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diff --git a/timezone/northamerica b/timezone/northamerica new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..baaf84095a --- /dev/null +++ b/timezone/northamerica @@ -0,0 +1,1345 @@ +# @(#)northamerica 7.39 +# 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> (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). + +############################################################################### + +# United States + +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1995-12-19): +# A good source for time zone historical data in the US is +# Thomas G. Shanks, The American Atlas (5th edition), +# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). +# Make sure you have the errata sheet; the book is somewhat useless without it. +# It is the source for the US and Puerto Rico entries below. + +# From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12): +# Daylight Saving Time was first suggested as a joke by Benjamin Franklin +# in his whimsical essay ``Turkey vs Eagle, McCauley is my Beagle'' (1784). +# Not everyone is happy with the results: +# +# I don't really care how time is reckoned so long as there is some +# agreement about it, but I object to being told that I am saving +# daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind. +# I even object to the implication that I am wasting something +# valuable if I stay in bed after the sun has risen. As an admirer +# of moonlight I resent the bossy insistence of those who want to +# reduce my time for enjoying it. At the back of the Daylight Saving +# scheme I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager +# to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make +# them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves. +# +# -- Robertson Davies, The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks (1947), XIX, Sunday + +# 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, 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 +# Daylight Saving Time in the US was by local option, except during wartime. + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule US 1918 1919 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 W # War +Rule US 1918 1919 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule US 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War +Rule US 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S +Rule US 1967 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule US 1967 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule US 1974 only - Jan 6 2:00 1:00 D +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 (1988-01-28): +# ...Alaska (and Hawaii) had the timezone names changed in 1967. +# old new +# Pacific Standard Time(PST) -same- +# Yukon Standard Time(YST) -same- +# Central Alaska S.T. (CAT) Alaska-Hawaii St[an]dard Time (AHST) +# Nome Standard Time (NT) Bering Standard Time (BST) +# +# ...Alaska's timezone lines were redrawn in 1983 to give only 2 tz. +# The YST zone now covers nearly all of the state, AHST just part +# of the Aleutian islands. No DST. + +# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): +# The tables below use `NST', not `NT', for Nome Standard Time. +# I invented `CAWT' for Central Alaska War Time. + +# 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 +# USA CENTRAL 5 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 +# USA MOUNTAIN 7 H BEHIND UTC DENVER +# USA MOUNTAIN 6 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 +# USA PACIFIC 8 H BEHIND UTC L.A., SAN FRANCISCO +# USA PACIFIC 7 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 +# USA ALASKA STD 9 H BEHIND UTC MOST OF ALASKA (AKST) +# USA ALASKA STD 8 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 (AKDT) +# USA ALEUTIAN 10 H BEHIND UTC ISLANDS WEST OF 170W +# USA - " - 9 H BEHIND UTC APR 3 - OCT 30 +# USA HAWAII 10 H BEHIND UTC +# USA BERING 11 H BEHIND UTC SAMOA, MIDWAY + +# 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 (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 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 +# United States standard mountain time +# United States standard central time +# United States standard Pacific time +# (none) +# United States standard Alaska time +# (none) +# Next, names from 1967-04-01 until 1983-11-30 (the date for +# public law 98-181): +# Atlantic standard time +# eastern standard time +# central standard time +# mountain standard time +# Pacific standard time +# Yukon standard time +# Alaska-Hawaii standard time +# Bering standard time +# And after 1983-11-30: +# Atlantic standard time +# eastern standard time +# central standard time +# mountain standard time +# Pacific standard time +# Alaska standard time +# Hawaii-Aleutian standard time +# Samoa standard time +# The law doesn't give abbreviations. +# +# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): +# Shanks uses 1983-10-30, not 1983-11-30, for the 1983 transitions. +# Go with Shanks. + +# US Eastern time, represented by New York +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER +Rule NYC 1920 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule NYC 1920 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule NYC 1921 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule NYC 1921 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule NYC 1955 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/New_York -4:56:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 + -5:00 US E%sT 1920 + -5:00 NYC E%sT 1942 + -5:00 US E%sT 1946 + -5:00 NYC E%sT 1967 + -5:00 US E%sT + +# US Central time, represented by Chicago +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER +Rule Chicago 1920 only - Jun 13 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Chicago 1920 1921 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Chicago 1921 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Chicago 1922 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Chicago 1922 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Chicago 1955 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Chicago -5:50:36 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 + -6:00 US C%sT 1920 + -6:00 Chicago C%sT 1936 Mar 1 2:00 + -5:00 - EST 1936 Nov 15 2:00 + -6:00 Chicago C%sT 1942 + -6:00 US C%sT 1946 + -6:00 Chicago C%sT 1967 + -6:00 US C%sT + +# US Mountain time, represented by Denver +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER +Rule Denver 1920 1921 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Denver 1920 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Denver 1921 only - May 22 2:00 0 S +Rule Denver 1965 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Denver 1965 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Denver -6:59:56 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 + -7:00 US M%sT 1920 + -7:00 Denver M%sT 1942 + -7:00 US M%sT 1946 + -7:00 Denver M%sT 1967 + -7:00 US M%sT + +# US Pacific time, represented by Los Angeles +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER +Rule CA 1948 only - Mar 14 2:00 1:00 D +Rule CA 1949 only - Jan 1 2:00 0 S +Rule CA 1950 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule CA 1950 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule CA 1962 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 + -8:00 US P%sT 1946 + -8:00 CA P%sT 1967 + -8:00 US P%sT + +# Alaska +# AK%sT is the modern abbreviation for -9:00 per USNO. +# +# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): +# Howse writes that Alaska switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, +# and from east-of-GMT to west-of-GMT days, when the US bought it from Russia. +# This was on 1867-10-18. We omit this transition, since we can't represent +# changes from Julian to Gregorian. +# +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Juneau -8:57:41 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 + -8:00 - PST 1942 + -8:00 US P%sT 1946 + -8:00 - PST 1969 + -8:00 US P%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 + -9:00 US AK%sT +Zone America/Yakutat -9:18:55 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 + -9:00 - YST 1942 + -9:00 US Y%sT 1946 + -9:00 - YST 1969 + -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 + -9:00 US AK%sT +Zone America/Anchorage -9:59:36 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 + -10:00 - CAT 1942 + -10:00 US CAT/CAWT 1946 + -10:00 - CAT 1967 Apr + -10:00 - AHST 1969 + -10:00 US AH%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 + -9:00 US AK%sT +Zone America/Nome -11:01:38 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 + -11:00 - NST 1942 + -11:00 US N%sT 1946 + -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr + -11:00 - BST 1969 + -11:00 US B%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 + -9:00 US AK%sT +Zone America/Adak -11:46:38 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 + -11:00 - NST 1942 + -11:00 US N%sT 1946 + -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr + -11:00 - BST 1969 + -11:00 US B%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 + -10:00 US HA%sT +# Shanks writes that part of southwest Alaska (e.g. Aniak) +# switched from -11:00 to -10:00 on 1968-09-22 at 02:00, +# and another part (e.g. Akiak) made the same switch five weeks later. +# These switches don't quite make our 1970 cutoff. + +# Hawaii +# +# From Arthur David Olson: +# And then there's Hawaii. +# DST was observed for one day in 1933; +# standard time was changed by half an hour in 1947; +# it's always standard as of 1986. +# +# From Paul Eggert: +# Shanks says the 1933 experiment lasted for three weeks. Go with Shanks. +# +Zone Pacific/Honolulu -10:31:26 - LMT 1900 Jan 1 12:00 + -10:30 - HST 1933 Apr 30 2:00 + -10:30 1:00 HDT 1933 May 21 2:00 + -10:30 US H%sT 1947 Jun 8 2:00 + -10:00 - HST + +Zone Pacific/Midway -11:49:28 - LMT 1901 + -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome + -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering + -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa + +# Now we turn to US areas that have diverged from the consensus since 1970. + +# Arizona mostly uses MST. +Zone America/Phoenix -7:28:18 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 + -7:00 US M%sT 1944 Jan 1 00:01 + -7:00 - MST 1944 Mar 17 00:01 + -7:00 US M%sT 1944 Oct 1 00:01 + -7:00 - MST 1967 + -7:00 US M%sT 1968 + -7:00 - MST +# 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 +# large size and location in three states." (The "only" means that other +# tribal nations don't use DST.) + +Link America/Denver America/Shiprock + +# Southern Idaho and eastern Oregon switched four weeks late in 1974. +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Boise -7:44:49 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 + -8:00 US P%sT 1923 May 13 2:00 + -7:00 US M%sT 1974 + -7:00 - MST 1974 Feb 3 2:00 + -7:00 US M%sT + +# Indiana +# +# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): +# Indiana generally observes either EST all year, or CST/CDT, +# but areas near Cincinnati and Louisville use those cities' timekeeping +# and in 1969 and 1970 the whole state observed daylight time; +# and there are other exceptions as noted below. +# Shanks partitions Indiana into 345 regions, each with its own time history, +# and writes ``Even newspaper reports present contradictory information.'' +# Fortunately, most of the complexity occurred before our cutoff date of 1970. +# +# Since 1970, EST-only Indiana has been like America/Indianapolis, +# with exceptions noted below for Crawford, Starke, and Switzerland counties. +# The parts of Indiana not listed below have been like America/Chicago, +# America/Louisville, or America/New_York. +# +# Other than Indianapolis, the Indiana place names are so nondescript +# that they would be ambiguous if we left them at the `America' level. +# So we reluctantly put them all in a subdirectory `America/Indiana'. +# +# Most of EST-only Indiana last observed DST in 1970. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER +Rule Indianapolis 1941 only - Jun 22 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Indianapolis 1941 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Indianapolis 1946 1954 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Indianapolis -5:44:38 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 + -6:00 US C%sT 1920 + -6:00 Indianapolis C%sT 1942 + -6:00 US C%sT 1946 + -6:00 Indianapolis C%sT 1955 Apr 24 2:00 + -5:00 - EST 1957 Sep 29 2:00 + -6:00 - CST 1958 Apr 27 2:00 + -5:00 - EST 1969 + -5:00 US E%sT 1971 + -5:00 - EST +Link America/Indianapolis America/Indiana/Indianapolis +# +# Part of Crawford County, Indiana, last observed DST in 1975, +# and left its clocks alone in 1974. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER +Rule Marengo 1951 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Marengo 1951 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Marengo 1954 1960 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Marengo 1954 1960 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Indiana/Marengo -5:45:23 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 + -6:00 US C%sT 1951 + -6:00 Marengo C%sT 1961 Apr 30 2:00 + -5:00 - EST 1969 + -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 1976 + -5:00 - EST +# +# Starke County, Indiana +# 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 +# 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 +Rule Starke 1955 1956 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Starke 1957 1958 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Starke 1959 1961 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Indiana/Knox -5:46:30 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 + -6:00 US C%sT 1947 + -6:00 Starke C%sT 1962 Apr 29 2:00 + -5:00 - EST 1963 Oct 27 2:00 + -6:00 US C%sT 1991 Oct 27 2:00 + -5:00 - EST +# +# Switzerland County, Indiana, last observed DST in 1972. +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Indiana/Vevay -5:40:16 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 + -6:00 US C%sT 1954 Apr 25 2:00 + -5:00 - EST 1969 + -5:00 US E%sT 1973 + -5:00 - EST + +# Part of Kentucky left its clocks alone in 1974. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER +Rule Louisville 1921 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Louisville 1921 only - Sep 1 2:00 0 S +Rule Louisville 1941 1961 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Louisville 1941 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Louisville 1946 only - Jun 2 2:00 0 S +Rule Louisville 1950 1955 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Louisville 1956 1960 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Louisville -5:43:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 + -6:00 US C%sT 1921 + -6:00 Louisville C%sT 1942 + -6:00 US C%sT 1946 + -6:00 Louisville C%sT 1961 Jul 23 2:00 + -5:00 - EST 1968 + -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 + +# Michigan +# +# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): +# Michigan didn't observe DST from 1968 to 1973. +# +# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): +# Shanks writes that Michigan started using standard time on 1885 Sep 18, +# but Howse (p 126) writes that Detroit kept +# +# local time until 1900 when the City Council decreed that clocks should +# be put back twenty-eight minutes to Central Standard Time. Half the +# city obeyed, half refused. After considerable debate, the decision +# was rescinded and the city reverted to Sun time. A derisive offer to +# erect a sundial in front of the city hall was referred to the +# Committee on Sewers. Then, in 1905, Central time was adopted +# by city vote. +# +# This story is too entertaining to be false, so go with Howse over Shanks. +# +# Most of Michigan observed DST from 1973 on, but was a bit late in 1975. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER +Rule Detroit 1948 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Detroit 1948 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Detroit 1967 only - Jun 14 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Detroit 1967 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Detroit -5:32:11 - LMT 1905 + -6:00 - CST 1915 May 15 2:00 + -5:00 - EST 1942 + -5:00 US E%sT 1946 + -5:00 Detroit E%sT 1973 + -5:00 US E%sT 1975 + -5:00 - EST 1975 Apr 27 2:00 + -5:00 US E%sT +# +# The Michigan border with Wisconsin switched from EST to CST/CDT in 1973. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER +Rule Menominee 1946 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Menominee 1946 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Menominee 1966 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Menominee 1966 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00 + -6:00 US C%sT 1946 + -6:00 Menominee C%sT 1969 Apr 27 2:00 + -5:00 - EST 1973 Apr 29 2:00 + -6:00 US C%sT + +# Navassa +# uninhabited + + +# Old names, for S5 users + +# Link LINK-FROM LINK-TO +Link America/New_York EST5EDT +Link America/Chicago CST6CDT +Link America/Denver MST7MDT +Link America/Los_Angeles PST8PDT +Link America/Indianapolis EST +Link America/Phoenix MST +Link Pacific/Honolulu HST + +################################################################################ + + +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22): +# 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). +# +# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source +# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport +# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), +# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries +# of the IATA's data after 1990. +# +# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, +# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. +# +# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, +# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which +# I found in the UCLA library. +# +# See the `europe' file for Greenland. + +# Canada + +# From Alain LaBont<e'> <ALB@immedia.ca> (1994-11-14): +# I post here the time zone abbreviations standardized in Canada +# for both English and French in the CAN/CSA-Z234.4-89 standard.... +# +# UTC Standard time Daylight savings time +# offset French English French English +# -2:30 - - HAT NDT +# -3 - - HAA ADT +# -3:30 HNT NST - - +# -4 HNA AST HAE EDT +# -5 HNE EST HAC CDT +# -6 HNC CST HAR MDT +# -7 HNR MST HAP PDT +# -8 HNP PST HAY YDT +# -9 HNY YST - - +# +# HN: Heure Normale ST: Standard Time +# HA: Heure Avanc<e'>e DT: Daylight saving Time +# +# A: de l'Atlantique Atlantic +# C: du Centre Central +# E: de l'Est Eastern +# M: Mountain +# N: Newfoundland +# P: du Pacifique Pacific +# R: des Rocheuses +# T: de Terre-Neuve +# Y: du Yukon Yukon +# +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-22): +# Alas, this sort of thing must be handled by localization software. + +# The data for Canada are all from Shanks (1991). + + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Canada 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Canada 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S +Rule Canada 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Canada 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S +Rule Canada 1974 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Canada 1974 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Canada 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D + + +# Newfoundland (except Labrador) + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule StJohns 1917 1918 - Apr Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D +Rule StJohns 1917 only - Sep 17 2:00 0 S +Rule StJohns 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S +# Whitman gives 1919 Apr 5 and 1920 Apr 5; go with Shanks. +Rule StJohns 1919 only - May 5 23:00 1:00 D +Rule StJohns 1919 only - Aug 12 23:00 0 S +# For 1931-1935 Whitman gives Apr same date; go with Shanks. +Rule StJohns 1920 1935 - May Sun>=1 23:00 1:00 D +Rule StJohns 1920 1935 - Oct lastSun 23:00 0 S +# For 1936-1941 Shanks gives May Mon>=9 and Oct Mon>=2; go with Whitman. +Rule StJohns 1936 1941 - May Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D +Rule StJohns 1936 1941 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S +# Shanks gives 1942 May 11 - 1945 Sep 30; go with Whitman. +Rule StJohns 1942 only - Mar 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule StJohns 1942 only - Dec 31 0:00 0 S +Rule StJohns 1943 only - May 30 0:00 1:00 D +Rule StJohns 1943 only - Sep 5 0:00 0 S +Rule StJohns 1944 only - Jul 10 0:00 1:00 D +Rule StJohns 1944 only - Sep 2 0:00 0 S +Rule StJohns 1945 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule StJohns 1945 only - Oct 7 2:00 0 S +# For 1946-9 Whitman gives May 5,4,9,1 - Oct 1,5,3,2, and for 1950 he gives +# Apr 30 - Sep 24; go with Shanks. +Rule StJohns 1946 1950 - May Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D +Rule StJohns 1946 1950 - Oct Sun>=2 2:00 0 S +Rule StJohns 1951 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule StJohns 1951 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule StJohns 1960 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule StJohns 1987 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule StJohns 1988 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 2:00 DD +Rule StJohns 1989 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +# St John's has an apostrophe, but Posix file names can't have apostrophes. +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/St_Johns -3:30:52 - LMT 1884 + -3:30:52 StJohns N%sT 1935 Mar 30 + -3:30 StJohns N%sT + + +# east Labrador + +# The name `Happy Valley-Goose Bay' is too long; use `Goose Bay'. +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Goose_Bay -4:01:40 - LMT 1884 # Happy Valley-Goose Bay + -3:30:52 StJohns NST 1919 + -3:30:52 - NST 1935 Mar 30 + -3:30 - NST 1936 + -3:30 StJohns N%sT 1966 Mar 15 2:00 + -4:00 StJohns A%sT + + +# west Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I + +# From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12): +# Shanks writes that since 1970 most of this region has been like Halifax. +# Many locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1972; +# Glace Bay, NS is the largest that we know of. +# Shanks also writes that Liverpool, NS was the only town in Canada to observe +# DST in 1971 but not 1970; for now we'll assume this is a typo. + +# 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 +Rule Halifax 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Halifax 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S +Rule Halifax 1920 only - May 9 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Halifax 1920 only - Aug 29 0:00 0 S +Rule Halifax 1921 only - May 6 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Halifax 1921 1922 - Sep 5 0:00 0 S +Rule Halifax 1922 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Halifax 1923 1925 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Halifax 1923 only - Sep 4 0:00 0 S +Rule Halifax 1924 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S +Rule Halifax 1925 only - Sep 28 0:00 0 S +Rule Halifax 1926 only - May 16 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Halifax 1926 only - Sep 13 0:00 0 S +Rule Halifax 1927 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Halifax 1927 only - Sep 26 0:00 0 S +Rule Halifax 1928 1931 - May Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Halifax 1928 only - Sep 9 0:00 0 S +Rule Halifax 1929 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S +Rule Halifax 1930 only - Sep 15 0:00 0 S +Rule Halifax 1931 1932 - Sep Mon>=24 0:00 0 S +Rule Halifax 1933 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Halifax 1933 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 S +Rule Halifax 1934 only - May 20 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Halifax 1934 only - Sep 16 0:00 0 S +Rule Halifax 1935 only - Jun 2 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Halifax 1935 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S +Rule Halifax 1936 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Halifax 1936 only - Sep 14 0:00 0 S +Rule Halifax 1937 1938 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Halifax 1937 1941 - Sep Mon>=24 0:00 0 S +Rule Halifax 1939 only - May 28 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Halifax 1940 1941 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Halifax 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Halifax 1945 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Halifax 1946 1959 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Halifax 1962 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Halifax 1962 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Halifax 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Halifax -4:14:24 - LMT 1902 Jun 15 + -4:00 Halifax A%sT +Zone America/Glace_Bay -3:59:48 - LMT 1902 Jun 15 + -4:00 Canada A%sT 1953 + -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1954 + -4:00 - AST 1972 + -4:00 Halifax A%sT + + +# Ontario, Quebec + +# From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12): +# Shanks writes that since 1970 most of this region has been like Montreal. +# 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. +# Far west Ontario is like Winnipeg; far east Quebec is like Halifax. + +# From Paul Eggert (1997-10-17): +# msb@sq.com writes that an article in the 1997-10-14 Toronto Star +# says that Atikokan, Ontario currently does not observe DST, +# but will vote on 11-10 whether to use EST/EDT. +# He also writes that the +# <a href="http://www.gov.on.ca/MBS/english/publications/statregs/conttext.html"> +# Ontario Time Act (1990, Chapter T.9) +# </a> +# says that Ontario east of 90W uses EST/EDT, and west of 90W uses CST/CDT. +# Officially Atikokan is therefore on CST/CDT, and most likely this report +# concerns a non-official time observed as a matter of local practice. +# For what it's worth, Shanks (1995) says that Atikokan has agreed with +# Rainy River ever since standard time was introduced. + +# 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 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 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 only - Oct 3 2:30 0 S +Rule Mont 1921 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1921 only - Oct 2 2:30 0 S +Rule Mont 1922 only - Apr 30 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1922 only - Oct 1 2:30 0 S +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 +Rule Mont 1927 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1927 1932 - Sep Sun>=25 0:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1928 1931 - Apr Sun>=25 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1932 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1933 1940 - Apr Sun>=24 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1933 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1934 1939 - Sep Sun>=24 0:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1945 1948 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1946 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Mont 1949 1950 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1951 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1957 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Mont 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Montreal -4:54:16 - LMT 1884 + -5:00 Mont E%sT +Zone America/Thunder_Bay -5:57:00 - LMT 1895 + -5:00 Canada E%sT 1970 + -5:00 Mont E%sT 1973 + -5:00 - EST 1974 + -5:00 Canada E%sT +Zone America/Nipigon -5:53:04 - LMT 1895 + -5:00 Canada E%sT +Zone America/Rainy_River -6:17:56 - LMT 1895 + -6:00 Canada C%sT + + +# Manitoba + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Winn 1916 only - Apr 23 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Winn 1916 only - Sep 17 0:00 0 S +Rule Winn 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Winn 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S +Rule Winn 1937 only - May 16 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Winn 1937 only - Sep 26 2:00 0 S +Rule Winn 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Winn 1945 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Winn 1946 only - May 12 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Winn 1946 only - Oct 13 2:00 0 S +Rule Winn 1947 1949 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Winn 1947 1949 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Winn 1950 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Winn 1950 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S +Rule Winn 1951 1960 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Winn 1951 1958 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Winn 1959 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Winn 1960 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Winn 1963 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Winn 1963 only - Sep 22 2:00 0 S +Rule Winn 1966 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Winn 1966 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Winn 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Winnipeg -6:28:36 - LMT 1887 Jul 16 + -6:00 Winn C%sT + + +# Saskatchewan + +# From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12): +# Shanks writes that since 1970 most of this region has been like Regina. +# 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> (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 +# since you didn't say what you wanted, I didn't bother. +# +# Saskatchewan is split by a time zone meridian (105W) and over the years +# the boundary became pretty ragged as communities near it reevaluated +# their affiliations in one direction or the other. In 1965 a provincial +# referendum favoured legislating common time practices. +# +# On 15 April 1966 the Time Act (c. T-14, Revised Statutes of +# Saskatchewan 1978) was proclaimed, and established that the eastern +# part of Saskatchewan would use CST year round, that districts in +# northwest Saskatchewan would by default follow CST but could opt to +# follow Mountain Time rules (thus 1 hour difference in the winter and +# zero in the summer), and that districts in southwest Saskatchewan would +# by default follow MT but could opt to follow CST. +# +# It took a few years for the dust to settle (I know one story of a town +# on one time zone having its school in another, such that a mom had to +# serve her family lunch in two shifts), but presently it seems that only +# a few towns on the border with Alberta (e.g. Lloydminster) follow MT +# rules any more; all other districts appear to have used CST year round +# since sometime in the 1960s. + +# 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 +Rule Regina 1930 1934 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Regina 1930 1934 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S +Rule Regina 1937 1941 - Apr Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Regina 1937 only - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S +Rule Regina 1938 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S +Rule Regina 1939 1941 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S +Rule Regina 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Regina 1945 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Regina 1946 only - Apr Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Regina 1946 only - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0 S +Rule Regina 1947 1959 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Regina 1947 1958 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Regina 1959 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +# +Rule Swift 1957 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Swift 1957 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Swift 1959 1961 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Swift 1959 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Swift 1960 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Regina -6:58:36 - LMT 1905 Sep + -7:00 Regina M%sT 1960 Apr lastSun 2:00 + -6:00 - CST +Zone America/Swift_Current -7:11:20 - LMT 1905 Sep + -7:00 Canada M%sT 1946 Apr lastSun 2:00 + -7:00 Regina M%sT 1950 + -7:00 Swift M%sT 1972 Apr lastSun 2:00 + -6:00 - CST + + +# Alberta + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Edm 1918 1919 - Apr Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Edm 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S +Rule Edm 1919 only - May 27 2:00 0 S +Rule Edm 1920 1923 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Edm 1920 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Edm 1921 1923 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Edm 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Edm 1945 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Edm 1947 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Edm 1947 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Edm 1967 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Edm 1967 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Edm 1969 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Edm 1969 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Edm 1972 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Edm 1972 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Edm 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep + -7:00 Edm M%sT + + +# British Columbia + +# From Paul Eggert (1996-06-12): +# Shanks writes that since 1970 most of this region has been like Vancouver. +# Dawswon Creek uses MST. Much of east BC is like Edmonton. + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Vanc 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Vanc 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S +Rule Vanc 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Vanc 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S +Rule Vanc 1946 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Vanc 1946 only - Oct 13 2:00 0 S +Rule Vanc 1947 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Vanc 1962 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Vanc 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Vancouver -8:12:28 - LMT 1884 + -8:00 Vanc P%sT +Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884 + -8:00 Canada P%sT 1947 + -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1972 Aug 30 2:00 + -7:00 - MST + + +# Northwest Territories, Yukon + +# From Paul Eggert (1996-10-07): +# Dawson switched to PST in 1973. Inuvik switched to MST in 1979. +# Shanks's table for Watson Lake is corrupted, so we have no data there. +# Mathew Englander <mathew@io.org> (1996-10-07) gives the following refs: +# * 1967. Paragraph 28(34)(g) of the Interpretation Act, S.C. 1967-68, +# c. 7 defines Yukon standard time as UTC-9. This is still valid; +# see Interpretation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-21, s. 35(1). +# * C.O. 1973/214 switched Yukon to PST on 1973-10-28 00:00. +# * O.I.C. 1980/02 established DST. +# * O.I.C. 1987/056 changed DST to Apr firstSun 2:00 to Oct lastSun 2:00. +# Shanks says Yukon's 1973-10-28 switch was at 2:00; go with Englander. + +# 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 +Rule NT_YK 1919 only - May 25 2:00 1:00 D +Rule NT_YK 1919 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S +Rule NT_YK 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 D +Rule NT_YK 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S +Rule NT_YK 1965 only - Apr lastSun 0:00 2:00 DD +Rule NT_YK 1965 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule NT_YK 1980 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule NT_YK 1980 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule NT_YK 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Pangnirtung -4:22:56 - LMT 1884 + -4:00 NT_YK A%sT +Zone America/Iqaluit -4:33:52 - LMT 1884 # Frobisher Bay + -5:00 NT_YK E%sT +Zone America/Rankin_Inlet -6:08:40 - LMT 1884 + -6:00 NT_YK C%sT +Zone America/Yellowknife -7:37:24 - LMT 1884 + -7:00 NT_YK M%sT +Zone America/Inuvik -8:54:00 - LMT 1884 + -8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1979 Apr lastSun 2:00 + -7:00 NT_YK M%sT +Zone America/Whitehorse -9:00:12 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 + -9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1966 Jul 1 2:00 + -8:00 NT_YK P%sT +Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 + -9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1973 Oct 28 0:00 + -8:00 NT_YK P%sT + + +############################################################################### + +# Mexico + +# From Guy Harris: +# Rules are from the Official Airline Guide, Worldwide Edition, for 1987. +# Rules [before] 1987 are unknown. +# The comments in the OAG say "Only Ensenada, Mexicale, San Felipe and Tijuana +# observe DST." This is presumably Baja California Norte, above 28th parallel, +# as listed there; [there is also] "Baja California Sur and N. Pacific +# Coast (States of Sinaloa and Sonora)." + +# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): +# 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 +# sounds good -- but it may be higher (how far [d]o radio stations from +# San Diego affect culture?). +# +# 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 (1988-02-13) +# Since the 1981 starting date is only "probable," we'll keep the 1987 +# starting date below. + +# 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) +# MEXICO BAJA CAL N 8 H BEHIND UTC ABOVE 28TH PARALLEL APR 3 +# MEXICO BAJA CAL N - OCT 29 +# MEXICO BAJA CAL N 7 H BEHIND UTC ABOVE 28TH PARALLEL APR 3 +# MEXICO BAJA CAL N - 0CT 29 +# MEXICO 6 H BEHIND UTC STATES OF DURANGO, +# MEXICO COAHUILA, NUEVO LEON, +# MEXICO TAMAULIPAS +# MEXICO 5 H BEHIND UTC STATES OF DURANGO, +# MEXICO COAHUILA, NUEVO LEON, +# MEXICO TAMAULIPAS APR 3 - OCT 29 +# MEXICO 6 H BEHIND UTC GENERAL MEXICO, STATES OF +# MEXICO CAMPECHE, QUINTANA ROO AND +# MEXICO YUCATAN + +# 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; +# a zone that's GMT-6 with DST; and a zone that's always GMT-6. + +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): +# Shanks also says there are four zones, but disagrees about the fourth. +# Instead of GMT-6 with DST, he says there's GMT-8 without DST. + +# 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 +# <a href="http://mexico-travel.com/extra/timezone_eng.html"> +# ``Diario Oficial: Time Zone Changeover'' (1996-01-04). +# </a> + +# From Shanks (1991): +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Mexico 1939 only - Feb 5 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Mexico 1939 only - Jun 25 0:00 0 S +Rule Mexico 1940 only - Dec 9 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Mexico 1941 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Mexico 1943 only - Dec 16 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Mexico 1944 only - May 1 0:00 0 S +Rule Mexico 1950 only - Feb 12 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Mexico 1950 only - Jul 30 0:00 0 S +Rule Mexico 1996 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Mexico 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +# +Rule BajaN 1950 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule BajaN 1950 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule BajaN 1961 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Mexico_City -6:36:36 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:23:24 + -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 + -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 + -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00 + -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct + -7:00 - MST 1932 Mar 30 23:00 + -6:00 Mexico C%sT +Zone America/Mazatlan -7:05:40 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:54:20 + -7:00 - MST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 + -6:00 - CST 1930 Nov 15 + -7:00 - MST 1931 May 1 23:00 + -6:00 - CST 1931 Oct + -7:00 - MST 1932 Mar 30 23:00 + -6:00 - CST 1942 Apr + -7:00 - MST 1949 Jan 14 + -8:00 - PST 1970 + -7:00 Mexico M%sT +Zone America/Tijuana -7:48:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:11:56 + -8:00 - PST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 + -7:00 - MST 1930 Nov 16 + -8:00 - PST 1942 Apr + -7:00 - MST 1949 Jan 14 + -8:00 BajaN P%sT 1967 Apr lastSun 2:00 + -8:00 US P%sT 1996 + -8:00 Mexico P%sT +Zone America/Ensenada -7:46:28 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:13:32 + -8:00 - PST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 + -7:00 - MST 1930 Nov 16 + -8:00 - PST 1942 Apr + -7:00 - MST 1949 Jan 14 + -8:00 - PST 1996 + -8:00 Mexico P%sT +# +# Revillagigedo Is +# no information + +############################################################################### + +# Anguilla +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Anguilla -4:12:16 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 + -4:00 - AST + +# Antigua and Barbuda +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Antigua -4:07:12 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 + -5:00 - EST 1951 + -4:00 - AST + +# Bahamas +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Bahamas 1964 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Bahamas 1964 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Bahamas 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Nassau -5:09:24 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 + -5:00 Bahamas E%sT + +# Barbados +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Barb 1977 only - Jun 12 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Barb 1977 1978 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0 S +Rule Barb 1978 1980 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Barb 1979 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S +Rule Barb 1980 only - Sep 25 2:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Barbados -3:58:28 - LMT 1924 # Bridgetown + -3:58 - BMT 1932 # Bridgetown Mean Time + -4:00 Barb A%sT + +# Belize +# Whitman entirely disagrees with Shanks; go with Shanks. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Belize 1918 1942 - Oct Sun>=2 0:00 0:30 HD +Rule Belize 1919 1943 - Feb Sun>=9 0:00 0 S +Rule Belize 1973 only - Dec 5 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Belize 1974 only - Feb 9 0:00 0 S +Rule Belize 1982 only - Dec 18 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Belize 1983 only - Feb 12 0:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Belize -5:52:48 - LMT 1912 Apr + -6:00 Belize C%sT + +# Bermuda +# 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 + +# Cayman Is +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Cayman -5:25:32 - LMT 1890 # Georgetown + -5:07 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time + -5:00 - EST + +# Clipperton +# uninhabited + +# Costa Rica +# Shanks gives some very odd dates for 1991, and stops there. +# For now, we won't guess further. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule CR 1979 1980 - Feb lastSun 0:00 1:00 D +Rule CR 1979 1980 - Jun Sun>=1 0:00 0 S +Rule CR 1991 1992 - Jan Sat>=15 0:00 1:00 D +# IATA SSIM (1991-09) says the following was at 1:00; go with Shanks. +Rule CR 1991 only - Jul 1 0:00 0 S +Rule CR 1992 only - Mar 15 0:00 0 S +# There are too many San Joses elsewhere, so we'll use `Costa Rica'. +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:20 - LMT 1890 # San Jose + -5:36 - SJMT 1921 Jan 15 # San Jose Mean Time + -6:00 CR C%sT +# Coco +# no information; probably like America/Costa_Rica + +# Cuba + +# 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 (1989-01-19): +# CUBA 5 H BEHIND UTC +# CUBA 4 H BEHIND UTC MAR 20 - OCT 8 + +# From Shanks (1991): +# 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 +Rule Cuba 1940 1942 - Jun Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Cuba 1940 1942 - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 0 S +Rule Cuba 1945 1946 - Jun Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Cuba 1945 1946 - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 0 S +Rule Cuba 1965 only - Jun 1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Cuba 1965 only - Sep 30 0:00 0 S +Rule Cuba 1966 only - May 29 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Cuba 1966 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 S +Rule Cuba 1967 only - Apr 8 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Cuba 1967 1968 - Sep Sun>=8 0:00 0 S +Rule Cuba 1968 only - Apr 14 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Cuba 1969 1977 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Cuba 1969 1971 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S +Rule Cuba 1972 1974 - Oct 8 0:00 0 S +Rule Cuba 1975 1977 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S +Rule Cuba 1978 only - May 7 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Cuba 1978 1990 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 0 S +Rule Cuba 1979 1980 - Mar Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Cuba 1981 1985 - May Sun>=5 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Cuba 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=14 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Cuba 1990 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Cuba 1991 1995 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00s 0 S +Rule Cuba 1996 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00s 0 S +Rule Cuba 1997 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00s 0 S + +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890 + -5:30 - HMT 1925 Jul 19 12:00 # Havana MT + -5:00 Cuba C%sT + +# Dominica +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Dominica -4:05:36 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Roseau + -4:00 - AST + +# Dominican Republic +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule DR 1966 only - Oct 30 0:00 1:00 D +Rule DR 1967 only - Feb 28 0:00 0 S +Rule DR 1969 1973 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HD +Rule DR 1970 only - Feb 21 0:00 0 S +Rule DR 1971 only - Jan 20 0:00 0 S +Rule DR 1972 1974 - Jan 21 0:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Santo_Domingo -4:39:36 - LMT 1890 + -4:40 - SDMT 1933 Apr 1 12:00 # S. Dom. MT + -5:00 DR E%sT 1974 Oct 27 + -4:00 - AST + +# El Salvador +# 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 +# There are too many San Salvadors elsewhere, so we'll use `El Salvador'. +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/El_Salvador -5:56:48 - LMT 1921 # San Salvador + -6:00 Salv C%sT + +# Grenada +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Grenada -4:07:00 - LMT 1911 Jul # St George's + -4:00 - AST + +# Guadeloupe +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Guadeloupe -4:06:08 - LMT 1911 Jun 8 # Pointe a Pitre + -4:00 - AST + +# Guatemala +# 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 +Rule Guat 1983 only - May 21 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Guat 1983 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 S +Rule Guat 1991 only - Mar 23 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Guat 1991 only - Sep 7 0:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Guatemala -6:02:04 - LMT 1918 Oct 5 + -6:00 Guat C%sT + +# Haiti +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Haiti 1983 only - May 8 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Haiti 1984 1987 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Haiti 1983 1987 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S +# Shanks says AT is 2:00, but IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says 1:00s. Go with IATA. +Rule Haiti 1988 max - Apr Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 D +Rule Haiti 1988 max - Oct lastSun 1:00s 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 - LMT 1890 + -4:49 - PPMT 1917 Jan 24 12:00 # P-a-P MT + -5:00 Haiti E%sT + +# Honduras +# Shanks says 1921 Jan 1; go with Whitman's more precise Apr 1. +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 - LMT 1921 Apr + -6:00 Salv C%sT + +# Jamaica + +# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): +# Follows US rules. + +# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19): +# JAMAICA 5 H BEHIND UTC + +# From Shanks (1991): +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Jamaica -5:07:12 - LMT 1890 # Kingston + -5:07 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time + -5:00 - EST 1974 Jan 6 2:00 + -5:00 US E%sT 1984 + -5:00 - EST + +# Martinique +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Martinique -4:04:20 - LMT 1890 # Fort-de-France + -4:04 - FFMT 1911 May # Fort-de-France MT + -4:00 - AST 1980 Apr 6 + -4:00 1:00 ADT 1980 Sep 28 + -4:00 - AST + +# Montserrat +# From Paul Eggert (1997-08-31): +# Recent volcanic eruptions have forced evacuation of Plymouth, the capital. +# Luckily, Olveston, the current de facto capital, has the same longitude. +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Montserrat -4:08:52 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Olveston + -4:00 - AST + +# Nicaragua +# 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 1992 only - Jan 1 4:00 1:00 D +Rule Nic 1992 only - Sep 24 0:00 0 S +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Managua -5:45:08 - LMT 1890 + -5:45 - MMT 1934 Jun 23 # Managua Mean Time + -6:00 - CST 1973 May + -5:00 - EST 1975 Feb 16 + -6:00 Nic C%sT 1993 Jan 1 4:00 + -5:00 - EST + +# Panama +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Panama -5:18:08 - LMT 1890 + -5:20 - PMT 1908 Apr 22 # Panama Mean Time + -5:00 - EST + +# Puerto Rico +# There are too many San Juans elsewhere, so we'll use `Puerto_Rico'. +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Puerto_Rico -4:24:25 - LMT 1899 Mar 28 12:00 # San Juan + -4:00 - AST 1942 May 3 + -4:00 1:00 AWT 1945 Sep 30 2:00 + -4:00 - AST + +# St Kitts-Nevis +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/St_Kitts -4:10:52 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 # Basseterre + -4:00 - AST + +# St Lucia +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/St_Lucia -4:04:00 - LMT 1890 # Castries + -4:04 - CMT 1912 # Castries Mean Time + -4:00 - AST + +# St Pierre and Miquelon +# There are too many St Pierres elsewhere, so we'll use `Miquelon'. +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Miquelon -3:44:40 - LMT 1911 May 15 # St Pierre + -4:00 - AST 1980 May + -3:00 Mont PM%sT # Pierre & Miquelon Time + +# St Vincent and the Grenadines +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/St_Vincent -4:04:56 - LMT 1890 # Kingstown + -4:05 - KMT 1912 # Kingstown Mean Time + -4:00 - AST + +# Turks and Caicos +# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): +# Shanks says they use US DST rules, but IATA SSIM (1991/1996) +# says they switch at midnight. Go with IATA SSIM. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule TC 1979 1986 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D +Rule TC 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0 S +Rule TC 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Grand_Turk -4:44:32 - LMT 1890 + -5:07 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time + -5:00 TC E%sT + +# British Virgin Is +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/Tortola -4:18:28 - LMT 1911 Jul # Road Town + -4:00 - AST + +# Virgin Is +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone America/St_Thomas -4:19:44 - LMT 1911 Jul # Charlotte Amalie + -4:00 - AST |