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diff --git a/timezone/northamerica b/timezone/northamerica index 73e13a5200..60e5d51e00 100644 --- a/timezone/northamerica +++ b/timezone/northamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)northamerica 8.18 +# @(#)northamerica 8.23 # <pre> # also includes Central America and the Caribbean @@ -2187,6 +2187,69 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:20 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # says Cuban clocks will advance at midnight on March 10. # For lack of better information, assume Cuba will use US rules, # except that it switches at midnight standard time as usual. +# +# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-10-25): +# Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz informed me that Cuba will end DST one week +# earlier - on the last Sunday of October, just like in 2006. +# +# He supplied these references: +# +# http://www.prensalatina.com.mx/article.asp?ID=%7B4CC32C1B-A9F7-42FB-8A07-8631AFC923AF%7D&language=ES +# http://actualidad.terra.es/sociedad/articulo/cuba_llama_ahorrar_energia_cambio_1957044.htm +# +# From Alex Kryvenishev (2007-10-25): +# Here is also article from Granma (Cuba): +# +# [Regira] el Horario Normal desde el [proximo] domingo 28 de octubre +# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2007/10/24/nacional/artic07.html +# +# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba03.html + +# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-09): +# I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight +# Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to +# <a href="http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj"> +# http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj +# </a>, a Cuban information station, and heard +# the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"), +# indicating that Cuba is still on standard time. + +# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-12): +# It seems that Cuba will start DST on Sunday, 2007-03-16... +# It was announced yesterday, according to this source (in Spanish): +# <a href="http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm"> +# http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm +# </a> +# +# Some more background information is posted here: +# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html"> +# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html +# </a> +# +# The article also says that Cuba has been observing DST since 1963, +# while Shanks (and tzdata) has 1965 as the first date (except in the +# 1940's). Many other web pages in Cuba also claim that it has been +# observed since 1963, but with the exception of 1970 - an exception +# which is not present in tzdata/Shanks. So there is a chance we need to +# change some historic records as well. +# +# One example: +# <a href="http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm"> +# http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm +# </a> + +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-03-13): +# The Cuban time change has just been confirmed on the most authoritative +# web site, the Granma. Please check out +# <a href="http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html"> +# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html +# </a> +# +# Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsens information, the change +# will take place midnight between Saturday and Sunday. + +# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-12): +# Assume Sun>=15 (third Sunday) going forward. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Cuba 1928 only - Jun 10 0:00 1:00 D @@ -2218,9 +2281,9 @@ Rule Cuba 1997 only - Oct 12 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 1998 1999 - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 2000 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D -Rule Cuba 2006 only - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S -Rule Cuba 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D -Rule Cuba 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 0:00s 0 S +Rule Cuba 2006 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S +Rule Cuba 2007 only - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D +Rule Cuba 2008 max - Mar Sun>=15 0:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890 @@ -2287,6 +2350,10 @@ Zone America/Grenada -4:07:00 - LMT 1911 Jul # St George's # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Guadeloupe -4:06:08 - LMT 1911 Jun 8 # Pointe a Pitre -4:00 - AST +# St Barthelemy +Link America/Guadeloupe America/St_Barthelemy +# St Martin (French part) +Link America/Guadeloupe America/Marigot # Guatemala # |