From bd9c0bf105b3902f01f3e444536b49f946397521 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 14:48:39 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED 1/2] * backzone: Palm Springs too (thanks to Steve Allen). --- backzone | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/backzone b/backzone index de247f0..d1fd83b 100644 --- a/backzone +++ b/backzone @@ -358,6 +358,30 @@ Zone America/Montreal -4:54:16 - LMT 1884 Zone America/Montserrat -4:08:52 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Cork Hill -4:00 - AST +# United States +# +# From Paul Eggert (2018-03-18): +# America/Palm_Springs would be tricky, as it kept two sets of clocks +# in 1946/7. See the following notes. +# +# From Steve Allen (2018-01-19): +# The shadow of Mt. San Jacinto brings darkness very early in the winter +# months. In 1946 the chamber of commerce decided to put the clocks of Palm +# Springs forward by an hour in the winter. +# https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2017/12/27/palm-springs-struggle-daylight-savings-time-and-idea-sun-time/984416001/ +# Desert Sun, Number 18, 1 November 1946 +# https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19461101 +# has proposal for meeting on front page and page 21. +# Desert Sun, Number 19, 5 November 1946 +# https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19461105 +# reports that Sun Time won at the meeting on front page and page 5. +# Desert Sun, Number 37, 7 January 1947 +# https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19470107.2.12 +# front page reports request to abandon Sun Time and page 7 notes a "class war". +# Desert Sun, Number 38, 10 January 1947 +# https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19470110 +# front page reports on end. + # Argentina # This entry was intended for the following areas, but has been superseded by # more detailed zones. -- 2.7.4