The information provided by Garrett Wollman suggests the change below. Given the location of the international date line, the document was signed when it was 1945-09-01 in the United States. --ado *** 7.52/northamerica Mon Sep 25 16:29:52 2000 --- 7.53/northamerica Mon Sep 25 16:29:52 2000 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)northamerica 7.52 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)northamerica 7.53 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 58,67 **** --- 58,89 ---- # Before the Uniform Time Act of 1966 took effect in 1967, observance of # Daylight Saving Time in the US was by local option, except during wartime. + # From Arthur David Olson (2000-09-25): + # After the end of World War II, "Peace" replaced "War" in the time zone names + # used on at least some radio broadcasts. We'll assume this kicked in on the + # signing on 1945-09-02 of the document ending the war. According to + # <a href="http://spclevents.com/ships/missouri/bb63_pod.html"> + # http://spclevents.com/ships/missouri/bb63_pod.html + # </a> + # sunrise was 05:14 and sunset was 18:07; according to + # <a href="http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/japansur/js-8g.htm"

+ # http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/japansur/js-8g.htm + # </a> + # "All signatures were in place by 9:22." According to the United States + # Naval Observatory's Astronomical Aplications Department's Sunrise and Sunset + # Calculator, + # <a href="http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA"> + # http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA + # </a> + # sunrise at 35o42'N, 139o46'E on 1945-09-02 was at 05:13 and sunset was at + # 18:08; these values are close enough to 05:14 and 18:07 to let us know that + # the Missouri was operating on Tokyo time. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule US 1918 1919 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 W # War Rule US 1918 1919 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule US 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War + Rule US 1945 only - Sep 2 0:22u 1:00 P # Peace Rule US 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S Rule US 1967 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule US 1967 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D