[tz] [PROPOSED] Metlakatla goes back to Alaska time next year

Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Mon Dec 17 01:30:04 UTC 2018


* NEWS: Mention this.
* northamerica (America/Metlakatla): Go back to Alaska time
next year at the first opportunity.
---
 NEWS         | 6 ++++--
 northamerica | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index abc6094..667cec7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
   Changes to past and future timestamps
 
     Metlakatla moved from Alaska to Pacific standard time on 2018-11-04.
-    It did not change clocks that day and is now on -08 indefinitely,
-    reverting to its form before fall 2015.  (Thanks to Ryan Stanley.)
+    It did not change clocks that day and remains on -08 this winter.
+    (Thanks to Ryan Stanley.)  It will revert to the usual Alaska
+    rules next spring, so this change affects only timestamps
+    from 2018-11-04 through 2019-03-10.
 
   Change to past timestamps
 
diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica
index 17597e2..faaf979 100644
--- a/northamerica
+++ b/northamerica
@@ -605,6 +605,11 @@ Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 -	LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:07:02
 # They will be gmtoff=-28800 year-round.
 # https://www.facebook.com/141055983004923/photos/pb.141055983004923.-2207520000.1541465673./569081370202380/
 
+# From Paul Eggert (2018-12-16):
+# In a 2018-12-11 special election, Metlakatla voted to go back to
+# Alaska time (including daylight saving time) starting next year.
+# https://www.krbd.org/2018/12/12/metlakatla-to-follow-alaska-standard-time-allow-liquor-sales/
+
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone America/Juneau	 15:02:19 -	LMT	1867 Oct 19 15:33:32
 			 -8:57:41 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
@@ -632,7 +637,8 @@ Zone America/Metlakatla	 15:13:42 -	LMT	1867 Oct 19 15:44:55
 			 -8:00	US	P%sT	1983 Oct 30  2:00
 			 -8:00	-	PST	2015 Nov  1  2:00
 			 -9:00	US	AK%sT	2018 Nov  4  2:00
-			 -8:00	-	PST
+			 -8:00	-	PST	2019 Mar Sun>=8 3:00
+			 -9:00	US	AK%sT
 Zone America/Yakutat	 14:41:05 -	LMT	1867 Oct 19 15:12:18
 			 -9:18:55 -	LMT	1900 Aug 20 12:00
 			 -9:00	-	YST	1942
-- 
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