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diff --git a/timezone/northamerica b/timezone/northamerica index 743e721dda..443e8db90f 100644 --- a/timezone/northamerica +++ b/timezone/northamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)northamerica 7.48 +# @(#)northamerica 7.49 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ Zone America/Louisville -5:43:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 -5:00 US E%sT 1974 Jan 6 2:00 -6:00 1:00 CDT 1974 Oct 27 2:00 -5:00 US E%sT -# Wayne County, Kentucky +# Wayne, Clinton, and Russell Counties, Kentucky # From # <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=1999_register&docid=99-26945-filed"> # Federal Register Doc. 99-26945 @@ -418,6 +418,18 @@ Zone America/Louisville -5:43:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 # Kentucky, from the Central Time Zone to the Eastern Time Zone.... Now # the earliest date that the proposed change might take effect is # October 29, 2000. +# +# From +# <a href="http://www.lake-cumberland.com/life/archive/news990129time.shtml"> +# Lake Cumberland LIFE +# </a> (1999-01-29) via WKYM-101.7: +# Clinton County has joined Wayne County in asking the DoT to change from +# the Central to the Eastern time zone.... The Wayne County government made +# the same request in December. And while Russell County officials have not +# taken action, the majority of respondents to a poll conducted there in +# August indicated they would like to change to "fast time" also. +# The three Lake Cumberland counties are the farthest east of any U.S. +# location in the Central time zone. # Michigan # @@ -902,7 +914,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884 # Nunavut ... moved ... to incorporate the whole territory into one time zone. # <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt90903_13.html"> # Nunavut moves to single time zone Oct. 31 -# </a> +# </a> # # From Antoine Leca (1999-09-06): # We then need to create a new timezone for the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut @@ -917,6 +929,29 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884 # We'll ignore the claim about Coral Harbour for now, # since we have no further info. +# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08): +# On October 31, when the rest of Nunavut went to Central time, +# Pangnirtung wobbled. Here is the result of their wobble: +# +# The following businesses and organizations in Pangnirtung use Central Time: +# +# First Air, Power Corp, Nunavut Construction, Health Center, RCMP, +# Eastern Arctic National Parks, A & D Specialist +# +# The following businesses and organizations in Pangnirtung use Eastern Time: +# +# Hamlet office, All other businesses, Both schools, Airport operator +# +# This has made for an interesting situation there, which warranted the news. +# No one there that I spoke with seems concerned, or has plans to +# change the local methods of keeping time, as it evidently does not +# really interfere with any activities or make things difficult locally. +# They plan to celebrate New Year's turn-over twice, one hour apart, +# so it appears that the situation will last at least that long. +# The Nunavut Intergovernmental Affairs hopes that they will "come to +# their senses", but the locals evidently don't see any problem with +# the current state of affairs. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S @@ -971,7 +1006,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # The Federal District (where Mexico City is) has observed [DST] several # times but not recently. # -# I don't where to drawn the line in the North Baja area. 28th latitude +# I don't where to draw the line in the North Baja area. 28th latitude # sounds good -- but it may be higher (how far [d]o radio stations from # San Diego affect culture?). # @@ -1009,30 +1044,30 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # From Alan Perry <alan.perry@eng.sun.com> (1996-02-15): # A guy from our Mexico subsidiary finally found the Presidential Decree # outlining the timezone changes in Mexico. -# +# # ------------- Begin Forwarded Message ------------- -# +# # I finally got my hands on the Official Presidential Decree that sets up the # rules for the DST changes. The rules are: -# +# # 1. The country is divided in 3 timezones: # - Baja California Norte (the Mexico/BajaNorte TZ) # - Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora (the Mexico/BajaSur TZ) # - The rest of the country (the Mexico/General TZ) -# +# # 2. From the first Sunday in April at 2:00 AM to the last Sunday in October # at 2:00 AM, the times in each zone are as follows: # BajaNorte: GMT+7 # BajaSur: GMT+6 # General: GMT+5 -# +# # 3. The rest of the year, the times are as follows: # BajaNorte: GMT+8 # BajaSur: GMT+7 # General: GMT+6 -# +# # The Decree was published in Mexico's Official Newspaper on January 4th. -# +# # -------------- End Forwarded Message -------------- # From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12): # For an English translation of the decree, see |