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diff --git a/timezone/northamerica b/timezone/northamerica index 9266fab..58e790c 100644 --- a/timezone/northamerica +++ b/timezone/northamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)northamerica 7.56 +# @(#)northamerica 7.58 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -280,40 +280,47 @@ Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 # Alaska # AK%sT is the modern abbreviation for -9:00 per USNO. # -# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): +# From Paul Eggert (2001-04-01): # Howse writes that Alaska switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, # and from east-of-GMT to west-of-GMT days, when the US bought it from Russia. -# This was on 1867-10-18. We omit this transition, since we can't represent -# changes from Julian to Gregorian. +# This was on 1867-10-18, a Friday; the previous day was 1867-10-06 Julian, +# also a Friday. Include only the time zone part of this transition, +# ignoring the switch from Julian to Gregorian, since we can't represent +# the Julian calendar. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Juneau -8:57:41 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 +Zone America/Juneau 15:02:19 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 + -8:57:41 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 -8:00 - PST 1942 -8:00 US P%sT 1946 -8:00 - PST 1969 -8:00 US P%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 -9:00 US AK%sT -Zone America/Yakutat -9:18:55 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 +Zone America/Yakutat 14:41:05 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 + -9:18:55 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 -9:00 - YST 1942 -9:00 US Y%sT 1946 -9:00 - YST 1969 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 -9:00 US AK%sT -Zone America/Anchorage -9:59:36 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 +Zone America/Anchorage 14:00:24 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 + -9:59:36 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 -10:00 - CAT 1942 -10:00 US CAT/CAWT 1946 -10:00 - CAT 1967 Apr -10:00 - AHST 1969 -10:00 US AH%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 -9:00 US AK%sT -Zone America/Nome -11:01:38 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 +Zone America/Nome 12:58:21 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 + -11:01:38 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 -11:00 - NST 1942 -11:00 US N%sT 1946 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr -11:00 - BST 1969 -11:00 US B%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 -9:00 US AK%sT -Zone America/Adak -11:46:38 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 +Zone America/Adak 12:13:21 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 + -11:46:38 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 -11:00 - NST 1942 -11:00 US N%sT 1946 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr @@ -1138,6 +1145,16 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884 # From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04): # Let's just keep track of the official times for now. +# From Rives McDow (2001-03-07): +# The premier of Nunavut has issued a ministerial statement advising +# that effective 2001-04-01, the territory of Nunavut will revert +# back to three time zones (mountain, central, and eastern). Of the +# cities in Nunavut, Coral Harbor is the only one that I know of that +# has said it will not observe dst, staying on EST year round. I'm +# checking for more info, and will get back to you if I come up with +# more. +# [Also see <http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt10309_06.html> (2001-03-09).] + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S @@ -1155,19 +1172,21 @@ Zone America/Pangnirtung -4:22:56 - LMT 1884 -4:00 NT_YK A%sT 1995 Apr Sun>=1 2:00 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 - -5:00 - EST + -5:00 Canada E%sT Zone America/Iqaluit -4:33:52 - LMT 1884 # Frobisher Bay before 1987 -5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 - -5:00 - EST + -5:00 Canada E%sT Zone America/Rankin_Inlet -6:08:40 - LMT 1884 -6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 - -5:00 - EST + -5:00 - EST 2001 Apr 1 3:00 + -6:00 Canada C%sT Zone America/Cambridge_Bay -7:00:20 - LMT 1884 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 - EST 2000 Nov 5 0:00 - -6:00 Canada C%sT + -6:00 - CST 2001 Apr 1 3:00 + -7:00 Canada M%sT Zone America/Yellowknife -7:37:24 - LMT 1884 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT Zone America/Inuvik -8:54:00 - LMT 1884 @@ -1294,16 +1313,25 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # James F. Smith writes in today's LA Times # </a> # * Sonora will continue to observe standard time. -# * Border states including Baja California, Chihuahua, and Nuevo Leon -# will use US rules, # * Last week Mexico City's mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador decreed that # the Federal District will not adopt DST. # * 4 of 16 district leaders announced they'll ignore the decree. # * The decree does not affect federal-controlled facilities including # the airport, banks, hospitals, and schools. # -# For now we'll assume that the Federal District will bow to federal rules -# and that border states and Durango will stick with US rules. +# For now we'll assume that the Federal District will bow to federal rules. + +# From Jesper Norgaard (2001-04-01): +# I found some references to the Mexican application of daylight +# saving, which modifies what I had already sent you, stating earlier +# that a number of northern Mexican states would go on daylight +# saving. The modification reverts this to only cover Baja California +# (Norte), while all other states (except Sonora, who has no daylight +# saving all year) will follow the original decree of president +# Vicente Fox, starting daylight saving May 6, 2001 and ending +# September 30, 2001. +# References: "Diario de Monterrey" <www.diariodemonterrey.com/index.asp> +# Palabra <http://palabra.infosel.com/010331/primera/ppri3101.pdf> (2001-03-31) # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Mexico 1939 only - Feb 5 0:00 1:00 D @@ -1333,8 +1361,7 @@ Zone America/Merida -5:58:28 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:01:32 Zone America/Monterrey -6:41:16 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:18:44 -6:00 - CST 1988 -6:00 US C%sT 1989 - -6:00 Mexico C%sT 2001 - -6:00 US C%sT + -6:00 Mexico C%sT # Central Mexico Zone America/Mexico_City -6:36:36 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:23:24 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 @@ -1353,8 +1380,7 @@ Zone America/Chihuahua -7:04:20 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:55:40 -6:00 - CST 1996 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 1998 -6:00 - CST 1998 Apr Sun>=1 3:00 - -7:00 Mexico M%sT 2001 - -7:00 US M%sT + -7:00 Mexico M%sT # Sonora Zone America/Hermosillo -7:23:52 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:36:08 -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 |