From: tz <tz-bounces@iana.org> On Behalf Of Paul Eggert Sent: March 7, 2020 9:11 PM To: Erik <vy1ewb@gmail.com> Cc: Time zone mailing list <tz@iana.org> Subject: Re: [tz] Yukon to move to year-round PDT
On 3/7/20 4:50 PM, Erik wrote:
Perhaps the solution for America/Whitehorse and America/Dawson is to resurrect YST (-07). Would that be an option?
Yes, that would be a very nice idea. Yukon Standard Time (YST) is officially UTC-9 as defined in section 35 of the Canada's federal Interpretation Act. https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/i-21/page-4.html#h-279462 YST cannot be arbitrarily redefined to UTC-7 by anybody on this mailing list; nor can it be redefined by the Yukon government. Furthermore, I think that redefining YST is a bad idea because it would create ambiguity when dealing with old and new time stamps. YST(UTC-9) has been used as recently as 1983 in Alaska and 1973 in Yukon. -chris