>From 155c8a6d99a4b5aae3310504f3b979bd6fbbc940 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 19:10:32 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED PATCH] Whitehorse switched to UTC-8 on 1967-05-28 * northamerica (America/Whitehorse): The switch from UTC-9 to UTC-8 was on 1967-05-28, not 1966-07-01. (Thanks to Brian Inglis and Dennis Ferguson.) * NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 10 ++++++---- northamerica | 13 ++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 445bce2..2baf42f 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes + Changes affecting past time stamps + + America/Whitehorse switched from UTC-9 to UTC-8 on 1967-05-28, not + 1966-07-01. Also, Yukon's time zone history is documented better. + (Thanks to Brian Inglis and Dennis Ferguson.) + Change affecting past and future time zone abbreviations The abbreviations for Hawaii-Aleutian standard and daylight times @@ -9,10 +15,6 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Printing Office style. This affects only America/Adak since 1983, as America/Honolulu was already using the new style. - Changes affecting commentary - - Yukon's time zone history is documented better. (Thanks to Brian Inglis.) - Release 2015c - 2015-04-11 08:55:55 -0700 diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index dde9367..c3af9eb 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -1842,6 +1842,17 @@ Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884 # Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon +# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): +# Dawson switched to PST in 1973. Inuvik switched to MST in 1979. +# Mathew Englander (1996-10-07) gives the following refs: +# * 1967. Paragraph 28(34)(g) of the Interpretation Act, S.C. 1967-68, +# c. 7 defines Yukon standard time as UTC-9.... +# see Interpretation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-21, s. 35(1). +# [http://canlii.ca/t/7vhg] +# * C.O. 1973/214 switched Yukon to PST on 1973-10-28 00:00. +# * O.I.C. 1980/02 established DST. +# * O.I.C. 1987/056 changed DST to Apr firstSun 2:00 to Oct lastSun 2:00. + # From Brian Inglis (2015-04-14): # # I tried to trace the history of Yukon time and found the following @@ -2169,7 +2180,7 @@ Zone America/Inuvik 0 - zzz 1953 # Inuvik founded -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1980 -7:00 Canada M%sT Zone America/Whitehorse -9:00:12 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 - -9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1966 Jul 1 2:00 + -9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1967 May 28 0:00 -8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1980 -8:00 Canada P%sT Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 -- 2.1.0