[PATCH] Change Cayman abbreviations to CIST and CIDST
A bill to implement US-style daylight saving time has been published by the Cayman Islands Gazette, so it looks like our clock predictions are still on track. The bill gives Cayman-specific time zone abbreviations, though, so we need to change tzdata for that. * NEWS: Document this. * northamerica (Cayman): New rule. It is like the US since 2016, but with different LETTER/S. (America/Cayman): Use it. --- NEWS | 3 +++ northamerica | 17 +++++++++++------ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 121e0e4..ac0369c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes America/Metlakatla switched from PST all year to AKST/AKDT on 2015-11-01 at 02:00. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) + Time zone abbreviations for America/Cayman have been changed from + EST/EDT to CIST/CIDST, as per the 2015-11-25 daylight-saving bill. + Changes affecting future time stamps Asia/Tehran now has DST predictions for the year 2038 and later, diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index e916524..38a8beb 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -2688,16 +2688,21 @@ Zone Atlantic/Bermuda -4:19:18 - LMT 1930 Jan 1 2:00 # Hamilton # Cayman Is -# From Paul Eggert (2015-05-15): +# From Paul Eggert (2015-12-08): # The Cayman government has decided to introduce DST in 2016, the idea being -# to keep in sync with New York. The legislation hasn't passed but the change -# seems quite likely. See: Meade B. Cayman 27. -# http://www.cayman27.com.ky/2015/05/15/clock-ticks-toward-daylight-saving-tim... +# to keep in sync with New York. The enabling legislation has been published, +# and seems quite likely to be approved. See Cayman Islands +# Extraordinary Gazette No. 92 (2015-11-25), Supp. 2, which specifies the +# abbreviations CIST and CIDST. +# http://www.gov.ky/portal/pls/portal/docs/1/12274400.PDF + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Cayman 2016 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Cayman 2016 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 - Zone America/Cayman -5:25:32 - LMT 1890 # Georgetown -5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time - -5:00 - EST 2016 - -5:00 US E%sT + -5:00 Cayman CI%sST # Costa Rica -- 2.1.0
On 2015-12-08, Paul Eggert proposed new rules for the Cayman Islands:
+# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Cayman 2016 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Cayman 2016 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
Zone America/Cayman -5:25:32 - LMT 1890 # Georgetown -5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time - -5:00 - EST 2016 - -5:00 US E%sT + -5:00 Cayman CI%sST
A question just out of curiosity: why didn't you use Zone America/Cayman -5:25:32 - LMT 1890 # Georgetown -5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time -5:00 - CIST 2016 -5:00 US CIST/CIDST without the new Rule Cayman? Michael Deckers.
Michael Deckers via tz wrote:
A question just out of curiosity: why didn't you use Zone America/Cayman -5:25:32 - LMT 1890 # Georgetown -5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time -5:00 - CIST 2016 -5:00 US CIST/CIDST without the new Rule Cayman?
Because I didn't think of it! Thanks, that's simpler. I installed the attached patch.
Good call. I wonder though if the CIDST abbreviation will stick. Though it's in the announcement, I bet folks will drop the S and use CIDT, or just use EST/EDT. Time will tell. :) -Matt
To: michael.deckers@yahoo.com; tz@iana.org From: eggert@cs.ucla.edu Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:12:01 -0800 Subject: Re: [tz] [PATCH] Change Cayman abbreviations to CIST and CIDST
Michael Deckers via tz wrote:
A question just out of curiosity: why didn't you use Zone America/Cayman -5:25:32 - LMT 1890 # Georgetown -5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time -5:00 - CIST 2016 -5:00 US CIST/CIDST without the new Rule Cayman?
Because I didn't think of it! Thanks, that's simpler. I installed the attached patch.
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Matt Johnson -
Michael Deckers -
Paul Eggert