From df8a67797952555d3be1b779739accfbf5e785a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 09:09:25 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED 2/2] Add Schapiro notes on Zapotec timekeeping * northamerica: New comments. --- northamerica | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index c29ab9fd..bb3d1b43 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -2464,6 +2464,15 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # as we have no information on whether 1948/1952 clocks in Tijuana followed # the decrees or followed San Diego. +# From Mark Schapiro, writing in The Nation (2002-10-28): +# https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/sowing-disaster/ +# When Mexican clocks were turned back for daylight saving time in the spring, +# the Zapotecs refused to make the adjustment, insisting that they live in +# "God's time," not in what they derisively call "Fox time," referring to +# President Vicente Fox in far-off Mexico City. +# From Paul Eggert (2025-08-04): +# Unfortunately we have no data to track this informal practice. + # From Alan Perry (1996-02-15): # A guy from our Mexico subsidiary finally found the Presidential Decree # outlining the timezone changes in Mexico. -- 2.48.1