# <pre> # @(#)northamerica 8.28 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # 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 (1999-03-22): # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). ############################################################################### # United States # From Paul Eggert (1999-03-31): # Howse writes (pp 121-125) that time zones were invented by # Professor Charles Ferdinand Dowd (1825-1904), # Principal of Temple Grove Ladies' Seminary (Saratoga Springs, NY). # His pamphlet ``A System of National Time for Railroads'' (1870) # was the result of his proposals at the Convention of Railroad Trunk Lines # in New York City (1869-10). His 1870 proposal was based on Washington, DC, # but in 1872-05 he moved the proposed origin to Greenwich. # His proposal was adopted by the railroads on 1883-11-18 at 12:00, # and the most of the country soon followed suit. # From Paul Eggert (2005-04-16): # That 1883 transition occurred at 12:00 new time, not at 12:00 old time. # See p 46 of David Prerau, Seize the daylight, Thunder's Mouth Press (2005). # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # 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 most of the pre-1991 US entries below. # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06): # Daylight Saving Time was first suggested as a joke by Benjamin Franklin # in his whimsical essay ``An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost # of Light'' published in the Journal de Paris (1784-04-26). # 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, # Clarke, Irwin (1947), XIX, Sunday # # For more about the first ten years of DST in the United States, see # Robert Garland's <a href="http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/dst.html"> # Ten years of daylight saving from the Pittsburgh standpoint # (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1927)</a>. # # Shanks says that DST was called "War Time" in the US in 1918 and 1919. # However, DST was imposed by the Standard Time Act of 1918, which # was the first nationwide legal time standard, and apparently # time was just called "Standard Time" or "Daylight Saving Time". # 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. # From Arthur David Olson (2000-09-25): # Last night I heard part of a rebroadcast of a 1945 Arch Oboler radio drama. # In the introduction, Oboler spoke of "Eastern Peace Time." # An AltaVista search turned up # <a href="http://rowayton.org/rhs/hstaug45.html">: # "When the time is announced over the radio now, it is 'Eastern Peace # Time' instead of the old familiar 'Eastern War Time.' Peace is wonderful." # </a> (August 1945) by way of confirmation. # From Joseph Gallant 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 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. Attlee's speech. # From Paul Eggert (2003-02-09): It was Robert St John, not Bob Trout. From # Myrna Oliver's obituary of St John on page B16 of today's Los Angeles Times: # # ... a war-weary U.S. clung to radios, awaiting word of Japan's surrender. # Any announcement from Asia would reach St. John's New York newsroom on a # wire service teletype machine, which had prescribed signals for major news. # Associated Press, for example, would ring five bells before spewing out # typed copy of an important story, and 10 bells for news "of transcendental # importance." # # On Aug. 14, stalling while talking steadily into the NBC networks' open # microphone, St. John heard five bells and waited only to hear a sixth bell, # before announcing confidently: "Ladies and gentlemen, World War II is over. # The Japanese have agreed to our surrender terms." # # He had scored a 20-second scoop on other broadcasters. # From Arthur David Olson (2005-08-22): # Paul has been careful to use the "US" rules only in those locations # that are part of the United States; this reflects the real scope of # U.S. government action. So even though the "US" rules have changed # in the latest release, other countries won't be affected. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule US 1918 1919 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 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 - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace Rule US 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S Rule US 1967 2006 - 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 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D Rule US 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D Rule US 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S # From Arthur David Olson, 2005-12-19 # We generate the files specified below to guard against old files with # obsolete information being left in the time zone binary directory. # We limit the list to names that have appeared in previous versions of # this time zone package. # We do these as separate Zones rather than as Links to avoid problems if # a particular place changes whether it observes DST. # We put these specifications here in the northamerica file both to # increase the chances that they'll actually get compiled and to # avoid the need to duplicate the US rules in another file. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone EST -5:00 - EST Zone MST -7:00 - MST Zone HST -10:00 - HST Zone EST5EDT -5:00 US E%sT Zone CST6CDT -6:00 US C%sT Zone MST7MDT -7:00 US M%sT Zone PST8PDT -8:00 US P%sT # 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 (2000-01-08), following a heads-up from Rives McDow: # Public law 106-564 (2000-12-23) introduced the abbreviation # "Chamorro Standard Time" for time in Guam and the Northern Marianas. # See the file "australasia". # From Arthur David Olson, 2005-08-09 # The following was signed into law on 2005-08-08. # # H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act of 2005, SEC. 110. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS. # (a) Amendment- Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 # U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended-- # (1) by striking `first Sunday of April' and inserting `second # Sunday of March'; and # (2) by striking `last Sunday of October' and inserting `first # Sunday of November'. # (b) Effective Date- Subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the # date of enactment of this Act or March 1, 2007, whichever is later. # (c) Report to Congress- Not later than 9 months after the effective # date stated in subsection (b), the Secretary shall report to Congress # on the impact of this section on energy consumption in the United # States. # (d) Right to Revert- Congress retains the right to revert the # Daylight Saving Time back to the 2005 time schedules once the # Department study is complete. # US eastern time, represented by New York # Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, most of Florida, # Georgia, southeast Indiana (Dearborn and Ohio counties), eastern Kentucky # (except America/Kentucky/Louisville below), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, # New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, # Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, eastern Tennessee, # Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia # From Dave Cantor (2004-11-02): # Early this summer I had the occasion to visit the Mount Washington # Observatory weather station atop (of course!) Mount Washington [, NH].... # One of the staff members said that the station was on Eastern Standard Time # and didn't change their clocks for Daylight Saving ... so that their # reports will always have times which are 5 hours behind UTC. # From Paul Eggert (2005-08-26): # According to today's Huntsville Times # <http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1125047783228320.xml&coll=1> # a few towns on Alabama's "eastern border with Georgia, such as Phenix City # in Russell County, Lanett in Chambers County and some towns in Lee County, # set their watches and clocks on Eastern time." It quotes H.H. "Bubba" # Roberts, city administrator in Phenix City. as saying "We are in the Central # time zone, but we do go by the Eastern time zone because so many people work # in Columbus." # 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 12:03:58 -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 # Alabama, Arkansas, Florida panhandle (Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, # Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, and # Washington counties), Illinois, western Indiana # (Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer, # Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties), Iowa, most of Kansas, western # Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, eastern # Nebraska, eastern North Dakota, Oklahoma, eastern South Dakota, # western Tennessee, most of Texas, Wisconsin # From Larry M. Smith (2006-04-26) re Wisconsin: # http://www.legis.state.wi.us/statutes/Stat0175.pdf ... # is currently enforced at the 01:00 time of change. Because the local # "bar time" in the state corresponds to 02:00, a number of citations # are issued for the "sale of class 'B' alcohol after prohibited # hours" within the deviated hour of this change every year.... # # From Douglas R. Bomberg (2007-03-12): # Wisconsin has enacted (nearly eleventh-hour) legislation to get WI # Statue 175 closer in synch with the US Congress' intent.... # http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/acts/07Act3.pdf # 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 12:09:24 -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 # Oliver County, ND switched from mountain to central time on 1992-10-25. Zone America/North_Dakota/Center -6:45:12 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:14:48 -7:00 US M%sT 1992 Oct 25 02:00 -6:00 US C%sT # Morton County, ND, switched from mountain to central time on # 2003-10-26, except for the area around Mandan which was already central time. # See <http://dmses.dot.gov/docimages/p63/135818.pdf>. # Officially this switch also included part of Sioux County, and # Jones, Mellette, and Todd Counties in South Dakota; # but in practice these other counties were already observing central time. # See <http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2003/October/Day-28/i27056.htm>. Zone America/North_Dakota/New_Salem -6:45:39 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:14:21 -7:00 US M%sT 2003 Oct 26 02:00 -6:00 US C%sT # US mountain time, represented by Denver # # Colorado, far western Kansas, Montana, western # Nebraska, Nevada border (Jackpot, Owyhee, and Mountain City), # New Mexico, southwestern North Dakota, # western South Dakota, far western Texas (El Paso County, Hudspeth County, # and Pine Springs and Nickel Creek in Culberson County), Utah, Wyoming # # 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 12:00:04 -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 # # California, northern Idaho (Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, # Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, and Shoshone counties, # and the northern three-quarters of Idaho county), # most of Nevada, most of Oregon, and Washington # # 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 12:07:02 -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 (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, # also a Friday. Include only the time zone part of this transition, # 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 -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 Y%sT 1983 Nov 30 -9:00 US AK%sT Zone America/Yakutat 14:41:05 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 -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 Nov 30 -9:00 US AK%sT Zone America/Anchorage 14:00:24 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 -9:59:36 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 -10:00 - CAT 1942 -10:00 US CAT/CAWT 1945 Aug 14 23:00u -10:00 US CAT/CAPT 1946 # Peace -10:00 - CAT 1967 Apr -10:00 - AHST 1969 -10:00 US AH%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 -9:00 US Y%sT 1983 Nov 30 -9:00 US AK%sT Zone America/Nome 12:58:21 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 -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 Y%sT 1983 Nov 30 -9:00 US AK%sT Zone America/Adak 12:13:21 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 -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 AH%sT 1983 Nov 30 -10:00 US HA%sT # The following switches don't quite make our 1970 cutoff. # # 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. # # From David Flater (2004-11-09): # In e-mail, 2004-11-02, Ray Hudson, historian/liaison to the Unalaska # Historic Preservation Commission, provided this information, which # suggests that Unalaska deviated from statutory time from early 1967 # possibly until 1983: # # Minutes of the Unalaska City Council Meeting, January 10, 1967: # "Except for St. Paul and Akutan, Unalaska is the only important # location not on Alaska Standard Time. The following resolution was # made by William Robinson and seconded by Henry Swanson: Be it # resolved that the City of Unalaska hereby goes to Alaska Standard # Time as of midnight Friday, January 13, 1967 (1 A.M. Saturday, # January 14, Alaska Standard Time.) This resolution was passed with # three votes for and one against." # 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 # Now we turn to US areas that have diverged from the consensus since 1970. # Arizona mostly uses MST. # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-20): # # The information in the rest of this paragraph is derived from the # <a href="http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/links/daylight.htm"> # Daylight Saving Time web page (2002-01-23)</a> maintained by the # Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. # Between 1944-01-01 and 1944-04-01 the State of Arizona used standard # time, but by federal law railroads, airlines, bus lines, military # personnel, and some engaged in interstate commerce continued to # observe war (i.e., daylight saving) time. The 1944-03-17 Phoenix # Gazette says that was the date the law changed, and that 04-01 was # the date the state's clocks would change. In 1945 the State of # Arizona used standard time all year, again with exceptions only as # mandated by federal law. Arizona observed DST in 1967, but Arizona # Laws 1968, ch. 183 (effective 1968-03-21) repealed DST. # # Shanks says the 1944 experiment came to an end on 1944-03-17. # Go with the Arizona State Library instead. Zone America/Phoenix -7:28:18 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 11:31:42 -7:00 US M%sT 1944 Jan 1 00:01 -7:00 - MST 1944 Apr 1 00:01 -7:00 US M%sT 1944 Oct 1 00:01 -7:00 - MST 1967 -7:00 US M%sT 1968 Mar 21 -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 1987-12-28 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 (Ada, Adams, Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine, # Boise, Bonneville, Butte, Camas, Canyon, Caribou, Cassia, Clark, # Custer, Elmore, Franklin, Fremont, Gem, Gooding, Jefferson, Jerome, # Lemhi, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka, Oneida, Owyhee, Payette, Power, # Teton, Twin Falls, Valley, Washington counties, and the southern # quarter of Idaho county) and eastern Oregon (most of Malheur County) # switched four weeks late in 1974. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Boise -7:44:49 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:15:11 -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 # # For a map of Indiana's time zone regions, see: # <a href="http://www.mccsc.edu/time.html"> # What time is it in Indiana? # </a> (2006-03-01) # # From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17): # Since 1970, most of Indiana has been like America/Indiana/Indianapolis, # with the following exceptions: # # - Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer, # Vandenburgh, and Warrick counties have been like America/Chicago. # # - Dearborn and Ohio counties have been like America/New_York. # # - Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties have been like # America/Kentucky/Louisville. # # - Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Starke, # and Switzerland counties have their own time zone histories as noted below. # # Shanks partitioned Indiana into 345 regions, each with its own time history, # and wrote ``Even newspaper reports present contradictory information.'' # Those Hoosiers! Such a flighty and changeable people! # Fortunately, most of the complexity occurred before our cutoff date of 1970. # # 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'. # From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16): # http://www.mccsc.edu/time.html says that Indiana will use DST starting 2006. # From Nathan Stratton Treadway (2006-03-30): # http://www.dot.gov/affairs/dot0406.htm [3705 B] # From Deborah Goldsmith (2006-01-18): # http://dmses.dot.gov/docimages/pdf95/382329_web.pdf [2.9 MB] # From Paul Eggert (2006-01-20): # It says "DOT is relocating the time zone boundary in Indiana to move Starke, # Pulaski, Knox, Daviess, Martin, Pike, Dubois, and Perry Counties from the # Eastern Time Zone to the Central Time Zone.... The effective date of # this rule is 2:OO a.m. EST Sunday, April 2, 2006, which is the # changeover date from standard time to Daylight Saving Time." # Strictly speaking, this means the affected counties will change their # clocks twice that night, but this obviously is in error. The intent # is that 01:59:59 EST be followed by 02:00:00 CDT. # From Gwillim Law (2007-02-10): # The Associated Press has been reporting that Pulaski County, Indiana is # going to switch from Central to Eastern Time on March 11, 2007.... # http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070207/LOCAL190108/702070524/0/LOCAL # 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/Indiana/Indianapolis -5:44:38 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:15:22 -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 2006 -5:00 US E%sT # # Eastern Crawford County, Indiana, left its clocks alone in 1974, # as well as from 1976 through 2005. # 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 12:14:37 -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 2006 -5:00 US E%sT # # Daviess, Dubois, Knox, and Martin Counties, Indiana, # switched from eastern to central time in April 2006, then switched back # in November 2007. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Vincennes 1946 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Vincennes 1946 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Vincennes 1953 1954 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Vincennes 1953 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Vincennes 1955 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Vincennes 1956 1963 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Vincennes 1960 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Vincennes 1961 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Vincennes 1962 1963 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Indiana/Vincennes -5:50:07 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:09:53 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 -6:00 Vincennes C%sT 1964 Apr 26 2:00 -5:00 - EST 1969 -5:00 US E%sT 1971 -5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00 -6:00 US C%sT 2007 Nov 4 2:00 -5:00 US E%sT # # Perry County, Indiana, switched from eastern to central time in April 2006. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Perry 1946 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Perry 1946 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Perry 1953 1954 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Perry 1953 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Perry 1955 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Perry 1956 1963 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Perry 1960 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Perry 1961 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Perry 1962 1963 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Indiana/Tell_City -5:47:03 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:12:57 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 -6:00 Perry C%sT 1964 Apr 26 2:00 -5:00 - EST 1969 -5:00 US E%sT 1971 -5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00 -6:00 US C%sT # # Pike County, Indiana moved from central to eastern time in 1977, # then switched back in 2006, then switched back again in 2007. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Pike 1955 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Pike 1955 1960 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Pike 1956 1964 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Pike 1961 1964 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Indiana/Petersburg -5:49:07 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:10:53 -6:00 US C%sT 1955 -6:00 Pike C%sT 1965 Apr 25 2:00 -5:00 - EST 1966 Oct 30 2:00 -6:00 US C%sT 1977 Oct 30 2:00 -5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00 -6:00 US C%sT 2007 Nov 4 2:00 -5:00 US E%sT # # Starke County, Indiana moved from central to eastern time in 1991, # then switched back in 2006. # 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 12:13:30 -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 2006 Apr 2 2:00 -6:00 US C%sT # # Pulaski County, Indiana, switched from eastern to central time in # April 2006 and then switched back in March 2007. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Pulaski 1946 1960 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Pulaski 1946 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Pulaski 1955 1956 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Pulaski 1957 1960 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Indiana/Winamac -5:46:25 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:13:35 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 -6:00 Pulaski C%sT 1961 Apr 30 2:00 -5:00 - EST 1969 -5:00 US E%sT 1971 -5:00 - EST 2006 Apr 2 2:00 -6:00 US C%sT 2007 Mar 11 2:00 -5:00 US E%sT # # Switzerland County, Indiana, did not observe DST from 1973 through 2005. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Indiana/Vevay -5:40:16 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:19:44 -6:00 US C%sT 1954 Apr 25 2:00 -5:00 - EST 1969 -5:00 US E%sT 1973 -5:00 - EST 2006 -5:00 US E%sT # Part of Kentucky left its clocks alone in 1974. # This also includes Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties in Indiana. # 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/Kentucky/Louisville -5:43:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:16:58 -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 # # Wayne County, Kentucky # # 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. # # 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 Sara Shipley, # The difference an hour makes, Nando Times (2000-08-29 15:33 -0400). # # From Paul Eggert (2001-07-16): # The final rule was published in the # <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2000_register&docid=fr17au00-22"> # Federal Register 65, 160 (2000-08-17), page 50154-50158. # </a> # Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:20:36 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 -6:00 - CST 1968 -6:00 US C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 US E%sT # From Rives McDow (2000-08-30): # Here ... are all the changes in the US since 1985. # Kearny County, KS (put all of county on central; # previously split between MST and CST) ... 1990-10 # Starke County, IN (from CST to EST) ... 1991-10 # Oliver County, ND (from MST to CST) ... 1992-10 # West Wendover, NV (from PST TO MST) ... 1999-10 # Wayne County, KY (from CST to EST) ... 2000-10 # # From Paul Eggert (2001-07-17): # We don't know where the line used to be within Kearny County, KS, # so omit that change for now. # See America/Indiana/Knox for the Starke County, IN change. # See America/North_Dakota/Center for the Oliver County, ND change. # West Wendover, NV officially switched from Pacific to mountain time on # 1999-10-31. See the # <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=1999_register&docid=fr21oc99-15"> # Federal Register 64, 203 (1999-10-21), page 56705-56707. # </a> # However, the Federal Register says that West Wendover already operated # on mountain time, and the rule merely made this official; # hence a separate tz entry is not needed. # Michigan # # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): # Michigan didn't observe DST from 1968 to 1973. # # From Paul Eggert (1999-03-31): # Shanks writes that Michigan started using standard time on 1885-09-18, # but Howse writes (pp 124-125, referring to Popular Astronomy, 1901-01) # 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. # # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-06): # Garland (1927) writes ``Cleveland and Detroit advanced their clocks # one hour in 1914.'' This change is not in Shanks. We have no more # info, so omit this for now. # # 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 # # Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, and Menominee Counties, Michigan, # 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 # 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 1917/1996-09 # currently uninhabited # see Mark Fineman, ``An Isle Rich in Guano and Discord'', # _Los Angeles Times_ (1998-11-10), A1, A10; it cites # Jimmy Skaggs, _The Great Guano Rush_ (1994). ################################################################################ # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). # # Gwillim Law 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 & Pottenger is the source for # entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. # # Other sources occasionally used include: # # Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), # which I found in the UCLA library. # # <a href="http://www.pettswoodvillage.co.uk/Daylight_Savings_William_Willett.pdf"> # William Willett, The Waste of Daylight, 19th edition # </a> (1914-03) # # See the `europe' file for Greenland. # Canada # From Alain LaBont<e'> (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 (1994-11-22): # Alas, this sort of thing must be handled by localization software. # Unless otherwise specified, the data for Canada are all from Shanks # & Pottenger. # From Chris Walton (2006-04-01, 2006-04-25, 2006-06-26, 2007-01-31, # 2007-03-01): # The British Columbia government announced yesterday that it will # adjust daylight savings next year to align with changes in the # U.S. and the rest of Canada.... # http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2005-2009/2006AG0014-000330.htm # ... # Nova Scotia # Daylight saving time will be extended by four weeks starting in 2007.... # http://www.gov.ns.ca/just/regulations/rg2/2006/ma1206.pdf # # [For New Brunswick] the new legislation dictates that the time change is to # be done at 02:00 instead of 00:01. # http://www.gnb.ca/0062/acts/BBA-2006/Chap-19.pdf # ... # Manitoba has traditionally changed the clock every fall at 03:00. # As of 2006, the transition is to take place one hour earlier at 02:00. # http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/ccsm/o030e.php # ... # [Alberta, Ontario, Quebec] will follow US rules. # http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/documents/spring/CH03_06.CFM # http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Source/Regs/English/2006/R06111_e.htm # http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=5&file=2006C39A.PDF # ... # P.E.I. will follow US rules.... # http://www.assembly.pe.ca/bills/pdf_chapter/62/3/chapter-41.pdf # ... # Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.... # http://www.hoa.gov.nl.ca/hoa/bills/Bill0634.htm # ... # Yukon # http://www.gov.yk.ca/legislation/regs/oic2006_127.pdf # ... # N.W.T. will follow US rules. Whoever maintains the government web site # does not seem to believe in bookmarks. To see the news release, click the # following link and search for "Daylight Savings Time Change". Press the # "Daylight Savings Time Change" link; it will fire off a popup using # JavaScript. # http://www.exec.gov.nt.ca/currentnews/currentPR.asp?mode=archive # ... # Nunavut # An amendment to the Interpretation Act was registered on February 19/2007.... # http://action.attavik.ca/home/justice-gn/attach/2007/gaz02part2.pdf # From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25): # H. David Matthews and Mary Vincent's map # <a href="http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp"> # "It's about TIME", _Canadian Geographic_ (September-October 1998) # </a> contains detailed boundaries for regions observing nonstandard # time and daylight saving time arrangements in Canada circa 1998. # # INMS, the Institute for National Measurement Standards in Ottawa, has <a # href="http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/en/time_services/daylight_saving_e.php"> # information about standard and daylight saving time zones in Canada. # </a> (updated periodically). # Its unofficial information is often taken from Matthews and Vincent. # From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27): # For now, assume all of DST-observing Canada will fall into line with the # new US DST rules, # 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 W # War Rule Canada 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace Rule Canada 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S Rule Canada 1974 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Canada 1974 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Canada 1987 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Canada 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D Rule Canada 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S # Newfoundland and Labrador # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Labrador should use NST/NDT, # but the only part of Labrador that follows the rules is the # southeast corner, including Port Hope Simpson and Mary's Harbour, # but excluding, say, Black Tickle. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule StJohns 1917 only - Apr 8 2:00 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1917 only - Sep 17 2:00 0 S # Whitman gives 1919 Apr 5 and 1920 Apr 5; go with Shanks & Pottenger. 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 & Pottenger. 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 Whitman gives May Sun>=8 and Oct Sun>=1; go with Shanks & # Pottenger. Rule StJohns 1936 1941 - May Mon>=9 0:00 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1936 1941 - Oct Mon>=2 0:00 0 S # Whitman gives the following transitions: # 1942 03-01/12-31, 1943 05-30/09-05, 1944 07-10/09-02, 1945 01-01/10-07 # but go with Shanks & Pottenger and assume they used Canadian rules. # 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 & Pottenger. 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 1986 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # INMS (2000-09-12) says that, since 1988 at least, Newfoundland switches # at 00:01 local time. For now, assume it started in 1987. Rule StJohns 1987 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D Rule StJohns 1987 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S Rule StJohns 1988 only - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 2:00 DD Rule StJohns 1989 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D Rule StJohns 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:01 1:00 D Rule StJohns 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 0:01 0 S # # 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 1918 -3:30:52 Canada N%sT 1919 -3:30:52 StJohns N%sT 1935 Mar 30 -3:30 StJohns N%sT 1942 May 11 -3:30 Canada N%sT 1946 -3:30 StJohns N%sT # most of 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 - NST 1918 -3:30:52 Canada N%sT 1919 -3:30:52 - NST 1935 Mar 30 -3:30 - NST 1936 -3:30 StJohns N%sT 1942 May 11 -3:30 Canada N%sT 1946 -3:30 StJohns N%sT 1966 Mar 15 2:00 -4:00 StJohns A%sT # west Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # Shanks & Pottenger write 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 & Pottenger also write 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 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 1932 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D 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 1946 1949 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1946 1949 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1951 1954 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1951 1954 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1956 1959 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1956 1959 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Halifax 1962 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Halifax 1962 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Halifax -4:14:24 - LMT 1902 Jun 15 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1918 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1919 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s -4:00 Canada A%sT 1946 -4:00 Halifax A%sT 1974 -4:00 Canada 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 1974 -4:00 Canada A%sT # New Brunswick # From Paul Eggert (2007-01-31): # The Time Definition Act <http://www.gnb.ca/0062/PDF-acts/t-06.pdf> # says they changed at 00:01 through 2006, and # <http://www.canlii.org/nb/laws/sta/t-6/20030127/whole.html> makes it # clear that this was the case since at least 1993. # For now, assume it started in 1993. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Moncton 1933 1935 - Jun Sun>=8 1:00 1:00 D Rule Moncton 1933 1935 - Sep Sun>=8 1:00 0 S Rule Moncton 1936 1938 - Jun Sun>=1 1:00 1:00 D Rule Moncton 1936 1938 - Sep Sun>=1 1:00 0 S Rule Moncton 1939 only - May 27 1:00 1:00 D Rule Moncton 1939 1941 - Sep Sat>=21 1:00 0 S Rule Moncton 1940 only - May 19 1:00 1:00 D Rule Moncton 1941 only - May 4 1:00 1:00 D Rule Moncton 1946 1972 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Moncton 1946 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Moncton 1957 1972 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Moncton 1993 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:01 1:00 D Rule Moncton 1993 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:01 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Moncton -4:19:08 - LMT 1883 Dec 9 -5:00 - EST 1902 Jun 15 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1933 -4:00 Moncton A%sT 1942 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1946 -4:00 Moncton A%sT 1973 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1993 -4:00 Moncton A%sT 2007 -4:00 Canada A%sT # Quebec # From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09): # Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of Quebec has been # like Montreal. # From Paul Eggert (2006-06-27): # Matthews and Vincent (1998) also write that Quebec east of the -63 # meridian is supposed to observe AST, but residents as far east as # Natashquan use EST/EDT, and residents east of Natashquan use AST. # In "Official time in Quebec" the Quebec department of justice writes in # http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/publications/generale/temps-regl-1-a.htm # that "The residents of the Municipality of the # Cote-Nord-du-Golfe-Saint-Laurent and the municipalities of Saint-Augustin, # Bonne-Esperance and Blanc-Sablon apply the Official Time Act as it is # written and use Atlantic standard time all year round. The same applies to # the residents of the Native facilities along the lower North Shore." # <http://www.assnat.qc.ca/eng/37legislature2/Projets-loi/Publics/06-a002.htm> # says this common practice was codified into law as of 2007. # For lack of better info, guess this practice began around 1970, contra to # Shanks & Pottenger who have this region observing AST/ADT. # 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 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 1922 - Oct Sun>=1 2:30 0 S Rule Mont 1921 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Mont 1922 only - Apr 30 2:00 1:00 D 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 # The 1927-to-1937 rules can be expressed more simply as # Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Apr lastSat 24:00 1:00 D # Rule Mont 1927 1937 - Sep lastSat 24:00 0 S # The rules below avoid use of 24:00 # (which pre-1998 versions of zic cannot handle). Rule Mont 1927 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Mont 1927 1932 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S Rule Mont 1928 1931 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D Rule Mont 1932 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Mont 1933 1940 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D Rule Mont 1933 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S Rule Mont 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S Rule Mont 1946 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Mont 1945 1948 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Mont 1949 1950 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Mont 1951 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Mont 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Blanc-Sablon -3:48:28 - LMT 1884 -4:00 Canada A%sT 1970 -4:00 - AST Zone America/Montreal -4:54:16 - LMT 1884 -5:00 Mont E%sT 1918 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1919 -5:00 Mont E%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s -5:00 Canada E%sT 1946 -5:00 Mont E%sT 1974 -5:00 Canada E%sT # Ontario # From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09): # Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of Ontario has been like # Toronto. # 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 Mark Brader (2003-07-26): # [According to the Toronto Star] Orillia, Ontario, adopted DST # effective Saturday, 1912-06-22, 22:00; the article mentions that # Port Arthur (now part of Thunder Bay, Ontario) as well as Moose Jaw # have already done so. In Orillia DST was to run until Saturday, # 1912-08-31 (no time mentioned), but it was met with considerable # hostility from certain segments of the public, and was revoked after # only two weeks -- I copied it as Saturday, 1912-07-07, 22:00, but # presumably that should be -07-06. (1912-06-19, -07-12; also letters # earlier in June). # # Kenora, Ontario, was to abandon DST on 1914-06-01 (-05-21). # From Paul Eggert (1997-10-17): # Mark Brader 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. # # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Atikokan, Pickle Lake, and # New Osnaburgh observe CST all year, that Big Trout Lake observes # CST/CDT, and that Upsala and Shebandowan observe EST/EDT, all in # violation of the official Ontario rules. # # From Paul Eggert (2006-07-09): # Chris Walton (2006-07-06) mentioned an article by Stephanie MacLellan in the # 2005-07-21 Chronicle-Journal, which said: # # The clocks in Atikokan stay set on standard time year-round. # This means they spend about half the time on central time and # the other half on eastern time. # # For the most part, the system works, Mayor Dennis Brown said. # # "The majority of businesses in Atikokan deal more with Eastern # Canada, but there are some that deal with Western Canada," he # said. "I don't see any changes happening here." # # Walton also writes "Supposedly Pickle Lake and Mishkeegogamang # [New Osnaburgh] follow the same practice." # From Garry McKinnon (2006-07-14) via Chris Walton: # I chatted with a member of my board who has an outstanding memory # and a long history in Atikokan (and in the telecom industry) and he # can say for certain that Atikokan has been practicing the current # time keeping since 1952, at least. # From Paul Eggert (2006-07-17): # Shanks & Pottenger say that Atikokan has agreed with Rainy River # ever since standard time was introduced, but the information from # McKinnon sounds more authoritative. For now, assume that Atikokan # switched to EST immediately after WWII era daylight saving time # ended. This matches the old (less-populous) America/Coral_Harbour # entry since our cutoff date of 1970, so we can move # America/Coral_Harbour to the 'backward' file. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Toronto 1919 only - Mar 30 23:30 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1919 only - Oct 26 0:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1920 only - May 2 2:00 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1920 only - Sep 26 0:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1921 only - May 15 2:00 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1921 only - Sep 15 2:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1922 1923 - May Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D # Shanks & Pottenger say 1923-09-19; assume it's a typo and that "-16" # was meant. Rule Toronto 1922 1926 - Sep Sun>=15 2:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1924 1927 - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # The 1927-to-1939 rules can be expressed more simply as # Rule Toronto 1927 1937 - Sep Sun>=25 2:00 0 S # Rule Toronto 1928 1937 - Apr Sun>=25 2:00 1:00 D # Rule Toronto 1938 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D # Rule Toronto 1938 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S # The rules below avoid use of Sun>=25 # (which pre-2004 versions of zic cannot handle). Rule Toronto 1927 1932 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1928 1931 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1932 only - May 1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1933 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1933 only - Oct 1 2:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1945 1946 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1946 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1947 1949 - Apr lastSun 0:00 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1947 1948 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1949 only - Nov lastSun 0:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1950 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Toronto 1950 only - Nov lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Toronto 1951 1956 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S # Shanks & Pottenger say Toronto ended DST a week early in 1971, # namely on 1971-10-24, but Mark Brader wrote (2003-05-31) that this # is wrong, and that he had confirmed it by checking the 1971-10-30 # Toronto Star, which said that DST was ending 1971-10-31 as usual. Rule Toronto 1957 1973 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # From Paul Eggert (2003-07-27): # Willett (1914-03) writes (p. 17) "In the Cities of Fort William, and # Port Arthur, Ontario, the principle of the Bill has been in # operation for the past three years, and in the City of Moose Jaw, # Saskatchewan, for one year." # From David Bryan via Tory Tronrud, Director/Curator, # Thunder Bay Museum (2003-11-12): # There is some suggestion, however, that, by-law or not, daylight # savings time was being practiced in Fort William and Port Arthur # before 1909.... [I]n 1910, the line between the Eastern and Central # Time Zones was permanently moved about two hundred miles west to # include the Thunder Bay area.... When Canada adopted daylight # savings time in 1916, Fort William and Port Arthur, having done so # already, did not change their clocks.... During the Second World # War,... [t]he cities agreed to implement DST during the summer # months for the remainder of the war years. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Toronto -5:17:32 - LMT 1895 -5:00 Canada E%sT 1919 -5:00 Toronto E%sT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s -5:00 Canada E%sT 1946 -5:00 Toronto E%sT 1974 -5:00 Canada E%sT Zone America/Thunder_Bay -5:57:00 - LMT 1895 -6:00 - CST 1910 -5:00 - EST 1942 -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 1940 Sep 29 -5:00 1:00 EDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s -5:00 Canada E%sT Zone America/Rainy_River -6:18:16 - LMT 1895 -6:00 Canada C%sT 1940 Sep 29 -6:00 1:00 CDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s -6:00 Canada C%sT Zone America/Atikokan -6:06:28 - LMT 1895 -6:00 Canada C%sT 1940 Sep 29 -6:00 1:00 CDT 1942 Feb 9 2:00s -6:00 Canada C%sT 1945 Sep 30 2:00 -5:00 - EST # Manitoba # From Rob Douglas (2006-04-06): # the old Manitoba Time Act - as amended by Bill 2, assented to # March 27, 1987 ... said ... # "between two o'clock Central Standard Time in the morning of # the first Sunday of April of each year and two o'clock Central # Standard Time in the morning of the last Sunday of October next # following, one hour in advance of Central Standard Time."... # I believe that the English legislation [of the old time act] had = # been assented to (March 22, 1967).... # Also, as far as I can tell, there was no order-in-council varying # the time of Daylight Saving Time for 2005 and so the provisions of # the 1987 version would apply - the changeover was at 2:00 Central # Standard Time (i.e. not until 3:00 Central Daylight Time). # From Paul Eggert (2006-04-10): # Shanks & Pottenger say Manitoba switched at 02:00 (not 02:00s) # starting 1966. Since 02:00s is clearly correct for 1967 on, assume # it was also 02:00s in 1966. # 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 W # War Rule Winn 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace 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 2:00s 1:00 D Rule Winn 1966 2005 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 S Rule Winn 1987 2005 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Winnipeg -6:28:36 - LMT 1887 Jul 16 -6:00 Winn C%sT 2006 -6:00 Canada C%sT # Saskatchewan # From Mark Brader (2003-07-26): # The first actual adoption of DST in Canada was at the municipal # level. As the [Toronto] Star put it (1912-06-07), "While people # elsewhere have long been talking of legislation to save daylight, # the city of Moose Jaw [Saskatchewan] has acted on its own hook." # DST in Moose Jaw began on Saturday, 1912-06-01 (no time mentioned: # presumably late evening, as below), and would run until "the end of # the summer". The discrepancy between municipal time and railroad # time was noted. # From Paul Eggert (2003-07-27): # Willett (1914-03) notes that DST "has been in operation ... in the # City of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, for one year." # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # Shanks & Pottenger say that since 1970 this region has mostly been as 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. # Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Denare Beach and Creighton # are like Winnipeg, in violation of Saskatchewan law. # From W. Jones (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. # From Chris Walton (2006-06-26): # The Saskatchewan time act which was last updated in 1996 is about 30 pages # long and rather painful to read. # http://www.qp.gov.sk.ca/documents/English/Statutes/Statutes/T14.pdf # 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 W # War Rule Regina 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace 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 1957 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Regina 1947 1957 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Regina 1959 only - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 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 W # War Rule Edm 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace 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 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep -7:00 Edm M%sT 1987 -7:00 Canada M%sT # British Columbia # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # Shanks & Pottenger write that since 1970 most of this region has # been like Vancouver. # Dawson Creek uses MST. Much of east BC is like Edmonton. # Matthews and Vincent (1998) write that Creston is like Dawson Creek. # 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 W # War Rule Vanc 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace 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 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Vancouver -8:12:28 - LMT 1884 -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1987 -8:00 Canada 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, Nunavut, Yukon # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # Dawson switched to PST in 1973. Inuvik switched to MST in 1979. # Mathew Englander (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 & Pottenger say Yukon's 1973-10-28 switch was at 2:00; go # with Englander. # From Chris Walton (2006-06-26): # Here is a link to the old daylight saving portion of the interpretation # act which was last updated in 1987: # http://www.gov.yk.ca/legislation/regs/oic1987_056.pdf # From Rives McDow (1999-09-04): # 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> # # From Antoine Leca (1999-09-06): # We then need to create a new timezone for the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut # to differentiate it from the Yellowknife region. # From Paul Eggert (1999-09-20): # <a href="http://www.nunavut.com/basicfacts/english/basicfacts_1territory.html"> # Basic Facts: The New Territory # </a> (1999) reports that Pangnirtung operates on eastern time, # and that Coral Harbour does not observe DST. We don't know when # Pangnirtung switched to eastern time; we'll guess 1995. # 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. # From Michaela Rodrigue, writing in the # <a href="http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut991130/nvt91119_17.html"> # Nunatsiaq News (1999-11-19)</a>: # Clyde River, Pangnirtung and Sanikiluaq now operate with two time zones, # central - or Nunavut time - for government offices, and eastern time # for municipal offices and schools.... Igloolik [was similar but then] # made the switch to central time on Saturday, Nov. 6. # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02): # Matthews and Vincent (1998) say the following, but we lack histories # for these potential new Zones. # # The Canadian Forces station at Alert uses Eastern Time while the # handful of residents at the Eureka weather station [in the Central # zone] skip daylight savings. Baffin Island, which is crossed by the # Central, Eastern and Atlantic Time zones only uses Eastern Time. # Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak and Pelly Bay all use Mountain instead of # 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 Rives McDow (2001-01-20), quoting the Nunavut government: # The preceding decision came into effect at midnight, Saturday Nov 4, 2000. # From Paul Eggert (2000-12-04): # Let's just keep track of the official times for now. # From Rives McDow (2001-03-07): # The premier of Nunavut has issued a ministerial statement advising # that effective 2001-04-01, the territory of Nunavut will revert # back to three time zones (mountain, central, and eastern). Of the # cities in Nunavut, Coral Harbor is the only one that I know of that # has said it will not observe dst, staying on EST year round. I'm # checking for more info, and will get back to you if I come up with # more. # [Also see <http://www.nunatsiaq.com/nunavut/nvt10309_06.html> (2001-03-09).] # From Gwillim Law (2005-05-21): # According to maps at # http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/images/time_services/TZ01SWE.jpg # http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/images/time_services/TZ01SSE.jpg # (both dated 2003), and # http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp # (from a 1998 Canadian Geographic article), the de facto and de jure time # for Southampton Island (at the north end of Hudson Bay) is UTC-5 all year # round. Using Google, it's easy to find other websites that confirm this. # I wasn't able to find how far back this time regimen goes, but since it # predates the creation of Nunavut, it probably goes back many years.... # The Inuktitut name of Coral Harbour is Sallit, but it's rarely used. # # From Paul Eggert (2005-07-26): # For lack of better information, assume that Southampton Island observed # daylight saving only during wartime. # From Chris Walton (2007-03-01): # ... the community of Resolute (located on Cornwallis Island in # Nunavut) moved from Central Time to Eastern Time last November. # Basically the community did not change its clocks at the end of # daylight saving.... # http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2006-11/nov13_06none.html # From Chris Walton (2007-03-14): # Today I phoned the "hamlet office" to find out what Resolute was doing with # its clocks. # # The individual that answered the phone confirmed that the clocks did not # move at the end of daylight saving on October 29/2006. He also told me that # the clocks did not move this past weekend (March 11/2007).... # From Chris Walton (2008-11-13): # ...the residents of Resolute believe that they are changing "time zones" # twice a year. In winter months, local time is qualified with "Eastern # Time" which is really "Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5)". In summer # months, local time is qualified with "Central Time" which is really # "Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)"... # 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 W # War Rule NT_YK 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace 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 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule NT_YK 1987 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # aka Panniqtuuq Zone America/Pangnirtung 0 - zzz 1921 # trading post est. -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 2000 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 Canada E%sT # formerly Frobisher Bay Zone America/Iqaluit 0 - zzz 1942 Aug # Frobisher Bay est. -5:00 NT_YK E%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 Canada E%sT # aka Qausuittuq # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Resolute 2006 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 ES Rule Resolute 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 0 CD Zone America/Resolute 0 - zzz 1947 Aug 31 # Resolute founded -6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 - EST 2001 Apr 1 3:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2006 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 Resolute %sT # aka Kangiqiniq Zone America/Rankin_Inlet 0 - zzz 1957 # Rankin Inlet founded -6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 - EST 2001 Apr 1 3:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT # aka Iqaluktuuttiaq Zone America/Cambridge_Bay 0 - zzz 1920 # trading post est.? -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1999 Oct 31 2:00 -6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00 -5:00 - EST 2000 Nov 5 0:00 -6:00 - CST 2001 Apr 1 3:00 -7:00 Canada M%sT Zone America/Yellowknife 0 - zzz 1935 # Yellowknife founded? -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1980 -7:00 Canada M%sT Zone America/Inuvik 0 - zzz 1953 # Inuvik founded -8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1979 Apr lastSun 2:00 -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1980 -7:00 Canada 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 1980 -8:00 Canada 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 1980 -8:00 Canada P%sT ############################################################################### # Mexico # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05): # The Investigation and Analysis Service of the # Mexican Library of Congress (MLoC) has published a # <a href="http://www.cddhcu.gob.mx/bibliot/publica/inveyana/polisoc/horver/"> # history of Mexican local time (in Spanish) # </a>. # # Here are the discrepancies between Shanks & Pottenger (S&P) and the MLoC. # (In all cases we go with the MLoC.) # S&P report that Baja was at -8:00 in 1922/1923. # S&P say the 1930 transition in Baja was 1930-11-16. # S&P report no DST during summer 1931. # S&P report a transition at 1932-03-30 23:00, not 1932-04-01. # From Gwillim Law (2001-02-20): # There are some other discrepancies between the Decrees page and the # tz database. I think they can best be explained by supposing that # the researchers who prepared the Decrees page failed to find some of # the relevant documents. # From Alan Perry (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 Rives McDow (1998-10-08): # The State of Quintana Roo has reverted back to central STD and DST times # (i.e. UTC -0600 and -0500 as of 1998-08-02). # From Rives McDow (2000-01-10): # Effective April 4, 1999 at 2:00 AM local time, Sonora changed to the time # zone 5 hours from the International Date Line, and will not observe daylight # savings time so as to stay on the same time zone as the southern part of # Arizona year round. # From Jesper Norgaard, translating # <http://www.reforma.com/nacional/articulo/064327/> (2001-01-17): # In Oaxaca, the 55.000 teachers from the Section 22 of the National # Syndicate of Education Workers, refuse to apply daylight saving each # year, so that the more than 10,000 schools work at normal hour the # whole year. # From Gwillim Law (2001-01-19): # <http://www.reforma.com/negocios_y_dinero/articulo/064481/> ... says # (translated):... # January 17, 2000 - The Energy Secretary, Ernesto Martens, announced # that Summer Time will be reduced from seven to five months, starting # this year.... # <http://www.publico.com.mx/scripts/texto3.asp?action=pagina&pag=21&pos=p&secc=naci&date=01/17/2001> # [translated], says "summer time will ... take effect on the first Sunday # in May, and end on the last Sunday of September. # From Arthur David Olson (2001-01-25): # The 2001-01-24 traditional Washington Post contained the page one # story "Timely Issue Divides Mexicans."... # http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37383-2001Jan23.html # ... Mexico City Mayor Lopez Obrador "...is threatening to keep # Mexico City and its 20 million residents on a different time than # the rest of the country..." In particular, Lopez Obrador would abolish # observation of Daylight Saving Time. # <a href="http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/decretohorver2001.html#decre"> # Official statute published by the Energy Department # </a> (2001-02-01) shows Baja and Chihauhua as still using US DST rules, # and Sonora with no DST. This was reported by Jesper Norgaard (2001-02-03). # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-03): # # <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20010303/t000018766.html"> # James F. Smith writes in today's LA Times # </a> # * Sonora will continue to observe standard time. # * Last week Mexico City's mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador decreed that # the Federal District will not adopt DST. # * 4 of 16 district leaders announced they'll ignore the decree. # * The decree does not affect federal-controlled facilities including # the airport, banks, hospitals, and schools. # # For now we'll assume that the Federal District will bow to federal rules. # From Jesper Norgaard (2001-04-01): # I found some references to the Mexican application of daylight # saving, which modifies what I had already sent you, stating earlier # that a number of northern Mexican states would go on daylight # saving. The modification reverts this to only cover Baja California # (Norte), while all other states (except Sonora, who has no daylight # saving all year) will follow the original decree of president # Vicente Fox, starting daylight saving May 6, 2001 and ending # September 30, 2001. # References: "Diario de Monterrey" <www.diariodemonterrey.com/index.asp> # Palabra <http://palabra.infosel.com/010331/primera/ppri3101.pdf> (2001-03-31) # From Reuters (2001-09-04): # Mexico's Supreme Court on Tuesday declared that daylight savings was # unconstitutional in Mexico City, creating the possibility the # capital will be in a different time zone from the rest of the nation # next year.... The Supreme Court's ruling takes effect at 2:00 # a.m. (0800 GMT) on Sept. 30, when Mexico is scheduled to revert to # standard time. "This is so residents of the Federal District are not # subject to unexpected time changes," a statement from the court said. # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2002-03-12): # ... consulting my local grocery store(!) and my coworkers, they all insisted # that a new decision had been made to reinstate US style DST in Mexico.... # http://www.conae.gob.mx/ahorro/horaver2001_m1_2002.html (2002-02-20) # confirms this. Sonora as usual is the only state where DST is not applied. # 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 W # War 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 2000 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 1996 2000 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Mexico 2001 only - May Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 2001 only - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Mexico 2002 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D Rule Mexico 2002 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Quintana Roo Zone America/Cancun -5:47:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:12:56 -6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23 -5:00 Mexico E%sT 1998 Aug 2 2:00 -6:00 Mexico C%sT # Campeche, Yucatan Zone America/Merida -5:58:28 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:01:32 -6:00 - CST 1981 Dec 23 -5:00 - EST 1982 Dec 2 -6:00 Mexico C%sT # Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas Zone America/Monterrey -6:41:16 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:18:44 -6:00 - CST 1988 -6:00 US C%sT 1989 -6:00 Mexico C%sT # Central Mexico 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 Apr 1 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 2001 Sep 30 02:00 -6:00 - CST 2002 Feb 20 -6:00 Mexico C%sT # Chihuahua Zone America/Chihuahua -7:04:20 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:55:40 -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 Apr 1 -6:00 - CST 1996 -6:00 Mexico C%sT 1998 -6:00 - CST 1998 Apr Sun>=1 3:00 -7:00 Mexico M%sT # Sonora Zone America/Hermosillo -7:23:52 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:36:08 -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 Apr 1 -6:00 - CST 1942 Apr 24 -7:00 - MST 1949 Jan 14 -8:00 - PST 1970 -7:00 Mexico M%sT 1999 -7:00 - MST # Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa 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 Apr 1 -6:00 - CST 1942 Apr 24 -7:00 - MST 1949 Jan 14 -8:00 - PST 1970 -7:00 Mexico M%sT # Baja California Zone America/Tijuana -7:48:04 - LMT 1922 Jan 1 0:11:56 -7:00 - MST 1924 -8:00 - PST 1927 Jun 10 23:00 -7:00 - MST 1930 Nov 15 -8:00 - PST 1931 Apr 1 -8:00 1:00 PDT 1931 Sep 30 -8:00 - PST 1942 Apr 24 -8:00 1:00 PWT 1945 Aug 14 23:00u -8:00 1:00 PPT 1945 Nov 12 # Peace -8:00 - PST 1948 Apr 5 -8:00 1:00 PDT 1949 Jan 14 -8:00 - PST 1954 -8:00 CA P%sT 1961 -8:00 - PST 1976 -8:00 US P%sT 1996 -8:00 Mexico P%sT 2001 -8:00 US P%sT 2002 Feb 20 -8:00 Mexico P%sT # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # Formerly there was an America/Ensenada zone, which differed from # America/Tijuana only in that it did not observe DST from 1976 # through 1995. This was as per Shanks (1999). But Shanks & Pottenger say # Ensenada did not observe DST from 1948 through 1975. Guy Harris reports # that the 1987 OAG says "Only Ensenada, Mexicale, San Felipe and # Tijuana observe DST," which agrees with Shanks & Pottenger but implies that # DST-observance was a town-by-town matter back then. This concerns # data after 1970 so most likely there should be at least one Zone # other than America/Tijuana for Baja, but it's not clear yet what its # name or contents should be. # # 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 # # From Sue Williams (2006-12-07): # The Bahamas announced about a month ago that they plan to change their DST # rules to sync with the U.S. starting in 2007.... # http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=45&a=10412 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Bahamas 1964 1975 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule Bahamas 1964 1975 - Apr lastSun 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 1976 -5:00 US 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 -3:58:28 - BMT 1932 # Bridgetown Mean Time -4:00 Barb A%sT # Belize # Whitman entirely disagrees with Shanks; go with Shanks & Pottenger. # 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 # From Dan Jones, reporting in The Royal Gazette (2006-06-26): # Next year, however, clocks in the US will go forward on the second Sunday # in March, until the first Sunday in November. And, after the Time Zone # (Seasonal Variation) Bill 2006 was passed in the House of Assembly on # Friday, the same thing will happen in Bermuda. # http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060529/NEWS/105290135 # 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 1976 -4:00 US A%sT # Cayman Is # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Cayman -5:25:32 - LMT 1890 # Georgetown -5:07:12 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time -5:00 - EST # Costa Rica # 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 & Pottenger. 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 -5:36:20 - SJMT 1921 Jan 15 # San Jose Mean Time -6:00 CR C%sT # Coco # no information; probably like America/Costa_Rica # Cuba # From Arthur David Olson (1999-03-29): # The 1999-03-28 exhibition baseball game held in Havana, Cuba, between # the Cuban National Team and the Baltimore Orioles was carried live on # the Orioles Radio Network, including affiliate WTOP in Washington, DC. # During the game, play-by-play announcer Jim Hunter noted that # "We'll be losing two hours of sleep...Cuba switched to Daylight Saving # Time today." (The "two hour" remark referred to losing one hour of # sleep on 1999-03-28--when the announcers were in Cuba as it switched # to DST--and one more hour on 1999-04-04--when the announcers will have # returned to Baltimore, which switches on that date.) # From Evert van der Veer via Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-28): # Cuba is not going back to standard time this year. # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2004/septiembre/juev30/41medid-i.html # says that it's due to a problem at the Antonio Guiteras # thermoelectric plant, and says "This October there will be no return # to normal hours (after daylight saving time)". # For now, let's assume that it's a temporary measure. # From Carlos A. Carnero Delgado (2005-11-12): # This year (just like in 2004-2005) there's no change in time zone # adjustment in Cuba. We will stay in daylight saving time: # http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2005/noviembre/mier9/horario.html # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-10-21): # An article in GRANMA INTERNACIONAL claims that Cuba will end # the 3 years of permanent DST next weekend, see # http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/octubre/lun16/43horario.html # "On Saturday night, October 28 going into Sunday, October 29, at 01:00, # watches should be set back one hour -- going back to 00:00 hours -- returning # to the normal schedule.... # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-02): # http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/english/news/art89.html, dated yesterday, # 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. # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-04) # According to the Radio Reloj - Cuba will start Daylight Saving Time on # midnight between Saturday, March 07, 2009 and Sunday, March 08, 2009- # not on midnight March 14 / March 15 as previously thought. # # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba05.html"> # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba05.html # (in Spanish) # </a> # From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-09) # I listened over the Internet to # <a href="http://media.enet.cu/readioreloj"> # http://media.enet.cu/readioreloj # </a> # this morning; when it was 10:05 a. m. here in Bethesda, Maryland the # the time was announced as "diez cinco"--the same time as here, indicating # that has indeed switched to DST. Assume second Sunday from 2009 forward. # 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 1997 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1991 1995 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 1996 only - Oct 6 0:00s 0 S 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 2004 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D 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 only - Mar Sun>=15 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 2009 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890 -5:29:36 - 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 # 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 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 2000 Oct 29 02:00 -5:00 US E%sT 2000 Dec 3 01:00 -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 use America/El_Salvador # instead of America/San_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 # St Barthelemy Link America/Guadeloupe America/St_Barthelemy # St Martin (French part) Link America/Guadeloupe America/Marigot # Guatemala # # From Gwillim Law (2006-04-22), after a heads-up from Oscar van Vlijmen: # Diario Co Latino, at # http://www.diariocolatino.com/internacionales/detalles.asp?NewsID=8079, # says in an article dated 2006-04-19 that the Guatemalan government had # decided on that date to advance official time by 60 minutes, to lessen the # impact of the elevated cost of oil.... Daylight saving time will last from # 2006-04-29 24:00 (Guatemalan standard time) to 2006-09-30 (time unspecified). # From Paul Eggert (2006-06-22): # The Ministry of Energy and Mines, press release CP-15/2006 # (2006-04-19), says DST ends at 24:00. See # <http://www.sieca.org.gt/Sitio_publico/Energeticos/Doc/Medidas/Cambio_Horario_Nac_190406.pdf>. # 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 Rule Guat 2006 only - Apr 30 0:00 1:00 D Rule Guat 2006 only - Oct 1 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 # From Gwillim Law (2005-04-15): # Risto O. Nykanen wrote me that Haiti is now on DST. # I searched for confirmation, and I found a # <a href="http://www.haitianconsulate.org/time.doc"> press release # on the Web page of the Haitian Consulate in Chicago (2005-03-31), # </a>. Translated from French, it says: # # "The Prime Minister's Communication Office notifies the public in general # and the press in particular that, following a decision of the Interior # Ministry and the Territorial Collectivities [I suppose that means the # provinces], Haiti will move to Eastern Daylight Time in the night from next # Saturday the 2nd to Sunday the 3rd. # # "Consequently, the Prime Minister's Communication Office wishes to inform # the population that the country's clocks will be set forward one hour # starting at midnight. This provision will hold until the last Saturday in # October 2005. # # "Port-au-Prince, March 31, 2005" # # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-04-04): # I have been informed by users that Haiti observes DST this year like # last year, so the current "only" rule for 2005 might be changed to a # "max" rule or to last until 2006. (Who knows if they will observe DST # next year or if they will extend their DST like US/Canada next year). # # I have found this article about it (in French): # http://www.haitipressnetwork.com/news.cfm?articleID=7612 # # The reason seems to be an energy crisis. # From Stephen Colebourne (2007-02-22): # Some IATA info: Haiti won't be having DST in 2007. # 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 & Pottenger say AT is 2:00, but IATA SSIM (1991/1997) says 1:00s. # Go with IATA. Rule Haiti 1988 1997 - Apr Sun>=1 1:00s 1:00 D Rule Haiti 1988 1997 - Oct lastSun 1:00s 0 S Rule Haiti 2005 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Haiti 2005 2006 - Oct lastSun 0:00 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 & Pottenger say 1921 Jan 1; go with Whitman's more precise Apr 1. # From Paul Eggert (2006-05-05): # worldtimezone.com reports a 2006-05-02 Spanish-language AP article # saying Honduras will start using DST midnight Saturday, effective 4 # months until September. La Tribuna reported today # <http://www.latribuna.hn/99299.html> that Manuel Zelaya, the president # of Honduras, refused to back down on this. # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-08-08): # It seems that Honduras has returned from DST to standard time this Monday at # 00:00 hours (prolonging Sunday to 25 hours duration). # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_honduras04.html # From Paul Eggert (2006-08-08): # Also see Diario El Heraldo, The country returns to standard time (2006-08-08) # <http://www.elheraldo.hn/nota.php?nid=54941&sec=12>. # It mentions executive decree 18-2006. # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17): # Honduras will observe DST from 2007 to 2009, exact dates are not # published, I have located this authoritative source: # http://www.presidencia.gob.hn/noticia.aspx?nId=47 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-03-30): # http://www.laprensahn.com/pais_nota.php?id04962=7386 # So it seems that Honduras will not enter DST this year.... # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Hond 1987 1988 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Hond 1987 1988 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S Rule Hond 2006 only - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Hond 2006 only - Aug Mon>=1 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 - LMT 1921 Apr -6:00 Hond C%sT # # Great Swan I ceded by US to Honduras in 1972 # 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 & Pottenger: # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Jamaica -5:07:12 - LMT 1890 # Kingston -5:07:12 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time -5:00 - EST 1974 Apr 28 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 -4:04:20 - 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 (2006-03-22): # In 1995 volcanic eruptions forced evacuation of Plymouth, the capital. # world.gazetteer.com says Cork Hill is the most populous location now. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Montserrat -4:08:52 - LMT 1911 Jul 1 0:01 # Cork Hill -4:00 - AST # Nicaragua # # This uses Shanks & Pottenger for times before 2005. # # From Steffen Thorsen (2005-04-12): # I've got reports from 8 different people that Nicaragua just started # DST on Sunday 2005-04-10, in order to save energy because of # expensive petroleum. The exact end date for DST is not yet # announced, only "September" but some sites also say "mid-September". # Some background information is available on the President's official site: # http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/Presidencia/Files_index/Secretaria/Notas%20de%20Prensa/Presidente/2005/ABRIL/Gobierno-de-nicaragua-adelanta-hora-oficial-06abril.htm # The Decree, no 23-2005 is available here: # http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/buscador_gaceta/BD/DECRETOS/2005/Decreto%2023-2005%20Se%20adelanta%20en%20una%20hora%20en%20todo%20el%20territorio%20nacional%20apartir%20de%20las%2024horas%20del%2009%20de%20Abril.pdf # # From Paul Eggert (2005-05-01): # The decree doesn't say anything about daylight saving, but for now let's # assume that it is daylight saving.... # # From Gwillim Law (2005-04-21): # The Associated Press story on the time change, which can be found at # http://www.lapalmainteractivo.com/guias/content/gen/ap/America_Latina/AMC_GEN_NICARAGUA_HORA.html # and elsewhere, says (fifth paragraph, translated from Spanish): "The last # time that a change of clocks was applied to save energy was in the year 2000 # during the Arnoldo Aleman administration."... # The northamerica file says that Nicaragua has been on UTC-6 continuously # since December 1998. I wasn't able to find any details of Nicaraguan time # changes in 2000. Perhaps a note could be added to the northamerica file, to # the effect that we have indirect evidence that DST was observed in 2000. # # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-11-02): # Nicaragua left DST the 2005-10-02 at 00:00 (local time). # http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/presidencia/files_index/secretaria/comunicados/2005/septiembre/26septiembre-cambio-hora.htm # (2005-09-26) # # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-05-05): # http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2006/05/01/nacionales/18410 # (my informal translation) # By order of the president of the republic, Enrique Bolanos, Nicaragua # advanced by sixty minutes their official time, yesterday at 2 in the # morning, and will stay that way until 30.th. of september. # # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-09-30): # http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/buscador_gaceta/BD/DECRETOS/2006/D-063-2006P-PRN-Cambio-Hora.pdf # My informal translation runs: # The natural sun time is restored in all the national territory, in that the # time is returned one hour at 01:00 am of October 1 of 2006. # # 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 2005 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 D Rule Nic 2005 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S Rule Nic 2006 only - Apr 30 2:00 1:00 D Rule Nic 2006 only - Oct Sun>=1 1:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Managua -5:45:08 - LMT 1890 -5:45:12 - MMT 1934 Jun 23 # Managua Mean Time? -6:00 - CST 1973 May -5:00 - EST 1975 Feb 16 -6:00 Nic C%sT 1992 Jan 1 4:00 -5:00 - EST 1992 Sep 24 -6:00 - CST 1993 -5:00 - EST 1997 -6:00 Nic C%sT # Panama # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Panama -5:18:08 - LMT 1890 -5:19:36 - CMT 1908 Apr 22 # Colon 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 US A%sT 1946 -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 -4:04:00 - 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 - PMST 1987 # Pierre & Miquelon Time -3:00 Canada PM%sT # St Vincent and the Grenadines # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/St_Vincent -4:04:56 - LMT 1890 # Kingstown -4:04:56 - KMT 1912 # Kingstown Mean Time -4:00 - AST # Turks and Caicos # # From Chris Dunn in # <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=415007> # (2007-03-15): In the Turks & Caicos Islands (America/Grand_Turk) the # daylight saving dates for time changes have been adjusted to match # the recent U.S. change of dates. # # From Brian Inglis (2007-04-28): # http://www.turksandcaicos.tc/calendar/index.htm [2007-04-26] # there is an entry for Nov 4 "Daylight Savings Time Ends 2007" and three # rows before that there is an out of date entry for Oct: # "Eastern Standard Times Begins 2007 # Clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local Daylight Saving Time" # indicating that the normal ET rules are followed. # # From Paul Eggert (2006-05-01): # Shanks & Pottenger say they use US DST rules, but IATA SSIM (1991/1998) # says they switch at midnight. Go with Shanks & Pottenger. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule TC 1979 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule TC 1979 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule TC 1987 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D Rule TC 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D Rule TC 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Grand_Turk -4:44:32 - LMT 1890 -5:07:12 - 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