For anybody wishing for info on new Canadian daylight saving legislation, I have been trying to keep the following page up to date: http://www3.sympatico.ca/c.walton/canada_dst.html The web page is full of links to various government news releases and legislation. All of Canada with the possible exception of Nunavut will be extending daylight saving this year to match the United States. Below is an extract of some of the more important hyperlinks from the web page listed above. City of Lloydminster The "Lloydminster Charter" which defines time for the city of Lloydminster on both sides of the Alberta/Saskatchewan border will likely not be amended prior to March 11. Regardless, the Senior Director of Corporate Affairs e-mailed me last year to say that Lloydminster would extend daylight saving to match Alberta. British Columbia News release: http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2005-2009/2006AG0014-000330.htm Alberta News release: http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/200602/193862BFE321E-A3D2-C519-F34B3EE936DA55E2.htm... Daylight Saving Amendment Act assented to March 23/2006: http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/documents/spring/CH03_06.CFM?type=htm Saskatchewan No official announcement but most of Saskatchewan does not observe daylight saving time. The small area outside the Lloydminster city limits is governed by the Saskatchewan Time Act and will most likely follow Lloydminster even if the act is not updated. Manitoba News release: http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/press/top/2005/11/2005-11-02-06.html Manitoba Official Time Amendment Act assented to December 8/2005: http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/2005/c05305e.php Ontario News release: http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/news/2005/20051020-dst.asp Ontario Regulation 111/06: Variation of Time in Effect filed April 12/2006: http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Source/Regs/English/2006/R06111_e.htm Quebec News release (French): http://communiques.gouv.qc.ca/gouvqc/communiques/GPQF/Decembre2006/07/c5073.... Legal Time Act assented to December 12/2006: http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?typ... New Brunswick News release: http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/pre/2005e1737pr.htm Act to Amend the Time Definition Act assented to June 22/2006: http://www.gnb.ca/0062/acts/BBA-2006/Chap-19.pdf Nova Scotia News release: http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20060425004 Royal Gazette with regulation 62/2006 on page 244: http://www.gov.ns.ca/just/regulations/rg2/2006/ma1206.pdf Prince Edward Island Act to Amend the Time Uniformity Act assented to May 24/2006: http://www.assembly.pe.ca/bills/pdf_chapter/62/3/chapter-41.pdf Newfoundland and Labrador News release: http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2007/mpa/0118n03.htm Act to Amend the Standard Time Act assented to Dec 12/2006: http://www.hoa.gov.nl.ca/hoa/bills/Bill0634.htm Yukon News release: http://www.gov.yk.ca/news/2006/06-164.html O.I.C 2006/127: Daylight Saving Time ordered July 13/2006: http://www.gov.yk.ca/legislation/regs/oic2006_127.pdf Northwest Territories News release (Press "Daylight Savings Time Change" to see pop-up): http://www.exec.gov.nt.ca/currentnews/currentPR.asp?mode=archive It is not clear if legislation has actually been drafted. Nunavut No formal announcement has been made from the Nunavut Government. The premier of Nunavut claimed in August of 2005 that he did not want to touch the issue; nothing more has been heard since. It is likely Nunavut will eventually follow the rest of the country but there will certainly be confusion on March 11/2007 if no formal announcement is made. Currently the TZ database and Microsoft make assumptions that Nunavut will follow the rest of the country. If you find errors in the web page listed at the top of this e-mail or in this e-mail itself, please let me know. I may be somewhat unreachable for the next few days so forgive me I don't immediately respond to e-mail. -chris
I am a new subscriber for this mailing list, and trying to understand the changes. I am using tzdata2007a.tar.gz from ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/ as the latest timezone changes. Are all of the below Canada changes already included in tzdata2007a.tar.gz from ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/? Can anyone please confirm? Thank you, Anil. Chris Walton wrote On 01/30/07 22:01,:
For anybody wishing for info on new Canadian daylight saving legislation, I have been trying to keep the following page up to date: http://www3.sympatico.ca/c.walton/canada_dst.html The web page is full of links to various government news releases and legislation.
All of Canada with the possible exception of Nunavut will be extending daylight saving this year to match the United States.
Below is an extract of some of the more important hyperlinks from the web page listed above.
City of Lloydminster The "Lloydminster Charter" which defines time for the city of Lloydminster on both sides of the Alberta/Saskatchewan border will likely not be amended prior to March 11. Regardless, the Senior Director of Corporate Affairs e-mailed me last year to say that Lloydminster would extend daylight saving to match Alberta.
British Columbia News release: http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2005-2009/2006AG0014-000330.htm
Alberta News release: http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/200602/193862BFE321E-A3D2-C519-F34B3EE936DA55E2.htm... Daylight Saving Amendment Act assented to March 23/2006: http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/documents/spring/CH03_06.CFM?type=htm
Saskatchewan No official announcement but most of Saskatchewan does not observe daylight saving time. The small area outside the Lloydminster city limits is governed by the Saskatchewan Time Act and will most likely follow Lloydminster even if the act is not updated.
Manitoba News release: http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/press/top/2005/11/2005-11-02-06.html Manitoba Official Time Amendment Act assented to December 8/2005: http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/2005/c05305e.php
Ontario News release: http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/news/2005/20051020-dst.asp Ontario Regulation 111/06: Variation of Time in Effect filed April 12/2006: http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Source/Regs/English/2006/R06111_e.htm
Quebec News release (French): http://communiques.gouv.qc.ca/gouvqc/communiques/GPQF/Decembre2006/07/c5073.... Legal Time Act assented to December 12/2006: http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?typ...
New Brunswick News release: http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/pre/2005e1737pr.htm Act to Amend the Time Definition Act assented to June 22/2006: http://www.gnb.ca/0062/acts/BBA-2006/Chap-19.pdf
Nova Scotia News release: http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20060425004 Royal Gazette with regulation 62/2006 on page 244: http://www.gov.ns.ca/just/regulations/rg2/2006/ma1206.pdf
Prince Edward Island Act to Amend the Time Uniformity Act assented to May 24/2006: http://www.assembly.pe.ca/bills/pdf_chapter/62/3/chapter-41.pdf
Newfoundland and Labrador News release: http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2007/mpa/0118n03.htm Act to Amend the Standard Time Act assented to Dec 12/2006: http://www.hoa.gov.nl.ca/hoa/bills/Bill0634.htm
Yukon News release: http://www.gov.yk.ca/news/2006/06-164.html O.I.C 2006/127: Daylight Saving Time ordered July 13/2006: http://www.gov.yk.ca/legislation/regs/oic2006_127.pdf
Northwest Territories News release (Press "Daylight Savings Time Change" to see pop-up): http://www.exec.gov.nt.ca/currentnews/currentPR.asp?mode=archive It is not clear if legislation has actually been drafted.
Nunavut No formal announcement has been made from the Nunavut Government. The premier of Nunavut claimed in August of 2005 that he did not want to touch the issue; nothing more has been heard since. It is likely Nunavut will eventually follow the rest of the country but there will certainly be confusion on March 11/2007 if no formal announcement is made. Currently the TZ database and Microsoft make assumptions that Nunavut will follow the rest of the country.
If you find errors in the web page listed at the top of this e-mail or in this e-mail itself, please let me know. I may be somewhat unreachable for the next few days so forgive me I don't immediately respond to e-mail.
-chris
"Chris Walton" <Chris.Walton@telus.com> writes:
Thanks for the heads-up; I'll alter the comments in 'northamerica' accordingly. Anilkumar Padmaraju <Anilkumar.Padmaraju@sun.com> writes:
I am using tzdata2007a.tar.gz from ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/ as the latest timezone changes. Are all of the below Canada changes already included in tzdata2007a.tar.gz from ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/?
All the Canadian data changes are already in tzdata2007a, yes. Only comments will need to be updated, since we now have more-official sources for the data in the form of pointers to Canadian legislation. Currently the only data changes in the queue are Turkey's DST transition times (which are off by a couple of hours, and have been for years apparently) and Easter Island time between 1890 and 1932. But I wouldn't be surprised if other things pop up by March. The obvious candidates include Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, and Turks and Caicos.
Thank you, Paul! Anil. Paul Eggert wrote On 01/31/07 13:12,:
"Chris Walton" <Chris.Walton@telus.com> writes:
Thanks for the heads-up; I'll alter the comments in 'northamerica' accordingly.
Anilkumar Padmaraju <Anilkumar.Padmaraju@sun.com> writes:
I am using tzdata2007a.tar.gz from ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/ as the latest timezone changes. Are all of the below Canada changes already included in tzdata2007a.tar.gz from ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/?
All the Canadian data changes are already in tzdata2007a, yes. Only comments will need to be updated, since we now have more-official sources for the data in the form of pointers to Canadian legislation.
Currently the only data changes in the queue are Turkey's DST transition times (which are off by a couple of hours, and have been for years apparently) and Easter Island time between 1890 and 1932. But I wouldn't be surprised if other things pop up by March. The obvious candidates include Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, and Turks and Caicos.
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