>From ed158c64982717e6b04f67262d3bdba71e4976fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 12:14:27 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Haiti resumes DST this year (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) * NEWS: Document this. * northamerica (Haiti): DST resumes this year. --- NEWS | 4 ++++ northamerica | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b3917d0..b863afd 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes + Changes to past and future time stamps + + Haiti resumed observance of DST in 2017. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) + Changes to past time stamps Liberia changed from -004430 to +00 on 1972-01-07, not 1972-05-01. diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index b6ec76a..6ede9dc 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -3139,6 +3139,12 @@ Zone America/Guatemala -6:02:04 - LMT 1918 Oct 5 # http://www.vantbefinfo.com/changement-dheure-pas-pour-haiti/ # http://news.anmwe.com/haiti-lheure-nationale-ne-sera-ni-avancee-ni-reculee-cette-annee/ +# From Steffen Thorsen (2017-03-12): +# We have received 4 mails from different people telling that Haiti +# has started DST again today, and this source seems to confirm that, +# I have not been able to find a more authoritative source: +# https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20319-haiti-notices-time-change-in-haiti.html + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Haiti 1983 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 D Rule Haiti 1984 1987 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D @@ -3151,6 +3157,8 @@ Rule Haiti 2005 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Haiti 2005 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S Rule Haiti 2012 2015 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D Rule Haiti 2012 2015 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S +Rule Haiti 2017 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Haiti 2017 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 - LMT 1890 -4:49 - PPMT 1917 Jan 24 12:00 # P-a-P MT -- 2.9.3