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diff --git a/timezone/northamerica b/timezone/northamerica index 19dea11371..dbaae340eb 100644 --- a/timezone/northamerica +++ b/timezone/northamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)northamerica 7.53 +# @(#)northamerica 7.54 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -476,10 +476,8 @@ Link America/Louisville America/Kentucky/Louisville # From Rich Wales (2000-08-29): # After prolonged debate, and despite continuing deep differences of opinion, # Wayne County (central Kentucky) is switching from Central (-0600) to Eastern -# (-0500) time. They won't "fall back" this year. See: -# <a href="http://www.nandotimes.com/nation/story/body/0,1037,500244845-500362432-502132762-0,00.html"> -# Sara Shipley, the difference an hour makes (2000-08-29 15:33 -0400) -# </a> +# (-0500) time. They won't "fall back" this year. See Sara Shipley, +# The difference an hour makes, Nando Times (2000-08-29 15:33 -0400). Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 -6:00 - CST 1968 @@ -1089,6 +1087,23 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884 # Central Time and Southampton Island [in the Central zone] is not # required to use daylight savings. +# From +# <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut001130/nvt21110_02.html"> +# Nunavut now has two time zones +# </a> (2000-11-10): +# The Nunavut government would allow its employees in Kugluktuk and +# Cambridge Bay to operate on central time year-round, putting them +# one hour behind the rest of Nunavut for six months during the winter. +# At the end of October the two communities had rebelled against +# Nunavut's unified time zone, refusing to shift to eastern time with +# the rest of the territory for the winter. Cambridge Bay remained on +# central time, while Kugluktuk, even farther west, reverted to +# mountain time, which they had used before the advent of Nunavut's +# unified time zone in 1999. + +# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04): +# Let's just keep track of the official times for now. + # 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 @@ -1105,12 +1120,15 @@ Rule NT_YK 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D Zone America/Pangnirtung -4:22:56 - LMT 1884 -4:00 NT_YK A%sT 1995 Apr Sun>=1 2:00 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 - -6:00 Canada C%sT + -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 + -5:00 - EST 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 + -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 + -5:00 - EST Zone America/Rankin_Inlet -6:08:40 - LMT 1884 - -6:00 NT_YK C%sT + -6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 + -5:00 - EST Zone America/Cambridge_Bay -7:00:20 - LMT 1884 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT @@ -1205,6 +1223,14 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # savings time so as to stay on the same time zone as the southern part of # Arizona year round. +# From Jesper Norgaard (2000-12-02): +# No changes have been implemented yet, but the new elected president +# Vicente Fox seems to agree with his presidential candidate opponent +# Labastida that daylight saving should not be discontinued, but maybe +# reduced with a couple of months, e.g. starting one month later and +# ending one month earlier: +# http://www.reforma.com/nacional/articulo/044581/ + # 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 @@ -1423,6 +1449,25 @@ Zone America/Dominica -4:05:36 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Roseau -4:00 - AST # Dominican Republic + +# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-30): +# Enrique Morales reported to me that the Dominican Republic has changed the +# time zone to Eastern Standard Time as of Sunday 29 at 2 am.... +# http://www.listin.com.do/antes/261000/republica/princi.html + +# From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04): +# That URL (2000-10-26, in Spanish) says they planned to use US-style DST. + +# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01): +# Dominican Republic changed its mind and presidential decree on Tuesday, +# November 28, 2000, with a new decree. On Sunday, December 3 at 1:00 AM the +# Dominican Republic will be reverting to 8 hours from the International Date +# Line, and will not be using DST in the foreseeable future. The reason they +# decided to use DST was to be in synch with Puerto Rico, who was also going +# to implement DST. When Puerto Rico didn't implement DST, the president +# decided to revert. + + # 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 @@ -1434,6 +1479,8 @@ Rule DR 1972 1974 - Jan 21 0:00 0 S 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 2000 Oct 29 02:00 + -5:00 US E%sT 2000 Dec 3 01:00 -4:00 - AST # El Salvador |