Thanks for all those heads-ups about New Zealand. In nosing around the web I think Haiti has probably changed to not use DST, so let's go with that change too (it's the most pressing, as it affects today's time stamps). Here are all the changes that I have accumulated, not counting the proposed zic.c change already discussed. Changes affecting current time stamps: * Haiti no longer observes DST. (Thanks to Stephen Colebourne for this.) Changes affecting past and future time stamps: * The Turks and Caicos switch at 02:00, not at 00:00, and have adopted US DST rules. (Thanks to Chris Dunn and Brian Inglis for this.) Changes affecting future time stamps only: * New Zealand is extending DST, starting later this year. (Thanks to Colin Sharples and many others for this info.) Changes affecting commentary only: * The Caprivi Strip unofficially does not observe DST, but we currently have no further details. (Thanks to Petronella Sibeene for this.) =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/africa,v retrieving revision 2007.1 retrieving revision 2007.1.0.1 diff -pu -r2007.1 -r2007.1.0.1 --- africa 2007/01/08 17:24:41 2007.1 +++ africa 2007/05/01 23:50:26 2007.1.0.1 @@ -416,6 +416,20 @@ Zone Africa/Maputo 2:10:20 - LMT 1903 Ma # Namibia # The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger. # Shanks & Pottenger report no DST after 1998-04; go with IATA. + +# From Petronella Sibeene (2007-03-30) in +# <http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300178.html>: +# While the entire country changes its time, Katima Mulilo and other +# settlements in Caprivi unofficially will not because the sun there +# rises and sets earlier compared to other regions. Chief of +# Forecasting Riaan van Zyl explained that the far eastern parts of +# the country are close to 40 minutes earlier in sunrise than the rest +# of the country. +# +# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-31): +# Apparently the Caprivi Strip informally observes Botswana time, but +# we have no details. In the meantime people there can use Africa/Gaborone. + # RULE NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Namibia 1994 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Namibia 1995 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/australasia,v retrieving revision 2007.4 retrieving revision 2007.4.0.1 diff -pu -r2007.4 -r2007.4.0.1 --- australasia 2007/03/20 12:48:12 2007.4 +++ australasia 2007/05/01 23:50:26 2007.4.0.1 @@ -348,10 +348,14 @@ Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S Rule Chatham 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:45s 0 S Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct Sun>=8 2:00s 1:00 D Rule Chatham 1989 only - Oct Sun>=8 2:45s 1:00 D -Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D -Rule Chatham 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:45s 1:00 D -Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S -Rule Chatham 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:45s 0 S +Rule NZ 1990 2006 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule Chatham 1990 2006 - Oct Sun>=1 2:45s 1:00 D +Rule NZ 1990 2007 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S +Rule Chatham 1990 2007 - Mar Sun>=15 2:45s 0 S +Rule NZ 2007 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule Chatham 2007 max - Sep lastSun 2:45s 1:00 D +Rule NZ 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule Chatham 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:45s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 Nov 2 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1946 Jan 1 @@ -1146,6 +1150,12 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # transitions at 2:45 local standard time; this confirms that Chatham # is always exactly 45 minutes ahead of Auckland. +# From Colin Sharples (2007-04-30): +# DST will now start on the last Sunday in September, and end on the +# first Sunday in April. The changes take effect this year, meaning +# that DST will begin on 2007-09-30 2008-04-06. +# http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Daylight-Saving-Dayli... + ############################################################################### =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/northamerica,v retrieving revision 2007.5 retrieving revision 2007.5.0.1 diff -pu -r2007.5 -r2007.5.0.1 --- northamerica 2007/04/02 14:11:26 2007.5 +++ northamerica 2007/05/01 23:50:26 2007.5.0.1 @@ -2325,6 +2325,9 @@ Zone America/Guatemala -6:02:04 - LMT 19 # # The reason seems to be an energy crisis. +# From Stephen Colebourne (2007-02-22): +# Some IATA info: Haiti won't be having DST in 2007. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Haiti 1983 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 D @@ -2334,8 +2337,8 @@ Rule Haiti 1983 1987 - Oct lastSun 0:00 # Go with IATA. Rule Haiti 1988 1997 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 D Rule Haiti 1988 1997 - Oct lastSun 1:00s 0 S -Rule Haiti 2005 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Haiti 2005 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S +Rule Haiti 2005 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Haiti 2005 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 - LMT 1890 -4:49 - PPMT 1917 Jan 24 12:00 # P-a-P MT @@ -2518,13 +2521,31 @@ Zone America/St_Vincent -4:04:56 - LMT 1 -4:00 - AST # Turks and Caicos -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): +# +# From Chris Dunn in +# <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=415007> +# (2007-03-15): In the Turks & Caicos Islands (America/Grand_Turk) the +# daylight saving dates for time changes have been adjusted to match +# the recent U.S. change of dates. +# +# From Brian Inglis (2007-04-28): +# http://www.turksandcaicos.tc/calendar/index.htm [2007-04-26] +# there is an entry for Nov 4 "Daylight Savings Time Ends 2007" and three +# rows before that there is an out of date entry for Oct: +# "Eastern Standard Times Begins 2007 +# Clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local Daylight Saving Time" +# indicating that the normal ET rules are followed. +# +# From Paul Eggert (2006-05-01): # Shanks & Pottenger say they use US DST rules, but IATA SSIM (1991/1998) -# says they switch at midnight. Go with IATA SSIM. +# says they switch at midnight. Go with Shanks & Pottenger. +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule TC 1979 1986 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D -Rule TC 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S -Rule TC 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule TC 1979 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule TC 1979 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule TC 1987 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule TC 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D +Rule TC 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Grand_Turk -4:44:32 - LMT 1890 -5:07:12 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/tz-art.htm,v retrieving revision 2006.11 retrieving revision 2006.11.0.1 diff -pu -r2006.11 -r2006.11.0.1 --- tz-art.htm 2006/08/21 13:56:09 2006.11 +++ tz-art.htm 2007/05/01 23:50:26 2006.11.0.1 @@ -178,6 +178,56 @@ Richard Teitelbaum, modular moog and mic <tr><td>Notes</td><td>Includes the song "Central Standard Time." Thanks to Colin Bowern for this information.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7ddovwvla9xk">AMG Rating</a></td><td>2.5 stars</td></tr> <tr><td> </td></tr> + +<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Coldplay</td></tr> +<tr><td>Song</td><td>Clocks</td></tr> +<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2003</td></tr> +<tr><td>Label</td><td>Capitol Records</td></tr> +<tr><td>ID</td><td>52608</td></tr> +<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>4:13</td></tr> +<tr><td>Notes</td><td>Won the 2004 Record of the Year honor at the +Grammy Awards. Co-written and performed by Chris Martin, +great-great-grandson of DST inventor William Willett. The song's first +line is "Lights go out and I can't be saved".</td></tr> +<td> </td></tr> + +<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Irving Kahal and Harry Richman</td></tr> +<tr><td>Song</td><td>There Ought to be a Moonlight Saving Time</td></tr> +<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1931</td> +<tr><td>Notes</td><td>This musical standard was a #1 hit for Guy Lombardo +in 1931, and was also performed by Maurice Chevalier, Blossom Dearie +and many others. The phrase "Moonlight saving time" also appears in +the 1995 country song "Not Enough Hours in the Night" written by Aaron +Barker, Kim Williams and Rob Harbin and performed by Doug +Supernaw.</td></tr> +<tr><td> </td></tr> + +<tr><td>TV episode title</td><td>The Lost Hour</td> +<tr><td>TV series</td><td><em>Eerie, Indiana</em></td> +<tr><td>TV episode number</td><td>10</td> +<tr><td>Network</td><td>NBC</td> +<tr><td>Air date</td><td>1991-12-01</td> +<tr><td>Notes</td><td>Despite Indiana's then-lack of DST, Marshall changes his clock with unusual consequences.</td></tr> +<tr><td> </td></tr> + +<tr><td>TV episode title</td><td>Time Tunnel</td> +<tr><td>TV series</td><td><em>The Adventures of Pete & Pete</em></td> +<tr><td>TV episode number</td><td>5, season 2</td> +<tr><td>Network</td><td>Nickelodeon</td> +<tr><td>Air date</td><td>1994-10-23</td> +<tr><td>Notes</td><td>The two Petes travel back in time an hour on the day that DST ends.</td></tr> +<tr><td> </td></tr> + +<tr><td>TV episode title</td><td>King-Size Homer</td> +<tr><td>TV series</td><td><em>The Simpsons</em></td> +<tr><td>TV episode number</td><td>135</td> +<tr><td>Network</td><td>Fox</td> +<tr><td>Air date</td><td>1995-11-05</td> +<tr><td>Notes</td><td>Homer, working from home, remarks "8:58, first +time I've ever been early for work. Except for all those daylight +savings days. Lousy farmers."</td></tr> +<tr><td> </td></tr> + <tr><td>Artist</td><td>Jules Verne</td></tr> <tr><td>Book</td><td>Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours (Around the World in Eighty Days)</td></tr>