> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 13:04:32 PST
> From: eggert(a)twinsun.com (Paul Eggert)
> Message-Id: <9210272104.AA11841(a)farside.twinsun.com>
> To: ado(a)ncifcrf.gov
> Subject: East-Saskatchewan -> Saskatchewan
>
> W. Jones <jones(a)skdad.usask.ca> writes that all of Saskatchewan is on CST year
> round. I'll enclose his comments at the end of this message. So I propose
> the following patch to the tz package:
>
> *** northamerica Thu Apr 23 10:34:33 1992
> --- northamerica.fix Tue Oct 27 12:58:38 1992
> ***************
> *** 215,220 ****
> --- 215,224 ----
> # be same as Pacific. Stick with rules posted in 1988 until more authoritative
> # information is available.
>
> + # From W. Jones (October 27, 1992):
> + # Since (I believe) around 1964, all of Saskatchewan is on CST year round,
> + # by law [the U.S. Naval Observatory notwithstanding].
> +
> # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
> Rule Canada 1969 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S
> Rule Canada 1969 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
> ***************
> *** 226,232 ****
> Zone Canada/Atlantic -4:00 Canada A%sT
> Zone Canada/Eastern -5:00 Canada E%sT
> Zone Canada/Central -6:00 Canada C%sT
> ! Zone Canada/East-Saskatchewan -6:00 - CST # No DST as of 1987
> Zone Canada/Mountain -7:00 Canada M%sT
> Zone Canada/Pacific -8:00 Canada P%sT
> Zone Canada/Yukon -9:00 Canada Y%sT
> --- 230,236 ----
> Zone Canada/Atlantic -4:00 Canada A%sT
> Zone Canada/Eastern -5:00 Canada E%sT
> Zone Canada/Central -6:00 Canada C%sT
> ! Zone Canada/Saskatchewan -6:00 - CST
> Zone Canada/Mountain -7:00 Canada M%sT
> Zone Canada/Pacific -8:00 Canada P%sT
> Zone Canada/Yukon -9:00 Canada Y%sT
>
>
> Here are Jones's comments:
>
> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 14:37:34 CST
> From: jones(a)skdad.usask.ca (W. Jones)
> To: eggert(a)twinsun.com
> Cc: wright(a)sask.usask.ca
> Organization: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
>
> ... for this site, in order to follow local time correctly
> requires choosing the ruleset named "East-Saskatchewan". Sounds
> plausible, until you consider that the measure of places for which a
> ruleset "Saskatchewan" or "West-Saskatchewan" applies is zero.
>
> How did this come about? Since (I believe) around 1964, all of
> Saskatchewan is on CST year round, by law; but since that distinction
> makes us rebels to North American convention, it tends to get left out of
> discussions for simplicity. Thus when the timezone package appeared in
> 1987, lo and behold we were lumped with the other Central places, as
> implied in this table in the documentation:
>
> # From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
> # CANADA NEW FDL 3.5H BEHIND UTC ST.JOHN'S
> # CANADA NEW FDL 1.5H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 29
> # CANADA ATLANTIC 4 H BEHIND UTC HALIFAX
> # CANADA ATLANTIC 3 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 29
> # CANADA EASTERN 5 H BEHIND UTC TORONTO, MONTREAL, OTTAWA
> # CANADA EASTERN 4 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 29
> # CANADA CENTRAL 6 H BEHIND UTC REGINA, WINNIPEG
> # CANADA CENTRAL 5 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 29
> # CANADA MOUNTAIN 7 H BEHIND UTC CALGARY, EDMONTON
> # CANADA MOUNTAIN 6 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 29
> # CANADA PACIFIC 8 H BEHIND UTC VANCOUVER
> # CANADA PACIFIC 7 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 29
> # CANADA YUKON SAME AS PACIFIC DAWSON
>
> I complained, and the eventual result was the adjustment below:
>
> # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL]
> # Bob Devine says that DST *is* observed in Newfoundland
> Zone Canada/Newfoundland -3:30 Canada N%sT
> Zone Canada/Atlantic -4:00 Canada A%sT
> Zone Canada/Eastern -5:00 Canada E%sT
> Zone Canada/Central -6:00 Canada C%sT
> Zone Canada/East-Saskatchewan -6:00 - CST # No DST as of 1987
> Zone Canada/Mountain -7:00 Canada M%sT
> Zone Canada/Pacific -8:00 Canada P%sT
>
> apparently the U.S. Naval Observatory was believed infallible, thus the
> fellow from Saskatchewan must be following some kooky (and new) local
> practice, thus we'll just throw him a sop....
