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diff --git a/timezone/northamerica b/timezone/northamerica index 58e790c1c1..1b1447e419 100644 --- a/timezone/northamerica +++ b/timezone/northamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)northamerica 7.58 +# @(#)northamerica 7.59 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ # From Joseph Gallant <notquite@hotmail.com>, citing # George H. Douglas, _The Early Days of Radio Broadcasting_ (1987): # At 7 P.M. (Eastern War Time) [on 1945-08-14], the networks were set -# to switch to London for Atlee's address, but the American people +# to switch to London for Attlee's address, but the American people # never got to hear his speech live. According to one press account, # CBS' Bob Trout was first to announce the word of Japan's surrender, # but a few seconds later, NBC, ABC and Mutual also flashed the word # of surrender, all of whom interrupting the bells of Big Ben in -# London which were to precede Mr. Atlee's speech. +# London which were to precede Mr. Attlee's speech. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule US 1918 1919 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D @@ -185,13 +185,6 @@ Rule US 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # "Chamorro Standard Time" for time in Guam and the Northern Marianas. # See the file "australasia". -# From Ryan Alessi of the Thousand Oaks Star (2001-02-15) via Rives McDow: -# Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks, introduced a bill in Congress on -# Wednesday that could have California operating on Denver time as -# early as this summer.... The options include keeping -# daylight-saving time all year long, or setting clocks back two hours -# -- instead of just one -- during the existing daylight-saving time. - # US Eastern time, represented by New York @@ -280,7 +273,7 @@ Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 # Alaska # AK%sT is the modern abbreviation for -9:00 per USNO. # -# From Paul Eggert (2001-04-01): +# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-30): # 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, a Friday; the previous day was 1867-10-06 Julian, @@ -288,6 +281,13 @@ Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 # ignoring the switch from Julian to Gregorian, since we can't represent # the Julian calendar. # +# As far as we know, none of the exact locations mentioned below were +# permanently inhabited in 1867 by anyone using either calendar. +# (Yakutat was colonized by the Russians in 1799, but the settlement +# was destroyed in 1805 by a Yakutat-kon war party.) However, there +# were nearby inhabitants in some cases and for our purposes perhaps +# it's best to simply use the official transition. +# # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Juneau 15:02:19 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 -8:57:41 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 @@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ Zone America/Boise -7:44:49 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 # Pam Belluck reported in the New York Times (2001-01-31) that the # Indiana Legislature is considering a bill to adopt DST statewide. # Her article mentioned Vevay, whose post office observes a different -# time zone than Danner's Hardware across the street. +# time zone from Danner's Hardware across the street. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Indianapolis 1941 only - Jun 22 2:00 1:00 D @@ -589,10 +589,11 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00 -6:00 US C%sT # Navassa +# administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service # claimed by US under the provisions of the 1856 Guano Islands Act # also claimed by Haiti # occupied 1857/1900 by the Navassa Phosphate Co -# US lighthouse 1917/1997-01 +# US lighthouse 1917/1996-09 # currently uninhabited # see Mark Fineman, ``An Isle Rich in Guano and Discord'', # _Los Angeles Times_ (1998-11-10), A1, A10; it cites |