not Apr. 28. * NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 2 ++ northamerica | 13 ++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 06e7094..8562fae 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Changes affecting past time stamps + America/Jamaica's 1974 spring-forward transition was Jan. 6, not Apr. 28. + Shanks says Asia/Novokuznetsk switched from LMT (not "NMT") on 1924-05-01, not 1920-01-06. The old entry was based on a misinterpretation of Shanks. diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 0f5ed3c..3d72505 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -2991,10 +2991,21 @@ Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 - LMT 1921 Apr # Shanks & Pottenger give -5:07:12, but Milne records -5:07:10.41 from an # unspecified official document, and says "This time is used throughout the # island". Go with Milne. Round to the nearest second as required by zic. +# +# Shanks & Pottenger give April 28 for the 1974 spring-forward transition, but +# Lance Neita writes that Prime Minister Michael Manley decreed it January 5. +# Assume Neita meant Jan 6 02:00, the same as the US. Neita also writes that +# Manley's supporters associated this act with Manley's nickname "Joshua" +# (recall that in the Bible the sun stood still at Joshua's request), +# and with the Rod of Correction which Manley said he had received from +# Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia. See: +# Neita L. The politician in all of us. Jamaica Observer 2014-09-20 +# http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/The-politician-in-all-of-us_17573647 +# # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Jamaica -5:07:11 - LMT 1890 # Kingston -5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time - -5:00 - EST 1974 Apr 28 2:00 + -5:00 - EST 1974 -5:00 US E%sT 1984 -5:00 - EST -- 1.9.3