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24# <pre>
25# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
26# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
27
28# also includes Central America and the Caribbean
29
30# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
31# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
32# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).
33
34# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22):
35# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
36# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
37
38###############################################################################
39
40# United States
41
42# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-31):
43# Howse writes (pp 121-125) that time zones were invented by
44# Professor Charles Ferdinand Dowd (1825-1904),
45# Principal of Temple Grove Ladies' Seminary (Saratoga Springs, NY).
46# His pamphlet ``A System of National Time for Railroads'' (1870)
47# was the result of his proposals at the Convention of Railroad Trunk Lines
48# in New York City (1869-10).  His 1870 proposal was based on Washington, DC,
49# but in 1872-05 he moved the proposed origin to Greenwich.
50# His proposal was adopted by the railroads on 1883-11-18 at 12:00,
51# and the most of the country soon followed suit.
52
53# From Paul Eggert (2005-04-16):
54# That 1883 transition occurred at 12:00 new time, not at 12:00 old time.
55# See p 46 of David Prerau, Seize the daylight, Thunder's Mouth Press (2005).
56
57# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
58# A good source for time zone historical data in the US is
59# Thomas G. Shanks, The American Atlas (5th edition),
60# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
61# Make sure you have the errata sheet; the book is somewhat useless without it.
62# It is the source for most of the pre-1991 US entries below.
63
64# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06):
65# Daylight Saving Time was first suggested as a joke by Benjamin Franklin
66# in his whimsical essay ``An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost
67# of Light'' published in the Journal de Paris (1784-04-26).
68# Not everyone is happy with the results:
69#
70#	I don't really care how time is reckoned so long as there is some
71#	agreement about it, but I object to being told that I am saving
72#	daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind.
73#	I even object to the implication that I am wasting something
74#	valuable if I stay in bed after the sun has risen.  As an admirer
75#	of moonlight I resent the bossy insistence of those who want to
76#	reduce my time for enjoying it.  At the back of the Daylight Saving
77#	scheme I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager
78#	to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make
79#	them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves.
80#
81#	-- Robertson Davies, The diary of Samuel Marchbanks,
82#	   Clarke, Irwin (1947), XIX, Sunday
83#
84# For more about the first ten years of DST in the United States, see
85# Robert Garland's <a href="http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/dst.html">
86# Ten years of daylight saving from the Pittsburgh standpoint
87# (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1927)</a>.
88#
89# Shanks says that DST was called "War Time" in the US in 1918 and 1919.
90# However, DST was imposed by the Standard Time Act of 1918, which
91# was the first nationwide legal time standard, and apparently
92# time was just called "Standard Time" or "Daylight Saving Time".
93
94# From Arthur David Olson:
95# US Daylight Saving Time ended on the last Sunday of *October* in 1974.
96# See, for example, the front page of the Saturday, 1974-10-26
97# and Sunday, 1974-10-27 editions of the Washington Post.
98
99# From Arthur David Olson:
100# Before the Uniform Time Act of 1966 took effect in 1967, observance of
101# Daylight Saving Time in the US was by local option, except during wartime.
102
103# From Arthur David Olson (2000-09-25):
104# Last night I heard part of a rebroadcast of a 1945 Arch Oboler radio drama.
105# In the introduction, Oboler spoke of "Eastern Peace Time."
106# An AltaVista search turned up
107# <a href="http://rowayton.org/rhs/hstaug45.html">:
108# "When the time is announced over the radio now, it is 'Eastern Peace
109# Time' instead of the old familiar 'Eastern War Time.'  Peace is wonderful."
110# </a> (August 1945) by way of confirmation.
111
112# From Joseph Gallant citing
113# George H. Douglas, _The Early Days of Radio Broadcasting_ (1987):
114# At 7 P.M. (Eastern War Time) [on 1945-08-14], the networks were set
115# to switch to London for Attlee's address, but the American people
116# never got to hear his speech live. According to one press account,
117# CBS' Bob Trout was first to announce the word of Japan's surrender,
118# but a few seconds later, NBC, ABC and Mutual also flashed the word
119# of surrender, all of whom interrupting the bells of Big Ben in
120# London which were to precede Mr. Attlee's speech.
121
122# From Paul Eggert (2003-02-09): It was Robert St John, not Bob Trout.  From
123# Myrna Oliver's obituary of St John on page B16 of today's Los Angeles Times:
124#
125# ... a war-weary U.S. clung to radios, awaiting word of Japan's surrender.
126# Any announcement from Asia would reach St. John's New York newsroom on a
127# wire service teletype machine, which had prescribed signals for major news.
128# Associated Press, for example, would ring five bells before spewing out
129# typed copy of an important story, and 10 bells for news "of transcendental
130# importance."
131#
132# On Aug. 14, stalling while talking steadily into the NBC networks' open
133# microphone, St. John heard five bells and waited only to hear a sixth bell,
134# before announcing confidently: "Ladies and gentlemen, World War II is over.
135# The Japanese have agreed to our surrender terms."
136#
137# He had scored a 20-second scoop on other broadcasters.
138
139# From Arthur David Olson (2005-08-22):
140# Paul has been careful to use the "US" rules only in those locations
141# that are part of the United States; this reflects the real scope of
142# U.S. government action.  So even though the "US" rules have changed
143# in the latest release, other countries won't be affected.
144
145# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
146Rule	US	1918	1919	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
147Rule	US	1918	1919	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
148Rule	US	1942	only	-	Feb	9	2:00	1:00	W # War
149Rule	US	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
150Rule	US	1945	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
151Rule	US	1967	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
152Rule	US	1967	1973	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
153Rule	US	1974	only	-	Jan	6	2:00	1:00	D
154Rule	US	1975	only	-	Feb	23	2:00	1:00	D
155Rule	US	1976	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
156Rule	US	1987	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
157Rule	US	2007	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
158Rule	US	2007	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	0	S
159
160# From Arthur David Olson, 2005-12-19
161# We generate the files specified below to guard against old files with
162# obsolete information being left in the time zone binary directory.
163# We limit the list to names that have appeared in previous versions of
164# this time zone package.
165# We do these as separate Zones rather than as Links to avoid problems if
166# a particular place changes whether it observes DST.
167# We put these specifications here in the northamerica file both to
168# increase the chances that they'll actually get compiled and to
169# avoid the need to duplicate the US rules in another file.
170
171# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
172Zone	EST		 -5:00	-	EST
173Zone	MST		 -7:00	-	MST
174Zone	HST		-10:00	-	HST
175Zone	EST5EDT		 -5:00	US	E%sT
176Zone	CST6CDT		 -6:00	US	C%sT
177Zone	MST7MDT		 -7:00	US	M%sT
178Zone	PST8PDT		 -8:00	US	P%sT
179
180# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
181# ...Alaska (and Hawaii) had the timezone names changed in 1967.
182#    old			 new
183#    Pacific Standard Time(PST)  -same-
184#    Yukon Standard Time(YST)    -same-
185#    Central Alaska S.T. (CAT)   Alaska-Hawaii St[an]dard Time (AHST)
186#    Nome Standard Time (NT)     Bering Standard Time (BST)
187#
188# ...Alaska's timezone lines were redrawn in 1983 to give only 2 tz.
189#    The YST zone now covers nearly all of the state, AHST just part
190#    of the Aleutian islands.   No DST.
191
192# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
193# The tables below use `NST', not `NT', for Nome Standard Time.
194# I invented `CAWT' for Central Alaska War Time.
195
196# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
197# USA  EASTERN       5 H  BEHIND UTC    NEW YORK, WASHINGTON
198# USA  EASTERN       4 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
199# USA  CENTRAL       6 H  BEHIND UTC    CHICAGO, HOUSTON
200# USA  CENTRAL       5 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
201# USA  MOUNTAIN      7 H  BEHIND UTC    DENVER
202# USA  MOUNTAIN      6 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
203# USA  PACIFIC       8 H  BEHIND UTC    L.A., SAN FRANCISCO
204# USA  PACIFIC       7 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
205# USA  ALASKA STD    9 H  BEHIND UTC    MOST OF ALASKA     (AKST)
206# USA  ALASKA STD    8 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30 (AKDT)
207# USA  ALEUTIAN     10 H  BEHIND UTC    ISLANDS WEST OF 170W
208# USA  - " -         9 H  BEHIND UTC    APR 3 - OCT 30
209# USA  HAWAII       10 H  BEHIND UTC
210# USA  BERING       11 H  BEHIND UTC    SAMOA, MIDWAY
211
212# From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-21):
213# The above dates are for 1988.
214# Note the "AKST" and "AKDT" abbreviations, the claim that there's
215# no DST in Samoa, and the claim that there is DST in Alaska and the
216# Aleutians.
217
218# From Arthur David Olson (1988-02-13):
219# Legal standard time zone names, from United States Code (1982 Edition and
220# Supplement III), Title 15, Chapter 6, Section 260 and forward.  First, names
221# up to 1967-04-01 (when most provisions of the Uniform Time Act of 1966
222# took effect), as explained in sections 263 and 261:
223#	(none)
224#	United States standard eastern time
225#	United States standard mountain time
226#	United States standard central time
227#	United States standard Pacific time
228#	(none)
229#	United States standard Alaska time
230#	(none)
231# Next, names from 1967-04-01 until 1983-11-30 (the date for
232# public law 98-181):
233#	Atlantic standard time
234#	eastern standard time
235#	central standard time
236#	mountain standard time
237#	Pacific standard time
238#	Yukon standard time
239#	Alaska-Hawaii standard time
240#	Bering standard time
241# And after 1983-11-30:
242#	Atlantic standard time
243#	eastern standard time
244#	central standard time
245#	mountain standard time
246#	Pacific standard time
247#	Alaska standard time
248#	Hawaii-Aleutian standard time
249#	Samoa standard time
250# The law doesn't give abbreviations.
251#
252# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08), following a heads-up from Rives McDow:
253# Public law 106-564 (2000-12-23) introduced the abbreviation
254# "Chamorro Standard Time" for time in Guam and the Northern Marianas.
255# See the file "australasia".
256
257# From Arthur David Olson, 2005-08-09
258# The following was signed into law on 2005-08-08.
259#
260# H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act of 2005, SEC. 110. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS.
261#   (a) Amendment- Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15
262#   U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended--
263#     (1) by striking `first Sunday of April' and inserting `second
264#     Sunday of March'; and
265#     (2) by striking `last Sunday of October' and inserting `first
266#     Sunday of November'.
267#   (b) Effective Date- Subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the
268#   date of enactment of this Act or March 1, 2007, whichever is later.
269#   (c) Report to Congress- Not later than 9 months after the effective
270#   date stated in subsection (b), the Secretary shall report to Congress
271#   on the impact of this section on energy consumption in the United
272#   States.
273#   (d) Right to Revert- Congress retains the right to revert the
274#   Daylight Saving Time back to the 2005 time schedules once the
275#   Department study is complete.
276
277# US eastern time, represented by New York
278
279# Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, most of Florida,
280# Georgia, southeast Indiana (Dearborn and Ohio counties), eastern Kentucky
281# (except America/Kentucky/Louisville below), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
282# New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
283# Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, eastern Tennessee,
284# Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
285
286# From Dave Cantor (2004-11-02):
287# Early this summer I had the occasion to visit the Mount Washington
288# Observatory weather station atop (of course!) Mount Washington [, NH]....
289# One of the staff members said that the station was on Eastern Standard Time
290# and didn't change their clocks for Daylight Saving ... so that their
291# reports will always have times which are 5 hours behind UTC.
292
293# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-26):
294# According to today's Huntsville Times
295# <http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1125047783228320.xml&coll=1>
296# a few towns on Alabama's "eastern border with Georgia, such as Phenix City
297# in Russell County, Lanett in Chambers County and some towns in Lee County,
298# set their watches and clocks on Eastern time."  It quotes H.H. "Bubba"
299# Roberts, city administrator in Phenix City. as saying "We are in the Central
300# time zone, but we do go by the Eastern time zone because so many people work
301# in Columbus."
302
303# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
304Rule	NYC	1920	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
305Rule	NYC	1920	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
306Rule	NYC	1921	1966	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
307Rule	NYC	1921	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
308Rule	NYC	1955	1966	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
309# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
310Zone America/New_York	-4:56:02 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:03:58
311			-5:00	US	E%sT	1920
312			-5:00	NYC	E%sT	1942
313			-5:00	US	E%sT	1946
314			-5:00	NYC	E%sT	1967
315			-5:00	US	E%sT
316
317# US central time, represented by Chicago
318
319# Alabama, Arkansas, Florida panhandle (Bay, Calhoun, Escambia,
320# Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, and
321# Washington counties), Illinois, western Indiana
322# (Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer,
323# Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties), Iowa, most of Kansas, western
324# Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, eastern
325# Nebraska, eastern North Dakota, Oklahoma, eastern South Dakota,
326# western Tennessee, most of Texas, Wisconsin
327
328# From Larry M. Smith (2006-04-26) re Wisconsin:
329# http://www.legis.state.wi.us/statutes/Stat0175.pdf ...
330# is currently enforced at the 01:00 time of change.  Because the local
331# "bar time" in the state corresponds to 02:00, a number of citations
332# are issued for the "sale of class 'B' alcohol after prohibited
333# hours" within the deviated hour of this change every year....
334#
335# From Douglas R. Bomberg (2007-03-12):
336# Wisconsin has enacted (nearly eleventh-hour) legislation to get WI
337# Statue 175 closer in synch with the US Congress' intent....
338# http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/acts/07Act3.pdf
339
340# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
341Rule	Chicago	1920	only	-	Jun	13	2:00	1:00	D
342Rule	Chicago	1920	1921	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
343Rule	Chicago	1921	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
344Rule	Chicago	1922	1966	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
345Rule	Chicago	1922	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
346Rule	Chicago	1955	1966	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
347# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
348Zone America/Chicago	-5:50:36 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:09:24
349			-6:00	US	C%sT	1920
350			-6:00	Chicago	C%sT	1936 Mar  1 2:00
351			-5:00	-	EST	1936 Nov 15 2:00
352			-6:00	Chicago	C%sT	1942
353			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
354			-6:00	Chicago	C%sT	1967
355			-6:00	US	C%sT
356# Oliver County, ND switched from mountain to central time on 1992-10-25.
357Zone America/North_Dakota/Center -6:45:12 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:14:48
358			-7:00	US	M%sT	1992 Oct 25 02:00
359			-6:00	US	C%sT
360# Morton County, ND, switched from mountain to central time on
361# 2003-10-26, except for the area around Mandan which was already central time.
362# See <http://dmses.dot.gov/docimages/p63/135818.pdf>.
363# Officially this switch also included part of Sioux County, and
364# Jones, Mellette, and Todd Counties in South Dakota;
365# but in practice these other counties were already observing central time.
366# See <http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2003/October/Day-28/i27056.htm>.
367Zone America/North_Dakota/New_Salem -6:45:39 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:14:21
368			-7:00	US	M%sT	2003 Oct 26 02:00
369			-6:00	US	C%sT
370
371# From Josh Findley (2011-01-21):
372# ...it appears that Mercer County, North Dakota, changed from the
373# mountain time zone to the central time zone at the last transition from
374# daylight-saving to standard time (on Nov. 7, 2010):
375# <a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-09-29/html/2010-24376.htm">
376# http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-09-29/html/2010-24376.htm
377# </a>
378# <a href="http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/local/article_1eb1b588-c758-11df-b472-001cc4c03286.html">
379# http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/local/article_1eb1b588-c758-11df-b472-001cc4c03286.html
380# </a>
381
382# From Andy Lipscomb (2011-01-24):
383# ...according to the Census Bureau, the largest city is Beulah (although
384# it's commonly referred to as Beulah-Hazen, with Hazen being the next
385# largest city in Mercer County).  Google Maps places Beulah's city hall
386# at 4715'51" north, 10146'40" west, which yields an offset of 6h47'07".
387
388Zone America/North_Dakota/Beulah -6:47:07 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:12:53
389			-7:00	US	M%sT	2010 Nov  7 2:00
390			-6:00	US	C%sT
391
392# US mountain time, represented by Denver
393#
394# Colorado, far western Kansas, Montana, western
395# Nebraska, Nevada border (Jackpot, Owyhee, and Mountain City),
396# New Mexico, southwestern North Dakota,
397# western South Dakota, far western Texas (El Paso County, Hudspeth County,
398# and Pine Springs and Nickel Creek in Culberson County), Utah, Wyoming
399#
400# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
401Rule	Denver	1920	1921	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
402Rule	Denver	1920	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
403Rule	Denver	1921	only	-	May	22	2:00	0	S
404Rule	Denver	1965	1966	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
405Rule	Denver	1965	1966	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
406# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
407Zone America/Denver	-6:59:56 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:00:04
408			-7:00	US	M%sT	1920
409			-7:00	Denver	M%sT	1942
410			-7:00	US	M%sT	1946
411			-7:00	Denver	M%sT	1967
412			-7:00	US	M%sT
413
414# US Pacific time, represented by Los Angeles
415#
416# California, northern Idaho (Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater,
417# Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, and Shoshone counties,
418# and the northern three-quarters of Idaho county),
419# most of Nevada, most of Oregon, and Washington
420#
421# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
422Rule	CA	1948	only	-	Mar	14	2:00	1:00	D
423Rule	CA	1949	only	-	Jan	 1	2:00	0	S
424Rule	CA	1950	1966	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
425Rule	CA	1950	1961	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
426Rule	CA	1962	1966	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
427# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
428Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:07:02
429			-8:00	US	P%sT	1946
430			-8:00	CA	P%sT	1967
431			-8:00	US	P%sT
432
433# Alaska
434# AK%sT is the modern abbreviation for -9:00 per USNO.
435#
436# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30):
437# Howse writes that Alaska switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar,
438# and from east-of-GMT to west-of-GMT days, when the US bought it from Russia.
439# This was on 1867-10-18, a Friday; the previous day was 1867-10-06 Julian,
440# also a Friday.  Include only the time zone part of this transition,
441# ignoring the switch from Julian to Gregorian, since we can't represent
442# the Julian calendar.
443#
444# As far as we know, none of the exact locations mentioned below were
445# permanently inhabited in 1867 by anyone using either calendar.
446# (Yakutat was colonized by the Russians in 1799, but the settlement
447# was destroyed in 1805 by a Yakutat-kon war party.)  However, there
448# were nearby inhabitants in some cases and for our purposes perhaps
449# it's best to simply use the official transition.
450#
451
452# From Steve Ferguson (2011-01-31):
453# The author lives in Alaska and many of the references listed are only
454# available to Alaskan residents.
455#
456# <a href="http://www.alaskahistoricalsociety.org/index.cfm?section=discover%20alaska&page=Glimpses%20of%20the%20Past&viewpost=2&ContentId=98">
457# http://www.alaskahistoricalsociety.org/index.cfm?section=discover%20alaska&page=Glimpses%20of%20the%20Past&viewpost=2&ContentId=98
458# </a>
459
460# From Arthur David Olson (2011-02-01):
461# Here's database-relevant material from the 2001 "Alaska History" article:
462#
463# On September 20 [1979]...DOT...officials decreed that on April 27,
464# 1980, Juneau and other nearby communities would move to Yukon Time.
465# Sitka, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan, however, would remain on
466# Pacific Time.
467#
468# ...on September 22, 1980, DOT Secretary Neil E. Goldschmidt rescinded the
469# Department's September 1979 decision. Juneau and other communities in
470# northern Southeast reverted to Pacific Time on October 26.
471#
472# On October 28 [1983]...the Metlakatla Indian Community Council voted
473# unanimously to keep the reservation on Pacific Time.
474#
475# According to DOT official Joanne Petrie, Indian reservations are not
476# bound to follow time zones imposed by neighboring jurisdictions.
477#
478# (The last is consistent with how the database now handles the Navajo
479# Nation.)
480
481# From Arthur David Olson (2011-02-09):
482# I just spoke by phone with a staff member at the Metlakatla Indian
483# Community office (using contact information available at
484# <a href="http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_name=Metlakatla">
485# http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_name=Metlakatla
486# </a>).
487# It's shortly after 1:00 here on the east coast of the United States;
488# the staffer said it was shortly after 10:00 there. When I asked whether
489# that meant they were on Pacific time, they said no--they were on their
490# own time. I asked about daylight saving; they said it wasn't used. I
491# did not inquire about practices in the past.
492
493# From Arthur David Olson (2011-08-17):
494# For lack of better information, assume that Metlakatla's
495# abandonment of use of daylight saving resulted from the 1983 vote.
496
497# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
498Zone America/Juneau	 15:02:19 -	LMT	1867 Oct 18
499			 -8:57:41 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
500			 -8:00	-	PST	1942
501			 -8:00	US	P%sT	1946
502			 -8:00	-	PST	1969
503			 -8:00	US	P%sT	1980 Apr 27 2:00
504			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1980 Oct 26 2:00
505			 -8:00	US	P%sT	1983 Oct 30 2:00
506			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1983 Nov 30
507			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
508Zone America/Sitka	 14:58:47 -	LMT	1867 Oct 18
509			 -9:01:13 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
510			 -8:00	-	PST	1942
511			 -8:00	US	P%sT	1946
512			 -8:00	-	PST	1969
513			 -8:00	US	P%sT	1983 Oct 30 2:00
514			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1983 Nov 30
515			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
516Zone America/Metlakatla	 15:13:42 -	LMT	1867 Oct 18
517			 -8:46:18 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
518			 -8:00	-	PST	1942
519			 -8:00	US	P%sT	1946
520			 -8:00	-	PST	1969
521			 -8:00	US	P%sT	1983 Oct 30 2:00
522			 -8:00	-	MeST
523Zone America/Yakutat	 14:41:05 -	LMT	1867 Oct 18
524			 -9:18:55 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
525			 -9:00	-	YST	1942
526			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1946
527			 -9:00	-	YST	1969
528			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1983 Nov 30
529			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
530Zone America/Anchorage	 14:00:24 -	LMT	1867 Oct 18
531			 -9:59:36 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
532			-10:00	-	CAT	1942
533			-10:00	US	CAT/CAWT 1945 Aug 14 23:00u
534			-10:00	US	CAT/CAPT 1946 # Peace
535			-10:00	-	CAT	1967 Apr
536			-10:00	-	AHST	1969
537			-10:00	US	AH%sT	1983 Oct 30 2:00
538			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1983 Nov 30
539			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
540Zone America/Nome	 12:58:21 -	LMT	1867 Oct 18
541			-11:01:38 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
542			-11:00	-	NST	1942
543			-11:00	US	N%sT	1946
544			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr
545			-11:00	-	BST	1969
546			-11:00	US	B%sT	1983 Oct 30 2:00
547			 -9:00	US	Y%sT	1983 Nov 30
548			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
549Zone America/Adak	 12:13:21 -	LMT	1867 Oct 18
550			-11:46:38 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
551			-11:00	-	NST	1942
552			-11:00	US	N%sT	1946
553			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr
554			-11:00	-	BST	1969
555			-11:00	US	B%sT	1983 Oct 30 2:00
556			-10:00	US	AH%sT	1983 Nov 30
557			-10:00	US	HA%sT
558# The following switches don't quite make our 1970 cutoff.
559#
560# Shanks writes that part of southwest Alaska (e.g. Aniak)
561# switched from -11:00 to -10:00 on 1968-09-22 at 02:00,
562# and another part (e.g. Akiak) made the same switch five weeks later.
563#
564# From David Flater (2004-11-09):
565# In e-mail, 2004-11-02, Ray Hudson, historian/liaison to the Unalaska
566# Historic Preservation Commission, provided this information, which
567# suggests that Unalaska deviated from statutory time from early 1967
568# possibly until 1983:
569#
570#  Minutes of the Unalaska City Council Meeting, January 10, 1967:
571#  "Except for St. Paul and Akutan, Unalaska is the only important
572#  location not on Alaska Standard Time.  The following resolution was
573#  made by William Robinson and seconded by Henry Swanson:  Be it
574#  resolved that the City of Unalaska hereby goes to Alaska Standard
575#  Time as of midnight Friday, January 13, 1967 (1 A.M. Saturday,
576#  January 14, Alaska Standard Time.)  This resolution was passed with
577#  three votes for and one against."
578
579# Hawaii
580
581# From Arthur David Olson (2010-12-09):
582# "Hawaiian Time" by Robert C. Schmitt and Doak C. Cox appears on pages 207-225
583# of volume 26 of The Hawaiian Journal of History (1992). As of 2010-12-09,
584# the article is available at
585# <a href="http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/239/2/JL26215.pdf">
586# http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/239/2/JL26215.pdf
587# </a>
588# and indicates that standard time was adopted effective noon, January
589# 13, 1896 (page 218), that in "1933, the Legislature decreed daylight
590# saving for the period between the last Sunday of each April and the
591# last Sunday of each September, but less than a month later repealed the
592# act," (page 220), that year-round daylight saving time was in effect
593# from 1942-02-09 to 1945-09-30 (page 221, with no time of day given for
594# when clocks changed) and that clocks were changed by 30 minutes
595# effective the second Sunday of June, 1947 (page 219, with no time of
596# day given for when clocks changed). A footnote for the 1933 changes
597# cites Session Laws of Hawaii 1933, "Act. 90 (approved 26 Apr. 1933)
598# and Act 163 (approved 21 May 1933)."
599
600# From Arthur David Olson (2011-01-19):
601# The following is from "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the
602# Seventeenth Legislature: Regular Session 1933," available (as of
603# 2011-01-19) at American University's Pence Law Library. Page 85: "Act
604# 90...At 2 o'clock ante meridian of the last Sunday in April of each
605# year, the standard time of this Territory shall be advanced one
606# hour...This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved this 26th
607# day of April, A. D. 1933. LAWRENCE M JUDD, Governor of the Territory of
608# Hawaii." Page 172:  "Act 163...Act 90 of the Session Laws of 1933 is
609# hereby repealed...This Act shall take effect upon its approval, upon
610# which date the standard time of this Territory shall be restored to
611# that existing immediately prior to the taking effect of said Act 90.
612# Approved this 21st day of May, A. D. 1933. LAWRENCE M. JUDD, Governor
613# of the Territory of Hawaii."
614#
615# Note that 1933-05-21 was a Sunday.
616# We're left to guess the time of day when Act 163 was approved; guess noon.
617
618Zone Pacific/Honolulu	-10:31:26 -	LMT	1896 Jan 13 12:00 #Schmitt&Cox
619			-10:30	-	HST	1933 Apr 30 2:00 #Laws 1933
620			-10:30	1:00	HDT	1933 May 21 12:00 #Laws 1933+12
621			-10:30	-	HST	1942 Feb 09 2:00 #Schmitt&Cox+2
622			-10:30	1:00	HDT	1945 Sep 30 2:00 #Schmitt&Cox+2
623			-10:30	-	HST	1947 Jun  8 2:00 #Schmitt&Cox+2
624			-10:00	-	HST
625
626# Now we turn to US areas that have diverged from the consensus since 1970.
627
628# Arizona mostly uses MST.
629
630# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-20):
631#
632# The information in the rest of this paragraph is derived from the
633# <a href="http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/links/daylight.htm">
634# Daylight Saving Time web page (2002-01-23)</a> maintained by the
635# Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records.
636# Between 1944-01-01 and 1944-04-01 the State of Arizona used standard
637# time, but by federal law railroads, airlines, bus lines, military
638# personnel, and some engaged in interstate commerce continued to
639# observe war (i.e., daylight saving) time.  The 1944-03-17 Phoenix
640# Gazette says that was the date the law changed, and that 04-01 was
641# the date the state's clocks would change.  In 1945 the State of
642# Arizona used standard time all year, again with exceptions only as
643# mandated by federal law.  Arizona observed DST in 1967, but Arizona
644# Laws 1968, ch. 183 (effective 1968-03-21) repealed DST.
645#
646# Shanks says the 1944 experiment came to an end on 1944-03-17.
647# Go with the Arizona State Library instead.
648
649Zone America/Phoenix	-7:28:18 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 11:31:42
650			-7:00	US	M%sT	1944 Jan  1 00:01
651			-7:00	-	MST	1944 Apr  1 00:01
652			-7:00	US	M%sT	1944 Oct  1 00:01
653			-7:00	-	MST	1967
654			-7:00	US	M%sT	1968 Mar 21
655			-7:00	-	MST
656# From Arthur David Olson (1988-02-13):
657# A writer from the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.,
658# notes in private correspondence dated 1987-12-28 that "Presently, only the
659# Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, due to its
660# large size and location in three states."  (The "only" means that other
661# tribal nations don't use DST.)
662
663Link America/Denver America/Shiprock
664
665# Southern Idaho (Ada, Adams, Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine,
666# Boise, Bonneville, Butte, Camas, Canyon, Caribou, Cassia, Clark,
667# Custer, Elmore, Franklin, Fremont, Gem, Gooding, Jefferson, Jerome,
668# Lemhi, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka, Oneida, Owyhee, Payette, Power,
669# Teton, Twin Falls, Valley, Washington counties, and the southern
670# quarter of Idaho county) and eastern Oregon (most of Malheur County)
671# switched four weeks late in 1974.
672#
673# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
674Zone America/Boise	-7:44:49 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:15:11
675			-8:00	US	P%sT	1923 May 13 2:00
676			-7:00	US	M%sT	1974
677			-7:00	-	MST	1974 Feb  3 2:00
678			-7:00	US	M%sT
679
680# Indiana
681#
682# For a map of Indiana's time zone regions, see:
683# <a href="http://www.mccsc.edu/time.html">
684# What time is it in Indiana?
685# </a> (2006-03-01)
686#
687# From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17):
688# Since 1970, most of Indiana has been like America/Indiana/Indianapolis,
689# with the following exceptions:
690#
691# - Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer,
692#   Vandenburgh, and Warrick counties have been like America/Chicago.
693#
694# - Dearborn and Ohio counties have been like America/New_York.
695#
696# - Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties have been like
697#   America/Kentucky/Louisville.
698#
699# - Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Starke,
700#   and Switzerland counties have their own time zone histories as noted below.
701#
702# Shanks partitioned Indiana into 345 regions, each with its own time history,
703# and wrote ``Even newspaper reports present contradictory information.''
704# Those Hoosiers!  Such a flighty and changeable people!
705# Fortunately, most of the complexity occurred before our cutoff date of 1970.
706#
707# Other than Indianapolis, the Indiana place names are so nondescript
708# that they would be ambiguous if we left them at the `America' level.
709# So we reluctantly put them all in a subdirectory `America/Indiana'.
710
711# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16):
712# http://www.mccsc.edu/time.html says that Indiana will use DST starting 2006.
713
714# From Nathan Stratton Treadway (2006-03-30):
715# http://www.dot.gov/affairs/dot0406.htm [3705 B]
716# From Deborah Goldsmith (2006-01-18):
717# http://dmses.dot.gov/docimages/pdf95/382329_web.pdf [2.9 MB]
718# From Paul Eggert (2006-01-20):
719# It says "DOT is relocating the time zone boundary in Indiana to move Starke,
720# Pulaski, Knox, Daviess, Martin, Pike, Dubois, and Perry Counties from the
721# Eastern Time Zone to the Central Time Zone.... The effective date of
722# this rule is 2:OO a.m. EST Sunday, April 2, 2006, which is the
723# changeover date from standard time to Daylight Saving Time."
724# Strictly speaking, this means the affected counties will change their
725# clocks twice that night, but this obviously is in error.  The intent
726# is that 01:59:59 EST be followed by 02:00:00 CDT.
727
728# From Gwillim Law (2007-02-10):
729# The Associated Press has been reporting that Pulaski County, Indiana is
730# going to switch from Central to Eastern Time on March 11, 2007....
731# http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070207/LOCAL190108/702070524/0/LOCAL
732
733# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
734Rule Indianapolis 1941	only	-	Jun	22	2:00	1:00	D
735Rule Indianapolis 1941	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
736Rule Indianapolis 1946	1954	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
737# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
738Zone America/Indiana/Indianapolis -5:44:38 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:15:22
739			-6:00	US	C%sT	1920
740			-6:00 Indianapolis C%sT	1942
741			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
742			-6:00 Indianapolis C%sT	1955 Apr 24 2:00
743			-5:00	-	EST	1957 Sep 29 2:00
744			-6:00	-	CST	1958 Apr 27 2:00
745			-5:00	-	EST	1969
746			-5:00	US	E%sT	1971
747			-5:00	-	EST	2006
748			-5:00	US	E%sT
749#
750# Eastern Crawford County, Indiana, left its clocks alone in 1974,
751# as well as from 1976 through 2005.
752# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
753Rule	Marengo	1951	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
754Rule	Marengo	1951	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
755Rule	Marengo	1954	1960	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
756Rule	Marengo	1954	1960	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
757# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
758Zone America/Indiana/Marengo -5:45:23 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:14:37
759			-6:00	US	C%sT	1951
760			-6:00	Marengo	C%sT	1961 Apr 30 2:00
761			-5:00	-	EST	1969
762			-5:00	US	E%sT	1974 Jan  6 2:00
763			-6:00	1:00	CDT	1974 Oct 27 2:00
764			-5:00	US	E%sT	1976
765			-5:00	-	EST	2006
766			-5:00	US	E%sT
767#
768# Daviess, Dubois, Knox, and Martin Counties, Indiana,
769# switched from eastern to central time in April 2006, then switched back
770# in November 2007.
771# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
772Rule Vincennes	1946	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
773Rule Vincennes	1946	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
774Rule Vincennes	1953	1954	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
775Rule Vincennes	1953	1959	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
776Rule Vincennes	1955	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	D
777Rule Vincennes	1956	1963	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
778Rule Vincennes	1960	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
779Rule Vincennes	1961	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
780Rule Vincennes	1962	1963	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
781# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
782Zone America/Indiana/Vincennes -5:50:07 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:09:53
783			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
784			-6:00 Vincennes	C%sT	1964 Apr 26 2:00
785			-5:00	-	EST	1969
786			-5:00	US	E%sT	1971
787			-5:00	-	EST	2006 Apr  2 2:00
788			-6:00	US	C%sT	2007 Nov  4 2:00
789			-5:00	US	E%sT
790#
791# Perry County, Indiana, switched from eastern to central time in April 2006.
792# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
793Rule Perry	1946	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
794Rule Perry	1946	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
795Rule Perry	1953	1954	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
796Rule Perry	1953	1959	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
797Rule Perry	1955	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	D
798Rule Perry	1956	1963	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
799Rule Perry	1960	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
800Rule Perry	1961	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
801Rule Perry	1962	1963	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
802# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
803Zone America/Indiana/Tell_City -5:47:03 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:12:57
804			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
805			-6:00 Perry	C%sT	1964 Apr 26 2:00
806			-5:00	-	EST	1969
807			-5:00	US	E%sT	1971
808			-5:00	-	EST	2006 Apr  2 2:00
809			-6:00	US	C%sT
810#
811# Pike County, Indiana moved from central to eastern time in 1977,
812# then switched back in 2006, then switched back again in 2007.
813# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
814Rule	Pike	1955	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	D
815Rule	Pike	1955	1960	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
816Rule	Pike	1956	1964	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
817Rule	Pike	1961	1964	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
818# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
819Zone America/Indiana/Petersburg -5:49:07 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:10:53
820			-6:00	US	C%sT	1955
821			-6:00	Pike	C%sT	1965 Apr 25 2:00
822			-5:00	-	EST	1966 Oct 30 2:00
823			-6:00	US	C%sT	1977 Oct 30 2:00
824			-5:00	-	EST	2006 Apr  2 2:00
825			-6:00	US	C%sT	2007 Nov  4 2:00
826			-5:00	US	E%sT
827#
828# Starke County, Indiana moved from central to eastern time in 1991,
829# then switched back in 2006.
830# From Arthur David Olson (1991-10-28):
831# An article on page A3 of the Sunday, 1991-10-27 Washington Post
832# notes that Starke County switched from Central time to Eastern time as of
833# 1991-10-27.
834# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
835Rule	Starke	1947	1961	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
836Rule	Starke	1947	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
837Rule	Starke	1955	1956	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
838Rule	Starke	1957	1958	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
839Rule	Starke	1959	1961	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
840# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
841Zone America/Indiana/Knox -5:46:30 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:13:30
842			-6:00	US	C%sT	1947
843			-6:00	Starke	C%sT	1962 Apr 29 2:00
844			-5:00	-	EST	1963 Oct 27 2:00
845			-6:00	US	C%sT	1991 Oct 27 2:00
846			-5:00	-	EST	2006 Apr  2 2:00
847			-6:00	US	C%sT
848#
849# Pulaski County, Indiana, switched from eastern to central time in
850# April 2006 and then switched back in March 2007.
851# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
852Rule	Pulaski	1946	1960	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
853Rule	Pulaski	1946	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
854Rule	Pulaski	1955	1956	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
855Rule	Pulaski	1957	1960	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
856# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
857Zone America/Indiana/Winamac -5:46:25 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:13:35
858			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
859			-6:00	Pulaski	C%sT	1961 Apr 30 2:00
860			-5:00	-	EST	1969
861			-5:00	US	E%sT	1971
862			-5:00	-	EST	2006 Apr  2 2:00
863			-6:00	US	C%sT	2007 Mar 11 2:00
864			-5:00	US	E%sT
865#
866# Switzerland County, Indiana, did not observe DST from 1973 through 2005.
867# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
868Zone America/Indiana/Vevay -5:40:16 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:19:44
869			-6:00	US	C%sT	1954 Apr 25 2:00
870			-5:00	-	EST	1969
871			-5:00	US	E%sT	1973
872			-5:00	-	EST	2006
873			-5:00	US	E%sT
874
875# Part of Kentucky left its clocks alone in 1974.
876# This also includes Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties in Indiana.
877# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
878Rule Louisville	1921	only	-	May	1	2:00	1:00	D
879Rule Louisville	1921	only	-	Sep	1	2:00	0	S
880Rule Louisville	1941	1961	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
881Rule Louisville	1941	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
882Rule Louisville	1946	only	-	Jun	2	2:00	0	S
883Rule Louisville	1950	1955	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
884Rule Louisville	1956	1960	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
885# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
886Zone America/Kentucky/Louisville -5:43:02 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:16:58
887			-6:00	US	C%sT	1921
888			-6:00 Louisville C%sT	1942
889			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
890			-6:00 Louisville C%sT	1961 Jul 23 2:00
891			-5:00	-	EST	1968
892			-5:00	US	E%sT	1974 Jan  6 2:00
893			-6:00	1:00	CDT	1974 Oct 27 2:00
894			-5:00	US	E%sT
895#
896# Wayne County, Kentucky
897#
898# From
899# <a href="http://www.lake-cumberland.com/life/archive/news990129time.shtml">
900# Lake Cumberland LIFE
901# </a> (1999-01-29) via WKYM-101.7:
902# Clinton County has joined Wayne County in asking the DoT to change from
903# the Central to the Eastern time zone....  The Wayne County government made
904# the same request in December.  And while Russell County officials have not
905# taken action, the majority of respondents to a poll conducted there in
906# August indicated they would like to change to "fast time" also.
907# The three Lake Cumberland counties are the farthest east of any U.S.
908# location in the Central time zone.
909#
910# From Rich Wales (2000-08-29):
911# After prolonged debate, and despite continuing deep differences of opinion,
912# Wayne County (central Kentucky) is switching from Central (-0600) to Eastern
913# (-0500) time.  They won't "fall back" this year.  See Sara Shipley,
914# The difference an hour makes, Nando Times (2000-08-29 15:33 -0400).
915#
916# From Paul Eggert (2001-07-16):
917# The final rule was published in the
918# <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2000_register&docid=fr17au00-22">
919# Federal Register 65, 160 (2000-08-17), page 50154-50158.
920# </a>
921#
922Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:20:36
923			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
924			-6:00	-	CST	1968
925			-6:00	US	C%sT	2000 Oct 29  2:00
926			-5:00	US	E%sT
927
928
929# From Rives McDow (2000-08-30):
930# Here ... are all the changes in the US since 1985.
931# Kearny County, KS (put all of county on central;
932#	previously split between MST and CST) ... 1990-10
933# Starke County, IN (from CST to EST) ... 1991-10
934# Oliver County, ND (from MST to CST) ... 1992-10
935# West Wendover, NV (from PST TO MST) ... 1999-10
936# Wayne County, KY (from CST to EST) ... 2000-10
937#
938# From Paul Eggert (2001-07-17):
939# We don't know where the line used to be within Kearny County, KS,
940# so omit that change for now.
941# See America/Indiana/Knox for the Starke County, IN change.
942# See America/North_Dakota/Center for the Oliver County, ND change.
943# West Wendover, NV officially switched from Pacific to mountain time on
944# 1999-10-31.  See the
945# <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=1999_register&docid=fr21oc99-15">
946# Federal Register 64, 203 (1999-10-21), page 56705-56707.
947# </a>
948# However, the Federal Register says that West Wendover already operated
949# on mountain time, and the rule merely made this official;
950# hence a separate tz entry is not needed.
951
952# Michigan
953#
954# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
955# Michigan didn't observe DST from 1968 to 1973.
956#
957# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-31):
958# Shanks writes that Michigan started using standard time on 1885-09-18,
959# but Howse writes (pp 124-125, referring to Popular Astronomy, 1901-01)
960# that Detroit kept
961#
962#	local time until 1900 when the City Council decreed that clocks should
963#	be put back twenty-eight minutes to Central Standard Time.  Half the
964#	city obeyed, half refused.  After considerable debate, the decision
965#	was rescinded and the city reverted to Sun time.  A derisive offer to
966#	erect a sundial in front of the city hall was referred to the
967#	Committee on Sewers.  Then, in 1905, Central time was adopted
968#	by city vote.
969#
970# This story is too entertaining to be false, so go with Howse over Shanks.
971#
972# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06):
973# Garland (1927) writes ``Cleveland and Detroit advanced their clocks
974# one hour in 1914.''  This change is not in Shanks.  We have no more
975# info, so omit this for now.
976#
977# Most of Michigan observed DST from 1973 on, but was a bit late in 1975.
978# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
979Rule	Detroit	1948	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
980Rule	Detroit	1948	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
981Rule	Detroit	1967	only	-	Jun	14	2:00	1:00	D
982Rule	Detroit	1967	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
983# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
984Zone America/Detroit	-5:32:11 -	LMT	1905
985			-6:00	-	CST	1915 May 15 2:00
986			-5:00	-	EST	1942
987			-5:00	US	E%sT	1946
988			-5:00	Detroit	E%sT	1973
989			-5:00	US	E%sT	1975
990			-5:00	-	EST	1975 Apr 27 2:00
991			-5:00	US	E%sT
992#
993# Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, and Menominee Counties, Michigan,
994# switched from EST to CST/CDT in 1973.
995# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
996Rule Menominee	1946	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
997Rule Menominee	1946	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
998Rule Menominee	1966	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
999Rule Menominee	1966	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1000# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1001Zone America/Menominee	-5:50:27 -	LMT	1885 Sep 18 12:00
1002			-6:00	US	C%sT	1946
1003			-6:00 Menominee	C%sT	1969 Apr 27 2:00
1004			-5:00	-	EST	1973 Apr 29 2:00
1005			-6:00	US	C%sT
1006
1007# Navassa
1008# administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service
1009# claimed by US under the provisions of the 1856 Guano Islands Act
1010# also claimed by Haiti
1011# occupied 1857/1900 by the Navassa Phosphate Co
1012# US lighthouse 1917/1996-09
1013# currently uninhabited
1014# see Mark Fineman, ``An Isle Rich in Guano and Discord'',
1015# _Los Angeles Times_ (1998-11-10), A1, A10; it cites
1016# Jimmy Skaggs, _The Great Guano Rush_ (1994).
1017
1018################################################################################
1019
1020
1021# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1022# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
1023# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
1024# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
1025#
1026# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
1027# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
1028# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
1029# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
1030# of the IATA's data after 1990.
1031#
1032# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
1033# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
1034#
1035# Other sources occasionally used include:
1036#
1037#	Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
1038#	Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated),
1039#	which I found in the UCLA library.
1040#
1041#	<a href="http://www.pettswoodvillage.co.uk/Daylight_Savings_William_Willett.pdf">
1042#	William Willett, The Waste of Daylight, 19th edition
1043#	</a> (1914-03)
1044#
1045#	Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
1046#	<http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
1047#
1048# See the `europe' file for Greenland.
1049
1050# Canada
1051
1052# From Alain LaBont<e'> (1994-11-14):
1053# I post here the time zone abbreviations standardized in Canada
1054# for both English and French in the CAN/CSA-Z234.4-89 standard....
1055#
1056#	UTC	Standard time	Daylight savings time
1057#	offset	French	English	French	English
1058#	-2:30	-	-	HAT	NDT
1059#	-3	-	-	HAA	ADT
1060#	-3:30	HNT	NST	-	-
1061#	-4	HNA	AST	HAE	EDT
1062#	-5	HNE	EST	HAC	CDT
1063#	-6	HNC	CST	HAR	MDT
1064#	-7	HNR	MST	HAP	PDT
1065#	-8	HNP	PST	HAY	YDT
1066#	-9	HNY	YST	-	-
1067#
1068#	HN: Heure Normale	ST: Standard Time
1069#	HA: Heure Avanc<e'>e	DT: Daylight saving Time
1070#
1071#	A: de l'Atlantique	Atlantic
1072#	C: du Centre		Central
1073#	E: de l'Est		Eastern
1074#	M:			Mountain
1075#	N:			Newfoundland
1076#	P: du Pacifique		Pacific
1077#	R: des Rocheuses
1078#	T: de Terre-Neuve
1079#	Y: du Yukon		Yukon
1080#
1081# From Paul Eggert (1994-11-22):
1082# Alas, this sort of thing must be handled by localization software.
1083
1084# Unless otherwise specified, the data for Canada are all from Shanks
1085# & Pottenger.
1086
1087# From Chris Walton (2006-04-01, 2006-04-25, 2006-06-26, 2007-01-31,
1088# 2007-03-01):
1089# The British Columbia government announced yesterday that it will
1090# adjust daylight savings next year to align with changes in the
1091# U.S. and the rest of Canada....
1092# http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2005-2009/2006AG0014-000330.htm
1093# ...
1094# Nova Scotia
1095# Daylight saving time will be extended by four weeks starting in 2007....
1096# http://www.gov.ns.ca/just/regulations/rg2/2006/ma1206.pdf
1097#
1098# [For New Brunswick] the new legislation dictates that the time change is to
1099# be done at 02:00 instead of 00:01.
1100# http://www.gnb.ca/0062/acts/BBA-2006/Chap-19.pdf
1101# ...
1102# Manitoba has traditionally changed the clock every fall at 03:00.
1103# As of 2006, the transition is to take place one hour earlier at 02:00.
1104# http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/ccsm/o030e.php
1105# ...
1106# [Alberta, Ontario, Quebec] will follow US rules.
1107# http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/documents/spring/CH03_06.CFM
1108# http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Source/Regs/English/2006/R06111_e.htm
1109# http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=5&file=2006C39A.PDF
1110# ...
1111# P.E.I. will follow US rules....
1112# http://www.assembly.pe.ca/bills/pdf_chapter/62/3/chapter-41.pdf
1113# ...
1114# Province of Newfoundland and Labrador....
1115# http://www.hoa.gov.nl.ca/hoa/bills/Bill0634.htm
1116# ...
1117# Yukon
1118# http://www.gov.yk.ca/legislation/regs/oic2006_127.pdf
1119# ...
1120# N.W.T. will follow US rules.  Whoever maintains the government web site
1121# does not seem to believe in bookmarks.  To see the news release, click the
1122# following link and search for "Daylight Savings Time Change".  Press the
1123# "Daylight Savings Time Change" link; it will fire off a popup using
1124# JavaScript.
1125# http://www.exec.gov.nt.ca/currentnews/currentPR.asp?mode=archive
1126# ...
1127# Nunavut
1128# An amendment to the Interpretation Act was registered on February 19/2007....
1129# http://action.attavik.ca/home/justice-gn/attach/2007/gaz02part2.pdf
1130
1131# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25):
1132# H. David Matthews and Mary Vincent's map
1133# <a href="http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp">
1134# "It's about TIME", _Canadian Geographic_ (September-October 1998)
1135# </a> contains detailed boundaries for regions observing nonstandard
1136# time and daylight saving time arrangements in Canada circa 1998.
1137#
1138# INMS, the Institute for National Measurement Standards in Ottawa, has <a
1139# href="http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/en/time_services/daylight_saving_e.php">
1140# information about standard and daylight saving time zones in Canada.
1141# </a> (updated periodically).
1142# Its unofficial information is often taken from Matthews and Vincent.
1143
1144# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27):
1145# For now, assume all of DST-observing Canada will fall into line with the
1146# new US DST rules,
1147
1148# From Chris Walton (2011-12-01)
1149# In the first of Tammy Hardwick's articles
1150# <a href="http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260">
1151# http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260
1152# </a>
1153# she quotes the Friday November 1/1918 edition of the Creston Review.
1154# The quote includes these two statements:
1155# 'Sunday the CPR went back to the old system of time...'
1156# '... The daylight saving scheme was dropped all over Canada at the same time,'
1157# These statements refer to a transition from daylight time to standard time
1158# that occurred nationally on Sunday October 27/1918.  This transition was
1159# also documented in the Saturday October 26/1918 edition of the Toronto Star.
1160
1161# In light of that evidence, we alter the date from the earlier believed
1162# Oct 31, to Oct 27, 1918 (and Sunday is a more likely transition day
1163# than Thursday) in all Canadian rulesets.
1164
1165# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1166Rule	Canada	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
1167Rule	Canada	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
1168Rule	Canada	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
1169Rule	Canada	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
1170Rule	Canada	1945	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
1171Rule	Canada	1974	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1172Rule	Canada	1974	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1173Rule	Canada	1987	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
1174Rule	Canada	2007	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
1175Rule	Canada	2007	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	0	S
1176
1177
1178# Newfoundland and Labrador
1179
1180# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
1181# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Labrador should use NST/NDT,
1182# but the only part of Labrador that follows the rules is the
1183# southeast corner, including Port Hope Simpson and Mary's Harbour,
1184# but excluding, say, Black Tickle.
1185
1186# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1187Rule	StJohns	1917	only	-	Apr	 8	2:00	1:00	D
1188Rule	StJohns	1917	only	-	Sep	17	2:00	0	S
1189# Whitman gives 1919 Apr 5 and 1920 Apr 5; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1190Rule	StJohns	1919	only	-	May	 5	23:00	1:00	D
1191Rule	StJohns	1919	only	-	Aug	12	23:00	0	S
1192# For 1931-1935 Whitman gives Apr same date; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1193Rule	StJohns	1920	1935	-	May	Sun>=1	23:00	1:00	D
1194Rule	StJohns	1920	1935	-	Oct	lastSun	23:00	0	S
1195# For 1936-1941 Whitman gives May Sun>=8 and Oct Sun>=1; go with Shanks &
1196# Pottenger.
1197Rule	StJohns	1936	1941	-	May	Mon>=9	0:00	1:00	D
1198Rule	StJohns	1936	1941	-	Oct	Mon>=2	0:00	0	S
1199# Whitman gives the following transitions:
1200# 1942 03-01/12-31, 1943 05-30/09-05, 1944 07-10/09-02, 1945 01-01/10-07
1201# but go with Shanks & Pottenger and assume they used Canadian rules.
1202# For 1946-9 Whitman gives May 5,4,9,1 - Oct 1,5,3,2, and for 1950 he gives
1203# Apr 30 - Sep 24; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1204Rule	StJohns	1946	1950	-	May	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
1205Rule	StJohns	1946	1950	-	Oct	Sun>=2	2:00	0	S
1206Rule	StJohns	1951	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1207Rule	StJohns	1951	1959	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1208Rule	StJohns	1960	1986	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1209# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
1210# INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Newfoundland switches
1211# at 00:01 local time.  For now, assume it started in 1987.
1212
1213# From Michael Pelley (2011-09-12):
1214# We received today, Monday, September 12, 2011, notification that the
1215# changes to the Newfoundland Standard Time Act have been proclaimed.
1216# The change in the Act stipulates that the change from Daylight Savings
1217# Time to Standard Time and from Standard Time to Daylight Savings Time
1218# now occurs at 2:00AM.
1219# ...
1220# <a href="http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm">
1221# http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm
1222# </a>
1223# ...
1224# MICHAEL PELLEY  |  Manager of Enterprise Architecture - Solution Delivery
1225# Office of the Chief Information Officer
1226# Executive Council
1227# Government of Newfoundland & Labrador
1228
1229Rule	StJohns	1987	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:01	1:00	D
1230Rule	StJohns	1987	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	0:01	0	S
1231Rule	StJohns	1988	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:01	2:00	DD
1232Rule	StJohns	1989	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:01	1:00	D
1233Rule	StJohns	2007	2011	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:01	1:00	D
1234Rule	StJohns	2007	2010	-	Nov	Sun>=1	0:01	0	S
1235#
1236# St John's has an apostrophe, but Posix file names can't have apostrophes.
1237# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1238Zone America/St_Johns	-3:30:52 -	LMT	1884
1239			-3:30:52 StJohns N%sT	1918
1240			-3:30:52 Canada	N%sT	1919
1241			-3:30:52 StJohns N%sT	1935 Mar 30
1242			-3:30	StJohns	N%sT	1942 May 11
1243			-3:30	Canada	N%sT	1946
1244			-3:30	StJohns	N%sT	2011 Nov
1245			-3:30	Canada	N%sT
1246
1247# most of east Labrador
1248
1249# The name `Happy Valley-Goose Bay' is too long; use `Goose Bay'.
1250# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1251Zone America/Goose_Bay	-4:01:40 -	LMT	1884 # Happy Valley-Goose Bay
1252			-3:30:52 -	NST	1918
1253			-3:30:52 Canada N%sT	1919
1254			-3:30:52 -	NST	1935 Mar 30
1255			-3:30	-	NST	1936
1256			-3:30	StJohns	N%sT	1942 May 11
1257			-3:30	Canada	N%sT	1946
1258			-3:30	StJohns	N%sT	1966 Mar 15 2:00
1259			-4:00	StJohns	A%sT	2011 Nov
1260			-4:00	Canada	A%sT
1261
1262
1263# west Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I
1264
1265# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1266# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of this region has been like
1267# Halifax.  Many locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1972;
1268# Glace Bay, NS is the largest that we know of.
1269# Shanks & Pottenger also write that Liverpool, NS was the only town
1270# in Canada to observe DST in 1971 but not 1970; for now we'll assume
1271# this is a typo.
1272
1273# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1274Rule	Halifax	1916	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	D
1275Rule	Halifax	1916	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	S
1276Rule	Halifax	1920	only	-	May	 9	0:00	1:00	D
1277Rule	Halifax	1920	only	-	Aug	29	0:00	0	S
1278Rule	Halifax	1921	only	-	May	 6	0:00	1:00	D
1279Rule	Halifax	1921	1922	-	Sep	 5	0:00	0	S
1280Rule	Halifax	1922	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	D
1281Rule	Halifax	1923	1925	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
1282Rule	Halifax	1923	only	-	Sep	 4	0:00	0	S
1283Rule	Halifax	1924	only	-	Sep	15	0:00	0	S
1284Rule	Halifax	1925	only	-	Sep	28	0:00	0	S
1285Rule	Halifax	1926	only	-	May	16	0:00	1:00	D
1286Rule	Halifax	1926	only	-	Sep	13	0:00	0	S
1287Rule	Halifax	1927	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	D
1288Rule	Halifax	1927	only	-	Sep	26	0:00	0	S
1289Rule	Halifax	1928	1931	-	May	Sun>=8	0:00	1:00	D
1290Rule	Halifax	1928	only	-	Sep	 9	0:00	0	S
1291Rule	Halifax	1929	only	-	Sep	 3	0:00	0	S
1292Rule	Halifax	1930	only	-	Sep	15	0:00	0	S
1293Rule	Halifax	1931	1932	-	Sep	Mon>=24	0:00	0	S
1294Rule	Halifax	1932	only	-	May	 1	0:00	1:00	D
1295Rule	Halifax	1933	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	D
1296Rule	Halifax	1933	only	-	Oct	 2	0:00	0	S
1297Rule	Halifax	1934	only	-	May	20	0:00	1:00	D
1298Rule	Halifax	1934	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	0	S
1299Rule	Halifax	1935	only	-	Jun	 2	0:00	1:00	D
1300Rule	Halifax	1935	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	S
1301Rule	Halifax	1936	only	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	D
1302Rule	Halifax	1936	only	-	Sep	14	0:00	0	S
1303Rule	Halifax	1937	1938	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
1304Rule	Halifax	1937	1941	-	Sep	Mon>=24	0:00	0	S
1305Rule	Halifax	1939	only	-	May	28	0:00	1:00	D
1306Rule	Halifax	1940	1941	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
1307Rule	Halifax	1946	1949	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1308Rule	Halifax	1946	1949	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1309Rule	Halifax	1951	1954	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1310Rule	Halifax	1951	1954	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1311Rule	Halifax	1956	1959	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1312Rule	Halifax	1956	1959	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1313Rule	Halifax	1962	1973	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1314Rule	Halifax	1962	1973	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1315# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1316Zone America/Halifax	-4:14:24 -	LMT	1902 Jun 15
1317			-4:00	Halifax	A%sT	1918
1318			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1919
1319			-4:00	Halifax	A%sT	1942 Feb  9 2:00s
1320			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1946
1321			-4:00	Halifax	A%sT	1974
1322			-4:00	Canada	A%sT
1323Zone America/Glace_Bay	-3:59:48 -	LMT	1902 Jun 15
1324			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1953
1325			-4:00	Halifax	A%sT	1954
1326			-4:00	-	AST	1972
1327			-4:00	Halifax	A%sT	1974
1328			-4:00	Canada	A%sT
1329
1330# New Brunswick
1331
1332# From Paul Eggert (2007-01-31):
1333# The Time Definition Act <http://www.gnb.ca/0062/PDF-acts/t-06.pdf>
1334# says they changed at 00:01 through 2006, and
1335# <http://www.canlii.org/nb/laws/sta/t-6/20030127/whole.html> makes it
1336# clear that this was the case since at least 1993.
1337# For now, assume it started in 1993.
1338
1339# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1340Rule	Moncton	1933	1935	-	Jun	Sun>=8	1:00	1:00	D
1341Rule	Moncton	1933	1935	-	Sep	Sun>=8	1:00	0	S
1342Rule	Moncton	1936	1938	-	Jun	Sun>=1	1:00	1:00	D
1343Rule	Moncton	1936	1938	-	Sep	Sun>=1	1:00	0	S
1344Rule	Moncton	1939	only	-	May	27	1:00	1:00	D
1345Rule	Moncton	1939	1941	-	Sep	Sat>=21	1:00	0	S
1346Rule	Moncton	1940	only	-	May	19	1:00	1:00	D
1347Rule	Moncton	1941	only	-	May	 4	1:00	1:00	D
1348Rule	Moncton	1946	1972	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1349Rule	Moncton	1946	1956	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1350Rule	Moncton	1957	1972	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1351Rule	Moncton	1993	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:01	1:00	D
1352Rule	Moncton	1993	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	0:01	0	S
1353# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1354Zone America/Moncton	-4:19:08 -	LMT	1883 Dec  9
1355			-5:00	-	EST	1902 Jun 15
1356			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1933
1357			-4:00	Moncton	A%sT	1942
1358			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1946
1359			-4:00	Moncton	A%sT	1973
1360			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1993
1361			-4:00	Moncton	A%sT	2007
1362			-4:00	Canada	A%sT
1363
1364# Quebec
1365
1366# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09):
1367# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of Quebec has been
1368# like Montreal.
1369
1370# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27):
1371# Matthews and Vincent (1998) also write that Quebec east of the -63
1372# meridian is supposed to observe AST, but residents as far east as
1373# Natashquan use EST/EDT, and residents east of Natashquan use AST.
1374# In "Official time in Quebec" the Quebec department of justice writes in
1375# http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/publications/generale/temps-regl-1-a.htm
1376# that "The residents of the Municipality of the
1377# Cote-Nord-du-Golfe-Saint-Laurent and the municipalities of Saint-Augustin,
1378# Bonne-Esperance and Blanc-Sablon apply the Official Time Act as it is
1379# written and use Atlantic standard time all year round. The same applies to
1380# the residents of the Native facilities along the lower North Shore."
1381# <http://www.assnat.qc.ca/eng/37legislature2/Projets-loi/Publics/06-a002.htm>
1382# says this common practice was codified into law as of 2007.
1383# For lack of better info, guess this practice began around 1970, contra to
1384# Shanks & Pottenger who have this region observing AST/ADT.
1385
1386# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1387Rule	Mont	1917	only	-	Mar	25	2:00	1:00	D
1388Rule	Mont	1917	only	-	Apr	24	0:00	0	S
1389Rule	Mont	1919	only	-	Mar	31	2:30	1:00	D
1390Rule	Mont	1919	only	-	Oct	25	2:30	0	S
1391Rule	Mont	1920	only	-	May	 2	2:30	1:00	D
1392Rule	Mont	1920	1922	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:30	0	S
1393Rule	Mont	1921	only	-	May	 1	2:00	1:00	D
1394Rule	Mont	1922	only	-	Apr	30	2:00	1:00	D
1395Rule	Mont	1924	only	-	May	17	2:00	1:00	D
1396Rule	Mont	1924	1926	-	Sep	lastSun	2:30	0	S
1397Rule	Mont	1925	1926	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
1398# The 1927-to-1937 rules can be expressed more simply as
1399# Rule	Mont	1927	1937	-	Apr	lastSat	24:00	1:00	D
1400# Rule	Mont	1927	1937	-	Sep	lastSat	24:00	0	S
1401# The rules below avoid use of 24:00
1402# (which pre-1998 versions of zic cannot handle).
1403Rule	Mont	1927	only	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	D
1404Rule	Mont	1927	1932	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	S
1405Rule	Mont	1928	1931	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
1406Rule	Mont	1932	only	-	May	1	0:00	1:00	D
1407Rule	Mont	1933	1940	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
1408Rule	Mont	1933	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	S
1409Rule	Mont	1934	1939	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	S
1410Rule	Mont	1946	1973	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1411Rule	Mont	1945	1948	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1412Rule	Mont	1949	1950	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1413Rule	Mont	1951	1956	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1414Rule	Mont	1957	1973	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1415
1416# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1417Zone America/Blanc-Sablon -3:48:28 -	LMT	1884
1418			-4:00	Canada	A%sT	1970
1419			-4:00	-	AST
1420Zone America/Montreal	-4:54:16 -	LMT	1884
1421			-5:00	Mont	E%sT	1918
1422			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1919
1423			-5:00	Mont	E%sT	1942 Feb  9 2:00s
1424			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1946
1425			-5:00	Mont	E%sT	1974
1426			-5:00	Canada	E%sT
1427
1428
1429# Ontario
1430
1431# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09):
1432# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of Ontario has been like
1433# Toronto.
1434# Thunder Bay skipped DST in 1973.
1435# Many smaller locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1974;
1436# Nipigon (EST) and Rainy River (CST) are the largest that we know of.
1437# Far west Ontario is like Winnipeg; far east Quebec is like Halifax.
1438
1439# From Mark Brader (2003-07-26):
1440# [According to the Toronto Star] Orillia, Ontario, adopted DST
1441# effective Saturday, 1912-06-22, 22:00; the article mentions that
1442# Port Arthur (now part of Thunder Bay, Ontario) as well as Moose Jaw
1443# have already done so.  In Orillia DST was to run until Saturday,
1444# 1912-08-31 (no time mentioned), but it was met with considerable
1445# hostility from certain segments of the public, and was revoked after
1446# only two weeks -- I copied it as Saturday, 1912-07-07, 22:00, but
1447# presumably that should be -07-06.  (1912-06-19, -07-12; also letters
1448# earlier in June).
1449#
1450# Kenora, Ontario, was to abandon DST on 1914-06-01 (-05-21).
1451
1452# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-17):
1453# Mark Brader writes that an article in the 1997-10-14 Toronto Star
1454# says that Atikokan, Ontario currently does not observe DST,
1455# but will vote on 11-10 whether to use EST/EDT.
1456# He also writes that the
1457# <a href="http://www.gov.on.ca/MBS/english/publications/statregs/conttext.html">
1458# Ontario Time Act (1990, Chapter T.9)
1459# </a>
1460# says that Ontario east of 90W uses EST/EDT, and west of 90W uses CST/CDT.
1461# Officially Atikokan is therefore on CST/CDT, and most likely this report
1462# concerns a non-official time observed as a matter of local practice.
1463#
1464# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
1465# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Atikokan, Pickle Lake, and
1466# New Osnaburgh observe CST all year, that Big Trout Lake observes
1467# CST/CDT, and that Upsala and Shebandowan observe EST/EDT, all in
1468# violation of the official Ontario rules.
1469#
1470# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09):
1471# Chris Walton (2006-07-06) mentioned an article by Stephanie MacLellan in the
1472# 2005-07-21 Chronicle-Journal, which said:
1473#
1474#	The clocks in Atikokan stay set on standard time year-round.
1475#	This means they spend about half the time on central time and
1476#	the other half on eastern time.
1477#
1478#	For the most part, the system works, Mayor Dennis Brown said.
1479#
1480#	"The majority of businesses in Atikokan deal more with Eastern
1481#	Canada, but there are some that deal with Western Canada," he
1482#	said.  "I don't see any changes happening here."
1483#
1484# Walton also writes "Supposedly Pickle Lake and Mishkeegogamang
1485# [New Osnaburgh] follow the same practice."
1486
1487# From Garry McKinnon (2006-07-14) via Chris Walton:
1488# I chatted with a member of my board who has an outstanding memory
1489# and a long history in Atikokan (and in the telecom industry) and he
1490# can say for certain that Atikokan has been practicing the current
1491# time keeping since 1952, at least.
1492
1493# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-17):
1494# Shanks & Pottenger say that Atikokan has agreed with Rainy River
1495# ever since standard time was introduced, but the information from
1496# McKinnon sounds more authoritative.  For now, assume that Atikokan
1497# switched to EST immediately after WWII era daylight saving time
1498# ended.  This matches the old (less-populous) America/Coral_Harbour
1499# entry since our cutoff date of 1970, so we can move
1500# America/Coral_Harbour to the 'backward' file.
1501
1502# From Mark Brader (2010-03-06):
1503#
1504# Currently the database has:
1505#
1506# # Ontario
1507#
1508# # From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09):
1509# # Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of Ontario has been like
1510# # Toronto.
1511# # Thunder Bay skipped DST in 1973.
1512# # Many smaller locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1974;
1513# # Nipigon (EST) and Rainy River (CST) are the largest that we know of.
1514#
1515# In the (Toronto) Globe and Mail for Saturday, 1955-09-24, in the bottom
1516# right corner of page 1, it says that Toronto will return to standard
1517# time at 2 am Sunday morning (which agrees with the database), and that:
1518#
1519#     The one-hour setback will go into effect throughout most of Ontario,
1520#     except in areas like Windsor which remains on standard time all year.
1521#
1522# Windsor is, of course, a lot larger than Nipigon.
1523#
1524# I only came across this incidentally.  I don't know if Windsor began
1525# observing DST when Detroit did, or in 1974, or on some other date.
1526#
1527# By the way, the article continues by noting that:
1528#
1529#     Some cities in the United States have pushed the deadline back
1530#     three weeks and will change over from daylight saving in October.
1531
1532# From Arthur David Olson (2010-07-17):
1533#
1534# "Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada" appeared in
1535# The Journal of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada,
1536# volume 26, number 2 (February 1932) and, as of 2010-07-17,
1537# was available at
1538# <a href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1932JRASC..26...49S">
1539# http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1932JRASC..26...49S
1540# </a>
1541#
1542# It includes the text below (starting on page 57):
1543#
1544#   A list of the places in Canada using daylight saving time would
1545# require yearly revision. From information kindly furnished by
1546# the provincial governments and by the postmasters in many cities
1547# and towns, it is found that the following places used daylight sav-
1548# ing in 1930. The information for the province of Quebec is definite,
1549# for the other provinces only approximate:
1550#
1551# 	Province	Daylight saving time used
1552# Prince Edward Island	Not used.
1553# Nova Scotia		In Halifax only.
1554# New Brunswick		In St. John only.
1555# Quebec		In the following places:
1556# 			Montreal	Lachine
1557# 			Quebec		Mont-Royal
1558# 			Levis		Iberville
1559# 			St. Lambert	Cap de la Madeleine
1560# 			Verdun		Loretteville
1561# 			Westmount	Richmond
1562# 			Outremont	St. Jerome
1563# 			Longueuil	Greenfield Park
1564# 			Arvida		Waterloo
1565# 			Chambly-Canton	Beaulieu
1566# 			Melbourne	La Tuque
1567# 			St. Theophile	Buckingham
1568# Ontario		Used generally in the cities and towns along
1569# 			the southerly part of the province. Not
1570# 			used in the northwesterlhy part.
1571# Manitoba		Not used.
1572# Saskatchewan		In Regina only.
1573# Alberta		Not used.
1574# British Columbia	Not used.
1575#
1576#   With some exceptions, the use of daylight saving may be said to be limited
1577# to those cities and towns lying between Quebec city and Windsor, Ont.
1578
1579# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1580Rule	Toronto	1919	only	-	Mar	30	23:30	1:00	D
1581Rule	Toronto	1919	only	-	Oct	26	0:00	0	S
1582Rule	Toronto	1920	only	-	May	 2	2:00	1:00	D
1583Rule	Toronto	1920	only	-	Sep	26	0:00	0	S
1584Rule	Toronto	1921	only	-	May	15	2:00	1:00	D
1585Rule	Toronto	1921	only	-	Sep	15	2:00	0	S
1586Rule	Toronto	1922	1923	-	May	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
1587# Shanks & Pottenger say 1923-09-19; assume it's a typo and that "-16"
1588# was meant.
1589Rule	Toronto	1922	1926	-	Sep	Sun>=15	2:00	0	S
1590Rule	Toronto	1924	1927	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
1591# The 1927-to-1939 rules can be expressed more simply as
1592# Rule	Toronto	1927	1937	-	Sep	Sun>=25	2:00	0	S
1593# Rule	Toronto	1928	1937	-	Apr	Sun>=25	2:00	1:00	D
1594# Rule	Toronto	1938	1940	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1595# Rule	Toronto	1938	1939	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1596# The rules below avoid use of Sun>=25
1597# (which pre-2004 versions of zic cannot handle).
1598Rule	Toronto	1927	1932	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1599Rule	Toronto	1928	1931	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1600Rule	Toronto	1932	only	-	May	1	2:00	1:00	D
1601Rule	Toronto	1933	1940	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1602Rule	Toronto	1933	only	-	Oct	1	2:00	0	S
1603Rule	Toronto	1934	1939	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1604Rule	Toronto	1945	1946	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1605Rule	Toronto	1946	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1606Rule	Toronto	1947	1949	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
1607Rule	Toronto	1947	1948	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	S
1608Rule	Toronto	1949	only	-	Nov	lastSun	0:00	0	S
1609Rule	Toronto	1950	1973	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1610Rule	Toronto	1950	only	-	Nov	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1611Rule	Toronto	1951	1956	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1612# Shanks & Pottenger say Toronto ended DST a week early in 1971,
1613# namely on 1971-10-24, but Mark Brader wrote (2003-05-31) that this
1614# is wrong, and that he had confirmed it by checking the 1971-10-30
1615# Toronto Star, which said that DST was ending 1971-10-31 as usual.
1616Rule	Toronto	1957	1973	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1617
1618# From Paul Eggert (2003-07-27):
1619# Willett (1914-03) writes (p. 17) "In the Cities of Fort William, and
1620# Port Arthur, Ontario, the principle of the Bill has been in
1621# operation for the past three years, and in the City of Moose Jaw,
1622# Saskatchewan, for one year."
1623
1624# From David Bryan via Tory Tronrud, Director/Curator,
1625# Thunder Bay Museum (2003-11-12):
1626# There is some suggestion, however, that, by-law or not, daylight
1627# savings time was being practiced in Fort William and Port Arthur
1628# before 1909.... [I]n 1910, the line between the Eastern and Central
1629# Time Zones was permanently moved about two hundred miles west to
1630# include the Thunder Bay area....  When Canada adopted daylight
1631# savings time in 1916, Fort William and Port Arthur, having done so
1632# already, did not change their clocks....  During the Second World
1633# War,... [t]he cities agreed to implement DST during the summer
1634# months for the remainder of the war years.
1635
1636# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1637Zone America/Toronto	-5:17:32 -	LMT	1895
1638			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1919
1639			-5:00	Toronto	E%sT	1942 Feb  9 2:00s
1640			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1946
1641			-5:00	Toronto	E%sT	1974
1642			-5:00	Canada	E%sT
1643Zone America/Thunder_Bay -5:57:00 -	LMT	1895
1644			-6:00	-	CST	1910
1645			-5:00	-	EST	1942
1646			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1970
1647			-5:00	Mont	E%sT	1973
1648			-5:00	-	EST	1974
1649			-5:00	Canada	E%sT
1650Zone America/Nipigon	-5:53:04 -	LMT	1895
1651			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1940 Sep 29
1652			-5:00	1:00	EDT	1942 Feb  9 2:00s
1653			-5:00	Canada	E%sT
1654Zone America/Rainy_River -6:18:16 -	LMT	1895
1655			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	1940 Sep 29
1656			-6:00	1:00	CDT	1942 Feb  9 2:00s
1657			-6:00	Canada	C%sT
1658Zone America/Atikokan	-6:06:28 -	LMT	1895
1659			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	1940 Sep 29
1660			-6:00	1:00	CDT	1942 Feb  9 2:00s
1661			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	1945 Sep 30 2:00
1662			-5:00	-	EST
1663
1664
1665# Manitoba
1666
1667# From Rob Douglas (2006-04-06):
1668# the old Manitoba Time Act - as amended by Bill 2, assented to
1669# March 27, 1987 ... said ...
1670# "between two o'clock Central Standard Time in the morning of
1671# the first Sunday of April of each year and two o'clock Central
1672# Standard Time in the morning of the last Sunday of October next
1673# following, one hour in advance of Central Standard Time."...
1674# I believe that the English legislation [of the old time act] had =
1675# been assented to (March 22, 1967)....
1676# Also, as far as I can tell, there was no order-in-council varying
1677# the time of Daylight Saving Time for 2005 and so the provisions of
1678# the 1987 version would apply - the changeover was at 2:00 Central
1679# Standard Time (i.e. not until 3:00 Central Daylight Time).
1680
1681# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-10):
1682# Shanks & Pottenger say Manitoba switched at 02:00 (not 02:00s)
1683# starting 1966.  Since 02:00s is clearly correct for 1967 on, assume
1684# it was also 02:00s in 1966.
1685
1686# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1687Rule	Winn	1916	only	-	Apr	23	0:00	1:00	D
1688Rule	Winn	1916	only	-	Sep	17	0:00	0	S
1689Rule	Winn	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
1690Rule	Winn	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
1691Rule	Winn	1937	only	-	May	16	2:00	1:00	D
1692Rule	Winn	1937	only	-	Sep	26	2:00	0	S
1693Rule	Winn	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
1694Rule	Winn	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
1695Rule	Winn	1945	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1696Rule	Winn	1946	only	-	May	12	2:00	1:00	D
1697Rule	Winn	1946	only	-	Oct	13	2:00	0	S
1698Rule	Winn	1947	1949	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1699Rule	Winn	1947	1949	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1700Rule	Winn	1950	only	-	May	 1	2:00	1:00	D
1701Rule	Winn	1950	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
1702Rule	Winn	1951	1960	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1703Rule	Winn	1951	1958	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1704Rule	Winn	1959	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1705Rule	Winn	1960	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1706Rule	Winn	1963	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1707Rule	Winn	1963	only	-	Sep	22	2:00	0	S
1708Rule	Winn	1966	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
1709Rule	Winn	1966	2005	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
1710Rule	Winn	1987	2005	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
1711# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1712Zone America/Winnipeg	-6:28:36 -	LMT	1887 Jul 16
1713			-6:00	Winn	C%sT	2006
1714			-6:00	Canada	C%sT
1715
1716
1717# Saskatchewan
1718
1719# From Mark Brader (2003-07-26):
1720# The first actual adoption of DST in Canada was at the municipal
1721# level.  As the [Toronto] Star put it (1912-06-07), "While people
1722# elsewhere have long been talking of legislation to save daylight,
1723# the city of Moose Jaw [Saskatchewan] has acted on its own hook."
1724# DST in Moose Jaw began on Saturday, 1912-06-01 (no time mentioned:
1725# presumably late evening, as below), and would run until "the end of
1726# the summer".  The discrepancy between municipal time and railroad
1727# time was noted.
1728
1729# From Paul Eggert (2003-07-27):
1730# Willett (1914-03) notes that DST "has been in operation ... in the
1731# City of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, for one year."
1732
1733# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1734# Shanks & Pottenger say that since 1970 this region has mostly been as Regina.
1735# Some western towns (e.g. Swift Current) switched from MST/MDT to CST in 1972.
1736# Other western towns (e.g. Lloydminster) are like Edmonton.
1737# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Denare Beach and Creighton
1738# are like Winnipeg, in violation of Saskatchewan law.
1739
1740# From W. Jones (1992-11-06):
1741# The. . .below is based on information I got from our law library, the
1742# provincial archives, and the provincial Community Services department.
1743# A precise history would require digging through newspaper archives, and
1744# since you didn't say what you wanted, I didn't bother.
1745#
1746# Saskatchewan is split by a time zone meridian (105W) and over the years
1747# the boundary became pretty ragged as communities near it reevaluated
1748# their affiliations in one direction or the other.  In 1965 a provincial
1749# referendum favoured legislating common time practices.
1750#
1751# On 15 April 1966 the Time Act (c. T-14, Revised Statutes of
1752# Saskatchewan 1978) was proclaimed, and established that the eastern
1753# part of Saskatchewan would use CST year round, that districts in
1754# northwest Saskatchewan would by default follow CST but could opt to
1755# follow Mountain Time rules (thus 1 hour difference in the winter and
1756# zero in the summer), and that districts in southwest Saskatchewan would
1757# by default follow MT but could opt to follow CST.
1758#
1759# It took a few years for the dust to settle (I know one story of a town
1760# on one time zone having its school in another, such that a mom had to
1761# serve her family lunch in two shifts), but presently it seems that only
1762# a few towns on the border with Alberta (e.g. Lloydminster) follow MT
1763# rules any more; all other districts appear to have used CST year round
1764# since sometime in the 1960s.
1765
1766# From Chris Walton (2006-06-26):
1767# The Saskatchewan time act which was last updated in 1996 is about 30 pages
1768# long and rather painful to read.
1769# http://www.qp.gov.sk.ca/documents/English/Statutes/Statutes/T14.pdf
1770
1771# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1772Rule	Regina	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
1773Rule	Regina	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
1774Rule	Regina	1930	1934	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
1775Rule	Regina	1930	1934	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
1776Rule	Regina	1937	1941	-	Apr	Sun>=8	0:00	1:00	D
1777Rule	Regina	1937	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00	0	S
1778Rule	Regina	1938	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
1779Rule	Regina	1939	1941	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00	0	S
1780Rule	Regina	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
1781Rule	Regina	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
1782Rule	Regina	1945	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1783Rule	Regina	1946	only	-	Apr	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
1784Rule	Regina	1946	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00	0	S
1785Rule	Regina	1947	1957	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1786Rule	Regina	1947	1957	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1787Rule	Regina	1959	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1788Rule	Regina	1959	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1789#
1790Rule	Swift	1957	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1791Rule	Swift	1957	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1792Rule	Swift	1959	1961	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1793Rule	Swift	1959	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1794Rule	Swift	1960	1961	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1795# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1796Zone America/Regina	-6:58:36 -	LMT	1905 Sep
1797			-7:00	Regina	M%sT	1960 Apr lastSun 2:00
1798			-6:00	-	CST
1799Zone America/Swift_Current -7:11:20 -	LMT	1905 Sep
1800			-7:00	Canada	M%sT	1946 Apr lastSun 2:00
1801			-7:00	Regina	M%sT	1950
1802			-7:00	Swift	M%sT	1972 Apr lastSun 2:00
1803			-6:00	-	CST
1804
1805
1806# Alberta
1807
1808# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1809Rule	Edm	1918	1919	-	Apr	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
1810Rule	Edm	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
1811Rule	Edm	1919	only	-	May	27	2:00	0	S
1812Rule	Edm	1920	1923	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1813Rule	Edm	1920	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1814Rule	Edm	1921	1923	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1815Rule	Edm	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
1816Rule	Edm	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
1817Rule	Edm	1945	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1818Rule	Edm	1947	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1819Rule	Edm	1947	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1820Rule	Edm	1967	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1821Rule	Edm	1967	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1822Rule	Edm	1969	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1823Rule	Edm	1969	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1824Rule	Edm	1972	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1825Rule	Edm	1972	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1826# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1827Zone America/Edmonton	-7:33:52 -	LMT	1906 Sep
1828			-7:00	Edm	M%sT	1987
1829			-7:00	Canada	M%sT
1830
1831
1832# British Columbia
1833
1834# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1835# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of this region has
1836# been like Vancouver.
1837# Dawson Creek uses MST.  Much of east BC is like Edmonton.
1838# Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Creston is like Dawson Creek.
1839
1840# It seems though that (re: Creston) is not entirely correct:
1841
1842# From Chris Walton (2011-12-01):
1843# There are two areas within the Canadian province of British Columbia
1844# that do not currently observe daylight saving:
1845# a) The Creston Valley (includes the town of Creston and surrounding area)
1846# b) The eastern half of the Peace River Regional District
1847# (includes the cities of Dawson Creek and Fort St. John)
1848
1849# Earlier this year I stumbled across a detailed article about the time
1850# keeping history of Creston; it was written by Tammy Hardwick who is the
1851# manager of the Creston & District Museum. The article was written in May 2009.
1852# <a href="http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260">
1853# http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260
1854# </a>
1855# According to the article, Creston has not changed its clocks since June 1918.
1856# i.e. Creston has been stuck on UTC-7 for 93 years.
1857# Dawson Creek, on the other hand, changed its clocks as recently as April 1972.
1858
1859# Unfortunately the exact date for the time change in June 1918 remains
1860# unknown and will be difficult to ascertain.  I e-mailed Tammy a few months
1861# ago to ask if Sunday June 2 was a reasonable guess.  She said it was just
1862# as plausible as any other date (in June).  She also said that after writing the
1863# article she had discovered another time change in 1916; this is the subject
1864# of another article which she wrote in October 2010.
1865# <a href="http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/index.php?module=comments&uop=view_comment&cm+id=56">
1866# http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/index.php?module=comments&uop=view_comment&cm+id=56
1867# </a>
1868
1869# Here is a summary of the three clock change events in Creston's history:
1870# 1. 1884 or 1885: adoption of Mountain Standard Time (GMT-7)
1871# Exact date unknown
1872# 2. Oct 1916: switch to Pacific Standard Time (GMT-8)
1873# Exact date in October unknown;  Sunday October 1 is a reasonable guess.
1874# 3. June 1918: switch to Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7)
1875# Exact date in June unknown; Sunday June 2 is a reasonable guess.
1876# note#1:
1877# On Oct 27/1918 when daylight saving ended in the rest of Canada,
1878# Creston did not change its clocks.
1879# note#2:
1880# During WWII when the Federal Government legislated a mandatory clock change,
1881# Creston did not oblige.
1882# note#3:
1883# There is no guarantee that Creston will remain on Mountain Standard Time
1884# (UTC-7) forever.
1885# The subject was debated at least once this year by the town Council.
1886# <a href="http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/crestonvalleyadvance/news/116760809.html">
1887# http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/crestonvalleyadvance/news/116760809.html
1888# </a>
1889
1890# During a period WWII, summer time (Daylight saying) was mandatory in Canada.
1891# In Creston, that was handled by shifting the area to PST (-8:00) then applying
1892# summer time to cause the offset to be -7:00, the same as it had been before
1893# the change.  It can be argued that the timezone abbreviation during this
1894# period should be PDT rather than MST, but that doesn't seem important enough
1895# (to anyone) to further complicate the rules.
1896
1897# The transition dates (and times) are guesses.
1898
1899# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1900Rule	Vanc	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
1901Rule	Vanc	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
1902Rule	Vanc	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
1903Rule	Vanc	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
1904Rule	Vanc	1945	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
1905Rule	Vanc	1946	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
1906Rule	Vanc	1946	only	-	Oct	13	2:00	0	S
1907Rule	Vanc	1947	1961	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1908Rule	Vanc	1962	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
1909# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1910Zone America/Vancouver	-8:12:28 -	LMT	1884
1911			-8:00	Vanc	P%sT	1987
1912			-8:00	Canada	P%sT
1913Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 -	LMT	1884
1914			-8:00	Canada	P%sT	1947
1915			-8:00	Vanc	P%sT	1972 Aug 30 2:00
1916			-7:00	-	MST
1917Zone America/Creston	-7:46:04 -	LMT	1884
1918			-7:00	-	MST	1916 Oct 1
1919			-8:00	-	PST	1918 Jun 2
1920			-7:00	-	MST
1921
1922# Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon
1923
1924# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1925# Dawson switched to PST in 1973.  Inuvik switched to MST in 1979.
1926# Mathew Englander (1996-10-07) gives the following refs:
1927#	* 1967. Paragraph 28(34)(g) of the Interpretation Act, S.C. 1967-68,
1928#	c. 7 defines Yukon standard time as UTC-9.  This is still valid;
1929#	see Interpretation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-21, s. 35(1).
1930#	* C.O. 1973/214 switched Yukon to PST on 1973-10-28 00:00.
1931#	* O.I.C. 1980/02 established DST.
1932#	* O.I.C. 1987/056 changed DST to Apr firstSun 2:00 to Oct lastSun 2:00.
1933# Shanks & Pottenger say Yukon's 1973-10-28 switch was at 2:00; go
1934# with Englander.
1935# From Chris Walton (2006-06-26):
1936# Here is a link to the old daylight saving portion of the interpretation
1937# act which was last updated in 1987:
1938# http://www.gov.yk.ca/legislation/regs/oic1987_056.pdf
1939
1940# From Rives McDow (1999-09-04):
1941# Nunavut ... moved ... to incorporate the whole territory into one time zone.
1942# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt90903_13.html">
1943# Nunavut moves to single time zone Oct. 31
1944# </a>
1945#
1946# From Antoine Leca (1999-09-06):
1947# We then need to create a new timezone for the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut
1948# to differentiate it from the Yellowknife region.
1949
1950# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20):
1951# <a href="http://www.nunavut.com/basicfacts/english/basicfacts_1territory.html">
1952# Basic Facts: The New Territory
1953# </a> (1999) reports that Pangnirtung operates on eastern time,
1954# and that Coral Harbour does not observe DST.  We don't know when
1955# Pangnirtung switched to eastern time; we'll guess 1995.
1956
1957# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08):
1958# On October 31, when the rest of Nunavut went to Central time,
1959# Pangnirtung wobbled.  Here is the result of their wobble:
1960#
1961# The following businesses and organizations in Pangnirtung use Central Time:
1962#
1963#	First Air, Power Corp, Nunavut Construction, Health Center, RCMP,
1964#	Eastern Arctic National Parks, A & D Specialist
1965#
1966# The following businesses and organizations in Pangnirtung use Eastern Time:
1967#
1968#	Hamlet office, All other businesses, Both schools, Airport operator
1969#
1970# This has made for an interesting situation there, which warranted the news.
1971# No one there that I spoke with seems concerned, or has plans to
1972# change the local methods of keeping time, as it evidently does not
1973# really interfere with any activities or make things difficult locally.
1974# They plan to celebrate New Year's turn-over twice, one hour apart,
1975# so it appears that the situation will last at least that long.
1976# The Nunavut Intergovernmental Affairs hopes that they will "come to
1977# their senses", but the locals evidently don't see any problem with
1978# the current state of affairs.
1979
1980# From Michaela Rodrigue, writing in the
1981# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut991130/nvt91119_17.html">
1982# Nunatsiaq News (1999-11-19)</a>:
1983# Clyde River, Pangnirtung and Sanikiluaq now operate with two time zones,
1984# central - or Nunavut time - for government offices, and eastern time
1985# for municipal offices and schools....  Igloolik [was similar but then]
1986# made the switch to central time on Saturday, Nov. 6.
1987
1988# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
1989# Matthews and Vincent (1998) say the following, but we lack histories
1990# for these potential new Zones.
1991#
1992# The Canadian Forces station at Alert uses Eastern Time while the
1993# handful of residents at the Eureka weather station [in the Central
1994# zone] skip daylight savings.  Baffin Island, which is crossed by the
1995# Central, Eastern and Atlantic Time zones only uses Eastern Time.
1996# Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak and Pelly Bay all use Mountain instead of
1997# Central Time and Southampton Island [in the Central zone] is not
1998# required to use daylight savings.
1999
2000# From
2001# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut001130/nvt21110_02.html">
2002# Nunavut now has two time zones
2003# </a> (2000-11-10):
2004# The Nunavut government would allow its employees in Kugluktuk and
2005# Cambridge Bay to operate on central time year-round, putting them
2006# one hour behind the rest of Nunavut for six months during the winter.
2007# At the end of October the two communities had rebelled against
2008# Nunavut's unified time zone, refusing to shift to eastern time with
2009# the rest of the territory for the winter.  Cambridge Bay remained on
2010# central time, while Kugluktuk, even farther west, reverted to
2011# mountain time, which they had used before the advent of Nunavut's
2012# unified time zone in 1999.
2013#
2014# From Rives McDow (2001-01-20), quoting the Nunavut government:
2015# The preceding decision came into effect at midnight, Saturday Nov 4, 2000.
2016
2017# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
2018# Let's just keep track of the official times for now.
2019
2020# From Rives McDow (2001-03-07):
2021# The premier of Nunavut has issued a ministerial statement advising
2022# that effective 2001-04-01, the territory of Nunavut will revert
2023# back to three time zones (mountain, central, and eastern).  Of the
2024# cities in Nunavut, Coral Harbor is the only one that I know of that
2025# has said it will not observe dst, staying on EST year round.  I'm
2026# checking for more info, and will get back to you if I come up with
2027# more.
2028# [Also see <http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt10309_06.html> (2001-03-09).]
2029
2030# From Gwillim Law (2005-05-21):
2031# According to maps at
2032# http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/images/time_services/TZ01SWE.jpg
2033# http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/images/time_services/TZ01SSE.jpg
2034# (both dated 2003), and
2035# http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp
2036# (from a 1998 Canadian Geographic article), the de facto and de jure time
2037# for Southampton Island (at the north end of Hudson Bay) is UTC-5 all year
2038# round.  Using Google, it's easy to find other websites that confirm this.
2039# I wasn't able to find how far back this time regimen goes, but since it
2040# predates the creation of Nunavut, it probably goes back many years....
2041# The Inuktitut name of Coral Harbour is Sallit, but it's rarely used.
2042#
2043# From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26):
2044# For lack of better information, assume that Southampton Island observed
2045# daylight saving only during wartime.
2046
2047# From Chris Walton (2007-03-01):
2048# ... the community of Resolute (located on Cornwallis Island in
2049# Nunavut) moved from Central Time to Eastern Time last November.
2050# Basically the community did not change its clocks at the end of
2051# daylight saving....
2052# http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2006-11/nov13_06none.html
2053
2054# From Chris Walton (2011-03-21):
2055# Back in 2007 I initiated the creation of a new "zone file" for Resolute
2056# Bay. Resolute Bay is a small community located about 900km north of
2057# the Arctic Circle. The zone file was required because Resolute Bay had
2058# decided to use UTC-5 instead of UTC-6 for the winter of 2006-2007.
2059#
2060# According to new information which I received last week, Resolute Bay
2061# went back to using UTC-6 in the winter of 2007-2008...
2062#
2063# On March 11/2007 most of Canada went onto daylight saving. On March
2064# 14/2007 I phoned the Resolute Bay hamlet office to do a "time check." I
2065# talked to somebody that was both knowledgeable and helpful. I was able
2066# to confirm that Resolute Bay was still operating on UTC-5. It was
2067# explained to me that Resolute Bay had been on the Eastern Time zone
2068# (EST) in the winter, and was now back on the Central Time zone (CDT).
2069# i.e. the time zone had changed twice in the last year but the clocks
2070# had not moved. The residents had to know which time zone they were in
2071# so they could follow the correct TV schedule...
2072#
2073# On Nov 02/2008 most of Canada went onto standard time. On Nov 03/2008 I
2074# phoned the Resolute Bay hamlet office...[D]ue to the challenging nature
2075# of the phone call, I decided to seek out an alternate source of
2076# information. I found an e-mail address for somebody by the name of
2077# Stephanie Adams whose job was listed as "Inns North Support Officer for
2078# Arctic Co-operatives." I was under the impression that Stephanie lived
2079# and worked in Resolute Bay...
2080#
2081# On March 14/2011 I phoned the hamlet office again. I was told that
2082# Resolute Bay had been using Central Standard Time over the winter of
2083# 2010-2011 and that the clocks had therefore been moved one hour ahead
2084# on March 13/2011. The person I talked to was aware that Resolute Bay
2085# had previously experimented with Eastern Standard Time but he could not
2086# tell me when the practice had stopped.
2087#
2088# On March 17/2011 I searched the Web to find an e-mail address of
2089# somebody that might be able to tell me exactly when Resolute Bay went
2090# off Eastern Standard Time. I stumbled on the name "Aziz Kheraj." Aziz
2091# used to be the mayor of Resolute Bay and he apparently owns half the
2092# businesses including "South Camp Inn." This website has some info on
2093# Aziz:
2094# <a href="http://www.uphere.ca/node/493">
2095# http://www.uphere.ca/node/493
2096# </a>
2097#
2098# I sent Aziz an e-mail asking when Resolute Bay had stopped using
2099# Eastern Standard Time.
2100#
2101# Aziz responded quickly with this: "hi, The time was not changed for the
2102# 1 year only, the following year, the community went back to the old way
2103# of "spring ahead-fall behind" currently we are zulu plus 5 hrs and in
2104# the winter Zulu plus 6 hrs"
2105#
2106# This of course conflicted with everything I had ascertained in November 2008.
2107#
2108# I sent Aziz a copy of my 2008 e-mail exchange with Stephanie. Aziz
2109# responded with this: "Hi, Stephanie lives in Winnipeg. I live here, You
2110# may want to check with the weather office in Resolute Bay or do a
2111# search on the weather through Env. Canada. web site"
2112#
2113# If I had realized the Stephanie did not live in Resolute Bay I would
2114# never have contacted her.  I now believe that all the information I
2115# obtained in November 2008 should be ignored...
2116# I apologize for reporting incorrect information in 2008.
2117
2118# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2119Rule	NT_YK	1918	only	-	Apr	14	2:00	1:00	D
2120Rule	NT_YK	1918	only	-	Oct	27	2:00	0	S
2121Rule	NT_YK	1919	only	-	May	25	2:00	1:00	D
2122Rule	NT_YK	1919	only	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	S
2123Rule	NT_YK	1942	only	-	Feb	 9	2:00	1:00	W # War
2124Rule	NT_YK	1945	only	-	Aug	14	23:00u	1:00	P # Peace
2125Rule	NT_YK	1945	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
2126Rule	NT_YK	1965	only	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	2:00	DD
2127Rule	NT_YK	1965	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
2128Rule	NT_YK	1980	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
2129Rule	NT_YK	1980	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
2130Rule	NT_YK	1987	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
2131# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2132# aka Panniqtuuq
2133Zone America/Pangnirtung 0	-	zzz	1921 # trading post est.
2134			-4:00	NT_YK	A%sT	1995 Apr Sun>=1 2:00
2135			-5:00	Canada	E%sT	1999 Oct 31 2:00
2136			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	2000 Oct 29 2:00
2137			-5:00	Canada	E%sT
2138# formerly Frobisher Bay
2139Zone America/Iqaluit	0	-	zzz	1942 Aug # Frobisher Bay est.
2140			-5:00	NT_YK	E%sT	1999 Oct 31 2:00
2141			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	2000 Oct 29 2:00
2142			-5:00	Canada	E%sT
2143# aka Qausuittuq
2144Zone America/Resolute	0	-	zzz	1947 Aug 31 # Resolute founded
2145			-6:00	NT_YK	C%sT	2000 Oct 29 2:00
2146			-5:00	-	EST	2001 Apr  1 3:00
2147			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	2006 Oct 29 2:00
2148			-5:00	-	EST	2007 Mar 11 3:00
2149			-6:00	Canada	C%sT
2150# aka Kangiqiniq
2151Zone America/Rankin_Inlet 0	-	zzz	1957 # Rankin Inlet founded
2152			-6:00	NT_YK	C%sT	2000 Oct 29 2:00
2153			-5:00	-	EST	2001 Apr  1 3:00
2154			-6:00	Canada	C%sT
2155# aka Iqaluktuuttiaq
2156Zone America/Cambridge_Bay 0	-	zzz	1920 # trading post est.?
2157			-7:00	NT_YK	M%sT	1999 Oct 31 2:00
2158			-6:00	Canada	C%sT	2000 Oct 29 2:00
2159			-5:00	-	EST	2000 Nov  5 0:00
2160			-6:00	-	CST	2001 Apr  1 3:00
2161			-7:00	Canada	M%sT
2162Zone America/Yellowknife 0	-	zzz	1935 # Yellowknife founded?
2163			-7:00	NT_YK	M%sT	1980
2164			-7:00	Canada	M%sT
2165Zone America/Inuvik	0	-	zzz	1953 # Inuvik founded
2166			-8:00	NT_YK	P%sT	1979 Apr lastSun 2:00
2167			-7:00	NT_YK	M%sT	1980
2168			-7:00	Canada	M%sT
2169Zone America/Whitehorse	-9:00:12 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20
2170			-9:00	NT_YK	Y%sT	1966 Jul 1 2:00
2171			-8:00	NT_YK	P%sT	1980
2172			-8:00	Canada	P%sT
2173Zone America/Dawson	-9:17:40 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20
2174			-9:00	NT_YK	Y%sT	1973 Oct 28 0:00
2175			-8:00	NT_YK	P%sT	1980
2176			-8:00	Canada	P%sT
2177
2178
2179###############################################################################
2180
2181# Mexico
2182
2183# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05):
2184# The Investigation and Analysis Service of the
2185# Mexican Library of Congress (MLoC) has published a
2186# <a href="http://www.cddhcu.gob.mx/bibliot/publica/inveyana/polisoc/horver/">
2187# history of Mexican local time (in Spanish)
2188# </a>.
2189#
2190# Here are the discrepancies between Shanks & Pottenger (S&P) and the MLoC.
2191# (In all cases we go with the MLoC.)
2192# S&P report that Baja was at -8:00 in 1922/1923.
2193# S&P say the 1930 transition in Baja was 1930-11-16.
2194# S&P report no DST during summer 1931.
2195# S&P report a transition at 1932-03-30 23:00, not 1932-04-01.
2196
2197# From Gwillim Law (2001-02-20):
2198# There are some other discrepancies between the Decrees page and the
2199# tz database.  I think they can best be explained by supposing that
2200# the researchers who prepared the Decrees page failed to find some of
2201# the relevant documents.
2202
2203# From Alan Perry (1996-02-15):
2204# A guy from our Mexico subsidiary finally found the Presidential Decree
2205# outlining the timezone changes in Mexico.
2206#
2207# ------------- Begin Forwarded Message -------------
2208#
2209# I finally got my hands on the Official Presidential Decree that sets up the
2210# rules for the DST changes. The rules are:
2211#
2212# 1. The country is divided in 3 timezones:
2213#    - Baja California Norte (the Mexico/BajaNorte TZ)
2214#    - Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora (the Mexico/BajaSur TZ)
2215#    - The rest of the country (the Mexico/General TZ)
2216#
2217# 2. From the first Sunday in April at 2:00 AM to the last Sunday in October
2218#    at 2:00 AM, the times in each zone are as follows:
2219#    BajaNorte: GMT+7
2220#    BajaSur:   GMT+6
2221#    General:   GMT+5
2222#
2223# 3. The rest of the year, the times are as follows:
2224#    BajaNorte: GMT+8
2225#    BajaSur:   GMT+7
2226#    General:   GMT+6
2227#
2228# The Decree was published in Mexico's Official Newspaper on January 4th.
2229#
2230# -------------- End Forwarded Message --------------
2231# From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12):
2232# For an English translation of the decree, see
2233# <a href="http://mexico-travel.com/extra/timezone_eng.html">
2234# ``Diario Oficial: Time Zone Changeover'' (1996-01-04).
2235# </a>
2236
2237# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08):
2238# The State of Quintana Roo has reverted back to central STD and DST times
2239# (i.e. UTC -0600 and -0500 as of 1998-08-02).
2240
2241# From Rives McDow (2000-01-10):
2242# Effective April 4, 1999 at 2:00 AM local time, Sonora changed to the time
2243# zone 5 hours from the International Date Line, and will not observe daylight
2244# savings time so as to stay on the same time zone as the southern part of
2245# Arizona year round.
2246
2247# From Jesper Norgaard, translating
2248# <http://www.reforma.com/nacional/articulo/064327/> (2001-01-17):
2249# In Oaxaca, the 55.000 teachers from the Section 22 of the National
2250# Syndicate of Education Workers, refuse to apply daylight saving each
2251# year, so that the more than 10,000 schools work at normal hour the
2252# whole year.
2253
2254# From Gwillim Law (2001-01-19):
2255# <http://www.reforma.com/negocios_y_dinero/articulo/064481/> ... says
2256# (translated):...
2257# January 17, 2000 - The Energy Secretary, Ernesto Martens, announced
2258# that Summer Time will be reduced from seven to five months, starting
2259# this year....
2260# <http://www.publico.com.mx/scripts/texto3.asp?action=pagina&pag=21&pos=p&secc=naci&date=01/17/2001>
2261# [translated], says "summer time will ... take effect on the first Sunday
2262# in May, and end on the last Sunday of September.
2263
2264# From Arthur David Olson (2001-01-25):
2265# The 2001-01-24 traditional Washington Post contained the page one
2266# story "Timely Issue Divides Mexicans."...
2267# http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37383-2001Jan23.html
2268# ... Mexico City Mayor Lopez Obrador "...is threatening to keep
2269# Mexico City and its 20 million residents on a different time than
2270# the rest of the country..." In particular, Lopez Obrador would abolish
2271# observation of Daylight Saving Time.
2272
2273# <a href="http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/decretohorver2001.html#decre">
2274# Official statute published by the Energy Department
2275# </a> (2001-02-01) shows Baja and Chihauhua as still using US DST rules,
2276# and Sonora with no DST.  This was reported by Jesper Norgaard (2001-02-03).
2277
2278# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-03):
2279#
2280# <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20010303/t000018766.html">
2281# James F. Smith writes in today's LA Times
2282# </a>
2283# * Sonora will continue to observe standard time.
2284# * Last week Mexico City's mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador decreed that
2285#   the Federal District will not adopt DST.
2286# * 4 of 16 district leaders announced they'll ignore the decree.
2287# * The decree does not affect federal-controlled facilities including
2288#   the airport, banks, hospitals, and schools.
2289#
2290# For now we'll assume that the Federal District will bow to federal rules.
2291
2292# From Jesper Norgaard (2001-04-01):
2293# I found some references to the Mexican application of daylight
2294# saving, which modifies what I had already sent you, stating earlier
2295# that a number of northern Mexican states would go on daylight
2296# saving. The modification reverts this to only cover Baja California
2297# (Norte), while all other states (except Sonora, who has no daylight
2298# saving all year) will follow the original decree of president
2299# Vicente Fox, starting daylight saving May 6, 2001 and ending
2300# September 30, 2001.
2301# References: "Diario de Monterrey" <www.diariodemonterrey.com/index.asp>
2302# Palabra <http://palabra.infosel.com/010331/primera/ppri3101.pdf> (2001-03-31)
2303
2304# From Reuters (2001-09-04):
2305# Mexico's Supreme Court on Tuesday declared that daylight savings was
2306# unconstitutional in Mexico City, creating the possibility the
2307# capital will be in a different time zone from the rest of the nation
2308# next year....  The Supreme Court's ruling takes effect at 2:00
2309# a.m. (0800 GMT) on Sept. 30, when Mexico is scheduled to revert to
2310# standard time. "This is so residents of the Federal District are not
2311# subject to unexpected time changes," a statement from the court said.
2312
2313# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2002-03-12):
2314# ... consulting my local grocery store(!) and my coworkers, they all insisted
2315# that a new decision had been made to reinstate US style DST in Mexico....
2316# http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/horaver2001_m1_2002.html (2002-02-20)
2317# confirms this.  Sonora as usual is the only state where DST is not applied.
2318
2319# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-12-28):
2320#
2321# Steffen Thorsen wrote:
2322# > Mexico's House of Representatives has approved a proposal for northern
2323# > Mexico's border cities to share the same daylight saving schedule as
2324# > the United States.
2325# Now this has passed both the Congress and the Senate, so starting from
2326# 2010, some border regions will be the same:
2327# <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/28/clocks-will-match-both-sides-border/">
2328# http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/28/clocks-will-match-both-sides-border/
2329# </a>
2330# <a href="http://www.elmananarey.com/diario/noticia/nacional/noticias/empatan_horario_de_frontera_con_eu/621939">
2331# http://www.elmananarey.com/diario/noticia/nacional/noticias/empatan_horario_de_frontera_con_eu/621939
2332# </a>
2333# (Spanish)
2334#
2335# Could not find the new law text, but the proposed law text changes are here:
2336# <a href="http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/20091210-V.pdf">
2337# http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/20091210-V.pdf
2338# </a>
2339# (Gaceta Parlamentaria)
2340#
2341# There is also a list of the votes here:
2342# <a href="http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/V2-101209.html">
2343# http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/V2-101209.html
2344# </a>
2345#
2346# Our page:
2347# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/north-mexico-dst-change.html">
2348# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/north-mexico-dst-change.html
2349# </a>
2350
2351# From Arthur David Olson (2010-01-20):
2352# The page
2353# <a href="http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5127480&fecha=06/01/2010">
2354# http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5127480&fecha=06/01/2010
2355# </a>
2356# includes this text:
2357# En los municipios fronterizos de Tijuana y Mexicali en Baja California;
2358# Ju&aacute;rez y Ojinaga en Chihuahua; Acu&ntilde;a y Piedras Negras en Coahuila;
2359# An&aacute;huac en Nuevo Le&oacute;n; y Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa y Matamoros en
2360# Tamaulipas, la aplicaci&oacute;n de este horario estacional surtir&aacute; efecto
2361# desde las dos horas del segundo domingo de marzo y concluir&aacute; a las dos
2362# horas del primer domingo de noviembre.
2363# En los municipios fronterizos que se encuentren ubicados en la franja
2364# fronteriza norte en el territorio comprendido entre la l&iacute;nea
2365# internacional y la l&iacute;nea paralela ubicada a una distancia de veinte
2366# kil&oacute;metros, as&iacute; como la Ciudad de Ensenada, Baja California, hacia el
2367# interior del pa&iacute;s, la aplicaci&oacute;n de este horario estacional surtir&aacute;
2368# efecto desde las dos horas del segundo domingo de marzo y concluir&aacute; a
2369# las dos horas del primer domingo de noviembre.
2370
2371# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2372Rule	Mexico	1939	only	-	Feb	5	0:00	1:00	D
2373Rule	Mexico	1939	only	-	Jun	25	0:00	0	S
2374Rule	Mexico	1940	only	-	Dec	9	0:00	1:00	D
2375Rule	Mexico	1941	only	-	Apr	1	0:00	0	S
2376Rule	Mexico	1943	only	-	Dec	16	0:00	1:00	W # War
2377Rule	Mexico	1944	only	-	May	1	0:00	0	S
2378Rule	Mexico	1950	only	-	Feb	12	0:00	1:00	D
2379Rule	Mexico	1950	only	-	Jul	30	0:00	0	S
2380Rule	Mexico	1996	2000	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
2381Rule	Mexico	1996	2000	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
2382Rule	Mexico	2001	only	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
2383Rule	Mexico	2001	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
2384Rule	Mexico	2002	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
2385Rule	Mexico	2002	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
2386# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2387# Quintana Roo
2388Zone America/Cancun	-5:47:04 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  0:12:56
2389			-6:00	-	CST	1981 Dec 23
2390			-5:00	Mexico	E%sT	1998 Aug  2  2:00
2391			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT
2392# Campeche, Yucatan
2393Zone America/Merida	-5:58:28 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  0:01:32
2394			-6:00	-	CST	1981 Dec 23
2395			-5:00	-	EST	1982 Dec  2
2396			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT
2397# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas (near US border)
2398Zone America/Matamoros	-6:40:00 -	LMT	1921 Dec 31 23:20:00
2399			-6:00	-	CST	1988
2400			-6:00	US	C%sT	1989
2401			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT	2010
2402			-6:00	US	C%sT
2403# Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas (away from US border)
2404Zone America/Monterrey	-6:41:16 -	LMT	1921 Dec 31 23:18:44
2405			-6:00	-	CST	1988
2406			-6:00	US	C%sT	1989
2407			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT
2408# Central Mexico
2409Zone America/Mexico_City -6:36:36 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1 0:23:24
2410			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10 23:00
2411			-6:00	-	CST	1930 Nov 15
2412			-7:00	-	MST	1931 May  1 23:00
2413			-6:00	-	CST	1931 Oct
2414			-7:00	-	MST	1932 Apr  1
2415			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT	2001 Sep 30 02:00
2416			-6:00	-	CST	2002 Feb 20
2417			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT
2418# Chihuahua (near US border)
2419Zone America/Ojinaga	-6:57:40 -	LMT	1922 Jan 1 0:02:20
2420			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10 23:00
2421			-6:00	-	CST	1930 Nov 15
2422			-7:00	-	MST	1931 May  1 23:00
2423			-6:00	-	CST	1931 Oct
2424			-7:00	-	MST	1932 Apr  1
2425			-6:00	-	CST	1996
2426			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT	1998
2427			-6:00	-	CST	1998 Apr Sun>=1 3:00
2428			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT	2010
2429			-7:00	US	M%sT
2430# Chihuahua (away from US border)
2431Zone America/Chihuahua	-7:04:20 -	LMT	1921 Dec 31 23:55:40
2432			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10 23:00
2433			-6:00	-	CST	1930 Nov 15
2434			-7:00	-	MST	1931 May  1 23:00
2435			-6:00	-	CST	1931 Oct
2436			-7:00	-	MST	1932 Apr  1
2437			-6:00	-	CST	1996
2438			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT	1998
2439			-6:00	-	CST	1998 Apr Sun>=1 3:00
2440			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT
2441# Sonora
2442Zone America/Hermosillo	-7:23:52 -	LMT	1921 Dec 31 23:36:08
2443			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10 23:00
2444			-6:00	-	CST	1930 Nov 15
2445			-7:00	-	MST	1931 May  1 23:00
2446			-6:00	-	CST	1931 Oct
2447			-7:00	-	MST	1932 Apr  1
2448			-6:00	-	CST	1942 Apr 24
2449			-7:00	-	MST	1949 Jan 14
2450			-8:00	-	PST	1970
2451			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT	1999
2452			-7:00	-	MST
2453
2454# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-21):
2455# According to news, Bah&iacute;a de Banderas (Mexican state of Nayarit)
2456# changed time zone UTC-7 to new time zone UTC-6 on April 4, 2010 (to
2457# share the same time zone as nearby city Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco).
2458#
2459# (Spanish)
2460# Bah&iacute;a de Banderas homologa su horario al del centro del
2461# pa&iacute;s, a partir de este domingo
2462# <a href="http://www.nayarit.gob.mx/notes.asp?id=20748">
2463# http://www.nayarit.gob.mx/notes.asp?id=20748
2464# </a>
2465#
2466# Bah&iacute;a de Banderas homologa su horario con el del Centro del
2467# Pa&iacute;s
2468# <a href="http://www.bahiadebanderas.gob.mx/principal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=261:bahia-de-banderas-homologa-su-horario-con-el-del-centro-del-pais&catid=42:comunicacion-social&Itemid=50">
2469# http://www.bahiadebanderas.gob.mx/principal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=261:bahia-de-banderas-homologa-su-horario-con-el-del-centro-del-pais&catid=42:comunicacion-social&Itemid=50"
2470# </a>
2471#
2472# (English)
2473# Puerto Vallarta and Bah&iacute;a de Banderas: One Time Zone
2474# <a href="http://virtualvallarta.com/puertovallarta/puertovallarta/localnews/2009-12-03-Puerto-Vallarta-and-Bahia-de-Banderas-One-Time-Zone.shtml">
2475# http://virtualvallarta.com/puertovallarta/puertovallarta/localnews/2009-12-03-Puerto-Vallarta-and-Bahia-de-Banderas-One-Time-Zone.shtml
2476# </a>
2477#
2478# or
2479# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mexico08.html">
2480# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mexico08.html
2481# </a>
2482#
2483# "Mexico's Senate approved the amendments to the Mexican Schedule System that
2484# will allow Bah&iacute;a de Banderas and Puerto Vallarta to share the same time
2485# zone ..."
2486# Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa
2487
2488# From Arthur David Olson (2010-05-01):
2489# Use "Bahia_Banderas" to keep the name to fourteen characters.
2490
2491Zone America/Mazatlan	-7:05:40 -	LMT	1921 Dec 31 23:54:20
2492			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10 23:00
2493			-6:00	-	CST	1930 Nov 15
2494			-7:00	-	MST	1931 May  1 23:00
2495			-6:00	-	CST	1931 Oct
2496			-7:00	-	MST	1932 Apr  1
2497			-6:00	-	CST	1942 Apr 24
2498			-7:00	-	MST	1949 Jan 14
2499			-8:00	-	PST	1970
2500			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT
2501
2502Zone America/Bahia_Banderas	-7:01:00 -	LMT	1921 Dec 31 23:59:00
2503			-7:00	-	MST	1927 Jun 10 23:00
2504			-6:00	-	CST	1930 Nov 15
2505			-7:00	-	MST	1931 May  1 23:00
2506			-6:00	-	CST	1931 Oct
2507			-7:00	-	MST	1932 Apr  1
2508			-6:00	-	CST	1942 Apr 24
2509			-7:00	-	MST	1949 Jan 14
2510			-8:00	-	PST	1970
2511			-7:00	Mexico	M%sT	2010 Apr 4 2:00
2512			-6:00	Mexico	C%sT
2513
2514# Baja California (near US border)
2515Zone America/Tijuana	-7:48:04 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  0:11:56
2516			-7:00	-	MST	1924
2517			-8:00	-	PST	1927 Jun 10 23:00
2518			-7:00	-	MST	1930 Nov 15
2519			-8:00	-	PST	1931 Apr  1
2520			-8:00	1:00	PDT	1931 Sep 30
2521			-8:00	-	PST	1942 Apr 24
2522			-8:00	1:00	PWT	1945 Aug 14 23:00u
2523			-8:00	1:00	PPT	1945 Nov 12 # Peace
2524			-8:00	-	PST	1948 Apr  5
2525			-8:00	1:00	PDT	1949 Jan 14
2526			-8:00	-	PST	1954
2527			-8:00	CA	P%sT	1961
2528			-8:00	-	PST	1976
2529			-8:00	US	P%sT	1996
2530			-8:00	Mexico	P%sT	2001
2531			-8:00	US	P%sT	2002 Feb 20
2532			-8:00	Mexico	P%sT	2010
2533			-8:00	US	P%sT
2534# Baja California (away from US border)
2535Zone America/Santa_Isabel	-7:39:28 -	LMT	1922 Jan  1  0:20:32
2536			-7:00	-	MST	1924
2537			-8:00	-	PST	1927 Jun 10 23:00
2538			-7:00	-	MST	1930 Nov 15
2539			-8:00	-	PST	1931 Apr  1
2540			-8:00	1:00	PDT	1931 Sep 30
2541			-8:00	-	PST	1942 Apr 24
2542			-8:00	1:00	PWT	1945 Aug 14 23:00u
2543			-8:00	1:00	PPT	1945 Nov 12 # Peace
2544			-8:00	-	PST	1948 Apr  5
2545			-8:00	1:00	PDT	1949 Jan 14
2546			-8:00	-	PST	1954
2547			-8:00	CA	P%sT	1961
2548			-8:00	-	PST	1976
2549			-8:00	US	P%sT	1996
2550			-8:00	Mexico	P%sT	2001
2551			-8:00	US	P%sT	2002 Feb 20
2552			-8:00	Mexico	P%sT
2553# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2554# Formerly there was an America/Ensenada zone, which differed from
2555# America/Tijuana only in that it did not observe DST from 1976
2556# through 1995.  This was as per Shanks (1999).  But Shanks & Pottenger say
2557# Ensenada did not observe DST from 1948 through 1975.  Guy Harris reports
2558# that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicale, San Felipe and
2559# Tijuana observe DST," which agrees with Shanks & Pottenger but implies that
2560# DST-observance was a town-by-town matter back then.  This concerns
2561# data after 1970 so most likely there should be at least one Zone
2562# other than America/Tijuana for Baja, but it's not clear yet what its
2563# name or contents should be.
2564#
2565# Revillagigedo Is
2566# no information
2567
2568###############################################################################
2569
2570# Anguilla
2571# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2572Zone America/Anguilla	-4:12:16 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
2573			-4:00	-	AST
2574
2575# Antigua and Barbuda
2576# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2577Zone	America/Antigua	-4:07:12 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
2578			-5:00	-	EST	1951
2579			-4:00	-	AST
2580
2581# Bahamas
2582#
2583# For 1899 Milne gives -5:09:29.5; round that.
2584#
2585# From Sue Williams (2006-12-07):
2586# The Bahamas announced about a month ago that they plan to change their DST
2587# rules to sync with the U.S. starting in 2007....
2588# http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=45&a=10412
2589
2590# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2591Rule	Bahamas	1964	1975	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
2592Rule	Bahamas	1964	1975	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
2593# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2594Zone	America/Nassau	-5:09:30 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
2595			-5:00	Bahamas	E%sT	1976
2596			-5:00	US	E%sT
2597
2598# Barbados
2599
2600# For 1899 Milne gives -3:58:29.2; round that.
2601
2602# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2603Rule	Barb	1977	only	-	Jun	12	2:00	1:00	D
2604Rule	Barb	1977	1978	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	0	S
2605Rule	Barb	1978	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	D
2606Rule	Barb	1979	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
2607Rule	Barb	1980	only	-	Sep	25	2:00	0	S
2608# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2609Zone America/Barbados	-3:58:29 -	LMT	1924		# Bridgetown
2610			-3:58:29 -	BMT	1932	  # Bridgetown Mean Time
2611			-4:00	Barb	A%sT
2612
2613# Belize
2614# Whitman entirely disagrees with Shanks; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2615# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2616Rule	Belize	1918	1942	-	Oct	Sun>=2	0:00	0:30	HD
2617Rule	Belize	1919	1943	-	Feb	Sun>=9	0:00	0	S
2618Rule	Belize	1973	only	-	Dec	 5	0:00	1:00	D
2619Rule	Belize	1974	only	-	Feb	 9	0:00	0	S
2620Rule	Belize	1982	only	-	Dec	18	0:00	1:00	D
2621Rule	Belize	1983	only	-	Feb	12	0:00	0	S
2622# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2623Zone	America/Belize	-5:52:48 -	LMT	1912 Apr
2624			-6:00	Belize	C%sT
2625
2626# Bermuda
2627
2628# For 1899 Milne gives -4:19:18.3 as the meridian of the clock tower,
2629# Bermuda dockyard, Ireland I; round that.
2630
2631# From Dan Jones, reporting in The Royal Gazette (2006-06-26):
2632
2633# Next year, however, clocks in the US will go forward on the second Sunday
2634# in March, until the first Sunday in November.  And, after the Time Zone
2635# (Seasonal Variation) Bill 2006 was passed in the House of Assembly on
2636# Friday, the same thing will happen in Bermuda.
2637# http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060529/NEWS/105290135
2638
2639# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2640Zone Atlantic/Bermuda	-4:19:18 -	LMT	1930 Jan  1 2:00    # Hamilton
2641			-4:00	-	AST	1974 Apr 28 2:00
2642			-4:00	Bahamas	A%sT	1976
2643			-4:00	US	A%sT
2644
2645# Cayman Is
2646# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2647Zone	America/Cayman	-5:25:32 -	LMT	1890		# Georgetown
2648			-5:07:12 -	KMT	1912 Feb    # Kingston Mean Time
2649			-5:00	-	EST
2650
2651# Costa Rica
2652
2653# Milne gives -5:36:13.3 as San Jose mean time; round to nearest.
2654
2655# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2656Rule	CR	1979	1980	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
2657Rule	CR	1979	1980	-	Jun	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
2658Rule	CR	1991	1992	-	Jan	Sat>=15	0:00	1:00	D
2659# IATA SSIM (1991-09) says the following was at 1:00;
2660# go with Shanks & Pottenger.
2661Rule	CR	1991	only	-	Jul	 1	0:00	0	S
2662Rule	CR	1992	only	-	Mar	15	0:00	0	S
2663# There are too many San Joses elsewhere, so we'll use `Costa Rica'.
2664# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2665Zone America/Costa_Rica	-5:36:13 -	LMT	1890		# San Jose
2666			-5:36:13 -	SJMT	1921 Jan 15 # San Jose Mean Time
2667			-6:00	CR	C%sT
2668# Coco
2669# no information; probably like America/Costa_Rica
2670
2671# Cuba
2672
2673# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
2674# Milne gives -5:28:50.45 for the observatory at Havana, -5:29:23.57
2675# for the port, and -5:30 for meteorological observations.
2676# For now, stick with Shanks & Pottenger.
2677
2678# From Arthur David Olson (1999-03-29):
2679# The 1999-03-28 exhibition baseball game held in Havana, Cuba, between
2680# the Cuban National Team and the Baltimore Orioles was carried live on
2681# the Orioles Radio Network, including affiliate WTOP in Washington, DC.
2682# During the game, play-by-play announcer Jim Hunter noted that
2683# "We'll be losing two hours of sleep...Cuba switched to Daylight Saving
2684# Time today."  (The "two hour" remark referred to losing one hour of
2685# sleep on 1999-03-28--when the announcers were in Cuba as it switched
2686# to DST--and one more hour on 1999-04-04--when the announcers will have
2687# returned to Baltimore, which switches on that date.)
2688
2689# From Evert van der Veer via Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-28):
2690# Cuba is not going back to standard time this year.
2691# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2692# http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2004/septiembre/juev30/41medid-i.html
2693# says that it's due to a problem at the Antonio Guiteras
2694# thermoelectric plant, and says "This October there will be no return
2695# to normal hours (after daylight saving time)".
2696# For now, let's assume that it's a temporary measure.
2697
2698# From Carlos A. Carnero Delgado (2005-11-12):
2699# This year (just like in 2004-2005) there's no change in time zone
2700# adjustment in Cuba.  We will stay in daylight saving time:
2701# http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2005/noviembre/mier9/horario.html
2702
2703# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-10-21):
2704# An article in GRANMA INTERNACIONAL claims that Cuba will end
2705# the 3 years of permanent DST next weekend, see
2706# http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/octubre/lun16/43horario.html
2707# "On Saturday night, October 28 going into Sunday, October 29, at 01:00,
2708# watches should be set back one hour -- going back to 00:00 hours -- returning
2709# to the normal schedule....
2710
2711# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-02):
2712# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/english/news/art89.html, dated yesterday,
2713# says Cuban clocks will advance at midnight on March 10.
2714# For lack of better information, assume Cuba will use US rules,
2715# except that it switches at midnight standard time as usual.
2716#
2717# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-10-25):
2718# Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz informed me that Cuba will end DST one week
2719# earlier - on the last Sunday of October, just like in 2006.
2720#
2721# He supplied these references:
2722#
2723# http://www.prensalatina.com.mx/article.asp?ID=%7B4CC32C1B-A9F7-42FB-8A07-8631AFC923AF%7D&language=ES
2724# http://actualidad.terra.es/sociedad/articulo/cuba_llama_ahorrar_energia_cambio_1957044.htm
2725#
2726# From Alex Kryvenishev (2007-10-25):
2727# Here is also article from Granma (Cuba):
2728#
2729# [Regira] el Horario Normal desde el [proximo] domingo 28 de octubre
2730# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2007/10/24/nacional/artic07.html
2731#
2732# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba03.html
2733
2734# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-09):
2735# I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight
2736# Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to
2737# <a href="http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj">
2738# http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj
2739# </a>, a Cuban information station, and heard
2740# the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"),
2741# indicating that Cuba is still on standard time.
2742
2743# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-12):
2744# It seems that Cuba will start DST on Sunday, 2007-03-16...
2745# It was announced yesterday, according to this source (in Spanish):
2746# <a href="http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm">
2747# http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm
2748# </a>
2749#
2750# Some more background information is posted here:
2751# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html">
2752# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html
2753# </a>
2754#
2755# The article also says that Cuba has been observing DST since 1963,
2756# while Shanks (and tzdata) has 1965 as the first date (except in the
2757# 1940's). Many other web pages in Cuba also claim that it has been
2758# observed since 1963, but with the exception of 1970 - an exception
2759# which is not present in tzdata/Shanks. So there is a chance we need to
2760# change some historic records as well.
2761#
2762# One example:
2763# <a href="http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm">
2764# http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm
2765# </a>
2766
2767# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-03-13):
2768# The Cuban time change has just been confirmed on the most authoritative
2769# web site, the Granma.  Please check out
2770# <a href="http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html">
2771# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html
2772# </a>
2773#
2774# Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsens information, the change
2775# will take place midnight between Saturday and Sunday.
2776
2777# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-12):
2778# Assume Sun>=15 (third Sunday) going forward.
2779
2780# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-04)
2781# According to the Radio Reloj - Cuba will start Daylight Saving Time on
2782# midnight between Saturday, March 07, 2009 and Sunday, March 08, 2009-
2783# not on midnight March 14 / March 15 as previously thought.
2784#
2785# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba05.html">
2786# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba05.html
2787# (in Spanish)
2788# </a>
2789
2790# From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-09)
2791# I listened over the Internet to
2792# <a href="http://media.enet.cu/readioreloj">
2793# http://media.enet.cu/readioreloj
2794# </a>
2795# this morning; when it was 10:05 a. m. here in Bethesda, Maryland the
2796# the time was announced as "diez cinco"--the same time as here, indicating
2797# that has indeed switched to DST. Assume second Sunday from 2009 forward.
2798
2799# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-03-08):
2800# Granma announced that Cuba is going to start DST on 2011-03-20 00:00:00
2801# this year. Nothing about the end date known so far (if that has
2802# changed at all).
2803#
2804# Source:
2805# <a href="http://granma.co.cu/2011/03/08/nacional/artic01.html">
2806# http://granma.co.cu/2011/03/08/nacional/artic01.html
2807# </a>
2808#
2809# Our info:
2810# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2011.html">
2811# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2011.html
2812# </a>
2813#
2814# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-10-30)
2815# Cuba will end DST two weeks later this year. Instead of going back
2816# tonight, it has been delayed to 2011-11-13 at 01:00.
2817#
2818# One source (Spanish)
2819# <a href="http://www.radioangulo.cu/noticias/cuba/17105-cuba-restablecera-el-horario-del-meridiano-de-greenwich.html">
2820# http://www.radioangulo.cu/noticias/cuba/17105-cuba-restablecera-el-horario-del-meridiano-de-greenwich.html
2821# </a>
2822#
2823# Our page:
2824# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-time-changes-2011.html">
2825# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-time-changes-2011.html
2826# </a>
2827#
2828# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-01)
2829# According to Radio Reloj, Cuba will start DST on Midnight between March
2830# 31 and April 1.
2831#
2832# Radio Reloj has the following info (Spanish):
2833# <a href="http://www.radioreloj.cu/index.php/noticias-radio-reloj/71-miscelaneas/7529-cuba-aplicara-el-horario-de-verano-desde-el-1-de-abril">
2834# http://www.radioreloj.cu/index.php/noticias-radio-reloj/71-miscelaneas/7529-cuba-aplicara-el-horario-de-verano-desde-el-1-de-abril
2835# </a>
2836#
2837# Our info on it:
2838# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2012.html">
2839# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2012.html
2840# </a>
2841
2842# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-11-03):
2843# Radio Reloj and many other sources report that Cuba is changing back
2844# to standard time on 2012-11-04:
2845# http://www.radioreloj.cu/index.php/noticias-radio-reloj/36-nacionales/9961-regira-horario-normal-en-cuba-desde-el-domingo-cuatro-de-noviembre
2846# From Paul Eggert (2012-11-03):
2847# For now, assume the future rule is first Sunday in November.
2848
2849# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2850Rule	Cuba	1928	only	-	Jun	10	0:00	1:00	D
2851Rule	Cuba	1928	only	-	Oct	10	0:00	0	S
2852Rule	Cuba	1940	1942	-	Jun	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
2853Rule	Cuba	1940	1942	-	Sep	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
2854Rule	Cuba	1945	1946	-	Jun	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
2855Rule	Cuba	1945	1946	-	Sep	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
2856Rule	Cuba	1965	only	-	Jun	1	0:00	1:00	D
2857Rule	Cuba	1965	only	-	Sep	30	0:00	0	S
2858Rule	Cuba	1966	only	-	May	29	0:00	1:00	D
2859Rule	Cuba	1966	only	-	Oct	2	0:00	0	S
2860Rule	Cuba	1967	only	-	Apr	8	0:00	1:00	D
2861Rule	Cuba	1967	1968	-	Sep	Sun>=8	0:00	0	S
2862Rule	Cuba	1968	only	-	Apr	14	0:00	1:00	D
2863Rule	Cuba	1969	1977	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
2864Rule	Cuba	1969	1971	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	S
2865Rule	Cuba	1972	1974	-	Oct	8	0:00	0	S
2866Rule	Cuba	1975	1977	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	S
2867Rule	Cuba	1978	only	-	May	7	0:00	1:00	D
2868Rule	Cuba	1978	1990	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00	0	S
2869Rule	Cuba	1979	1980	-	Mar	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	D
2870Rule	Cuba	1981	1985	-	May	Sun>=5	0:00	1:00	D
2871Rule	Cuba	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=14	0:00	1:00	D
2872Rule	Cuba	1990	1997	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
2873Rule	Cuba	1991	1995	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00s	0	S
2874Rule	Cuba	1996	only	-	Oct	 6	0:00s	0	S
2875Rule	Cuba	1997	only	-	Oct	12	0:00s	0	S
2876Rule	Cuba	1998	1999	-	Mar	lastSun	0:00s	1:00	D
2877Rule	Cuba	1998	2003	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00s	0	S
2878Rule	Cuba	2000	2004	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00s	1:00	D
2879Rule	Cuba	2006	2010	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00s	0	S
2880Rule	Cuba	2007	only	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00s	1:00	D
2881Rule	Cuba	2008	only	-	Mar	Sun>=15	0:00s	1:00	D
2882Rule	Cuba	2009	2010	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00s	1:00	D
2883Rule	Cuba	2011	only	-	Mar	Sun>=15	0:00s	1:00	D
2884Rule	Cuba	2011	only	-	Nov	13	0:00s	0	S
2885Rule	Cuba	2012	only	-	Apr	1	0:00s	1:00	D
2886Rule	Cuba	2012	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	0:00s	0	S
2887Rule	Cuba	2013	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00s	1:00	D
2888
2889# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2890Zone	America/Havana	-5:29:28 -	LMT	1890
2891			-5:29:36 -	HMT	1925 Jul 19 12:00 # Havana MT
2892			-5:00	Cuba	C%sT
2893
2894# Dominica
2895# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2896Zone America/Dominica	-4:05:36 -	LMT	1911 Jul 1 0:01		# Roseau
2897			-4:00	-	AST
2898
2899# Dominican Republic
2900
2901# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-30):
2902# Enrique Morales reported to me that the Dominican Republic has changed the
2903# time zone to Eastern Standard Time as of Sunday 29 at 2 am....
2904# http://www.listin.com.do/antes/261000/republica/princi.html
2905
2906# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04):
2907# That URL (2000-10-26, in Spanish) says they planned to use US-style DST.
2908
2909# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01):
2910# Dominican Republic changed its mind and presidential decree on Tuesday,
2911# November 28, 2000, with a new decree.  On Sunday, December 3 at 1:00 AM the
2912# Dominican Republic will be reverting to 8 hours from the International Date
2913# Line, and will not be using DST in the foreseeable future.  The reason they
2914# decided to use DST was to be in synch with Puerto Rico, who was also going
2915# to implement DST.  When Puerto Rico didn't implement DST, the president
2916# decided to revert.
2917
2918
2919# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2920Rule	DR	1966	only	-	Oct	30	0:00	1:00	D
2921Rule	DR	1967	only	-	Feb	28	0:00	0	S
2922Rule	DR	1969	1973	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0:30	HD
2923Rule	DR	1970	only	-	Feb	21	0:00	0	S
2924Rule	DR	1971	only	-	Jan	20	0:00	0	S
2925Rule	DR	1972	1974	-	Jan	21	0:00	0	S
2926# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2927Zone America/Santo_Domingo -4:39:36 -	LMT	1890
2928			-4:40	-	SDMT	1933 Apr  1 12:00 # S. Dom. MT
2929			-5:00	DR	E%sT	1974 Oct 27
2930			-4:00	-	AST	2000 Oct 29 02:00
2931			-5:00	US	E%sT	2000 Dec  3 01:00
2932			-4:00	-	AST
2933
2934# El Salvador
2935
2936# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2937Rule	Salv	1987	1988	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
2938Rule	Salv	1987	1988	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	S
2939# There are too many San Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/El_Salvador
2940# instead of America/San_Salvador.
2941# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2942Zone America/El_Salvador -5:56:48 -	LMT	1921		# San Salvador
2943			-6:00	Salv	C%sT
2944
2945# Grenada
2946# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2947Zone	America/Grenada	-4:07:00 -	LMT	1911 Jul	# St George's
2948			-4:00	-	AST
2949
2950# Guadeloupe
2951# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2952Zone America/Guadeloupe	-4:06:08 -	LMT	1911 Jun 8	# Pointe a Pitre
2953			-4:00	-	AST
2954# St Barthelemy
2955Link America/Guadeloupe	America/St_Barthelemy
2956# St Martin (French part)
2957Link America/Guadeloupe	America/Marigot
2958
2959# Guatemala
2960#
2961# From Gwillim Law (2006-04-22), after a heads-up from Oscar van Vlijmen:
2962# Diario Co Latino, at
2963# http://www.diariocolatino.com/internacionales/detalles.asp?NewsID=8079,
2964# says in an article dated 2006-04-19 that the Guatemalan government had
2965# decided on that date to advance official time by 60 minutes, to lessen the
2966# impact of the elevated cost of oil....  Daylight saving time will last from
2967# 2006-04-29 24:00 (Guatemalan standard time) to 2006-09-30 (time unspecified).
2968# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-22):
2969# The Ministry of Energy and Mines, press release CP-15/2006
2970# (2006-04-19), says DST ends at 24:00.  See
2971# <http://www.sieca.org.gt/Sitio_publico/Energeticos/Doc/Medidas/Cambio_Horario_Nac_190406.pdf>.
2972
2973# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2974Rule	Guat	1973	only	-	Nov	25	0:00	1:00	D
2975Rule	Guat	1974	only	-	Feb	24	0:00	0	S
2976Rule	Guat	1983	only	-	May	21	0:00	1:00	D
2977Rule	Guat	1983	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
2978Rule	Guat	1991	only	-	Mar	23	0:00	1:00	D
2979Rule	Guat	1991	only	-	Sep	 7	0:00	0	S
2980Rule	Guat	2006	only	-	Apr	30	0:00	1:00	D
2981Rule	Guat	2006	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	S
2982# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2983Zone America/Guatemala	-6:02:04 -	LMT	1918 Oct 5
2984			-6:00	Guat	C%sT
2985
2986# Haiti
2987# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-15):
2988# Risto O. Nykanen wrote me that Haiti is now on DST.
2989# I searched for confirmation, and I found a
2990# <a href="http://www.haitianconsulate.org/time.doc"> press release
2991# on the Web page of the Haitian Consulate in Chicago (2005-03-31),
2992# </a>.  Translated from French, it says:
2993#
2994#  "The Prime Minister's Communication Office notifies the public in general
2995#   and the press in particular that, following a decision of the Interior
2996#   Ministry and the Territorial Collectivities [I suppose that means the
2997#   provinces], Haiti will move to Eastern Daylight Time in the night from next
2998#   Saturday the 2nd to Sunday the 3rd.
2999#
3000#  "Consequently, the Prime Minister's Communication Office wishes to inform
3001#   the population that the country's clocks will be set forward one hour
3002#   starting at midnight.  This provision will hold until the last Saturday in
3003#   October 2005.
3004#
3005#  "Port-au-Prince, March 31, 2005"
3006#
3007# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-04-04):
3008# I have been informed by users that Haiti observes DST this year like
3009# last year, so the current "only" rule for 2005 might be changed to a
3010# "max" rule or to last until 2006. (Who knows if they will observe DST
3011# next year or if they will extend their DST like US/Canada next year).
3012#
3013# I have found this article about it (in French):
3014# http://www.haitipressnetwork.com/news.cfm?articleID=7612
3015#
3016# The reason seems to be an energy crisis.
3017
3018# From Stephen Colebourne (2007-02-22):
3019# Some IATA info: Haiti won't be having DST in 2007.
3020
3021# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-11):
3022# According to several news sources, Haiti will observe DST this year,
3023# apparently using the same start and end date as USA/Canada.
3024# So this means they have already changed their time.
3025#
3026# http://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article12510
3027# http://radiovision2000haiti.net/home/?p=13253
3028#
3029# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-11):
3030# The alterpresse.org source seems to show a US-style leap from 2:00 a.m. to
3031# 3:00 a.m. rather than the traditional Haitian jump at midnight.
3032# Assume a US-style fall back as well.
3033
3034# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-10):
3035# It appears that Haiti is observing DST this year as well, same rules
3036# as US/Canada.  They did it last year as well, and it looks like they
3037# are going to observe DST every year now...
3038#
3039# http://radiovision2000haiti.net/public/haiti-avis-changement-dheure-dimanche/
3040# http://www.canalplushaiti.net/?p=6714
3041
3042# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
3043Rule	Haiti	1983	only	-	May	8	0:00	1:00	D
3044Rule	Haiti	1984	1987	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
3045Rule	Haiti	1983	1987	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	S
3046# Shanks & Pottenger say AT is 2:00, but IATA SSIM (1991/1997) says 1:00s.
3047# Go with IATA.
3048Rule	Haiti	1988	1997	-	Apr	Sun>=1	1:00s	1:00	D
3049Rule	Haiti	1988	1997	-	Oct	lastSun	1:00s	0	S
3050Rule	Haiti	2005	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
3051Rule	Haiti	2005	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	S
3052Rule	Haiti	2012	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
3053Rule	Haiti	2012	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	0	S
3054# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3055Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 -	LMT	1890
3056			-4:49	-	PPMT	1917 Jan 24 12:00 # P-a-P MT
3057			-5:00	Haiti	E%sT
3058
3059# Honduras
3060# Shanks & Pottenger say 1921 Jan 1; go with Whitman's more precise Apr 1.
3061
3062# From Paul Eggert (2006-05-05):
3063# worldtimezone.com reports a 2006-05-02 Spanish-language AP article
3064# saying Honduras will start using DST midnight Saturday, effective 4
3065# months until September.  La Tribuna reported today
3066# <http://www.latribuna.hn/99299.html> that Manuel Zelaya, the president
3067# of Honduras, refused to back down on this.
3068
3069# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-08-08):
3070# It seems that Honduras has returned from DST to standard time this Monday at
3071# 00:00 hours (prolonging Sunday to 25 hours duration).
3072# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_honduras04.html
3073
3074# From Paul Eggert (2006-08-08):
3075# Also see Diario El Heraldo, The country returns to standard time (2006-08-08)
3076# <http://www.elheraldo.hn/nota.php?nid=54941&sec=12>.
3077# It mentions executive decree 18-2006.
3078
3079# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17):
3080# Honduras will observe DST from 2007 to 2009, exact dates are not
3081# published, I have located this authoritative source:
3082# http://www.presidencia.gob.hn/noticia.aspx?nId=47
3083
3084# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-03-30):
3085# http://www.laprensahn.com/pais_nota.php?id04962=7386
3086# So it seems that Honduras will not enter DST this year....
3087
3088# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
3089Rule	Hond	1987	1988	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
3090Rule	Hond	1987	1988	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	S
3091Rule	Hond	2006	only	-	May	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
3092Rule	Hond	2006	only	-	Aug	Mon>=1	0:00	0	S
3093# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3094Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 -	LMT	1921 Apr
3095			-6:00	Hond	C%sT
3096#
3097# Great Swan I ceded by US to Honduras in 1972
3098
3099# Jamaica
3100
3101# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
3102# Follows US rules.
3103
3104# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
3105# JAMAICA             5 H  BEHIND UTC
3106
3107# From Shanks & Pottenger:
3108# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3109Zone	America/Jamaica	-5:07:12 -	LMT	1890		# Kingston
3110			-5:07:12 -	KMT	1912 Feb    # Kingston Mean Time
3111			-5:00	-	EST	1974 Apr 28 2:00
3112			-5:00	US	E%sT	1984
3113			-5:00	-	EST
3114
3115# Martinique
3116# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3117Zone America/Martinique	-4:04:20 -      LMT	1890		# Fort-de-France
3118			-4:04:20 -	FFMT	1911 May     # Fort-de-France MT
3119			-4:00	-	AST	1980 Apr  6
3120			-4:00	1:00	ADT	1980 Sep 28
3121			-4:00	-	AST
3122
3123# Montserrat
3124# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
3125# In 1995 volcanic eruptions forced evacuation of Plymouth, the capital.
3126# world.gazetteer.com says Cork Hill is the most populous location now.
3127# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3128Zone America/Montserrat	-4:08:52 -	LMT	1911 Jul 1 0:01   # Cork Hill
3129			-4:00	-	AST
3130
3131# Nicaragua
3132#
3133# This uses Shanks & Pottenger for times before 2005.
3134#
3135# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-04-12):
3136# I've got reports from 8 different people that Nicaragua just started
3137# DST on Sunday 2005-04-10, in order to save energy because of
3138# expensive petroleum.  The exact end date for DST is not yet
3139# announced, only "September" but some sites also say "mid-September".
3140# Some background information is available on the President's official site:
3141# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/Presidencia/Files_index/Secretaria/Notas%20de%20Prensa/Presidente/2005/ABRIL/Gobierno-de-nicaragua-adelanta-hora-oficial-06abril.htm
3142# The Decree, no 23-2005 is available here:
3143# 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
3144#
3145# From Paul Eggert (2005-05-01):
3146# The decree doesn't say anything about daylight saving, but for now let's
3147# assume that it is daylight saving....
3148#
3149# From Gwillim Law (2005-04-21):
3150# The Associated Press story on the time change, which can be found at
3151# http://www.lapalmainteractivo.com/guias/content/gen/ap/America_Latina/AMC_GEN_NICARAGUA_HORA.html
3152# and elsewhere, says (fifth paragraph, translated from Spanish):  "The last
3153# time that a change of clocks was applied to save energy was in the year 2000
3154# during the Arnoldo Aleman administration."...
3155# The northamerica file says that Nicaragua has been on UTC-6 continuously
3156# since December 1998.  I wasn't able to find any details of Nicaraguan time
3157# changes in 2000.  Perhaps a note could be added to the northamerica file, to
3158# the effect that we have indirect evidence that DST was observed in 2000.
3159#
3160# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-11-02):
3161# Nicaragua left DST the 2005-10-02 at 00:00 (local time).
3162# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/presidencia/files_index/secretaria/comunicados/2005/septiembre/26septiembre-cambio-hora.htm
3163# (2005-09-26)
3164#
3165# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-05-05):
3166# http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2006/05/01/nacionales/18410
3167# (my informal translation)
3168# By order of the president of the republic, Enrique Bolanos, Nicaragua
3169# advanced by sixty minutes their official time, yesterday at 2 in the
3170# morning, and will stay that way until 30.th. of september.
3171#
3172# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-09-30):
3173# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/buscador_gaceta/BD/DECRETOS/2006/D-063-2006P-PRN-Cambio-Hora.pdf
3174# My informal translation runs:
3175# The natural sun time is restored in all the national territory, in that the
3176# time is returned one hour at 01:00 am of October 1 of 2006.
3177#
3178# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
3179Rule	Nic	1979	1980	-	Mar	Sun>=16	0:00	1:00	D
3180Rule	Nic	1979	1980	-	Jun	Mon>=23	0:00	0	S
3181Rule	Nic	2005	only	-	Apr	10	0:00	1:00	D
3182Rule	Nic	2005	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	0	S
3183Rule	Nic	2006	only	-	Apr	30	2:00	1:00	D
3184Rule	Nic	2006	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	1:00	0	S
3185# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3186Zone	America/Managua	-5:45:08 -	LMT	1890
3187			-5:45:12 -	MMT	1934 Jun 23 # Managua Mean Time?
3188			-6:00	-	CST	1973 May
3189			-5:00	-	EST	1975 Feb 16
3190			-6:00	Nic	C%sT	1992 Jan  1 4:00
3191			-5:00	-	EST	1992 Sep 24
3192			-6:00	-	CST	1993
3193			-5:00	-	EST	1997
3194			-6:00	Nic	C%sT
3195
3196# Panama
3197# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3198Zone	America/Panama	-5:18:08 -	LMT	1890
3199			-5:19:36 -	CMT	1908 Apr 22   # Colon Mean Time
3200			-5:00	-	EST
3201
3202# Puerto Rico
3203# There are too many San Juans elsewhere, so we'll use `Puerto_Rico'.
3204# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3205Zone America/Puerto_Rico -4:24:25 -	LMT	1899 Mar 28 12:00    # San Juan
3206			-4:00	-	AST	1942 May  3
3207			-4:00	US	A%sT	1946
3208			-4:00	-	AST
3209
3210# St Kitts-Nevis
3211# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3212Zone America/St_Kitts	-4:10:52 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2	# Basseterre
3213			-4:00	-	AST
3214
3215# St Lucia
3216# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3217Zone America/St_Lucia	-4:04:00 -	LMT	1890		# Castries
3218			-4:04:00 -	CMT	1912	    # Castries Mean Time
3219			-4:00	-	AST
3220
3221# St Pierre and Miquelon
3222# There are too many St Pierres elsewhere, so we'll use `Miquelon'.
3223# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3224Zone America/Miquelon	-3:44:40 -	LMT	1911 May 15	# St Pierre
3225			-4:00	-	AST	1980 May
3226			-3:00	-	PMST	1987 # Pierre & Miquelon Time
3227			-3:00	Canada	PM%sT
3228
3229# St Vincent and the Grenadines
3230# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3231Zone America/St_Vincent	-4:04:56 -	LMT	1890		# Kingstown
3232			-4:04:56 -	KMT	1912	   # Kingstown Mean Time
3233			-4:00	-	AST
3234
3235# Turks and Caicos
3236#
3237# From Chris Dunn in
3238# <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=415007>
3239# (2007-03-15): In the Turks & Caicos Islands (America/Grand_Turk) the
3240# daylight saving dates for time changes have been adjusted to match
3241# the recent U.S. change of dates.
3242#
3243# From Brian Inglis (2007-04-28):
3244# http://www.turksandcaicos.tc/calendar/index.htm [2007-04-26]
3245# there is an entry for Nov 4 "Daylight Savings Time Ends 2007" and three
3246# rows before that there is an out of date entry for Oct:
3247# "Eastern Standard Times Begins 2007
3248# Clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local Daylight Saving Time"
3249# indicating that the normal ET rules are followed.
3250#
3251# From Paul Eggert (2006-05-01):
3252# Shanks & Pottenger say they use US DST rules, but IATA SSIM (1991/1998)
3253# says they switch at midnight.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
3254#
3255# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
3256Rule	TC	1979	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
3257Rule	TC	1979	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
3258Rule	TC	1987	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
3259Rule	TC	2007	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
3260Rule	TC	2007	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	0	S
3261# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3262Zone America/Grand_Turk	-4:44:32 -	LMT	1890
3263			-5:07:12 -	KMT	1912 Feb    # Kingston Mean Time
3264			-5:00	TC	E%sT
3265
3266# British Virgin Is
3267# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3268Zone America/Tortola	-4:18:28 -	LMT	1911 Jul    # Road Town
3269			-4:00	-	AST
3270
3271# Virgin Is
3272# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3273Zone America/St_Thomas	-4:19:44 -	LMT	1911 Jul    # Charlotte Amalie
3274			-4:00	-	AST
3275