October 1994 - tz - lists.iana.org

DST hits police blotter
by ado Oct. 31, 1994

Oct. 31, 1994

The "Names & Faces" column in the Monday, October 31, 1994 Washington (DC) Post, page D3 (compiled from staff and wire reports by Marla Harper) contains a "Daylight-Saving Bust" item. Erik (son of Kirk) Douglas was arrested after arguing with a Denny's manager who wouldn't serve him a drink. "...Douglas had insisted he be served, saying the one-hour shift to Pacific Standard Time made it 1 a.m.-- and within the 2 a.m. cutoff for alcohol sales..." --ado

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DST article in Washington Post
by ado Oct. 27, 1994

Oct. 27, 1994

The article "What Time Is It Anyway? It Depends on Your Location & the Season" with a sidebar "Brief History of Daylight Savings" appears in the Thursday, October 27, 1994 Washington (DC) Post, page D5. The author is Cathy Grubman, who relies extensively on Joanne Petrie ("Mother Time") of the US Department of Transportation. --ado

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Confirmation of data for Estonia
by Peter Ilieve Oct. 15, 1994

Oct. 15, 1994

I apologise in advance to whoever produced the data for Estonia in the 93e data as they may have known it was authoritative, but there is no source given. A relative in Tallinn confirms the accuracy of the data for 1989 onwards and gives the legal authority for it, a regulation of the Government of Estonia, No. 111 of 1989. It is interesting to me that changing their timezone arrangements was one of the first things they did in the process of getting out from under 50 years of Soviet occupation. My source doesn't know if any changes will be made in 1996 and beyond to track the change in EU dates specified in the European 7th directive. Even though the dates are currently the same the Estonians change an hour before the EU, at midnight GMT. Peter Ilieve peter(a)memex.co.uk

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New Daylight Savings dates for South Australia
by John Warburton Oct. 6, 1994

Oct. 6, 1994

Hello, I belive that the timezone files are being centrally managed by you. You will be interested to know that the new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia (zone Australia/Adelaide*) was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994. start: Sunday 30 October end: Sunday 26 March i.e. start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March. (*) Just a note of concern. Vendor distributed timezone file that I have seen (SunOS, UnixWare) describe timezones by Australian state eg Australia/South, Australias/Tasmania etc, rather than this new method of naming zones by the capital city. I'm just wondering where it came from & is it really correct, as timezone affect the whole stae and not just the capital city. John (who fears daylight savings each year...) -- John Warburton jwarb(a)SACBH.com.au ASPECT Computing email address valid until 31/12/94 You miss the vendor... The vendor hits! The vendor hits! The vendor hits! --More-- You die...

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