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Tzdata2006l.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Sept. 18, 2006

Sept. 18, 2006

The file... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2006l.tar.gz ...is now available; it reflects Paul's best-effort work on this coming weekend's Egypt time change. --ado

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Syrian TZ change
by Stephen Colebourne Sept. 18, 2006

Sept. 18, 2006

According to IATA data, Syria will change DST on 21st September this year: Standard time +2 hours DST time +3 hours Change from standard to DST: 2006-03-30T22:00 2007-03-31T22:00 2008-03-31T22:00 Change from DST to standard: 2006-09-21T21:00 2007-09-30T21:00 2008-09-30T21:00 This is probably related to Ramadan, like Egypt. Stephen

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FW: Time zone rules change
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Sept. 17, 2006

Sept. 17, 2006

Hammad Hassan is not on the time zone mailing list; direct replies appropriately. --ado ________________________________ From: Hammad Hassan-WHH011 [mailto:WHH011@motorola.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 1:34 PM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Time zone rules change Hello, Could you please support for my request, I have a Red-hat Linux server in Egypt, I adjusted the time and date and I selected Africa/Cairo as a time zone to reflect the correct time automatically per summer, winter. The current settings of this file contain the summer/winter time change rules as the last Thursday of April, September respectively. Since the rules are changed lately by Egypt government, I need to change the predefined rules in the time zone file, but I don't know how. I found many but scattered information on the internet. So I need your help. Could you please provide me with a direct procedure to do the required task. Thank you and Best Regards, Hassan Hammad Systems Engineer

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Re: Kazakhstan question
by Gwillim Law Sept. 16, 2006

Sept. 16, 2006

I've gone into the archives of the tz mailing list to gather what information there is on this question. A flurry of messages went out on the tz mailing list in May and June, 2005 on the subject of Kazakhstan's time zones, when the country announced the end of DST. In 1996, according to a technical publication of the International Air Transport Association, Kazakhstan split into three time zones. Before that time, it had been all UTC+6 with DST. Afterward, Aktau, Atyrau, and Uralsk oblasts (aka Mangghystau, Atyrau, and West Kazakhstan) went to UTC+4, and Aktyubinsk (aka Aqtöbe) went to UTC+5. In 2005, according to a correspondent in Kazakhstan, those four oblasts united on UTC+5, as the entire country was dropping its observance of DST. So I think the answer is that Atyrau was in Asia/Aqtau from 1996 to 2005. (I tried to send this message two days ago, but it didn't get through.) -- Gwillim Law ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesper Norgaard Welen" <jnorgard(a)prodigy.net.mx> > # The zone closer to UTC is the former Western zone (probably still called > the > # same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtobe, Atyrau, > # Mangghystau, and West Kazakhstan. The other zone encompasses > # everything else.... I guess that would make Kazakhstan time zones > # de jure UTC+5 and UTC+6 respectively. > > Atyrau lies betwen the Aqtobe and Mangghystau (Aqtau) regions. Do we know if > it followed Asia/Aqtobe or Asia/Aqtau in the past?

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Modifications in Uruguay time zone
by Eduardo Cota Sept. 15, 2006

Sept. 15, 2006

According to a new decree, from now on, Daylight Saving Time in Uruguay will start the first sunday of october, at 2:00 local time, and will end the second sunday of march at 2:00 local time That is, from the first sunday of october to the second sunday of march, Uruguay will be at UTC-2 You can see it (in spanish) at http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/CM%20210_08%2006%202006… I think the rules to add to the zoneinfo files would be the following (please correct as necessary) Rule Uruguay 2006 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 0 - Yours, Eduardo Cota.

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RE: Time zone rules change
by Jesper Norgaard Welen Sept. 15, 2006

Sept. 15, 2006

Thank, you Robert! It never occurred to me that eve and evening could be something different - and perhaps I have also the handicap that Christmas Eve in Denmark is where all the fun stuff happens, exchanging gifts, dancing around the Christmas tree etc. and there is nothing special about Christmas Day (the day after, as I understand it). While in the US the presents are received on Christmas Day. I think also that it would be strange to start a new period like Ramadan having the first day different than the rest. But if we can get a clearer web link or a notification from Hammad Hassan where we don't have to second guess anything - that would be nice. Of course it would be even nicer if the international community would recognize that there should be an "ombudsman" (or office) of timezone issues, to which each country must inform about their plans for time changes, or else ... Of course, I'm dreaming, that will never happen, and I guess it's just like human rights etc. the countries that will respond (and report time changes some time before they happen) are the ones that are already doing it correctly, and in an organized manner. Regards, - Jesper -----Original Message----- From: Robert Elz [mailto:kre@munnari.OZ.AU] # The eve of a day is not the same as the evening of the day, it means the # day before the day concerned (hence Christmas Eve is Dec 24 ...)

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Kazakhstan question
by Jesper Norgaard Welen Sept. 15, 2006

Sept. 15, 2006

A quote from the asia file: # The zone closer to UTC is the former Western zone (probably still called the # same), encompassing four provinces in the west: Aqtobe, Atyrau, # Mangghystau, and West Kazakhstan. The other zone encompasses # everything else.... I guess that would make Kazakhstan time zones # de jure UTC+5 and UTC+6 respectively. Atyrau lies betwen the Aqtobe and Mangghystau (Aqtau) regions. Do we know if it followed Asia/Aqtobe or Asia/Aqtau in the past? Regards, - Jesper Jesper Nørgaard Welen Email: jnorgard(a)Prodigy.Net.mx Project Leader (Líder de Proyecto) Software CIMMYT - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo Dirección: CIMMYT Int. c/o Jesper Nørgaard Km. 45, Carretera México-Veracruz El Batán Texcoco, Edo. de México CP 56130 MEXICO Tel.: +52 (55) 58-04-20-04 ext. 1374 Fax: +52 (55) 58-04-75-58 Tel. Casa: 53-10-05-95 ó 53-10-97-78 Download the shareware program World Time Explorer, I made: http://www.worldtimeexplorer.com/index.html

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RE: Time zone rules change
by Paul Schauble Sept. 14, 2006

Sept. 14, 2006

It may not be midnight. Some Middle Eastern countries have the next day starting at sunset. ++PLS ________________________________ From: tz-request(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov [mailto:tz-request@elsie.nci.nih.gov] On Behalf Of Jesper Norgaard Welen Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 6:37 PM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: RE: Time zone rules change Am I missing something obvious here? It seems to me that the article says that Ramadan presumably will start the 24.th. of September 2006, and on the eve of that day, they will switch back to winter time. The rule change should therefore be Sep 25 0:00 or perhaps Sep 24 23:00s (which is the same). All this of course if we assume that the switch will happen at midnight as usual. Regards, - Jesper -----Original Message----- From: rsevero(a)gmail.com [mailto:rsevero@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Severo Sent: Jueves, 14 de Septiembre de 2006 4:19 To: Hammad Hassan-WHH011 Cc: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Re: FW: Time zone rules change I have just tried to modify the africa file to represent the modification that will probably be necessary for Egypt as per Hammad's info (The Egyptian Gazette, 10th September): Clocks to turn back in Ramadan EGYPT will switch back to the winter time on the eve of the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, expected to start this year on September 24. The beginning of Ramadan, during which Muslims abstain from food and drinking from dawn to dusk, is determined by spotting the new moon. "Clocks will be turned back starting from the night on which Darul Ifta (the authority passing Islamic edicts) announces sighting the crescent of the month of Ramadan and the start of fasting," Magdi Radi, the Cabinet spokesman, said yester- day. --- tzdata2006k-original/africa 2006-08-21 10:55:51.000000000 -0300 +++ tzdata2006k/africa 2006-09-13 08:39: 10.000000000 -0300 @@ -211,7 +211,9 @@ # IATA (after 1990) says transitions are at 0:00. # Go with IATA starting in 1995, except correct 1995 entry from 09-30 to 09-29. Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S -Rule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 24 0:00s 0 - +Rule Egypt 2007 max - Sep lastThu 0:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:00 - LMT 1900 Oct I believe this modification also fixes the difference between code and final comment for Egypt: the comment says transitions should be at 0:00 except for 1995 but the current code does otherwise. Hammad, could you send us some info about the final, definitive alteration? I ask this as per the info you sent, the 24th September isn't final yet. Rodrigo Severo On 9/13/06, Hammad Hassan-WHH011 <WHH011(a)motorola.com> wrote: Hello, Please find the attached file from the Egyptian Gazette newspapers on 10 of September 2006, Could you please give me information on how to change the rules on my system? Thank you and Regards, Hassan Hammad -----Original Message----- From: rsevero(a)gmail.com [mailto: rsevero(a)gmail.com <mailto:rsevero@gmail.com> ] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Severo Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 8:54 PM To: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov Cc: Hammad Hassan-WHH011 Subject: Re: FW: Time zone rules change On 9/13/06, Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] <olsona(a)dc37a.nci.nih.gov> wrote: > > Since the rules are changed lately by Egypt government, I need to change the > predefined rules in the time zone file, Could you send us the new rules? If you could also include some link to official information (or non-official) regarding this issue, it would also be included in tz's documentation. Best regards, Rodrigo Severo -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodrigo Severo Diretor Fábrica de Idéias SBS Quadra 2 - Bloco S - Ed. Empire Center - Sala 1.301 Brasília - DF - CEP 70070-904 Tel. (61) 3321-1357 Fax (61) 3223-1712 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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FW: FW: Time zone rules change
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Sept. 12, 2006

Sept. 12, 2006

Hammad Hassan is not on the time zone mailing list; direct replies appropriately. --ado ________________________________ From: Hammad Hassan-WHH011 [mailto:WHH011@motorola.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 3:13 PM To: Rodrigo Severo; tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: RE: FW: Time zone rules change Hello, Please find the attached file from the Egyptian Gazette newspapers on 10 of September 2006, Could you please give me information on how to change the rules on my system? Thank you and Regards, Hassan Hammad -----Original Message----- From: rsevero(a)gmail.com [mailto:rsevero@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Severo Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 8:54 PM To: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov Cc: Hammad Hassan-WHH011 Subject: Re: FW: Time zone rules change On 9/13/06, Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] <olsona(a)dc37a.nci.nih.gov> wrote: > > Since the rules are changed lately by Egypt government, I need to change the > predefined rules in the time zone file, Could you send us the new rules? If you could also include some link to official information (or non-official) regarding this issue, it would also be included in tz's documentation. Best regards, Rodrigo Severo

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Time zone rules change
by Hammad Hassan-WHH011 Sept. 12, 2006

Sept. 12, 2006

Hello, Could you please support for my request, I have a Red-hat Linux server in Egypt, I adjusted the time and date and I selected Africa/Cairo as a time zone to reflect the correct time automatically per summer, winter. The current settings of this file contain the summer/winter time change rules as the last Thursday of April, September respectively. Since the rules are changed lately by Egypt government, I need to change the predefined rules in the time zone file, but I don't know how. I found many but scattered information on the internet. So I need your help. Could you please provide me with a direct procedure to do the required task. Thank you and Best Regards, Hassan Hammad Systems Engineer

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Early DST in Uruguay
by Jesper Norgaard Welen Sept. 7, 2006

Sept. 7, 2006

Gentlemen (and women), we have an early definition of perpetual DST in Uruguay. The government of Uruguay wants to be predictable ... grin 8-) ... at least in timezone matters. The web page http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/09_2006.htm states that "04/09/06 - SE ADELANTA LA HORA OFICIAL A PARTIR DE LA HORA 02:00 AM DEL PRIMER DOMINGO DEL MES DE OCTUBRE DE CADA AÑO. DEC. N° 311/006" translation "04/09/06 - official time will be advanced at 2:00 AM of the First Sunday of October of every year". It links to http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/CM%20210_08%2006%202006_ 00001.PDF which have the following 4 points: I) that the (DST) measure is meant to produce conditions for a saving of energy and an improvement in the daily use (of electricity) and a displacement of the peak of summer electricity use. II) that it is convenient for all involved, to consolidate a periodic and predictable system of this adjustment of clocks. III) that for the above reasons the official time will be adjusted to the period 2:00 AM of the First Sunday of October and 2:00 AM of the Second Sunday of March each year. IV) that the proposed measure will become an important energy saving. Especially I like the second point, there are unfortunately few governments that don't have a predictable timezone system yet, which convert to a predictable system where timezone changes can be calculated into the future, well, at least in theory. I will not go into the details of how the Uruguay rule in the southamerica file should be changed, except that for 2006 and perpetually DST starts "Oct Sun>=1" and ends "Mar Sun>=8". Regards, - Jesper Jesper Nørgaard Welen Email: jnorgard(a)Prodigy.Net.mx Project Leader (Líder de Proyecto) Software CIMMYT - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo Dirección: CIMMYT Int. c/o Jesper Nørgaard Km. 45, Carretera México-Veracruz El Batán Texcoco, Edo. de México CP 56130 MEXICO Tel.: +52 (55) 58-04-20-04 ext. 1374 Fax: +52 (55) 58-04-75-58 Tel. Casa: 53-10-05-95 ó 53-10-97-78 Download the shareware program World Time Explorer, I made: http://www.worldtimeexplorer.com/index.html

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Indiana gains a business from Ohio due to adoption of DST
by Paul Eggert Sept. 6, 2006

Sept. 6, 2006

A press release today from the Dearborn County Economic Initiative claims that 3S Inc.'s recent move from Ohio to Dearborn County, Indiana was made possible by Indiana's recent adoption of daylight saving time. The press release quotes Matthew Euson, General Manager of 3S and a key decision maker with the relocation project, as saying: In addition to these factors, the change Indiana made to day light savings time also made the move to Indiana possible since most of our customers and vendors operate in this time zone. Reference: <http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=19402> (2006-08-28 10:56:58 local time)

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Hanoi and other Vietnam cities in tz database
by Phan Vinh Thinh Sept. 6, 2006

Sept. 6, 2006

Hi, First, sorry if someone asked before. I can't browse your old mailing list's archive, and download this archive in the mean time. Hanoi now is the capital of Vietnam, but there is not Hanoi in the timezone map. I wonder what the reason is. Please CC in your reply. I didn't subscribe to this list. -- С уважением Phan Vĩnh Thịnh <teppi tại vnoss chấm org> http://teppi82.googlepages.com Jabber: teppi82(a)jabber.ru

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Uruguayan DST
by Federico Gamio Sept. 6, 2006

Sept. 6, 2006

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Uruguayan Goverment has already decide that Uruguay will have (finally) a regular DST policy. - From 1st Sunday of Octuber Uruguay will be GMT -2 to 2nd Sunday of March every year. But we can't make in the right way, so the DST change is at 2 AM (politicians thinks that computers will go crazy if you set the DST at 00:00... they don't know anything about tz :) I can not send you the decrete, because is not avaible yet on-line. Here is my Rules... Rule Uruguay 2006 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 0:00 - Regards Federico Gamio - -- My software never has bugs. | ASCII Ribbon Campaign /"\ It just develops random features. | For Standards-Complaint Email \ / Public GnuPG key avaible at: http://www.keyserver.net X 1024D/203E154B 2003-10-03 Federico Gamio <federico(a)gamio.net> / \ Key fingerprint = 0B9E 3A19 C88B EBAC 5422 C05F 76B5 B922 203E 154B sub 2048g/32D2F465 2003-10-03 - Key ID: 76B5B922203E154B -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE/lFddrW5IiA+FUsRAvW0AJ9YOAlncfW6PcT9hf9jZyzqGLbndgCeLhhW 4IJfAdsXPQctYZ+MuVEdqB4= =+BHE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Change for TZ in Uruguay
by Francisco Pereira Sept. 6, 2006

Sept. 6, 2006

Attached is a patch for UYT recent changes ( Presidential Decree http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/CM%20210_08%2006%202006… ) The government changed the local time, every year from the first Sunday in October 02:00 local time until the second Sunday in March 02:00 local time, the official time will be GMT-2. The patch is against tzdata2006k. Regards, Francisco. --- southamerica.orig 2006-09-05 23:39:17.000000000 -0300 +++ southamerica 2006-09-05 23:38:52.000000000 -0300 @@ -1064,6 +1064,12 @@ # 02:00 local time, official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2. Rule Uruguay 2005 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 2006 only - Mar 12 2:00 0 - +# From Francisco Pereira (2006-09-05): +# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/CM%20210_08%2006%202006… +# This means that every year from the first Sunday in October 02:00 local time, until +# the second Sunday in March 02:00 local time, official time in Uruguay will be at GMT-2 +Rule Uruguay 2006 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Uruguay 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 - LMT 1898 Jun 28 -3:44:44 - MMT 1920 May 1 # Montevideo MT

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Tzcode2006k.tar.gz and tzdata2006k.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Aug. 28, 2006

Aug. 28, 2006

The files... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2006k.tar.gz ...and... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2006k.tar.gz ...are now available; these incorporate the changes circulated last week on the time zone mailing list by Paul Eggert. --ado

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AAS wants astronomers' opinions on abolishing leap seconds by Sept. 15
by Paul Eggert Aug. 22, 2006

Aug. 22, 2006

The American Astronomical Society has established a Leap Second Committee that is soliciting comments from professional and amateur astronomers on the draft ITU-R recommendation to abolish leap seconds. As I understand it, the latest proposal is to replace leap seconds with leap hours, which would occur every few hundred years at first. Comments are due by September 15. For details please see <http://www.aas.org/policy/LeapSecondCommittee.html>. For more about the issue in general, please see <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second#Proposal_to_redefine_UTC_and_aboli…>, <http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/onlinebib.html>, and <http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/nc1985wp7a.html>.

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Gaza time
by Jesper Norgaard Welen Aug. 22, 2006

Aug. 22, 2006

A quote from the 'asia' file: # From Paul Eggert (2005-11-22): # Starting 2004 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com. # From Steffen Thorsen (2005-11-23): # A user from Gaza reported that Gaza made the change early because of # the Ramadan. Next year Ramadan will be even earlier, so I think # there is a good chance next year's end date will be around two weeks # earlier--the same goes for Jordan. Steffens web site now reports that Gaza started DST very early this year, 1.st of April at 0:00 hour local time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=702 The tz database would have this change as other years, at First Friday on or after 15.th. of April 0:00, like previous years back to 1999. Now that we have a load of changes to publish, should we also include this change? Perhaps Steffen can comment? Regards, - Jesper Jesper Nørgaard Welen Email: jnorgard(a)Prodigy.Net.mx Project Leader (Líder de Proyecto) Software CIMMYT - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo Dirección: CIMMYT Int. c/o Jesper Nørgaard Km. 45, Carretera México-Veracruz El Batán Texcoco, Edo. de México CP 56130 MEXICO Tel.: +52 (55) 58-04-20-04 ext. 1374 Fax: +52 (55) 58-04-75-58 Tel. Casa: 53-10-05-95 ó 53-10-97-78 Download the shareware program World Time Explorer, I made: http://www.worldtimeexplorer.com/index.html

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Tzcode2006j.tar.gz and tzdata2006j.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Aug. 21, 2006

Aug. 21, 2006

Another Monday, another version. The files... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2006j.tar.gz ...and... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2006j.tar.gz ...are now available; these reflect the proposed changes circulated last week on the time zone mailing list by Paul Eggert. --ado

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Indiana's time zone melee continues....
by Paul Eggert Aug. 17, 2006

Aug. 17, 2006

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels sent a letter Monday to the U.S. Dept. of Transportation supporting time reversal petitions filed by Pulaski County and (jointly) by Daviess, Dubois, Knox, Martin and Pike counties, asking to move back from central to eastern time. Starke and Perry counties have not petitioned to return to eastern time. "Time reversal petitions".... That has a nice ring to it. Dan Shaw reported yesterday that Pulaski county is currently in disarray. Two sample quotes from his article indicate how bad it is: "When you go to Francesville, the grocery store and the bank runs on Eastern time," [Mike Tiede, the president of the Pulaski County commissioners] said. "Medaryville runs on Central time. In Winamac, they run mostly on Eastern. It's just a zoo."... West Central School Corp., which serves slightly fewer than 1,000 students in Pulaski and Jasper counties, has remained on Eastern time and has taken to announcing events in both times. Some say the district should compromise and set its clocks back by a half an hour. Reference: Dan Shaw, Pulaski County ready to ditch time zone 'zoo', Lafayette Journal & Courier (2006-08-15 05:00 EST) <http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060815/NEWS/608150320/…>

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by balaji nagaraj Aug. 16, 2006

Aug. 16, 2006

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proposed changes for Honduras, Bermuda, New Brunswick, Quebec, etc.
by Paul Eggert Aug. 11, 2006

Aug. 11, 2006

The news from Honduras means that as of Monday morning (August 7) the tz database is incorrect for today's time stamps in that country, so it's time to push out a new version of the data. Here's a proposed patch incorporating all the proposed changes since the last data update. Thanks to everybody who has contributed fixes and news; the work couldn't be done without you. Data changes affecting current or future time stamps Honduras stopped observing DST on Monday at 00:00. (Thanks to Jesper Norgaard Welen.) America/Bermuda will follow the US's lead next year. No word yet on Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, and Turks and Caicos, so we leave those alone for now. America/Moncton will use US-style rules next year, switching at 02:00 rather than at 00:01. (Thanks to Chris Walton.) New Zone America/Blanc-Sablon, for Canadians who observe AST all year. (Thanks to Chris Walton.) Data changes affecting historical time stamps New Zone Europe/Volgograd, to reflect the fact that its area has a unique time zone history since 1970. (Thanks to Jesper Norgaard Welen.) Europe/Samara was not called "Kuybyshev" until 1935-01-27. Corrected longitudes for America/Scoresbysund, affecting LMT before 1916. Similarly for America/Rankin_Inlet, America/Inuvik. (Thanks to Andy McDonald.) Administrative data changes New Zone America/Atikokan, superseding the far less-populous America/Coral_Harbour. A backwards-compatible entry is added for those who prefer the old name. (Thanks to Chris Walton.) New Zones Europe/Jersey, Europe/Guernsey, Europe/Isle_of_Man to match the new ISO 3166 (inhabited) country codes. These are merely links to Europe/London for now, though I suppose at some point we could research them for pre-1970 divergences. In zone.tab, fix latitude and longitude for America/Argentina/Tucuman. (Thanks to Andy McDonald.) In zone.tab, update commentary for Canadian zones. (Thanks to Chris Walton.) In zone.tab, use more-precise coordinates for some Canadian locations. Commentary changes Many comments updated for planned changes in Canada next year. (Thanks to Chris Walton.) Add an official source for when Guatemalan DST is predicted to end this year. Add commentary about historical time zone boundaries within China. (Thanks to Jesper Norgaard Welen.) Add commentary suggesting that elements of the Australian government now seem to prefer time zone abbreviations like "AEST". (Thanks to Chuck Soper.) Clarify the statement of Mark Brader's findings on Toronto's DST in 1971. (Thanks to Mark Brader.) Remove commentary about this year's change in El Salvador, which didn't happen. Web page changes Revert from XHTML 1.0 to HTML 4.01. I was convinced by Ian Hickson's article "Sending XHTML as text/html Considered Harmful" <http://hixie.ch/advocacy/xhtml>. Maybe in a few years we can switch back to an XML-based approach. Oracle Database now uses the tz database. Update link to Time Zone Registry proposal, to point at calconnect.org. Add references to xmlDate, and to the Microsoft Windows Tzid table. Update reference to the Timezone Option to DHCP. Fix some HTML typos in tz-art.htm, and reformat some entries slightly. Add a pointer to John Dunning's book "Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime". =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/Makefile,v retrieving revision 2006.9 retrieving revision 2006.9.0.1 diff -pu -r2006.9 -r2006.9.0.1 --- Makefile 2006/08/07 16:30:31 2006.9 +++ Makefile 2006/08/11 06:59:56 2006.9.0.1 @@ -223,16 +223,16 @@ ZIC= $(zic) $(ZFLAGS) AWK= nawk # The path where SGML DTDs are kept. -SGML_SEARCH_PATH= $(TOPDIR)/share/doc/sgml-lib/REC-xhtml1-20000126/ +SGML_SEARCH_PATH= $(TOPDIR)/share/doc/sgml-lib/REC-html401-19991224/ # The catalog file(s) to use when validating XHTML. -SGML_CATALOG_FILES= xhtml.soc +SGML_CATALOG_FILES= HTML4.cat # The name, arguments and environment of a program to validate your web pages. # See <http://www.jclark.com/sp/> for a validator, and # <http://validator.w3.org/source/> for a validation library. VALIDATE = nsgmls -VALIDATE_FLAGS = -s -B -wall -wno-unused-param -wxml +VALIDATE_FLAGS = -s -B -wall -wno-unused-param VALIDATE_ENV = \ SGML_CATALOG_FILES=$(SGML_CATALOG_FILES) \ SGML_SEARCH_PATH=$(SGML_SEARCH_PATH) \ =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/asia,v retrieving revision 2006.6 retrieving revision 2006.6.0.1 diff -pu -r2006.6 -r2006.6.0.1 --- asia 2006/05/01 13:44:41 2006.6 +++ asia 2006/08/11 06:59:56 2006.6.0.1 @@ -212,14 +212,27 @@ Rule Shang 1941 only - Mar 16 0:00 1:00 Rule PRC 1986 only - May 4 0:00 1:00 D Rule PRC 1986 1991 - Sep Sun>=11 0:00 0 S Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D -# -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -# + # From Anthony Fok (2001-12-20): # BTW, I did some research on-line and found some info regarding these five # historic timezones from some Taiwan websites. And yes, there are official -# Chinese names for these locales (before 1949): +# Chinese names for these locales (before 1949). +# +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-07-14): +# I have investigated the timezones around 1970 on the +# http://www.astro.com/atlas site [with provinces and county +# boundaries summarized below].... A few other exceptions were two +# counties on the Sichuan side of the Xizang-Sichuan border, +# counties Dege and Baiyu which lies on the Sichuan side and are +# therefore supposed to be GMT+7, Xizang region being GMT+6, but Dege +# county is GMT+8 according to astro.com while Baiyu county is GMT+6 +# (could be true), for the moment I am assuming that those two +# counties are mistakes in the astro.com data. + + +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area) +# Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 # or Haerbin 8:30 - CHAT 1932 Mar # Changbai Time 8:00 - CST 1940 @@ -227,18 +240,35 @@ Zone Asia/Harbin 8:26:44 - LMT 1928 # or 8:30 - CHAT 1980 May 8:00 PRC C%sT # Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time") +# most of China Zone Asia/Shanghai 8:05:52 - LMT 1928 8:00 Shang C%sT 1949 8:00 PRC C%sT # Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of that area) +# Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan; +# most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; west Qinghai; and the Guangdong +# counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing, +# Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu. Zone Asia/Chongqing 7:06:20 - LMT 1928 # or Chungking 7:00 - LONT 1980 May # Long-shu Time 8:00 PRC C%sT # Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time") +# The Gansu counties Aksay, Anxi, Dunhuang, Subei; west Qinghai; +# the Guangdong counties Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang, +# Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, Huazhou, Gaozhou, Maoming, Dianbai, and Xinyi; +# east Tibet, including Lhasa, Chamdo, Shigaise, Jimsar, Shawan and Hutubi; +# east Xinjiang, including Urumqi, Turpan, Karamay, Korla, Minfeng, Jinghe, +# Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin, +# Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami, +# Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan. Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time 8:00 PRC C%sT # Kunlun Time +# West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule; +# West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke, +# Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding, +# and Yarkand. Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time 5:00 - KAST 1980 May @@ -1076,10 +1106,12 @@ Zone Asia/Bishkek 4:58:24 - LMT 1924 May # Korea (North and South) -# From Guy Harris: -# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco, -# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987. He did not know -# at what time of day DST starts or ends. +# From Annie I. Bang (2006-07-10) in +# <http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/07/10/200607100012.asp>: +# The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy has already +# commissioned a research project [to reintroduce DST] and has said +# the system may begin as early as 2008.... Korea ran a daylight +# saving program from 1949-61 but stopped it during the 1950-53 Korean War. # From Shanks & Pottenger: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/australasia,v retrieving revision 2006.3 retrieving revision 2006.3.0.1 diff -pu -r2006.3 -r2006.3.0.1 --- australasia 2006/04/03 14:04:44 2006.3 +++ australasia 2006/08/11 06:59:56 2006.3.0.1 @@ -587,6 +587,12 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00 # EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00 +# From Chuck Soper (2006-06-01): +# I recently found this Australian government web page on time zones: +# <http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia-13time> +# And this government web page lists time zone names and abbreviations: +# <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/daysavtm.shtml> + # From Paul Eggert (2001-04-05), summarizing a long discussion about "EST" # versus "AEST" etc.: # =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/backward,v retrieving revision 2006.2 retrieving revision 2006.2.0.1 diff -pu -r2006.2 -r2006.2.0.1 --- backward 2006/02/20 15:08:18 2006.2 +++ backward 2006/08/11 06:59:56 2006.2.0.1 @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Link America/Argentina/Catamarca America Link America/Adak America/Atka Link America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires America/Buenos_Aires Link America/Argentina/Catamarca America/Catamarca +Link America/Atikokan America/Coral_Harbour Link America/Argentina/Cordoba America/Cordoba Link America/Tijuana America/Ensenada Link America/Indiana/Indianapolis America/Fort_Wayne =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/europe,v retrieving revision 2006.3 retrieving revision 2006.3.0.1 diff -pu -r2006.3 -r2006.3.0.1 --- europe 2006/04/03 14:07:50 2006.3 +++ europe 2006/08/11 06:59:56 2006.3.0.1 @@ -425,6 +425,9 @@ Zone Europe/London -0:01:15 - LMT 1847 D 1:00 - BST 1971 Oct 31 2:00u 0:00 GB-Eire %s 1996 0:00 EU GMT/BST +Link Europe/London Europe/Jersey +Link Europe/London Europe/Guernsey +Link Europe/London Europe/Isle_of_Man Zone Europe/Dublin -0:25:00 - LMT 1880 Aug 2 -0:25:21 - DMT 1916 May 21 2:00 -0:25:21 1:00 IST 1916 Oct 1 2:00s @@ -894,7 +897,7 @@ Zone America/Danmarkshavn -1:14:40 - LMT -3:00 - WGT 1980 Apr 6 2:00 -3:00 EU WG%sT 1996 0:00 - GMT -Zone America/Scoresbysund -1:29:00 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Ittoqqortoormiit +Zone America/Scoresbysund -1:27:52 - LMT 1916 Jul 28 # Ittoqqortoormiit -2:00 - CGT 1980 Apr 6 2:00 -2:00 C-Eur CG%sT 1981 Mar 29 -1:00 EU EG%sT @@ -1937,20 +1940,20 @@ Zone Europe/Kaliningrad 1:22:00 - LMT 1 2:00 Russia EE%sT # # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] -# Respublika Adygeya, Arkhangel'skaya oblast', Astrakhanskaya oblast', +# Respublika Adygeya, Arkhangel'skaya oblast', # Belgorodskaya oblast', Bryanskaya oblast', Vladimirskaya oblast', -# Volgogradskaya oblast', Vologodskaya oblast', Voronezhskaya oblast', +# Vologodskaya oblast', Voronezhskaya oblast', # Respublika Dagestan, Ivanovskaya oblast', Respublika Ingushetiya, # Kabarbino-Balkarskaya Respublika, Respublika Kalmykiya, # Kalyzhskaya oblast', Respublika Karachaevo-Cherkessiya, -# Respublika Kareliya, Kirovskaya oblast', Respublika Komi, +# Respublika Kareliya, Respublika Komi, # Kostromskaya oblast', Krasnodarskij kraj, Kurskaya oblast', # Leningradskaya oblast', Lipetskaya oblast', Respublika Marij El, # Respublika Mordoviya, Moskva, Moskovskaya oblast', # Murmanskaya oblast', Nenetskij avtonomnyj okrug, # Nizhegorodskaya oblast', Novgorodskaya oblast', Orlovskaya oblast', # Penzenskaya oblast', Pskovskaya oblast', Rostovskaya oblast', -# Ryazanskaya oblast', Sankt-Peterburg, Saratovskaya oblast', +# Ryazanskaya oblast', Sankt-Peterburg, # Respublika Severnaya Osetiya, Smolenskaya oblast', # Stavropol'skij kraj, Tambovskaya oblast', Respublika Tatarstan, # Tverskaya oblast', Tyl'skaya oblast', Ul'yanovskaya oblast', @@ -1965,11 +1968,25 @@ Zone Europe/Moscow 2:30:20 - LMT 1880 2:00 Russia EE%sT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD # +# Astrakhanskaya oblast', Kirovskaya oblast', Saratovskaya oblast', +# Volgogradskaya oblast'. Shanks & Pottenger say Kirov is still at +0400 +# but Wikipedia (2006-05-09) says +0300. Perhaps it switched after the +# others? But we have no data. +Zone Europe/Volgograd 2:57:40 - LMT 1920 Jan 3 + 3:00 - TSAT 1925 Apr 6 # Tsaritsyn Time + 3:00 - STAT 1930 Jun 21 # Stalingrad Time + 4:00 - STAT 1961 Nov 11 + 4:00 Russia VOL%sT 1989 Mar 26 2:00s # Volgograd T + 3:00 Russia VOL%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 4:00 - VOLT 1992 Mar 29 2:00s + 3:00 Russia VOL%sT +# # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): [This region consists of] # Samarskaya oblast', Udmyrtskaya respublika Zone Europe/Samara 3:20:36 - LMT 1919 Jul 1 2:00 - 3:00 - KUYT 1930 Jun 21 # Kuybyshev - 4:00 Russia KUY%sT 1989 Mar 26 2:00s + 3:00 - SAMT 1930 Jun 21 + 4:00 - SAMT 1935 Jan 27 + 4:00 Russia KUY%sT 1989 Mar 26 2:00s # Kuybyshev 3:00 Russia KUY%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 2:00 Russia KUY%sT 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 3:00 - KUYT 1991 Oct 20 3:00 =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/iso3166.tab,v retrieving revision 2006.2 retrieving revision 2006.2.0.1 diff -pu -r2006.2 -r2006.2.0.1 --- iso3166.tab 2006/02/20 15:08:18 2006.2 +++ iso3166.tab 2006/08/11 06:59:56 2006.2.0.1 @@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ # # @(#)iso3166.tab 8.1 # -# From Paul Eggert (2004-06-14): +# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-24): # # This file contains a table with the following columns: # 1. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, current as of -# ISO 3166-1 Newsletter No. V-10 (2004-04-26). See: +# ISO 3166-1 Newsletter No. V-11 (2006-03-29). See: # <a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html"> # ISO 3166 Maintenance agency (ISO 3166/MA) # </a>. @@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ GB Britain (UK) GD Grenada GE Georgia GF French Guiana +GG Guernsey GH Ghana GI Gibraltar GL Greenland @@ -122,12 +123,14 @@ HU Hungary ID Indonesia IE Ireland IL Israel +IM Isle of Man IN India IO British Indian Ocean Territory IQ Iraq IR Iran IS Iceland IT Italy +JE Jersey JM Jamaica JO Jordan JP Japan =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/northamerica,v retrieving revision 2006.7 retrieving revision 2006.7.0.1 diff -pu -r2006.7 -r2006.7.0.1 --- northamerica 2006/05/08 21:17:48 2006.7 +++ northamerica 2006/08/11 06:59:56 2006.7.0.1 @@ -900,6 +900,41 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 18 # U.S. and the rest of Canada.... # http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2005-2009/2006AG0014-000330.htm +# From Chris Walton (2006-04-25): +# Daylight saving time will be extended by four weeks starting in 2007.... +# Here is a news release which was issued today by the Nova Scotia government: +# http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20060425004 + +# From Chris Walton (2006-06-26): +# [For New Brunswick] the new legislation dictates that the time change is to +# be done at 02:00 instead of 00:01. +# http://www.gnb.ca/0062/acts/BBA-2006/Chap-19.pdf +# ... +# Manitoba has traditionally changed the clock every fall at 03:00. +# As of 2006, the transition is to take place one hour earlier at 02:00. +# http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/ccsm/o030e.php +# ... +# [Alberta, Ontario, Quebec] will follow US rules. +# http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/documents/Acts/2006CH03_UNPR.cfm?frm_isbn=0779744934 +# http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Source/Regs/English/2006/R06111_e.htm +# http://www.assnat.qc.ca/eng/37legislature2/Projets-loi/Publics/06-a002.htm +# ... +# P.E.I. will follow US rules. The new legislation is not law yet. +# It passed first reading on April 20.... +# http://www.assembly.pe.ca/bills/pdf_first/62/3/bill-101.pdf +# ... +# Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.... The change is being considered. +# http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2006/mpa/0331n01.htm +# ... +# N.W.T. will follow US rules. Whoever maintains the government web site +# does not seem to believe in bookmarks. To see the news release, click the +# following link and search for "Daylight Savings Time Change". Press the +# "Daylight Savings Time Change" link; it will fire off a popup using +# JavaScript. +# http://www.exec.gov.nt.ca/currentnews/currentPR.asp?mode=archive + + + # From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25): # H. David Matthews and Mary Vincent's map # <a href="http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp"> @@ -912,16 +947,10 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 18 # information about standard and daylight saving time zones in Canada. # </a> (updated periodically). # Its unofficial information is often taken from Matthews and Vincent. -# -# CBC News reported that Ontario and Manitoba have announced plans to -# follow the US change; see -# <http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/daylightsavingtime/> (2005-10-21). -# CBC news also reported that Prince Edward Island is the first -# province in Atlantic Canada to follow the US change, and that Quebec -# had agreed; see <http://www.cbc.ca/pei/story/pe_daylight_20051207.html> -# (2005-12-07). It also reported that Alberta will fall into line; see -# <http://www.cbc.ca/calgary/story/ca_daylight20060202.html> (2006-02-02). -# For now, assume all of Canada will fall into line. + +# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27): +# For now, assume all of DST-observing Canada will fall into line with the +# new US DST rules, # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Canada 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D @@ -936,7 +965,7 @@ Rule Canada 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1 Rule Canada 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S -# Newfoundland (and far southeast Labrador) +# Newfoundland and Labrador # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Labrador should use NST/NDT, @@ -974,9 +1003,6 @@ Rule StJohns 1987 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 Rule StJohns 1987 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S Rule StJohns 1988 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 2:00 DD Rule StJohns 1989 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D -# From Chris Walton (2006-04-05): -# http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2006/mpa/0331n01.htm -# [This says Newfoundlandland expects to follow step with the US.] Rule StJohns 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:01 1:00 D Rule StJohns 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 0:01 0 S # @@ -1015,11 +1041,6 @@ Zone America/Goose_Bay -4:01:40 - LMT 18 # in Canada to observe DST in 1971 but not 1970; for now we'll assume # this is a typo. -# From Chris Walton (2006-04-25): -# Daylight saving time will be extended by four weeks starting in 2007.... -# Here is a news release which was issued today by the Nova Scotia government: -# http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20060425004 - # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Halifax 1916 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1916 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S @@ -1084,10 +1105,7 @@ Zone America/Glace_Bay -3:59:48 - LMT 19 # <http://www.gnb.ca/0062/PDF-acts/t-06.pdf> says they change at 00:01, and # <http://www.canlii.org/nb/laws/sta/t-6/20030127/whole.html> makes it # clear that this has been the case since at least 1993. -# For now, assume it started in 1993. The Office of the Premier announced -# <http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/pre/2005e1737pr.htm> (2005-12-23) -# that they will bring forward proposed amendments to harmonize with the US; -# for now assume that this will happen, but they'll still switch at 00:01. +# For now, assume it started in 1993. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Moncton 1933 1935 - Jun Sun>=8 1:00 1:00 D @@ -1103,8 +1121,6 @@ Rule Moncton 1946 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:0 Rule Moncton 1957 1972 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Moncton 1993 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D Rule Moncton 1993 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S -Rule Moncton 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:01 1:00 D -Rule Moncton 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 0:01 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Moncton -4:19:08 - LMT 1883 Dec 9 -5:00 - EST 1902 Jun 15 @@ -1113,13 +1129,79 @@ Zone America/Moncton -4:19:08 - LMT 1883 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1946 -4:00 Moncton A%sT 1973 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1993 - -4:00 Moncton A%sT + -4:00 Moncton A%sT 2007 + -4:00 Canada A%sT -# Ontario, Quebec +# Quebec -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# Shanks & Pottenger writes that since 1970 most of Ontario has been like -# Toronto, and most of Quebec has been like Montreal. +# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09): +# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of Quebec has been +# like Montreal. + +# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27): +# Matthews and Vincent (1998) also write that Quebec east of the -63 +# meridian is supposed to observe AST, but residents as far east as +# Natashquan use EST/EDT, and residents east of Natashquan use AST. +# In "Official time in Quebec" the Quebec department of justice writes in +# http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/publications/generale/temps-regl-1-a.… +# that "The residents of the Municipality of the +# Cote-Nord-du-Golfe-Saint-Laurent and the municipalities of Saint-Augustin, +# Bonne-Esperance and Blanc-Sablon apply the Official Time Act as it is +# written and use Atlantic standard time all year round. The same applies to +# the residents of the Native facilities along the lower North Shore." +# <http://www.assnat.qc.ca/eng/37legislature2/Projets-loi/Publics/06-a002.htm> +# says this common practice was codified into law as of 2007. +# For lack of better info, guess this practice began around 1970, contra to +# Shanks & Pottenger who have this region observing AST/ADT. + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Mont 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1917 only - Apr 24 0:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1919 only - Mar 31 2:30 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1919 only - Oct 25 2:30 0 S +Rule Mont 1920 only - May 2 2:30 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1920 1922 - Oct Sun>=1 2:30 0 S +Rule Mont 1921 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1922 only - Apr 30 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1924 only - May 17 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1924 1926 - Sep lastSun 2:30 0 S +Rule Mont 1925 1926 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +# The 1927-to-1937 rules can be expressed more simply as +# Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Apr lastSat 24:00 1:00 D +# Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Sep lastSat 24:00 0 S +# The rules below avoid use of 24:00 +# (which pre-1998 versions of zic cannot handle). +Rule Mont 1927 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1927 1932 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1928 1931 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1932 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1933 1940 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1933 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1946 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1945 1948 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1949 1950 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1951 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S + +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Blanc-Sablon -3:48:28 - LMT 1884 + -4:00 Canada A%sT 1970 + -4:00 - AST +Zone America/Montreal -4:54:16 - LMT 1884 + -5:00 Mont E%sT 1918 + -5:00 Canada E%sT 1919 + -5:00 Mont E%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s + -5:00 Canada E%sT 1946 + -5:00 Mont E%sT 1974 + -5:00 Canada E%sT + + +# Ontario + +# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09): +# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of Ontario has been like +# Toronto. # Thunder Bay skipped DST in 1973. # Many smaller locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1974; # Nipigon (EST) and Rainy River (CST) are the largest that we know of. @@ -1150,51 +1232,45 @@ Zone America/Moncton -4:19:08 - LMT 1883 # Officially Atikokan is therefore on CST/CDT, and most likely this report # concerns a non-official time observed as a matter of local practice. # -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# For what it's worth, Shanks & Pottenger say that Atikokan has agreed with -# Rainy River ever since standard time was introduced. - # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Atikokan, Pickle Lake, and # New Osnaburgh observe CST all year, that Big Trout Lake observes # CST/CDT, and that Upsala and Shebandowan observe EST/EDT, all in # violation of the official Ontario rules. -# They also write that Quebec east of the -63 meridian is supposed to -# observe AST, but residents as far east as Natashquan use EST/EDT, -# and residents east of Natashquan use AST. -# We probably need Zones for far east Quebec and for Atikokan, -# but we don't know when their practices started. +# +# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09): +# Chris Walton (2006-07-06) mentioned an article by Stephanie MacLellan in the +# 2005-07-21 Chronicle-Journal, which said: +# +# The clocks in Atikokan stay set on standard time year-round. +# This means they spend about half the time on central time and +# the other half on eastern time. +# +# For the most part, the system works, Mayor Dennis Brown said. +# +# "The majority of businesses in Atikokan deal more with Eastern +# Canada, but there are some that deal with Western Canada," he +# said. "I don't see any changes happening here." +# +# Walton also writes "Supposedly Pickle Lake and Mishkeegogamang +# [New Osnaburgh] follow the same practice." + +# From Garry McKinnon (2006-07-14) via Chris Walton: +# I chatted with a member of my board who has an outstanding memory +# and a long history in Atikokan (and in the telecom industry) and he +# can say for certain that Atikokan has been practicing the current +# time keeping since 1952, at least. + +# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-17): +# Shanks & Pottenger say that Atikokan has agreed with Rainy River +# ever since standard time was introduced, but the information from +# McKinnon sounds more authoritative. For now, assume that Atikokan +# switched to EST immediately after WWII era daylight saving time +# ended. This matches the old (less-populous) America/Coral_Harbour +# entry since our cutoff date of 1970, so we can move +# America/Coral_Harbour to the 'backward' file. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Mont 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1917 only - Apr 24 0:00 0 S -Rule Mont 1919 only - Mar 31 2:30 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1919 only - Oct 25 2:30 0 S -Rule Mont 1920 only - May 2 2:30 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1920 1922 - Oct Sun>=1 2:30 0 S -Rule Mont 1921 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1922 only - Apr 30 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1924 only - May 17 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1924 1926 - Sep lastSun 2:30 0 S -Rule Mont 1925 1926 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -# The 1927-to-1937 rules can be expressed more simply as -# Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Apr lastSat 24:00 1:00 D -# Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Sep lastSat 24:00 0 S -# The rules below avoid use of 24:00 -# (which pre-1998 versions of zic cannot handle). -Rule Mont 1927 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1927 1932 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S -Rule Mont 1928 1931 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1932 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1933 1940 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1933 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Mont 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S -Rule Mont 1946 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1945 1948 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S -Rule Mont 1949 1950 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S -Rule Mont 1951 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S -Rule Mont 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S - Rule Toronto 1919 only - Mar 30 23:30 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1919 only - Oct 26 0:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1920 only - May 2 2:00 1:00 D @@ -1228,9 +1304,9 @@ Rule Toronto 1950 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:0 Rule Toronto 1950 only - Nov lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1951 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S # Shanks & Pottenger say Toronto ended DST a week early in 1971, -# namely on 1971-10-24, but Mark Brader wrote (2003-05-31) that he -# checked the 1971-10-30 issue of the Toronto Star, and it said that -# DST ended 1971-10-31 as usual. +# namely on 1971-10-24, but Mark Brader wrote (2003-05-31) that this +# is wrong, and that he had confirmed it by checking the 1971-10-30 +# Toronto Star, which said that DST was ending 1971-10-31 as usual. Rule Toronto 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # From Paul Eggert (2003-07-27): @@ -1252,13 +1328,6 @@ Rule Toronto 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:0 # months for the remainder of the war years. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Montreal -4:54:16 - LMT 1884 - -5:00 Mont E%sT 1918 - -5:00 Canada E%sT 1919 - -5:00 Mont E%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s - -5:00 Canada E%sT 1946 - -5:00 Mont E%sT 1974 - -5:00 Canada E%sT Zone America/Toronto -5:17:32 - LMT 1895 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1919 -5:00 Toronto E%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s @@ -1276,19 +1345,19 @@ Zone America/Nipigon -5:53:04 - LMT 1895 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1940 Sep 29 -5:00 1:00 EDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s -5:00 Canada E%sT -Zone America/Rainy_River -6:17:56 - LMT 1895 +Zone America/Rainy_River -6:18:16 - LMT 1895 -6:00 Canada C%sT 1940 Sep 29 -6:00 1:00 CDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s -6:00 Canada C%sT +Zone America/Atikokan -6:06:28 - LMT 1895 + -6:00 Canada C%sT 1940 Sep 29 + -6:00 1:00 CDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s + -6:00 Canada C%sT 1945 Sep 30 2:00 + -5:00 - EST # Manitoba -# From Chris Walton (2006-04-05): -# Here is a copy of the new official time act ... -# http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/ccsm/o030e.php -# The act indicates that daylight savings ends at 2:00am. - # From Rob Douglas (2006-04-06): # the old Manitoba Time Act - as amended by Bill 2, assented to # March 27, 1987 ... said ... @@ -1388,6 +1457,11 @@ Zone America/Winnipeg -6:28:36 - LMT 188 # rules any more; all other districts appear to have used CST year round # since sometime in the 1960s. +# From Chris Walton (2006-06-26): +# The Saskatchewan time act which was last updated in 1996 is about 30 pages +# long and rather painful to read. +# http://www.qp.gov.sk.ca/documents/English/Statutes/Statutes/T14.pdf + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Regina 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule Regina 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S @@ -1490,6 +1564,10 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT # * O.I.C. 1987/056 changed DST to Apr firstSun 2:00 to Oct lastSun 2:00. # Shanks & Pottenger say Yukon's 1973-10-28 switch was at 2:00; go # with Englander. +# From Chris Walton (2006-06-26): +# Here is a link to the old daylight saving portion of the interpretation +# act which was last updated in 1987: +# http://www.gov.yk.ca/legislation/regs/oic1987_056.pdf # From Rives McDow (1999-09-04): # Nunavut ... moved ... to incorporate the whole territory into one time zone. @@ -1597,10 +1675,10 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT # From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26): # For lack of better information, assume that Southampton Island observed # daylight saving only during wartime. -# -# From Chris Walton (2006-04-25): -# Daylight saving time will be extended by four weeks starting in 2007.... -# http://www.cbc.ca/north/story/nor-nwt-time-change.html + +# From Chris Walton (2006-07-19): +# The government of Yukon Territory ... recently announced it will extend +# daylight saving in 2007.... http://www.gov.yk.ca/news/2006/06-164.html # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D @@ -1625,10 +1703,11 @@ Zone America/Iqaluit -4:33:52 - LMT 1884 -5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 Canada E%sT -Zone America/Coral_Harbour -5:32:40 - LMT 1884 - -5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1946 - -5:00 - EST -Zone America/Rankin_Inlet -6:08:40 - LMT 1884 +# Now subsumed by America/Atikokan. +#Zone America/Coral_Harbour -5:32:40 - LMT 1884 +# -5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1946 +# -5:00 - EST +Zone America/Rankin_Inlet -6:08:20 - LMT 1884 -6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 - EST 2001 Apr 1 3:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT @@ -1641,7 +1720,7 @@ Zone America/Cambridge_Bay -7:00:20 - LM Zone America/Yellowknife -7:37:24 - LMT 1884 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1980 -7:00 Canada M%sT -Zone America/Inuvik -8:54:00 - LMT 1884 +Zone America/Inuvik -8:54:52 - LMT 1884 -8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1979 Apr lastSun 2:00 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1980 -7:00 Canada M%sT @@ -1952,10 +2031,20 @@ Zone America/Belize -5:52:48 - LMT 1912 -6:00 Belize C%sT # Bermuda + +# From Dan Jones, reporting in The Royal Gazette (2006-06-26): + +# Next year, however, clocks in the US will go forward on the second Sunday +# in March, until the first Sunday in November. And, after the Time Zone +# (Seasonal Variation) Bill 2006 was passed in the House of Assembly on +# Friday, the same thing will happen in Bermuda. +# http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060529/NEWS/105… + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/Bermuda -4:19:04 - LMT 1930 Jan 1 2:00 # Hamilton -4:00 - AST 1974 Apr 28 2:00 - -4:00 Bahamas A%sT + -4:00 Bahamas A%sT 1976 + -4:00 US A%sT # Cayman Is # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -2086,15 +2175,6 @@ Zone America/Santo_Domingo -4:39:36 - LM # El Salvador -# From Paul Eggert (2006-05-05): -# worldtimezone.com reports a 2006-05-02 Spanish-language AP article -# saying Honduras will start using DST midnight Saturday, effective 4 -# months until September, and a 2006-05-03 NACION article saying El -# Salvador will follow suit. However, ignore this for now, because: -# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-05-05): -# Change of DST perhaps postponed in El Salvador: -# http://www.laprensagrafica.com/lodeldia/883.asp - # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Salv 1987 1988 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Salv 1987 1988 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S @@ -2123,6 +2203,11 @@ Zone America/Guadeloupe -4:06:08 - LMT 1 # decided on that date to advance official time by 60 minutes, to lessen the # impact of the elevated cost of oil.... Daylight saving time will last from # 2006-04-29 24:00 (Guatemalan standard time) to 2006-09-30 (time unspecified). +# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-22): +# The Ministry of Energy and Mines, press release CP-15/2006 +# (2006-04-19), says DST ends at 24:00. See +# <http://www.sieca.org.gt/Sitio_publico/Energeticos/Doc/Medidas/Cambio_Horari…>. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Guat 1973 only - Nov 25 0:00 1:00 D Rule Guat 1974 only - Feb 24 0:00 0 S @@ -2192,14 +2277,23 @@ Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 - L # saying Honduras will start using DST midnight Saturday, effective 4 # months until September. La Tribuna reported today # <http://www.latribuna.hn/99299.html> that Manuel Zelaya, the president -# of Honduras, refused to back down on this. For lack of better info, -# assume they'll use the same end-of-DST rules as in 1987 and 1988. +# of Honduras, refused to back down on this. + +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-08-08): +# It seems that Honduras has returned from DST to standard time this Monday at +# 00:00 hours (prolonging Sunday to 25 hours duration). +# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_honduras04.html + +# From Paul Eggert (2006-08-08): +# Also see Diario El Heraldo, The country returns to standard time (2006-08-08) +# <http://www.elheraldo.hn/nota.php?nid=54941&sec=12>. +# It mentions executive decree 18-2006. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Hond 1987 1988 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Hond 1987 1988 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S Rule Hond 2006 only - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Hond 2006 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S +Rule Hond 2006 only - Aug Mon>=1 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 - LMT 1921 Apr -6:00 Hond C%sT =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/tz-art.htm,v retrieving revision 2006.8 retrieving revision 2006.8.0.2 diff -pu -r2006.8 -r2006.8.0.2 --- tz-art.htm 2006/07/20 15:00:17 2006.8 +++ tz-art.htm 2006/08/11 06:59:56 2006.8.0.2 @@ -1,10 +1,9 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?> <!DOCTYPE html -PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" -"DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> -<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> +PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" +"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> +<html> <head> -<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content='text/html; charset="US-ASCII"' /> +<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content='text/html; charset="US-ASCII"'> <title>Time and the Arts</title> </head> <body> @@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ Please send corrections to this web page <a href="mailto:tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov">time zone mailing list</a>.</p> <p> See also <a href="tz-link.htm">Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</a>.</p> -<hr /> +<hr> <p> Data on recordings of "Save That Time," Russ Long, Serrob Publishing, BMI:</p> <table> @@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ Marion Simon, percussion</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A5rkcikcjbb89">AMG Rating</a></td><td>unrated</td></tr> <tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr> </table> -<hr /> +<hr> <p>Also of note:</p> <table> <tr><td>Artist</td><td>Holly Cole Trio</td></tr> @@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ Richard Teitelbaum, modular moog and mic <tr><td>ID</td><td>357</td></tr> <tr><td>Total Time</td><td>65:12</td></tr> <tr><td>Notes</td><td>Includes the song "Central Standard Time." Thanks to Colin Bowern for this information.</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7ddovwvla9xk">AMG Rating</a></td><td>2.5 stars</td></tr> +<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7ddovwvla9xk">AMG Rating</a></td><td>2.5 stars</td></tr> <tr><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Artist</td><td>Jules Verne</td></tr> <tr><td>Book</td><td>Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours @@ -205,12 +204,19 @@ part in the novel." (Paul Eggert, 2006-0 </td></tr> <tr><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Artist</td><td>David Jebb</td></tr> -<tr><td>Book</td><td>The Thirteenth Time Zone</td></tr> +<tr><td>Book</td><td><a href="http://www.thethirteenthtimezone.com"> +The Thirteenth Time Zone</a></td></tr> <tr><td>Notes</td><td> -"It's fiction, but it's based on his experiences and travels. -<a href="http://www.thethirteenthtimezone.com"> -http://www.thethirteenthtimezone.com -</a>" (Paul Eggert, 2006-04-22) +"It's fiction, but it's based on his experiences and travels." (Paul Eggert, 2006-04-22) +</td></tr> +<tr><td> </td></tr> +<tr><td>Artist</td><td>John Dunning</td></tr> +<tr><td>Book</td><td><a +href="http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?sid=33&pid=479719">Two +O'Clock, Eastern Wartime</a></td></tr> +<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2001</td></tr> +<tr><td>Notes</td><td> +Mystery, history, daylight saving time, and old-time radio. </td></tr> <tr><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Film</td><td>Bell Science - About Time</td></tr> @@ -265,7 +271,7 @@ zones?" was a $32,000 question on the 20 question should have been asked 2002-06-04. </li> </ul> -<hr /> +<hr> <ul> <li> "We're been using the five-cent nickle in this country since 1492. =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/tz-link.htm,v retrieving revision 2006.3 retrieving revision 2006.3.0.2 diff -pu -r2006.3 -r2006.3.0.2 --- tz-link.htm 2006/04/03 14:07:15 2006.3 +++ tz-link.htm 2006/08/11 06:59:56 2006.3.0.2 @@ -1,20 +1,19 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?> <!DOCTYPE html - PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" - "DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> -<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> + PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> +<html> <head> <title>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</title> -<link rel="schema.DC" href="http://purl.org/DC/elements/1.1/" /> -<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content='text/html; charset="US-ASCII"' /> -<meta name="DC.Creator" content="Eggert, Paul" /> -<meta name="DC.Contributor" content="Olson, Arthur David" /> -<meta name="DC.Date" content="2006-03-31" /> +<link rel="schema.DC" href="http://purl.org/DC/elements/1.1/"> +<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content='text/html; charset="US-ASCII"'> +<meta name="DC.Creator" content="Eggert, Paul"> +<meta name="DC.Contributor" content="Olson, Arthur David"> +<meta name="DC.Date" content="2006-08-11"> <meta name="DC.Description" - content="Sources of information about time zones and daylight saving time" /> -<meta name="DC.Identifier" content="http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm" /> + content="Sources of information about time zones and daylight saving time"> +<meta name="DC.Identifier" content="http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm"> <meta name="Keywords" - content="database,daylight saving,DST,time zone,timezone,tz,zoneinfo" /> + content="database,daylight saving,DST,time zone,timezone,tz,zoneinfo"> </head> <body> <h1>Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</h1> @@ -53,6 +52,7 @@ title="DJ's GNU Programming Platform">DJ <a href="http://www.sgi.com/developers/technology/irix/">IRIX</a>, <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/">Mac OS X</a>, <a href="http://h71000.www7.hp.com/">OpenVMS</a>, +<a href="http://www.oracle.com/database/index.html">Oracle Database</a>, <a href="http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/">Solaris</a>, <a href="http://h30097.www3.hp.com/">Tru64</a>, and <a href="http://www.sco.com/products/unixware/">UnixWare</a>.</p> @@ -152,13 +152,15 @@ href="http://www.calconnect.org/publicat TIMEZONE Problems and Recommendations</a> offers guidelines and recommendations for the use of VTIMEZONE and <code>tz</code>.</li> <li><a -href="http://ietfreport.isoc.org/idref/draft-royer-timezone-registry/">Time -Zone Registry</a> proposes an <a href="http://www.iana.org/"><abbr -title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority">IANA</abbr></a> time zone +href="http://www.calconnect.org/publications/timezoneregistryandservicerecommenda…">Timezone +Registry and Service Recommendations</a> discusses a +strategy for defining and deploying a time zone registration process that would establish unique names for each version of each <code>tz</code> zone, along with a polygonal representation of the geographical area corresponding to the -zone. (This draft has expired, though.)</li> +zone. It builds on a (now-expired) <a +href="http://ietfreport.isoc.org/idref/draft-royer-timezone-registry/">Time +Zone Registry</a> draft proposal.</li> <li>The <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-calendar/">www-rdf-calendar</a> list discusses <a @@ -209,6 +211,10 @@ contains a class <code>org.joda.time.tz.ZoneInfoCompiler</code> that compiles <code>tz</code> source into a Joda-specific binary format. Joda Time is freely available under a <abbr>BSD</abbr>-style license.</li> +<li><a href="http://mozware.free.fr/devtools/xmlDate/">xmlDate</a> +contains <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/js/">JavaScript</a> code that +parses <samp>tz</samp> source into an internal object that represents +a time zone. It is freely available under the GPL.</li> <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pytz/">PyTZ - Python Time Zone Library</a> compiles <code>tz</code> source into <a href="http://www.python.org/">Python</a>. @@ -294,6 +300,14 @@ Schedules Information Manual</a> of the <a href="http://www.iata.org/index.htm">International Air Transport Association</a> gives current time zone rules for airports served by commercial aviation.</li> +<li>Some Microsoft Windows versions contain time zone information in +an undocumented format, with IDs that can be mapped to <code>TZ</code> +values using the <a +href="http://unicode.org/cldr/data/diff/supplemental/supplemental.html#windows___…">Windows +→ Tzid table</a> maintained by the <a +href="http://unicode.org/cldr/">Unicode Common Locale Data Repository +(<abbr title="Common Locale Data Repository">CLDR</abbr>) +Project</a>.</li> </ul> <h2>Maps</h2> <ul> @@ -447,7 +461,7 @@ Time Protocol</a> discusses how to synchronize clocks of Internet hosts.</li> <li><a -href="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/internet-drafts/draft-lear-dhc-timezone-option-02.…">A +href="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-dhc-timezone-option-02.…">A Timezone Option for <abbr title="Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol">DHCP</abbr></a> proposes a <a href="http://www.dhcp.org/">DHCP</a> option for a server to configure @@ -558,10 +572,7 @@ labels and abbreviations; for example, o Russian translations for "Eastern European Summer Time", "<abbr title="Eastern European Summer Time">EEST</abbr>", and <code>Europe/Bucharest</code>. -This mechanism is part of the -<a href="http://unicode.org/cldr/">Unicode -<abbr title="Common Locale Data Repository">CLDR</abbr> Project</a>; -for example, the <a +For example, the <a href="http://unicode.org/cldr/data/diff/by_type/dates_timeZoneNames.html"><abbr>CLDR</abbr> Sideways Data for dates_timeZoneNames</a> shows values for time zone names in many locales.</li> <li>Alphabetic time zone abbreviations should not be used as unique =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/zone.tab,v retrieving revision 2006.6 retrieving revision 2006.6.0.1 diff -pu -r2006.6 -r2006.6.0.1 --- zone.tab 2006/05/01 13:44:41 2006.6 +++ zone.tab 2006/08/11 06:59:56 2006.6.0.1 @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ AQ -690022+0393524 Antarctica/Syowa Syow AR -3436-05827 America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires Buenos Aires (BA, CF) AR -3124-06411 America/Argentina/Cordoba most locations (CB, CC, CN, ER, FM, LP, MN, NQ, RN, SA, SE, SF, SL) AR -2411-06518 America/Argentina/Jujuy Jujuy (JY) -AR -3124-06411 America/Argentina/Tucuman Tucuman (TM) +AR -2649-06513 America/Argentina/Tucuman Tucuman (TM) AR -2828-06547 America/Argentina/Catamarca Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH) AR -2926-06651 America/Argentina/La_Rioja La Rioja (LR) AR -3132-06831 America/Argentina/San_Juan San Juan (SJ) @@ -99,27 +99,28 @@ BT +2728+08939 Asia/Thimphu BW -2545+02555 Africa/Gaborone BY +5354+02734 Europe/Minsk BZ +1730-08812 America/Belize -CA +4734-05243 America/St_Johns Newfoundland Island -CA +4439-06336 America/Halifax Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (most places), W Labrador, E Quebec & PEI +CA +4734-05243 America/St_Johns Newfoundland Time, including SE Labrador +CA +4439-06336 America/Halifax Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (most places), PEI CA +4612-05957 America/Glace_Bay Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia - places that did not observe DST 1966-1971 CA +4606-06447 America/Moncton Atlantic Time - New Brunswick -CA +5320-06025 America/Goose_Bay Atlantic Time - E Labrador +CA +5320-06025 America/Goose_Bay Atlantic Time - Labrador - most locations +CA +5125-05707 America/Blanc-Sablon Atlantic Standard Time - Quebec - Lower North Shore CA +4531-07334 America/Montreal Eastern Time - Quebec - most locations CA +4339-07923 America/Toronto Eastern Time - Ontario - most locations CA +4901-08816 America/Nipigon Eastern Time - Ontario & Quebec - places that did not observe DST 1967-1973 CA +4823-08915 America/Thunder_Bay Eastern Time - Thunder Bay, Ontario CA +6608-06544 America/Pangnirtung Eastern Time - Pangnirtung, Nunavut CA +6344-06828 America/Iqaluit Eastern Time - east Nunavut -CA +6408-08310 America/Coral_Harbour Eastern Standard Time - Southampton Island -CA +6245-09210 America/Rankin_Inlet Central Time - central Nunavut +CA +484531-0913718 America/Atikokan Eastern Standard Time - Atikokan, Ontario and Southampton I, Nunavut +CA +624900-0920459 America/Rankin_Inlet Central Time - central Nunavut CA +4953-09709 America/Winnipeg Central Time - Manitoba & west Ontario -CA +4843-09429 America/Rainy_River Central Time - Rainy River & Fort Frances, Ontario +CA +4843-09434 America/Rainy_River Central Time - Rainy River & Fort Frances, Ontario CA +6903-10505 America/Cambridge_Bay Central Time - west Nunavut CA +5024-10439 America/Regina Central Standard Time - Saskatchewan - most locations CA +5017-10750 America/Swift_Current Central Standard Time - Saskatchewan - midwest CA +5333-11328 America/Edmonton Mountain Time - Alberta, east British Columbia & west Saskatchewan CA +6227-11421 America/Yellowknife Mountain Time - central Northwest Territories -CA +6825-11330 America/Inuvik Mountain Time - west Northwest Territories +CA +682059-1334300 America/Inuvik Mountain Time - west Northwest Territories CA +5946-12014 America/Dawson_Creek Mountain Standard Time - Dawson Creek & Fort Saint John, British Columbia CA +4916-12307 America/Vancouver Pacific Time - west British Columbia CA +6043-13503 America/Whitehorse Pacific Time - south Yukon @@ -136,10 +137,10 @@ CL -3327-07040 America/Santiago most loc CL -2710-10927 Pacific/Easter Easter Island & Sala y Gomez CM +0403+00942 Africa/Douala CN +3114+12128 Asia/Shanghai east China - Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, etc. -CN +4545+12641 Asia/Harbin Heilongjiang -CN +2934+10635 Asia/Chongqing central China - Gansu, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, etc. -CN +4348+08735 Asia/Urumqi Tibet & most of Xinjiang Uyghur -CN +3929+07559 Asia/Kashgar southwest Xinjiang Uyghur +CN +4545+12641 Asia/Harbin Heilongjiang (except Mohe), Jilin +CN +2934+10635 Asia/Chongqing central China - Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Guizhou, etc. +CN +4348+08735 Asia/Urumqi most of Tibet & Xinjiang +CN +3929+07559 Asia/Kashgar west Tibet & Xinjiang CO +0436-07405 America/Bogota CR +0956-08405 America/Costa_Rica CS +4450+02030 Europe/Belgrade @@ -177,11 +178,12 @@ GB +512830-0001845 Europe/London GD +1203-06145 America/Grenada GE +4143+04449 Asia/Tbilisi GF +0456-05220 America/Cayenne +GG +4927-00232 Europe/Guernsey GH +0533-00013 Africa/Accra GI +3608-00521 Europe/Gibraltar GL +6411-05144 America/Godthab most locations GL +7646-01840 America/Danmarkshavn east coast, north of Scoresbysund -GL +7030-02215 America/Scoresbysund Scoresbysund / Ittoqqortoormiit +GL +7029-02158 America/Scoresbysund Scoresbysund / Ittoqqortoormiit GL +7634-06847 America/Thule Thule / Pituffik GM +1328-01639 Africa/Banjul GN +0931-01343 Africa/Conakry @@ -204,12 +206,14 @@ ID -0507+11924 Asia/Makassar east & sout ID -0232+14042 Asia/Jayapura Irian Jaya & the Moluccas IE +5320-00615 Europe/Dublin IL +3146+03514 Asia/Jerusalem +IM +5409-00428 Europe/Isle_of_Man IN +2232+08822 Asia/Calcutta IO -0720+07225 Indian/Chagos IQ +3321+04425 Asia/Baghdad IR +3540+05126 Asia/Tehran IS +6409-02151 Atlantic/Reykjavik IT +4154+01229 Europe/Rome +JE +4912-00237 Europe/Jersey JM +1800-07648 America/Jamaica JO +3157+03556 Asia/Amman JP +353916+1394441 Asia/Tokyo @@ -310,7 +314,8 @@ RE -2052+05528 Indian/Reunion RO +4426+02606 Europe/Bucharest RU +5443+02030 Europe/Kaliningrad Moscow-01 - Kaliningrad RU +5545+03735 Europe/Moscow Moscow+00 - west Russia -RU +5312+05009 Europe/Samara Moscow+01 - Caspian Sea +RU +4844+04425 Europe/Volgograd Moscow+00 - Caspian Sea +RU +5312+05009 Europe/Samara Moscow+01 - Samara, Udmurtia RU +5651+06036 Asia/Yekaterinburg Moscow+02 - Urals RU +5500+07324 Asia/Omsk Moscow+03 - west Siberia RU +5502+08255 Asia/Novosibirsk Moscow+03 - Novosibirsk

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El Salvador: no DST in 2006?
by Oscar van Vlijmen Aug. 10, 2006

Aug. 10, 2006

It is possible that El Salvador does not observe DST in 2006 after all. http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_elsalvador04.html quotes an article from La Prensa Gráfica, but I can't find that article in their archive. http://www.laprensagrafica.com/ Some other second hand information: http://www.terranet.com/noticias/articulo/html/act410838.htm who quotes ACAN-EFE (Agencia Centroamericana de Noticias).

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America/Whitehorse (2007)
by Chris Walton Aug. 9, 2006

Aug. 9, 2006

The government of Yukon Territory (located in northern Canada) recently announced it will extend daylight saving in 2007. This is in line with assumptions already made in the Olson database; no changes are required. http://www.gov.yk.ca/news/2006/06-164.html -chris

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Honduras leaving DST
by Jesper Norgaard Welen Aug. 9, 2006

Aug. 9, 2006

It seems that Honduras has returned from DST to standard time this Monday at 0:00 hours (prolonging Sunday to 25 hours duration). Check out the following web sites: http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_honduras04.html http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=614 Regards, Jesper Jesper Nørgaard Welen Email: jnorgard(a)Prodigy.Net.mx Project Leader (Líder de Proyecto) Software CIMMYT - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo Dirección: CIMMYT Int. c/o Jesper Nørgaard Km. 45, Carretera México-Veracruz El Batán Texcoco, Edo. de México CP 56130 MEXICO Tel.: +52 (55) 58-04-20-04 ext. 1374 Fax: +52 (55) 58-04-75-58 Tel. Casa: 53-10-05-95 ó 53-10-97-78 Download the shareware program World Time Explorer, I made: http://www.worldtimeexplorer.com/index.html

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