Vidal, California also observes
America/Phoenix rules. I experienced this personally while camped
there in late 2009 - early 2010, but Vidal Junction is on America/Los
Angeles. My cell phone was indicating this and it also seems that the few
people in that ghost town of Vidal work in Parker, AZ.
Rgds,
Curtis Manwaring
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 12:45
AM
Subject: Mtn/Cntrl border at Fort Pierre
South Dakota (also Pac/Mtn border at Winterhaven California)
At 10:03 3/23/2011, Steve Jones wrote:
The current Mountain/Central
boundary in the most recent official US DOT description (49CFR71.7, http://goo.gl/tqBou), has
the border running right through Fort Pierre South Dakota.
A
follow up:
In the above I made a major error by failing to recognize
the significance of this part of 49CFR71.7:
(g) Points on boundary line.
All municipalities located upon the zone boundary line described in this
section are in the mountain standard time zone, except Murdo, S. Dak., which
is in the central standard time zone.
So all of the
municipality of Fort Pierre is indeed within the Mountain Time
zone.
Today I released OnTimeZone.com v1.05, which includes my
interpretation of the Fort Pierre anomaly, as well as a similar situation in
Winterhaven California, which, in respect to proximity to Yuma AZ, observes
what it calls "Arizona Time" (Mountain Standard Time) year round.
Here
is what the site says about these changes:
SD: The city of Fort Pierre
(legally in the Mountain time zone) and a large radius on the west side of
the Mountain/Central border observes Central time. Research determined that
the distance this observance extends to the west is a matter of disagreement
among the locals. After some effort to get a definitive answer I gave up and
arbitrarily selected 20 miles, though I heard credible opinions that it
stretched out as much as 50 miles. There are no services and very few
residents in the western part of Stanley county, so the point is somewhat
moot.
CA: Winterhaven California, in deference to its proximity to
Yuma AZ, observes Mountain Standard Time year round. This means that (like
AZ) Winterhaven does not observe Daylight Saving time. So this puts
Winterhaven ahead of California by one hour (in sync with Arizona) during
Standard time - in the Fall and Winter. And in sync with both CA and AZ
during Spring and Summer (Daylight Saving time). The dividing line of this
observed boundary is locally considered to be the "All American Canal".
I hope this information is of use to some
here.
Regards,
Steve Jones
OnTimeZone.com