>From 8791b19ae9288d50d515f5182ee33dfc7c6f1078 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:36:04 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED PATCH] * northamerica, NEWS: Update NRC Canada URLs. (Thanks to Matt Johnson.) --- NEWS | 4 ++++ northamerica | 21 +++++++++------------ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 3c32f0c..e02ea2a 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes The new code uses the standard type 'ssize_t', which the Makefile now gives porting advice about. + Changes affecting commentary + + Updated URLs for NRC Canada (thanks to Matt Johnson). + Release 2014h - 2014-09-25 18:59:03 -0700 Changes affecting past time stamps diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 3d72505..6ed552a 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -1101,17 +1101,15 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00 # An amendment to the Interpretation Act was registered on February 19/2007.... # http://action.attavik.ca/home/justice-gn/attach/2007/gaz02part2.pdf -# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25): +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-17): # H. David Matthews and Mary Vincent's map # "It's about TIME", _Canadian Geographic_ (September-October 1998) -# http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp +# http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/alacarte.asp # contains detailed boundaries for regions observing nonstandard # time and daylight saving time arrangements in Canada circa 1998. # -# INMS, the Institute for National Measurement Standards in Ottawa, has -# information about standard and daylight saving time zones in Canada. -# http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/en/time_services/daylight_saving_e.php -# (updated periodically). +# National Research Council Canada maintains info about time zones and DST. +# http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/time/time_zones.html # Its unofficial information is often taken from Matthews and Vincent. # From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27): @@ -1976,10 +1974,7 @@ Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884 # [Also see (2001-03-09).] # From Gwillim Law (2005-05-21): -# According to maps at -# http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/images/time_services/TZ01SWE.jpg -# http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/images/time_services/TZ01SSE.jpg -# (both dated 2003), and +# According to ... # http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp # (from a 1998 Canadian Geographic article), the de facto and de jure time # for Southampton Island (at the north end of Hudson Bay) is UTC-5 all year @@ -1988,9 +1983,11 @@ Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884 # predates the creation of Nunavut, it probably goes back many years.... # The Inuktitut name of Coral Harbour is Sallit, but it's rarely used. # -# From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26): +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-17): # For lack of better information, assume that Southampton Island observed -# daylight saving only during wartime. +# daylight saving only during wartime. Gwillim Law's email also +# mentioned maps now maintained by National Research Council Canada; +# see above for an up-to-date link. # From Chris Walton (2007-03-01): # ... the community of Resolute (located on Cornwallis Island in -- 1.9.3