From 7cdb59b8191808d0c302f4e4e16d850c2d5f0365 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:31:06 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED] =?UTF-8?q?Fix=20Vancouver=E2=80=99s=201946=20DST=20end?= =?UTF-8?q?=20date?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit (Thanks to Alois Triendl.) * NEWS: Mention this. * northamerica (Vanc): End DST on 09-29, not 10-13. Also, add some commentary about 1922 and 1941. --- NEWS | 3 +++ northamerica | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e2ebe32..58f064a 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ 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.) + Changes to past time zone abbreviations and DST flags Hong Kong Winter Time, observed from 1941-10-01 to 1941-12-25, diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index b9437a7..3d6f85f 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -2065,8 +2065,20 @@ Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep # been on MST (-0700) like Dawson Creek since it advanced its clocks on # 2015-03-08. # -# From Paul Eggert (2015-09-23): +# From Paul Eggert (2019-07-25): # Shanks says Fort Nelson did not observe DST in 1946, unlike Vancouver. +# Alois Triendl confirmed this on 07-22, citing the 1946-04-27 Vancouver Daily +# Province. He also cited the 1946-09-28 Victoria Daily Times, which said +# that Vancouver, Victoria, etc. "change at midnight Saturday"; for now, +# guess they meant 02:00 Sunday since 02:00 was common practice in Vancouver. +# +# Early Vancouver, Volume Four, by Major J.S. Matthews, V.D., 2011 edition +# says that a 1922 plebiscite adopted DST, but a 1923 plebiscite rejected it. +# http://former.vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/archives/digitized/EarlyVan/SearchEarlyVan/Vol4pdf/MatthewsEarlyVancouverVol4_DaylightSavings.pdf +# A catalog entry for a newspaper clipping seems to indicate that Vancouver +# observed DST in 1941 from 07-07 through 09-27; see +# https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/daylight-saving-1918-starts-again-july-7-1941-start-d-s-sept-27-end-of-d-s-1941 +# We have no further details, so omit them for now. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Vanc 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D @@ -2075,7 +2087,7 @@ Rule Vanc 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War Rule Vanc 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace Rule Vanc 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S Rule Vanc 1946 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Vanc 1946 only - Oct 13 2:00 0 S +Rule Vanc 1946 only - Sep 29 2:00 0 S Rule Vanc 1947 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Vanc 1962 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -- 2.17.1