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diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/northamerica b/share/zoneinfo/northamerica index cc0ff49ae467..9f79a50d07d0 100644 --- a/share/zoneinfo/northamerica +++ b/share/zoneinfo/northamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)northamerica 8.6 +# @(#)northamerica 8.9 # <pre> # also includes Central America and the Caribbean @@ -900,6 +900,41 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00 # U.S. and the rest of Canada.... # http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2005-2009/2006AG0014-000330.htm +# From Chris Walton (2006-04-25): +# Daylight saving time will be extended by four weeks starting in 2007.... +# Here is a news release which was issued today by the Nova Scotia government: +# http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20060425004 + +# From Chris Walton (2006-06-26): +# [For New Brunswick] the new legislation dictates that the time change is to +# be done at 02:00 instead of 00:01. +# http://www.gnb.ca/0062/acts/BBA-2006/Chap-19.pdf +# ... +# Manitoba has traditionally changed the clock every fall at 03:00. +# As of 2006, the transition is to take place one hour earlier at 02:00. +# http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/ccsm/o030e.php +# ... +# [Alberta, Ontario, Quebec] will follow US rules. +# http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/documents/Acts/2006CH03_UNPR.cfm?frm_isbn=0779744934 +# http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Source/Regs/English/2006/R06111_e.htm +# http://www.assnat.qc.ca/eng/37legislature2/Projets-loi/Publics/06-a002.htm +# ... +# P.E.I. will follow US rules. The new legislation is not law yet. +# It passed first reading on April 20.... +# http://www.assembly.pe.ca/bills/pdf_first/62/3/bill-101.pdf +# ... +# Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.... The change is being considered. +# http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2006/mpa/0331n01.htm +# ... +# N.W.T. will follow US rules. Whoever maintains the government web site +# does not seem to believe in bookmarks. To see the news release, click the +# following link and search for "Daylight Savings Time Change". Press the +# "Daylight Savings Time Change" link; it will fire off a popup using +# JavaScript. +# http://www.exec.gov.nt.ca/currentnews/currentPR.asp?mode=archive + + + # From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25): # H. David Matthews and Mary Vincent's map # <a href="http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp"> @@ -912,16 +947,10 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00 # information about standard and daylight saving time zones in Canada. # </a> (updated periodically). # Its unofficial information is often taken from Matthews and Vincent. -# -# CBC News reported that Ontario and Manitoba have announced plans to -# follow the US change; see -# <http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/daylightsavingtime/> (2005-10-21). -# CBC news also reported that Prince Edward Island is the first -# province in Atlantic Canada to follow the US change, and that Quebec -# had agreed; see <http://www.cbc.ca/pei/story/pe_daylight_20051207.html> -# (2005-12-07). It also reported that Alberta will fall into line; see -# <http://www.cbc.ca/calgary/story/ca_daylight20060202.html> (2006-02-02). -# For now, assume all of Canada will fall into line. + +# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27): +# For now, assume all of DST-observing Canada will fall into line with the +# new US DST rules, # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Canada 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D @@ -936,7 +965,7 @@ Rule Canada 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D Rule Canada 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S -# Newfoundland (and far southeast Labrador) +# Newfoundland and Labrador # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Labrador should use NST/NDT, @@ -974,9 +1003,6 @@ Rule StJohns 1987 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1987 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S Rule StJohns 1988 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 2:00 DD Rule StJohns 1989 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D -# From Chris Walton (2006-04-05): -# http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2006/mpa/0331n01.htm -# [This says Newfoundlandland expects to follow step with the US.] Rule StJohns 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:01 1:00 D Rule StJohns 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 0:01 0 S # @@ -1015,11 +1041,6 @@ Zone America/Goose_Bay -4:01:40 - LMT 1884 # Happy Valley-Goose Bay # in Canada to observe DST in 1971 but not 1970; for now we'll assume # this is a typo. -# From Chris Walton (2006-04-25): -# Daylight saving time will be extended by four weeks starting in 2007.... -# Here is a news release which was issued today by the Nova Scotia government: -# http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20060425004 - # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Halifax 1916 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1916 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S @@ -1084,10 +1105,7 @@ Zone America/Glace_Bay -3:59:48 - LMT 1902 Jun 15 # <http://www.gnb.ca/0062/PDF-acts/t-06.pdf> says they change at 00:01, and # <http://www.canlii.org/nb/laws/sta/t-6/20030127/whole.html> makes it # clear that this has been the case since at least 1993. -# For now, assume it started in 1993. The Office of the Premier announced -# <http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/pre/2005e1737pr.htm> (2005-12-23) -# that they will bring forward proposed amendments to harmonize with the US; -# for now assume that this will happen, but they'll still switch at 00:01. +# For now, assume it started in 1993. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Moncton 1933 1935 - Jun Sun>=8 1:00 1:00 D @@ -1103,8 +1121,6 @@ Rule Moncton 1946 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Moncton 1957 1972 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Moncton 1993 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D Rule Moncton 1993 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S -Rule Moncton 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:01 1:00 D -Rule Moncton 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 0:01 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Moncton -4:19:08 - LMT 1883 Dec 9 -5:00 - EST 1902 Jun 15 @@ -1113,13 +1129,79 @@ Zone America/Moncton -4:19:08 - LMT 1883 Dec 9 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1946 -4:00 Moncton A%sT 1973 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1993 - -4:00 Moncton A%sT + -4:00 Moncton A%sT 2007 + -4:00 Canada A%sT -# Ontario, Quebec +# Quebec + +# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09): +# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of Quebec has been +# like Montreal. + +# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27): +# Matthews and Vincent (1998) also write that Quebec east of the -63 +# meridian is supposed to observe AST, but residents as far east as +# Natashquan use EST/EDT, and residents east of Natashquan use AST. +# In "Official time in Quebec" the Quebec department of justice writes in +# http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/publications/generale/temps-regl-1-a.htm +# that "The residents of the Municipality of the +# Cote-Nord-du-Golfe-Saint-Laurent and the municipalities of Saint-Augustin, +# Bonne-Esperance and Blanc-Sablon apply the Official Time Act as it is +# written and use Atlantic standard time all year round. The same applies to +# the residents of the Native facilities along the lower North Shore." +# <http://www.assnat.qc.ca/eng/37legislature2/Projets-loi/Publics/06-a002.htm> +# says this common practice was codified into law as of 2007. +# For lack of better info, guess this practice began around 1970, contra to +# Shanks & Pottenger who have this region observing AST/ADT. -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# Shanks & Pottenger writes that since 1970 most of Ontario has been like -# Toronto, and most of Quebec has been like Montreal. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Mont 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1917 only - Apr 24 0:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1919 only - Mar 31 2:30 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1919 only - Oct 25 2:30 0 S +Rule Mont 1920 only - May 2 2:30 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1920 1922 - Oct Sun>=1 2:30 0 S +Rule Mont 1921 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1922 only - Apr 30 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1924 only - May 17 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1924 1926 - Sep lastSun 2:30 0 S +Rule Mont 1925 1926 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +# The 1927-to-1937 rules can be expressed more simply as +# Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Apr lastSat 24:00 1:00 D +# Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Sep lastSat 24:00 0 S +# The rules below avoid use of 24:00 +# (which pre-1998 versions of zic cannot handle). +Rule Mont 1927 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1927 1932 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1928 1931 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1932 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1933 1940 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1933 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1946 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1945 1948 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1949 1950 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1951 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S + +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Blanc-Sablon -3:48:28 - LMT 1884 + -4:00 Canada A%sT 1970 + -4:00 - AST +Zone America/Montreal -4:54:16 - LMT 1884 + -5:00 Mont E%sT 1918 + -5:00 Canada E%sT 1919 + -5:00 Mont E%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s + -5:00 Canada E%sT 1946 + -5:00 Mont E%sT 1974 + -5:00 Canada E%sT + + +# Ontario + +# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09): +# Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of Ontario has been like +# Toronto. # Thunder Bay skipped DST in 1973. # Many smaller locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1974; # Nipigon (EST) and Rainy River (CST) are the largest that we know of. @@ -1150,51 +1232,45 @@ Zone America/Moncton -4:19:08 - LMT 1883 Dec 9 # Officially Atikokan is therefore on CST/CDT, and most likely this report # concerns a non-official time observed as a matter of local practice. # -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# For what it's worth, Shanks & Pottenger say that Atikokan has agreed with -# Rainy River ever since standard time was introduced. - # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Atikokan, Pickle Lake, and # New Osnaburgh observe CST all year, that Big Trout Lake observes # CST/CDT, and that Upsala and Shebandowan observe EST/EDT, all in # violation of the official Ontario rules. -# They also write that Quebec east of the -63 meridian is supposed to -# observe AST, but residents as far east as Natashquan use EST/EDT, -# and residents east of Natashquan use AST. -# We probably need Zones for far east Quebec and for Atikokan, -# but we don't know when their practices started. +# +# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09): +# Chris Walton (2006-07-06) mentioned an article by Stephanie MacLellan in the +# 2005-07-21 Chronicle-Journal, which said: +# +# The clocks in Atikokan stay set on standard time year-round. +# This means they spend about half the time on central time and +# the other half on eastern time. +# +# For the most part, the system works, Mayor Dennis Brown said. +# +# "The majority of businesses in Atikokan deal more with Eastern +# Canada, but there are some that deal with Western Canada," he +# said. "I don't see any changes happening here." +# +# Walton also writes "Supposedly Pickle Lake and Mishkeegogamang +# [New Osnaburgh] follow the same practice." -# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Mont 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1917 only - Apr 24 0:00 0 S -Rule Mont 1919 only - Mar 31 2:30 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1919 only - Oct 25 2:30 0 S -Rule Mont 1920 only - May 2 2:30 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1920 1922 - Oct Sun>=1 2:30 0 S -Rule Mont 1921 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1922 only - Apr 30 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1924 only - May 17 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1924 1926 - Sep lastSun 2:30 0 S -Rule Mont 1925 1926 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -# The 1927-to-1937 rules can be expressed more simply as -# Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Apr lastSat 24:00 1:00 D -# Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Sep lastSat 24:00 0 S -# The rules below avoid use of 24:00 -# (which pre-1998 versions of zic cannot handle). -Rule Mont 1927 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1927 1932 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S -Rule Mont 1928 1931 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1932 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1933 1940 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1933 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Mont 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S -Rule Mont 1946 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Mont 1945 1948 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S -Rule Mont 1949 1950 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S -Rule Mont 1951 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S -Rule Mont 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +# From Garry McKinnon (2006-07-14) via Chris Walton: +# I chatted with a member of my board who has an outstanding memory +# and a long history in Atikokan (and in the telecom industry) and he +# can say for certain that Atikokan has been practicing the current +# time keeping since 1952, at least. + +# From Paul Eggert (2006-07-17): +# Shanks & Pottenger say that Atikokan has agreed with Rainy River +# ever since standard time was introduced, but the information from +# McKinnon sounds more authoritative. For now, assume that Atikokan +# switched to EST immediately after WWII era daylight saving time +# ended. This matches the old (less-populous) America/Coral_Harbour +# entry since our cutoff date of 1970, so we can move +# America/Coral_Harbour to the 'backward' file. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Toronto 1919 only - Mar 30 23:30 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1919 only - Oct 26 0:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1920 only - May 2 2:00 1:00 D @@ -1228,9 +1304,9 @@ Rule Toronto 1950 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1950 only - Nov lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1951 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S # Shanks & Pottenger say Toronto ended DST a week early in 1971, -# namely on 1971-10-24, but Mark Brader wrote (2003-05-31) that he -# checked the 1971-10-30 issue of the Toronto Star, and it said that -# DST ended 1971-10-31 as usual. +# namely on 1971-10-24, but Mark Brader wrote (2003-05-31) that this +# is wrong, and that he had confirmed it by checking the 1971-10-30 +# Toronto Star, which said that DST was ending 1971-10-31 as usual. Rule Toronto 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # From Paul Eggert (2003-07-27): @@ -1252,13 +1328,6 @@ Rule Toronto 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # months for the remainder of the war years. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Montreal -4:54:16 - LMT 1884 - -5:00 Mont E%sT 1918 - -5:00 Canada E%sT 1919 - -5:00 Mont E%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s - -5:00 Canada E%sT 1946 - -5:00 Mont E%sT 1974 - -5:00 Canada E%sT Zone America/Toronto -5:17:32 - LMT 1895 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1919 -5:00 Toronto E%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s @@ -1276,19 +1345,19 @@ Zone America/Nipigon -5:53:04 - LMT 1895 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1940 Sep 29 -5:00 1:00 EDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s -5:00 Canada E%sT -Zone America/Rainy_River -6:17:56 - LMT 1895 +Zone America/Rainy_River -6:18:16 - LMT 1895 -6:00 Canada C%sT 1940 Sep 29 -6:00 1:00 CDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s -6:00 Canada C%sT +Zone America/Atikokan -6:06:28 - LMT 1895 + -6:00 Canada C%sT 1940 Sep 29 + -6:00 1:00 CDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s + -6:00 Canada C%sT 1945 Sep 30 2:00 + -5:00 - EST # Manitoba -# From Chris Walton (2006-04-05): -# Here is a copy of the new official time act ... -# http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/ccsm/o030e.php -# The act indicates that daylight savings ends at 2:00am. - # From Rob Douglas (2006-04-06): # the old Manitoba Time Act - as amended by Bill 2, assented to # March 27, 1987 ... said ... @@ -1388,6 +1457,11 @@ Zone America/Winnipeg -6:28:36 - LMT 1887 Jul 16 # rules any more; all other districts appear to have used CST year round # since sometime in the 1960s. +# From Chris Walton (2006-06-26): +# The Saskatchewan time act which was last updated in 1996 is about 30 pages +# long and rather painful to read. +# http://www.qp.gov.sk.ca/documents/English/Statutes/Statutes/T14.pdf + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Regina 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule Regina 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S @@ -1490,6 +1564,10 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884 # * O.I.C. 1987/056 changed DST to Apr firstSun 2:00 to Oct lastSun 2:00. # Shanks & Pottenger say Yukon's 1973-10-28 switch was at 2:00; go # with Englander. +# From Chris Walton (2006-06-26): +# Here is a link to the old daylight saving portion of the interpretation +# act which was last updated in 1987: +# http://www.gov.yk.ca/legislation/regs/oic1987_056.pdf # From Rives McDow (1999-09-04): # Nunavut ... moved ... to incorporate the whole territory into one time zone. @@ -1597,10 +1675,10 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884 # From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26): # For lack of better information, assume that Southampton Island observed # daylight saving only during wartime. -# -# From Chris Walton (2006-04-25): -# Daylight saving time will be extended by four weeks starting in 2007.... -# http://www.cbc.ca/north/story/nor-nwt-time-change.html + +# From Chris Walton (2006-07-19): +# The government of Yukon Territory ... recently announced it will extend +# daylight saving in 2007.... http://www.gov.yk.ca/news/2006/06-164.html # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D @@ -1625,10 +1703,11 @@ Zone America/Iqaluit -4:33:52 - LMT 1884 # Frobisher Bay before 1987 -5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 Canada E%sT -Zone America/Coral_Harbour -5:32:40 - LMT 1884 - -5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1946 - -5:00 - EST -Zone America/Rankin_Inlet -6:08:40 - LMT 1884 +# Now subsumed by America/Atikokan. +#Zone America/Coral_Harbour -5:32:40 - LMT 1884 +# -5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1946 +# -5:00 - EST +Zone America/Rankin_Inlet -6:08:20 - LMT 1884 -6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 - EST 2001 Apr 1 3:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT @@ -1641,7 +1720,7 @@ Zone America/Cambridge_Bay -7:00:20 - LMT 1884 Zone America/Yellowknife -7:37:24 - LMT 1884 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1980 -7:00 Canada M%sT -Zone America/Inuvik -8:54:00 - LMT 1884 +Zone America/Inuvik -8:54:52 - LMT 1884 -8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1979 Apr lastSun 2:00 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1980 -7:00 Canada M%sT @@ -1952,10 +2031,20 @@ Zone America/Belize -5:52:48 - LMT 1912 Apr -6:00 Belize C%sT # Bermuda + +# From Dan Jones, reporting in The Royal Gazette (2006-06-26): + +# Next year, however, clocks in the US will go forward on the second Sunday +# in March, until the first Sunday in November. And, after the Time Zone +# (Seasonal Variation) Bill 2006 was passed in the House of Assembly on +# Friday, the same thing will happen in Bermuda. +# http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060529/NEWS/105290135 + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/Bermuda -4:19:04 - LMT 1930 Jan 1 2:00 # Hamilton -4:00 - AST 1974 Apr 28 2:00 - -4:00 Bahamas A%sT + -4:00 Bahamas A%sT 1976 + -4:00 US A%sT # Cayman Is # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -2007,6 +2096,11 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:20 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # adjustment in Cuba. We will stay in daylight saving time: # http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2005/noviembre/mier9/horario.html +# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17): +# It is likely that they are not reverting back to standard time this +# year either, based on the number of responses I have got from users +# (when my site claimed Cuba will end DST on lastSun/October) + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Cuba 1928 only - Jun 10 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1928 only - Oct 10 0:00 0 S @@ -2037,7 +2131,7 @@ Rule Cuba 1997 only - Oct 12 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 1998 1999 - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 2000 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D -Rule Cuba 2006 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S +Rule Cuba 2007 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890 @@ -2086,15 +2180,6 @@ Zone America/Santo_Domingo -4:39:36 - LMT 1890 # El Salvador -# From Paul Eggert (2006-05-05): -# worldtimezone.com reports a 2006-05-02 Spanish-language AP article -# saying Honduras will start using DST midnight Saturday, effective 4 -# months until September, and a 2006-05-03 NACION article saying El -# Salvador will follow suit. However, ignore this for now, because: -# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-05-05): -# Change of DST perhaps postponed in El Salvador: -# http://www.laprensagrafica.com/lodeldia/883.asp - # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Salv 1987 1988 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Salv 1987 1988 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S @@ -2123,6 +2208,11 @@ Zone America/Guadeloupe -4:06:08 - LMT 1911 Jun 8 # Pointe a Pitre # decided on that date to advance official time by 60 minutes, to lessen the # impact of the elevated cost of oil.... Daylight saving time will last from # 2006-04-29 24:00 (Guatemalan standard time) to 2006-09-30 (time unspecified). +# From Paul Eggert (2006-06-22): +# The Ministry of Energy and Mines, press release CP-15/2006 +# (2006-04-19), says DST ends at 24:00. See +# <http://www.sieca.org.gt/Sitio_publico/Energeticos/Doc/Medidas/Cambio_Horario_Nac_190406.pdf>. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Guat 1973 only - Nov 25 0:00 1:00 D Rule Guat 1974 only - Feb 24 0:00 0 S @@ -2192,14 +2282,28 @@ Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 - LMT 1890 # saying Honduras will start using DST midnight Saturday, effective 4 # months until September. La Tribuna reported today # <http://www.latribuna.hn/99299.html> that Manuel Zelaya, the president -# of Honduras, refused to back down on this. For lack of better info, -# assume they'll use the same end-of-DST rules as in 1987 and 1988. +# of Honduras, refused to back down on this. + +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-08-08): +# It seems that Honduras has returned from DST to standard time this Monday at +# 00:00 hours (prolonging Sunday to 25 hours duration). +# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_honduras04.html + +# From Paul Eggert (2006-08-08): +# Also see Diario El Heraldo, The country returns to standard time (2006-08-08) +# <http://www.elheraldo.hn/nota.php?nid=54941&sec=12>. +# It mentions executive decree 18-2006. + +# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17): +# Honduras will observe DST from 2007 to 2009, exact dates are not +# published, I have located this authoritative source: +# http://www.presidencia.gob.hn/noticia.aspx?nId=47 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Hond 1987 1988 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Hond 1987 1988 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S -Rule Hond 2006 only - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Hond 2006 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S +Rule Hond 2006 2009 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Hond 2006 2009 - Aug Mon>=1 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 - LMT 1921 Apr -6:00 Hond C%sT @@ -2279,12 +2383,19 @@ Zone America/Montserrat -4:08:52 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Cork Hill # advanced by sixty minutes their official time, yesterday at 2 in the # morning, and will stay that way until 30.th. of september. # +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-09-30): +# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/buscador_gaceta/BD/DECRETOS/2006/D-063-2006P-PRN-Cambio-Hora.pdf +# My informal translation runs: +# The natural sun time is restored in all the national territory, in that the +# time is returned one hour at 01:00 am of October 1 of 2006. +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Jun Mon>=23 0:00 0 S Rule Nic 2005 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Nic 2005 2006 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S +Rule Nic 2005 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S Rule Nic 2006 only - Apr 30 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Nic 2006 only - Oct Sun>=1 1:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Managua -5:45:08 - LMT 1890 -5:45:12 - MMT 1934 Jun 23 # Managua Mean Time? |