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< # @(#)northamerica 8.51
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> # @(#)northamerica 8.52
1122a1123,1139
> # From Chris Walton (2011-12-01)
> # In the first of Tammy Hardwick's articles
> # <a href="http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260">
> # http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260
> # </a>
> # she quotes the Friday November 1/1918 edition of the Creston Review.
> # The quote includes these two statements:
> # 'Sunday the CPR went back to the old system of time...'
> # '... The daylight saving scheme was dropped all over Canada at the same time,'
> # These statements refer to a transition from daylight time to standard time
> # that occurred nationally on Sunday October 27/1918. This transition was
> # also documented in the Saturday October 26/1918 edition of the Toronto Star.
>
> # In light of that evidence, we alter the date from the earlier believed
> # Oct 31, to Oct 27, 1918 (and Sunday is a more likely transition day
> # than Thursday) in all Canadian rulesets.
>
1125c1142
< Rule Canada 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S
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> Rule Canada 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
1648c1665
< Rule Winn 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S
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> Rule Winn 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
1731c1748
< Rule Regina 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S
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> Rule Regina 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
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< Rule Edm 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S
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> Rule Edm 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
1797a1815,1873
> # It seems though that (re: Creston) is not entirely correct:
>
> # From Chris Walton (2011-12-01):
> # There are two areas within the Canadian province of British Columbia
> # that do not currently observe daylight saving:
> # a) The Creston Valley (includes the town of Creston and surrounding area)
> # b) The eastern half of the Peace River Regional District
> # (includes the cities of Dawson Creek and Fort St. John)
>
> # Earlier this year I stumbled across a detailed article about the time
> # keeping history of Creston; it was written by Tammy Hardwick who is the
> # manager of the Creston & District Museum. The article was written in May 2009.
> # <a href="http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260">
> # http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260
> # </a>
> # According to the article, Creston has not changed its clocks since June 1918.
> # i.e. Creston has been stuck on UTC-7 for 93 years.
> # Dawson Creek, on the other hand, changed its clocks as recently as April 1972.
>
> # Unfortunately the exact date for the time change in June 1918 remains
> # unknown and will be difficult to ascertain. I e-mailed Tammy a few months
> # ago to ask if Sunday June 2 was a reasonable guess. She said it was just
> # as plausible as any other date (in June). She also said that after writing the
> # article she had discovered another time change in 1916; this is the subject
> # of another article which she wrote in October 2010.
> # <a href="http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/index.php?module=comments&uop=view_comment&cm+id=56">
> # http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/index.php?module=comments&uop=view_comment&cm+id=56
> # </a>
>
> # Here is a summary of the three clock change events in Creston's history:
> # 1. 1884 or 1885: adoption of Mountain Standard Time (GMT-7)
> # Exact date unknown
> # 2. Oct 1916: switch to Pacific Standard Time (GMT-8)
> # Exact date in October unknown; Sunday October 1 is a reasonable guess.
> # 3. June 1918: switch to Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7)
> # Exact date in June unknown; Sunday June 2 is a reasonable guess.
> # note#1:
> # On Oct 27/1918 when daylight saving ended in the rest of Canada,
> # Creston did not change its clocks.
> # note#2:
> # During WWII when the Federal Government legislated a mandatory clock change,
> # Creston did not oblige.
> # note#3:
> # There is no guarantee that Creston will remain on Mountain Standard Time
> # (UTC-7) forever.
> # The subject was debated at least once this year by the town Council.
> # <a href="http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/crestonvalleyadvance/news/116760809.html">
> # http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/crestonvalleyadvance/news/116760809.html
> # </a>
>
> # During a period WWII, summer time (Daylight saying) was mandatory in Canada.
> # In Creston, that was handled by shifting the area to PST (-8:00) then applying
> # summer time to cause the offset to be -7:00, the same as it had been before
> # the change. It can be argued that the timezone abbreviation during this
> # period should be PDT rather than MST, but that doesn't seem important enough
> # (to anyone) to further complicate the rules.
>
> # The transition dates (and times) are guesses.
>
1800c1876
< Rule Vanc 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S
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> Rule Vanc 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
1815a1892,1895
> Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884
> -7:00 - MST 1916 Oct 1
> -8:00 - PST 1918 Jun 2
> -7:00 - MST
1817d1896
<
< # @(#)northamerica 8.51
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> # @(#)northamerica 8.52
1122a1123,1139
> # From Chris Walton (2011-12-01)
> # In the first of Tammy Hardwick's articles
> # <a href="http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260">
> # http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260
> # </a>
> # she quotes the Friday November 1/1918 edition of the Creston Review.
> # The quote includes these two statements:
> # 'Sunday the CPR went back to the old system of time...'
> # '... The daylight saving scheme was dropped all over Canada at the same time,'
> # These statements refer to a transition from daylight time to standard time
> # that occurred nationally on Sunday October 27/1918. This transition was
> # also documented in the Saturday October 26/1918 edition of the Toronto Star.
>
> # In light of that evidence, we alter the date from the earlier believed
> # Oct 31, to Oct 27, 1918 (and Sunday is a more likely transition day
> # than Thursday) in all Canadian rulesets.
>
1125c1142
< Rule Canada 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S
---
> Rule Canada 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
1648c1665
< Rule Winn 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S
---
> Rule Winn 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
1731c1748
< Rule Regina 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S
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> Rule Regina 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
1768c1785
< Rule Edm 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S
---
> Rule Edm 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
1797a1815,1873
> # It seems though that (re: Creston) is not entirely correct:
>
> # From Chris Walton (2011-12-01):
> # There are two areas within the Canadian province of British Columbia
> # that do not currently observe daylight saving:
> # a) The Creston Valley (includes the town of Creston and surrounding area)
> # b) The eastern half of the Peace River Regional District
> # (includes the cities of Dawson Creek and Fort St. John)
>
> # Earlier this year I stumbled across a detailed article about the time
> # keeping history of Creston; it was written by Tammy Hardwick who is the
> # manager of the Creston & District Museum. The article was written in May 2009.
> # <a href="http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260">
> # http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260
> # </a>
> # According to the article, Creston has not changed its clocks since June 1918.
> # i.e. Creston has been stuck on UTC-7 for 93 years.
> # Dawson Creek, on the other hand, changed its clocks as recently as April 1972.
>
> # Unfortunately the exact date for the time change in June 1918 remains
> # unknown and will be difficult to ascertain. I e-mailed Tammy a few months
> # ago to ask if Sunday June 2 was a reasonable guess. She said it was just
> # as plausible as any other date (in June). She also said that after writing the
> # article she had discovered another time change in 1916; this is the subject
> # of another article which she wrote in October 2010.
> # <a href="http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/index.php?module=comments&uop=view_comment&cm+id=56">
> # http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/index.php?module=comments&uop=view_comment&cm+id=56
> # </a>
>
> # Here is a summary of the three clock change events in Creston's history:
> # 1. 1884 or 1885: adoption of Mountain Standard Time (GMT-7)
> # Exact date unknown
> # 2. Oct 1916: switch to Pacific Standard Time (GMT-8)
> # Exact date in October unknown; Sunday October 1 is a reasonable guess.
> # 3. June 1918: switch to Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7)
> # Exact date in June unknown; Sunday June 2 is a reasonable guess.
> # note#1:
> # On Oct 27/1918 when daylight saving ended in the rest of Canada,
> # Creston did not change its clocks.
> # note#2:
> # During WWII when the Federal Government legislated a mandatory clock change,
> # Creston did not oblige.
> # note#3:
> # There is no guarantee that Creston will remain on Mountain Standard Time
> # (UTC-7) forever.
> # The subject was debated at least once this year by the town Council.
> # <a href="http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/crestonvalleyadvance/news/116760809.html">
> # http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/crestonvalleyadvance/news/116760809.html
> # </a>
>
> # During a period WWII, summer time (Daylight saying) was mandatory in Canada.
> # In Creston, that was handled by shifting the area to PST (-8:00) then applying
> # summer time to cause the offset to be -7:00, the same as it had been before
> # the change. It can be argued that the timezone abbreviation during this
> # period should be PDT rather than MST, but that doesn't seem important enough
> # (to anyone) to further complicate the rules.
>
> # The transition dates (and times) are guesses.
>
1800c1876
< Rule Vanc 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S
---
> Rule Vanc 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
1815a1892,1895
> Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884
> -7:00 - MST 1916 Oct 1
> -8:00 - PST 1918 Jun 2
> -7:00 - MST
1817d1896
<