I was able to check the 1933 Session Laws of Hawaii today; the revised "northamerica" changes below (against the current ftp version) reflect what I found. Also, in the "tz-art.htm" file, the addition of material on Ken Nordine (as well as the already circulated addition of material on Conan O'Brien). I still plan to update the ftp version on 2011-01-24. --ado diff -c -r old/northamerica new/northamerica *** old/northamerica Mon Nov 1 09:18:22 2010 --- new/northamerica Wed Jan 19 14:12:58 2011 *************** *** 1,5 **** # <pre> ! # @(#)northamerica 8.34 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. --- 1,5 ---- # <pre> ! # @(#)northamerica 8.37 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. *************** *** 471,490 **** # three votes for and one against." # Hawaii # ! # From Arthur David Olson: ! # And then there's Hawaii. ! # DST was observed for one day in 1933; ! # standard time was changed by half an hour in 1947; ! # it's always standard as of 1986. ! # ! # From Paul Eggert: ! # Shanks says the 1933 experiment lasted for three weeks. Go with Shanks. ! # ! Zone Pacific/Honolulu -10:31:26 - LMT 1900 Jan 1 12:00 ! -10:30 - HST 1933 Apr 30 2:00 ! -10:30 1:00 HDT 1933 May 21 2:00 ! -10:30 US H%sT 1947 Jun 8 2:00 -10:00 - HST # Now we turn to US areas that have diverged from the consensus since 1970. --- 471,520 ---- # three votes for and one against." # Hawaii + + # From Arthur David Olson (2010-12-09): + # "Hawaiian Time" by Robert C. Schmitt and Doak C. Cox appears on pages 207-225 + # of volume 26 of The Hawaian Journal of History (1992). As of 2010-12-09, + # the article is available at + # <a href="http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/239/2/JL26215.pdf"> + # http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/239/2/JL26215.pdf + # </a> + # and indicates that standard time was adopted effective noon, January + # 13, 1896 (page 218), that in "1933, the Legislature decreed daylight + # saving for the period between the last Sunday of each April and the + # last Sunday of each September, but less than a month later repealed the + # act," (page 220), that year-round daylight saving time was in effect + # from 1942-02-09 to 1945-09-30 (page 221, with no time of day given for + # when clocks changed) and that clocks were changed by 30 minutes + # effective the second Sunday of June, 1947 (page 219, with no time of + # day given for when clocks changed). A footnote for the 1933 changes + # cites Session Laws of Hawaii 1933, "Act. 90 (approved 26 Apr. 1933) + # and Act 163 (approved 21 May 1933)." + + # From Arthur David Olson (2011-01-19): + # The following is from "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the + # Seventeenth Legislature: Regular Session 1933," available (as of + # 2011-01-19) at American University's Pence Law Library. Page 85: "Act + # 90...At 2 o'clock ante meridian of the last Sunday in April of each + # year, the standard time of this Territory shall be advanced one + # hour...This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved this 26th + # day of April, A. D. 1933. LAWRENCE M JUDD, Governor of the Territory of + # Hawaii." Page 172: "Act 163...Act 90 of the Session Laws of 1933 is + # hereby repealed...This Act shall take effect upon its approval, upon + # which date the standard time of this Territory shall be restored to + # that existing immediately prior to the taking effect of said Act 90. + # Approved this 21st day of May, A. D. 1933. LAWRENCE M. JUDD, Governor + # of the Territory of Hawaii." # ! # Note that 1933-05-21 was a Sunday. ! # We're left to guess the time of day when Act 163 was approved; guess noon. ! ! Zone Pacific/Honolulu -10:31:26 - LMT 1896 Jan 13 12:00 #Schmitt&Cox ! -10:30 - HST 1933 Apr 30 2:00 #Laws 1933 ! -10:30 1:00 HDT 1933 May 21 12:00 #Laws 1933+12 ! -10:30 1:00 HST 1942 Feb 09 2:00 #Schmitt&Cox+2 ! -10:30 - HDT 1945 Sep 30 2:00 #Schmitt&Fox+2 ! -10:30 US H%sT 1947 Jun 8 2:00 #Schmitt&Fox+2 -10:00 - HST # Now we turn to US areas that have diverged from the consensus since 1970. diff -c -r old/tz-art.htm new/tz-art.htm *** old/tz-art.htm Tue Oct 12 12:36:52 2010 --- new/tz-art.htm Wed Jan 19 13:47:16 2011 *************** *** 9,15 **** <body> <h1>Time and the Arts</h1> <address> ! @(#)tz-art.htm 8.17 </address> <p> This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of --- 9,15 ---- <body> <h1>Time and the Arts</h1> <address> ! @(#)tz-art.htm 8.19 </address> <p> This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of *************** *** 241,246 **** --- 241,257 ---- "The clocks were turned back you remeber/Think it's still November." </td></tr> <tr><td> </td></tr> + <tr><td>Artist</td><td>Ken Nordine</td></tr> + <tr><td>CD</td><td>You're Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters</td></tr> + <tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2005</td></tr> + <tr><td>Label</td><td>Geffen</td></tr> + <tr><td>ID</td><td>B0005171-02</td></tr> + <tr><td>Total Time</td><td>156:22</td></tr> + <tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1 star</td></tr> + <tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/youre-getting-better-the-word-jazz-dot-masters+r105931">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4.5 stars</td></tr> + <tr><td>Notes</td><td>Includes the piece "What Time Is It" + ("He knew what time it was everywhere...that counted").</td></tr> + <tr><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>TV episode title</td><td>The Lost Hour</td> <tr><td>TV series</td><td><em>Eerie, Indiana</em></td> *************** *** 467,472 **** --- 478,490 ---- It is already tomorrow in Australia." (Charles M. Schulz, provided by Steve Summit) </li> + <li> + "I put myself and my staff through this crazy, huge ordeal, all because + I refused to go on at midnight, okay? And so I work, you know, and + then I get this job at eleven, supposed to be a big deal. Then + yesterday daylight [saving] time ended. Right now it's basically + midnight." (Conan O'Brien on the 2010-11-08 premier of "Conan.") + </li> </ul> </body> </html>