>From 148bde2f56767b3bd3a809e379dbd9bf0ab8689f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 09:02:44 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED] Fix several pre-1970 transitions in Perry Co, IN (Thanks to Alois Treindl for pointing out the 1967/9 errors.) * NEWS: Mention this. * northamerica (Perry): No DST 1946/54. 1960 DST ends September, not October. 1961 DST ends October, not September. Switch to CST/CDT in October 1967. Switch to EST/EDT in April 1969 (a two-hour switch that day). --- NEWS | 3 +++ northamerica | 15 ++++++++------- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1f02560..65c67a2 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Alois Treindl for pointing out that the old data entries were probably wrong.) + Fix several errors in pre-1970 transitions in Perry County, IN. + (Thanks to Alois Triendl for pointing out the 1967/9 errors.) + Changes to commentary Nashville's newspapers dueled about the time of day in the 1950s. diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 14f087f..64d3b03 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -970,21 +970,22 @@ Zone America/Indiana/Vincennes -5:50:07 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:09:53 -5:00 US E%sT # # Perry County, Indiana, switched from eastern to central time in April 2006. +# From Alois Triendl (2019-07-09): +# The Indianapolis News, Friday 27 October 1967 states that Perry County +# returned to CST. It went again to EST on 27 April 1969, as documented by the +# Indianapolis star of Saturday 26 April. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER -Rule Perry 1946 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Perry 1946 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S -Rule Perry 1953 1954 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Perry 1953 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Perry 1955 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Perry 1955 1960 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Perry 1956 1963 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Perry 1960 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S -Rule Perry 1961 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S -Rule Perry 1962 1963 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Perry 1961 1963 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Indiana/Tell_City -5:47:03 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:12:57 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 -6:00 Perry C%sT 1964 Apr 26 2:00 - -5:00 - EST 1969 + -5:00 - EST 1967 Oct 29 2:00 + -6:00 US C%sT 1969 Apr 27 2:00 -5:00 US E%sT 1971 -5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00 -6:00 US C%sT -- 2.17.1