September 1999 - tz - lists.iana.org

TZ changes for Lithuania and Estonia
by Steffen Thorsen 30 Sep '99

30 Sep '99

More changes to go: * Lithuania will not come back to winter time this year and will stay in EET, and maybe DST will be dropped next year as well - so there is a Zone-change here. * Estonia has announced that DST will not be used anymore (but the transition back to normal time in October will go as planned). I was informed of these facts by Jacek Bulinski <jacekb(a)bci.pl> who read it in the Polish newspaper "Gazeta", but I have researched some Baltic news sources to get some more information, partly through subscription, and have found these articles: http://www.elta.lt/txt99/news.txt (the contents of this URL changes every day, so I include the relevant parts here): LITHUANIA BACK IN SECOND TIME ZONE Vilnius, Sept 29 (ELTA) - Lithuania has shifted back to the second time zone (GMT plus two hours) to be valid here starting from October 31, as decided by the national government on Wednesday. According to Cabinet decision, on the last Sunday of October, Lithuanians will not shift their clocks one hour backward as it was done traditionally to switch to winter time. The aforesaid decision on nullifying the so-called "Andrikiene (ex-Eurominister) time" came after a survey of Vilmorus public opinion firm revealed a wide disapproval among population of 1998 time reform implemented by the former government. Majority of polled people stated they wanted Lithuania to be in usual second time zone again. Moreover, the government hopes that a shift-back will allow to take a better advantage of daylight and scale down the negative phenomena brought about by the presence in the first (central European) time zone. However, the time change will not lead to any alteration of working hours and extra money will be necessary merely to adjust transport schedules. The Lithuanian government also announced plans to consider a motion to give up shifting to summer time in spring, as it was already done by Estonia. Article obainted from within "The Baltic Times" September 9th 1999 http://www.lursoft.lv/en/lpib.html Estonia falls off summer time TALLINN (BNS) This year will mark the last time Estonia shifts to summer time, a council of the ruling coalition announced Sept. 6. When Estonians turn their watches back one hour on the last Sunday in October, they will enter the time zone in which they will stay henceforth, year round. We still need to turn back watches this fall because then we'll have the right time, said Andres Tarand, chairman of the coalition council. Tarand, together with Reform Party leader Siim Kallas, has championed the case against summer time over the past few years. The ruling coalition had promised back in March to cancel the switch, but the parties "ironically enough" ran out of time and could not complete the job this spring. But what this could mean for Estonia's chances of joining the European Union are still unclear. In 1994, the EU declared summer time compulsory for all membe r states until 2001. Brussels has yet to decide what to do after that. Regards, Steffen -- Steffen Thorsen <steffen(a)thorsen.priv.no> <steffent(a)pvv.ntnu.no> http://www.thorsen.priv.no

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RE: tzcode and tzdata
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) 28 Sep '99

28 Sep '99

Joseph S. Myers was kind enough to point out that the new files should have been named ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode1999g.tar.gz and ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata1999g.tar.gz They have now been so named. --ado

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tzcode1999f.tar.gz and tzdata1999f.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) 28 Sep '99

28 Sep '99

The files ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode1999f.tar.gz and ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata1999f.tar.gz are now available. The "data" file includes the changes circulated by Paul Eggert on the time zone mailing list (most importantly, the change for Lebanon that buys correctness for this coming Sunday). The "code" file contains changes to "Makefile" and "checktab.awk" to allow better checking of time zone files before they are published. --ado

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proposed tz changes for Australia, Cuba, Egypt, Lebanon, Paraguay
by Paul Eggert 28 Sep '99

28 Sep '99

On Friday, Gwillim Law kindly sent me a summary of changes to the IATA SSIM data contained in the the February, 1999 edition. It suggests the following changes to the tz tables; at the end of this message is a proposed patch to implement these changes. The most pressing change is that for Lebanon, as the current tz tables became incorrect on Sunday. * South Australia and Broken Hill, NSW will not observe special DST rules for the Olympics in 2000; they will use the same rules as usual, ignoring the Olympics. (Checking on the above, I independently found an Australian Broadcasting Corporation Online report that Narrabri Shire, NSW will also ignore the special DST rules. This seems a bit dubious so I left it only as commentary for now.) * Starting next year, Cuba switches to DST on April 1, not on the last Sunday in March. * The correct spring transition rule for Egypt since 1995 is the last Friday in April, not the fourth Friday in April. This makes a difference in 1995 and 2000. * Starting this year, Lebanon switches to standard time on the last Sunday in October, not September. * This year's new rule for Paraguay is to switch to standard time on the last Saturday in February, not the last Sunday. * In 1987, Victoria, Australia, switched to DST on the third Sunday in October, not on the last Sunday. * In 1943/1944, Western Australia did not observe DST. The following changes are to commentary only: * IATA SSIM clains that Armenia switches on Mondays in 2001 instead of Sundays. * IATA SSIM has more discrepancies in the data for Iran. I'll continue to assume that Iran uses the Persian calendar to switch; the IATA SSIM disagrees by at most four days. While researching the above, I found the following info from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, and included it as commentary: * Macquarie Island follows Tasmanian practice ``irrespective of any local use of DST''. I'm not sure what this really means, so I'll ignore it for now. * Giles Meteorological Station (which is in the middle of nowhere in central Australia) uses South Australian time even though it's actually located in Western Australia. =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/africa,v retrieving revision 1999.5 retrieving revision 1999.5.0.1 diff -pu -r1999.5 -r1999.5.0.1 --- africa 1999/08/17 18:33:50 1999.5 +++ africa 1999/09/28 07:14:25 1999.5.0.1 @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ Rule Egypt 1989 only - May 6 1:00 1:00 Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S # 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 Fri>=22 0:00s 1:00 S +Rule Egypt 1995 max - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Egypt 1995 max - Sep lastThu 23:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/asia,v retrieving revision 1999.6 retrieving revision 1999.6.0.1 diff -pu -r1999.6 -r1999.6.0.1 --- asia 1999/09/23 13:47:33 1999.6 +++ asia 1999/09/28 07:14:25 1999.6.0.1 @@ -78,13 +78,14 @@ Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 4:30 - AFT # Armenia -# From Paul Eggert (1998-??-??): +# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27): # Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991, # but usno1995 has Armenia at 4:00 (with DST), and Edgar Der-Danieliantz # <edd(a)AIC.NET> reported (1996-05-04) that Yerevan probably wouldn't use DST # in 1996, though it did use DST in 1995. IATA SSIM (1991/1998) reports that # Armenia switched from 3:00 to 4:00 in 1998 and observed DST after 1991, -# but started switching at 3:00s in 1998. +# but started switching at 3:00s in 1998. IATA SSIM (1999-02) reports +# that they switch one day later in 2001 (i.e. on Mondays). # What a mess! We guess Yerevan DST stayed in sync with Moscow between 1990 # and 1995, did not use DST in 1996, and started using DST again in 1997. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -365,10 +366,10 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 No 9:00 - JAYT # Iran -# From Paul Eggert (1996-12-17), following up a suggestion by Rich Wales: +# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27), following up a suggestion by Rich Wales: # Ahmea Alavi in # <a href="http://tehran.stanford.edu/Iran_Lib/Calendar/taghveem.txt"> -# TAGHVEEM (1993-08-04) +# TAGHVEEM (1993-07-12) # </a> # writes ``Daylight saving time in Iran starts from the first day # of Farvardin and ends the first day of Mehr.'' This disagrees with the SSIM: @@ -382,6 +383,10 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 No # 1995 03-21 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 # 1996 03-21!= 03-20 09-21!= 09-22 # 1997 03-21 03-21 09-21!= 09-23 +# 1998 03-21 03-21 09-21!= 09-23 +# 1999 03-22!= 03-21 09-22!= 09-23 +# 2000 03-21!= 03-20 09-21!= 09-22 +# 2001 03-17!= 03-21 09-19!= 09-23 # # Go with Alavi starting with 1992. # I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 19.34 to compute Persian dates. @@ -797,7 +802,8 @@ Rule Lebanon 1989 only - May 10 0:00 1:0 Rule Lebanon 1990 1992 - May 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Lebanon 1992 only - Oct 4 0:00 0 - Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Lebanon 1993 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1993 1998 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 - +Rule Lebanon 1999 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Beirut 2:22:00 - LMT 1880 2:00 Lebanon EE%sT @@ -1073,7 +1079,8 @@ Rule Syria 1992 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 Rule Syria 1993 only - Mar 26 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1993 only - Sep 25 0:00 0 - # IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1997-03-31; (1998-02) says 1998-04-02; -# (1998-09) says 1999-03-29 and 1999-09-29; ignore all these claims for now. +# (1998-09) says 1999-03-29 and 1999-09-29; (1999-02) says 1999-04-02, +# 2000-04-02, and 2001-04-02; ignore all these claims for now. Rule Syria 1994 max - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 1994 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/australasia,v retrieving revision 1999.6 retrieving revision 1999.6.0.1 diff -pu -r1999.6 -r1999.6.0.1 --- australasia 1999/09/23 13:47:37 1999.6 +++ australasia 1999/09/28 07:14:25 1999.6.0.1 @@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ Rule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 - Rule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 - Rule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - Rule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 - -# Whitman says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944, and that -# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944; go with Shanks. +# Go with Whitman and the Australian National Standards Commission, which +# says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944. Ignore Whitman's claim that +# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Northern Territory @@ -28,7 +29,8 @@ Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 189 # Western Australia Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 Aus WST 1943 Jul + 8:00 - WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00s 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s @@ -49,70 +51,70 @@ Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 # so use Lindeman. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AQ 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AQ 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule Holiday 1989 1993 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule Holiday 1990 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule Holiday 1992 1993 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule Holiday 1993 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s - 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 2:00s + 10:00 Aus EST 1971 10:00 AQ EST Zone Australia/Lindeman 9:55:56 - LMT 1895 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s - 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 2:00s + 10:00 Aus EST 1971 + 10:00 AQ EST 1992 Jul 10:00 Holiday EST # South Australia # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AS 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1990 1994 even Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1990 1994 odd Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - -Rule AS 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AS 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 9:00 - CST 1899 May 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s + 9:30 Aus CST 1971 9:30 AS CST # Tasmania # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 2:00s 0 - +Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 - -Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - +Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - -Rule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00s + 10:00 Aus EST 1967 10:00 AT EST # Victoria # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - +Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - -Rule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AV 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AV 1988 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AV 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - @@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ Rule AV 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:0 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s + 10:00 Aus EST 1971 10:00 AV EST # New South Wales @@ -140,14 +142,15 @@ Rule AN 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:0 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s + 10:00 Aus EST 1971 10:00 AN EST Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23 9:00 - CST 1899 May 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s - 9:30 AN CST + 9:30 Aus CST 1971 + 9:30 AN CST 2000 + 9:30 AS CST # Lord Howe Island # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -176,7 +179,10 @@ Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT # Macquarie # permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948; # sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888/1917 -# no information +# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm"> +# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ +# </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Macquarie Island follows Tasmanian practice +# irrespective of any local use of DST. This is unclear; ignore it for now. # # Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga # no information @@ -601,6 +607,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; # it matches what was used in the past. +# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm"> +# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ +# </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses +# South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia. + # Queensland # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ] @@ -712,41 +723,10 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Tasmania -# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): -# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... -# ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31... - -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): +# The rules for 1967 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd +# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] -# ... -# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 AT %sST -# ... -# Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E - -# From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (1991-10-10): -# My state Government in there eagerness to get a few more bucks for the -# tourist industry industry decided to change the daylight savings times -# yet again (we now have almost 6 months per year)... -# ... -# Rule Oz 1986 1990 - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - -# Rule Oz 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - -# ... -# Rule Oz 1987 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - -# Rule Oz 1991 max - Mar Sun<=31 3:00 0 - # From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10): # Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have @@ -755,23 +735,10 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Victoria -# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): -# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... -# ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... - -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): +# The rules for 1971 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd +# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] -# ... -# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV %sST -# ... -# Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E -# Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E -# Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E -# Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E # New South Wales @@ -786,46 +753,61 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # legislation. This is very important to understand. # I have researched New South Wales time only... -# From Dave Davey (1990-03-03): -# Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - -# Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - - -# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): -# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... -# NSW...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... - -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): -# # The state of NEW SOUTH WALES.. [confirmed by Attorney General's Dept N.S.W] -# # [ Dec 1990 ] -# ... -# Rule AN 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 E -# ... - -# From John Mackin (1991-03-09) -# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the -# file Robert forwarded - -# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): -# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988; -# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules. - -# From Bradley White (1995-05-20): -# Prem Bob Carr announced NSW will fall into line with other E states -# and SA and continue daylight savings to the last Sun in Mar. +# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27): +# The Information Service of the Australian National Standards Commission +# <a href="http://www.nsc.gov.au/InfoServ/Ileaflet/il27.htm"> +# Daylight Saving +# </a> page (1995-04) has an excellent overall history of Australian DST. +# The Community Relations Division of the NSW Attorney General's Department +# publishes a history of daylight saving in NSW. See: +# <a href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/crd.nsf/pages/time2"> +# Lawlink NSW: Daylight Saving in New South Wales +# </a> # From Eric Ulevik <eau(a)ozemail.com.au> (1999-05-26): # DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual -# October in 2000. Victoria and South Australia are expected to adopt this -# change, Queensland is unlikely. [See: Matthew Moore, +# October in 2000. [See: Matthew Moore, # <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html"> # Two months more daylight saving # </a> # Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26).] -# Also see the following official NSW source: +# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27): +# See the following official NSW source: # <a href="http://dir.gis.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/genobject/document/other/daylightsaving/t…"> # Daylight Saving in New South Wales. # </a> +# +# Narrabri Shire (NSW) council has announced it will ignore the extension of +# daylight saving next year. See: +# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/neweng/monthly/regeng-22jul1999-1.htm"> +# Narrabri Council to ignore daylight saving +# </a> (1999-07-22). For now, we'll wait to see if this really happens. +# +# Victoria will following NSW. See: +# <a href="http://abc.net.au/local/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990728112314_1.htm"> +# Vic to extend daylight saving +# </a> (1999-07-28). +# +# However, South Australia rejected the DST request. See: +# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990719151754_1.htm"> +# South Australia rejects Olympics daylight savings request +# </a> (1999-07-19). +# +# Queensland also will not observe DST for the Olympics. See: +# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/06/item19990601114608_1.htm"> +# Qld says no to daylight savings for Olympics +# </a> (1999-06-01), which quotes Queensland Premier Peter Beattie as saying +# ``Look you've got to remember in my family when this came up last time +# I voted for it, my wife voted against it and she said to me it's all very +# well for you, you don't have to worry about getting the children out of +# bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night. +# I've been through all this argument domestically...my wife rules.'' +# +# Broken Hill will stick with South Australian time in 2000. See: +# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/brokenh/monthly/regbrok-21jul1999-6.htm"> +# Broken Hill to be behind the times +# </a> (1999-07-21). # IATA SSIM (1998-09) says that the spring 2000 change for Australian # Capital Territory, New South Wales except Lord Howe Island and Broken @@ -996,7 +978,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # # But some of the older, more conservative members from the outer # islands objected. "If at midnight on Dec. 31, we move ahead 40 -# minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of th 40 +# minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of the 40 # minutes we have lost?" # # The Crown Prince, presented an unanswerable argument: "Remember that =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/northamerica,v retrieving revision 1999.6 retrieving revision 1999.6.0.1 diff -pu -r1999.6 -r1999.6.0.1 --- northamerica 1999/09/23 13:47:59 1999.6 +++ northamerica 1999/09/28 07:14:25 1999.6.0.1 @@ -1230,8 +1230,9 @@ Rule Cuba 1990 1997 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1: Rule Cuba 1991 1995 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 1996 only - Oct 6 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 1997 only - Oct 12 0:00s 0 S -Rule Cuba 1998 max - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D +Rule Cuba 1998 1999 - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1998 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S +Rule Cuba 2000 max - Apr 1 0:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890 =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/southamerica,v retrieving revision 1999.6 retrieving revision 1999.6.0.1 diff -pu -r1999.6 -r1999.6.0.1 --- southamerica 1999/09/23 13:48:02 1999.6 +++ southamerica 1999/09/28 07:14:25 1999.6.0.1 @@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ Rule Para 1993 1995 - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Para 1994 1995 - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule Para 1996 1998 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - Rule Para 1996 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Para 1999 max - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 - +Rule Para 1999 max - Feb lastSat 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890 -3:50:40 - AMT 1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time

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St. Johns
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) 24 Sep '99

24 Sep '99

A correspondent was surprised by the "America/St_Johns" time zone which was taken to provide information for the city in the United States Virgin Islands rather than for Newfoundland. Should the name of the zone be changed? Alternately, should an "America/St_Johns_USVI" be provided? --ado

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tzcode1999f.tar.gz and tzdata1999f.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) 23 Sep '99

23 Sep '99

The files ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode1999f.tar.gz and ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata1999f.tar.gz are now available; these incorporate the changes circulated on the time zone mailing list earlier this week by myself and Paul Eggert. --ado

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Timezone Database
by Lucy Hirst 21 Sep '99

21 Sep '99

The organization I work for is currently undertaking a number of projects on Y2K work and we continually find ourselves surfing the various web sites that provide Timezone Converters in order to verify what time it will be when certain cities clock over to the new millennium. Please can you inform me of the source for the Timezone Database and add my name to your "mailing list" referred to on Paul Stewart timezone converter web page (www.sandbox.xerox.com) We are having particular problem with the time in St. Johns USVI as the timezone converters state that there is an half hour difference between itself and the other USVI whereas "our man on the islands" tells us it is in the same timezone as the other USVI. What do we believe???? a confused timezone traveler Lucy Hirst for Ove Arup & Partners

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Nunavut time zone controversy widens
by Paul Eggert 21 Sep '99

21 Sep '99

This week's issue of the Nunatsiaq News reports that the Iqaluit Town Council has decided to oppose the Nunavut government's creation of a single time zone for Nunavut. See: Sean McKibbon Iqaluit council says no to time zone change: Deputy mayor says change "frivolous" http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt90917_11.html (1999-09-17)

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RE: Proposed changes
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) 21 Sep '99

21 Sep '99

-----Original Message----- From: Alex LIVINGSTON [SMTP:alex@agsm.edu.au] Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 7:08 PM To: 'tz' Subject: Re: Proposed changes ... I can't quite discern from the "diff" information provided what's supposed to have happened in Jordan. Is the country now "permanently" (i.e. year-round) on UT+03? What is being proposed for the time-zone "suffix"? Surely not "EEST", meaning, I presume, Eastern European Summer Time? Shouldn't it rather be the same as other countries in the region (if any) that are on UT+03 year round? The change is based on correspondence that read (in part): In April I reported that Jordan had stopped using DST. Now the government will use DST all year long Given the "DST all year long" language, using a DST-designating abbreviation year-round seemed like the right thing to do. --ado

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proposed patch to tz for Nunavut, Palestine, Bulgaria, etc.
by Paul Eggert 20 Sep '99

20 Sep '99

Here are some proposed patches that are in addition to the patch circulated earlier today by Arthur David Olson. * Lots of changes for Nunavut, brought to my attention by Antoine Leca and Rives McDow (though I made several further changes). - Pangnirtung is now on Eastern Time. I wildly guessed a switch in 1995. - Nunavut converts to Central Time on October 31. This entails a new Zone, America/Cambridge_Bay. - I found a claim that Coral Harbour, Nunavut, does not observe DST, but I vaguely recall that Canadian law does not permit this, so for now I left that as a comment only. * Palestine no longer uses the same DST rules as Jordan (if it ever did). Add a separate rule set for Palestine, with my best current guess for what this year's rules are. * Revert to the abbreviation `EEST' during summer in Bulgaria. I think the Bulgarian document (or translator) was mistaken when it had `EETDST'. * Add commentary from Joseph S. Myers about `BDST', and about Channel Islands summer time during World War I. * Clarify which states are affected by recent decrees in Brazil. * Shorten the comments about Jordan. * Modify tzselect.ksh so that it explains its output better to the casual user. diff -pu tz-1999ee-patch/asia tz/asia --- tz-1999ee-patch/asia Mon Sep 20 16:15:18 1999 +++ tz/asia Mon Sep 20 22:57:37 1999 @@ -648,28 +648,14 @@ Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 3 # Since 1938, all Japanese possessions have been like Asia/Tokyo. # Jordan -# From Steffen Thorsen [straen(a)thorsen.priv.no] (1999-05-08): -# Jordan do not have DST this year. It also seems that they are not going -# to use it the next years either. "We do not need it" was the answer I got -# from the Jordan National Information Centre (http://www.nic.gov.jo) -# -# From Steffen Thorsen [straen(a)thorsen.priv.no] (1999-09-09): -# In April I reported that Jordan had stopped using DST. Now the government -# will use DST all year long, as reported in this Jordanian newspaper: +# +# From # <a href="http://star.arabia.com/990701/JO9.html"> -# http://star.arabia.com/990701/JO9.html -# </a> -# -# "Summer time is back -# Clocks in Jordan were forwarded one hour on Wednesday at midnight, in -# accordance with the government's decision to implement summer time all -# year round." -# -# It seems that DST was introduced on 30 June at 24:00 (or 1 July 00:00). -# This link might also be of interest: -# <a href="http://star.arabia.com/990624/JO2.html"> -# http://star.arabia.com/990624/JO2.html -# </a> +# Jordan Week (1999-07-01) +# </a> via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09): +# Clocks in Jordan were forwarded one hour on Wednesday at midnight, +# in accordance with the government's decision to implement summer time +# all year round. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Jordan 1973 only - Jun 6 0:00 1:00 S @@ -953,7 +939,17 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # one-hour forward at this time. As a sign of independence from Israeli rule, # the PA has decided to implement DST in April. -# These rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. +# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20): +# Daoud Kuttab writes in +# <a href="http://www.jpost.com/com/Archive/22.Apr.1999/Opinion/Article-2.html"> +# Holiday havoc +# </a> (Jerusalem Post, 1999-04-22) that +# the Palestinian National Authority changed to DST on 1999-04-15. +# I vaguely recall that they switch back in October (sorry, forgot the source). +# For now, let's assume that the spring switch was at 24:00, +# and that they switch at 0:00 on the 3rd Fridays of April and October. + +# The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule EgyptAsia 1957 only - May 10 0:00 1:00 S Rule EgyptAsia 1957 1958 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - @@ -961,12 +957,17 @@ Rule EgyptAsia 1958 only - May 1 0:00 1 Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1967 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S Rule EgyptAsia 1959 1965 - Sep 30 3:00 0 - Rule EgyptAsia 1966 only - Oct 1 3:00 0 - + +Rule Palestine 1999 max - Apr Fri>=15 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Palestine 1999 max - Oct Fri>=15 0:00 0 - + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Gaza 2:17:52 - LMT 1900 Oct 2:00 Zion EET 1948 May 15 2:00 EgyptAsia EE%sT 1967 Jun 5 2:00 Zion I%sT 1996 - 2:00 Jordan EE%sT + 2:00 Jordan EE%sT 1999 + 2:00 Palestine EE%sT # Paracel Is # no information diff -pu tz-1999ee-patch/europe tz/europe --- tz-1999ee-patch/europe Mon Sep 20 16:16:24 1999 +++ tz/europe Mon Sep 20 22:57:37 1999 @@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ # time of sunrise and sunset in The Times, when BDST was in effect, and # if you find a zone reference it will say, "All times B.D.S.T." +# From Joseph S. Myers (1999-09-02): +# ... some military cables (WO 219/4100 - this is a copy from the +# main SHAEF archives held in the US National Archives, SHAEF/5252/8/516) +# agree that the usage is BDST (this appears in a message dated 17 Feb 1945). + # Howse writes (p 157) `DBST'; let's assume this is a typo. # From Peter Ilieve <peter(a)aldie.co.uk> (1998-04-19): @@ -708,6 +713,17 @@ # Implements the eighth Directive. Has the same text about the Isle of Man, # Guernsey and Jersey as the 1994 Order. +# From Joseph S. Myers (1999-09-02): +# I today found the 1916 summer time orders for the Channel Islands in +# the Public Record Office (HO 45/10811/312364).... Alderney, +# Jersey and Guernsey all enacted summer time for 1916 (and the +# enactment for the Isle of Man is already noted). This doesn't +# complete the resolution of timekeeping in the Channel Islands, since +# 1917-1921 need to be resolved for the Channel Islands, and it isn't +# clear whether the islands were using GMT or local time then. The +# changes in Alderney and Guernsey were at the same 2am GMT time as +# for Great Britain; the order for Jersey is more interesting. + # From Joseph S. Myers <jsm28(a)hermes.cam.ac.uk> (1998-01-06): # # The legal time in the UK outside of summer time is definitely GMT, not UTC; @@ -716,7 +732,7 @@ # (Lords Hansard 11 June 1997 columns 964 to 976) # </a>. -# From Paul Eggert <eggert(a)twinsun.com> (1996-06-12): +# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20): # # The date `20 April 1924' in the table of ``Summer Time: A # Consultation Document'' (Cm 722, 1989) table is a transcription error; @@ -740,11 +756,14 @@ # Actually, that date saw the usual switch to summer time. # Standard time was not changed until 1968-10-27 (the clocks didn't change). # -# The following claims by Shanks are possible though doubtful; -# we'll ignore them for now. +# Here is another incorrect claim by Shanks: # * Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man did not switch from GMT # to daylight saving time until 1921 Apr 3, when they began to # conform with Great Britain. +# S.R.&O. 1916, No. 382 and HO 45/10811/312364 (quoted above) say otherwise. +# +# The following claim by Shanks is possible though doubtful; +# we'll ignore it for now. # * Dublin's 1971-10-31 switch was at 02:00, even though London's was 03:00. # # @@ -1165,20 +1184,12 @@ Zone Europe/Brussels 0:17:30 - LMT 1880 # see Yugoslavia # Bulgaria - -# From Steffen Thorsen [straen(a)thorsen.priv.no] (1999-09-09): -# Sofia should probably use rule "EU" after 1997: -# -# Plamen Simenov <P.Simeonov(a)cnsys.bg> reports that DST transitions -# are not at midnight, but a few hours later: -# +# +# From Plamen Simenov <P.Simeonov(a)cnsys.bg> via Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09): # A document of Government of Bulgaria (No.94/1997) says: -# EET --> EETDST is in 03:00 Local time in last Sunday of March -# (new=local+1h) +# EET --> EETDST is in 03:00 Local time in last Sunday of March ... # EETDST --> EET is in 04:00 Local time in last Sunday of October -# (new=local-1h) -# (EETDST = EEST) - +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Bulg 1979 only - Mar 31 23:00 1:00 S Rule Bulg 1979 only - Oct 1 1:00 0 - @@ -1194,7 +1205,7 @@ Zone Europe/Sofia 1:33:16 - LMT 1880 2:00 Bulg EE%sT 1982 Sep 26 2:00 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1991 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1997 - 2:00 EU EET/EETDST + 2:00 EU EE%sT # Croatia # see Yugosloavia diff -pu tz-1999ee-patch/northamerica tz/northamerica --- tz-1999ee-patch/northamerica Tue Aug 17 11:09:08 1999 +++ tz/northamerica Mon Sep 20 22:57:37 1999 @@ -889,6 +889,25 @@ 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 says Yukon's 1973-10-28 switch was at 2:00; go with Englander. +# From Rives McDow (1999-09-04): +# Nunavut ... moved ... to incorporate the whole territory into one time zone. +# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt90903_13.html"> +# The change announcement +# </a> +# +# From Antoine Leca (1999-09-06): +# We then need to create a new timezone for the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut +# to differentiate it from the Yellowknife region. + +# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20): +# <a href="http://www.nunavut.com/basicfacts/english/basicfacts_1territory.html"> +# Basic Facts: The New Territory +# </a> (1999) reports that Pangnirtung operates on Eastern time, +# and that Coral Harbour does not observe DST. We don't know when +# Pangnirtung switched to Eastern time; we'll guess 1995. +# We'll ignore the claim about Coral Harbour for now, +# since we have no further info. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S @@ -903,11 +922,17 @@ Rule NT_YK 1980 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 Rule NT_YK 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Pangnirtung -4:22:56 - LMT 1884 - -4:00 NT_YK A%sT -Zone America/Iqaluit -4:33:52 - LMT 1884 # Frobisher Bay - -5:00 NT_YK E%sT + -4:00 NT_YK A%sT 1995 Apr Sun>=1 2:00 + -5:00 Canada E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 + -6:00 Canada C%sT +Zone America/Iqaluit -4:33:52 - LMT 1884 # Frobisher Bay before 1987 + -5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 + -6:00 Canada C%sT Zone America/Rankin_Inlet -6:08:40 - LMT 1884 -6:00 NT_YK C%sT +Zone America/Cambridge_Bay -7:00:20 - LMT 1884 + -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 + -6:00 Canada C%sT Zone America/Yellowknife -7:37:24 - LMT 1884 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT Zone America/Inuvik -8:54:00 - LMT 1884 diff -pu tz-1999ee-patch/southamerica tz/southamerica --- tz-1999ee-patch/southamerica Mon Sep 20 16:16:57 1999 +++ tz/southamerica Mon Sep 20 22:57:37 1999 @@ -350,17 +350,18 @@ Rule Brazil 1997 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:0 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV2495.JPG">2,495</a> # (1998-02-10) Rule Brazil 1998 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - -# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/Hv98.jpg">2,780</a> (1998-09-11). -# specifies only the 1998-10-11 and 1999-02-21 transitions. +# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/Hv98.jpg">2,780</a> (1998-09-11) +# adopted by the same states as before. Rule Brazil 1998 only - Oct 11 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1999 only - Feb 21 0:00 0 - # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3150.gif">3,150</a> -# (1999-08-23) specifies only the 1999-10-03 and 2000-02-27 transitions; +# (1999-08-23), adopted by same states, says only 1999-10-03 and 2000-02-27; # after that, these rules are guesses and are quite possibly wrong, # but they are more likely than no DST at all. Rule Brazil 1999 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 2000 max - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 - + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # # Fernando de Noronha diff -pu tz-1999ee-patch/tzselect.ksh tz/tzselect.ksh --- tz-1999ee-patch/tzselect.ksh Sun May 24 12:15:13 1998 +++ tz/tzselect.ksh Mon Sep 20 22:57:37 1999 @@ -289,5 +289,17 @@ Universal Time is now: $UTdate." do : done -# Output the answer. +case $SHELL in +*csh) file=.login line="setenv TZ '$TZ'";; +*) file=.profile line="TZ='$TZ'; export TZ" +esac + +echo >&2 " +You can make this change permanent for yourself by appending the line + $line +to the file '$file' in your home directory; then log out and log in again. + +Here is that TZ value again, this time on standard output so that you +can use the $0 command in shell scripts:" + echo "$TZ" diff -pu tz-1999ee-patch/zone.tab tz/zone.tab --- tz-1999ee-patch/zone.tab Thu Mar 25 06:47:47 1999 +++ tz/zone.tab Mon Sep 20 22:57:37 1999 @@ -88,14 +88,15 @@ CA +4734-05243 America/St_Johns Newfound CA +4439-06336 America/Halifax Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (most places), NB, W Labrador, E Quebec & PEI CA +4612-05957 America/Glace_Bay Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia - places that did not observe DST 1966-1971 CA +5320-06025 America/Goose_Bay Atlantic Time - E Labrador -CA +6608-06544 America/Pangnirtung Atlantic Time - Northwest Territories CA +4531-07334 America/Montreal Eastern Time - Ontario & Quebec - 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 +6344-06828 America/Iqaluit Eastern Time - Northwest Territories CA +4953-09709 America/Winnipeg Central Time - Manitoba & west Ontario CA +4843-09429 America/Rainy_River Central Time - Rainy River & Fort Frances, Ontario -CA +6245-09210 America/Rankin_Inlet Central Time - Northwest Territories +CA +6608-06544 America/Pangnirtung Central Time - Pangnirtung, Nunavut +CA +6344-06828 America/Iqaluit Central Time - east Nunavut +CA +6245-09210 America/Rankin_Inlet Central Time - central Nunavut +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

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