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diff --git a/time/northamerica b/time/northamerica index 1d8bd9e6f5..5c0c02cc93 100644 --- a/time/northamerica +++ b/time/northamerica @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -# @(#)northamerica 7.27 +# @(#)northamerica 7.28 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (August 17, 1994): +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-08-17): # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, # Oxford University Press (1980). @@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ # From Arthur David Olson: # US Daylight Saving Time ended on the last Sunday of *October* in 1974. -# See, for example, the front page of the Saturday, October 26, 1974 -# and Sunday, October 27, 1974 editions of the Washington Post. +# See, for example, the front page of the Saturday, 1974-10-26 +# and Sunday, 1974-10-27 editions of the Washington Post. # From Arthur David Olson: # Before the Uniform Time Act of 1966 took effect in 1967, observance of @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Rule US 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00 1:00 D Rule US 1976 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule US 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): +# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): # ...Alaska (and Hawaii) had the timezone names changed in 1967. # old new # Pacific Standard Time(PST) -same- @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Rule US 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # The tables below use `NST', not `NT', for Nome Standard Time. # I invented `CAWT' for Central Alaska War Time. -# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): +# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): # USA EASTERN 5 H BEHIND UTC NEW YORK, WASHINGTON # USA EASTERN 4 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 # USA CENTRAL 6 H BEHIND UTC CHICAGO, HOUSTON @@ -92,16 +92,16 @@ Rule US 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # USA HAWAII 10 H BEHIND UTC # USA BERING 11 H BEHIND UTC SAMOA, MIDWAY -# From Arthur David Olson (January 21, 1989): +# From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-21): # The above dates are for 1988. # Note the "AKST" and "AKDT" abbreviations, the claim that there's # no DST in Samoa, and the claim that there is DST in Alaska and the # Aleutians. -# From Arthur David Olson (February 13, 1988): +# From Arthur David Olson (1988-02-13): # Legal standard time zone names, from United States Code (1982 Edition and # Supplement III), Title 15, Chapter 6, Section 260 and forward. First, names -# up to April 1, 1967 (when most provisions of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 +# up to 1967-04-01 (when most provisions of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 # took effect), as explained in sections 263 and 261: # (none) # United States standard eastern time @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Rule US 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # (none) # United States standard Alaska time # (none) -# Next, names from April 1, 1967 until November 30, 1983 (the date for +# Next, names from 1967-04-01 until 1983-11-30 (the date for # public law 98-181): # Atlantic standard time # eastern standard time @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Rule US 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # Yukon standard time # Alaska-Hawaii standard time # Bering standard time -# And after November 30, 1983: +# And after 1983-11-30: # Atlantic standard time # eastern standard time # central standard time @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ Zone America/Phoenix -7:28:18 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 -7:00 - MST 1967 -7:00 US M%sT 1968 -7:00 - MST -# From Arthur David Olson (February 13, 1988): +# From Arthur David Olson (1988-02-13): # A writer from the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., # notes in private correspondence dated 12/28/87 that "Presently, only the # Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, due to its @@ -350,10 +350,10 @@ Zone America/Indiana/Marengo -5:45:23 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 -5:00 - EST # # Starke County, Indiana -# From Arthur David Olson (October 28, 1991): -# An article on page A3 of the Sunday, October 27, 1991 Washington Post +# From Arthur David Olson (1991-10-28): +# An article on page A3 of the Sunday, 1991-10-27 Washington Post # notes that Starke County switched from Central time to Eastern time as of -# October 27, 1991. +# 1991-10-27. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Starke 1947 1961 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Starke 1947 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ Zone America/Louisville -5:43:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 # Michigan # -# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): +# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): # Michigan didn't observe DST from 1968 to 1973. # # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): @@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ Link Pacific/Honolulu HST ################################################################################ -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the US is # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). @@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ Zone America/Winnipeg -6:28:36 - LMT 1887 Jul 16 # Some western towns (e.g. Swift Current) switched from MST/MDT to CST in 1972. # Other western towns (e.g. Lloydminster) are like Edmonton. -# From W. Jones <jones@skdad.usask.ca> (November 6, 1992): +# From W. Jones <jones@skdad.usask.ca> (1992-11-06): # The. . .below is based on information I got from our law library, the # provincial archives, and the provincial Community Services department. # A precise history would require digging through newspaper archives, and @@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # as listed there; [there is also] "Baja California Sur and N. Pacific # Coast (States of Sinaloa and Sonora)." -# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): +# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): # The Federal District (where Mexico City is) has observed [DST] several # times but not recently. # @@ -884,11 +884,11 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # The dates of DST probably go back to 1981. The rules are the same as # US's. This is going to be a headache for US presidential electi[o]n years! -# From Arthur David Olson (February 13, 1988) +# From Arthur David Olson (1988-02-13) # Since the 1981 starting date is only "probable," we'll keep the 1987 # starting date below. -# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): +# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): # MEXICO BAJA CAL N 7 H BEHIND UTC BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR AND # MEXICO BAJA CAL N N. PACIFIC COAST (STATES # MEXICO BAJA CAL N OF SINALOA AND SONORA) @@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # MEXICO CAMPECHE, QUINTANA ROO AND # MEXICO YUCATAN -# From Arthur David Olson (January 21, 1989): +# From Arthur David Olson (1989-01-21): # April 3 fell on a Sunday in 1988; October 29 fell on a Sunday in 1989. Ahem. # USNO claims there should be four Mexican zones rather than three: # a zone that's GMT-8 with DST; a zone that's always GMT-7; @@ -1082,12 +1082,12 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:20 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # Cuba -# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): +# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): # . . .DST is from 2nd Sunday in May to 2nd Sunday in October since 1981. # Change at midnight. In 1979 & 1980, started at 3rd Sunday in March # (I think). -# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): +# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): # CUBA 5 H BEHIND UTC # CUBA 4 H BEHIND UTC MAR 20 - OCT 8 @@ -1192,10 +1192,10 @@ Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 - LMT 1921 Apr # Jamaica -# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): +# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): # Follows US rules. -# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): +# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): # JAMAICA 5 H BEHIND UTC # From Shanks (1991): |