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Add to Distro for DST Updates/Changes
by Sue Harrington April 3, 2001

April 3, 2001

Hello, My name is Sue Harrington and I am a Product Development manager for WorldCom. I understand that this is the mail ID that I need to send a request to to be added to the distro that receives changes and updates to the Daylight Savings Time Data Source. Our conferencing group currently uses your source for DST and we would like to use it as well for a project I am working on. Can you please add myself Sue.Harrington(a)WCom.Com and Michael.Pannell(a)WCom.Com to the distro to receive this changes and updates? Please feel free to contact me at 719-535-1681 if you have any questions. Thank you! Sue Harrington

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When
by Lowary111＠aol.com April 1, 2001

April 1, 2001

when does it start

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Mexico sticks to Fox' time
by Jesper Nørgaard April 1, 2001

April 1, 2001

In the last minute before USA changes from Standard time to Daylight time, I found some references to the mexican application of daylight saving, which modifies what I had already sent you, stating earlier that a number of northern mexican states would go on daylight saving. The modification reverts this to only cover Baja California (Norte), while all other states (except Sonora, who has no daylight saving all year) will follow the original decree of president Vicente Fox, starting daylight saving May 6, 2001 and ending September 30, 2001. As the Supreme Court case of the head of Government of Distrito Federal, Andres Manuel López Obrador, has not been settled yet, we are still left with doubt what the situation will be right before May 6 (where the court case *must* be decided), and Distrito Federal may decide not to apply daylight saving all year round. I will inform you when I know more about that case. I trawled about 15 Mb of different electronic newspapers of Mexico, and I can recommend you the page http://www.galiciavirtual.net/coruna/prensa/periodicos/sudamerica/mexico.htm which has an big collection of 105 links of this type, if you are interested in mexican electronic news. The first link that gave authoritative information was "Diario de Monterrey", from one of the states (Nuevo León) that was supposed to use daylight saving as US, and not wait until May 6. Unfortunately Diario de Monterrey doesn't allow a direct quote of the page, which also leads to the suspicion that it may not be found the way I found it today, so I included the whole text. I found it by browsing the general page, and then under the heading "Metrópoli" there was a link with text "El horario de verano iniciará el 6 de mayo" ====== Begin Quote from www.diariodemonterrey.com/index.asp ===== El horario de verano iniciará el 6 de mayo por Juan Gerardo Porras El decreto presidencial no fue modificado. La Comisión Nacional para el Ahorro de Energía confirmó ayer los diferentes husos de verano no aplica por lo ya expuesto, y en el caso de Baja California, como ha ocurrido desde hace más de 50 años, inicia este domingo y concluye el último domingo de octubre. "Debido a la aplicación de las cuatro zonas horarias, Baja California tendrá una hora de diferencia con el Distrito Federal del periodo del primer domingo de abril al primer domingo de mayo, y del último domingo de septiembre al último domingo de octubre. El resto del año la diferencia será de dos horas". Se explica que Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Nayarit y Sinaloa, tendrán siempre una hora de diferencia más temprano con la Ciudad de México. En tanto, Sonora mantendrá dos horas más temprano de diferencia con la capital del país, del primer domingo de mayo al último domingo de septiembre, y una hora el resto del año. A diferencia de años anteriores, en esta ocasión el tema de la aplicación del horario de verano provocó más controversia. Esto por las distintas opiniones de gobernadores de estados fronterizos, así como del jefe del Gobierno del Distrito Federal, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, quien difirió con el presidente Vicente Fox Quesada. Los argumentos que da el gobierno federal son principalmente el ahorro de energía eléctrica a nivel nacional, y las relaciones comerciales con los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica. Diario Por zonas En Nuevo León Periodo: Del 6 de mayo al 30 de septiembre. (Cinco meses). En Baja California Periodo: Del 1 de abril al 31 de octubre. (Siete meses). En Sonora No se aplicará el horario de verano. Las diferencias * Del 1 de abril al 6 de mayo, Baja California tendrá una hora de diferencia con respecto al horario del Distrito Federal. El resto del año será de dos horas. * Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Nayarit y Sinaloa tendrán siempre una hora más temprano de diferencia con la capital del país. * Nuevo León y el resto de los estados, con excepción de Sonora y los ya mencionados, no tendrán diferencia con el horario del Distrito Federal. ====== End Quote from www.diariodemonterrey.com/index.asp ===== I also found another confirmation of this definition of how daylight saving will function in Mexico this year, which has the same definition, but doesn't mention the release from the Energy Commission of Mexico. The newspaper "Palabra" from Coahuila can be found on http://palabra.infosel.com/ ... and under "Nacional" you can download portada file "http://palabra.infosel.com/010331/primera/ppri3101.pdf" which has a nice map of the current situation. I send a smaller file with just the bitmap of the article cut out. If the original file is not directly available later, you can ask me to send it to you or put it up on a general web page. Under "-Negocios" portada file "http://palabra.infosel.com/010331/primera/pneg3113.pdf" gives the full story which was mentioned in the previous PDF file, and also has some interesting points about customs offices and the mexican stock exchange which will change their working hours in the period where there is difference between US and mexican states (e.g. until May 6, 2001) so as to compensate for the difference in actual time. Regards, Jesper Nørgaard Welen Email: jnorgard(a)Prodigy.Net.mx Programador/Analista 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 (5) 58-04-20-04 ext. 1374 Fax: +52 (5) 58-04-75-58 Tel. Casa: 53-10-05-95 ó 53-10-97-78 CIMMYT home page: http://cimmyt.cgiar.org Check out my free program World Time Explorer: http://timezone50.homepage.com

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EU directive
by Joseph S. Myers March 31, 2001

March 31, 2001

Since this doesn't seem to have been mentioned here yet: the latest Summer Time Directive (Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements) was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities on the 2nd of February, providing for dates of last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October on a permanent basis. No sign yet of an order being laid before Parliament to implement this directive in the UK (due to be done by 31 December). http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/2000/en_300L0084.html 300L0084 Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements Official Journal L 031 , 02/02/2001 P. 0021 - 0022 Text: Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(2), Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty(3), Whereas: (1) The eighth Directive, 97/44/EC, of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 1997 on summer-time arrangements(4) introduced a common date and time in all Member States, for the beginning and end of summer time in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. (2) Given that the Member States apply summer-time arrangements, it is important for the functioning of the internal market that a common date and time for the beginning and end of the summer-time period be fixed throughout the Community. (3) Since the summer-time period considered most appropriate by the Member States runs from the end of March to the end of October, it is appropriate that that period therefore be maintained. (4) The proper functioning of certain sectors, not only transport and communications, but also other sectors of industry, requires stable, long-term planning. Provisions concerning summer time should therefore be laid down for an unspecified period. Article 4 of Directive 97/44/EC provides, in that respect, that the European Parliament and the Council are to adopt, by 1 January 2001, the arrangements to apply from 2002 onwards. (5) For reasons of clarity and accuracy of information, a timetable for the implementation of the summer-time period for the following five years should be published every five years. (6) Implementation of this Directive should, moreover, be monitored by means of a report, to be presented by the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee, on the impact of these provisions in all of the areas concerned. That report should be based on the information made available to the Commission by the Member States in sufficient time to enable the report to be presented at the specified time. (7) Given that the complete harmonisation of the timetable for the summer-time period with a view to facilitating transport and communications cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore be better achieved at Community level, the Community may take measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. This Directive does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve those objectives. (8) For geographical reasons, the common summer-time arrangements should not apply to the overseas territories of the Member States, HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 For the purposes of this Directive "summer-time period" shall mean the period of the year during which clocks are put forward by 60 minutes compared with the rest of the year. Article 2 From 2002 onwards, the summer-time period shall begin, in every Member State, at 1.00 a.m., Greenwich Mean Time, on the last Sunday in March. Article 3 From 2002 onwards, the summer-time period shall end, in every Member State, at 1.00 a.m., Greenwich Mean Time, on the last Sunday in October. Article 4 The Commission shall publish a communication in the Official Journal of the European Communities(5), for the first time on the occasion of the publication of this Directive, and every five years thereafter, containing the timetable showing the dates on which the summer-time period will begin and end for the following five years. Article 5 The Commission shall report to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee on the impact of the provisions of this Directive on the sectors concerned by 31 December 2007 at the latest. That report shall be drawn up on the basis of the information made available to the Commission by each Member State by 30 April 2007 at the latest. The Commission shall, if necessary and following the conclusions of the report, make appropriate proposals. Article 6 This Directive shall not apply to the overseas territories of the Member States. Article 7 Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2001 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made. Article 8 This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Article 9 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 19 January 2001. For the European Parliament The President N. Fontaine For the Council The President B. Ringholm (1) OJ C 337, 28.11.2000, p. 136. (2) Opinion delivered on 29 November 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 12 December 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 20 December 2000. (4) OJ L 206, 1.8.1997, p. 62. (5) OJ C 35, 2.2.2001. -- Joseph S. Myers jsm28(a)cam.ac.uk

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Remove from list
by Lyn McCarthy March 30, 2001

March 30, 2001

Please remove me from the list lyn(a)internode.on.net.au

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History of the IDL
by R.H. van Gent March 29, 2001

March 29, 2001

Hi all, I am new to this group and I would like to enlist your aid in correcting and augmenting my web site under construction on the history of the International Date Line at: http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/idl/idl.htm I am still adding new material and illustrations to my web site and any comments or suggestions for improvement will be very much appreciated. List members who can read Dutch may also be interested in my web site on the history of legal time in the Netherlands at: http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/wettijd/wettijd.htm which includes an overview of all relevant sources that I have been able to trace with tables for the Daylight Saving period from 1916 to the present (and even further). Regards, ======================================================== * Robert H. van Gent * Tel/Fax: 00-31-30-2720269 * * Zaagmolenkade 50 * * * 3515 AE Utrecht * E-mail: r.h.vangent(a)astro.uu.nl * * The Netherlands * * ******************************************************** * Home page: http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/homepage.htm * ========================================================

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Regional Time Zone:Daylight Savings Time/set clocks ahead 1 hour 3/30/02
by mellowf84＠aol.com March 29, 2001

March 29, 2001

Dear Sirs: I have a new computer which used to be in a different time zone area, I am in upstate NY and am concerned about re-setting my computer properly. I have a Compaq/Windows 98 and cannot figure it out. My time is incorrect. Any advise you could give me would be greatly appreciated. thanks, my e-mail is OldSkool606 @ aol.com thanks again.

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Solaris patched to avoid "ROC" time zone name for political reasons
by Paul Eggert March 29, 2001

March 29, 2001

On Tuesday, Sun released patch 111099-01 for Solaris 8 (x86) entitled "ROC timezone should be avoided for political reasons". This patch creates the zone Asia/Taipei (which is normally not installed in Solaris) and then creates ROC as a link. The patch does not include the source code (in this case, the 'asia' file) so unfortunately I can't report Sun's comments (if any) about the situation. (If Sun were selling to North Korea, I guess "ROK" would be next to go. :-)

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daylight savings time
by YKCA＠aol.com March 29, 2001

March 29, 2001

i live in new york city. on what day,on what date and time does daylight savings time go into effect??? thankyou murray n ackerman

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hi
by WildFlower12257＠aol.com March 27, 2001

March 27, 2001

what time is it in florida

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