15) moved the 1974 spring-forward to 01-06.
112 # https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-87/pdf/STATUTE-87-Pg707.pdf
113 # * Public Law 93-434 (1974-10-05) moved the 1975 spring-forward to
114 # February's last Sunday.
115 # https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-88/pdf/STATUTE-88-Pg1209.pdf
116 # * Public Law 99-359 (1986-07-08) moved the spring-forward to April's first
118 # https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-100/pdf/STATUTE-100-Pg764.pdf
119 # * Public Law 109-58 (2005-08-08), effective 2007, moved the spring-forward
120 # to March's second Sunday and the fall-back to November's first Sunday.
121 # https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-109publ58/pdf/PLAW-109publ58.pdf
122 # All transitions are at 02:00 local time.
124 # From Arthur David Olson:
125 # Before the Uniform Time Act of 1966 took effect in 1967, observance of
126 # Daylight Saving Time in the US was by local option, except during wartime.
128 # From Arthur David Olson (2000-09-25):
129 # Last night I heard part of a rebroadcast of a 1945 Arch Oboler radio drama.
130 # In the introduction, Oboler spoke of "Eastern Peace Time."
131 # An AltaVista search turned up:
132 # https://web.archive.org/web/20000926032210/http://rowayton.org/rhs/hstaug45.html
133 # "When the time is announced over the radio now, it is 'Eastern Peace
134 # Time' instead of the old familiar 'Eastern War Time.' Peace is wonderful."
135 # (August 1945) by way of confirmation.
137 # From Paul Eggert (2017-09-23):
138 # This was the V-J Day issue of the Clamdigger, a Rowayton, CT newsletter.
140 # From Joseph Gallant citing
141 # George H. Douglas, _The Early Days of Radio Broadcasting_ (1987):
142 # At 7 P.M. (Eastern War Time) [on 1945-08-14], the networks were set
143 # to switch to London for Attlee's address, but the American people
144 # never got to hear his speech live. According to one press account,
145 # CBS' Bob Trout was first to announce the word of Japan's surrender,
146 # but a few seconds later, NBC, ABC and Mutual also flashed the word
147 # of surrender, all of whom interrupting the bells of Big Ben in
148 # London which were to precede Mr. Attlee's speech.
150 # From Paul Eggert (2003-02-09): It was Robert St John, not Bob Trout. From
151 # Myrna Oliver's obituary of St John on page B16 of today's Los Angeles Times:
153 # ... a war-weary U.S. clung to radios, awaiting word of Japan's surrender.
154 # Any announcement from Asia would reach St. John's New York newsroom on a
155 # wire service teletype machine, which had prescribed signals for major news.
156 # Associated Press, for example, would ring five bells before spewing out
157 # typed copy of an important story, and 10 bells for news "of transcendental
160 # On Aug. 14, stalling while talking steadily into the NBC networks' open
161 # microphone, St. John heard five bells and waited only to hear a sixth bell,
162 # before announcing confidently: "Ladies and gentlemen, World War II is over.
163 # The Japanese have agreed to our surrender terms."
165 # He had scored a 20-second scoop on other broadcasters.
167 # From Arthur David Olson (2005-08-22):
168 # Paul has been careful to use the "US" rules only in those locations
169 # that are part of the United States; this reflects the real scope of
170 # U.S. government action. So even though the "US" rules have changed
171 # in the latest release, other countries won't be affected.
173 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
174 Rule US 1918 1919 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
175 Rule US 1918 1919 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
176 Rule US 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War
177 Rule US 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace
178 Rule US 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S
179 Rule US 1967 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
180 Rule US 1967 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
181 Rule US 1974 only - Jan 6 2:00 1:00 D
182 Rule US 1975 only - Feb lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
183 Rule US 1976 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
184 Rule US 1987 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
185 Rule US 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
186 Rule US 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
188 # From Arthur David Olson, 2005-12-19
189 # We generate the files specified below to guard against old files with
190 # obsolete information being left in the time zone binary directory.
191 # We limit the list to names that have appeared in previous versions of
192 # this time zone package.
193 # We do these as separate Zones rather than as Links to avoid problems if
194 # a particular place changes whether it observes DST.
195 # We put these specifications here in the northamerica file both to
196 # increase the chances that they'll actually get compiled and to
197 # avoid the need to duplicate the US rules in another file.
199 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
202 Zone HST -10:00 - HST
203 Zone EST5EDT -5:00 US E%sT
204 Zone CST6CDT -6:00 US C%sT
205 Zone MST7MDT -7:00 US M%sT
206 Zone PST8PDT -8:00 US P%sT
208 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
209 # USA EASTERN 5 H BEHIND UTC NEW YORK, WASHINGTON
210 # USA EASTERN 4 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30
211 # USA CENTRAL 6 H BEHIND UTC CHICAGO, HOUSTON
212 # USA CENTRAL 5 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30
213 # USA MOUNTAIN 7 H BEHIND UTC DENVER
214 # USA MOUNTAIN 6 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30
215 # USA PACIFIC 8 H BEHIND UTC L.A., SAN FRANCISCO
216 # USA PACIFIC 7 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30
217 # USA ALASKA STD 9 H BEHIND UTC MOST OF ALASKA (AKST)
218 # USA ALASKA STD 8 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 (AKDT)
219 # USA ALEUTIAN 10 H BEHIND UTC ISLANDS WEST OF 170W
220 # USA " 9 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30
221 # USA HAWAII 10 H BEHIND UTC
222 # USA BERING 11 H BEHIND UTC SAMOA, MIDWAY
224 # From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-21):
225 # The above dates are for 1988.
226 # Note the "AKST" and "AKDT" abbreviations, the claim that there's
227 # no DST in Samoa, and the claim that there is DST in Alaska and the
230 # From Arthur David Olson (1988-02-13):
231 # Legal standard time zone names, from United States Code (1982 Edition and
232 # Supplement III), Title 15, Chapter 6, Section 260 and forward. First, names
233 # up to 1967-04-01 (when most provisions of the Uniform Time Act of 1966
234 # took effect), as explained in sections 263 and 261:
236 # United States standard eastern time
237 # United States standard mountain time
238 # United States standard central time
239 # United States standard Pacific time
241 # United States standard Alaska time
243 # Next, names from 1967-04-01 until 1983-11-30 (the date for
244 # public law 98-181):
245 # Atlantic standard time
246 # eastern standard time
247 # central standard time
248 # mountain standard time
249 # Pacific standard time
250 # Yukon standard time
251 # Alaska-Hawaii standard time
252 # Bering standard time
253 # And after 1983-11-30:
254 # Atlantic standard time
255 # eastern standard time
256 # central standard time
257 # mountain standard time
258 # Pacific standard time
259 # Alaska standard time
260 # Hawaii-Aleutian standard time
261 # Samoa standard time
262 # The law doesn't give abbreviations.
264 # From Paul Eggert (2016-12-19):
265 # Here are URLs for the 1918 and 1966 legislation:
266 # http://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=40&page=451
267 # http://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=80&page=108
268 # Although the 1918 names were officially "United States Standard
269 # Eastern Time" and similarly for "Central", "Mountain", "Pacific",
270 # and "Alaska", in practice "Standard" was placed just before "Time",
271 # as codified in 1966. In practice, Alaska time was abbreviated "AST"
272 # before 1968. Summarizing the 1967 name changes:
273 # 1918 names 1967 names
274 # -08 Standard Pacific Time (PST) Pacific standard time (PST)
275 # -09 (unofficial) Yukon (YST) Yukon standard time (YST)
276 # -10 Standard Alaska Time (AST) Alaska-Hawaii standard time (AHST)
277 # -11 (unofficial) Nome (NST) Bering standard time (BST)
279 # From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08), following a heads-up from Rives McDow:
280 # Public law 106-564 (2000-12-23) introduced ... "Chamorro Standard Time"
281 # for time in Guam and the Northern Marianas. See the file "australasia".
283 # From Paul Eggert (2015-04-17):
284 # HST and HDT are standardized abbreviations for Hawaii-Aleutian
285 # standard and daylight times. See section 9.47 (p 234) of the
286 # U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual (2008)
287 # https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008/pdf/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008.pdf
289 # From Arthur David Olson, 2005-08-09
290 # The following was signed into law on 2005-08-08.
292 # H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act of 2005, SEC. 110. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS.
293 # (a) Amendment.--Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15
294 # U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended--
295 # (1) by striking "first Sunday of April" and inserting "second
296 # Sunday of March"; and
297 # (2) by striking "last Sunday of October" and inserting "first
298 # Sunday of November'.
299 # (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the
300 # date of enactment of this Act or March 1, 2007, whichever is later.
301 # (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 9 months after the effective
302 # date stated in subsection (b), the Secretary shall report to Congress
303 # on the impact of this section on energy consumption in the United
305 # (d) Right to Revert.--Congress retains the right to revert the
306 # Daylight Saving Time back to the 2005 time schedules once the
307 # Department study is complete.
309 # US eastern time, represented by New York
311 # Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, most of Florida,
312 # Georgia, southeast Indiana (Dearborn and Ohio counties), eastern Kentucky
313 # (except America/Kentucky/Louisville below), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
314 # New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
315 # Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, eastern Tennessee,
316 # Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
318 # From Dave Cantor (2004-11-02):
319 # Early this summer I had the occasion to visit the Mount Washington
320 # Observatory weather station atop (of course!) Mount Washington [, NH]....
321 # One of the staff members said that the station was on Eastern Standard Time
322 # and didn't change their clocks for Daylight Saving ... so that their
323 # reports will always have times which are 5 hours behind UTC.
325 # From Paul Eggert (2005-08-26):
326 # According to today's Huntsville Times
327 # http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1125047783228320.xml&coll=1
328 # a few towns on Alabama's "eastern border with Georgia, such as Phenix City
329 # in Russell County, Lanett in Chambers County and some towns in Lee County,
330 # set their watches and clocks on Eastern time." It quotes H.H. "Bubba"
331 # Roberts, city administrator in Phenix City. as saying "We are in the Central
332 # time zone, but we do go by the Eastern time zone because so many people work
335 # From Paul Eggert (2017-02-22):
336 # Four cities are involved. The two not mentioned above are Smiths Station
337 # and Valley. Barbara Brooks, Valley's assistant treasurer, heard it started
338 # because West Point Pepperell textile mills were in Alabama while the
339 # corporate office was in Georgia, and residents voted to keep Eastern
340 # time even after the mills closed. See: Kazek K. Did you know which
341 # Alabama towns are in a different time zone? al.com 2017-02-06.
342 # http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2017/02/do_you_know_which_alabama_town.html
344 # From Paul Eggert (2014-09-06):
345 # Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 44, 4 (1884-02-08), 208
346 # says that New York City Hall time was 3 minutes 58.4 seconds fast of
347 # Eastern time (i.e., -4:56:01.6) just before the 1883 switch. Round to the
350 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
351 Rule NYC 1920 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
352 Rule NYC 1920 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
353 Rule NYC 1921 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
354 Rule NYC 1921 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
355 Rule NYC 1955 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
356 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
357 Zone America/New_York -4:56:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:03:58
364 # US central time, represented by Chicago
366 # Alabama, Arkansas, Florida panhandle (Bay, Calhoun, Escambia,
367 # Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, and
368 # Washington counties), Illinois, western Indiana
369 # (Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer,
370 # Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties), Iowa, most of Kansas, western
371 # Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, eastern
372 # Nebraska, eastern North Dakota, Oklahoma, eastern South Dakota,
373 # western Tennessee, most of Texas, Wisconsin
375 # From Paul Eggert (2018-01-07):
376 # In 1869 the Chicago Astronomical Society contracted with the city to keep
377 # time. Though delayed by the Great Fire, by 1880 a wire ran from the
378 # Dearborn Observatory (on the University of Chicago campus) to City Hall,
379 # which then sent signals to police and fire stations. However, railroads got
380 # their time signals from the Allegheny Observatory, the Madison Observatory,
381 # the Ann Arbor Observatory, etc., so their clocks did not agree with each
382 # other or with the city's official time. The confusion took some years to
384 # Moser M. How Chicago gave America its time zones. Chicago. 2018-01-04.
385 # http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/January-2018/How-Chicago-Gave-America-Its-Time-Zones/
387 # From Larry M. Smith (2006-04-26) re Wisconsin:
388 # https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/175.pdf
389 # is currently enforced at the 01:00 time of change. Because the local
390 # "bar time" in the state corresponds to 02:00, a number of citations
391 # are issued for the "sale of class 'B' alcohol after prohibited
392 # hours" within the deviated hour of this change every year....
394 # From Douglas R. Bomberg (2007-03-12):
395 # Wisconsin has enacted (nearly eleventh-hour) legislation to get WI
396 # Statue 175 closer in synch with the US Congress' intent....
397 # https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2007/related/acts/3
399 # From an email administrator of the City of Fort Pierre, SD (2015-12-21):
400 # Fort Pierre is technically located in the Mountain time zone as is
401 # the rest of Stanley County. Most of Stanley County and Fort Pierre
402 # uses the Central time zone due to doing most of their business in
403 # Pierre so it simplifies schedules. I have lived in Stanley County
404 # all my life and it has been that way since I can remember. (43 years!)
406 # From Paul Eggert (2015-12-25):
407 # Assume this practice predates 1970, so Fort Pierre can use America/Chicago.
409 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
410 Rule Chicago 1920 only - Jun 13 2:00 1:00 D
411 Rule Chicago 1920 1921 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
412 Rule Chicago 1921 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
413 Rule Chicago 1922 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
414 Rule Chicago 1922 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
415 Rule Chicago 1955 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
416 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
417 Zone America/Chicago -5:50:36 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:09:24
419 -6:00 Chicago C%sT 1936 Mar 1 2:00
420 -5:00 - EST 1936 Nov 15 2:00
421 -6:00 Chicago C%sT 1942
423 -6:00 Chicago C%sT 1967
425 # Oliver County, ND switched from mountain to central time on 1992-10-25.
426 Zone America/North_Dakota/Center -6:45:12 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:14:48
427 -7:00 US M%sT 1992 Oct 25 2:00
429 # Morton County, ND, switched from mountain to central time on
430 # 2003-10-26, except for the area around Mandan which was already central time.
431 # See <http://dmses.dot.gov/docimages/p63/135818.pdf>.
432 # Officially this switch also included part of Sioux County, and
433 # Jones, Mellette, and Todd Counties in South Dakota;
434 # but in practice these other counties were already observing central time.
435 # See <http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2003/October/Day-28/i27056.htm>.
436 Zone America/North_Dakota/New_Salem -6:45:39 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:14:21
437 -7:00 US M%sT 2003 Oct 26 2:00
440 # From Josh Findley (2011-01-21):
441 # ...it appears that Mercer County, North Dakota, changed from the
442 # mountain time zone to the central time zone at the last transition from
443 # daylight-saving to standard time (on Nov. 7, 2010):
444 # https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-09-29/html/2010-24376.htm
445 # http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/local/article_1eb1b588-c758-11df-b472-001cc4c03286.html
447 # From Andy Lipscomb (2011-01-24):
448 # ...according to the Census Bureau, the largest city is Beulah (although
449 # it's commonly referred to as Beulah-Hazen, with Hazen being the next
450 # largest city in Mercer County). Google Maps places Beulah's city hall
451 # at 47° 15' 51" N, 101° 46' 40" W, which yields an offset of 6h47'07".
453 Zone America/North_Dakota/Beulah -6:47:07 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:12:53
454 -7:00 US M%sT 2010 Nov 7 2:00
457 # US mountain time, represented by Denver
459 # Colorado, far western Kansas, Montana, western
460 # Nebraska, Nevada border (Jackpot, Owyhee, and Mountain City),
461 # New Mexico, southwestern North Dakota,
462 # western South Dakota, far western Texas (El Paso County, Hudspeth County,
463 # and Pine Springs and Nickel Creek in Culberson County), Utah, Wyoming
465 # From Paul Eggert (2018-10-25):
466 # On 1921-03-04 federal law placed all of Texas into the central time zone.
467 # However, El Paso ignored the law for decades and continued to observe
468 # mountain time, on the grounds that that's what they had always done
469 # and they weren't about to let the federal government tell them what to do.
470 # Eventually the federal government gave in and changed the law on
471 # 1970-04-10 to match what El Paso was actually doing. Although
472 # that's slightly after our 1970 cutoff, there is no need to create a
473 # separate zone for El Paso since they were ignoring the law anyway. See:
474 # Long T. El Pasoans were time rebels, fought to stay in Mountain zone.
475 # El Paso Times. 2018-10-24 06:40 -06.
476 # https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/el-paso/2018/10/24/el-pasoans-were-time-rebels-fought-stay-mountain-zone/1744509002/
478 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
479 Rule Denver 1920 1921 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
480 Rule Denver 1920 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
481 Rule Denver 1921 only - May 22 2:00 0 S
482 Rule Denver 1965 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
483 Rule Denver 1965 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
484 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
485 Zone America/Denver -6:59:56 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00:04
487 -7:00 Denver M%sT 1942
489 -7:00 Denver M%sT 1967
492 # US Pacific time, represented by Los Angeles
494 # California, northern Idaho (Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater,
495 # Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, and Shoshone counties, Idaho county
496 # north of the Salmon River, and the towns of Burgdorf and Warren),
497 # Nevada (except West Wendover), Oregon (except the northern ¾ of
498 # Malheur county), and Washington
500 # From Paul Eggert (2016-08-20):
501 # In early February 1948, in response to California's electricity shortage,
502 # PG&E changed power frequency from 60 to 59.5 Hz during daylight hours,
503 # causing electric clocks to lose six minutes per day. (This did not change
504 # legal time, and is not part of the data here.) See:
505 # Ross SA. An energy crisis from the past: Northern California in 1948.
506 # Working Paper No. 8, Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley,
507 # 1973-11. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8x22k30c
509 # In another measure to save electricity, DST was instituted from 1948-03-14
510 # at 02:01 to 1949-01-16 at 02:00, with the governor having the option to move
511 # the fallback transition earlier. See pages 3-4 of:
512 # http://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/sites/clerk.assembly.ca.gov/files/archive/Statutes/1948/48Vol1_Chapters.pdf
516 # Governor Warren received a torrent of objecting mail, and it is not too much
517 # to speculate that the objections to Daylight Saving Time were one important
518 # factor in the defeat of the Dewey-Warren Presidential ticket in California.
521 # On December 8 the governor exercised the option, setting the date to January 1
522 # (LA Times 1948-12-09). The transition time was 02:00 (LA Times 1949-01-01).
524 # Despite the controversy, in 1949 California voters approved Proposition 12,
525 # which established DST from April's last Sunday at 01:00 until September's
526 # last Sunday at 02:00. This was amended by 1962's Proposition 6, which changed
527 # the fall-back date to October's last Sunday. See:
528 # https://repository.uchastings.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1501&context=ca_ballot_props
529 # https://repository.uchastings.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1636&context=ca_ballot_props
531 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
532 Rule CA 1948 only - Mar 14 2:01 1:00 D
533 Rule CA 1949 only - Jan 1 2:00 0 S
534 Rule CA 1950 1966 - Apr lastSun 1:00 1:00 D
535 Rule CA 1950 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
536 Rule CA 1962 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
537 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
538 Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:07:02
544 # AK%sT is the modern abbreviation for -09 per USNO.
546 # From Paul Eggert (2017-06-15):
547 # Howse writes that Alaska switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar,
548 # and from east-of-GMT to west-of-GMT days, when the US bought it from Russia.
549 # On Friday, 1867-10-18 (Gregorian), at precisely 15:30 local time, the
550 # Russian forts and fleet at Sitka fired salutes to mark the ceremony of
551 # formal transfer. See the Sacramento Daily Union (1867-11-14), p 3, col 2.
552 # https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18671114.2.12.1
553 # Sitka workers did not change their calendars until Sunday, 1867-10-20,
554 # and so celebrated two Sundays that week. See: Ahllund T (tr Hallamaa P).
555 # From the memoirs of a Finnish workman. Alaska History. 2006 Fall;21(2):1-25.
556 # http://alaskahistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Ahllund-2006-Memoirs-of-a-Finnish-Workman.pdf
557 # Include only the time zone part of this transition, ignoring the switch
558 # from Julian to Gregorian, since we can't represent the Julian calendar.
560 # As far as we know, of the locations mentioned below only Sitka was
561 # permanently inhabited in 1867 by anyone using either calendar.
562 # (Yakutat was colonized by the Russians in 1799, but the settlement was
563 # destroyed in 1805 by a Yakutat-kon war party.) Many of Alaska's inhabitants
564 # were unaware of the US acquisition of Alaska, much less of any calendar or
565 # time change. However, the Russian-influenced part of Alaska did observe
566 # Russian time, and it is more accurate to model this than to ignore it.
567 # The database format requires an exact transition time; use the Russian
568 # salute as a somewhat-arbitrary time for the formal transfer of control for
569 # all of Alaska. Sitka's UTC offset is -9:01:13; adjust its 15:30 to the
570 # local times of other Alaskan locations so that they change simultaneously.
572 # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-18):
573 # One opinion of the early-1980s turmoil in Alaska over time zones and
574 # daylight saving time appeared as graffiti on a Juneau airport wall:
575 # "Welcome to Juneau. Please turn your watch back to the 19th century."
576 # See: Turner W. Alaska's four time zones now two. NY Times 1983-11-01.
577 # http://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/01/us/alaska-s-four-time-zones-now-two.html
579 # Steve Ferguson (2011-01-31) referred to the following source:
580 # Norris F. Keeping time in Alaska: national directives, local response.
581 # Alaska History 2001;16(1-2).
582 # http://alaskahistoricalsociety.org/discover-alaska/glimpses-of-the-past/keeping-time-in-alaska/
584 # From Arthur David Olson (2011-02-01):
585 # Here's database-relevant material from the 2001 "Alaska History" article:
587 # On September 20 [1979]...DOT...officials decreed that on April 27,
588 # 1980, Juneau and other nearby communities would move to Yukon Time.
589 # Sitka, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan, however, would remain on
592 # ...on September 22, 1980, DOT Secretary Neil E. Goldschmidt rescinded the
593 # Department's September 1979 decision. Juneau and other communities in
594 # northern Southeast reverted to Pacific Time on October 26.
596 # On October 28 [1983]...the Metlakatla Indian Community Council voted
597 # unanimously to keep the reservation on Pacific Time.
599 # According to DOT official Joanne Petrie, Indian reservations are not
600 # bound to follow time zones imposed by neighboring jurisdictions.
602 # (The last is consistent with how the database now handles the Navajo
605 # From Arthur David Olson (2011-02-09):
606 # I just spoke by phone with a staff member at the Metlakatla Indian
607 # Community office (using contact information available at
608 # http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_name=Metlakatla
609 # It's shortly after 1:00 here on the east coast of the United States;
610 # the staffer said it was shortly after 10:00 there. When I asked whether
611 # that meant they were on Pacific time, they said no - they were on their
612 # own time. I asked about daylight saving; they said it wasn't used. I
613 # did not inquire about practices in the past.
615 # From Arthur David Olson (2011-08-17):
616 # For lack of better information, assume that Metlakatla's
617 # abandonment of use of daylight saving resulted from the 1983 vote.
619 # From Steffen Thorsen (2015-11-09):
620 # It seems Metlakatla did go off PST on Sunday, November 1, changing
621 # their time to AKST and are going to follow Alaska's DST, switching
622 # between AKST and AKDT from now on....
623 # https://www.krbd.org/2015/10/30/annette-island-times-they-are-a-changing/
625 # From Ryan Stanley (2018-11-06):
626 # The Metlakatla community in Alaska has decided not to change its
627 # clock back an hour starting on November 4th, 2018 (day before yesterday).
628 # They will be gmtoff=-28800 year-round.
629 # https://www.facebook.com/141055983004923/photos/pb.141055983004923.-2207520000.1541465673./569081370202380/
631 # From Paul Eggert (2018-12-16):
632 # In a 2018-12-11 special election, Metlakatla voted to go back to
633 # Alaska time (including daylight saving time) starting next year.
634 # https://www.krbd.org/2018/12/12/metlakatla-to-follow-alaska-standard-time-allow-liquor-sales/
636 # From Ryan Stanley (2019-01-11):
637 # The community will be changing back on the 20th of this month...
638 # From Tim Parenti (2019-01-11):
639 # Per an announcement on the Metlakatla community's official Facebook page, the
640 # "fall back" will be on Sunday 2019-01-20 at 02:00:
641 # https://www.facebook.com/141055983004923/photos/607150969728753/
642 # So they won't be waiting for Alaska to join them on 2019-03-10, but will
643 # rather change their clocks twice in seven weeks.
645 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
646 Zone America/Juneau 15:02:19 - LMT 1867 Oct 19 15:33:32
647 -8:57:41 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00
651 -8:00 US P%sT 1980 Apr 27 2:00
652 -9:00 US Y%sT 1980 Oct 26 2:00
653 -8:00 US P%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00
654 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Nov 30
656 Zone America/Sitka 14:58:47 - LMT 1867 Oct 19 15:30
657 -9:01:13 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00
661 -8:00 US P%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00
662 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Nov 30
664 Zone America/Metlakatla 15:13:42 - LMT 1867 Oct 19 15:44:55
665 -8:46:18 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00
669 -8:00 US P%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00
670 -8:00 - PST 2015 Nov 1 2:00
671 -9:00 US AK%sT 2018 Nov 4 2:00
672 -8:00 - PST 2019 Jan 20 2:00
674 Zone America/Yakutat 14:41:05 - LMT 1867 Oct 19 15:12:18
675 -9:18:55 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00
679 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Nov 30
681 Zone America/Anchorage 14:00:24 - LMT 1867 Oct 19 14:31:37
682 -9:59:36 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00
684 -10:00 US A%sT 1967 Apr
686 -10:00 US AH%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00
687 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Nov 30
689 Zone America/Nome 12:58:22 - LMT 1867 Oct 19 13:29:35
690 -11:01:38 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00
693 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr
695 -11:00 US B%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00
696 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Nov 30
698 Zone America/Adak 12:13:22 - LMT 1867 Oct 19 12:44:35
699 -11:46:38 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00
702 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr
704 -11:00 US B%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00
705 -10:00 US AH%sT 1983 Nov 30
707 # The following switches don't quite make our 1970 cutoff.
709 # Shanks writes that part of southwest Alaska (e.g. Aniak)
710 # switched from -11:00 to -10:00 on 1968-09-22 at 02:00,
711 # and another part (e.g. Akiak) made the same switch five weeks later.
713 # From David Flater (2004-11-09):
714 # In e-mail, 2004-11-02, Ray Hudson, historian/liaison to the Unalaska
715 # Historic Preservation Commission, provided this information, which
716 # suggests that Unalaska deviated from statutory time from early 1967
717 # possibly until 1983:
719 # Minutes of the Unalaska City Council Meeting, January 10, 1967:
720 # "Except for St. Paul and Akutan, Unalaska is the only important
721 # location not on Alaska Standard Time. The following resolution was
722 # made by William Robinson and seconded by Henry Swanson: Be it
723 # resolved that the City of Unalaska hereby goes to Alaska Standard
724 # Time as of midnight Friday, January 13, 1967 (1 A.M. Saturday,
725 # January 14, Alaska Standard Time.) This resolution was passed with
726 # three votes for and one against."
730 # From Arthur David Olson (2010-12-09):
731 # "Hawaiian Time" by Robert C. Schmitt and Doak C. Cox appears on pages 207-225
732 # of volume 26 of The Hawaiian Journal of History (1992). As of 2010-12-09,
733 # the article is available at
734 # https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/239/2/JL26215.pdf
735 # and indicates that standard time was adopted effective noon, January
736 # 13, 1896 (page 218), that in "1933, the Legislature decreed daylight
737 # saving for the period between the last Sunday of each April and the
738 # last Sunday of each September, but less than a month later repealed the
739 # act," (page 220), that year-round daylight saving time was in effect
740 # from 1942-02-09 to 1945-09-30 (page 221, with no time of day given for
741 # when clocks changed) and that clocks were changed by 30 minutes
742 # effective the second Sunday of June, 1947 (page 219, with no time of
743 # day given for when clocks changed). A footnote for the 1933 changes
744 # cites Session Laws of Hawaii 1933, "Act. 90 (approved 26 Apr. 1933)
745 # and Act 163 (approved 21 May 1933)."
747 # From Arthur David Olson (2011-01-19):
748 # The following is from "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the
749 # Seventeenth Legislature: Regular Session 1933," available (as of
750 # 2011-01-19) at American University's Pence Law Library. Page 85: "Act
751 # 90...At 2 o'clock ante meridian of the last Sunday in April of each
752 # year, the standard time of this Territory shall be advanced one
753 # hour...This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved this 26th
754 # day of April, A. D. 1933. LAWRENCE M JUDD, Governor of the Territory of
755 # Hawaii." Page 172: "Act 163...Act 90 of the Session Laws of 1933 is
756 # hereby repealed...This Act shall take effect upon its approval, upon
757 # which date the standard time of this Territory shall be restored to
758 # that existing immediately prior to the taking effect of said Act 90.
759 # Approved this 21st day of May, A. D. 1933. LAWRENCE M. JUDD, Governor
760 # of the Territory of Hawaii."
762 # Note that 1933-05-21 was a Sunday.
763 # We're left to guess the time of day when Act 163 was approved; guess noon.
765 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
766 Zone Pacific/Honolulu -10:31:26 - LMT 1896 Jan 13 12:00
767 -10:30 - HST 1933 Apr 30 2:00
768 -10:30 1:00 HDT 1933 May 21 12:00
769 -10:30 US H%sT 1947 Jun 8 2:00
772 # Now we turn to US areas that have diverged from the consensus since 1970.
774 # Arizona mostly uses MST.
776 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-20):
778 # The information in the rest of this paragraph is derived from the
779 # Daylight Saving Time web page
780 # <http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/links/daylight.htm> (2002-01-23)
781 # maintained by the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records.
782 # Between 1944-01-01 and 1944-04-01 the State of Arizona used standard
783 # time, but by federal law railroads, airlines, bus lines, military
784 # personnel, and some engaged in interstate commerce continued to
785 # observe war (i.e., daylight saving) time. The 1944-03-17 Phoenix
786 # Gazette says that was the date the law changed, and that 04-01 was
787 # the date the state's clocks would change. In 1945 the State of
788 # Arizona used standard time all year, again with exceptions only as
789 # mandated by federal law. Arizona observed DST in 1967, but Arizona
790 # Laws 1968, ch. 183 (effective 1968-03-21) repealed DST.
792 # Shanks says the 1944 experiment came to an end on 1944-03-17.
793 # Go with the Arizona State Library instead.
795 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
796 Zone America/Phoenix -7:28:18 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 11:31:42
797 -7:00 US M%sT 1944 Jan 1 0:01
798 -7:00 - MST 1944 Apr 1 0:01
799 -7:00 US M%sT 1944 Oct 1 0:01
801 -7:00 US M%sT 1968 Mar 21
803 # From Arthur David Olson (1988-02-13):
804 # A writer from the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.,
805 # notes in private correspondence dated 1987-12-28 that "Presently, only the
806 # Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, due to its
807 # large size and location in three states." (The "only" means that other
808 # tribal nations don't use DST.)
810 # From Paul Eggert (2013-08-26):
811 # See America/Denver for a zone appropriate for the Navajo Nation.
813 # Southern Idaho (Ada, Adams, Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine,
814 # Boise, Bonneville, Butte, Camas, Canyon, Caribou, Cassia, Clark,
815 # Custer, Elmore, Franklin, Fremont, Gem, Gooding, Jefferson, Jerome,
816 # Lemhi, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka, Oneida, Owyhee, Payette, Power,
817 # Teton, Twin Falls, Valley, Washington counties, and the southern
818 # quarter of Idaho county) and eastern Oregon (most of Malheur County)
819 # switched four weeks late in 1974.
821 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
822 Zone America/Boise -7:44:49 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:15:11
823 -8:00 US P%sT 1923 May 13 2:00
825 -7:00 - MST 1974 Feb 3 2:00
830 # For a map of Indiana's time zone regions, see:
831 # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Indiana
833 # From Paul Eggert (2018-11-30):
834 # A brief but entertaining history of time in Indiana describes a 1949 debate
835 # in the Indiana House where city legislators (who favored "fast time")
836 # tussled with farm legislators (who didn't) over a bill to outlaw DST:
837 # "Lacking enough votes, the city faction tries to filibuster until time runs
838 # out on the session at midnight, but rural champion Rep. Herbert Copeland,
839 # R-Madison, leans over the gallery railing and forces the official clock
840 # back to 9 p.m., breaking it in the process. The clock sticks on 9 as the
841 # debate rages on into the night. The filibuster finally dies out and the
842 # bill passes, while outside the chamber, clocks read 3:30 a.m. In the end,
843 # it doesn't matter which side won. The law has no enforcement powers and
844 # is simply ignored by fast-time communities."
845 # How Indiana went from 'God's time' to split zones and daylight-saving.
846 # Indianapolis Star. 2018-11-27 14:58 -05.
847 # https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/27/indianapolis-indiana-time-zone-history-central-eastern-daylight-savings-time/2126300002/
849 # From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17):
850 # Since 1970, most of Indiana has been like America/Indiana/Indianapolis,
851 # with the following exceptions:
853 # - Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer,
854 # Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties have been like America/Chicago.
856 # - Dearborn and Ohio counties have been like America/New_York.
858 # - Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties have been like
859 # America/Kentucky/Louisville.
861 # - Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Starke,
862 # and Switzerland counties have their own time zone histories as noted below.
864 # Shanks partitioned Indiana into 345 regions, each with its own time history,
865 # and wrote "Even newspaper reports present contradictory information."
866 # Those Hoosiers! Such a flighty and changeable people!
867 # Fortunately, most of the complexity occurred before our cutoff date of 1970.
869 # Other than Indianapolis, the Indiana place names are so nondescript
870 # that they would be ambiguous if we left them at the 'America' level.
871 # So we reluctantly put them all in a subdirectory 'America/Indiana'.
873 # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-26):
874 # https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2006/01/20/06-563/standard-time-zone-boundary-in-the-state-of-indiana
875 # says "DOT is relocating the time zone boundary in Indiana to move Starke,
876 # Pulaski, Knox, Daviess, Martin, Pike, Dubois, and Perry Counties from the
877 # Eastern Time Zone to the Central Time Zone.... The effective date of
878 # this rule is 2 a.m. EST Sunday, April 2, 2006, which is the
879 # changeover date from standard time to Daylight Saving Time."
880 # Strictly speaking, this meant the affected counties changed their
881 # clocks twice that night, but this obviously was in error. The intent
882 # was that 01:59:59 EST be followed by 02:00:00 CDT.
884 # From Gwillim Law (2007-02-10):
885 # The Associated Press has been reporting that Pulaski County, Indiana is
886 # going to switch from Central to Eastern Time on March 11, 2007....
887 # http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070207/LOCAL190108/702070524/0/LOCAL
889 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
890 Rule Indianapolis 1941 only - Jun 22 2:00 1:00 D
891 Rule Indianapolis 1941 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
892 Rule Indianapolis 1946 1954 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
893 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
894 Zone America/Indiana/Indianapolis -5:44:38 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:15:22
896 -6:00 Indianapolis C%sT 1942
898 -6:00 Indianapolis C%sT 1955 Apr 24 2:00
899 -5:00 - EST 1957 Sep 29 2:00
900 -6:00 - CST 1958 Apr 27 2:00
906 # Eastern Crawford County, Indiana, left its clocks alone in 1974,
907 # as well as from 1976 through 2005.
908 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
909 Rule Marengo 1951 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
910 Rule Marengo 1951 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
911 Rule Marengo 1954 1960 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
912 Rule Marengo 1954 1960 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
913 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
914 Zone America/Indiana/Marengo -5:45:23 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:14:37
916 -6:00 Marengo C%sT 1961 Apr 30 2:00
918 -5:00 US E%sT 1974 Jan 6 2:00
919 -6:00 1:00 CDT 1974 Oct 27 2:00
924 # Daviess, Dubois, Knox, and Martin Counties, Indiana,
925 # switched from eastern to central time in April 2006, then switched back
927 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
928 Rule Vincennes 1946 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
929 Rule Vincennes 1946 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
930 Rule Vincennes 1953 1954 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
931 Rule Vincennes 1953 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
932 Rule Vincennes 1955 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
933 Rule Vincennes 1956 1963 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
934 Rule Vincennes 1960 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
935 Rule Vincennes 1961 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
936 Rule Vincennes 1962 1963 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
937 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
938 Zone America/Indiana/Vincennes -5:50:07 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:09:53
940 -6:00 Vincennes C%sT 1964 Apr 26 2:00
943 -5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00
944 -6:00 US C%sT 2007 Nov 4 2:00
947 # Perry County, Indiana, switched from eastern to central time in April 2006.
948 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
949 Rule Perry 1946 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
950 Rule Perry 1946 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
951 Rule Perry 1953 1954 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
952 Rule Perry 1953 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
953 Rule Perry 1955 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
954 Rule Perry 1956 1963 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
955 Rule Perry 1960 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
956 Rule Perry 1961 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
957 Rule Perry 1962 1963 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
958 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
959 Zone America/Indiana/Tell_City -5:47:03 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:12:57
961 -6:00 Perry C%sT 1964 Apr 26 2:00
964 -5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00
967 # Pike County, Indiana moved from central to eastern time in 1977,
968 # then switched back in 2006, then switched back again in 2007.
969 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
970 Rule Pike 1955 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
971 Rule Pike 1955 1960 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
972 Rule Pike 1956 1964 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
973 Rule Pike 1961 1964 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
974 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
975 Zone America/Indiana/Petersburg -5:49:07 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:10:53
977 -6:00 Pike C%sT 1965 Apr 25 2:00
978 -5:00 - EST 1966 Oct 30 2:00
979 -6:00 US C%sT 1977 Oct 30 2:00
980 -5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00
981 -6:00 US C%sT 2007 Nov 4 2:00
984 # Starke County, Indiana moved from central to eastern time in 1991,
985 # then switched back in 2006.
986 # From Arthur David Olson (1991-10-28):
987 # An article on page A3 of the Sunday, 1991-10-27 Washington Post
988 # notes that Starke County switched from Central time to Eastern time as of
990 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
991 Rule Starke 1947 1961 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
992 Rule Starke 1947 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
993 Rule Starke 1955 1956 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
994 Rule Starke 1957 1958 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
995 Rule Starke 1959 1961 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
996 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
997 Zone America/Indiana/Knox -5:46:30 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:13:30
999 -6:00 Starke C%sT 1962 Apr 29 2:00
1000 -5:00 - EST 1963 Oct 27 2:00
1001 -6:00 US C%sT 1991 Oct 27 2:00
1002 -5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00
1005 # Pulaski County, Indiana, switched from eastern to central time in
1006 # April 2006 and then switched back in March 2007.
1007 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
1008 Rule Pulaski 1946 1960 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1009 Rule Pulaski 1946 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1010 Rule Pulaski 1955 1956 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1011 Rule Pulaski 1957 1960 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1012 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1013 Zone America/Indiana/Winamac -5:46:25 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:13:35
1015 -6:00 Pulaski C%sT 1961 Apr 30 2:00
1018 -5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00
1019 -6:00 US C%sT 2007 Mar 11 2:00
1022 # Switzerland County, Indiana, did not observe DST from 1973 through 2005.
1023 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1024 Zone America/Indiana/Vevay -5:40:16 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:19:44
1025 -6:00 US C%sT 1954 Apr 25 2:00
1031 # From Paul Eggert (2018-03-20):
1032 # The Louisville & Nashville Railroad's 1883-11-18 change occurred at
1033 # 10:00 old local time; train were supposed to come to a standstill
1034 # for precisely 18 minutes. See Bartky Fig. 1 (page 50). It is not
1035 # clear how this matched civil time in Louisville, so for now continue
1036 # to assume Louisville switched at noon new local time, like New York.
1038 # Part of Kentucky left its clocks alone in 1974.
1039 # This also includes Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties in Indiana.
1040 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
1041 Rule Louisville 1921 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D
1042 Rule Louisville 1921 only - Sep 1 2:00 0 S
1043 Rule Louisville 1941 1961 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1044 Rule Louisville 1941 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1045 Rule Louisville 1946 only - Jun 2 2:00 0 S
1046 Rule Louisville 1950 1955 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1047 Rule Louisville 1956 1960 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1048 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1049 Zone America/Kentucky/Louisville -5:43:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:16:58
1051 -6:00 Louisville C%sT 1942
1053 -6:00 Louisville C%sT 1961 Jul 23 2:00
1055 -5:00 US E%sT 1974 Jan 6 2:00
1056 -6:00 1:00 CDT 1974 Oct 27 2:00
1059 # Wayne County, Kentucky
1061 # From Lake Cumberland LIFE
1062 # http://www.lake-cumberland.com/life/archive/news990129time.shtml
1063 # (1999-01-29) via WKYM-101.7:
1064 # Clinton County has joined Wayne County in asking the DoT to change from
1065 # the Central to the Eastern time zone.... The Wayne County government made
1066 # the same request in December. And while Russell County officials have not
1067 # taken action, the majority of respondents to a poll conducted there in
1068 # August indicated they would like to change to "fast time" also.
1069 # The three Lake Cumberland counties are the farthest east of any U.S.
1070 # location in the Central time zone.
1072 # From Rich Wales (2000-08-29):
1073 # After prolonged debate, and despite continuing deep differences of opinion,
1074 # Wayne County (central Kentucky) is switching from Central (-0600) to Eastern
1075 # (-0500) time. They won't "fall back" this year. See Sara Shipley,
1076 # The difference an hour makes, Nando Times (2000-08-29 15:33 -0400).
1078 # From Paul Eggert (2001-07-16):
1079 # The final rule was published in the
1080 # Federal Register 65, 160 (2000-08-17), pp 50154-50158.
1081 # https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2000-08-17/html/00-20854.htm
1083 Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:20:36
1086 -6:00 US C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
1090 # From Rives McDow (2000-08-30):
1091 # Here ... are all the changes in the US since 1985.
1092 # Kearny County, KS (put all of county on central;
1093 # previously split between MST and CST) ... 1990-10
1094 # Starke County, IN (from CST to EST) ... 1991-10
1095 # Oliver County, ND (from MST to CST) ... 1992-10
1096 # West Wendover, NV (from PST TO MST) ... 1999-10
1097 # Wayne County, KY (from CST to EST) ... 2000-10
1099 # From Paul Eggert (2001-07-17):
1100 # We don't know where the line used to be within Kearny County, KS,
1101 # so omit that change for now.
1102 # See America/Indiana/Knox for the Starke County, IN change.
1103 # See America/North_Dakota/Center for the Oliver County, ND change.
1104 # West Wendover, NV officially switched from Pacific to mountain time on
1105 # 1999-10-31. See the
1106 # Federal Register 64, 203 (1999-10-21), pp 56705-56707.
1107 # https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1999-10-21/html/99-27240.htm
1108 # However, the Federal Register says that West Wendover already operated
1109 # on mountain time, and the rule merely made this official;
1110 # hence a separate tz entry is not needed.
1114 # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
1115 # Michigan didn't observe DST from 1968 to 1973.
1117 # From Paul Eggert (1999-03-31):
1118 # Shanks writes that Michigan started using standard time on 1885-09-18,
1119 # but Howse writes (pp 124-125, referring to Popular Astronomy, 1901-01)
1122 # local time until 1900 when the City Council decreed that clocks should
1123 # be put back twenty-eight minutes to Central Standard Time. Half the
1124 # city obeyed, half refused. After considerable debate, the decision
1125 # was rescinded and the city reverted to Sun time. A derisive offer to
1126 # erect a sundial in front of the city hall was referred to the
1127 # Committee on Sewers. Then, in 1905, Central time was adopted
1130 # This story is too entertaining to be false, so go with Howse over Shanks.
1132 # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06):
1133 # Garland (1927) writes "Cleveland and Detroit advanced their clocks
1134 # one hour in 1914." This change is not in Shanks. We have no more
1135 # info, so omit this for now.
1137 # From Paul Eggert (2017-07-26):
1138 # Although Shanks says Detroit observed DST in 1967 from 06-14 00:01
1139 # until 10-29 00:01, I now see multiple reports that this is incorrect.
1140 # For example, according to a 50-year anniversary report about the 1967
1141 # Detroit riots and a major-league doubleheader on 1967-07-23, "By the time
1142 # the last fly ball of the doubleheader settled into the glove of leftfielder
1143 # Lenny Green, it was after 7 p.m. Detroit did not observe daylight saving
1144 # time, so light was already starting to fail. Twilight was made even deeper
1145 # by billowing columns of smoke that ascended in an unbroken wall north of the
1146 # ballpark." See: Dow B. Detroit '67: As violence unfolded, Tigers played two
1147 # at home vs. Yankees. Detroit Free Press 2017-07-23.
1148 # https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/07/23/detroit-tigers-1967-riot-new-york-yankees/499951001/
1150 # Most of Michigan observed DST from 1973 on, but was a bit late in 1975.
1151 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
1152 Rule Detroit 1948 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1153 Rule Detroit 1948 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1154 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1155 Zone America/Detroit -5:32:11 - LMT 1905
1156 -6:00 - CST 1915 May 15 2:00
1159 -5:00 Detroit E%sT 1973
1161 -5:00 - EST 1975 Apr 27 2:00
1164 # Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, and Menominee Counties, Michigan,
1165 # switched from EST to CST/CDT in 1973.
1166 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER
1167 Rule Menominee 1946 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1168 Rule Menominee 1946 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1169 Rule Menominee 1966 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1170 Rule Menominee 1966 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1171 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1172 Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00
1174 -6:00 Menominee C%sT 1969 Apr 27 2:00
1175 -5:00 - EST 1973 Apr 29 2:00
1179 # administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service
1180 # claimed by US under the provisions of the 1856 Guano Islands Act
1181 # also claimed by Haiti
1182 # occupied 1857/1900 by the Navassa Phosphate Co
1183 # US lighthouse 1917/1996-09
1184 # currently uninhabited
1185 # see Mark Fineman, "An Isle Rich in Guano and Discord",
1186 # _Los Angeles Times_ (1998-11-10), A1, A10; it cites
1187 # Jimmy Skaggs, _The Great Guano Rush_ (1994).
1189 ################################################################################
1192 # From Paul Eggert (2017-02-10):
1194 # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
1195 # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
1196 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
1197 # Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
1199 # Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source
1200 # for time zone data was the International Air Transport
1201 # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
1202 # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
1203 # of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted,
1204 # IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
1206 # Other sources occasionally used include:
1208 # Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
1209 # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated),
1210 # which I found in the UCLA library.
1212 # William Willett, The Waste of Daylight, 19th edition
1213 # <http://cs.ucla.edu/~eggert/The-Waste-of-Daylight-19th.pdf>
1216 # Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
1217 # <https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
1219 # See the 'europe' file for Greenland.
1223 # From Alain LaBonté (1994-11-14):
1224 # I post here the time zone abbreviations standardized in Canada
1225 # for both English and French in the CAN/CSA-Z234.4-89 standard....
1227 # UTC Standard time Daylight saving time
1228 # offset French English French English
1232 # -4 HNA AST HAE EDT
1233 # -5 HNE EST HAC CDT
1234 # -6 HNC CST HAR MDT
1235 # -7 HNR MST HAP PDT
1236 # -8 HNP PST HAY YDT
1239 # HN: Heure Normale ST: Standard Time
1240 # HA: Heure Avancée DT: Daylight saving Time
1242 # A: de l'Atlantique Atlantic
1243 # C: du Centre Central
1244 # E: de l'Est Eastern
1247 # P: du Pacifique Pacific
1252 # From Paul Eggert (1994-11-22):
1253 # Alas, this sort of thing must be handled by localization software.
1255 # Unless otherwise specified, the data entries for Canada are all from Shanks
1258 # From Chris Walton (2006-04-01, 2006-04-25, 2006-06-26, 2007-01-31,
1260 # The British Columbia government announced yesterday that it will
1261 # adjust daylight savings next year to align with changes in the
1262 # U.S. and the rest of Canada....
1263 # https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2006AG0014-000330.htm
1266 # Daylight saving time will be extended by four weeks starting in 2007....
1267 # https://www.novascotia.ca/just/regulations/rg2/2006/ma1206.pdf
1269 # [For New Brunswick] the new legislation dictates that the time change is to
1270 # be done at 02:00 instead of 00:01.
1271 # https://www.gnb.ca/0062/acts/BBA-2006/Chap-19.pdf
1273 # Manitoba has traditionally changed the clock every fall at 03:00.
1274 # As of 2006, the transition is to take place one hour earlier at 02:00.
1275 # https://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/ccsm/o030e.php
1277 # [Alberta, Ontario, Quebec] will follow US rules.
1278 # http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/documents/spring/CH03_06.CFM
1279 # http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Source/Regs/English/2006/R06111_e.htm
1280 # http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=5&file=2006C39A.PDF
1282 # P.E.I. will follow US rules....
1283 # http://www.assembly.pe.ca/bills/pdf_chapter/62/3/chapter-41.pdf
1285 # Province of Newfoundland and Labrador....
1286 # http://www.hoa.gov.nl.ca/hoa/bills/Bill0634.htm
1289 # https://www.gov.yk.ca/legislation/regs/oic2006_127.pdf
1291 # N.W.T. will follow US rules. Whoever maintains the government web site
1292 # does not seem to believe in bookmarks. To see the news release, click the
1293 # following link and search for "Daylight Savings Time Change". Press the
1294 # "Daylight Savings Time Change" link; it will fire off a popup using
1296 # http://www.exec.gov.nt.ca/currentnews/currentPR.asp?mode=archive
1299 # An amendment to the Interpretation Act was registered on February 19/2007....
1300 # http://action.attavik.ca/home/justice-gn/attach/2007/gaz02part2.pdf
1302 # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-18):
1303 # H. David Matthews and Mary Vincent's map
1304 # "It's about TIME", _Canadian Geographic_ (September-October 1998)
1305 # http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/alacarte.asp
1306 # contains detailed boundaries for regions observing nonstandard
1307 # time and daylight saving time arrangements in Canada circa 1998.
1309 # National Research Council Canada maintains info about time zones and DST.
1310 # https://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/time/time_zones.html
1311 # https://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/time/faq/index.html#Q5
1312 # Its unofficial information is often taken from Matthews and Vincent.
1314 # From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27):
1315 # For now, assume all of DST-observing Canada will fall into line with the
1318 # From Chris Walton (2011-12-01)
1319 # In the first of Tammy Hardwick's articles
1320 # http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260
1321 # she quotes the Friday November 1/1918 edition of the Creston Review.
1322 # The quote includes these two statements:
1323 # 'Sunday the CPR went back to the old system of time...'
1324 # '... The daylight saving scheme was dropped all over Canada at the same time,'
1325 # These statements refer to a transition from daylight time to standard time
1326 # that occurred nationally on Sunday October 27/1918. This transition was
1327 # also documented in the Saturday October 26/1918 edition of the Toronto Star.
1329 # In light of that evidence, we alter the date from the earlier believed
1330 # Oct 31, to Oct 27, 1918 (and Sunday is a more likely transition day
1331 # than Thursday) in all Canadian rulesets.
1333 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1334 Rule Canada 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
1335 Rule Canada 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
1336 Rule Canada 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War
1337 Rule Canada 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace
1338 Rule Canada 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S
1339 Rule Canada 1974 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1340 Rule Canada 1974 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1341 Rule Canada 1987 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
1342 Rule Canada 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
1343 Rule Canada 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
1346 # Newfoundland and Labrador
1348 # From Paul Eggert (2017-10-14):
1349 # Legally Labrador should observe Newfoundland time; see:
1350 # McLeod J. Labrador time - legal or not? St. John's Telegram, 2017-10-07
1351 # http://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/labrador-time--legal-or-not-154860/
1352 # Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that the only part of Labrador
1353 # that follows the rules is the southeast corner, including Port Hope
1354 # Simpson and Mary's Harbour, but excluding, say, Black Tickle.
1356 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1357 Rule StJohns 1917 only - Apr 8 2:00 1:00 D
1358 Rule StJohns 1917 only - Sep 17 2:00 0 S
1359 # Whitman gives 1919 Apr 5 and 1920 Apr 5; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1360 Rule StJohns 1919 only - May 5 23:00 1:00 D
1361 Rule StJohns 1919 only - Aug 12 23:00 0 S
1362 # For 1931-1935 Whitman gives Apr same date; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1363 Rule StJohns 1920 1935 - May Sun>=1 23:00 1:00 D
1364 Rule StJohns 1920 1935 - Oct lastSun 23:00 0 S
1365 # For 1936-1941 Whitman gives May Sun>=8 and Oct Sun>=1; go with Shanks &
1367 Rule StJohns 1936 1941 - May Mon>=9 0:00 1:00 D
1368 Rule StJohns 1936 1941 - Oct Mon>=2 0:00 0 S
1369 # Whitman gives the following transitions:
1370 # 1942 03-01/12-31, 1943 05-30/09-05, 1944 07-10/09-02, 1945 01-01/10-07
1371 # but go with Shanks & Pottenger and assume they used Canadian rules.
1372 # For 1946-9 Whitman gives May 5,4,9,1 - Oct 1,5,3,2, and for 1950 he gives
1373 # Apr 30 - Sep 24; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1374 Rule StJohns 1946 1950 - May Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
1375 Rule StJohns 1946 1950 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S
1376 Rule StJohns 1951 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1377 Rule StJohns 1951 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1378 Rule StJohns 1960 1986 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1379 # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
1380 # INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Newfoundland switches
1381 # at 00:01 local time. For now, assume it started in 1987.
1383 # From Michael Pelley (2011-09-12):
1384 # We received today, Monday, September 12, 2011, notification that the
1385 # changes to the Newfoundland Standard Time Act have been proclaimed.
1386 # The change in the Act stipulates that the change from Daylight Savings
1387 # Time to Standard Time and from Standard Time to Daylight Savings Time
1388 # now occurs at 2:00AM.
1390 # http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm
1392 # MICHAEL PELLEY | Manager of Enterprise Architecture - Solution Delivery
1393 # Office of the Chief Information Officer
1395 # Government of Newfoundland & Labrador
1397 Rule StJohns 1987 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D
1398 Rule StJohns 1987 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S
1399 Rule StJohns 1988 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 2:00 DD
1400 Rule StJohns 1989 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D
1401 Rule StJohns 2007 2011 - Mar Sun>=8 0:01 1:00 D
1402 Rule StJohns 2007 2010 - Nov Sun>=1 0:01 0 S
1404 # St John's has an apostrophe, but Posix file names can't have apostrophes.
1405 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1406 Zone America/St_Johns -3:30:52 - LMT 1884
1407 -3:30:52 StJohns N%sT 1918
1408 -3:30:52 Canada N%sT 1919
1409 -3:30:52 StJohns N%sT 1935 Mar 30
1410 -3:30 StJohns N%sT 1942 May 11
1411 -3:30 Canada N%sT 1946
1412 -3:30 StJohns N%sT 2011 Nov
1415 # most of east Labrador
1417 # The name 'Happy Valley-Goose Bay' is too long; use 'Goose Bay'.
1418 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1419 Zone America/Goose_Bay -4:01:40 - LMT 1884 # Happy Valley-Goose Bay
1421 -3:30:52 Canada N%sT 1919
1422 -3:30:52 - NST 1935 Mar 30
1424 -3:30 StJohns N%sT 1942 May 11
1425 -3:30 Canada N%sT 1946
1426 -3:30 StJohns N%sT 1966 Mar 15 2:00
1427 -4:00 StJohns A%sT 2011 Nov
1431 # west Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I
1433 # From Brian Inglis (2015-07-20):
1434 # From the historical weather station records available at:
1435 # https://weatherspark.com/history/28351/1971/Sydney-Nova-Scotia-Canada
1436 # Sydney shares the same time history as Glace Bay, so was
1437 # likely to be the same across the island....
1438 # Sydney, as the capital and most populous location, or Cape Breton, would
1439 # have been better names for the zone had we known this in 1996.
1441 # From Paul Eggert (2015-07-20):
1442 # Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of this region has been like
1443 # Halifax. Many locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1972;
1444 # the Cape Breton area, represented by Glace Bay, is the largest we know of
1445 # (Glace Bay was perhaps not the best name choice but no point changing now).
1446 # Shanks & Pottenger also write that Liverpool, NS was the only town
1447 # in Canada to observe DST in 1971 but not 1970; for now we'll assume
1450 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1451 Rule Halifax 1916 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
1452 Rule Halifax 1916 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
1453 Rule Halifax 1920 only - May 9 0:00 1:00 D
1454 Rule Halifax 1920 only - Aug 29 0:00 0 S
1455 Rule Halifax 1921 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 D
1456 Rule Halifax 1921 1922 - Sep 5 0:00 0 S
1457 Rule Halifax 1922 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D
1458 Rule Halifax 1923 1925 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
1459 Rule Halifax 1923 only - Sep 4 0:00 0 S
1460 Rule Halifax 1924 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S
1461 Rule Halifax 1925 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 S
1462 Rule Halifax 1926 only - May 16 0:00 1:00 D
1463 Rule Halifax 1926 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S
1464 Rule Halifax 1927 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
1465 Rule Halifax 1927 only - Sep 26 0:00 0 S
1466 Rule Halifax 1928 1931 - May Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D
1467 Rule Halifax 1928 only - Sep 9 0:00 0 S
1468 Rule Halifax 1929 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S
1469 Rule Halifax 1930 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S
1470 Rule Halifax 1931 1932 - Sep Mon>=24 0:00 0 S
1471 Rule Halifax 1932 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D
1472 Rule Halifax 1933 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D
1473 Rule Halifax 1933 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 S
1474 Rule Halifax 1934 only - May 20 0:00 1:00 D
1475 Rule Halifax 1934 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S
1476 Rule Halifax 1935 only - Jun 2 0:00 1:00 D
1477 Rule Halifax 1935 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
1478 Rule Halifax 1936 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
1479 Rule Halifax 1936 only - Sep 14 0:00 0 S
1480 Rule Halifax 1937 1938 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
1481 Rule Halifax 1937 1941 - Sep Mon>=24 0:00 0 S
1482 Rule Halifax 1939 only - May 28 0:00 1:00 D
1483 Rule Halifax 1940 1941 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
1484 Rule Halifax 1946 1949 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1485 Rule Halifax 1946 1949 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1486 Rule Halifax 1951 1954 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1487 Rule Halifax 1951 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1488 Rule Halifax 1956 1959 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1489 Rule Halifax 1956 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1490 Rule Halifax 1962 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1491 Rule Halifax 1962 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1492 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1493 Zone America/Halifax -4:14:24 - LMT 1902 Jun 15
1494 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1918
1495 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1919
1496 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
1497 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1946
1498 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1974
1500 Zone America/Glace_Bay -3:59:48 - LMT 1902 Jun 15
1501 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1953
1502 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1954
1504 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1974
1509 # From Paul Eggert (2007-01-31):
1510 # The Time Definition Act <http://www.gnb.ca/0062/PDF-acts/t-06.pdf>
1511 # says they changed at 00:01 through 2006, and
1512 # <http://www.canlii.org/nb/laws/sta/t-6/20030127/whole.html> makes it
1513 # clear that this was the case since at least 1993.
1514 # For now, assume it started in 1993.
1516 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1517 Rule Moncton 1933 1935 - Jun Sun>=8 1:00 1:00 D
1518 Rule Moncton 1933 1935 - Sep Sun>=8 1:00 0 S
1519 Rule Moncton 1936 1938 - Jun Sun>=1 1:00 1:00 D
1520 Rule Moncton 1936 1938 - Sep Sun>=1 1:00 0 S
1521 Rule Moncton 1939 only - May 27 1:00 1:00 D
1522 Rule Moncton 1939 1941 - Sep Sat>=21 1:00 0 S
1523 Rule Moncton 1940 only - May 19 1:00 1:00 D
1524 Rule Moncton 1941 only - May 4 1:00 1:00 D
1525 Rule Moncton 1946 1972 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1526 Rule Moncton 1946 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1527 Rule Moncton 1957 1972 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1528 Rule Moncton 1993 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D
1529 Rule Moncton 1993 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S
1530 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1531 Zone America/Moncton -4:19:08 - LMT 1883 Dec 9
1532 -5:00 - EST 1902 Jun 15
1533 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1933
1534 -4:00 Moncton A%sT 1942
1535 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1946
1536 -4:00 Moncton A%sT 1973
1537 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1993
1538 -4:00 Moncton A%sT 2007
1543 # From Paul Eggert (2015-03-24):
1544 # See America/Toronto for most of Quebec, including Montreal.
1546 # Matthews and Vincent (1998) also write that Quebec east of the -63
1547 # meridian is supposed to observe AST, but residents as far east as
1548 # Natashquan use EST/EDT, and residents east of Natashquan use AST.
1549 # The Quebec department of justice writes in
1550 # "The situation in Minganie and Basse-Côte-Nord"
1551 # http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/publications/generale/temps-minganie-a.htm
1552 # that the coastal strip from just east of Natashquan to Blanc-Sablon
1553 # observes Atlantic standard time all year round.
1554 # https://www.assnat.qc.ca/Media/Process.aspx?MediaId=ANQ.Vigie.Bll.DocumentGenerique_8845en
1555 # says this common practice was codified into law as of 2007.
1556 # For lack of better info, guess this practice began around 1970, contra to
1557 # Shanks & Pottenger who have this region observing AST/ADT.
1559 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1560 Zone America/Blanc-Sablon -3:48:28 - LMT 1884
1561 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1970
1566 # From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09):
1567 # Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of Ontario has been like
1569 # Thunder Bay skipped DST in 1973.
1570 # Many smaller locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1974;
1571 # Nipigon (EST) and Rainy River (CST) are the largest that we know of.
1572 # Far west Ontario is like Winnipeg; far east Quebec is like Halifax.
1574 # From Mark Brader (2003-07-26):
1575 # [According to the Toronto Star] Orillia, Ontario, adopted DST
1576 # effective Saturday, 1912-06-22, 22:00; the article mentions that
1577 # Port Arthur (now part of Thunder Bay, Ontario) as well as Moose Jaw
1578 # have already done so. In Orillia DST was to run until Saturday,
1579 # 1912-08-31 (no time mentioned), but it was met with considerable
1580 # hostility from certain segments of the public, and was revoked after
1581 # only two weeks - I copied it as Saturday, 1912-07-07, 22:00, but
1582 # presumably that should be -07-06. (1912-06-19, -07-12; also letters
1585 # Kenora, Ontario, was to abandon DST on 1914-06-01 (-05-21).
1587 # From Paul Eggert (2017-07-08):
1588 # For more on Orillia, see: Daubs K. Bold attempt at daylight saving
1589 # time became a comic failure in Orillia. Toronto Star 2017-07-08.
1590 # https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/07/08/bold-attempt-at-daylight-saving-time-became-a-comic-failure-in-orillia.html
1592 # From Paul Eggert (1997-10-17):
1593 # Mark Brader writes that an article in the 1997-10-14 Toronto Star
1594 # says that Atikokan, Ontario currently does not observe DST,
1595 # but will vote on 11-10 whether to use EST/EDT.
1596 # He also writes that the Ontario Time Act (1990, Chapter T.9)
1597 # http://www.gov.on.ca/MBS/english/publications/statregs/conttext.html
1598 # says that Ontario east of 90W uses EST/EDT, and west of 90W uses CST/CDT.
1599 # Officially Atikokan is therefore on CST/CDT, and most likely this report
1600 # concerns a non-official time observed as a matter of local practice.
1602 # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
1603 # Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Atikokan, Pickle Lake, and
1604 # New Osnaburgh observe CST all year, that Big Trout Lake observes
1605 # CST/CDT, and that Upsala and Shebandowan observe EST/EDT, all in
1606 # violation of the official Ontario rules.
1608 # From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09):
1609 # Chris Walton (2006-07-06) mentioned an article by Stephanie MacLellan in the
1610 # 2005-07-21 Chronicle-Journal, which said:
1612 # The clocks in Atikokan stay set on standard time year-round.
1613 # This means they spend about half the time on central time and
1614 # the other half on eastern time.
1616 # For the most part, the system works, Mayor Dennis Brown said.
1618 # "The majority of businesses in Atikokan deal more with Eastern
1619 # Canada, but there are some that deal with Western Canada," he
1620 # said. "I don't see any changes happening here."
1622 # Walton also writes "Supposedly Pickle Lake and Mishkeegogamang
1623 # [New Osnaburgh] follow the same practice."
1625 # From Garry McKinnon (2006-07-14) via Chris Walton:
1626 # I chatted with a member of my board who has an outstanding memory
1627 # and a long history in Atikokan (and in the telecom industry) and he
1628 # can say for certain that Atikokan has been practicing the current
1629 # time keeping since 1952, at least.
1631 # From Paul Eggert (2006-07-17):
1632 # Shanks & Pottenger say that Atikokan has agreed with Rainy River
1633 # ever since standard time was introduced, but the information from
1634 # McKinnon sounds more authoritative. For now, assume that Atikokan
1635 # switched to EST immediately after WWII era daylight saving time
1636 # ended. This matches the old (less-populous) America/Coral_Harbour
1637 # entry since our cutoff date of 1970, so we can move
1638 # America/Coral_Harbour to the 'backward' file.
1640 # From Mark Brader (2010-03-06):
1642 # Currently the database has:
1646 # # From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09):
1647 # # Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of Ontario has been like
1649 # # Thunder Bay skipped DST in 1973.
1650 # # Many smaller locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1974;
1651 # # Nipigon (EST) and Rainy River (CST) are the largest that we know of.
1653 # In the (Toronto) Globe and Mail for Saturday, 1955-09-24, in the bottom
1654 # right corner of page 1, it says that Toronto will return to standard
1655 # time at 2 am Sunday morning (which agrees with the database), and that:
1657 # The one-hour setback will go into effect throughout most of Ontario,
1658 # except in areas like Windsor which remains on standard time all year.
1660 # Windsor is, of course, a lot larger than Nipigon.
1662 # I only came across this incidentally. I don't know if Windsor began
1663 # observing DST when Detroit did, or in 1974, or on some other date.
1665 # By the way, the article continues by noting that:
1667 # Some cities in the United States have pushed the deadline back
1668 # three weeks and will change over from daylight saving in October.
1670 # From Arthur David Olson (2010-07-17):
1672 # "Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada" appeared in
1673 # The Journal of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada,
1674 # volume 26, number 2 (February 1932) and, as of 2010-07-17,
1676 # http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1932JRASC..26...49S
1678 # It includes the text below (starting on page 57):
1680 # A list of the places in Canada using daylight saving time would
1681 # require yearly revision. From information kindly furnished by
1682 # the provincial governments and by the postmasters in many cities
1683 # and towns, it is found that the following places used daylight sav-
1684 # ing in 1930. The information for the province of Quebec is definite,
1685 # for the other provinces only approximate:
1687 # Province Daylight saving time used
1688 # Prince Edward Island Not used.
1689 # Nova Scotia In Halifax only.
1690 # New Brunswick In St. John only.
1691 # Quebec In the following places:
1695 # St. Lambert Cap de la Madelèine
1696 # Verdun Loretteville
1697 # Westmount Richmond
1698 # Outremont St. Jérôme
1699 # Longueuil Greenfield Park
1701 # Chambly-Canton Beaulieu
1702 # Melbourne La Tuque
1703 # St. Théophile Buckingham
1704 # Ontario Used generally in the cities and towns along
1705 # the southerly part of the province. Not
1706 # used in the northwesterly part.
1707 # Manitoba Not used.
1708 # Saskatchewan In Regina only.
1710 # British Columbia Not used.
1712 # With some exceptions, the use of daylight saving may be said to be limited
1713 # to those cities and towns lying between Quebec city and Windsor, Ont.
1715 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1716 Rule Toronto 1919 only - Mar 30 23:30 1:00 D
1717 Rule Toronto 1919 only - Oct 26 0:00 0 S
1718 Rule Toronto 1920 only - May 2 2:00 1:00 D
1719 Rule Toronto 1920 only - Sep 26 0:00 0 S
1720 Rule Toronto 1921 only - May 15 2:00 1:00 D
1721 Rule Toronto 1921 only - Sep 15 2:00 0 S
1722 Rule Toronto 1922 1923 - May Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
1723 # Shanks & Pottenger say 1923-09-19; assume it's a typo and that "-16"
1725 Rule Toronto 1922 1926 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 S
1726 Rule Toronto 1924 1927 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
1727 Rule Toronto 1927 1937 - Sep Sun>=25 2:00 0 S
1728 Rule Toronto 1928 1937 - Apr Sun>=25 2:00 1:00 D
1729 Rule Toronto 1938 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1730 Rule Toronto 1938 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1731 Rule Toronto 1945 1946 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1732 Rule Toronto 1946 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1733 Rule Toronto 1947 1949 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
1734 Rule Toronto 1947 1948 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S
1735 Rule Toronto 1949 only - Nov lastSun 0:00 0 S
1736 Rule Toronto 1950 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1737 Rule Toronto 1950 only - Nov lastSun 2:00 0 S
1738 Rule Toronto 1951 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1739 # Shanks & Pottenger say Toronto ended DST a week early in 1971,
1740 # namely on 1971-10-24, but Mark Brader wrote (2003-05-31) that this
1741 # is wrong, and that he had confirmed it by checking the 1971-10-30
1742 # Toronto Star, which said that DST was ending 1971-10-31 as usual.
1743 Rule Toronto 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1745 # From Paul Eggert (2003-07-27):
1746 # Willett (1914-03) writes (p. 17) "In the Cities of Fort William, and
1747 # Port Arthur, Ontario, the principle of the Bill has been in
1748 # operation for the past three years, and in the City of Moose Jaw,
1749 # Saskatchewan, for one year."
1751 # From David Bryan via Tory Tronrud, Director/Curator,
1752 # Thunder Bay Museum (2003-11-12):
1753 # There is some suggestion, however, that, by-law or not, daylight
1754 # savings time was being practiced in Fort William and Port Arthur
1755 # before 1909.... [I]n 1910, the line between the Eastern and Central
1756 # Time Zones was permanently moved about two hundred miles west to
1757 # include the Thunder Bay area.... When Canada adopted daylight
1758 # savings time in 1916, Fort William and Port Arthur, having done so
1759 # already, did not change their clocks.... During the Second World
1760 # War,... [t]he cities agreed to implement DST during the summer
1761 # months for the remainder of the war years.
1763 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1764 Zone America/Toronto -5:17:32 - LMT 1895
1765 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1919
1766 -5:00 Toronto E%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
1767 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1946
1768 -5:00 Toronto E%sT 1974
1770 Zone America/Thunder_Bay -5:57:00 - LMT 1895
1773 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1970
1774 -5:00 Toronto E%sT 1973
1777 Zone America/Nipigon -5:53:04 - LMT 1895
1778 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1940 Sep 29
1779 -5:00 1:00 EDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
1781 Zone America/Rainy_River -6:18:16 - LMT 1895
1782 -6:00 Canada C%sT 1940 Sep 29
1783 -6:00 1:00 CDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
1785 Zone America/Atikokan -6:06:28 - LMT 1895
1786 -6:00 Canada C%sT 1940 Sep 29
1787 -6:00 1:00 CDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s
1788 -6:00 Canada C%sT 1945 Sep 30 2:00
1794 # From Rob Douglas (2006-04-06):
1795 # the old Manitoba Time Act - as amended by Bill 2, assented to
1796 # March 27, 1987 ... said ...
1797 # "between two o'clock Central Standard Time in the morning of
1798 # the first Sunday of April of each year and two o'clock Central
1799 # Standard Time in the morning of the last Sunday of October next
1800 # following, one hour in advance of Central Standard Time."...
1801 # I believe that the English legislation [of the old time act] had
1802 # been assented to (March 22, 1967)....
1803 # Also, as far as I can tell, there was no order-in-council varying
1804 # the time of Daylight Saving Time for 2005 and so the provisions of
1805 # the 1987 version would apply - the changeover was at 2:00 Central
1806 # Standard Time (i.e. not until 3:00 Central Daylight Time).
1808 # From Paul Eggert (2006-04-10):
1809 # Shanks & Pottenger say Manitoba switched at 02:00 (not 02:00s)
1810 # starting 1966. Since 02:00s is clearly correct for 1967 on, assume
1811 # it was also 02:00s in 1966.
1813 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1814 Rule Winn 1916 only - Apr 23 0:00 1:00 D
1815 Rule Winn 1916 only - Sep 17 0:00 0 S
1816 Rule Winn 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
1817 Rule Winn 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
1818 Rule Winn 1937 only - May 16 2:00 1:00 D
1819 Rule Winn 1937 only - Sep 26 2:00 0 S
1820 Rule Winn 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War
1821 Rule Winn 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace
1822 Rule Winn 1945 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1823 Rule Winn 1946 only - May 12 2:00 1:00 D
1824 Rule Winn 1946 only - Oct 13 2:00 0 S
1825 Rule Winn 1947 1949 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1826 Rule Winn 1947 1949 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1827 Rule Winn 1950 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D
1828 Rule Winn 1950 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S
1829 Rule Winn 1951 1960 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1830 Rule Winn 1951 1958 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1831 Rule Winn 1959 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1832 Rule Winn 1960 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1833 Rule Winn 1963 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1834 Rule Winn 1963 only - Sep 22 2:00 0 S
1835 Rule Winn 1966 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
1836 Rule Winn 1966 2005 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 S
1837 Rule Winn 1987 2005 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D
1838 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1839 Zone America/Winnipeg -6:28:36 - LMT 1887 Jul 16
1840 -6:00 Winn C%sT 2006
1846 # From Mark Brader (2003-07-26):
1847 # The first actual adoption of DST in Canada was at the municipal
1848 # level. As the [Toronto] Star put it (1912-06-07), "While people
1849 # elsewhere have long been talking of legislation to save daylight,
1850 # the city of Moose Jaw [Saskatchewan] has acted on its own hook."
1851 # DST in Moose Jaw began on Saturday, 1912-06-01 (no time mentioned:
1852 # presumably late evening, as below), and would run until "the end of
1853 # the summer". The discrepancy between municipal time and railroad
1856 # From Paul Eggert (2003-07-27):
1857 # Willett (1914-03) notes that DST "has been in operation ... in the
1858 # City of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, for one year."
1860 # From Paul Eggert (2019-04-26):
1861 # Chris Pearce's book "The Great Daylight Saving Time Controversy" (2017)
1862 # says that Regina observed DST in 1914-1917. No dates and times,
1863 # unfortunately. It also says that in 1914 Saskatoon observed DST
1864 # from 1 June to 6 July, and that DST was also tried out in Davidson,
1865 # Melfort, and Prince Albert.
1867 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1868 # Shanks & Pottenger say that since 1970 this region has mostly been as Regina.
1869 # Some western towns (e.g. Swift Current) switched from MST/MDT to CST in 1972.
1870 # Other western towns (e.g. Lloydminster) are like Edmonton.
1871 # Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Denare Beach and Creighton
1872 # are like Winnipeg, in violation of Saskatchewan law.
1874 # From W. Jones (1992-11-06):
1875 # The. . .below is based on information I got from our law library, the
1876 # provincial archives, and the provincial Community Services department.
1877 # A precise history would require digging through newspaper archives, and
1878 # since you didn't say what you wanted, I didn't bother.
1880 # Saskatchewan is split by a time zone meridian (105W) and over the years
1881 # the boundary became pretty ragged as communities near it reevaluated
1882 # their affiliations in one direction or the other. In 1965 a provincial
1883 # referendum favoured legislating common time practices.
1885 # On 15 April 1966 the Time Act (c. T-14, Revised Statutes of
1886 # Saskatchewan 1978) was proclaimed, and established that the eastern
1887 # part of Saskatchewan would use CST year round, that districts in
1888 # northwest Saskatchewan would by default follow CST but could opt to
1889 # follow Mountain Time rules (thus 1 hour difference in the winter and
1890 # zero in the summer), and that districts in southwest Saskatchewan would
1891 # by default follow MT but could opt to follow CST.
1893 # It took a few years for the dust to settle (I know one story of a town
1894 # on one time zone having its school in another, such that a mom had to
1895 # serve her family lunch in two shifts), but presently it seems that only
1896 # a few towns on the border with Alberta (e.g. Lloydminster) follow MT
1897 # rules any more; all other districts appear to have used CST year round
1898 # since sometime in the 1960s.
1900 # From Chris Walton (2006-06-26):
1901 # The Saskatchewan time act which was last updated in 1996 is about 30 pages
1902 # long and rather painful to read.
1903 # http://www.qp.gov.sk.ca/documents/English/Statutes/Statutes/T14.pdf
1905 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1906 Rule Regina 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
1907 Rule Regina 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
1908 Rule Regina 1930 1934 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
1909 Rule Regina 1930 1934 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S
1910 Rule Regina 1937 1941 - Apr Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D
1911 Rule Regina 1937 only - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S
1912 Rule Regina 1938 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S
1913 Rule Regina 1939 1941 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S
1914 Rule Regina 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War
1915 Rule Regina 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace
1916 Rule Regina 1945 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1917 Rule Regina 1946 only - Apr Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
1918 Rule Regina 1946 only - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0 S
1919 Rule Regina 1947 1957 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1920 Rule Regina 1947 1957 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1921 Rule Regina 1959 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1922 Rule Regina 1959 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1924 Rule Swift 1957 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1925 Rule Swift 1957 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1926 Rule Swift 1959 1961 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1927 Rule Swift 1959 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1928 Rule Swift 1960 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1929 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1930 Zone America/Regina -6:58:36 - LMT 1905 Sep
1931 -7:00 Regina M%sT 1960 Apr lastSun 2:00
1933 Zone America/Swift_Current -7:11:20 - LMT 1905 Sep
1934 -7:00 Canada M%sT 1946 Apr lastSun 2:00
1935 -7:00 Regina M%sT 1950
1936 -7:00 Swift M%sT 1972 Apr lastSun 2:00
1942 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
1943 Rule Edm 1918 1919 - Apr Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
1944 Rule Edm 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
1945 Rule Edm 1919 only - May 27 2:00 0 S
1946 Rule Edm 1920 1923 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1947 Rule Edm 1920 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1948 Rule Edm 1921 1923 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1949 Rule Edm 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War
1950 Rule Edm 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace
1951 Rule Edm 1945 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1952 Rule Edm 1947 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1953 Rule Edm 1947 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
1954 Rule Edm 1967 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1955 Rule Edm 1967 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1956 Rule Edm 1969 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1957 Rule Edm 1969 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1958 Rule Edm 1972 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
1959 Rule Edm 1972 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
1960 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
1961 Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep
1968 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1969 # Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of this region has
1970 # been like Vancouver.
1971 # Dawson Creek uses MST. Much of east BC is like Edmonton.
1972 # Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Creston is like Dawson Creek.
1974 # It seems though that (re: Creston) is not entirely correct:
1976 # From Chris Walton (2011-12-01):
1977 # There are two areas within the Canadian province of British Columbia
1978 # that do not currently observe daylight saving:
1979 # a) The Creston Valley (includes the town of Creston and surrounding area)
1980 # b) The eastern half of the Peace River Regional District
1981 # (includes the cities of Dawson Creek and Fort St. John)
1983 # Earlier this year I stumbled across a detailed article about the time
1984 # keeping history of Creston; it was written by Tammy Hardwick who is the
1985 # manager of the Creston & District Museum. The article was written in May 2009.
1986 # http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260
1987 # According to the article, Creston has not changed its clocks since June 1918.
1988 # i.e. Creston has been stuck on UT-7 for 93 years.
1989 # Dawson Creek, on the other hand, changed its clocks as recently as April 1972.
1991 # Unfortunately the exact date for the time change in June 1918 remains
1992 # unknown and will be difficult to ascertain. I e-mailed Tammy a few months
1993 # ago to ask if Sunday June 2 was a reasonable guess. She said it was just
1994 # as plausible as any other date (in June). She also said that after writing
1995 # the article she had discovered another time change in 1916; this is the
1996 # subject of another article which she wrote in October 2010.
1997 # http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/index.php?module=comments&uop=view_comment&cm+id=56
1999 # Here is a summary of the three clock change events in Creston's history:
2000 # 1. 1884 or 1885: adoption of Mountain Standard Time (GMT-7)
2001 # Exact date unknown
2002 # 2. Oct 1916: switch to Pacific Standard Time (GMT-8)
2003 # Exact date in October unknown; Sunday October 1 is a reasonable guess.
2004 # 3. June 1918: switch to Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7)
2005 # Exact date in June unknown; Sunday June 2 is a reasonable guess.
2007 # On Oct 27/1918 when daylight saving ended in the rest of Canada,
2008 # Creston did not change its clocks.
2010 # During WWII when the Federal Government legislated a mandatory clock change,
2011 # Creston did not oblige.
2013 # There is no guarantee that Creston will remain on Mountain Standard Time
2015 # The subject was debated at least once this year by the town Council.
2016 # http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/crestonvalleyadvance/news/116760809.html
2018 # During a period WWII, summer time (Daylight saying) was mandatory in Canada.
2019 # In Creston, that was handled by shifting the area to PST (-8:00) then applying
2020 # summer time to cause the offset to be -7:00, the same as it had been before
2021 # the change. It can be argued that the timezone abbreviation during this
2022 # period should be PDT rather than MST, but that doesn't seem important enough
2023 # (to anyone) to further complicate the rules.
2025 # The transition dates (and times) are guesses.
2027 # From Matt Johnson (2015-09-21):
2028 # Fort Nelson, BC, Canada will cancel DST this year. So while previously they
2029 # were aligned with America/Vancouver, they're now aligned with
2030 # America/Dawson_Creek.
2031 # http://www.northernrockies.ca/EN/meta/news/archives/2015/northern-rockies-time-change.html
2033 # From Tim Parenti (2015-09-23):
2034 # This requires a new zone for the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality,
2035 # America/Fort_Nelson. The resolution of 2014-12-08 was reached following a
2036 # 2014-11-15 poll with nearly 75% support. Effectively, the municipality has
2037 # been on MST (-0700) like Dawson Creek since it advanced its clocks on
2040 # From Paul Eggert (2015-09-23):
2041 # Shanks says Fort Nelson did not observe DST in 1946, unlike Vancouver.
2043 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2044 Rule Vanc 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
2045 Rule Vanc 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
2046 Rule Vanc 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War
2047 Rule Vanc 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace
2048 Rule Vanc 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S
2049 Rule Vanc 1946 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
2050 Rule Vanc 1946 only - Oct 13 2:00 0 S
2051 Rule Vanc 1947 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
2052 Rule Vanc 1962 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
2053 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2054 Zone America/Vancouver -8:12:28 - LMT 1884
2055 -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1987
2057 Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884
2058 -8:00 Canada P%sT 1947
2059 -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1972 Aug 30 2:00
2061 Zone America/Fort_Nelson -8:10:47 - LMT 1884
2062 -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1946
2064 -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1987
2065 -8:00 Canada P%sT 2015 Mar 8 2:00
2067 Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884
2068 -7:00 - MST 1916 Oct 1
2069 -8:00 - PST 1918 Jun 2
2072 # Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon
2074 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2075 # Dawson switched to PST in 1973. Inuvik switched to MST in 1979.
2076 # Mathew Englander (1996-10-07) gives the following refs:
2077 # * 1967. Paragraph 28(34)(g) of the Interpretation Act, S.C. 1967-68,
2078 # c. 7 defines Yukon standard time as UTC-9....
2079 # see Interpretation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-21, s. 35(1).
2080 # [https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-i-21/latest/rsc-1985-c-i-21.html]
2081 # * C.O. 1973/214 switched Yukon to PST on 1973-10-28 00:00.
2082 # * O.I.C. 1980/02 established DST.
2083 # * O.I.C. 1987/056 changed DST to Apr firstSun 2:00 to Oct lastSun 2:00.
2085 # From Brian Inglis (2015-04-14):
2087 # I tried to trace the history of Yukon time and found the following
2088 # regulations, giving the reference title and URL if found, regulation name,
2089 # and relevant quote if available. Each regulation specifically revokes its
2090 # predecessor. The final reference is to the current Interpretation Act
2091 # authorizing and resulting from these regulatory changes.
2093 # Only recent regulations were retrievable via Yukon government site search or
2094 # index, and only some via Canadian legal sources. Other sources used include
2095 # articles titled "Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada" from JRASC via ADS
2096 # Abstracts, cited by ADO for 1932 ..., and updated versions from 1958 and
2097 # 1970 quoted below; each article includes current extracts from provincial
2098 # and territorial ST and DST regulations at the end, summaries and details of
2099 # standard times and daylight saving time at many locations across Canada,
2100 # with time zone maps, tables and calculations for Canadian Sunrise, Sunset,
2101 # and LMST; they also cover many countries and global locations, with a chart
2102 # and table showing current Universal Time offsets, and may be useful as
2103 # another source of information for 1970 and earlier.
2105 # * Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada; Smith, C.C.; JRASC, Vol. 26,
2106 # pp.49-77; February 1932; SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
2107 # http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1932JRASC..26...49S from p.75:
2108 # Yukon Interpretation Ordinance
2109 # Yukon standard time is the local mean time at the one hundred and
2110 # thirty-fifth meridian.
2112 # * Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada; Smith, C.C.; Thomson, Malcolm M.;
2113 # JRASC, Vol. 52, pp.193-223; October 1958; SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
2114 # (ADS) http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1958JRASC..52..193S from pp.220-1:
2115 # Yukon Interpretation Ordinance, 1955, Chap. 16.
2117 # (1) Subject to this section, standard time shall be reckoned as nine
2118 # hours behind Greenwich Time and called Yukon Standard Time.
2120 # (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Commissioner may make regulations
2121 # varying the manner of reckoning standard time.
2123 # * Yukon Territory Commissioner's Order 1966-20 Interpretation Ordinance
2124 # [no online source found]
2126 # * Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada; Thomson, Malcolm M.; JRASC,
2127 # Vol. 64, pp.129-162; June 1970; SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
2128 # http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1970JRASC..64..129T from p.156: Yukon
2129 # Territory Commissioner's Order 1967-59 Interpretation Ordinance ...
2131 # 1. Commissioner's Order 1966-20 dated at Whitehorse in the Yukon
2132 # Territory on 27th January, 1966, is hereby revoked.
2134 # 2. Yukon (East) Standard Time as defined by section 36 of the
2135 # Interpretation Ordinance from and after mid-night on the 28th day of May,
2136 # 1967 shall be reckoned in the same manner as Pacific Standard Time, that
2137 # is to say, eight hours behind Greenwich Time in the area of the Yukon
2138 # Territory lying east of the 138th degree longitude west.
2140 # 3. In the remainder of the Territory, lying west of the 138th degree
2141 # longitude west, Yukon (West) Standard Time shall be reckoned as nine
2142 # hours behind Greenwich Time.
2144 # * Yukon Standard Time defined as Pacific Standard Time, YCO 1973/214
2145 # https://www.canlii.org/en/yk/laws/regu/yco-1973-214/latest/yco-1973-214.html
2146 # C.O. 1973/214 INTERPRETATION ACT ...
2148 # 1. Effective October 28, 1973 Commissioner's Order 1967/59 is hereby
2151 # 2. Yukon Standard Time as defined by section 36 of the Interpretation
2152 # Act from and after midnight on the twenty-eighth day of October, 1973
2153 # shall be reckoned in the same manner as Pacific Standard Time, that is
2154 # to say eight hours behind Greenwich Time.
2156 # * O.I.C. 1980/02 INTERPRETATION ACT
2157 # [no online source found]
2159 # * Yukon Daylight Saving Time, YOIC 1987/56
2160 # https://www.canlii.org/en/yk/laws/regu/yoic-1987-56/latest/yoic-1987-56.html
2161 # O.I.C. 1987/056 INTERPRETATION ACT ...
2163 # In every year between
2164 # (a) two o'clock in the morning in the first Sunday in April, and
2165 # (b) two o'clock in the morning in the last Sunday in October,
2166 # Standard Time shall be reckoned as seven hours behind Greenwich Time and
2167 # called Yukon Daylight Saving Time.
2169 # Dated ... 9th day of March, A.D., 1987.
2171 # * Yukon Daylight Saving Time 2006, YOIC 2006/127
2172 # https://www.canlii.org/en/yk/laws/regu/yoic-2006-127/latest/yoic-2006-127.html
2173 # O.I.C. 2006/127 INTERPRETATION ACT ...
2175 # 1. In Yukon each year the time for general purposes shall be 7 hours
2176 # behind Greenwich mean time during the period commencing at two o'clock
2177 # in the forenoon on the second Sunday of March and ending at two o'clock
2178 # in the forenoon on the first Sunday of November and shall be called
2179 # Yukon Daylight Saving Time.
2181 # 2. Order-in-Council 1987/56 is revoked.
2183 # 3. This order comes into force January 1, 2007.
2185 # * Interpretation Act, RSY 2002, c 125
2186 # https://www.canlii.org/en/yk/laws/stat/rsy-2002-c-125/latest/rsy-2002-c-125.html
2188 # From Rives McDow (1999-09-04):
2189 # Nunavut ... moved ... to incorporate the whole territory into one time zone.
2190 # Nunavut moves to single time zone Oct. 31
2191 # http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt90903_13.html
2193 # From Antoine Leca (1999-09-06):
2194 # We then need to create a new timezone for the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut
2195 # to differentiate it from the Yellowknife region.
2197 # From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20):
2198 # Basic Facts: The New Territory
2199 # http://www.nunavut.com/basicfacts/english/basicfacts_1territory.html
2200 # (1999) reports that Pangnirtung operates on eastern time,
2201 # and that Coral Harbour does not observe DST. We don't know when
2202 # Pangnirtung switched to eastern time; we'll guess 1995.
2204 # From Rives McDow (1999-11-08):
2205 # On October 31, when the rest of Nunavut went to Central time,
2206 # Pangnirtung wobbled. Here is the result of their wobble:
2208 # The following businesses and organizations in Pangnirtung use Central Time:
2210 # First Air, Power Corp, Nunavut Construction, Health Center, RCMP,
2211 # Eastern Arctic National Parks, A & D Specialist
2213 # The following businesses and organizations in Pangnirtung use Eastern Time:
2215 # Hamlet office, All other businesses, Both schools, Airport operator
2217 # This has made for an interesting situation there, which warranted the news.
2218 # No one there that I spoke with seems concerned, or has plans to
2219 # change the local methods of keeping time, as it evidently does not
2220 # really interfere with any activities or make things difficult locally.
2221 # They plan to celebrate New Year's turn-over twice, one hour apart,
2222 # so it appears that the situation will last at least that long.
2223 # The Nunavut Intergovernmental Affairs hopes that they will "come to
2224 # their senses", but the locals evidently don't see any problem with
2225 # the current state of affairs.
2227 # From Michaela Rodrigue, writing in the
2228 # Nunatsiaq News (1999-11-19):
2229 # http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/archives/nunavut991130/nvt91119_17.html
2230 # Clyde River, Pangnirtung and Sanikiluaq now operate with two time zones,
2231 # central - or Nunavut time - for government offices, and eastern time
2232 # for municipal offices and schools.... Igloolik [was similar but then]
2233 # made the switch to central time on Saturday, Nov. 6.
2235 # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
2236 # Matthews and Vincent (1998) say the following, but we lack histories
2237 # for these potential new Zones.
2239 # The Canadian Forces station at Alert uses Eastern Time while the
2240 # handful of residents at the Eureka weather station [in the Central
2241 # zone] skip daylight savings. Baffin Island, which is crossed by the
2242 # Central, Eastern and Atlantic Time zones only uses Eastern Time.
2243 # Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak and Pelly Bay all use Mountain instead of
2244 # Central Time and Southampton Island [in the Central zone] is not
2245 # required to use daylight savings.
2247 # From <http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/archives/nunavut001130/nvt21110_02.html>
2248 # Nunavut now has two time zones (2000-11-10):
2249 # The Nunavut government would allow its employees in Kugluktuk and
2250 # Cambridge Bay to operate on central time year-round, putting them
2251 # one hour behind the rest of Nunavut for six months during the winter.
2252 # At the end of October the two communities had rebelled against
2253 # Nunavut's unified time zone, refusing to shift to eastern time with
2254 # the rest of the territory for the winter. Cambridge Bay remained on
2255 # central time, while Kugluktuk, even farther west, reverted to
2256 # mountain time, which they had used before the advent of Nunavut's
2257 # unified time zone in 1999.
2259 # From Rives McDow (2001-01-20), quoting the Nunavut government:
2260 # The preceding decision came into effect at midnight, Saturday Nov 4, 2000.
2262 # From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
2263 # Let's just keep track of the official times for now.
2265 # From Rives McDow (2001-03-07):
2266 # The premier of Nunavut has issued a ministerial statement advising
2267 # that effective 2001-04-01, the territory of Nunavut will revert
2268 # back to three time zones (mountain, central, and eastern). Of the
2269 # cities in Nunavut, Coral Harbor is the only one that I know of that
2270 # has said it will not observe dst, staying on EST year round. I'm
2271 # checking for more info, and will get back to you if I come up with
2273 # [Also see <http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt10309_06.html> (2001-03-09).]
2275 # From Gwillim Law (2005-05-21):
2277 # http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp
2278 # (from a 1998 Canadian Geographic article), the de facto and de jure time
2279 # for Southampton Island (at the north end of Hudson Bay) is UTC-5 all year
2280 # round. Using Google, it's easy to find other websites that confirm this.
2281 # I wasn't able to find how far back this time regimen goes, but since it
2282 # predates the creation of Nunavut, it probably goes back many years....
2283 # The Inuktitut name of Coral Harbour is Sallit, but it's rarely used.
2285 # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-17):
2286 # For lack of better information, assume that Southampton Island observed
2287 # daylight saving only during wartime. Gwillim Law's email also
2288 # mentioned maps now maintained by National Research Council Canada;
2289 # see above for an up-to-date link.
2291 # From Chris Walton (2007-03-01):
2292 # ... the community of Resolute (located on Cornwallis Island in
2293 # Nunavut) moved from Central Time to Eastern Time last November.
2294 # Basically the community did not change its clocks at the end of
2295 # daylight saving....
2296 # http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2006-11/nov13_06none.html
2298 # From Chris Walton (2011-03-21):
2299 # Back in 2007 I initiated the creation of a new "zone file" for Resolute
2300 # Bay. Resolute Bay is a small community located about 900km north of
2301 # the Arctic Circle. The zone file was required because Resolute Bay had
2302 # decided to use UTC-5 instead of UTC-6 for the winter of 2006-2007.
2304 # According to new information which I received last week, Resolute Bay
2305 # went back to using UTC-6 in the winter of 2007-2008...
2307 # On March 11/2007 most of Canada went onto daylight saving. On March
2308 # 14/2007 I phoned the Resolute Bay hamlet office to do a "time check." I
2309 # talked to somebody that was both knowledgeable and helpful. I was able
2310 # to confirm that Resolute Bay was still operating on UTC-5. It was
2311 # explained to me that Resolute Bay had been on the Eastern Time zone
2312 # (EST) in the winter, and was now back on the Central Time zone (CDT).
2313 # i.e. the time zone had changed twice in the last year but the clocks
2314 # had not moved. The residents had to know which time zone they were in
2315 # so they could follow the correct TV schedule...
2317 # On Nov 02/2008 most of Canada went onto standard time. On Nov 03/2008 I
2318 # phoned the Resolute Bay hamlet office...[D]ue to the challenging nature
2319 # of the phone call, I decided to seek out an alternate source of
2320 # information. I found an e-mail address for somebody by the name of
2321 # Stephanie Adams whose job was listed as "Inns North Support Officer for
2322 # Arctic Co-operatives." I was under the impression that Stephanie lived
2323 # and worked in Resolute Bay...
2325 # On March 14/2011 I phoned the hamlet office again. I was told that
2326 # Resolute Bay had been using Central Standard Time over the winter of
2327 # 2010-2011 and that the clocks had therefore been moved one hour ahead
2328 # on March 13/2011. The person I talked to was aware that Resolute Bay
2329 # had previously experimented with Eastern Standard Time but he could not
2330 # tell me when the practice had stopped.
2332 # On March 17/2011 I searched the Web to find an e-mail address of
2333 # somebody that might be able to tell me exactly when Resolute Bay went
2334 # off Eastern Standard Time. I stumbled on the name "Aziz Kheraj." Aziz
2335 # used to be the mayor of Resolute Bay and he apparently owns half the
2336 # businesses including "South Camp Inn." This website has some info on
2338 # http://www.uphere.ca/node/493
2340 # I sent Aziz an e-mail asking when Resolute Bay had stopped using
2341 # Eastern Standard Time.
2343 # Aziz responded quickly with this: "hi, The time was not changed for the
2344 # 1 year only, the following year, the community went back to the old way
2345 # of "spring ahead-fall behind" currently we are zulu plus 5 hrs and in
2346 # the winter Zulu plus 6 hrs"
2348 # This of course conflicted with everything I had ascertained in November 2008.
2350 # I sent Aziz a copy of my 2008 e-mail exchange with Stephanie. Aziz
2351 # responded with this: "Hi, Stephanie lives in Winnipeg. I live here, You
2352 # may want to check with the weather office in Resolute Bay or do a
2353 # search on the weather through Env. Canada. web site"
2355 # If I had realized the Stephanie did not live in Resolute Bay I would
2356 # never have contacted her. I now believe that all the information I
2357 # obtained in November 2008 should be ignored...
2358 # I apologize for reporting incorrect information in 2008.
2360 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2361 Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
2362 Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
2363 Rule NT_YK 1919 only - May 25 2:00 1:00 D
2364 Rule NT_YK 1919 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
2365 Rule NT_YK 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War
2366 Rule NT_YK 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace
2367 Rule NT_YK 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S
2368 Rule NT_YK 1965 only - Apr lastSun 0:00 2:00 DD
2369 Rule NT_YK 1965 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
2370 Rule NT_YK 1980 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
2371 Rule NT_YK 1980 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
2372 Rule NT_YK 1987 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
2373 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2375 Zone America/Pangnirtung 0 - -00 1921 # trading post est.
2376 -4:00 NT_YK A%sT 1995 Apr Sun>=1 2:00
2377 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00
2378 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
2380 # formerly Frobisher Bay
2381 Zone America/Iqaluit 0 - -00 1942 Aug # Frobisher Bay est.
2382 -5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00
2383 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
2386 Zone America/Resolute 0 - -00 1947 Aug 31 # Resolute founded
2387 -6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
2388 -5:00 - EST 2001 Apr 1 3:00
2389 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2006 Oct 29 2:00
2390 -5:00 - EST 2007 Mar 11 3:00
2393 Zone America/Rankin_Inlet 0 - -00 1957 # Rankin Inlet founded
2394 -6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
2395 -5:00 - EST 2001 Apr 1 3:00
2397 # aka Iqaluktuuttiaq
2398 Zone America/Cambridge_Bay 0 - -00 1920 # trading post est.?
2399 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00
2400 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
2401 -5:00 - EST 2000 Nov 5 0:00
2402 -6:00 - CST 2001 Apr 1 3:00
2404 Zone America/Yellowknife 0 - -00 1935 # Yellowknife founded?
2405 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1980
2407 Zone America/Inuvik 0 - -00 1953 # Inuvik founded
2408 -8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1979 Apr lastSun 2:00
2409 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1980
2411 Zone America/Whitehorse -9:00:12 - LMT 1900 Aug 20
2412 -9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1967 May 28 0:00
2413 -8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1980
2415 Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20
2416 -9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1973 Oct 28 0:00
2417 -8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1980
2421 ###############################################################################
2425 # From Paul Eggert (2014-12-07):
2426 # The Investigation and Analysis Service of the
2427 # Mexican Library of Congress (MLoC) has published a
2428 # history of Mexican local time (in Spanish)
2429 # http://www.diputados.gob.mx/bibliot/publica/inveyana/polisoc/horver/index.htm
2431 # Here are the discrepancies between Shanks & Pottenger (S&P) and the MLoC.
2432 # (In all cases we go with the MLoC.)
2433 # S&P report that Baja was at -8:00 in 1922/1923.
2434 # S&P say the 1930 transition in Baja was 1930-11-16.
2435 # S&P report no DST during summer 1931.
2436 # S&P report a transition at 1932-03-30 23:00, not 1932-04-01.
2438 # From Gwillim Law (2001-02-20):
2439 # There are some other discrepancies between the Decrees page and the
2440 # tz database. I think they can best be explained by supposing that
2441 # the researchers who prepared the Decrees page failed to find some of
2442 # the relevant documents.
2444 # From Alan Perry (1996-02-15):
2445 # A guy from our Mexico subsidiary finally found the Presidential Decree
2446 # outlining the timezone changes in Mexico.
2448 # ------------- Begin Forwarded Message -------------
2450 # I finally got my hands on the Official Presidential Decree that sets up the
2451 # rules for the DST changes. The rules are:
2453 # 1. The country is divided in 3 timezones:
2454 # - Baja California Norte (the Mexico/BajaNorte TZ)
2455 # - Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora (the Mexico/BajaSur TZ)
2456 # - The rest of the country (the Mexico/General TZ)
2458 # 2. From the first Sunday in April at 2:00 AM to the last Sunday in October
2459 # at 2:00 AM, the times in each zone are as follows:
2464 # 3. The rest of the year, the times are as follows:
2469 # The Decree was published in Mexico's Official Newspaper on January 4th.
2471 # -------------- End Forwarded Message --------------
2472 # From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12):
2473 # For an English translation of the decree, see
2474 # "Diario Oficial: Time Zone Changeover" (1996-01-04).
2475 # http://mexico-travel.com/extra/timezone_eng.html
2477 # From Rives McDow (1998-10-08):
2478 # The State of Quintana Roo has reverted back to central STD and DST times
2479 # (i.e. UTC -0600 and -0500 as of 1998-08-02).
2481 # From Rives McDow (2000-01-10):
2482 # Effective April 4, 1999 at 2:00 AM local time, Sonora changed to the time
2483 # zone 5 hours from the International Date Line, and will not observe daylight
2484 # savings time so as to stay on the same time zone as the southern part of
2485 # Arizona year round.
2487 # From Jesper Nørgaard, translating
2488 # <http://www.reforma.com/nacional/articulo/064327/> (2001-01-17):
2489 # In Oaxaca, the 55.000 teachers from the Section 22 of the National
2490 # Syndicate of Education Workers, refuse to apply daylight saving each
2491 # year, so that the more than 10,000 schools work at normal hour the
2494 # From Gwillim Law (2001-01-19):
2495 # <http://www.reforma.com/negocios_y_dinero/articulo/064481/> ... says
2497 # January 17, 2000 - The Energy Secretary, Ernesto Martens, announced
2498 # that Summer Time will be reduced from seven to five months, starting
2500 # http://www.publico.com.mx/scripts/texto3.asp?action=pagina&pag=21&pos=p&secc=naci&date=01/17/2001
2501 # [translated], says "summer time will ... take effect on the first Sunday
2502 # in May, and end on the last Sunday of September.
2504 # From Arthur David Olson (2001-01-25):
2505 # The 2001-01-24 traditional Washington Post contained the page one
2506 # story "Timely Issue Divides Mexicans."...
2507 # http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37383-2001Jan23.html
2508 # ... Mexico City Mayor López Obrador "...is threatening to keep
2509 # Mexico City and its 20 million residents on a different time than
2510 # the rest of the country..." In particular, López Obrador would abolish
2511 # observation of Daylight Saving Time.
2513 # Official statute published by the Energy Department
2514 # http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/decretohorver2001.html#decre
2515 # (2001-02-01) shows Baja and Chihauhua as still using US DST rules,
2516 # and Sonora with no DST. This was reported by Jesper Nørgaard (2001-02-03).
2518 # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-03):
2520 # https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-03-mn-32561-story.html
2521 # James F. Smith writes in today's LA Times
2522 # * Sonora will continue to observe standard time.
2523 # * Last week Mexico City's mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador decreed that
2524 # the Federal District will not adopt DST.
2525 # * 4 of 16 district leaders announced they'll ignore the decree.
2526 # * The decree does not affect federal-controlled facilities including
2527 # the airport, banks, hospitals, and schools.
2529 # For now we'll assume that the Federal District will bow to federal rules.
2531 # From Jesper Nørgaard (2001-04-01):
2532 # I found some references to the Mexican application of daylight
2533 # saving, which modifies what I had already sent you, stating earlier
2534 # that a number of northern Mexican states would go on daylight
2535 # saving. The modification reverts this to only cover Baja California
2536 # (Norte), while all other states (except Sonora, who has no daylight
2537 # saving all year) will follow the original decree of president
2538 # Vicente Fox, starting daylight saving May 6, 2001 and ending
2539 # September 30, 2001.
2540 # References: "Diario de Monterrey" <http://www.diariodemonterrey.com/index.asp>
2541 # Palabra <http://palabra.infosel.com/010331/primera/ppri3101.pdf> (2001-03-31)
2543 # From Reuters (2001-09-04):
2544 # Mexico's Supreme Court on Tuesday declared that daylight savings was
2545 # unconstitutional in Mexico City, creating the possibility the
2546 # capital will be in a different time zone from the rest of the nation
2547 # next year.... The Supreme Court's ruling takes effect at 2:00
2548 # a.m. (0800 GMT) on Sept. 30, when Mexico is scheduled to revert to
2549 # standard time. "This is so residents of the Federal District are not
2550 # subject to unexpected time changes," a statement from the court said.
2552 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2002-03-12):
2553 # ... consulting my local grocery store(!) and my coworkers, they all insisted
2554 # that a new decision had been made to reinstate US style DST in Mexico....
2555 # http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/horaver2001_m1_2002.html (2002-02-20)
2556 # confirms this. Sonora as usual is the only state where DST is not applied.
2558 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-12-28):
2560 # Steffen Thorsen wrote:
2561 # > Mexico's House of Representatives has approved a proposal for northern
2562 # > Mexico's border cities to share the same daylight saving schedule as
2563 # > the United States.
2564 # Now this has passed both the Congress and the Senate, so starting from
2565 # 2010, some border regions will be the same:
2566 # http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/28/clocks-will-match-both-sides-border/
2567 # http://www.elmananarey.com/diario/noticia/nacional/noticias/empatan_horario_de_frontera_con_eu/621939
2570 # Could not find the new law text, but the proposed law text changes are here:
2571 # http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/20091210-V.pdf
2572 # (Gaceta Parlamentaria)
2574 # There is also a list of the votes here:
2575 # http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/V2-101209.html
2578 # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/north-mexico-dst-change.html
2580 # From Arthur David Olson (2010-01-20):
2582 # http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5127480&fecha=06/01/2010
2583 # includes this text:
2584 # En los municipios fronterizos de Tijuana y Mexicali en Baja California;
2585 # Juárez y Ojinaga en Chihuahua; Acuña y Piedras Negras en Coahuila;
2586 # Anáhuac en Nuevo León; y Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa y Matamoros en
2587 # Tamaulipas, la aplicación de este horario estacional surtirá efecto
2588 # desde las dos horas del segundo domingo de marzo y concluirá a las dos
2589 # horas del primer domingo de noviembre.
2590 # En los municipios fronterizos que se encuentren ubicados en la franja
2591 # fronteriza norte en el territorio comprendido entre la línea
2592 # internacional y la línea paralela ubicada a una distancia de veinte
2593 # kilómetros, así como la Ciudad de Ensenada, Baja California, hacia el
2594 # interior del país, la aplicación de este horario estacional surtirá
2595 # efecto desde las dos horas del segundo domingo de marzo y concluirá a
2596 # las dos horas del primer domingo de noviembre.
2598 # From Steffen Thorsen (2014-12-08), translated by Gwillim Law:
2599 # The Mexican state of Quintana Roo will likely change to EST in 2015.
2601 # http://www.unioncancun.mx/articulo/2014/12/04/medio-ambiente/congreso-aprueba-una-hora-mas-de-sol-en-qroo
2602 # "With this change, the time conflict that has existed between the municipios
2603 # of Quintana Roo and the municipio of Felipe Carrillo Puerto may come to an
2604 # end. The latter declared itself in rebellion 15 years ago when a time change
2605 # was initiated in Mexico, and since then it has refused to change its time
2606 # zone along with the rest of the country."
2608 # From Steffen Thorsen (2015-01-14), translated by Gwillim Law:
2609 # http://sipse.com/novedades/confirman-aplicacion-de-nueva-zona-horaria-para-quintana-roo-132331.html
2610 # "...the new time zone will come into effect at two o'clock on the first Sunday
2611 # of February, when we will have to advance the clock one hour from its current
2613 # Also, the new zone will not use DST.
2615 # From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2015-02-02):
2616 # The decree that modifies the Mexican Hour System Law has finally
2617 # been published at the Diario Oficial de la Federación
2618 # http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5380123&fecha=31/01/2015
2619 # It establishes 5 zones for Mexico:
2620 # 1- Zona Centro (Central Zone): Corresponds to longitude 90 W,
2621 # includes most of Mexico, excluding what's mentioned below.
2622 # 2- Zona Pacífico (Pacific Zone): Longitude 105 W, includes the
2623 # states of Baja California Sur; Chihuahua; Nayarit (excluding Bahía
2624 # de Banderas which lies in Central Zone); Sinaloa and Sonora.
2625 # 3- Zona Noroeste (Northwest Zone): Longitude 120 W, includes the
2626 # state of Baja California.
2627 # 4- Zona Sureste (Southeast Zone): Longitude 75 W, includes the state
2629 # 5- The islands, reefs and keys shall take their timezone from the
2630 # longitude they are located at.
2632 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2633 Rule Mexico 1939 only - Feb 5 0:00 1:00 D
2634 Rule Mexico 1939 only - Jun 25 0:00 0 S
2635 Rule Mexico 1940 only - Dec 9 0:00 1:00 D
2636 Rule Mexico 1941 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 S
2637 Rule Mexico 1943 only - Dec 16 0:00 1:00 W # War
2638 Rule Mexico 1944 only - May 1 0:00 0 S
2639 Rule Mexico 1950 only - Feb 12 0:00 1:00 D
2640 Rule Mexico 1950 only - Jul 30 0:00 0 S
2641 Rule Mexico 1996 2000 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
2642 Rule Mexico 1996 2000 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
2643 Rule Mexico 2001 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
2644 Rule Mexico 2001 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S
2645 Rule Mexico 2002 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
2646 Rule Mexico 2002 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
2647 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2648 # Quintana Roo; represented by Cancún
2649 Zone America/Cancun -5:47:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:12:56
2650 -6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23
2651 -5:00 Mexico E%sT 1998 Aug 2 2:00
2652 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 2015 Feb 1 2:00
2654 # Campeche, Yucatán; represented by Mérida
2655 Zone America/Merida -5:58:28 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:01:32
2656 -6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23
2657 -5:00 - EST 1982 Dec 2
2659 # Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas (near US border)
2660 # This includes the following municipalities:
2661 # in Coahuila: Ocampo, Acuña, Zaragoza, Jiménez, Piedras Negras, Nava,
2662 # Guerrero, Hidalgo.
2663 # in Nuevo León: Anáhuac, Los Aldama.
2664 # in Tamaulipas: Nuevo Laredo, Guerrero, Mier, Miguel Alemán, Camargo,
2665 # Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Reynosa, Río Bravo, Valle Hermoso, Matamoros.
2666 # See: Inicia mañana Horario de Verano en zona fronteriza, El Universal,
2668 # http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/estados/2016/03/12/inicia-manana-horario-de-verano-en-zona-fronteriza
2669 Zone America/Matamoros -6:40:00 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:20:00
2672 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 2010
2674 # Durango; Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas (away from US border)
2675 Zone America/Monterrey -6:41:16 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:18:44
2680 Zone America/Mexico_City -6:36:36 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:23:24
2681 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00
2682 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15
2683 -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00
2684 -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct
2685 -7:00 - MST 1932 Apr 1
2686 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 2001 Sep 30 2:00
2687 -6:00 - CST 2002 Feb 20
2689 # Chihuahua (near US border)
2690 # This includes the municipalities of Janos, Ascensión, Juárez, Guadalupe,
2691 # Práxedis G Guerrero, Coyame del Sotol, Ojinaga, and Manuel Benavides.
2692 # (See the 2016-03-12 El Universal source mentioned above.)
2693 Zone America/Ojinaga -6:57:40 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:02:20
2694 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00
2695 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15
2696 -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00
2697 -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct
2698 -7:00 - MST 1932 Apr 1
2700 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 1998
2701 -6:00 - CST 1998 Apr Sun>=1 3:00
2702 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 2010
2704 # Chihuahua (away from US border)
2705 Zone America/Chihuahua -7:04:20 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:55:40
2706 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00
2707 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15
2708 -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00
2709 -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct
2710 -7:00 - MST 1932 Apr 1
2712 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 1998
2713 -6:00 - CST 1998 Apr Sun>=1 3:00
2716 Zone America/Hermosillo -7:23:52 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:36:08
2717 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00
2718 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15
2719 -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00
2720 -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct
2721 -7:00 - MST 1932 Apr 1
2722 -6:00 - CST 1942 Apr 24
2723 -7:00 - MST 1949 Jan 14
2725 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 1999
2728 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-21):
2729 # According to news, Bahía de Banderas (Mexican state of Nayarit)
2730 # changed time zone UTC-7 to new time zone UTC-6 on April 4, 2010 (to
2731 # share the same time zone as nearby city Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco).
2734 # Bahía de Banderas homologa su horario al del centro del
2735 # país, a partir de este domingo
2736 # http://www.nayarit.gob.mx/notes.asp?id=20748
2738 # Bahía de Banderas homologa su horario con el del Centro del
2740 # 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
2743 # Puerto Vallarta and Bahía de Banderas: One Time Zone
2744 # http://virtualvallarta.com/puertovallarta/puertovallarta/localnews/2009-12-03-Puerto-Vallarta-and-Bahia-de-Banderas-One-Time-Zone.shtml
2745 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mexico08.html
2747 # "Mexico's Senate approved the amendments to the Mexican Schedule System that
2748 # will allow Bahía de Banderas and Puerto Vallarta to share the same time
2750 # Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa
2752 # From Arthur David Olson (2010-05-01):
2753 # Use "Bahia_Banderas" to keep the name to fourteen characters.
2756 Zone America/Mazatlan -7:05:40 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:54:20
2757 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00
2758 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15
2759 -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00
2760 -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct
2761 -7:00 - MST 1932 Apr 1
2762 -6:00 - CST 1942 Apr 24
2763 -7:00 - MST 1949 Jan 14
2768 Zone America/Bahia_Banderas -7:01:00 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:59:00
2769 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00
2770 -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15
2771 -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00
2772 -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct
2773 -7:00 - MST 1932 Apr 1
2774 -6:00 - CST 1942 Apr 24
2775 -7:00 - MST 1949 Jan 14
2777 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 2010 Apr 4 2:00
2781 Zone America/Tijuana -7:48:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:11:56
2783 -8:00 - PST 1927 Jun 10 23:00
2784 -7:00 - MST 1930 Nov 15
2785 -8:00 - PST 1931 Apr 1
2786 -8:00 1:00 PDT 1931 Sep 30
2787 -8:00 - PST 1942 Apr 24
2788 -8:00 1:00 PWT 1945 Aug 14 23:00u
2789 -8:00 1:00 PPT 1945 Nov 12 # Peace
2790 -8:00 - PST 1948 Apr 5
2791 -8:00 1:00 PDT 1949 Jan 14
2796 -8:00 Mexico P%sT 2001
2797 -8:00 US P%sT 2002 Feb 20
2798 -8:00 Mexico P%sT 2010
2800 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2801 # Formerly there was an America/Ensenada zone, which differed from
2802 # America/Tijuana only in that it did not observe DST from 1976
2803 # through 1995. This was as per Shanks (1999). But Shanks & Pottenger say
2804 # Ensenada did not observe DST from 1948 through 1975. Guy Harris reports
2805 # that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicali, San Felipe and
2806 # Tijuana observe DST," which agrees with Shanks & Pottenger but implies that
2807 # DST-observance was a town-by-town matter back then. This concerns
2808 # data after 1970 so most likely there should be at least one Zone
2809 # other than America/Tijuana for Baja, but it's not clear yet what its
2810 # name or contents should be.
2812 # From Paul Eggert (2015-10-08):
2813 # Formerly there was an America/Santa_Isabel zone, but this appears to
2814 # have come from a misreading of
2815 # http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5127480&fecha=06/01/2010
2816 # It has been moved to the 'backward' file.
2822 ###############################################################################
2825 # Antigua and Barbuda
2826 # See America/Port_of_Spain.
2830 # For 1899 Milne gives -5:09:29.5; round that.
2832 # From Sue Williams (2006-12-07):
2833 # The Bahamas announced about a month ago that they plan to change their DST
2834 # rules to sync with the U.S. starting in 2007....
2835 # http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=45&a=10412
2837 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2838 Rule Bahamas 1964 1975 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
2839 Rule Bahamas 1964 1975 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
2840 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2841 Zone America/Nassau -5:09:30 - LMT 1912 Mar 2
2842 -5:00 Bahamas E%sT 1976
2847 # For 1899 Milne gives -3:58:29.2; round that.
2849 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2850 Rule Barb 1977 only - Jun 12 2:00 1:00 D
2851 Rule Barb 1977 1978 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
2852 Rule Barb 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D
2853 Rule Barb 1979 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S
2854 Rule Barb 1980 only - Sep 25 2:00 0 S
2855 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2856 Zone America/Barbados -3:58:29 - LMT 1924 # Bridgetown
2857 -3:58:29 - BMT 1932 # Bridgetown Mean Time
2861 # Whitman entirely disagrees with Shanks; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2862 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2863 Rule Belize 1918 1942 - Oct Sun>=2 0:00 0:30 -0530
2864 Rule Belize 1919 1943 - Feb Sun>=9 0:00 0 CST
2865 Rule Belize 1973 only - Dec 5 0:00 1:00 CDT
2866 Rule Belize 1974 only - Feb 9 0:00 0 CST
2867 Rule Belize 1982 only - Dec 18 0:00 1:00 CDT
2868 Rule Belize 1983 only - Feb 12 0:00 0 CST
2869 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2870 Zone America/Belize -5:52:48 - LMT 1912 Apr
2875 # For 1899 Milne gives -4:19:18.3 as the meridian of the clock tower,
2876 # Bermuda dockyard, Ireland I; round that.
2878 # From Dan Jones, reporting in The Royal Gazette (2006-06-26):
2880 # Next year, however, clocks in the US will go forward on the second Sunday
2881 # in March, until the first Sunday in November. And, after the Time Zone
2882 # (Seasonal Variation) Bill 2006 was passed in the House of Assembly on
2883 # Friday, the same thing will happen in Bermuda.
2884 # http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060529/NEWS/105290135
2886 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2887 Zone Atlantic/Bermuda -4:19:18 - LMT 1930 Jan 1 2:00 # Hamilton
2888 -4:00 - AST 1974 Apr 28 2:00
2889 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1976
2893 # See America/Panama.
2897 # Milne gives -5:36:13.3 as San José mean time; round to nearest.
2899 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
2900 Rule CR 1979 1980 - Feb lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
2901 Rule CR 1979 1980 - Jun Sun>=1 0:00 0 S
2902 Rule CR 1991 1992 - Jan Sat>=15 0:00 1:00 D
2903 # IATA SSIM (1991-09) says the following was at 1:00;
2904 # go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2905 Rule CR 1991 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S
2906 Rule CR 1992 only - Mar 15 0:00 0 S
2907 # There are too many San Josés elsewhere, so we'll use 'Costa Rica'.
2908 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
2909 Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San José
2910 -5:36:13 - SJMT 1921 Jan 15 # San José Mean Time
2913 # no information; probably like America/Costa_Rica
2917 # From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
2918 # Milne gives -5:28:50.45 for the observatory at Havana, -5:29:23.57
2919 # for the port, and -5:30 for meteorological observations.
2920 # For now, stick with Shanks & Pottenger.
2922 # From Arthur David Olson (1999-03-29):
2923 # The 1999-03-28 exhibition baseball game held in Havana, Cuba, between
2924 # the Cuban National Team and the Baltimore Orioles was carried live on
2925 # the Orioles Radio Network, including affiliate WTOP in Washington, DC.
2926 # During the game, play-by-play announcer Jim Hunter noted that
2927 # "We'll be losing two hours of sleep...Cuba switched to Daylight Saving
2928 # Time today." (The "two hour" remark referred to losing one hour of
2929 # sleep on 1999-03-28 - when the announcers were in Cuba as it switched
2930 # to DST - and one more hour on 1999-04-04 - when the announcers will have
2931 # returned to Baltimore, which switches on that date.)
2933 # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-11-11):
2934 # DST start in Cuba in 2004 ... does not follow the same rules as the
2935 # years before. The correct date should be Sunday 2004-03-28 00:00 ...
2936 # https://web.archive.org/web/20040402060750/http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2004/marzo/sab27/reloj.html
2938 # From Evert van der Veer via Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-28):
2939 # Cuba is not going back to standard time this year.
2940 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2941 # http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2004/septiembre/juev30/41medid-i.html
2942 # says that it's due to a problem at the Antonio Guiteras
2943 # thermoelectric plant, and says "This October there will be no return
2944 # to normal hours (after daylight saving time)".
2945 # For now, let's assume that it's a temporary measure.
2947 # From Carlos A. Carnero Delgado (2005-11-12):
2948 # This year (just like in 2004-2005) there's no change in time zone
2949 # adjustment in Cuba. We will stay in daylight saving time:
2950 # http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2005/noviembre/mier9/horario.html
2952 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-10-21):
2953 # An article in GRANMA INTERNACIONAL claims that Cuba will end
2954 # the 3 years of permanent DST next weekend, see
2955 # http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/octubre/lun16/43horario.html
2956 # "On Saturday night, October 28 going into Sunday, October 29, at 01:00,
2957 # watches should be set back one hour - going back to 00:00 hours - returning
2958 # to the normal schedule....
2960 # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-02):
2961 # <http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/english/news/art89.html>, dated yesterday,
2962 # says Cuban clocks will advance at midnight on March 10.
2963 # For lack of better information, assume Cuba will use US rules,
2964 # except that it switches at midnight standard time as usual.
2966 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-10-25):
2967 # Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz informed me that Cuba will end DST one week
2968 # earlier - on the last Sunday of October, just like in 2006.
2970 # He supplied these references:
2972 # http://www.prensalatina.com.mx/article.asp?ID=%7B4CC32C1B-A9F7-42FB-8A07-8631AFC923AF%7D&language=ES
2973 # http://actualidad.terra.es/sociedad/articulo/cuba_llama_ahorrar_energia_cambio_1957044.htm
2975 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2007-10-25):
2976 # Here is also article from Granma (Cuba):
2978 # Regirá el Horario Normal desde el próximo domingo 28 de octubre
2979 # http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2007/10/24/nacional/artic07.html
2981 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba03.html
2983 # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-09):
2984 # I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight
2985 # Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to
2986 # http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj
2987 # a Cuban information station, and heard
2988 # the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"),
2989 # indicating that Cuba is still on standard time.
2991 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-12):
2992 # It seems that Cuba will start DST on Sunday, 2007-03-16...
2993 # It was announced yesterday, according to this source (in Spanish):
2994 # http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm
2996 # Some more background information is posted here:
2997 # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html
2999 # The article also says that Cuba has been observing DST since 1963,
3000 # while Shanks (and tzdata) has 1965 as the first date (except in the
3001 # 1940's). Many other web pages in Cuba also claim that it has been
3002 # observed since 1963, but with the exception of 1970 - an exception
3003 # which is not present in tzdata/Shanks. So there is a chance we need to
3004 # change some historic records as well.
3007 # http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm
3009 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-03-13):
3010 # The Cuban time change has just been confirmed on the most authoritative
3011 # web site, the Granma. Please check out
3012 # http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html
3014 # Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsen's information, the change
3015 # will take place midnight between Saturday and Sunday.
3017 # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-12):
3018 # Assume Sun>=15 (third Sunday) going forward.
3020 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-04)
3021 # According to the Radio Reloj - Cuba will start Daylight Saving Time on
3022 # midnight between Saturday, March 07, 2009 and Sunday, March 08, 2009-
3023 # not on midnight March 14 / March 15 as previously thought.
3025 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba05.html
3028 # From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-09)
3029 # I listened over the Internet to
3030 # http://media.enet.cu/readioreloj
3031 # this morning; when it was 10:05 a. m. here in Bethesda, Maryland the
3032 # the time was announced as "diez cinco" - the same time as here, indicating
3033 # that has indeed switched to DST. Assume second Sunday from 2009 forward.
3035 # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-03-08):
3036 # Granma announced that Cuba is going to start DST on 2011-03-20 00:00:00
3037 # this year. Nothing about the end date known so far (if that has
3041 # http://granma.co.cu/2011/03/08/nacional/artic01.html
3044 # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2011.html
3046 # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-10-30)
3047 # Cuba will end DST two weeks later this year. Instead of going back
3048 # tonight, it has been delayed to 2011-11-13 at 01:00.
3050 # One source (Spanish)
3051 # http://www.radioangulo.cu/noticias/cuba/17105-cuba-restablecera-el-horario-del-meridiano-de-greenwich.html
3054 # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-time-changes-2011.html
3056 # From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-01)
3057 # According to Radio Reloj, Cuba will start DST on Midnight between March
3060 # Radio Reloj has the following info (Spanish):
3061 # http://www.radioreloj.cu/index.php/noticias-radio-reloj/71-miscelaneas/7529-cuba-aplicara-el-horario-de-verano-desde-el-1-de-abril
3064 # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2012.html
3066 # From Steffen Thorsen (2012-11-03):
3067 # Radio Reloj and many other sources report that Cuba is changing back
3068 # to standard time on 2012-11-04:
3069 # http://www.radioreloj.cu/index.php/noticias-radio-reloj/36-nacionales/9961-regira-horario-normal-en-cuba-desde-el-domingo-cuatro-de-noviembre
3070 # From Paul Eggert (2012-11-03):
3071 # For now, assume the future rule is first Sunday in November.
3073 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
3074 Rule Cuba 1928 only - Jun 10 0:00 1:00 D
3075 Rule Cuba 1928 only - Oct 10 0:00 0 S
3076 Rule Cuba 1940 1942 - Jun Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
3077 Rule Cuba 1940 1942 - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 0 S
3078 Rule Cuba 1945 1946 - Jun Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
3079 Rule Cuba 1945 1946 - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 0 S
3080 Rule Cuba 1965 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D
3081 Rule Cuba 1965 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S
3082 Rule Cuba 1966 only - May 29 0:00 1:00 D
3083 Rule Cuba 1966 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 S
3084 Rule Cuba 1967 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 D
3085 Rule Cuba 1967 1968 - Sep Sun>=8 0:00 0 S
3086 Rule Cuba 1968 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D
3087 Rule Cuba 1969 1977 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
3088 Rule Cuba 1969 1971 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S
3089 Rule Cuba 1972 1974 - Oct 8 0:00 0 S
3090 Rule Cuba 1975 1977 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S
3091 Rule Cuba 1978 only - May 7 0:00 1:00 D
3092 Rule Cuba 1978 1990 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S
3093 Rule Cuba 1979 1980 - Mar Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D
3094 Rule Cuba 1981 1985 - May Sun>=5 0:00 1:00 D
3095 Rule Cuba 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=14 0:00 1:00 D
3096 Rule Cuba 1990 1997 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
3097 Rule Cuba 1991 1995 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00s 0 S
3098 Rule Cuba 1996 only - Oct 6 0:00s 0 S
3099 Rule Cuba 1997 only - Oct 12 0:00s 0 S
3100 Rule Cuba 1998 1999 - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D
3101 Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S
3102 Rule Cuba 2000 2003 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D
3103 Rule Cuba 2004 only - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D
3104 Rule Cuba 2006 2010 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S
3105 Rule Cuba 2007 only - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D
3106 Rule Cuba 2008 only - Mar Sun>=15 0:00s 1:00 D
3107 Rule Cuba 2009 2010 - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D
3108 Rule Cuba 2011 only - Mar Sun>=15 0:00s 1:00 D
3109 Rule Cuba 2011 only - Nov 13 0:00s 0 S
3110 Rule Cuba 2012 only - Apr 1 0:00s 1:00 D
3111 Rule Cuba 2012 max - Nov Sun>=1 0:00s 0 S
3112 Rule Cuba 2013 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D
3114 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3115 Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890
3116 -5:29:36 - HMT 1925 Jul 19 12:00 # Havana MT
3120 # See America/Port_of_Spain.
3122 # Dominican Republic
3124 # From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-30):
3125 # Enrique Morales reported to me that the Dominican Republic has changed the
3126 # time zone to Eastern Standard Time as of Sunday 29 at 2 am....
3127 # http://www.listin.com.do/antes/261000/republica/princi.html
3129 # From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
3130 # That URL (2000-10-26, in Spanish) says they planned to use US-style DST.
3132 # From Rives McDow (2000-12-01):
3133 # Dominican Republic changed its mind and presidential decree on Tuesday,
3134 # November 28, 2000, with a new decree. On Sunday, December 3 at 1:00 AM the
3135 # Dominican Republic will be reverting to 8 hours from the International Date
3136 # Line, and will not be using DST in the foreseeable future. The reason they
3137 # decided to use DST was to be in synch with Puerto Rico, who was also going
3138 # to implement DST. When Puerto Rico didn't implement DST, the president
3139 # decided to revert.
3142 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
3143 Rule DR 1966 only - Oct 30 0:00 1:00 EDT
3144 Rule DR 1967 only - Feb 28 0:00 0 EST
3145 Rule DR 1969 1973 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 -0430
3146 Rule DR 1970 only - Feb 21 0:00 0 EST
3147 Rule DR 1971 only - Jan 20 0:00 0 EST
3148 Rule DR 1972 1974 - Jan 21 0:00 0 EST
3149 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3150 Zone America/Santo_Domingo -4:39:36 - LMT 1890
3151 -4:40 - SDMT 1933 Apr 1 12:00 # S. Dom. MT
3152 -5:00 DR %s 1974 Oct 27
3153 -4:00 - AST 2000 Oct 29 2:00
3154 -5:00 US E%sT 2000 Dec 3 1:00
3159 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
3160 Rule Salv 1987 1988 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
3161 Rule Salv 1987 1988 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S
3162 # There are too many San Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/El_Salvador
3163 # instead of America/San_Salvador.
3164 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3165 Zone America/El_Salvador -5:56:48 - LMT 1921 # San Salvador
3171 # St Martin (French part)
3172 # See America/Port_of_Spain.
3176 # From Gwillim Law (2006-04-22), after a heads-up from Oscar van Vlijmen:
3177 # Diario Co Latino, at
3178 # <http://www.diariocolatino.com/internacionales/detalles.asp?NewsID=8079>,
3179 # says in an article dated 2006-04-19 that the Guatemalan government had
3180 # decided on that date to advance official time by 60 minutes, to lessen the
3181 # impact of the elevated cost of oil.... Daylight saving time will last from
3182 # 2006-04-29 24:00 (Guatemalan standard time) to 2006-09-30 (time unspecified).
3183 # From Paul Eggert (2006-06-22):
3184 # The Ministry of Energy and Mines, press release CP-15/2006
3185 # (2006-04-19), says DST ends at 24:00. See
3186 # http://www.sieca.org.gt/Sitio_publico/Energeticos/Doc/Medidas/Cambio_Horario_Nac_190406.pdf
3188 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
3189 Rule Guat 1973 only - Nov 25 0:00 1:00 D
3190 Rule Guat 1974 only - Feb 24 0:00 0 S
3191 Rule Guat 1983 only - May 21 0:00 1:00 D
3192 Rule Guat 1983 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S
3193 Rule Guat 1991 only - Mar 23 0:00 1:00 D
3194 Rule Guat 1991 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S
3195 Rule Guat 2006 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D
3196 Rule Guat 2006 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
3197 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3198 Zone America/Guatemala -6:02:04 - LMT 1918 Oct 5
3202 # From Gwillim Law (2005-04-15):
3203 # Risto O. Nykänen wrote me that Haiti is now on DST.
3204 # I searched for confirmation, and I found a press release
3205 # on the Web page of the Haitian Consulate in Chicago (2005-03-31),
3206 # <http://www.haitianconsulate.org/time.doc>. Translated from French, it says:
3208 # "The Prime Minister's Communication Office notifies the public in general
3209 # and the press in particular that, following a decision of the Interior
3210 # Ministry and the Territorial Collectivities [I suppose that means the
3211 # provinces], Haiti will move to Eastern Daylight Time in the night from next
3212 # Saturday the 2nd to Sunday the 3rd.
3214 # "Consequently, the Prime Minister's Communication Office wishes to inform
3215 # the population that the country's clocks will be set forward one hour
3216 # starting at midnight. This provision will hold until the last Saturday in
3219 # "Port-au-Prince, March 31, 2005"
3221 # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-04-04):
3222 # I have been informed by users that Haiti observes DST this year like
3223 # last year, so the current "only" rule for 2005 might be changed to a
3224 # "max" rule or to last until 2006. (Who knows if they will observe DST
3225 # next year or if they will extend their DST like US/Canada next year).
3227 # I have found this article about it (in French):
3228 # http://www.haitipressnetwork.com/news.cfm?articleID=7612
3230 # The reason seems to be an energy crisis.
3232 # From Stephen Colebourne (2007-02-22):
3233 # Some IATA info: Haiti won't be having DST in 2007.
3235 # From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-11):
3236 # According to several news sources, Haiti will observe DST this year,
3237 # apparently using the same start and end date as USA/Canada.
3238 # So this means they have already changed their time.
3240 # http://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article12510
3241 # http://radiovision2000haiti.net/home/?p=13253
3243 # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-11):
3244 # The alterpresse.org source seems to show a US-style leap from 2:00 a.m. to
3245 # 3:00 a.m. rather than the traditional Haitian jump at midnight.
3246 # Assume a US-style fall back as well.
3248 # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-10):
3249 # It appears that Haiti is observing DST this year as well, same rules
3250 # as US/Canada. They did it last year as well, and it looks like they
3251 # are going to observe DST every year now...
3253 # http://radiovision2000haiti.net/public/haiti-avis-changement-dheure-dimanche/
3254 # http://www.canalplushaiti.net/?p=6714
3256 # From Steffen Thorsen (2016-03-12):
3257 # Jean Antoine, editor of www.haiti-reference.com informed us that Haiti
3258 # are not going on DST this year. Several other resources confirm this: ...
3259 # https://www.radiotelevisioncaraibes.com/presse/heure_d_t_pas_de_changement_d_heure_pr_vu_pour_cet_ann_e.html
3260 # https://www.vantbefinfo.com/changement-dheure-pas-pour-haiti/
3261 # http://news.anmwe.com/haiti-lheure-nationale-ne-sera-ni-avancee-ni-reculee-cette-annee/
3263 # From Steffen Thorsen (2017-03-12):
3264 # We have received 4 mails from different people telling that Haiti
3265 # has started DST again today, and this source seems to confirm that,
3266 # I have not been able to find a more authoritative source:
3267 # https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20319-haiti-notices-time-change-in-haiti.html
3269 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
3270 Rule Haiti 1983 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 D
3271 Rule Haiti 1984 1987 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
3272 Rule Haiti 1983 1987 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S
3273 # Shanks & Pottenger say AT is 2:00, but IATA SSIM (1991/1997) says 1:00s.
3275 Rule Haiti 1988 1997 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 D
3276 Rule Haiti 1988 1997 - Oct lastSun 1:00s 0 S
3277 Rule Haiti 2005 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
3278 Rule Haiti 2005 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S
3279 Rule Haiti 2012 2015 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
3280 Rule Haiti 2012 2015 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
3281 Rule Haiti 2017 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
3282 Rule Haiti 2017 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
3283 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3284 Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 - LMT 1890
3285 -4:49 - PPMT 1917 Jan 24 12:00 # P-a-P MT
3289 # Shanks & Pottenger say 1921 Jan 1; go with Whitman's more precise Apr 1.
3291 # From Paul Eggert (2006-05-05):
3292 # worldtimezone.com reports a 2006-05-02 Spanish-language AP article
3293 # saying Honduras will start using DST midnight Saturday, effective 4
3294 # months until September. La Tribuna reported today
3295 # <http://www.latribuna.hn/99299.html> that Manuel Zelaya, the president
3296 # of Honduras, refused to back down on this.
3298 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-08-08):
3299 # It seems that Honduras has returned from DST to standard time this Monday at
3300 # 00:00 hours (prolonging Sunday to 25 hours duration).
3301 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_honduras04.html
3303 # From Paul Eggert (2006-08-08):
3304 # Also see Diario El Heraldo, The country returns to standard time (2006-08-08).
3305 # http://www.elheraldo.hn/nota.php?nid=54941&sec=12
3306 # It mentions executive decree 18-2006.
3308 # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17):
3309 # Honduras will observe DST from 2007 to 2009, exact dates are not
3310 # published, I have located this authoritative source:
3311 # http://www.presidencia.gob.hn/noticia.aspx?nId=47
3313 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-03-30):
3314 # http://www.laprensahn.com/pais_nota.php?id04962=7386
3315 # So it seems that Honduras will not enter DST this year....
3317 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
3318 Rule Hond 1987 1988 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
3319 Rule Hond 1987 1988 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S
3320 Rule Hond 2006 only - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
3321 Rule Hond 2006 only - Aug Mon>=1 0:00 0 S
3322 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3323 Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 - LMT 1921 Apr
3326 # Great Swan I ceded by US to Honduras in 1972
3329 # Shanks & Pottenger give -5:07:12, but Milne records -5:07:10.41 from an
3330 # unspecified official document, and says "This time is used throughout the
3331 # island". Go with Milne. Round to the nearest second as required by zic.
3333 # Shanks & Pottenger give April 28 for the 1974 spring-forward transition, but
3334 # Lance Neita writes that Prime Minister Michael Manley decreed it January 5.
3335 # Assume Neita meant Jan 6 02:00, the same as the US. Neita also writes that
3336 # Manley's supporters associated this act with Manley's nickname "Joshua"
3337 # (recall that in the Bible the sun stood still at Joshua's request),
3338 # and with the Rod of Correction which Manley said he had received from
3339 # Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia. See:
3340 # Neita L. The politician in all of us. Jamaica Observer 2014-09-20
3341 # http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/The-politician-in-all-of-us_17573647
3343 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3344 Zone America/Jamaica -5:07:10 - LMT 1890 # Kingston
3345 -5:07:10 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time
3351 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3352 Zone America/Martinique -4:04:20 - LMT 1890 # Fort-de-France
3353 -4:04:20 - FFMT 1911 May # Fort-de-France MT
3354 -4:00 - AST 1980 Apr 6
3355 -4:00 1:00 ADT 1980 Sep 28
3359 # See America/Port_of_Spain.
3363 # This uses Shanks & Pottenger for times before 2005.
3365 # From Steffen Thorsen (2005-04-12):
3366 # I've got reports from 8 different people that Nicaragua just started
3367 # DST on Sunday 2005-04-10, in order to save energy because of
3368 # expensive petroleum. The exact end date for DST is not yet
3369 # announced, only "September" but some sites also say "mid-September".
3370 # Some background information is available on the President's official site:
3371 # http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/Presidencia/Files_index/Secretaria/Notas%20de%20Prensa/Presidente/2005/ABRIL/Gobierno-de-nicaragua-adelanta-hora-oficial-06abril.htm
3372 # The Decree, no 23-2005 is available here:
3373 # 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
3375 # From Paul Eggert (2005-05-01):
3376 # The decree doesn't say anything about daylight saving, but for now let's
3377 # assume that it is daylight saving....
3379 # From Gwillim Law (2005-04-21):
3380 # The Associated Press story on the time change, which can be found at
3381 # http://www.lapalmainteractivo.com/guias/content/gen/ap/America_Latina/AMC_GEN_NICARAGUA_HORA.html
3382 # and elsewhere, says (fifth paragraph, translated from Spanish): "The last
3383 # time that a change of clocks was applied to save energy was in the year 2000
3384 # during the Arnoldo Alemán administration."...
3385 # The northamerica file says that Nicaragua has been on UTC-6 continuously
3386 # since December 1998. I wasn't able to find any details of Nicaraguan time
3387 # changes in 2000. Perhaps a note could be added to the northamerica file, to
3388 # the effect that we have indirect evidence that DST was observed in 2000.
3390 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-11-02):
3391 # Nicaragua left DST the 2005-10-02 at 00:00 (local time).
3392 # http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/presidencia/files_index/secretaria/comunicados/2005/septiembre/26septiembre-cambio-hora.htm
3395 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-05-05):
3396 # http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2006/05/01/nacionales/18410
3397 # (my informal translation)
3398 # By order of the president of the republic, Enrique Bolaños, Nicaragua
3399 # advanced by sixty minutes their official time, yesterday at 2 in the
3400 # morning, and will stay that way until 30th of September.
3402 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-09-30):
3403 # http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/buscador_gaceta/BD/DECRETOS/2006/D-063-2006P-PRN-Cambio-Hora.pdf
3404 # My informal translation runs:
3405 # The natural sun time is restored in all the national territory, in that the
3406 # time is returned one hour at 01:00 am of October 1 of 2006.
3408 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
3409 Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D
3410 Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Jun Mon>=23 0:00 0 S
3411 Rule Nic 2005 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 D
3412 Rule Nic 2005 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S
3413 Rule Nic 2006 only - Apr 30 2:00 1:00 D
3414 Rule Nic 2006 only - Oct Sun>=1 1:00 0 S
3415 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3416 Zone America/Managua -5:45:08 - LMT 1890
3417 -5:45:12 - MMT 1934 Jun 23 # Managua Mean Time?
3418 -6:00 - CST 1973 May
3419 -5:00 - EST 1975 Feb 16
3420 -6:00 Nic C%sT 1992 Jan 1 4:00
3421 -5:00 - EST 1992 Sep 24
3427 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3428 Zone America/Panama -5:18:08 - LMT 1890
3429 -5:19:36 - CMT 1908 Apr 22 # Colón Mean Time
3431 Link America/Panama America/Cayman
3434 # There are too many San Juans elsewhere, so we'll use 'Puerto_Rico'.
3435 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3436 Zone America/Puerto_Rico -4:24:25 - LMT 1899 Mar 28 12:00 # San Juan
3437 -4:00 - AST 1942 May 3
3443 # See America/Port_of_Spain.
3445 # St Pierre and Miquelon
3446 # There are too many St Pierres elsewhere, so we'll use 'Miquelon'.
3447 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3448 Zone America/Miquelon -3:44:40 - LMT 1911 May 15 # St Pierre
3449 -4:00 - AST 1980 May
3451 -3:00 Canada -03/-02
3453 # St Vincent and the Grenadines
3454 # See America/Port_of_Spain.
3458 # From Chris Dunn in
3459 # https://bugs.debian.org/415007
3460 # (2007-03-15): In the Turks & Caicos Islands (America/Grand_Turk) the
3461 # daylight saving dates for time changes have been adjusted to match
3462 # the recent U.S. change of dates.
3464 # From Brian Inglis (2007-04-28):
3465 # http://www.turksandcaicos.tc/calendar/index.htm [2007-04-26]
3466 # there is an entry for Nov 4 "Daylight Savings Time Ends 2007" and three
3467 # rows before that there is an out of date entry for Oct:
3468 # "Eastern Standard Times Begins 2007
3469 # Clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local Daylight Saving Time"
3470 # indicating that the normal ET rules are followed.
3472 # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-19):
3473 # The 2014-08-13 Cabinet meeting decided to stay on UT -04 year-round. See:
3474 # http://tcweeklynews.com/daylight-savings-time-to-be-maintained-p5353-127.htm
3475 # Model this as a switch from EST/EDT to AST ...
3476 # From Chris Walton (2014-11-04):
3477 # ... the TCI government appears to have delayed the switch to
3478 # "permanent daylight saving time" by one year....
3479 # http://tcweeklynews.com/time-change-to-go-ahead-this-november-p5437-127.htm
3481 # From the Turks & Caicos Cabinet (2017-07-20), heads-up from Steffen Thorsen:
3482 # ... agreed to the reintroduction in TCI of Daylight Saving Time (DST)
3483 # during the summer months and Standard Time, also known as Local
3484 # Time, during the winter months with effect from April 2018 ...
3485 # https://www.gov.uk/government/news/turks-and-caicos-post-cabinet-meeting-statement--3
3487 # From Paul Eggert (2017-08-26):
3488 # The date of effect of the spring 2018 change appears to be March 11,
3489 # which makes more sense. See: Hamilton D. Time change back
3490 # by March 2018 for TCI. Magnetic Media. 2017-08-25.
3491 # http://magneticmediatv.com/2017/08/time-change-back-by-march-2018-for-tci/
3493 # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
3494 Zone America/Grand_Turk -4:44:32 - LMT 1890
3495 -5:07:10 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time
3497 -5:00 US E%sT 2015 Nov Sun>=1 2:00
3498 -4:00 - AST 2018 Mar 11 3:00
3503 # See America/Port_of_Spain.
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