From 1ea14abada2942780bb79d15c95856cb8aec09ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 01:08:32 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED] Alberta did not observe DST in 1967 or 1969 (Thanks to Alois Triendl.) * NEWS: Mention this. * northamerica (Edm): No DST in 1967 or 1969. --- NEWS | 4 ++-- northamerica | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++---------- 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 58f064a..01bd070 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Fix several errors in pre-1970 transitions in Perry County, IN. (Thanks to Alois Triendl for pointing out the 1967/9 errors.) - In 1946 Vancouver ended DST on 09-29, not 10-13. (Thanks to - Alois Triendl.) + Edmonton did not observe DST in 1967 or 1969. In 1946 Vancouver + ended DST on 09-29, not 10-13. (Thanks to Alois Triendl.) Changes to past time zone abbreviations and DST flags diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 3d6f85f..270cc88 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -1233,6 +1233,12 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00 # # Other sources occasionally used include: # +# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94 +# . +# +# Pearce C. The Great Daylight Saving Time Controversy. +# Australian Ebook Publisher. 2017. ISBN 978-1-925516-96-8. +# # Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), # which I found in the UCLA library. @@ -1241,9 +1247,6 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00 # # [PDF] (1914-03) # -# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94 -# . -# # See the 'europe' file for Greenland. # Canada @@ -1885,9 +1888,8 @@ Zone America/Winnipeg -6:28:36 - LMT 1887 Jul 16 # Willett (1914-03) notes that DST "has been in operation ... in the # City of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, for one year." -# From Paul Eggert (2019-04-26): -# Chris Pearce's book "The Great Daylight Saving Time Controversy" (2017) -# says that Regina observed DST in 1914-1917. No dates and times, +# From Paul Eggert (2019-07-25): +# Pearce's book says Regina observed DST in 1914-1917. No dates and times, # unfortunately. It also says that in 1914 Saskatoon observed DST # from 1 June to 6 July, and that DST was also tried out in Davidson, # Melfort, and Prince Albert. @@ -1967,6 +1969,19 @@ Zone America/Swift_Current -7:11:20 - LMT 1905 Sep # Alberta +# From Alois Triendl (2019-07-19): +# There was no DST in Alberta in 1967... Calgary Herald, 29 April 1967. +# 1969, no DST, from Edmonton Journal 18 April 1969 +# +# From Paul Eggert (2019-07-25): +# Pearce's book says that Alberta's 1948 Daylight Saving Act required +# Mountain Standard Time without DST, and that "anyone who broke that law +# could be fined up to $25 and costs". There seems to be no record of +# anybody paying the fine. The law was not changed until an August 1971 +# plebiscite reinstituted DST in 1972. This story is also mentioned in: +# Boyer JP. Forcing Choice: The Risky Reward of Referendums. Dundum. 2017. +# ISBN 978-1459739123. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Edm 1918 1919 - Apr Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D Rule Edm 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S @@ -1979,10 +1994,6 @@ Rule Edm 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace Rule Edm 1945 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Edm 1947 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Edm 1947 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S -Rule Edm 1967 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Edm 1967 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S -Rule Edm 1969 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Edm 1969 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Edm 1972 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Edm 1972 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -- 2.17.1