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1# @(#)northamerica	8.11
2# <pre>
3
4# also includes Central America and the Caribbean
5
6# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
7# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
8# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
9
10# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22):
11# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
12# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
13
14###############################################################################
15
16# United States
17
18# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-31):
19# Howse writes (pp 121-125) that time zones were invented by
20# Professor Charles Ferdinand Dowd (1825-1904),
21# Principal of Temple Grove Ladies' Seminary (Saratoga Springs, NY).
22# His pamphlet ``A System of National Time for Railroads'' (1870)
23# was the result of his proposals at the Convention of Railroad Trunk Lines
24# in New York City (1869-10).  His 1870 proposal was based on Washington, DC,
25# but in 1872-05 he moved the proposed origin to Greenwich.
26# His proposal was adopted by the railroads on 1883-11-18 at 12:00,
27# and the most of the country soon followed suit.
28
29# From Paul Eggert (2005-04-16):
30# That 1883 transition occurred at 12:00 new time, not at 12:00 old time.
31# See p 46 of David Prerau, Seize the daylight, Thunder's Mouth Press (2005).
32
33# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
34# A good source for time zone historical data in the US is
35# Thomas G. Shanks, The American Atlas (5th edition),
36# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
37# Make sure you have the errata sheet; the book is somewhat useless without it.
38# It is the source for most of the pre-1991 US entries below.
39
40# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06):
41# Daylight Saving Time was first suggested as a joke by Benjamin Franklin
42# in his whimsical essay ``An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost
43# of Light'' published in the Journal de Paris (1784-04-26).
44# Not everyone is happy with the results:
45#
46#	I don't really care how time is reckoned so long as there is some
47#	agreement about it, but I object to being told that I am saving
48#	daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind.
49#	I even object to the implication that I am wasting something
50#	valuable if I stay in bed after the sun has risen.  As an admirer
51#	of moonlight I resent the bossy insistence of those who want to
52#	reduce my time for enjoying it.  At the back of the Daylight Saving
53#	scheme I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager
54#	to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make
55#	them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves.
56#
57#	-- Robertson Davies, The diary of Samuel Marchbanks,
58#	   Clarke, Irwin (1947), XIX, Sunday
59#
60# For more about the first ten years of DST in the United States, see
61# Robert Garland's <a href="http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/dst.html">
62# Ten years of daylight saving from the Pittsburgh standpoint
63# (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1927)</a>.
64#
65# Shanks says that DST was called "War Time" in the US in 1918 and 1919.
66# However, DST was imposed by the Standard Time Act of 1918, which
67# was the first nationwide legal time standard, and apparently
68# time was just called "Standard Time" or "Daylight Saving Time".
69
70# From Arthur David Olson:
71# US Daylight Saving Time ended on the last Sunday of *October* in 1974.
72# See, for example, the front page of the Saturday, 1974-10-26
73# and Sunday, 1974-10-27 editions of the Washington Post.
74
75# From Arthur David Olson:
76# Before the Uniform Time Act of 1966 took effect in 1967, observance of
77# Daylight Saving Time in the US was by local option, except during wartime.
78
79# From Arthur David Olson (2000-09-25):
80# Last night I heard part of a rebroadcast of a 1945 Arch Oboler radio drama.
81# In the introduction, Oboler spoke of "Eastern Peace Time."
82# An AltaVista search turned up
83# <a href="http://rowayton.org/rhs/hstaug45.html">:
84# "When the time is announced over the radio now, it is 'Eastern Peace
85# Time' instead of the old familiar 'Eastern War Time.'  Peace is wonderful."
86# </a> (August 1945) by way of confirmation.
87
88# From Joseph Gallant citing
89# George H. Douglas, _The Early Days of Radio Broadcasting_ (1987):
90# At 7 P.M. (Eastern War Time) [on 1945-08-14], the networks were set
91# to switch to London for Attlee's address, but the American people
92# never got to hear his speech live. According to one press account,
93# CBS' Bob Trout was first to announce the word of Japan's surrender,
94# but a few seconds later, NBC, ABC and Mutual also flashed the word
95# of surrender, all of whom interrupting the bells of Big Ben in
96# London which were to precede Mr. Attlee's speech.
97
98# From Paul Eggert (2003-02-09): It was Robert St John, not Bob Trout.  From
99# Myrna Oliver's obituary of St John on page B16 of today's Los Angeles Times:
100#
101# ... a war-weary U.S. clung to radios, awaiting word of Japan's surrender.
102# Any announcement from Asia would reach St. John's New York newsroom on a
103# wire service teletype machine, which had prescribed signals for major news.
104# Associated Press, for example, would ring five bells before spewing out
105# typed copy of an important story, and 10 bells for news "of transcendental
106# importance."
107#
108# On Aug. 14, stalling while talking steadily into the NBC networks' open
109# microphone, St. John heard five bells and waited only to hear a sixth bell,
110# before announcing confidently: "Ladies and gentlemen, World War II is over.
111# The Japanese have agreed to our surrender terms."
112#
113# He had scored a 20-second scoop on other broadcasters.
114
115# From Arthur David Olson (2005-08-22):
116# Paul has been careful to use the "US" rules only in those locations
117# that are part of the United States; this reflects the real scope of
118# U.S. government action.  So even though the "US" rules have changed
119# in the latest release, other countries won't be affected.
120
121# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
122Rule	US	1918	1919	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
123Rule	US	1918	1919	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
124Rule	US	1942	only	-	Feb	9	2:00	1:00	W # War
125Rule	US	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
126Rule	US	1945	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
127Rule	US	1967	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
128Rule	US	1967	1973	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
129Rule	US	1974	only	-	Jan	6	2:00	1:00	D
130Rule	US	1975	only	-	Feb	23	2:00	1:00	D
131Rule	US	1976	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
132Rule	US	1987	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
133Rule	US	2007	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
134Rule	US	2007	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	0	S
135
136# From Arthur David Olson, 2005-12-19
137# We generate the files specified below to guard against old files with
138# obsolete information being left in the time zone binary directory.
139# We limit the list to names that have appeared in previous versions of
140# this time zone package.
141# We do these as separate Zones rather than as Links to avoid problems if
142# a particular place changes whether it observes DST.
143# We put these specifications here in the northamerica file both to
144# increase the chances that they'll actually get compiled and to
145# avoid the need to duplicate the US rules in another file.
146
147# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
148Zone	EST		 -5:00	-	EST
149Zone	MST		 -7:00	-	MST
150Zone	HST		-10:00	-	HST
151Zone	EST5EDT		 -5:00	US	E%sT
152Zone	CST6CDT		 -6:00	US	C%sT
153Zone	MST7MDT		 -7:00	US	M%sT
154Zone	PST8PDT		 -8:00	US	P%sT
155
156# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
157# ...Alaska (and Hawaii) had the timezone names changed in 1967.
158#    old			 new
159#    Pacific Standard Time(PST)  -same-
160#    Yukon Standard Time(YST)    -same-
161#    Central Alaska S.T. (CAT)   Alaska-Hawaii St[an]dard Time (AHST)
162#    Nome Standard Time (NT)     Bering Standard Time (BST)
163#
164# ...Alaska's timezone lines were redrawn in 1983 to give only 2 tz.
165#    The YST zone now covers nearly all of the state, AHST just part
166#    of the Aleutian islands.   No DST.
167
168# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
169# The tables below use `NST', not `NT', for Nome Standard Time.
170# I invented `CAWT' for Central Alaska War Time.
171
172# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
173# USA  EASTERN       5 H  BEHIND UTC    NEW YORK, WASHINGTON
174# USA  EASTERN       4 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
175# USA  CENTRAL       6 H  BEHIND UTC    CHICAGO, HOUSTON
176# USA  CENTRAL       5 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
177# USA  MOUNTAIN      7 H  BEHIND UTC    DENVER
178# USA  MOUNTAIN      6 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
179# USA  PACIFIC       8 H  BEHIND UTC    L.A., SAN FRANCISCO
180# USA  PACIFIC       7 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
181# USA  ALASKA STD    9 H  BEHIND UTC    MOST OF ALASKA     (AKST)
182# USA  ALASKA STD    8 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30 (AKDT)
183# USA  ALEUTIAN     10 H  BEHIND UTC    ISLANDS WEST OF 170W
184# USA  - " -         9 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
185# USA  HAWAII       10 H  BEHIND UTC
186# USA  BERING       11 H  BEHIND UTC    SAMOA, MIDWAY
187
188# From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-21):
189# The above dates are for 1988.
190# Note the "AKST" and "AKDT" abbreviations, the claim that there's
191# no DST in Samoa, and the claim that there is DST in Alaska and the
192# Aleutians.
193
194# From Arthur David Olson (1988-02-13):
195# Legal standard time zone names, from United States Code (1982 Edition and
196# Supplement III), Title 15, Chapter 6, Section 260 and forward.  First, names
197# up to 1967-04-01 (when most provisions of the Uniform Time Act of 1966
198# took effect), as explained in sections 263 and 261:
199#	(none)
200#	United States standard eastern time
201#	United States standard mountain time
202#	United States standard central time
203#	United States standard Pacific time
204#	(none)
205#	United States standard Alaska time
206#	(none)
207# Next, names from 1967-04-01 until 1983-11-30 (the date for
208# public law 98-181):
209#	Atlantic standard time
210#	eastern standard time
211#	central standard time
212#	mountain standard time
213#	Pacific standard time
214#	Yukon standard time
215#	Alaska-Hawaii standard time
216#	Bering standard time
217# And after 1983-11-30:
218#	Atlantic standard time
219#	eastern standard time
220#	central standard time
221#	mountain standard time
222#	Pacific standard time
223#	Alaska standard time
224#	Hawaii-Aleutian standard time
225#	Samoa standard time
226# The law doesn't give abbreviations.
227#
228# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08), following a heads-up from Rives McDow:
229# Public law 106-564 (2000-12-23) introduced the abbreviation
230# "Chamorro Standard Time" for time in Guam and the Northern Marianas.
231# See the file "australasia".
232
233# From Arthur David Olson, 2005-08-09
234# The following was signed into law on 2005-08-08.
235#
236# H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act of 2005, SEC. 110. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS.
237#   (a) Amendment- Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15
238#   U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended--
239#     (1) by striking `first Sunday of April' and inserting `second
240#     Sunday of March'; and
241#     (2) by striking `last Sunday of October' and inserting `first
242#     Sunday of November'.
243#   (b) Effective Date- Subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the
244#   date of enactment of this Act or March 1, 2007, whichever is later.
245#   (c) Report to Congress- Not later than 9 months after the effective
246#   date stated in subsection (b), the Secretary shall report to Congress
247#   on the impact of this section on energy consumption in the United
248#   States.
249#   (d) Right to Revert- Congress retains the right to revert the
250#   Daylight Saving Time back to the 2005 time schedules once the
251#   Department study is complete.
252
253# US eastern time, represented by New York
254
255# Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, most of Florida,
256# Georgia, southeast Indiana (Dearborn and Ohio counties), eastern Kentucky
257# (except America/Kentucky/Louisville below), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
258# New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
259# Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, eastern Tennessee,
260# Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
261
262# From Dave Cantor (2004-11-02):
263# Early this summer I had the occasion to visit the Mount Washington
264# Observatory weather station atop (of course!) Mount Washington [, NH]....
265# One of the staff members said that the station was on Eastern Standard Time
266# and didn't change their clocks for Daylight Saving ... so that their
267# reports will always have times which are 5 hours behind UTC.
268
269# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-26):
270# According to today's Huntsville Times
271# <http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1125047783228320.xml&coll=1>
272# a few towns on Alabama's "eastern border with Georgia, such as Phenix City
273# in Russell County, Lanett in Chambers County and some towns in Lee County,
274# set their watches and clocks on Eastern time."  It quotes H.H. "Bubba"
275# Roberts, city administrator in Phenix City. as saying "We are in the Central
276# time zone, but we do go by the Eastern time zone because so many people work
277# in Columbus."
278
279# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
280Rule	NYC	1920	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
281Rule	NYC	1920	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
282Rule	NYC	1921	1966	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
283Rule	NYC	1921	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
284Rule	NYC	1955	1966	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
285# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
286Zone America/New_York	-4:56:02 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:03:58
287			-5:00	US	E%sT	1920
288			-5:00	NYC	E%sT	1942
289			-5:00	US	E%sT	1946
290			-5:00	NYC	E%sT	1967
291			-5:00	US	E%sT
292
293# US central time, represented by Chicago
294
295# Alabama, Arkansas, Florida panhandle (Bay, Calhoun, Escambia,
296# Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, and
297# Washington counties), Illinois, western Indiana
298# (Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer,
299# Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties), Iowa, most of Kansas, western
300# Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, eastern
301# Nebraska, eastern North Dakota, Oklahoma, eastern South Dakota,
302# western Tennessee, most of Texas, Wisconsin
303
304# From Larry M. Smith (2006-04-26) re Wisconsin:
305# http://www.legis.state.wi.us/statutes/Stat0175.pdf ...
306# is currently enforced at the 01:00 time of change.  Because the local
307# "bar time" in the state corresponds to 02:00, a number of citations
308# are issued for the "sale of class 'B' alcohol after prohibited
309# hours" within the deviated hour of this change every year....
310
311# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
312Rule	Chicago	1920	only	-	Jun	13	2:00	1:00	D
313Rule	Chicago	1920	1921	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
314Rule	Chicago	1921	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
315Rule	Chicago	1922	1966	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
316Rule	Chicago	1922	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
317Rule	Chicago	1955	1966	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
318# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
319Zone America/Chicago	-5:50:36 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:09:24
320			-6:00	US	C%sT	1920
321			-6:00	Chicago	C%sT	1936 Mar  1 2:00
322			-5:00	-	EST	1936 Nov 15 2:00
323			-6:00	Chicago	C%sT	1942
324			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
325			-6:00	Chicago	C%sT	1967
326			-6:00	US	C%sT
327# Oliver County, ND switched from mountain to central time on 1992-10-25.
328Zone America/North_Dakota/Center -6:45:12 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:14:48
329			-7:00	US	M%sT	1992 Oct 25 02:00
330			-6:00	US	C%sT
331# Morton County, ND, switched from mountain to central time on
332# 2003-10-26, except for the area around Mandan which was already central time.
333# See <http://dmses.dot.gov/docimages/p63/135818.pdf>.
334# Officially this switch also included part of Sioux County, and
335# Jones, Mellette, and Todd Counties in South Dakota;
336# but in practice these other counties were already observing central time.
337# See <http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2003/October/Day-28/i27056.htm>.
338Zone America/North_Dakota/New_Salem -6:45:39 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:14:21
339			-7:00	US	M%sT	2003 Oct 26 02:00
340			-6:00	US	C%sT
341
342# US mountain time, represented by Denver
343#
344# Colorado, far western Kansas, Montana, western
345# Nebraska, Nevada border (Jackpot, Owyhee, and Mountain City),
346# New Mexico, southwestern North Dakota, far eastern Oregon,
347# western South Dakota, far western Texas (El Paso County, Hudspeth County,
348# and Pine Springs and Nickel Creek in Culberson County), Utah, Wyoming
349#
350# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
351Rule	Denver	1920	1921	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
352Rule	Denver	1920	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
353Rule	Denver	1921	only	-	May	22	2:00	0	S
354Rule	Denver	1965	1966	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
355Rule	Denver	1965	1966	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
356# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
357Zone America/Denver	-6:59:56 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:00:04
358			-7:00	US	M%sT	1920
359			-7:00	Denver	M%sT	1942
360			-7:00	US	M%sT	1946
361			-7:00	Denver	M%sT	1967
362			-7:00	US	M%sT
363
364# US Pacific time, represented by Los Angeles
365#
366# California, northern Idaho (Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater,
367# Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, and Shoshone counties),
368# most of Nevada, most of Oregon, and Washington
369#
370# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
371Rule	CA	1948	only	-	Mar	14	2:00	1:00	D
372Rule	CA	1949	only	-	Jan	 1	2:00	0	S
373Rule	CA	1950	1966	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
374Rule	CA	1950	1961	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
375Rule	CA	1962	1966	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
376# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
377Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:07:02
378			-8:00	US	P%sT	1946
379			-8:00	CA	P%sT	1967
380			-8:00	US	P%sT
381
382# Alaska
383# AK%sT is the modern abbreviation for -9:00 per USNO.
384#
385# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30):
386# Howse writes that Alaska switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar,
387# and from east-of-GMT to west-of-GMT days, when the US bought it from Russia.
388# This was on 1867-10-18, a Friday; the previous day was 1867-10-06 Julian,
389# also a Friday.  Include only the time zone part of this transition,
390# ignoring the switch from Julian to Gregorian, since we can't represent
391# the Julian calendar.
392#
393# As far as we know, none of the exact locations mentioned below were
394# permanently inhabited in 1867 by anyone using either calendar.
395# (Yakutat was colonized by the Russians in 1799, but the settlement
396# was destroyed in 1805 by a Yakutat-kon war party.)  However, there
397# were nearby inhabitants in some cases and for our purposes perhaps
398# it's best to simply use the official transition.
399#
400# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
401Zone America/Juneau	 15:02:19 -	LMT	1867 Oct 18
402			 -8:57:41 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
403			 -8:00	-	PST	1942
404			 -8:00	US	P%sT	1946
405			 -8:00	-	PST	1969
406			 -8:00	US	P%sT	1983 Oct 30 2:00
407			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1983 Nov 30
408			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
409Zone America/Yakutat	 14:41:05 -	LMT	1867 Oct 18
410			 -9:18:55 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
411			 -9:00	-	YST	1942
412			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1946
413			 -9:00	-	YST	1969
414			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1983 Nov 30
415			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
416Zone America/Anchorage	 14:00:24 -	LMT	1867 Oct 18
417			 -9:59:36 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
418			-10:00	-	CAT	1942
419			-10:00	US	CAT/CAWT 1945 Aug 14 23:00u
420			-10:00	US	CAT/CAPT 1946 # Peace
421			-10:00	-	CAT	1967 Apr
422			-10:00	-	AHST	1969
423			-10:00	US	AH%sT	1983 Oct 30 2:00
424			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1983 Nov 30
425			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
426Zone America/Nome	 12:58:21 -	LMT	1867 Oct 18
427			-11:01:38 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
428			-11:00	-	NST	1942
429			-11:00	US	N%sT	1946
430			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr
431			-11:00	-	BST	1969
432			-11:00	US	B%sT	1983 Oct 30 2:00
433			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1983 Nov 30
434			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
435Zone America/Adak	 12:13:21 -	LMT	1867 Oct 18
436			-11:46:38 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
437			-11:00	-	NST	1942
438			-11:00	US	N%sT	1946
439			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr
440			-11:00	-	BST	1969
441			-11:00	US	B%sT	1983 Oct 30 2:00
442			-10:00	US	AH%sT	1983 Nov 30
443			-10:00	US	HA%sT
444# The following switches don't quite make our 1970 cutoff.
445#
446# Shanks writes that part of southwest Alaska (e.g. Aniak)
447# switched from -11:00 to -10:00 on 1968-09-22 at 02:00,
448# and another part (e.g. Akiak) made the same switch five weeks later.
449#
450# From David Flater (2004-11-09):
451# In e-mail, 2004-11-02, Ray Hudson, historian/liaison to the Unalaska
452# Historic Preservation Commission, provided this information, which
453# suggests that Unalaska deviated from statutory time from early 1967
454# possibly until 1983:
455#
456#  Minutes of the Unalaska City Council Meeting, January 10, 1967:
457#  "Except for St. Paul and Akutan, Unalaska is the only important
458#  location not on Alaska Standard Time.  The following resolution was
459#  made by William Robinson and seconded by Henry Swanson:  Be it
460#  resolved that the City of Unalaska hereby goes to Alaska Standard
461#  Time as of midnight Friday, January 13, 1967 (1 A.M. Saturday,
462#  January 14, Alaska Standard Time.)  This resolution was passed with
463#  three votes for and one against."
464
465# Hawaii
466#
467# From Arthur David Olson:
468# And then there's Hawaii.
469# DST was observed for one day in 1933;
470# standard time was changed by half an hour in 1947;
471# it's always standard as of 1986.
472#
473# From Paul Eggert:
474# Shanks says the 1933 experiment lasted for three weeks.  Go with Shanks.
475#
476Zone Pacific/Honolulu	-10:31:26 -	LMT	1900 Jan  1 12:00
477			-10:30	-	HST	1933 Apr 30 2:00
478			-10:30	1:00	HDT	1933 May 21 2:00
479			-10:30	US	H%sT	1947 Jun  8 2:00
480			-10:00	-	HST
481
482# Now we turn to US areas that have diverged from the consensus since 1970.
483
484# Arizona mostly uses MST.
485
486# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-20):
487#
488# The information in the rest of this paragraph is derived from the
489# <a href="http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/links/daylight.htm">
490# Daylight Saving Time web page (2002-01-23)</a> maintained by the
491# Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records.
492# Between 1944-01-01 and 1944-04-01 the State of Arizona used standard
493# time, but by federal law railroads, airlines, bus lines, military
494# personnel, and some engaged in interstate commerce continued to
495# observe war (i.e., daylight saving) time.  The 1944-03-17 Phoenix
496# Gazette says that was the date the law changed, and that 04-01 was
497# the date the state's clocks would change.  In 1945 the State of
498# Arizona used standard time all year, again with exceptions only as
499# mandated by federal law.  Arizona observed DST in 1967, but Arizona
500# Laws 1968, ch. 183 (effective 1968-03-21) repealed DST.
501#
502# Shanks says the 1944 experiment came to an end on 1944-03-17.
503# Go with the Arizona State Library instead.
504
505Zone America/Phoenix	-7:28:18 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 11:31:42
506			-7:00	US	M%sT	1944 Jan  1 00:01
507			-7:00	-	MST	1944 Apr  1 00:01
508			-7:00	US	M%sT	1944 Oct  1 00:01
509			-7:00	-	MST	1967
510			-7:00	US	M%sT	1968 Mar 21
511			-7:00	-	MST
512# From Arthur David Olson (1988-02-13):
513# A writer from the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.,
514# notes in private correspondence dated 1987-12-28 that "Presently, only the
515# Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, due to its
516# large size and location in three states."  (The "only" means that other
517# tribal nations don't use DST.)
518
519Link America/Denver America/Shiprock
520
521# Southern Idaho (Ada, Adams, Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine,
522# Boise, Bonneville, Butte, Camas, Canyon, Caribou, Cassia, Clark,
523# Custer, Elmore, Franklin, Fremont, Gem, Gooding, Jefferson, Jerome,
524# Lemhi, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka, Oneida, Owyhee, Payette, Power,
525# Teton, Twin Falls, Valley, Washington counties) and eastern Oregon
526# switched four weeks late in 1974.
527#
528# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
529Zone America/Boise	-7:44:49 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:15:11
530			-8:00	US	P%sT	1923 May 13 2:00
531			-7:00	US	M%sT	1974
532			-7:00	-	MST	1974 Feb  3 2:00
533			-7:00	US	M%sT
534
535# Indiana
536#
537# For a map of Indiana's time zone regions, see:
538# <a href="http://www.mccsc.edu/time.html">
539# What time is it in Indiana?
540# </a> (2006-03-01)
541#
542# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
543# Since 1970, most of Indiana has been like America/Indiana/Indianapolis,
544# with the following exceptions:
545#
546# - Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer,
547#   Vandenburgh, and Warrick counties have been like America/Chicago.
548#
549# - Dearborn and Ohio counties have been like America/New_York.
550#
551# - Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties have been like
552#   America/Kentucky/Louisville.
553#
554# - Daviess, Dubois, Knox, Martin, Perry, and Pulaski counties
555#   have been like America/Indiana/Vincennes.
556#
557# - Crawford, Pike, Starke, and Switzerland counties have their own time zone
558#   histories as noted below.
559#
560# Shanks partitioned Indiana into 345 regions, each with its own time history,
561# and wrote ``Even newspaper reports present contradictory information.''
562# Those Hoosiers!  Such a flighty and changeable people!
563# Fortunately, most of the complexity occurred before our cutoff date of 1970.
564#
565# Other than Indianapolis, the Indiana place names are so nondescript
566# that they would be ambiguous if we left them at the `America' level.
567# So we reluctantly put them all in a subdirectory `America/Indiana'.
568
569# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16):
570# http://www.mccsc.edu/time.html says that Indiana will use DST starting 2006.
571
572# From Nathan Stratton Treadway (2006-03-30):
573# http://www.dot.gov/affairs/dot0406.htm [3705 B]
574# From Deborah Goldsmith (2006-01-18):
575# http://dmses.dot.gov/docimages/pdf95/382329_web.pdf [2.9 MB]
576# From Paul Eggert (2006-01-20):
577# It says "DOT is relocating the time zone boundary in Indiana to move Starke,
578# Pulaski, Knox, Daviess, Martin, Pike, Dubois, and Perry Counties from the
579# Eastern Time Zone to the Central Time Zone.... The effective date of
580# this rule is 2:OO a.m. EST Sunday, April 2, 2006, which is the
581# changeover date from standard time to Daylight Saving Time."
582# Strictly speaking, this means the affected counties will change their
583# clocks twice that night, but this obviously is in error.  The intent
584# is that 01:59:59 EST be followed by 02:00:00 CDT.
585
586# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
587Rule Indianapolis 1941	only	-	Jun	22	2:00	1:00	D
588Rule Indianapolis 1941	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
589Rule Indianapolis 1946	1954	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
590# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
591Zone America/Indiana/Indianapolis -5:44:38 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:15:22
592			-6:00	US	C%sT	1920
593			-6:00 Indianapolis C%sT	1942
594			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
595			-6:00 Indianapolis C%sT	1955 Apr 24 2:00
596			-5:00	-	EST	1957 Sep 29 2:00
597			-6:00	-	CST	1958 Apr 27 2:00
598			-5:00	-	EST	1969
599			-5:00	US	E%sT	1971
600			-5:00	-	EST	2006
601			-5:00	US	E%sT
602#
603# Eastern Crawford County, Indiana, left its clocks alone in 1974,
604# as well as from 1976 through 2005.
605# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
606Rule	Marengo	1951	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
607Rule	Marengo	1951	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
608Rule	Marengo	1954	1960	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
609Rule	Marengo	1954	1960	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
610# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
611Zone America/Indiana/Marengo -5:45:23 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:14:37
612			-6:00	US	C%sT	1951
613			-6:00	Marengo	C%sT	1961 Apr 30 2:00
614			-5:00	-	EST	1969
615			-5:00	US	E%sT	1974 Jan  6 2:00
616			-6:00	1:00	CDT	1974 Oct 27 2:00
617			-5:00	US	E%sT	1976
618			-5:00	-	EST	2006
619			-5:00	US	E%sT
620#
621# Daviess, Dubois, Knox, Martin, Perry, and Pulaski Counties, Indiana,
622# switched from eastern to central time in April 2006.
623# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
624Rule Vincennes	1946	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
625Rule Vincennes	1946	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
626Rule Vincennes	1953	1954	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
627Rule Vincennes	1953	1959	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
628Rule Vincennes	1955	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	D
629Rule Vincennes	1956	1963	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
630Rule Vincennes	1960	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
631Rule Vincennes	1961	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
632Rule Vincennes	1962	1963	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
633# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
634Zone America/Indiana/Vincennes -5:50:07 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:09:53
635			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
636			-6:00 Vincennes	C%sT	1964 Apr 26 2:00
637			-5:00	-	EST	1969
638			-5:00	US	E%sT	1971
639			-5:00	-	EST	2006 Apr  2 2:00
640			-6:00	US	C%sT
641#
642# Pike County, Indiana moved from central to eastern time in 1977,
643# then switched back in 2006.
644# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
645Rule	Pike	1955	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	D
646Rule	Pike	1955	1960	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
647Rule	Pike	1956	1964	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
648Rule	Pike	1961	1964	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
649# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
650Zone America/Indiana/Petersburg -5:49:07 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:10:53
651			-6:00	US	C%sT	1955
652			-6:00	Pike	C%sT	1965 Apr 25 2:00
653			-5:00	-	EST	1966 Oct 30 2:00
654			-6:00	US	C%sT	1977 Oct 30 2:00
655			-5:00	-	EST	2006 Apr  2 2:00
656			-6:00	US	C%sT
657#
658# Starke County, Indiana moved from central to eastern time in 1991,
659# then switched back in 2006.
660# From Arthur David Olson (1991-10-28):
661# An article on page A3 of the Sunday, 1991-10-27 Washington Post
662# notes that Starke County switched from Central time to Eastern time as of
663# 1991-10-27.
664# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
665Rule	Starke	1947	1961	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
666Rule	Starke	1947	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
667Rule	Starke	1955	1956	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
668Rule	Starke	1957	1958	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
669Rule	Starke	1959	1961	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
670# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
671Zone America/Indiana/Knox -5:46:30 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:13:30
672			-6:00	US	C%sT	1947
673			-6:00	Starke	C%sT	1962 Apr 29 2:00
674			-5:00	-	EST	1963 Oct 27 2:00
675			-6:00	US	C%sT	1991 Oct 27 2:00
676			-5:00	-	EST	2006 Apr  2 2:00
677			-6:00	US	C%sT
678#
679# Switzerland County, Indiana, did not observe DST from 1973 through 2005.
680# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
681Zone America/Indiana/Vevay -5:40:16 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:19:44
682			-6:00	US	C%sT	1954 Apr 25 2:00
683			-5:00	-	EST	1969
684			-5:00	US	E%sT	1973
685			-5:00	-	EST	2006
686			-5:00	US	E%sT
687
688# Part of Kentucky left its clocks alone in 1974.
689# This also includes Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties in Indiana.
690# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
691Rule Louisville	1921	only	-	May	1	2:00	1:00	D
692Rule Louisville	1921	only	-	Sep	1	2:00	0	S
693Rule Louisville	1941	1961	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
694Rule Louisville	1941	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
695Rule Louisville	1946	only	-	Jun	2	2:00	0	S
696Rule Louisville	1950	1955	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
697Rule Louisville	1956	1960	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
698# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
699Zone America/Kentucky/Louisville -5:43:02 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:16:58
700			-6:00	US	C%sT	1921
701			-6:00 Louisville C%sT	1942
702			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
703			-6:00 Louisville C%sT	1961 Jul 23 2:00
704			-5:00	-	EST	1968
705			-5:00	US	E%sT	1974 Jan  6 2:00
706			-6:00	1:00	CDT	1974 Oct 27 2:00
707			-5:00	US	E%sT
708#
709# Wayne County, Kentucky
710#
711# From
712# <a href="http://www.lake-cumberland.com/life/archive/news990129time.shtml">
713# Lake Cumberland LIFE
714# </a> (1999-01-29) via WKYM-101.7:
715# Clinton County has joined Wayne County in asking the DoT to change from
716# the Central to the Eastern time zone....  The Wayne County government made
717# the same request in December.  And while Russell County officials have not
718# taken action, the majority of respondents to a poll conducted there in
719# August indicated they would like to change to "fast time" also.
720# The three Lake Cumberland counties are the farthest east of any U.S.
721# location in the Central time zone.
722#
723# From Rich Wales (2000-08-29):
724# After prolonged debate, and despite continuing deep differences of opinion,
725# Wayne County (central Kentucky) is switching from Central (-0600) to Eastern
726# (-0500) time.  They won't "fall back" this year.  See Sara Shipley,
727# The difference an hour makes, Nando Times (2000-08-29 15:33 -0400).
728#
729# From Paul Eggert (2001-07-16):
730# The final rule was published in the
731# <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2000_register&docid=fr17au00-22">
732# Federal Register 65, 160 (2000-08-17), page 50154-50158.
733# </a>
734#
735Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:20:36
736			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
737			-6:00	-	CST	1968
738			-6:00	US	C%sT	2000 Oct 29  2:00
739			-5:00	US	E%sT
740
741
742# From Rives McDow (2000-08-30):
743# Here ... are all the changes in the US since 1985.
744# Kearny County, KS (put all of county on central;
745#	previously split between MST and CST) ... 1990-10
746# Starke County, IN (from CST to EST) ... 1991-10
747# Oliver County, ND (from MST to CST) ... 1992-10
748# West Wendover, NV (from PST TO MST) ... 1999-10
749# Wayne County, KY (from CST to EST) ... 2000-10
750#
751# From Paul Eggert (2001-07-17):
752# We don't know where the line used to be within Kearny County, KS,
753# so omit that change for now.
754# See America/Indiana/Knox for the Starke County, IN change.
755# See America/North_Dakota/Center for the Oliver County, ND change.
756# West Wendover, NV officially switched from Pacific to mountain time on
757# 1999-10-31.  See the
758# <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=1999_register&docid=fr21oc99-15">
759# Federal Register 64, 203 (1999-10-21), page 56705-56707.
760# </a>
761# However, the Federal Register says that West Wendover already operated
762# on mountain time, and the rule merely made this official;
763# hence a separate tz entry is not needed.
764
765# Michigan
766#
767# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
768# Michigan didn't observe DST from 1968 to 1973.
769#
770# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-31):
771# Shanks writes that Michigan started using standard time on 1885-09-18,
772# but Howse writes (pp 124-125, referring to Popular Astronomy, 1901-01)
773# that Detroit kept
774#
775#	local time until 1900 when the City Council decreed that clocks should
776#	be put back twenty-eight minutes to Central Standard Time.  Half the
777#	city obeyed, half refused.  After considerable debate, the decision
778#	was rescinded and the city reverted to Sun time.  A derisive offer to
779#	erect a sundial in front of the city hall was referred to the
780#	Committee on Sewers.  Then, in 1905, Central time was adopted
781#	by city vote.
782#
783# This story is too entertaining to be false, so go with Howse over Shanks.
784#
785# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06):
786# Garland (1927) writes ``Cleveland and Detroit advanced their clocks
787# one hour in 1914.''  This change is not in Shanks.  We have no more
788# info, so omit this for now.
789#
790# Most of Michigan observed DST from 1973 on, but was a bit late in 1975.
791# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
792Rule	Detroit	1948	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
793Rule	Detroit	1948	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
794Rule	Detroit	1967	only	-	Jun	14	2:00	1:00	D
795Rule	Detroit	1967	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
796# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
797Zone America/Detroit	-5:32:11 -	LMT	1905
798			-6:00	-	CST	1915 May 15 2:00
799			-5:00	-	EST	1942
800			-5:00	US	E%sT	1946
801			-5:00	Detroit	E%sT	1973
802			-5:00	US	E%sT	1975
803			-5:00	-	EST	1975 Apr 27 2:00
804			-5:00	US	E%sT
805#
806# Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, and Menominee Counties, Michigan,
807# switched from EST to CST/CDT in 1973.
808# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
809Rule Menominee	1946	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
810Rule Menominee	1946	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
811Rule Menominee	1966	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
812Rule Menominee	1966	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
813# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
814Zone America/Menominee	-5:50:27 -	LMT	1885 Sep 18 12:00
815			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
816			-6:00 Menominee	C%sT	1969 Apr 27 2:00
817			-5:00	-	EST	1973 Apr 29 2:00
818			-6:00	US	C%sT
819
820# Navassa
821# administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service
822# claimed by US under the provisions of the 1856 Guano Islands Act
823# also claimed by Haiti
824# occupied 1857/1900 by the Navassa Phosphate Co
825# US lighthouse 1917/1996-09
826# currently uninhabited
827# see Mark Fineman, ``An Isle Rich in Guano and Discord'',
828# _Los Angeles Times_ (1998-11-10), A1, A10; it cites
829# Jimmy Skaggs, _The Great Guano Rush_ (1994).
830
831################################################################################
832
833
834# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
835# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
836# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
837# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
838#
839# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
840# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
841# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
842# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
843# of the IATA's data after 1990.
844#
845# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
846# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
847#
848# Other sources occasionally used include:
849#
850#	Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
851#	Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated),
852#	which I found in the UCLA library.
853#
854#	<a href="http://www.pettswoodvillage.co.uk/Daylight_Savings_William_Willett.pdf">
855#	William Willett, The Waste of Daylight, 19th edition
856#	</a> (1914-03)
857#
858# See the `europe' file for Greenland.
859
860# Canada
861
862# From Alain LaBont<e'> (1994-11-14):
863# I post here the time zone abbreviations standardized in Canada
864# for both English and French in the CAN/CSA-Z234.4-89 standard....
865#
866#	UTC	Standard time	Daylight savings time
867#	offset	French	English	French	English
868#	-2:30	-	-	HAT	NDT
869#	-3	-	-	HAA	ADT
870#	-3:30	HNT	NST	-	-
871#	-4	HNA	AST	HAE	EDT
872#	-5	HNE	EST	HAC	CDT
873#	-6	HNC	CST	HAR	MDT
874#	-7	HNR	MST	HAP	PDT
875#	-8	HNP	PST	HAY	YDT
876#	-9	HNY	YST	-	-
877#
878#	HN: Heure Normale	ST: Standard Time
879#	HA: Heure Avanc<e'>e	DT: Daylight saving Time
880#
881#	A: de l'Atlantique	Atlantic
882#	C: du Centre		Central
883#	E: de l'Est		Eastern
884#	M:			Mountain
885#	N:			Newfoundland
886#	P: du Pacifique		Pacific
887#	R: des Rocheuses
888#	T: de Terre-Neuve
889#	Y: du Yukon		Yukon
890#
891# From Paul Eggert (1994-11-22):
892# Alas, this sort of thing must be handled by localization software.
893
894# Unless otherwise specified, the data for Canada are all from Shanks
895# & Pottenger.
896
897# From Chris Walton (2006-04-01):
898# The British Columbia government announced yesterday that it will
899# adjust daylight savings next year to align with changes in the
900# U.S. and the rest of Canada....
901# http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2005-2009/2006AG0014-000330.htm
902
903# From Chris Walton (2006-04-25):
904# Daylight saving time will be extended by four weeks starting in 2007....
905# Here is a news release which was issued today by the Nova Scotia government:
906# http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20060425004
907
908# From Chris Walton (2006-06-26):
909# [For New Brunswick] the new legislation dictates that the time change is to
910# be done at 02:00 instead of 00:01.
911# http://www.gnb.ca/0062/acts/BBA-2006/Chap-19.pdf
912# ...
913# Manitoba has traditionally changed the clock every fall at 03:00.
914# As of 2006, the transition is to take place one hour earlier at 02:00.
915# http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/ccsm/o030e.php
916# ...
917# [Alberta, Ontario, Quebec] will follow US rules.
918# http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/documents/Acts/2006CH03_UNPR.cfm?frm_isbn=0779744934
919# http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Source/Regs/English/2006/R06111_e.htm
920# http://www.assnat.qc.ca/eng/37legislature2/Projets-loi/Publics/06-a002.htm
921# ...
922# P.E.I. will follow US rules.  The new legislation is not law yet.
923# It passed first reading on April 20....
924# http://www.assembly.pe.ca/bills/pdf_first/62/3/bill-101.pdf
925# ...
926# Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.... The change is being considered.
927# http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2006/mpa/0331n01.htm
928# ...
929# N.W.T. will follow US rules.  Whoever maintains the government web site
930# does not seem to believe in bookmarks.  To see the news release, click the
931# following link and search for "Daylight Savings Time Change".  Press the
932# "Daylight Savings Time Change" link; it will fire off a popup using
933# JavaScript.
934# http://www.exec.gov.nt.ca/currentnews/currentPR.asp?mode=archive
935
936
937
938# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25):
939# H. David Matthews and Mary Vincent's map
940# <a href="http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp">
941# "It's about TIME", _Canadian Geographic_ (September-October 1998)
942# </a> contains detailed boundaries for regions observing nonstandard
943# time and daylight saving time arrangements in Canada circa 1998.
944#
945# INMS, the Institute for National Measurement Standards in Ottawa, has <a
946# href="http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/en/time_services/daylight_saving_e.php">
947# information about standard and daylight saving time zones in Canada.
948# </a> (updated periodically).
949# Its unofficial information is often taken from Matthews and Vincent.
950
951# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27):
952# For now, assume all of DST-observing Canada will fall into line with the
953# new US DST rules,
954
955# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
956Rule	Canada	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
957Rule	Canada	1918	only	-	Oct	31	2:00	0	S
958Rule	Canada	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
959Rule	Canada	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
960Rule	Canada	1945	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
961Rule	Canada	1974	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
962Rule	Canada	1974	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
963Rule	Canada	1987	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
964Rule	Canada	2007	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
965Rule	Canada	2007	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	0	S
966
967
968# Newfoundland and Labrador
969
970# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
971# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Labrador should use NST/NDT,
972# but the only part of Labrador that follows the rules is the
973# southeast corner, including Port Hope Simpson and Mary's Harbour,
974# but excluding, say, Black Tickle.
975
976# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
977Rule	StJohns	1917	only	-	Apr	 8	2:00	1:00	D
978Rule	StJohns	1917	only	-	Sep	17	2:00	0	S
979# Whitman gives 1919 Apr 5 and 1920 Apr 5; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
980Rule	StJohns	1919	only	-	May	 5	23:00	1:00	D
981Rule	StJohns	1919	only	-	Aug	12	23:00	0	S
982# For 1931-1935 Whitman gives Apr same date; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
983Rule	StJohns	1920	1935	-	May	Sun>=1	23:00	1:00	D
984Rule	StJohns	1920	1935	-	Oct	lastSun	23:00	0	S
985# For 1936-1941 Whitman gives May Sun>=8 and Oct Sun>=1; go with Shanks &
986# Pottenger.
987Rule	StJohns	1936	1941	-	May	Mon>=9	0:00	1:00	D
988Rule	StJohns	1936	1941	-	Oct	Mon>=2	0:00	0	S
989# Whitman gives the following transitions:
990# 1942 03-01/12-31, 1943 05-30/09-05, 1944 07-10/09-02, 1945 01-01/10-07
991# but go with Shanks & Pottenger and assume they used Canadian rules.
992# For 1946-9 Whitman gives May 5,4,9,1 - Oct 1,5,3,2, and for 1950 he gives
993# Apr 30 - Sep 24; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
994Rule	StJohns	1946	1950	-	May	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
995Rule	StJohns	1946	1950	-	Oct	Sun>=2	2:00	0	S
996Rule	StJohns	1951	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
997Rule	StJohns	1951	1959	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
998Rule	StJohns	1960	1986	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
999# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
1000# INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Newfoundland switches
1001# at 00:01 local time.  For now, assume it started in 1987.
1002Rule	StJohns	1987	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:01	1:00	D
1003Rule	StJohns	1987	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	0:01	0	S
1004Rule	StJohns	1988	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:01	2:00	DD
1005Rule	StJohns	1989	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:01	1:00	D
1006Rule	StJohns	2007	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:01	1:00	D
1007Rule	StJohns	2007	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	0:01	0	S
1008#
1009# St John's has an apostrophe, but Posix file names can't have apostrophes.
1010# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1011Zone America/St_Johns	-3:30:52 -	LMT	1884
1012			-3:30:52 StJohns N%sT	1918
1013			-3:30:52 Canada	N%sT	1919
1014			-3:30:52 StJohns N%sT	1935 Mar 30
1015			-3:30	StJohns	N%sT	1942 May 11
1016			-3:30	Canada	N%sT	1946
1017			-3:30	StJohns	N%sT
1018
1019# most of east Labrador
1020
1021# The name `Happy Valley-Goose Bay' is too long; use `Goose Bay'.
1022# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1023Zone America/Goose_Bay	-4:01:40 -	LMT	1884 # Happy Valley-Goose Bay
1024			-3:30:52 -	NST	1918
1025			-3:30:52 Canada N%sT	1919
1026			-3:30:52 -	NST	1935 Mar 30
1027			-3:30	-	NST	1936
1028			-3:30	StJohns	N%sT	1942 May 11
1029			-3:30	Canada	N%sT	1946
1030			-3:30	StJohns	N%sT	1966 Mar 15 2:00
1031			-4:00	StJohns	A%sT
1032
1033
1034# west Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I
1035
1036# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1037# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of this region has been like
1038# Halifax.  Many locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1972;
1039# Glace Bay, NS is the largest that we know of.
1040# Shanks & Pottenger also write that Liverpool, NS was the only town
1041# in Canada to observe DST in 1971 but not 1970; for now we'll assume
1042# this is a typo.
1043
1044# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1045Rule	Halifax	1916	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	D
1046Rule	Halifax	1916	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	S
1047Rule	Halifax	1920	only	-	May	 9	0:00	1:00	D
1048Rule	Halifax	1920	only	-	Aug	29	0:00	0	S
1049Rule	Halifax	1921	only	-	May	 6	0:00	1:00	D
1050Rule	Halifax	1921	1922	-	Sep	 5	0:00	0	S
1051Rule	Halifax	1922	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	D
1052Rule	Halifax	1923	1925	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
1053Rule	Halifax	1923	only	-	Sep	 4	0:00	0	S
1054Rule	Halifax	1924	only	-	Sep	15	0:00	0	S
1055Rule	Halifax	1925	only	-	Sep	28	0:00	0	S
1056Rule	Halifax	1926	only	-	May	16	0:00	1:00	D
1057Rule	Halifax	1926	only	-	Sep	13	0:00	0	S
1058Rule	Halifax	1927	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	D
1059Rule	Halifax	1927	only	-	Sep	26	0:00	0	S
1060Rule	Halifax	1928	1931	-	May	Sun>=8	0:00	1:00	D
1061Rule	Halifax	1928	only	-	Sep	 9	0:00	0	S
1062Rule	Halifax	1929	only	-	Sep	 3	0:00	0	S
1063Rule	Halifax	1930	only	-	Sep	15	0:00	0	S
1064Rule	Halifax	1931	1932	-	Sep	Mon>=24	0:00	0	S
1065Rule	Halifax	1932	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	D
1066Rule	Halifax	1933	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	D
1067Rule	Halifax	1933	only	-	Oct	 2	0:00	0	S
1068Rule	Halifax	1934	only	-	May	20	0:00	1:00	D
1069Rule	Halifax	1934	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0	S
1070Rule	Halifax	1935	only	-	Jun	 2	0:00	1:00	D
1071Rule	Halifax	1935	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	S
1072Rule	Halifax	1936	only	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	D
1073Rule	Halifax	1936	only	-	Sep	14	0:00	0	S
1074Rule	Halifax	1937	1938	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
1075Rule	Halifax	1937	1941	-	Sep	Mon>=24	0:00	0	S
1076Rule	Halifax	1939	only	-	May	28	0:00	1:00	D
1077Rule	Halifax	1940	1941	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
1078Rule	Halifax	1946	1949	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1079Rule	Halifax	1946	1949	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1080Rule	Halifax	1951	1954	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1081Rule	Halifax	1951	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1082Rule	Halifax	1956	1959	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1083Rule	Halifax	1956	1959	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1084Rule	Halifax	1962	1973	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1085Rule	Halifax	1962	1973	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1086# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1087Zone America/Halifax	-4:14:24 -	LMT	1902 Jun 15
1088			-4:00	Halifax	A%sT	1918
1089			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1919
1090			-4:00	Halifax	A%sT	1942 Feb  9 2:00s
1091			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1946
1092			-4:00	Halifax	A%sT	1974
1093			-4:00	Canada	A%sT
1094Zone America/Glace_Bay	-3:59:48 -	LMT	1902 Jun 15
1095			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1953
1096			-4:00	Halifax	A%sT	1954
1097			-4:00	-	AST	1972
1098			-4:00	Halifax	A%sT	1974
1099			-4:00	Canada	A%sT
1100
1101# New Brunswick
1102
1103# From Paul Eggert (2006-01-20):
1104# New Brunswick's Time Definition Act
1105# <http://www.gnb.ca/0062/PDF-acts/t-06.pdf> says they change at 00:01, and
1106# <http://www.canlii.org/nb/laws/sta/t-6/20030127/whole.html> makes it
1107# clear that this has been the case since at least 1993.
1108# For now, assume it started in 1993.
1109
1110# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1111Rule	Moncton	1933	1935	-	Jun	Sun>=8	1:00	1:00	D
1112Rule	Moncton	1933	1935	-	Sep	Sun>=8	1:00	0	S
1113Rule	Moncton	1936	1938	-	Jun	Sun>=1	1:00	1:00	D
1114Rule	Moncton	1936	1938	-	Sep	Sun>=1	1:00	0	S
1115Rule	Moncton	1939	only	-	May	27	1:00	1:00	D
1116Rule	Moncton	1939	1941	-	Sep	Sat>=21	1:00	0	S
1117Rule	Moncton	1940	only	-	May	19	1:00	1:00	D
1118Rule	Moncton	1941	only	-	May	 4	1:00	1:00	D
1119Rule	Moncton	1946	1972	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1120Rule	Moncton	1946	1956	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1121Rule	Moncton	1957	1972	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1122Rule	Moncton	1993	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:01	1:00	D
1123Rule	Moncton	1993	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	0:01	0	S
1124# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1125Zone America/Moncton	-4:19:08 -	LMT	1883 Dec  9
1126			-5:00	-	EST	1902 Jun 15
1127			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1933
1128			-4:00	Moncton	A%sT	1942
1129			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1946
1130			-4:00	Moncton	A%sT	1973
1131			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1993
1132			-4:00	Moncton	A%sT	2007
1133			-4:00	Canada	A%sT
1134
1135# Quebec
1136
1137# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09):
1138# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of Quebec has been
1139# like Montreal.
1140
1141# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27):
1142# Matthews and Vincent (1998) also write that Quebec east of the -63
1143# meridian is supposed to observe AST, but residents as far east as
1144# Natashquan use EST/EDT, and residents east of Natashquan use AST.
1145# In "Official time in Quebec" the Quebec department of justice writes in
1146# http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/publications/generale/temps-regl-1-a.htm
1147# that "The residents of the Municipality of the
1148# Cote-Nord-du-Golfe-Saint-Laurent and the municipalities of Saint-Augustin,
1149# Bonne-Esperance and Blanc-Sablon apply the Official Time Act as it is
1150# written and use Atlantic standard time all year round. The same applies to
1151# the residents of the Native facilities along the lower North Shore."
1152# <http://www.assnat.qc.ca/eng/37legislature2/Projets-loi/Publics/06-a002.htm>
1153# says this common practice was codified into law as of 2007.
1154# For lack of better info, guess this practice began around 1970, contra to
1155# Shanks & Pottenger who have this region observing AST/ADT.
1156
1157# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1158Rule	Mont	1917	only	-	Mar	25	2:00	1:00	D
1159Rule	Mont	1917	only	-	Apr	24	0:00	0	S
1160Rule	Mont	1919	only	-	Mar	31	2:30	1:00	D
1161Rule	Mont	1919	only	-	Oct	25	2:30	0	S
1162Rule	Mont	1920	only	-	May	 2	2:30	1:00	D
1163Rule	Mont	1920	1922	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:30	0	S
1164Rule	Mont	1921	only	-	May	 1	2:00	1:00	D
1165Rule	Mont	1922	only	-	Apr	30	2:00	1:00	D
1166Rule	Mont	1924	only	-	May	17	2:00	1:00	D
1167Rule	Mont	1924	1926	-	Sep	lastSun	2:30	0	S
1168Rule	Mont	1925	1926	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
1169# The 1927-to-1937 rules can be expressed more simply as
1170# Rule	Mont	1927	1937	-	Apr	lastSat	24:00	1:00	D
1171# Rule	Mont	1927	1937	-	Sep	lastSat	24:00	0	S
1172# The rules below avoid use of 24:00
1173# (which pre-1998 versions of zic cannot handle).
1174Rule	Mont	1927	only	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	D
1175Rule	Mont	1927	1932	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	S
1176Rule	Mont	1928	1931	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
1177Rule	Mont	1932	only	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	D
1178Rule	Mont	1933	1940	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
1179Rule	Mont	1933	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
1180Rule	Mont	1934	1939	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	S
1181Rule	Mont	1946	1973	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1182Rule	Mont	1945	1948	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1183Rule	Mont	1949	1950	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1184Rule	Mont	1951	1956	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1185Rule	Mont	1957	1973	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1186
1187# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1188Zone America/Blanc-Sablon -3:48:28 -	LMT	1884
1189			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1970
1190			-4:00	-	AST
1191Zone America/Montreal	-4:54:16 -	LMT	1884
1192			-5:00	Mont	E%sT	1918
1193			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1919
1194			-5:00	Mont	E%sT	1942 Feb  9 2:00s
1195			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1946
1196			-5:00	Mont	E%sT	1974
1197			-5:00	Canada	E%sT
1198
1199
1200# Ontario
1201
1202# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09):
1203# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of Ontario has been like
1204# Toronto.
1205# Thunder Bay skipped DST in 1973.
1206# Many smaller locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1974;
1207# Nipigon (EST) and Rainy River (CST) are the largest that we know of.
1208# Far west Ontario is like Winnipeg; far east Quebec is like Halifax.
1209
1210# From Mark Brader (2003-07-26):
1211# [According to the Toronto Star] Orillia, Ontario, adopted DST
1212# effective Saturday, 1912-06-22, 22:00; the article mentions that
1213# Port Arthur (now part of Thunder Bay, Ontario) as well as Moose Jaw
1214# have already done so.  In Orillia DST was to run until Saturday,
1215# 1912-08-31 (no time mentioned), but it was met with considerable
1216# hostility from certain segments of the public, and was revoked after
1217# only two weeks -- I copied it as Saturday, 1912-07-07, 22:00, but
1218# presumably that should be -07-06.  (1912-06-19, -07-12; also letters
1219# earlier in June).
1220#
1221# Kenora, Ontario, was to abandon DST on 1914-06-01 (-05-21).
1222
1223# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-17):
1224# Mark Brader writes that an article in the 1997-10-14 Toronto Star
1225# says that Atikokan, Ontario currently does not observe DST,
1226# but will vote on 11-10 whether to use EST/EDT.
1227# He also writes that the
1228# <a href="http://www.gov.on.ca/MBS/english/publications/statregs/conttext.html">
1229# Ontario Time Act (1990, Chapter T.9)
1230# </a>
1231# says that Ontario east of 90W uses EST/EDT, and west of 90W uses CST/CDT.
1232# Officially Atikokan is therefore on CST/CDT, and most likely this report
1233# concerns a non-official time observed as a matter of local practice.
1234#
1235# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
1236# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Atikokan, Pickle Lake, and
1237# New Osnaburgh observe CST all year, that Big Trout Lake observes
1238# CST/CDT, and that Upsala and Shebandowan observe EST/EDT, all in
1239# violation of the official Ontario rules.
1240#
1241# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09):
1242# Chris Walton (2006-07-06) mentioned an article by Stephanie MacLellan in the
1243# 2005-07-21 Chronicle-Journal, which said:
1244#
1245#	The clocks in Atikokan stay set on standard time year-round.
1246#	This means they spend about half the time on central time and
1247#	the other half on eastern time.
1248#
1249#	For the most part, the system works, Mayor Dennis Brown said.
1250#
1251#	"The majority of businesses in Atikokan deal more with Eastern
1252#	Canada, but there are some that deal with Western Canada," he
1253#	said.  "I don't see any changes happening here."
1254#
1255# Walton also writes "Supposedly Pickle Lake and Mishkeegogamang
1256# [New Osnaburgh] follow the same practice."
1257
1258# From Garry McKinnon (2006-07-14) via Chris Walton:
1259# I chatted with a member of my board who has an outstanding memory
1260# and a long history in Atikokan (and in the telecom industry) and he
1261# can say for certain that Atikokan has been practicing the current
1262# time keeping since 1952, at least.
1263
1264# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-17):
1265# Shanks & Pottenger say that Atikokan has agreed with Rainy River
1266# ever since standard time was introduced, but the information from
1267# McKinnon sounds more authoritative.  For now, assume that Atikokan
1268# switched to EST immediately after WWII era daylight saving time
1269# ended.  This matches the old (less-populous) America/Coral_Harbour
1270# entry since our cutoff date of 1970, so we can move
1271# America/Coral_Harbour to the 'backward' file.
1272
1273# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1274Rule	Toronto	1919	only	-	Mar	30	23:30	1:00	D
1275Rule	Toronto	1919	only	-	Oct	26	0:00	0	S
1276Rule	Toronto	1920	only	-	May	 2	2:00	1:00	D
1277Rule	Toronto	1920	only	-	Sep	26	0:00	0	S
1278Rule	Toronto	1921	only	-	May	15	2:00	1:00	D
1279Rule	Toronto	1921	only	-	Sep	15	2:00	0	S
1280Rule	Toronto	1922	1923	-	May	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
1281# Shanks & Pottenger say 1923-09-19; assume it's a typo and that "-16"
1282# was meant.
1283Rule	Toronto	1922	1926	-	Sep	Sun>=15	2:00	0	S
1284Rule	Toronto	1924	1927	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
1285# The 1927-to-1939 rules can be expressed more simply as
1286# Rule	Toronto	1927	1937	-	Sep	Sun>=25	2:00	0	S
1287# Rule	Toronto	1928	1937	-	Apr	Sun>=25	2:00	1:00	D
1288# Rule	Toronto	1938	1940	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1289# Rule	Toronto	1938	1939	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1290# The rules below avoid use of Sun>=25
1291# (which pre-2004 versions of zic cannot handle).
1292Rule	Toronto	1927	1932	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1293Rule	Toronto	1928	1931	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1294Rule	Toronto	1932	only	-	May	1	2:00	1:00	D
1295Rule	Toronto	1933	1940	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1296Rule	Toronto	1933	only	-	Oct	1	2:00	0	S
1297Rule	Toronto	1934	1939	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1298Rule	Toronto	1945	1946	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1299Rule	Toronto	1946	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1300Rule	Toronto	1947	1949	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
1301Rule	Toronto	1947	1948	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	S
1302Rule	Toronto	1949	only	-	Nov	lastSun	0:00	0	S
1303Rule	Toronto	1950	1973	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1304Rule	Toronto	1950	only	-	Nov	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1305Rule	Toronto	1951	1956	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1306# Shanks & Pottenger say Toronto ended DST a week early in 1971,
1307# namely on 1971-10-24, but Mark Brader wrote (2003-05-31) that this
1308# is wrong, and that he had confirmed it by checking the 1971-10-30
1309# Toronto Star, which said that DST was ending 1971-10-31 as usual.
1310Rule	Toronto	1957	1973	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1311
1312# From Paul Eggert (2003-07-27):
1313# Willett (1914-03) writes (p. 17) "In the Cities of Fort William, and
1314# Port Arthur, Ontario, the principle of the Bill has been in
1315# operation for the past three years, and in the City of Moose Jaw,
1316# Saskatchewan, for one year."
1317
1318# From David Bryan via Tory Tronrud, Director/Curator,
1319# Thunder Bay Museum (2003-11-12):
1320# There is some suggestion, however, that, by-law or not, daylight
1321# savings time was being practiced in Fort William and Port Arthur
1322# before 1909.... [I]n 1910, the line between the Eastern and Central
1323# Time Zones was permanently moved about two hundred miles west to
1324# include the Thunder Bay area....  When Canada adopted daylight
1325# savings time in 1916, Fort William and Port Arthur, having done so
1326# already, did not change their clocks....  During the Second World
1327# War,... [t]he cities agreed to implement DST during the summer
1328# months for the remainder of the war years.
1329
1330# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1331Zone America/Toronto	-5:17:32 -	LMT	1895
1332			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1919
1333			-5:00	Toronto	E%sT	1942 Feb  9 2:00s
1334			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1946
1335			-5:00	Toronto	E%sT	1974
1336			-5:00	Canada	E%sT
1337Zone America/Thunder_Bay -5:57:00 -	LMT	1895
1338			-6:00	-	CST	1910
1339			-5:00	-	EST	1942
1340			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1970
1341			-5:00	Mont	E%sT	1973
1342			-5:00	-	EST	1974
1343			-5:00	Canada	E%sT
1344Zone America/Nipigon	-5:53:04 -	LMT	1895
1345			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1940 Sep 29
1346			-5:00	1:00	EDT	1942 Feb  9 2:00s
1347			-5:00	Canada	E%sT
1348Zone America/Rainy_River -6:18:16 -	LMT	1895
1349			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	1940 Sep 29
1350			-6:00	1:00	CDT	1942 Feb  9 2:00s
1351			-6:00	Canada	C%sT
1352Zone America/Atikokan	-6:06:28 -	LMT	1895
1353			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	1940 Sep 29
1354			-6:00	1:00	CDT	1942 Feb  9 2:00s
1355			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	1945 Sep 30 2:00
1356			-5:00	-	EST
1357
1358
1359# Manitoba
1360
1361# From Rob Douglas (2006-04-06):
1362# the old Manitoba Time Act - as amended by Bill 2, assented to
1363# March 27, 1987 ... said ...
1364# "between two o'clock Central Standard Time in the morning of
1365# the first Sunday of April of each year and two o'clock Central
1366# Standard Time in the morning of the last Sunday of October next
1367# following, one hour in advance of Central Standard Time."...
1368# I believe that the English legislation [of the old time act] had =
1369# been assented to (March 22, 1967)....
1370# Also, as far as I can tell, there was no order-in-council varying
1371# the time of Daylight Saving Time for 2005 and so the provisions of
1372# the 1987 version would apply - the changeover was at 2:00 Central
1373# Standard Time (i.e. not until 3:00 Central Daylight Time).
1374
1375# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-10):
1376# Shanks & Pottenger say Manitoba switched at 02:00 (not 02:00s)
1377# starting 1966.  Since 02:00s is clearly correct for 1967 on, assume
1378# it was also 02:00s in 1966.
1379
1380# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1381Rule	Winn	1916	only	-	Apr	23	0:00	1:00	D
1382Rule	Winn	1916	only	-	Sep	17	0:00	0	S
1383Rule	Winn	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
1384Rule	Winn	1918	only	-	Oct	31	2:00	0	S
1385Rule	Winn	1937	only	-	May	16	2:00	1:00	D
1386Rule	Winn	1937	only	-	Sep	26	2:00	0	S
1387Rule	Winn	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
1388Rule	Winn	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
1389Rule	Winn	1945	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1390Rule	Winn	1946	only	-	May	12	2:00	1:00	D
1391Rule	Winn	1946	only	-	Oct	13	2:00	0	S
1392Rule	Winn	1947	1949	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1393Rule	Winn	1947	1949	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1394Rule	Winn	1950	only	-	May	 1	2:00	1:00	D
1395Rule	Winn	1950	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
1396Rule	Winn	1951	1960	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1397Rule	Winn	1951	1958	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1398Rule	Winn	1959	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1399Rule	Winn	1960	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1400Rule	Winn	1963	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1401Rule	Winn	1963	only	-	Sep	22	2:00	0	S
1402Rule	Winn	1966	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
1403Rule	Winn	1966	2005	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
1404Rule	Winn	1987	2005	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
1405# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1406Zone America/Winnipeg	-6:28:36 -	LMT	1887 Jul 16
1407			-6:00	Winn	C%sT	2006
1408			-6:00	Canada	C%sT
1409
1410
1411# Saskatchewan
1412
1413# From Mark Brader (2003-07-26):
1414# The first actual adoption of DST in Canada was at the municipal
1415# level.  As the [Toronto] Star put it (1912-06-07), "While people
1416# elsewhere have long been talking of legislation to save daylight,
1417# the city of Moose Jaw [Saskatchewan] has acted on its own hook."
1418# DST in Moose Jaw began on Saturday, 1912-06-01 (no time mentioned:
1419# presumably late evening, as below), and would run until "the end of
1420# the summer".  The discrepancy between municipal time and railroad
1421# time was noted.
1422
1423# From Paul Eggert (2003-07-27):
1424# Willett (1914-03) notes that DST "has been in operation ... in the
1425# City of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, for one year."
1426
1427# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1428# Shanks & Pottenger say that since 1970 this region has mostly been as Regina.
1429# Some western towns (e.g. Swift Current) switched from MST/MDT to CST in 1972.
1430# Other western towns (e.g. Lloydminster) are like Edmonton.
1431# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Denare Beach and Creighton
1432# are like Winnipeg, in violation of Saskatchewan law.
1433
1434# From W. Jones (1992-11-06):
1435# The. . .below is based on information I got from our law library, the
1436# provincial archives, and the provincial Community Services department.
1437# A precise history would require digging through newspaper archives, and
1438# since you didn't say what you wanted, I didn't bother.
1439#
1440# Saskatchewan is split by a time zone meridian (105W) and over the years
1441# the boundary became pretty ragged as communities near it reevaluated
1442# their affiliations in one direction or the other.  In 1965 a provincial
1443# referendum favoured legislating common time practices.
1444#
1445# On 15 April 1966 the Time Act (c. T-14, Revised Statutes of
1446# Saskatchewan 1978) was proclaimed, and established that the eastern
1447# part of Saskatchewan would use CST year round, that districts in
1448# northwest Saskatchewan would by default follow CST but could opt to
1449# follow Mountain Time rules (thus 1 hour difference in the winter and
1450# zero in the summer), and that districts in southwest Saskatchewan would
1451# by default follow MT but could opt to follow CST.
1452#
1453# It took a few years for the dust to settle (I know one story of a town
1454# on one time zone having its school in another, such that a mom had to
1455# serve her family lunch in two shifts), but presently it seems that only
1456# a few towns on the border with Alberta (e.g. Lloydminster) follow MT
1457# rules any more; all other districts appear to have used CST year round
1458# since sometime in the 1960s.
1459
1460# From Chris Walton (2006-06-26):
1461# The Saskatchewan time act which was last updated in 1996 is about 30 pages
1462# long and rather painful to read.
1463# http://www.qp.gov.sk.ca/documents/English/Statutes/Statutes/T14.pdf
1464
1465# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1466Rule	Regina	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
1467Rule	Regina	1918	only	-	Oct	31	2:00	0	S
1468Rule	Regina	1930	1934	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
1469Rule	Regina	1930	1934	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
1470Rule	Regina	1937	1941	-	Apr	Sun>=8	0:00	1:00	D
1471Rule	Regina	1937	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00	0	S
1472Rule	Regina	1938	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
1473Rule	Regina	1939	1941	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00	0	S
1474Rule	Regina	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
1475Rule	Regina	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
1476Rule	Regina	1945	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1477Rule	Regina	1946	only	-	Apr	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
1478Rule	Regina	1946	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00	0	S
1479Rule	Regina	1947	1957	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1480Rule	Regina	1947	1957	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1481Rule	Regina	1959	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1482Rule	Regina	1959	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1483#
1484Rule	Swift	1957	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1485Rule	Swift	1957	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1486Rule	Swift	1959	1961	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1487Rule	Swift	1959	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1488Rule	Swift	1960	1961	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1489# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1490Zone America/Regina	-6:58:36 -	LMT	1905 Sep
1491			-7:00	Regina	M%sT	1960 Apr lastSun 2:00
1492			-6:00	-	CST
1493Zone America/Swift_Current -7:11:20 -	LMT	1905 Sep
1494			-7:00	Canada	M%sT	1946 Apr lastSun 2:00
1495			-7:00	Regina	M%sT	1950
1496			-7:00	Swift	M%sT	1972 Apr lastSun 2:00
1497			-6:00	-	CST
1498
1499
1500# Alberta
1501
1502# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1503Rule	Edm	1918	1919	-	Apr	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
1504Rule	Edm	1918	only	-	Oct	31	2:00	0	S
1505Rule	Edm	1919	only	-	May	27	2:00	0	S
1506Rule	Edm	1920	1923	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1507Rule	Edm	1920	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1508Rule	Edm	1921	1923	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1509Rule	Edm	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
1510Rule	Edm	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
1511Rule	Edm	1945	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1512Rule	Edm	1947	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1513Rule	Edm	1947	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1514Rule	Edm	1967	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1515Rule	Edm	1967	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1516Rule	Edm	1969	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1517Rule	Edm	1969	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1518Rule	Edm	1972	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1519Rule	Edm	1972	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1520# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1521Zone America/Edmonton	-7:33:52 -	LMT	1906 Sep
1522			-7:00	Edm	M%sT	1987
1523			-7:00	Canada	M%sT
1524
1525
1526# British Columbia
1527
1528# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1529# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of this region has
1530# been like Vancouver.
1531# Dawson Creek uses MST.  Much of east BC is like Edmonton.
1532# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Creston is like Dawson Creek.
1533
1534# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1535Rule	Vanc	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
1536Rule	Vanc	1918	only	-	Oct	31	2:00	0	S
1537Rule	Vanc	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
1538Rule	Vanc	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
1539Rule	Vanc	1945	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
1540Rule	Vanc	1946	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1541Rule	Vanc	1946	only	-	Oct	13	2:00	0	S
1542Rule	Vanc	1947	1961	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1543Rule	Vanc	1962	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1544# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1545Zone America/Vancouver	-8:12:28 -	LMT	1884
1546			-8:00	Vanc	P%sT	1987
1547			-8:00	Canada	P%sT
1548Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 -	LMT	1884
1549			-8:00	Canada	P%sT	1947
1550			-8:00	Vanc	P%sT	1972 Aug 30 2:00
1551			-7:00	-	MST
1552
1553
1554# Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon
1555
1556# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1557# Dawson switched to PST in 1973.  Inuvik switched to MST in 1979.
1558# Mathew Englander (1996-10-07) gives the following refs:
1559#	* 1967. Paragraph 28(34)(g) of the Interpretation Act, S.C. 1967-68,
1560#	c. 7 defines Yukon standard time as UTC-9.  This is still valid;
1561#	see Interpretation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-21, s. 35(1).
1562#	* C.O. 1973/214 switched Yukon to PST on 1973-10-28 00:00.
1563#	* O.I.C. 1980/02 established DST.
1564#	* O.I.C. 1987/056 changed DST to Apr firstSun 2:00 to Oct lastSun 2:00.
1565# Shanks & Pottenger say Yukon's 1973-10-28 switch was at 2:00; go
1566# with Englander.
1567# From Chris Walton (2006-06-26):
1568# Here is a link to the old daylight saving portion of the interpretation
1569# act which was last updated in 1987:
1570# http://www.gov.yk.ca/legislation/regs/oic1987_056.pdf
1571
1572# From Rives McDow (1999-09-04):
1573# Nunavut ... moved ... to incorporate the whole territory into one time zone.
1574# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt90903_13.html">
1575# Nunavut moves to single time zone Oct. 31
1576# </a>
1577#
1578# From Antoine Leca (1999-09-06):
1579# We then need to create a new timezone for the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut
1580# to differentiate it from the Yellowknife region.
1581
1582# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20):
1583# <a href="http://www.nunavut.com/basicfacts/english/basicfacts_1territory.html">
1584# Basic Facts: The New Territory
1585# </a> (1999) reports that Pangnirtung operates on eastern time,
1586# and that Coral Harbour does not observe DST.  We don't know when
1587# Pangnirtung switched to eastern time; we'll guess 1995.
1588
1589# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08):
1590# On October 31, when the rest of Nunavut went to Central time,
1591# Pangnirtung wobbled.  Here is the result of their wobble:
1592#
1593# The following businesses and organizations in Pangnirtung use Central Time:
1594#
1595#	First Air, Power Corp, Nunavut Construction, Health Center, RCMP,
1596#	Eastern Arctic National Parks, A & D Specialist
1597#
1598# The following businesses and organizations in Pangnirtung use Eastern Time:
1599#
1600#	Hamlet office, All other businesses, Both schools, Airport operator
1601#
1602# This has made for an interesting situation there, which warranted the news.
1603# No one there that I spoke with seems concerned, or has plans to
1604# change the local methods of keeping time, as it evidently does not
1605# really interfere with any activities or make things difficult locally.
1606# They plan to celebrate New Year's turn-over twice, one hour apart,
1607# so it appears that the situation will last at least that long.
1608# The Nunavut Intergovernmental Affairs hopes that they will "come to
1609# their senses", but the locals evidently don't see any problem with
1610# the current state of affairs.
1611
1612# From Michaela Rodrigue, writing in the
1613# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut991130/nvt91119_17.html">
1614# Nunatsiaq News (1999-11-19)</a>:
1615# Clyde River, Pangnirtung and Sanikiluaq now operate with two time zones,
1616# central - or Nunavut time - for government offices, and eastern time
1617# for municipal offices and schools....  Igloolik [was similar but then]
1618# made the switch to central time on Saturday, Nov. 6.
1619
1620# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
1621# Matthews and Vincent (1998) say the following, but we lack histories
1622# for these potential new Zones.
1623#
1624# The Canadian Forces station at Alert uses Eastern Time while the
1625# handful of residents at the Eureka weather station [in the Central
1626# zone] skip daylight savings.  Baffin Island, which is crossed by the
1627# Central, Eastern and Atlantic Time zones only uses Eastern Time.
1628# Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak and Pelly Bay all use Mountain instead of
1629# Central Time and Southampton Island [in the Central zone] is not
1630# required to use daylight savings.
1631
1632# From
1633# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut001130/nvt21110_02.html">
1634# Nunavut now has two time zones
1635# </a> (2000-11-10):
1636# The Nunavut government would allow its employees in Kugluktuk and
1637# Cambridge Bay to operate on central time year-round, putting them
1638# one hour behind the rest of Nunavut for six months during the winter.
1639# At the end of October the two communities had rebelled against
1640# Nunavut's unified time zone, refusing to shift to eastern time with
1641# the rest of the territory for the winter.  Cambridge Bay remained on
1642# central time, while Kugluktuk, even farther west, reverted to
1643# mountain time, which they had used before the advent of Nunavut's
1644# unified time zone in 1999.
1645#
1646# From Rives McDow (2001-01-20), quoting the Nunavut government:
1647# The preceding decision came into effect at midnight, Saturday Nov 4, 2000.
1648
1649# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
1650# Let's just keep track of the official times for now.
1651
1652# From Rives McDow (2001-03-07):
1653# The premier of Nunavut has issued a ministerial statement advising
1654# that effective 2001-04-01, the territory of Nunavut will revert
1655# back to three time zones (mountain, central, and eastern).  Of the
1656# cities in Nunavut, Coral Harbor is the only one that I know of that
1657# has said it will not observe dst, staying on EST year round.  I'm
1658# checking for more info, and will get back to you if I come up with
1659# more.
1660# [Also see <http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt10309_06.html> (2001-03-09).]
1661
1662# From Gwillim Law (2005-05-21):
1663# According to maps at
1664# http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/images/time_services/TZ01SWE.jpg
1665# http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/images/time_services/TZ01SSE.jpg
1666# (both dated 2003), and
1667# http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp
1668# (from a 1998 Canadian Geographic article), the de facto and de jure time
1669# for Southampton Island (at the north end of Hudson Bay) is UTC-5 all year
1670# round.  Using Google, it's easy to find other websites that confirm this.
1671# I wasn't able to find how far back this time regimen goes, but since it
1672# predates the creation of Nunavut, it probably goes back many years....
1673# The Inuktitut name of Coral Harbour is Sallit, but it's rarely used.
1674#
1675# From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26):
1676# For lack of better information, assume that Southampton Island observed
1677# daylight saving only during wartime.
1678
1679# From Chris Walton (2006-07-19):
1680# The government of Yukon Territory ... recently announced it will extend
1681# daylight saving in 2007....  http://www.gov.yk.ca/news/2006/06-164.html
1682
1683# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1684Rule	NT_YK	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
1685Rule	NT_YK	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
1686Rule	NT_YK	1919	only	-	May	25	2:00	1:00	D
1687Rule	NT_YK	1919	only	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	S
1688Rule	NT_YK	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
1689Rule	NT_YK	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
1690Rule	NT_YK	1945	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
1691Rule	NT_YK	1965	only	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	2:00	DD
1692Rule	NT_YK	1965	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1693Rule	NT_YK	1980	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1694Rule	NT_YK	1980	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1695Rule	NT_YK	1987	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
1696# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1697Zone America/Pangnirtung -4:22:56 -	LMT	1884
1698			-4:00	NT_YK	A%sT	1995 Apr Sun>=1 2:00
1699			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1999 Oct 31 2:00
1700			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	2000 Oct 29 2:00
1701			-5:00	Canada	E%sT
1702Zone America/Iqaluit	-4:33:52 -	LMT	1884 # Frobisher Bay before 1987
1703			-5:00	NT_YK	E%sT	1999 Oct 31 2:00
1704			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	2000 Oct 29 2:00
1705			-5:00	Canada	E%sT
1706# Now subsumed by America/Atikokan.
1707#Zone America/Coral_Harbour -5:32:40 -	LMT	1884
1708#			-5:00	NT_YK	E%sT	1946
1709#			-5:00	-	EST
1710Zone America/Rankin_Inlet -6:08:20 -	LMT	1884
1711			-6:00	NT_YK	C%sT	2000 Oct 29 2:00
1712			-5:00	-	EST	2001 Apr  1 3:00
1713			-6:00	Canada	C%sT
1714Zone America/Cambridge_Bay -7:00:20 -	LMT	1884
1715			-7:00	NT_YK	M%sT	1999 Oct 31 2:00
1716			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	2000 Oct 29 2:00
1717			-5:00	-	EST	2000 Nov  5 0:00
1718			-6:00	-	CST	2001 Apr  1 3:00
1719			-7:00	Canada	M%sT
1720Zone America/Yellowknife -7:37:24 -	LMT	1884
1721			-7:00	NT_YK	M%sT	1980
1722			-7:00	Canada	M%sT
1723Zone America/Inuvik	-8:54:52 -	LMT	1884
1724			-8:00	NT_YK	P%sT	1979 Apr lastSun 2:00
1725			-7:00	NT_YK	M%sT	1980
1726			-7:00	Canada	M%sT
1727Zone America/Whitehorse	-9:00:12 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20
1728			-9:00	NT_YK	Y%sT	1966 Jul 1 2:00
1729			-8:00	NT_YK	P%sT	1980
1730			-8:00	Canada	P%sT
1731Zone America/Dawson	-9:17:40 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20
1732			-9:00	NT_YK	Y%sT	1973 Oct 28 0:00
1733			-8:00	NT_YK	P%sT	1980
1734			-8:00	Canada	P%sT
1735
1736
1737###############################################################################
1738
1739# Mexico
1740
1741# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05):
1742# The Investigation and Analysis Service of the
1743# Mexican Library of Congress (MLoC) has published a
1744# <a href="http://www.cddhcu.gob.mx/bibliot/publica/inveyana/polisoc/horver/">
1745# history of Mexican local time (in Spanish)
1746# </a>.
1747#
1748# Here are the discrepancies between Shanks & Pottenger (S&P) and the MLoC.
1749# (In all cases we go with the MLoC.)
1750# S&P report that Baja was at -8:00 in 1922/1923.
1751# S&P say the 1930 transition in Baja was 1930-11-16.
1752# S&P report no DST during summer 1931.
1753# S&P report a transition at 1932-03-30 23:00, not 1932-04-01.
1754
1755# From Gwillim Law (2001-02-20):
1756# There are some other discrepancies between the Decrees page and the
1757# tz database.  I think they can best be explained by supposing that
1758# the researchers who prepared the Decrees page failed to find some of
1759# the relevant documents.
1760
1761# From Alan Perry (1996-02-15):
1762# A guy from our Mexico subsidiary finally found the Presidential Decree
1763# outlining the timezone changes in Mexico.
1764#
1765# ------------- Begin Forwarded Message -------------
1766#
1767# I finally got my hands on the Official Presidential Decree that sets up the
1768# rules for the DST changes. The rules are:
1769#
1770# 1. The country is divided in 3 timezones:
1771#    - Baja California Norte (the Mexico/BajaNorte TZ)
1772#    - Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora (the Mexico/BajaSur TZ)
1773#    - The rest of the country (the Mexico/General TZ)
1774#
1775# 2. From the first Sunday in April at 2:00 AM to the last Sunday in October
1776#    at 2:00 AM, the times in each zone are as follows:
1777#    BajaNorte: GMT+7
1778#    BajaSur:   GMT+6
1779#    General:   GMT+5
1780#
1781# 3. The rest of the year, the times are as follows:
1782#    BajaNorte: GMT+8
1783#    BajaSur:   GMT+7
1784#    General:   GMT+6
1785#
1786# The Decree was published in Mexico's Official Newspaper on January 4th.
1787#
1788# -------------- End Forwarded Message --------------
1789# From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12):
1790# For an English translation of the decree, see
1791# <a href="http://mexico-travel.com/extra/timezone_eng.html">
1792# ``Diario Oficial: Time Zone Changeover'' (1996-01-04).
1793# </a>
1794
1795# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08):
1796# The State of Quintana Roo has reverted back to central STD and DST times
1797# (i.e. UTC -0600 and -0500 as of 1998-08-02).
1798
1799# From Rives McDow (2000-01-10):
1800# Effective April 4, 1999 at 2:00 AM local time, Sonora changed to the time
1801# zone 5 hours from the International Date Line, and will not observe daylight
1802# savings time so as to stay on the same time zone as the southern part of
1803# Arizona year round.
1804
1805# From Jesper Norgaard, translating
1806# <http://www.reforma.com/nacional/articulo/064327/> (2001-01-17):
1807# In Oaxaca, the 55.000 teachers from the Section 22 of the National
1808# Syndicate of Education Workers, refuse to apply daylight saving each
1809# year, so that the more than 10,000 schools work at normal hour the
1810# whole year.
1811
1812# From Gwillim Law (2001-01-19):
1813# <http://www.reforma.com/negocios_y_dinero/articulo/064481/> ... says
1814# (translated):...
1815# January 17, 2000 - The Energy Secretary, Ernesto Martens, announced
1816# that Summer Time will be reduced from seven to five months, starting
1817# this year....
1818# <http://www.publico.com.mx/scripts/texto3.asp?action=pagina&pag=21&pos=p&secc=naci&date=01/17/2001>
1819# [translated], says "summer time will ... take effect on the first Sunday
1820# in May, and end on the last Sunday of September.
1821
1822# From Arthur David Olson (2001-01-25):
1823# The 2001-01-24 traditional Washington Post contained the page one
1824# story "Timely Issue Divides Mexicans."...
1825# http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37383-2001Jan23.html
1826# ... Mexico City Mayor Lopez Obrador "...is threatening to keep
1827# Mexico City and its 20 million residents on a different time than
1828# the rest of the country..." In particular, Lopez Obrador would abolish
1829# observation of Daylight Saving Time.
1830
1831# <a href="http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/decretohorver2001.html#decre">
1832# Official statute published by the Energy Department
1833# </a> (2001-02-01) shows Baja and Chihauhua as still using US DST rules,
1834# and Sonora with no DST.  This was reported by Jesper Norgaard (2001-02-03).
1835
1836# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-03):
1837#
1838# <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20010303/t000018766.html">
1839# James F. Smith writes in today's LA Times
1840# </a>
1841# * Sonora will continue to observe standard time.
1842# * Last week Mexico City's mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador decreed that
1843#   the Federal District will not adopt DST.
1844# * 4 of 16 district leaders announced they'll ignore the decree.
1845# * The decree does not affect federal-controlled facilities including
1846#   the airport, banks, hospitals, and schools.
1847#
1848# For now we'll assume that the Federal District will bow to federal rules.
1849
1850# From Jesper Norgaard (2001-04-01):
1851# I found some references to the Mexican application of daylight
1852# saving, which modifies what I had already sent you, stating earlier
1853# that a number of northern Mexican states would go on daylight
1854# saving. The modification reverts this to only cover Baja California
1855# (Norte), while all other states (except Sonora, who has no daylight
1856# saving all year) will follow the original decree of president
1857# Vicente Fox, starting daylight saving May 6, 2001 and ending
1858# September 30, 2001.
1859# References: "Diario de Monterrey" <www.diariodemonterrey.com/index.asp>
1860# Palabra <http://palabra.infosel.com/010331/primera/ppri3101.pdf> (2001-03-31)
1861
1862# From Reuters (2001-09-04):
1863# Mexico's Supreme Court on Tuesday declared that daylight savings was
1864# unconstitutional in Mexico City, creating the possibility the
1865# capital will be in a different time zone from the rest of the nation
1866# next year....  The Supreme Court's ruling takes effect at 2:00
1867# a.m. (0800 GMT) on Sept. 30, when Mexico is scheduled to revert to
1868# standard time. "This is so residents of the Federal District are not
1869# subject to unexpected time changes," a statement from the court said.
1870
1871# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2002-03-12):
1872# ... consulting my local grocery store(!) and my coworkers, they all insisted
1873# that a new decision had been made to reinstate US style DST in Mexico....
1874# http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/horaver2001_m1_2002.html (2002-02-20)
1875# confirms this.  Sonora as usual is the only state where DST is not applied.
1876
1877# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1878Rule	Mexico	1939	only	-	Feb	5	0:00	1:00	D
1879Rule	Mexico	1939	only	-	Jun	25	0:00	0	S
1880Rule	Mexico	1940	only	-	Dec	9	0:00	1:00	D
1881Rule	Mexico	1941	only	-	Apr	1	0:00	0	S
1882Rule	Mexico	1943	only	-	Dec	16	0:00	1:00	W # War
1883Rule	Mexico	1944	only	-	May	1	0:00	0	S
1884Rule	Mexico	1950	only	-	Feb	12	0:00	1:00	D
1885Rule	Mexico	1950	only	-	Jul	30	0:00	0	S
1886Rule	Mexico	1996	2000	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
1887Rule	Mexico	1996	2000	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1888Rule	Mexico	2001	only	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
1889Rule	Mexico	2001	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1890Rule	Mexico	2002	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
1891Rule	Mexico	2002	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1892# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1893# Quintana Roo
1894Zone America/Cancun	-5:47:04 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  0:12:56
1895			-6:00	-	CST	1981 Dec 23
1896			-5:00	Mexico	E%sT	1998 Aug  2  2:00
1897			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT
1898# Campeche, Yucatan
1899Zone America/Merida	-5:58:28 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  0:01:32
1900			-6:00	-	CST	1981 Dec 23
1901			-5:00	-	EST	1982 Dec  2
1902			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT
1903# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas
1904Zone America/Monterrey	-6:41:16 -	LMT	1921 Dec 31 23:18:44
1905			-6:00	-	CST	1988
1906			-6:00	US	C%sT	1989
1907			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT
1908# Central Mexico
1909Zone America/Mexico_City -6:36:36 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  0:23:24
1910			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10 23:00
1911			-6:00	-	CST	1930 Nov 15
1912			-7:00	-	MST	1931 May  1 23:00
1913			-6:00	-	CST	1931 Oct
1914			-7:00	-	MST	1932 Apr  1
1915			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT	2001 Sep 30 02:00
1916			-6:00	-	CST	2002 Feb 20
1917			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT
1918# Chihuahua
1919Zone America/Chihuahua	-7:04:20 -	LMT	1921 Dec 31 23:55:40
1920			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10 23:00
1921			-6:00	-	CST	1930 Nov 15
1922			-7:00	-	MST	1931 May  1 23:00
1923			-6:00	-	CST	1931 Oct
1924			-7:00	-	MST	1932 Apr  1
1925			-6:00	-	CST	1996
1926			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT	1998
1927			-6:00	-	CST	1998 Apr Sun>=1 3:00
1928			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT
1929# Sonora
1930Zone America/Hermosillo	-7:23:52 -	LMT	1921 Dec 31 23:36:08
1931			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10 23:00
1932			-6:00	-	CST	1930 Nov 15
1933			-7:00	-	MST	1931 May  1 23:00
1934			-6:00	-	CST	1931 Oct
1935			-7:00	-	MST	1932 Apr  1
1936			-6:00	-	CST	1942 Apr 24
1937			-7:00	-	MST	1949 Jan 14
1938			-8:00	-	PST	1970
1939			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT	1999
1940			-7:00	-	MST
1941# Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa
1942Zone America/Mazatlan	-7:05:40 -	LMT	1921 Dec 31 23:54:20
1943			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10 23:00
1944			-6:00	-	CST	1930 Nov 15
1945			-7:00	-	MST	1931 May  1 23:00
1946			-6:00	-	CST	1931 Oct
1947			-7:00	-	MST	1932 Apr  1
1948			-6:00	-	CST	1942 Apr 24
1949			-7:00	-	MST	1949 Jan 14
1950			-8:00	-	PST	1970
1951			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT
1952# Baja California
1953Zone America/Tijuana	-7:48:04 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  0:11:56
1954			-7:00	-	MST	1924
1955			-8:00	-	PST	1927 Jun 10 23:00
1956			-7:00	-	MST	1930 Nov 15
1957			-8:00	-	PST	1931 Apr  1
1958			-8:00	1:00	PDT	1931 Sep 30
1959			-8:00	-	PST	1942 Apr 24
1960			-8:00	1:00	PWT	1945 Aug 14 23:00u
1961			-8:00	1:00	PPT	1945 Nov 12 # Peace
1962			-8:00	-	PST	1948 Apr  5
1963			-8:00	1:00	PDT	1949 Jan 14
1964			-8:00	-	PST	1954
1965			-8:00	CA	P%sT	1961
1966			-8:00	-	PST	1976
1967			-8:00	US	P%sT	1996
1968			-8:00	Mexico	P%sT	2001
1969			-8:00	US	P%sT	2002 Feb 20
1970			-8:00	Mexico	P%sT
1971# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1972# Formerly there was an America/Ensenada zone, which differed from
1973# America/Tijuana only in that it did not observe DST from 1976
1974# through 1995.  This was as per Shanks (1999).  But Shanks & Pottenger say
1975# Ensenada did not observe DST from 1948 through 1975.  Guy Harris reports
1976# that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicale, San Felipe and
1977# Tijuana observe DST," which agrees with Shanks & Pottenger but implies that
1978# DST-observance was a town-by-town matter back then.  This concerns
1979# data after 1970 so most likely there should be at least one Zone
1980# other than America/Tijuana for Baja, but it's not clear yet what its
1981# name or contents should be.
1982#
1983# Revillagigedo Is
1984# no information
1985
1986###############################################################################
1987
1988# Anguilla
1989# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1990Zone America/Anguilla	-4:12:16 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
1991			-4:00	-	AST
1992
1993# Antigua and Barbuda
1994# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1995Zone	America/Antigua	-4:07:12 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
1996			-5:00	-	EST	1951
1997			-4:00	-	AST
1998
1999# Bahamas
2000#
2001# From Sue Williams (2006-12-07):
2002# The Bahamas announced about a month ago that they plan to change their DST
2003# rules to sync with the U.S. starting in 2007....
2004# http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=45&a=10412
2005
2006# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2007Rule	Bahamas	1964	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
2008Rule	Bahamas	1964	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
2009# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2010Zone	America/Nassau	-5:09:24 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
2011			-5:00	Bahamas	E%sT	1976
2012			-5:00	US	E%sT
2013
2014# Barbados
2015# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2016Rule	Barb	1977	only	-	Jun	12	2:00	1:00	D
2017Rule	Barb	1977	1978	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	0	S
2018Rule	Barb	1978	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	D
2019Rule	Barb	1979	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
2020Rule	Barb	1980	only	-	Sep	25	2:00	0	S
2021# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2022Zone America/Barbados	-3:58:28 -	LMT	1924		# Bridgetown
2023			-3:58:28 -	BMT	1932	  # Bridgetown Mean Time
2024			-4:00	Barb	A%sT
2025
2026# Belize
2027# Whitman entirely disagrees with Shanks; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2028# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2029Rule	Belize	1918	1942	-	Oct	Sun>=2	0:00	0:30	HD
2030Rule	Belize	1919	1943	-	Feb	Sun>=9	0:00	0	S
2031Rule	Belize	1973	only	-	Dec	 5	0:00	1:00	D
2032Rule	Belize	1974	only	-	Feb	 9	0:00	0	S
2033Rule	Belize	1982	only	-	Dec	18	0:00	1:00	D
2034Rule	Belize	1983	only	-	Feb	12	0:00	0	S
2035# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2036Zone	America/Belize	-5:52:48 -	LMT	1912 Apr
2037			-6:00	Belize	C%sT
2038
2039# Bermuda
2040
2041# From Dan Jones, reporting in The Royal Gazette (2006-06-26):
2042
2043# Next year, however, clocks in the US will go forward on the second Sunday
2044# in March, until the first Sunday in November.  And, after the Time Zone
2045# (Seasonal Variation) Bill 2006 was passed in the House of Assembly on
2046# Friday, the same thing will happen in Bermuda.
2047# http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060529/NEWS/105290135
2048
2049# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2050Zone Atlantic/Bermuda	-4:19:04 -	LMT	1930 Jan  1 2:00    # Hamilton
2051			-4:00	-	AST	1974 Apr 28 2:00
2052			-4:00	Bahamas	A%sT	1976
2053			-4:00	US	A%sT
2054
2055# Cayman Is
2056# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2057Zone	America/Cayman	-5:25:32 -	LMT	1890		# Georgetown
2058			-5:07:12 -	KMT	1912 Feb    # Kingston Mean Time
2059			-5:00	-	EST
2060
2061# Costa Rica
2062# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2063Rule	CR	1979	1980	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
2064Rule	CR	1979	1980	-	Jun	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
2065Rule	CR	1991	1992	-	Jan	Sat>=15	0:00	1:00	D
2066# IATA SSIM (1991-09) says the following was at 1:00;
2067# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2068Rule	CR	1991	only	-	Jul	 1	0:00	0	S
2069Rule	CR	1992	only	-	Mar	15	0:00	0	S
2070# There are too many San Joses elsewhere, so we'll use `Costa Rica'.
2071# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2072Zone America/Costa_Rica	-5:36:20 -	LMT	1890		# San Jose
2073			-5:36:20 -	SJMT	1921 Jan 15 # San Jose Mean Time
2074			-6:00	CR	C%sT
2075# Coco
2076# no information; probably like America/Costa_Rica
2077
2078# Cuba
2079
2080# From Arthur David Olson (1999-03-29):
2081# The 1999-03-28 exhibition baseball game held in Havana, Cuba, between
2082# the Cuban National Team and the Baltimore Orioles was carried live on
2083# the Orioles Radio Network, including affiliate WTOP in Washington, DC.
2084# During the game, play-by-play announcer Jim Hunter noted that
2085# "We'll be losing two hours of sleep...Cuba switched to Daylight Saving
2086# Time today."  (The "two hour" remark referred to losing one hour of
2087# sleep on 1999-03-28--when the announcers were in Cuba as it switched
2088# to DST--and one more hour on 1999-04-04--when the announcers will have
2089# returned to Baltimore, which switches on that date.)
2090
2091# From Evert van der Veer via Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-28):
2092# Cuba is not going back to standard time this year.
2093# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2094# http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2004/septiembre/juev30/41medid-i.html
2095# says that it's due to a problem at the Antonio Guiteras
2096# thermoelectric plant, and says "This October there will be no return
2097# to normal hours (after daylight saving time)".
2098# For now, let's assume that it's a temporary measure.
2099
2100# From Carlos A. Carnero Delgado (2005-11-12):
2101# This year (just like in 2004-2005) there's no change in time zone
2102# adjustment in Cuba.  We will stay in daylight saving time:
2103# http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2005/noviembre/mier9/horario.html
2104
2105# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-10-21):
2106# An article in GRANMA INTERNACIONAL claims that Cuba will end
2107# the 3 years of permanent DST next weekend, see
2108# http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/octubre/lun16/43horario.html
2109# "On Saturday night, October 28 going into Sunday, October 29, at 01:00,
2110# watches should be set back one hour -- going back to 00:00 hours -- returning
2111# to the normal schedule....
2112
2113# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2114Rule	Cuba	1928	only	-	Jun	10	0:00	1:00	D
2115Rule	Cuba	1928	only	-	Oct	10	0:00	0	S
2116Rule	Cuba	1940	1942	-	Jun	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
2117Rule	Cuba	1940	1942	-	Sep	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
2118Rule	Cuba	1945	1946	-	Jun	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
2119Rule	Cuba	1945	1946	-	Sep	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
2120Rule	Cuba	1965	only	-	Jun	1	0:00	1:00	D
2121Rule	Cuba	1965	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	S
2122Rule	Cuba	1966	only	-	May	29	0:00	1:00	D
2123Rule	Cuba	1966	only	-	Oct	2	0:00	0	S
2124Rule	Cuba	1967	only	-	Apr	8	0:00	1:00	D
2125Rule	Cuba	1967	1968	-	Sep	Sun>=8	0:00	0	S
2126Rule	Cuba	1968	only	-	Apr	14	0:00	1:00	D
2127Rule	Cuba	1969	1977	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
2128Rule	Cuba	1969	1971	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	S
2129Rule	Cuba	1972	1974	-	Oct	8	0:00	0	S
2130Rule	Cuba	1975	1977	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	S
2131Rule	Cuba	1978	only	-	May	7	0:00	1:00	D
2132Rule	Cuba	1978	1990	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00	0	S
2133Rule	Cuba	1979	1980	-	Mar	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	D
2134Rule	Cuba	1981	1985	-	May	Sun>=5	0:00	1:00	D
2135Rule	Cuba	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=14	0:00	1:00	D
2136Rule	Cuba	1990	1997	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
2137Rule	Cuba	1991	1995	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00s	0	S
2138Rule	Cuba	1996	only	-	Oct	 6	0:00s	0	S
2139Rule	Cuba	1997	only	-	Oct	12	0:00s	0	S
2140Rule	Cuba	1998	1999	-	Mar	lastSun	0:00s	1:00	D
2141Rule	Cuba	1998	2003	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00s	0	S
2142Rule	Cuba	2000	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00s	1:00	D
2143Rule	Cuba	2006	max	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00s	0	S
2144
2145# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2146Zone	America/Havana	-5:29:28 -	LMT	1890
2147			-5:29:36 -	HMT	1925 Jul 19 12:00 # Havana MT
2148			-5:00	Cuba	C%sT
2149
2150# Dominica
2151# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2152Zone America/Dominica	-4:05:36 -	LMT	1911 Jul 1 0:01		# Roseau
2153			-4:00	-	AST
2154
2155# Dominican Republic
2156
2157# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-30):
2158# Enrique Morales reported to me that the Dominican Republic has changed the
2159# time zone to Eastern Standard Time as of Sunday 29 at 2 am....
2160# http://www.listin.com.do/antes/261000/republica/princi.html
2161
2162# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
2163# That URL (2000-10-26, in Spanish) says they planned to use US-style DST.
2164
2165# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01):
2166# Dominican Republic changed its mind and presidential decree on Tuesday,
2167# November 28, 2000, with a new decree.  On Sunday, December 3 at 1:00 AM the
2168# Dominican Republic will be reverting to 8 hours from the International Date
2169# Line, and will not be using DST in the foreseeable future.  The reason they
2170# decided to use DST was to be in synch with Puerto Rico, who was also going
2171# to implement DST.  When Puerto Rico didn't implement DST, the president
2172# decided to revert.
2173
2174
2175# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2176Rule	DR	1966	only	-	Oct	30	0:00	1:00	D
2177Rule	DR	1967	only	-	Feb	28	0:00	0	S
2178Rule	DR	1969	1973	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0:30	HD
2179Rule	DR	1970	only	-	Feb	21	0:00	0	S
2180Rule	DR	1971	only	-	Jan	20	0:00	0	S
2181Rule	DR	1972	1974	-	Jan	21	0:00	0	S
2182# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2183Zone America/Santo_Domingo -4:39:36 -	LMT	1890
2184			-4:40	-	SDMT	1933 Apr  1 12:00 # S. Dom. MT
2185			-5:00	DR	E%sT	1974 Oct 27
2186			-4:00	-	AST	2000 Oct 29 02:00
2187			-5:00	US	E%sT	2000 Dec  3 01:00
2188			-4:00	-	AST
2189
2190# El Salvador
2191
2192# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2193Rule	Salv	1987	1988	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
2194Rule	Salv	1987	1988	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	S
2195# There are too many San Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/El_Salvador
2196# instead of America/San_Salvador.
2197# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2198Zone America/El_Salvador -5:56:48 -	LMT	1921		# San Salvador
2199			-6:00	Salv	C%sT
2200
2201# Grenada
2202# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2203Zone	America/Grenada	-4:07:00 -	LMT	1911 Jul	# St George's
2204			-4:00	-	AST
2205
2206# Guadeloupe
2207# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2208Zone America/Guadeloupe	-4:06:08 -	LMT	1911 Jun 8	# Pointe a Pitre
2209			-4:00	-	AST
2210
2211# Guatemala
2212#
2213# From Gwillim Law (2006-04-22), after a heads-up from Oscar van Vlijmen:
2214# Diario Co Latino, at
2215# http://www.diariocolatino.com/internacionales/detalles.asp?NewsID=8079,
2216# says in an article dated 2006-04-19 that the Guatemalan government had
2217# decided on that date to advance official time by 60 minutes, to lessen the
2218# impact of the elevated cost of oil....  Daylight saving time will last from
2219# 2006-04-29 24:00 (Guatemalan standard time) to 2006-09-30 (time unspecified).
2220# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-22):
2221# The Ministry of Energy and Mines, press release CP-15/2006
2222# (2006-04-19), says DST ends at 24:00.  See
2223# <http://www.sieca.org.gt/Sitio_publico/Energeticos/Doc/Medidas/Cambio_Horario_Nac_190406.pdf>.
2224
2225# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2226Rule	Guat	1973	only	-	Nov	25	0:00	1:00	D
2227Rule	Guat	1974	only	-	Feb	24	0:00	0	S
2228Rule	Guat	1983	only	-	May	21	0:00	1:00	D
2229Rule	Guat	1983	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
2230Rule	Guat	1991	only	-	Mar	23	0:00	1:00	D
2231Rule	Guat	1991	only	-	Sep	 7	0:00	0	S
2232Rule	Guat	2006	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	D
2233Rule	Guat	2006	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	S
2234# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2235Zone America/Guatemala	-6:02:04 -	LMT	1918 Oct 5
2236			-6:00	Guat	C%sT
2237
2238# Haiti
2239# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-15):
2240# Risto O. Nykanen wrote me that Haiti is now on DST.
2241# I searched for confirmation, and I found a
2242# <a href="http://www.haitianconsulate.org/time.doc"> press release
2243# on the Web page of the Haitian Consulate in Chicago (2005-03-31),
2244# </a>.  Translated from French, it says:
2245#
2246#  "The Prime Minister's Communication Office notifies the public in general
2247#   and the press in particular that, following a decision of the Interior
2248#   Ministry and the Territorial Collectivities [I suppose that means the
2249#   provinces], Haiti will move to Eastern Daylight Time in the night from next
2250#   Saturday the 2nd to Sunday the 3rd.
2251#
2252#  "Consequently, the Prime Minister's Communication Office wishes to inform
2253#   the population that the country's clocks will be set forward one hour
2254#   starting at midnight.  This provision will hold until the last Saturday in
2255#   October 2005.
2256#
2257#  "Port-au-Prince, March 31, 2005"
2258#
2259# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-04-04):
2260# I have been informed by users that Haiti observes DST this year like
2261# last year, so the current "only" rule for 2005 might be changed to a
2262# "max" rule or to last until 2006. (Who knows if they will observe DST
2263# next year or if they will extend their DST like US/Canada next year).
2264#
2265# I have found this article about it (in French):
2266# http://www.haitipressnetwork.com/news.cfm?articleID=7612
2267#
2268# The reason seems to be an energy crisis.
2269
2270
2271# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2272Rule	Haiti	1983	only	-	May	8	0:00	1:00	D
2273Rule	Haiti	1984	1987	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
2274Rule	Haiti	1983	1987	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	S
2275# Shanks & Pottenger say AT is 2:00, but IATA SSIM (1991/1997) says 1:00s.
2276# Go with IATA.
2277Rule	Haiti	1988	1997	-	Apr	Sun>=1	1:00s	1:00	D
2278Rule	Haiti	1988	1997	-	Oct	lastSun	1:00s	0	S
2279Rule	Haiti	2005	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
2280Rule	Haiti	2005	max	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	S
2281# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2282Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 -	LMT	1890
2283			-4:49	-	PPMT	1917 Jan 24 12:00 # P-a-P MT
2284			-5:00	Haiti	E%sT
2285
2286# Honduras
2287# Shanks & Pottenger say 1921 Jan 1; go with Whitman's more precise Apr 1.
2288
2289# From Paul Eggert (2006-05-05):
2290# worldtimezone.com reports a 2006-05-02 Spanish-language AP article
2291# saying Honduras will start using DST midnight Saturday, effective 4
2292# months until September.  La Tribuna reported today
2293# <http://www.latribuna.hn/99299.html> that Manuel Zelaya, the president
2294# of Honduras, refused to back down on this.
2295
2296# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-08-08):
2297# It seems that Honduras has returned from DST to standard time this Monday at
2298# 00:00 hours (prolonging Sunday to 25 hours duration).
2299# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_honduras04.html
2300
2301# From Paul Eggert (2006-08-08):
2302# Also see Diario El Heraldo, The country returns to standard time (2006-08-08)
2303# <http://www.elheraldo.hn/nota.php?nid=54941&sec=12>.
2304# It mentions executive decree 18-2006.
2305
2306# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17):
2307# Honduras will observe DST from 2007 to 2009, exact dates are not
2308# published, I have located this authoritative source:
2309# http://www.presidencia.gob.hn/noticia.aspx?nId=47
2310
2311# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2312Rule	Hond	1987	1988	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
2313Rule	Hond	1987	1988	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	S
2314Rule	Hond	2006	2009	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
2315Rule	Hond	2006	2009	-	Aug	Mon>=1	0:00	0	S
2316# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2317Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 -	LMT	1921 Apr
2318			-6:00	Hond	C%sT
2319#
2320# Great Swan I ceded by US to Honduras in 1972
2321
2322# Jamaica
2323
2324# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
2325# Follows US rules.
2326
2327# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
2328# JAMAICA             5 H  BEHIND UTC
2329
2330# From Shanks & Pottenger:
2331# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2332Zone	America/Jamaica	-5:07:12 -	LMT	1890		# Kingston
2333			-5:07:12 -	KMT	1912 Feb    # Kingston Mean Time
2334			-5:00	-	EST	1974 Apr 28 2:00
2335			-5:00	US	E%sT	1984
2336			-5:00	-	EST
2337
2338# Martinique
2339# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2340Zone America/Martinique	-4:04:20 -      LMT	1890		# Fort-de-France
2341			-4:04:20 -	FFMT	1911 May     # Fort-de-France MT
2342			-4:00	-	AST	1980 Apr  6
2343			-4:00	1:00	ADT	1980 Sep 28
2344			-4:00	-	AST
2345
2346# Montserrat
2347# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2348# In 1995 volcanic eruptions forced evacuation of Plymouth, the capital.
2349# world.gazetteer.com says Cork Hill is the most populous location now.
2350# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2351Zone America/Montserrat	-4:08:52 -	LMT	1911 Jul 1 0:01   # Cork Hill
2352			-4:00	-	AST
2353
2354# Nicaragua
2355#
2356# This uses Shanks & Pottenger for times before 2005.
2357#
2358# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-04-12):
2359# I've got reports from 8 different people that Nicaragua just started
2360# DST on Sunday 2005-04-10, in order to save energy because of
2361# expensive petroleum.  The exact end date for DST is not yet
2362# announced, only "September" but some sites also say "mid-September".
2363# Some background information is available on the President's official site:
2364# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/Presidencia/Files_index/Secretaria/Notas%20de%20Prensa/Presidente/2005/ABRIL/Gobierno-de-nicaragua-adelanta-hora-oficial-06abril.htm
2365# The Decree, no 23-2005 is available here:
2366# 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
2367#
2368# From Paul Eggert (2005-05-01):
2369# The decree doesn't say anything about daylight saving, but for now let's
2370# assume that it is daylight saving....
2371#
2372# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-21):
2373# The Associated Press story on the time change, which can be found at
2374# http://www.lapalmainteractivo.com/guias/content/gen/ap/America_Latina/AMC_GEN_NICARAGUA_HORA.html
2375# and elsewhere, says (fifth paragraph, translated from Spanish):  "The last
2376# time that a change of clocks was applied to save energy was in the year 2000
2377# during the Arnoldo Aleman administration."...
2378# The northamerica file says that Nicaragua has been on UTC-6 continuously
2379# since December 1998.  I wasn't able to find any details of Nicaraguan time
2380# changes in 2000.  Perhaps a note could be added to the northamerica file, to
2381# the effect that we have indirect evidence that DST was observed in 2000.
2382#
2383# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-11-02):
2384# Nicaragua left DST the 2005-10-02 at 00:00 (local time).
2385# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/presidencia/files_index/secretaria/comunicados/2005/septiembre/26septiembre-cambio-hora.htm
2386# (2005-09-26)
2387#
2388# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-05-05):
2389# http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2006/05/01/nacionales/18410
2390# (my informal translation)
2391# By order of the president of the republic, Enrique Bolanos, Nicaragua
2392# advanced by sixty minutes their official time, yesterday at 2 in the
2393# morning, and will stay that way until 30.th. of september.
2394#
2395# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-09-30):
2396# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/buscador_gaceta/BD/DECRETOS/2006/D-063-2006P-PRN-Cambio-Hora.pdf
2397# My informal translation runs:
2398# The natural sun time is restored in all the national territory, in that the
2399# time is returned one hour at 01:00 am of October 1 of 2006.
2400#
2401# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2402Rule	Nic	1979	1980	-	Mar	Sun>=16	0:00	1:00	D
2403Rule	Nic	1979	1980	-	Jun	Mon>=23	0:00	0	S
2404Rule	Nic	2005	only	-	Apr	10	0:00	1:00	D
2405Rule	Nic	2005	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
2406Rule	Nic	2006	only	-	Apr	30	2:00	1:00	D
2407Rule	Nic	2006	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	1:00	0	S
2408# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2409Zone	America/Managua	-5:45:08 -	LMT	1890
2410			-5:45:12 -	MMT	1934 Jun 23 # Managua Mean Time?
2411			-6:00	-	CST	1973 May
2412			-5:00	-	EST	1975 Feb 16
2413			-6:00	Nic	C%sT	1992 Jan  1 4:00
2414			-5:00	-	EST	1992 Sep 24
2415			-6:00	-	CST	1993
2416			-5:00	-	EST	1997
2417			-6:00	Nic	C%sT
2418
2419# Panama
2420# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2421Zone	America/Panama	-5:18:08 -	LMT	1890
2422			-5:19:36 -	CMT	1908 Apr 22   # Colon Mean Time
2423			-5:00	-	EST
2424
2425# Puerto Rico
2426# There are too many San Juans elsewhere, so we'll use `Puerto_Rico'.
2427# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2428Zone America/Puerto_Rico -4:24:25 -	LMT	1899 Mar 28 12:00    # San Juan
2429			-4:00	-	AST	1942 May  3
2430			-4:00	US	A%sT	1946
2431			-4:00	-	AST
2432
2433# St Kitts-Nevis
2434# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2435Zone America/St_Kitts	-4:10:52 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2	# Basseterre
2436			-4:00	-	AST
2437
2438# St Lucia
2439# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2440Zone America/St_Lucia	-4:04:00 -	LMT	1890		# Castries
2441			-4:04:00 -	CMT	1912	    # Castries Mean Time
2442			-4:00	-	AST
2443
2444# St Pierre and Miquelon
2445# There are too many St Pierres elsewhere, so we'll use `Miquelon'.
2446# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2447Zone America/Miquelon	-3:44:40 -	LMT	1911 May 15	# St Pierre
2448			-4:00	-	AST	1980 May
2449			-3:00	-	PMST	1987 # Pierre & Miquelon Time
2450			-3:00	Canada	PM%sT
2451
2452# St Vincent and the Grenadines
2453# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2454Zone America/St_Vincent	-4:04:56 -	LMT	1890		# Kingstown
2455			-4:04:56 -	KMT	1912	   # Kingstown Mean Time
2456			-4:00	-	AST
2457
2458# Turks and Caicos
2459# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2460# Shanks & Pottenger say they use US DST rules, but IATA SSIM (1991/1998)
2461# says they switch at midnight.  Go with IATA SSIM.
2462# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2463Rule	TC	1979	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
2464Rule	TC	1979	max	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	S
2465Rule	TC	1987	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
2466# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2467Zone America/Grand_Turk	-4:44:32 -	LMT	1890
2468			-5:07:12 -	KMT	1912 Feb    # Kingston Mean Time
2469			-5:00	TC	E%sT
2470
2471# British Virgin Is
2472# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2473Zone America/Tortola	-4:18:28 -	LMT	1911 Jul    # Road Town
2474			-4:00	-	AST
2475
2476# Virgin Is
2477# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2478Zone America/St_Thomas	-4:19:44 -	LMT	1911 Jul    # Charlotte Amalie
2479			-4:00	-	AST
2480