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DST Law Changes in USA - State of Wisconsin
by a0dUSpoc＠ExecPC.Com March 13, 2007

March 13, 2007

Greetings! While examining the OpenBSD 3.9 patch changes for the recent US DST switch, I noted the _previously_ accurate statement regarding Wisconsin's non-standard 1 AM switch time. A snippit of the patch text is replicated at the end of this message. Firstly, I must applaud y'all for reflecting this exception to Federal standards. Secondly, I'm writing to alert you to the fact that the State of Wisconsin has enacted (nearly eleventh-hour) legislation to get WI Statue 175 closer in synch with the US Congress' intent in passing the Uniform Time Act of 1966 PL 89-387. Wisconsin 07 Act 3 in fact changed the DST times to coincide with 15USC260-267. This Act was signed into Law on March 6, 2007. Please see [http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/journal_media_detail.asp?locid=19&prid=2559] and [http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/acts/07Act3.pdf] for verification. This Act not only modified Wisconsin Statutes 175.095 to Standardize time, but also modified § 125 to keep the Tavern League and Law Enforcement all happy. "Ein Prosit!" Finally, I'd like to note that it may be worthwhile for impacted users to lobby the Badger state to pass even simpler legislation: just declare Wisconsin to be in the "US Central" timezone (90th Meridian) and declare its acceptance of any USA Federal laws which modify date or time Standards. This will save everybody from needing to pass enabling State legislation on any subsequent occasions if Federal Laws are changed. Sincerely, Douglas R. Bomberg a0duspoc(a)ExecPC.Com ---- Now Erroneous Timezone codesnip: +# From Larry M. Smith (2006-04-26) re Wisconsin: +# http://www.legis.state.wi.us/statutes/Stat0175.pdf ... +# is currently enforced at the 01:00 time of change. Because the local +# "bar time" in the state corresponds to 02:00, a number of citations +# are issued for the "sale of class 'B' alcohol after prohibited +# hours" within the deviated hour of this change every year....

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FW: Mongolia won't observe Summer Time in 2007- Cabinet Ministry decided to annul the 93rd decree
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 13, 2007

March 13, 2007

I'm forwarding this message from Alexander Krivenyshev, who's not on the time zone mailing list (at least not on the address shown below). Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list should direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Krivenyshev, WorldTimeZone.com [mailto:info@worldtimezone.com] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 9:38 PM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Mongolia won't observe Summer Time in 2007- Cabinet Ministry decided to annul the 93rd decree Found few more pages (in Russian) about Mongolia won't observe Summer Time (DST) in 2007. Read my translation below: 02/08/2006, Mongolia - "Mongolia won't observe Summer Time (DST)" from Embassy of Mongolia in the Russian Federation and MONTSAME - NEWS AGENCY. February 8, 2007 GOVERNMENT MEETING At a recent meeting of The Cabinet Ministry, it was decided to annul the 93rd decree which calls for the transition to Summer Time (DST). According to government regulations from 1983, 1986, and 2001, each year the clock advanced one hour earlier during the summer. The government press service reported that due to economic circumstances of the country, the market economy, the energy industry, and citing the adverse impact on human health, the government has chosen not to move to Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time). http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mongolia01.html

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Mongolia won't observe Summer Time in 2007- Cabinet Ministry decided to annul the 93rd decree
by Alexander Krivenyshev, WorldTimeZone.com March 13, 2007

March 13, 2007

Found few more pages (in Russian) about Mongolia won't observe Summer Time (DST) in 2007. Read my translation below: 02/08/2006, Mongolia - "Mongolia won't observe Summer Time (DST)" from Embassy of Mongolia in the Russian Federation and MONTSAME - NEWS AGENCY. February 8, 2007 GOVERNMENT MEETING At a recent meeting of The Cabinet Ministry, it was decided to annul the 93rd decree which calls for the transition to Summer Time (DST). According to government regulations from 1983, 1986, and 2001, each year the clock advanced one hour earlier during the summer. The government press service reported that due to economic circumstances of the country, the market economy, the energy industry, and citing the adverse impact on human health, the government has chosen not to move to Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time). http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mongolia01.html

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FW: No more daylight saving time in Mongolia
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 13, 2007

March 13, 2007

I'm forwarding this message from Ganbold, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list should direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Ganbold [mailto:ganbold@micom.mng.net] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 8:49 PM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Cc: eggert(a)twinsun.com Subject: No more daylight saving time in Mongolia Dear sir, Sorry for making trouble. Parliament of Mongolia has just changed the daylight-saving rule in February. They decided not to adopt daylight-saving time. Could you please make appropriate changes to asia zone file? Following lines: Rule Mongol 2001 max - Sep lastSat 2:00 0 - Rule Mongol 2002 max - Mar lastSat 2:00 1:00 S could be changed to: Rule Mongol 2001 2006 - Sep lastSat 2:00 0 - Rule Mongol 2002 2006 - Mar lastSat 2:00 1:00 S Maybe I'm wrong here. Please let me know if you have any questions. sincerely, Ganbold Ts. Mongolia

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Turkey to use EU rules starting 2007
by Steffen Thorsen March 12, 2007

March 12, 2007

Hello, Until 2006, Turkey seemed to start/end DST at 1:00 standard time, as reported earlier. Starting 2007 though, it seems that they are adopting EU's 1:00 UTC start/end time, according to the following page (2007-03-07): http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/402029.asp "Turkey is to shift to daylight savings time on the last Sunday in March, with clocks being moved forward one hour at 3:00 am on March 25. Summer time will end on October 28, with clocks being put back one hour at 4.00 am." The old 1:00s was used last time in October 2006 as the following news article suggest: http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/5305826.asp "The day-light saving implementation will end at 2.00 a.m. on October 29th, 2006 as the clocks will be set back by one hour..." Best regards, Steffen

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FW: Corrections to web page
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 12, 2007

March 12, 2007

I'm forwarding this message from Bruce Rossi, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list should direct replies appropriately. (And the letter brings up the question: what do you call the study of meteors? :-) --ado -----Original Message----- From: data2doc [mailto:data2doc@fastmail.com.au] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 7:32 PM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Corrections to web page Hi, I've spotted an error on the page <http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm> Under the heading "National histories of legal time" is: Australia The Parliamentary Library has commissioned research note on daylight saving time in Australia. The Bureau of ***Metrology*** publishes a list of Implementation Dates of Daylight Savings Time within Australia. The Bureau of Metrology should be The Bureau of Meteorology Metrology is the science of measurement while Meteorology is the science of weather. -- Regards, Bruce Rossi Data To Documents data2docSAFE at URLfastmail.com.au (Please modify to reply)

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FW: Corrections to web page
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 12, 2007

March 12, 2007

I'm forwarding this message from Bruce Rossi, who is not on the time zone mailing ist. Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list should direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: data2doc [mailto:data2doc@fastmail.com.au] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 10:21 AM To: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Subject: Re: FW: Corrections to web page Hi Arthur, Sorry, I should have included references: The Bureau of Meteorology: <http://www.bom.gov.au/> Wikipedia definition: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorology> A bit of history which illustrates the name origin: <http://www.bartleby.com/64/C004/035.html>

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DST in the news
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 12, 2007

March 12, 2007

"Countdown to Confusion: Daylight Saving Time Comes Early This Year, But Will Your Computer Know When to Switch?" appeared on page D1 (front of the business section) of the Saturday, March 3 Washington Post. Prime nugget: "The newsletter of the Los Alamos National Laboratory recently reminded employees to reset clocks on coffeemakers that are programmed to start brewing while the owner is waking up, showering[,] or dressing. The nation's most vital atomic secrets, it seems, should not be entrusted to scientists running low on java. --ado

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yearistype.sh
by John Kolvereid March 12, 2007

March 12, 2007

Hi, I am using Linux RedHat v9. I have downloaded the latest tzcode using: wget 'ftp://elsit.nci.nih.gov/pub/tz*.tar.gz' and ran the following commands: gzip -dc tgcode*.tar.gz | tar -xf - gzip -dc tgcode*.tar.gz | tar -xf - make TOPDIR=$HOME/tzdir install but got the fatal response: sed \ -e 's|AWK=[^}]*|AWK=nawk|g' \ -e 's|TZDIR=[^}]*|TZDIR=/root/tzdir/etc/zoneinfo|' \ <tzselect.ksh >tzselect chmod +x tzselect cc -DTZDIR=\"/root/tzdir/etc/zoneinfo\" -c -o zic.o zic.c cc -DTZDIR=\"/root/tzdir/etc/zoneinfo\" -c -o localtime.o localtime.c localtime.c: In function `differ_by_repeat': localtime.c:331: warning: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type cc -DTZDIR=\"/root/tzdir/etc/zoneinfo\" -c -o asctime.o asctime.c cc -DTZDIR=\"/root/tzdir/etc/zoneinfo\" -c -o scheck.o scheck.c cc -DTZDIR=\"/root/tzdir/etc/zoneinfo\" -c -o ialloc.o ialloc.c make: *** No rule to make target `yearistype.sh', needed by `yearistype'. Stop. I have no idea what to do about the script 'yearistype.sh' Any suggestions. Pls advise. Thx. -- John Kolvereid odin(a)op.net www.akaodin.com 610.296.4485 610.389.2201 (cell)

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Corrections to web page
by data2doc March 9, 2007

March 9, 2007

Hi, I've spotted an error on the page <http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm> Under the heading "National histories of legal time" is: Australia The Parliamentary Library has commissioned research note on daylight saving time in Australia. The Bureau of ***Metrology*** publishes a list of Implementation Dates of Daylight Savings Time within Australia. The Bureau of Metrology should be The Bureau of Meteorology Metrology is the science of measurement while Meteorology is the science of weather. -- Regards, Bruce Rossi Data To Documents data2docSAFE at URLfastmail.com.au (Please modify to reply)

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