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FW: Inherit the Wind
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 17, 2010

March 17, 2010

I'm (belatedly) forwarding this message from Mark Brader, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Mark Brader [mailto:msb@vex.net] Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 4:17 To: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Subject: Inherit the Wind Please forward this to the TZ list. I am not on the list; any replies should be directed accordingly. Here's an item for tz-art.htm: an exchange from the play "Inherit the Wind" by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee (filmed in 1960 with Spencer Tracy as Drummond and Fredric March as Brady, and several other times): BRADY A fine biblical scholar, Bishop Usher, has determined for us the exact date and hour of the Creation. It occurred in the year 4004 B.C. DRUMMOND That's Bishop Usher's opinion. BRADY It's not an opinion. It is literal fact, which the good Bishop arrived at through careful computation of the ages of the prophets as set down in the Old Testament. In fact, he determined that the Lord began the Creation on the 23rd of October in the Year 4004 B.C. at -- uh, at 9 A.M.! DRUMMOND That Eastern Standard Time? (Laughter) Or Rocky Mountain Time? (More laughter) It wasn't daylight-saving time, was it? Because the Lord didn't make the sun until the fourth day! BRADY (Fidgeting) That is correct. DRUMMOND (Sharply) The first day. Was it a twenty-four-hour day? BRADY The Bible says it was a day. DRUMMOND There wasn't any sun. How do you know how long it was? BRADY (Determined) The Bible says it was a day. DRUMMOND A normal day, a literal day, a twenty-four-hour day? After a few more lines, Brady admits he doesn't know, and Drummond suggests that that "day" could have been 10 million years. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | In the affairs of this world men are saved, msb(a)vex.net | not by faith, but by the want of it. --Franklin

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FW: Windsor, Ontario, in 1955
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 17, 2010

March 17, 2010

I'm (belatedly) forwarding this message from Mark Brader, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Mark Brader [mailto:msb@vex.net] Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 3:48 To: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Subject: Windsor, Ontario, in 1955 Please forward to the TZ list. I am not on the list, so replies should be directed accordingly, but really I don't think I need to see any anyway. Currently the database has: # Ontario # From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09): # Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of Ontario has been like # Toronto. # Thunder Bay skipped DST in 1973. # Many smaller locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1974; # Nipigon (EST) and Rainy River (CST) are the largest that we know of. In the (Toronto) Globe and Mail for Saturday, 1955-09-24, in the bottom right corner of page 1, it says that Toronto will return to standard time at 2 am Sunday morning (which agrees with the database), and that: The one-hour setback will go into effect throughout most of Ontario, except in areas like Windsor which remains on standard time all year. Windsor is, of course, a lot larger than Nipigon. I only came across this incidentally. I don't know if Windsor began observing DST when Detroit did, or in 1974, or on some other date. By the way, the article continues by noting that: Some cities in the United States have pushed the deadline back three weeks and will change over from daylight saving in October. -- Mark Brader | "Oh, especially if it's accurate. There's nothing worse Toronto | than *accurate*, ill-informed, irresponsible press msb(a)vex.net | speculation." -- Lynn & Jay: "Yes, Prime Minister"

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Syria DST starts one week later
by Steffen Thorsen March 17, 2010

March 17, 2010

More news: The "Syrian News Station" reported on 2010-03-16 that the Council of Ministers has decided that Syria will start DST on midnight Thursday 2010-04-01: (midnight between Thursday and Friday): http://sns.sy/sns/?path=news/read/11421 (Arabic) Best regards, Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com

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Russia may drop two time zones by end of March
by Steffen Thorsen March 17, 2010

March 17, 2010

According to the following article in RIA Novosti newswire, the Samara Region and the Republic of Udmurtia regions may be moved into the Moscow time zone and the Chukotka and Kamchatka regions may be moved into the Magadan time zone (Moscow+8) when DST starts on March 28. http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100317/158225148.html Best regards, Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com

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TZUpdater 1.3.28
by Carlos Raúl Perasso March 17, 2010

March 17, 2010

Perhaps this is not the best place to ask for it, but I got no answer from my local Sun Service representative (which I assume is Argentina). Could somebody point me where I could get the last version of the TZUpdater for Java, which includes tzdata2010e? Thanks, Carlos Raúl Perasso Asunción, Paraguay

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Update time zone of the United States-Mexico border
by Ing. Obed Javier March 16, 2010

March 16, 2010

Hello, I'm using the google translator, I apologize if there is a misspelling; I know how to update the time zone (or to do ubuntu) to the border towns of Mexico with the United States and took effect on daylight saving time and yet time has not changed. In border cities, daylight saving time begins the second Sunday in March, and the rest of Mexico, the first Sunday in April. As a reference, put the story that supports this change: http://www.elmananarey.com/diario/noticia/tamaulipas/noticias/adelanta_fron… or (in english): http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=es&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&…

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Updated efele.net/tz maps
by Eric Muller March 14, 2010

March 14, 2010

I have updated the maps of the TZ timezones presented at <http://efele.net/maps/tz>: - in sync with 2010e: introduction of America/Matamoros, America/Ojinaga, America/Santa_Isabel - the Kuril islands are now in Asia/Magadan rather than Asia/Sakhalin (thanks to Tobias Conradi for noticing the error) As a result, the Russia and world data files have changed. The other data files are identical. Eric.

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DST and Time Zone
by balestra_romanito＠libero.it March 12, 2010

March 12, 2010

Hi, I don't speak English very well but I would like to ask to you if you have some resources about DST and Time Zone about all Cities in the World. Thanks Romano Balestra Rome - Italy

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issues for new DST rules for Acuña and Piedras Negras in state Coahuila, Mexico
by Alexander Krivenyshev March 12, 2010

March 12, 2010

Issues arise whether to observe new DST rules for Acuña and Piedras Negras in state Coahuila, Mexico Coahuila no acatará horario de verano (in spanish) http://www.exonline.com.mx/diario/noticia/primera/pulsonacional/coahuila_no… ara_horario_de_verano/889695 or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mexico052.html Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.WorldTimeZone.com

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FW: Chile time change fully oficial
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 11, 2010

March 11, 2010

I'm forwarding this message from Fermin Uribe, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Fermin Uribe [mailto:furibe@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:31 To: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Subject: Chile time change fully oficial Mr. Olson, FYI: Chile time change is now fully oficial http://www.horaoficial.cl/DS156.pdf -- Fermin Uribe

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