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by Sergio Britos (Capital Markets) March 13, 2008

March 13, 2008

There have been a recent advancing of 1 hour in clock so that in Asuncion Paraguay, right now is 10:00a.m. not 9:00 am. So please update your database

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FW: Cuba DST official
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 13, 2008

March 13, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Jesper Norgaard Welen, who is away from his usual haunt. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Jesper Norgaard Welen [mailto:support@worldtimeexplorer.com] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 5:56 To: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Subject: Cuba DST official Hi Arthur, The Cuban time change has just been confirmed on the most authoritative web site, the Granma. Please check out http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsens information, the change will take place midnight between Saturday and Sunday. Please forward to the tz emailing list. Regards, - Jesper Norgaard Welen

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FW: Correction for Saint-Pierre/Miquelon
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 13, 2008

March 13, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Bill Raymond; since sending it, he has asked to be added to the time zone mailing list and has been added. --ado From: Raymond, Bill (BRAYMOND) [mailto:BRAYMOND@arinc.com] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:06 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Correction for Saint-Pierre/Miquelon Reference airport LFVP - Saint Pierre/Miquelon. There is a timezone America/Miquelon but the current setting is GMT -3 with no DST. LFVP is currently is DST and is GMT -2. It looks like the Olson data has DST info for 2007 but not for 2008. I did check several sources to confirm, including making a call to Air St. Pierre at the airport to check local time. For now I set LFVP to Etc/GMT -2. Please let me know if there will be an update. Best Regards, Bill Raymond braymond(a)arinc.com ARINC Direct Flight Ops flightops(a)arinc.com Toll Free: (866) 321-6060 Fax: (410) 266-2020

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Possible error with timezone for Saint Pierre/Miquelon?
by Hancock, David (dhancock) March 13, 2008

March 13, 2008

Please see the note below from one of my colleagues, Bill Raymond. He was following up on a discrepancy in our airport local-time lookup for one of the airports our customers use. He verified that the island follows DST by calling the airport authority there. Neither of us knows the start and end dates for DST, though. > One of our destination airports is LFVP - Saint Pierre/Miquelon. There is a > timezone America/Miquelon but the current setting is GMT -3 with no DST. LFVP > is currently is DST and is GMT -2. It looks like the Olson data has DST info > for 2007 but not for 2008. I did check several sources to confirm, including > making a call to Air St. Pierre at the airport to check local time. > > For now I set LFVP to Etc/GMT -2. Please let me know if there will be an > update. We recently integrated the timezone DB into our flight-planning site and it's working out very well. We've also been using worldtimeengine.com, which is great for obtaining timezone information using latitude and longitude. Cheers! -- David Hancock | dhancock(a)arinc.com

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Correction for Saint-Pierre/Miquelon
by Raymond, Bill (BRAYMOND) March 13, 2008

March 13, 2008

Reference airport LFVP - Saint Pierre/Miquelon. There is a timezone America/Miquelon but the current setting is GMT -3 with no DST. LFVP is currently is DST and is GMT -2. It looks like the Olson data has DST info for 2007 but not for 2008. I did check several sources to confirm, including making a call to Air St. Pierre at the airport to check local time. For now I set LFVP to Etc/GMT -2. Please let me know if there will be an update. Best Regards, Bill Raymond braymond(a)arinc.com ARINC Direct Flight Ops flightops(a)arinc.com Toll Free: (866) 321-6060 Fax: (410) 266-2020

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Re: Proposed change to time zone northamerica file: deferred Cuban DST
by Arthur David Olson March 12, 2008

March 12, 2008

With Steffen Thorsen's information in hand, here's a revised patch to the northamerica file (relative to tzdata2008a.tar.gz). Absent objections or better information, I'll try to put tzdata2008b.tar.gz in place this coming Saturday morning (to--barely--beat the transition time). --ado ------- northamerica ------- *** /tmp/geta11739 Wed Mar 12 10:00:56 2008 --- /tmp/getb11739 Wed Mar 12 10:00:56 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)northamerica 8.20 # <pre> # also includes Central America and the Caribbean --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)northamerica 8.22 # <pre> # also includes Central America and the Caribbean *************** *** 2205,2210 **** --- 2205,2252 ---- # # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba03.html + # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-09): + # I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight + # Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to + # <a href="http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj"> + # http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj + # </a>, a Cuban information station, and heard + # the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"), + # indicating that Cuba is still on standard time. + + # From Dirk Losch (2008-03-05): + # I've been informed that the DST in Cuba will begin at 30th of + # March 2008. The information is based on IATA. + + # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-12): + # It seems that Cuba will start DST on Sunday, 2007-03-16, two weeks + # earlier than expected (or one week later than current tzdata). + # + # It was announced yesterday, according to this source (in Spanish): + # <a href="http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm"> + # http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm + # </a> + # + # Some more background information is posted here: + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html + # </a> + # + # The article also says that Cuba has been observing DST since 1963, + # while Shanks (and tzdata) has 1965 as the first date (except in the + # 1940's). Many other web pages in Cuba also claim that it has been + # observed since 1963, but with the exception of 1970 - an exception + # which is not present in tzdata/Shanks. So there is a chance we need to + # change some historic records as well. + # + # One example: + # <a href="http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm"> + # http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm + # </a> + + # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-12): + # Assume Sun>=15 (third Sunday) going forward. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Cuba 1928 only - Jun 10 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1928 only - Oct 10 0:00 0 S *************** *** 2236,2242 **** Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 2000 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 2006 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S ! Rule Cuba 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890 --- 2278,2285 ---- Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 2000 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 2006 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S ! Rule Cuba 2007 only - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D ! Rule Cuba 2008 max - Mar Sun>=15 0:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890

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Proposed change to time zone northamerica file: deferred Cuban DST
by Arthur David Olson March 12, 2008

March 12, 2008

Since this affects current time stamps, it's probably best to get a best guess out the door rather than wait for documentation. Here's a proposed change to the time zone package "northamerica" file to reflect the deferred start of DST in Cuba. --ado ------- northamerica ------- *** /tmp/geta1868 Mon Mar 10 15:35:07 2008 --- /tmp/getb1868 Mon Mar 10 15:35:07 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)northamerica 8.20 # <pre> # also includes Central America and the Caribbean --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)northamerica 8.21 # <pre> # also includes Central America and the Caribbean *************** *** 2205,2210 **** --- 2205,2229 ---- # # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba03.html + # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-09): + # I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight + # Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to + # <a href="http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj"> + # http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj + # </a>, a Cuban information station, and heard + # the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"), + # indicating that Cuba is still on standard time. + + # From Dirk Losch (2008-03-05): + # I've been informed that the DST in Cuba will begin at 30th of + # March 2008. The information is based on IATA. + + # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-10): + # The above matches what's found at the unofficial site + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/results.html?query=havana"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/results.html?query=havana + # </a>. Assume lastSun from 2008 forward. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Cuba 1928 only - Jun 10 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1928 only - Oct 10 0:00 0 S *************** *** 2236,2242 **** Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 2000 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 2006 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S ! Rule Cuba 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890 --- 2255,2262 ---- Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 2000 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 2006 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S ! Rule Cuba 2007 only - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D ! Rule Cuba 2008 max - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890

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Iraq dumps DST
by Steffen Thorsen March 10, 2008

March 10, 2008

The cabinet in Iraq abolished DST last week, according to the following news sources (in Arabic): http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublic… We have published a short article in English about the change: http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html Best regards, Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com

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FW: Cuban time
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 10, 2008

March 10, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Jesper Norgaard Welen, who is on the time zone mailing list, for the reason given below. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Jesper Norgaard Welen [mailto:support@worldtimeexplorer.com] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 6:14 To: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Subject: Cuban time Hi Arthur Unfortunately I have no authoritative information on the expected change in DST for Cuba of March 30, 2008. I checked a few internet radios in Cuba as yourself, and both gave the time in Spanish as being without DST. Also these web pages show the time of Cuba without DST: http://www.cubasi.cu/ http://www.cubavision.cubaweb.cu/portada.asp In my mind there is no doubt that Cuba *stayed* on standard time this Sunday. What will happen March 30 is another matter. Perhaps nothing. Unfortunately I have no means to send this to the tz emailing list because I don't have access to my home email right now. Please forward if you can. Regards, - Jesper Nørgaard Welen Subj: Cuban time Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:58:34 -0400 From: "Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E]" <olsona(a)dc37a.nci.nih.gov> ---------------------------------------------------------------- I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj, a Cuban information station, and heard the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"), indicating that Cuba is still on standard time. If I use Internet Explorer to view http://www.radioreloj.cu, scroll to the bottom of the page, and wait for the animated reloj (watch) to appear in the lower-right-hand corner, it shows 9:44--what we'd expect with the current time zone database stuff. Does anyone have an official reference for the March 30, 2008 Cuban DST start date we've seen on the mailing list? --ado

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Cuban time
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 10, 2008

March 10, 2008

I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj, a Cuban information station, and heard the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"), indicating that Cuba is still on standard time. If I use Internet Explorer to view http://www.radioreloj.cu, scroll to the bottom of the page, and wait for the animated reloj (watch) to appear in the lower-right-hand corner, it shows 9:44--what we'd expect with the current time zone database stuff. Does anyone have an official reference for the March 30, 2008 Cuban DST start date we've seen on the mailing list? --ado

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