America/Grand_Turk (Turks and Caicos)
I am suspicious that the current time zone rules for Turks and Caicos may be wrong. In August of this year, the TCI Government did make plans to be on "permanent daylight saving time". This would have meant that the clocks should not have changed Nov 2/2014. This is properly modeled in the current TZ rules as permanent Atlantic Standard Time (AST) starting Nov 2/2014. http://tcweeklynews.com/daylight-savings-time-to-be-maintained-p5353-127.htm http://tcweeklynews.com/daylight-saving-time-p5360-144.htm In September of this year, the TCI government appears to have delayed the switch to "permanent daylight saving time" by one year. This means Turks and Caicos should theoretically be running on Eastern Standard Time (EST) now. The switch to AST should presumably start on Nov 1/2015. http://tcweeklynews.com/time-change-to-go-ahead-this-november-p5437-127.htm I think this website may have more info, but currently it is non-functional. http://www.gov.tc/pressoffice/ -chris
On 11/04/2014 11:26 AM, Chris Walton wrote:
the TCI government appears to have delayed the switch to “permanent daylight saving time” by one year.
Thanks for the heads-up. It looks like we'll need a new release soon, since America/Grand_Turk is incorrect for today's time stamps. Proposed patch attached. This is an area where the "UNTIL" field can make use of "Sun>=1" as that will simplify maintenance if they decide to delay again next year (though at some point I suppose the cry-wolf rule will kick in...). I found a copy of the cabinet-meeting notes at: https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/turks-and-caicos-post-cabi...
Hi, Is there an ETA for the new release? Thanks, Deborah
On Nov 4, 2014, at 12:20 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert@CS.UCLA.EDU> wrote:
On 11/04/2014 11:26 AM, Chris Walton wrote:
the TCI government appears to have delayed the switch to “permanent daylight saving time” by one year.
Thanks for the heads-up. It looks like we'll need a new release soon, since America/Grand_Turk is incorrect for today's time stamps. Proposed patch attached. This is an area where the "UNTIL" field can make use of "Sun>=1" as that will simplify maintenance if they decide to delay again next year (though at some point I suppose the cry-wolf rule will kick in...).
I found a copy of the cabinet-meeting notes at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/turks-and-caicos-post-cabi... <0001-northamerica-America-Grand_Turk-Delay-AST-switch-unt.patch>
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Paul Eggert