The file backward contains those two links: Link America/Regina Canada/East-Saskatchewan Link America/Regina Canada/Saskatchewan If I am not mistaken, Saskatchewan can be divided in four areas: - the area around Swift Current, using the rule America/Swift_Current - an area to the west, around Lloydminster, using the rule America/Edmonton - an area to the east, around Denare Beach and Creighton, using the rule America/Winnipeg - the rest of the province, using the rule America/Regina I wonder if Canada/East-Saskatchewan was meant for the area to the east, and should therefore be linked to America/Winnipeg instead? Thanks, Eric.
Eric, I don't know how the database ended up with a backward entry for "Canada/East-Saskatchewan". If Canada/East-Saskatchewan means anything at all, one might assume it refers to "eastern Saskatchewan" as defined in the Saskatchewan Time Act. www.qp.gov.sk.ca/documents/English/Statutes/Statutes/T14.pdf Note: The definition of "eastern Saskatchewan" in the time act is based on old school district boundaries. The school districts were redefined and renumbered in 2006; you need to look at an old map to see where the old school districts used to be. In any case, I think that changing the entry for Canada/East-Saskatchewan would cause more harm than good. -chris -----Original Message----- From: tz-bounces@iana.org [mailto:tz-bounces@iana.org] On Behalf Of Eric Muller Sent: July 26, 2014 02:18 PM To: tz@iana.org Subject: [tz] Canada/East-Saskatchewan The file backward contains those two links: Link America/Regina Canada/East-Saskatchewan Link America/Regina Canada/Saskatchewan If I am not mistaken, Saskatchewan can be divided in four areas: - the area around Swift Current, using the rule America/Swift_Current - an area to the west, around Lloydminster, using the rule America/Edmonton - an area to the east, around Denare Beach and Creighton, using the rule America/Winnipeg - the rest of the province, using the rule America/Regina I wonder if Canada/East-Saskatchewan was meant for the area to the east, and should therefore be linked to America/Winnipeg instead? Thanks, Eric.
Chris Walton wrote:
If Canada/East-Saskatchewan means anything at all, one might assume it refers to "eastern Saskatchewan" as defined in the Saskatchewan Time Act.
Perhaps that's what it *should* mean, but when it was last a zone in the tz database (in 93f) it merely meant "CST without daylight saving". Or, more precisely: Zone Canada/East-Saskatchewan -6:00 - CST # No DST as of 1987 I think it was named before we realized that most of Saskatchewan was like that. So America/Regina is a reasonable link for it nowadays.
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