From afcea8761543ac97aeee6399b62763ffa0abfac4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:36:04 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED] Revert introduction of America/Cranbook (Thanks to Chris Walton.) * NEWS, northamerica, zone.tab, zone1970.tab, zonenow.tab: Revert recent introduction of America/Cranbrook, except leave in commentary that it might happen with practical effect starting about a year from now. --- NEWS | 4 ---- northamerica | 24 ++++++++++++++---------- zone.tab | 1 - zone1970.tab | 1 - zonenow.tab | 3 --- 5 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index fa791cb9..e1a81810 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes a limitation in CLDR v48.1 (2026-01-08). This temporary hack is planned to be removed after CLDR is fixed. - The new zone America/Cranbrook is for East Kootenay, BC, which - moves from MST/MDT to year-round MST on 2026-11-01 at 02:00. - (Thanks to Chris Walton.) - Changes to code zic no longer mishandles a last transition to a new time type. diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index a5b04779..00c5a2cb 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -1993,6 +1993,20 @@ Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep # P-T - conforming approximation to “PT” # PT+ - like P-T but suggesting one-hour advance over PST +# From Chris Walton (2026-03-15): +# The Regional District of East Kootenay is planning to move to year-round +# Mountain Standard Time (MST) on November 1, 2026.... +# https://www.rdek.bc.ca/news/entry/rdek_board_moves_to_transition_to_year_round_mountain_standard_time +# (2026-03-17): +# The final decision East Kootenay made a few days ago may turn out not to +# be final after all. They are going to reopen the debate next month! +# https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/what-time-is-it-in-the-east-kootenay-debate-9.7132624 +# From Paul Eggert (2026-03-17): +# Mayor Steve Fairbairn of Elkford asked the question be called a second time, +# saying, “Pardon the pun, but this is not a time-sensitive issue.” +# For now, merely mention the potential change in these comments. +# If it happens it would likely affect clocks starting 2027-03-14 at 02:00. + # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Vanc 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule Vanc 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S @@ -2021,16 +2035,6 @@ Zone America/Fort_Nelson -8:10:47 - LMT 1884 -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1987 -8:00 Canada P%sT 2015 Mar 8 2:00 -7:00 - MST -# From Chris Walton (2026-03-15): -# The Regional District of East Kootenay is planning to move to year-round -# Mountain Standard Time (MST) on November 1, 2026.... -# https://www.rdek.bc.ca/news/entry/rdek_board_moves_to_transition_to_year_round_mountain_standard_time -Zone America/Cranbrook -7:43:04 - LMT 1906 Sep - -7:00 Edm M%sT 1920 - -7:00 Canada M%sT 1972 - -7:00 Edm M%sT 1974 - -7:00 Canada M%sT 2026 Nov 1 02:00 - -7:00 - MST # For Creston see America/Phoenix. # Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab index 88093b1d..2ae8a8c4 100644 --- a/zone.tab +++ b/zone.tab @@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ CA +690650-1050310 America/Cambridge_Bay Mountain - NU (west) CA +682059-1334300 America/Inuvik Mountain - NT (west) CA +4916-12307 America/Vancouver MST - BC (most areas) CA +4906-11631 America/Creston MST - BC (Creston) -CA +4931-11546 America/Cranbrook MST - BC (E Kootenay) CA +5546-12014 America/Dawson_Creek MST - BC (Dawson Cr, Ft St John) CA +5848-12242 America/Fort_Nelson MST - BC (Ft Nelson) CA +6043-13503 America/Whitehorse MST - Yukon (east) diff --git a/zone1970.tab b/zone1970.tab index ee7ba41a..a9b47bcb 100644 --- a/zone1970.tab +++ b/zone1970.tab @@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ CA +5333-11328 America/Edmonton Mountain - AB, BC(E), NT(E), SK(W) CA +690650-1050310 America/Cambridge_Bay Mountain - NU (west) CA +682059-1334300 America/Inuvik Mountain - NT (west) CA +4916-12307 America/Vancouver MST - BC (most areas) -CA +4931-11546 America/Cranbrook MST - BC (E Kootenay) CA +5546-12014 America/Dawson_Creek MST - BC (Dawson Cr, Ft St John) CA +5848-12242 America/Fort_Nelson MST - BC (Ft Nelson) CA +6043-13503 America/Whitehorse MST - Yukon (east) diff --git a/zonenow.tab b/zonenow.tab index ac3ce71a..54e4485d 100644 --- a/zonenow.tab +++ b/zonenow.tab @@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ XX +4916-12307 America/Vancouver MST - BC (most areas) # -07 - MST XX +332654-1120424 America/Phoenix Mountain Standard (MST) - Arizona; western Mexico; Yukon # -# -07/-06 - MST/MDT (North America DST) until 2026-11-01 02:00; then MST -XX +4931-11546 America/Cranbrook MST - BC (E Kootenay) -# # -07/-06 - MST/MDT (North America DST) XX +394421-1045903 America/Denver Mountain (MST/MDT) - US & Canada; Mexico near US border # -- 2.51.0