Historical material on Saskatchewan

Arthur David Olson ado
Wed Oct 28 18:19:29 UTC 1992


I've attached some historical material on the original of East-Sask.

				--ado

> From seismo!mit-eddie!spock.ee.mcgill!mannix.decnet!burj Fri Mar  6 08:58:05 1987
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> From: Justin Bur <seismo!harvard!spock.ee.mcgill!mannix.decnet!burj>
> Message-Id: <8703050837.AA00977 at Mannix.UdeM>
> Poslfit: poslfit
> To: musocs!tz%elsie.uucp
> Subject: DST in Saskatchewan, Canada
> 
> The province of Saskatchewan, normally in the Central time zone,
> has not used daylight savings time for the past several years.
> I think there was some talk of using it for the first time this
> year, but I don't remember.  I also don't know if DST has never
> been used in Sask. or if it used to be used some time ago: my
> source is the national radio schedules of the Canadian Broadcasting
> Corporation, and my subscription started in 198?.  I will send more
> precise information if I can find it, but it would probably be best
> to find a local source of information.  I *think* sask.uucp is the
> University of Saskatchewan; I don't have a uucp map handy.
> 
> Justin Bur -- Universite de Montreal
> <burj at iros1.uucp>  seismo!think!mosart!mcgill-vision!iros1!burj
> 
> From seismo!ihnp4!sask!skorpio.UUCP!peachey Mon Mar 16 21:59:53 1987
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> From: seismo!ihnp4!skorpio!peachey (Darwyn Peachey)
> Message-Id: <8703162054.AA02480 at skorpio.USask.UUCP>
> To: elsie!tz
> Subject: northamerica timezones & Saskatchewan
> Cc: peachey
> 
> 
> If I am reading your "northamerica" (version 3.1) timezone file correctly,
> it appears to be inaccurate concerning the province of Saskatchewan in
> Canada.  You seem to assume that all of Canada observes the DST rules.
> In fact, Saskatchewan is always on standard time and has been for several
> years (up to 20, I'd guess).  To be more precise, we are always on daylight
> time, since we are geographically in the Mountain zone, but we use Central
> Standard Time year round!  Thus, there is always a four hour time difference
> between us and Hawaii (whereas the temperature difference varies from
> -130F to +20F).
> 
> Darwyn Peachey  peachey at sask.UUCP  peacheyd at sask.BITNET  (306) 966-4909
> 
> From seismo!nbires!vianet!devine Tue Mar 17 14:33:32 1987
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> To: elsie!tz
> Subject: Re:  northamerica timezones & Saskatchewan
> Cc: devine
> 
> Darwyn Peachey  peachey at sask.UUCP writes: 
> > If I am reading your "northamerica" (version 3.1) timezone file correctly,
> > it appears to be inaccurate concerning the province of Saskatchewan in
> > Canada.  You seem to assume that all of Canada observes the DST rules.
> > In fact, Saskatchewan is always on standard time and has been for several
> > years (up to 20, I'd guess).  To be more precise, we are always on daylight
> > time, since we are geographically in the Mountain zone, but we use Central
> > Standard Time year round!
> 
>   The information I have found on Saskatchewan Daylight Time is this:
> 
>           1962-1971  Variable (each locality may have done something different) 
> 		     but it seems to be last Sunday in April to last Sunday
> 		     in October (September in 1960-1)
> 
>       1972-present?  Observed in entire province except in the far-eastern
> 		     part (that part is on Central Standard time all year)
> 		     The western part is on the last Sunday in April to
> 		     last Sunday in October schedule
> 
>   I don't know where the machine 'skorpio' is but I infer that it is in
> the Eastern part of Saskatchewan.  Does anyone have access to an official
> publication of Canada that describes DST?  Does such a publication exist?
> 
> Bob Devine



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