Where is the 'time of change' recorded in this data?<br><br>As I understand the legislation, having found <a href="http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/statutes/s23.htm">http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/statutes/s23.htm</a> (which is, I think, the current Standard Time Act), the intent is to alter the local time at which the switch is made from the unusual 12:01 am to the more normal 02:00 am. It is not clear to me that the existing table recognizes this as the time when the change occurs. I don't think the offsets from UTC (Greenwich Mean Solar Time is mentioned in the statute) change; it is 2.5 hours west of (behind) UTC during daylight time and 3.5 hours west of (behind) UTC during standard time.<br>
<br>s23.htm says in part:<br><br><font><font><font size="2"><font size="-2"><p class="Sidenote" style="mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-width:0in;
mso-element-frame-hspace:0in;mso-element-frame-vspace:0in;mso-element-wrap:
auto;mso-element-anchor-vertical:margin;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;
mso-element-top:0in;mso-height-rule:exactly"><b><span lang="EN-CA"><font size="2">Standard time</font></span></b>
</p><p class="Section"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">2.</b>
<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>
(1) Time in the province shall be reckoned as 3 1/2 hours later than Greenwich
mean solar time.</span>
</p><p class="Subsection"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>
(2)<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>
Time reckoned in accordance with subsection (1) shall be known as "Newfoundland Standard Time".</span>
</p><p class="RSN"><span lang="EN-CA">RSN1970 c270 s2</span>
<a name="3_"></a></p>
<p class="Sidenote" style="mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-width:0in;
mso-element-frame-hspace:0in;mso-element-frame-vspace:0in;mso-element-wrap:
auto;mso-element-anchor-vertical:margin;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;
mso-element-top:0in;mso-height-rule:exactly"><b><span lang="EN-CA"><font size="2">Daylight time</font></span></b>
</p><p class="Section"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">3.</b>
<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>
(1) During the period in each year that the Lieutenant-Governor in
Council may by regulation establish, time in the province shall be
reckoned as 2 1/2 hours later than Greenwich mean solar time.</span>
</p><p class="Subsection"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>
(1.1)<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>
Notwithstanding subsection (1), beginning in the year 2007 and
continuing until changed under subsection (1), during the period in each
year between one minute after 12 a.m. of the second Sunday in March and
one minute after 12 a.m. of the first Sunday in November time in the
province shall be reckoned as 2 1/2 hours later than Greenwich mean
solar time.</span>
</p><p class="Subsection"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>
(2)<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>
Time reckoned in accordance with subsection (1) shall be known as "Newfoundland Daylight Time".</span>
</p><p class="RSN"><span lang="EN-CA">RSN1970 c270 s3; 1987 c3 s1;<a href="http://www.assembly.nl.ca/Legislation/sr/Annualstatutes/2006/0631.chp.htm"> 2006 c31 s1</a></span>
<a name="4_"></a></p></font></font></font></font><br>The amended section 3(1.1) reads:<br><br><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>(1.1)<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Until changed under subsection (1), during the
period in each year between 2 a.m. of the second Sunday in March and 2 a.m. of
the first Sunday in November time in the province shall be reckoned as 2 1/2
hours later than Greenwich
mean solar time.<br><br><br>It will be interesting working backwards to the 1970 act to see what other changes have been made over the years, and whether the historical data is accurate.<br></span><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 14:07, Chris Walton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Chris.Walton@telus.com">Chris.Walton@telus.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<br>
Bill 6 received Royal Assent on May 31/2011.<br>
<a href="http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm" target="_blank">http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm</a><br>
Section 2 of Bill 6 states:<br>
"This Act comes into force on a day to be proclaimed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council."<br>
<br>
Do we expect Bill 6 to receive proclamation "before" or "after" to the next clock change?<br>
i.e. will proclamation take place prior to Nov 6/2011?<br>
<br>
<br>
Assuming the Bill is proclaimed prior to Nov 6/2001, a patch to the northamerica file might look something like this:<br>
<br>
--- old/northamerica 2011-06-15 11:05:20.000000000 +0000<br>
+++ new/northamerica 2011-08-05 20:04:17.000000000 +0000<br>
@@ -1178,7 +1178,8 @@<br>
-3:30:52 StJohns N%sT 1935 Mar 30<br>
-3:30 StJohns N%sT 1942 May 11<br>
-3:30 Canada N%sT 1946<br>
- -3:30 StJohns N%sT<br>
+ -3:30 StJohns N%sT 2011 Nov 6<br>
+ -3:30 Canada N%sT<br>
<br>
# most of east Labrador<br>
<br>
@@ -1192,7 +1193,8 @@<br>
-3:30 StJohns N%sT 1942 May 11<br>
-3:30 Canada N%sT 1946<br>
-3:30 StJohns N%sT 1966 Mar 15 2:00<br>
- -4:00 StJohns A%sT<br>
+ -4:00 StJohns A%sT 2011 Nov 6<br>
+ -4:00 Canada A%sT<br>
<br>
<br>
# west Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
<br>
<br>
-chris<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] [mailto:<a href="mailto:olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov">olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov</a>]<br>
Sent: August 5, 2011 2:54 PM<br>
To: '<a href="mailto:tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov">tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov</a>'<br>
Cc: '<a href="mailto:mpelley@gov.nl.ca">mpelley@gov.nl.ca</a>'<br>
Subject: FW: Pending changes to time of Newfoundland Time Zone for Daylight Savings Time<br>
<br>
I'm forwarding this message from Michael Pelley, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately.<br>
<br>
Once we learn that the proclamation has been issued, the changes should up at <a href="ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub" target="_blank">ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub</a> about two weeks later.<br>
>From there propagation depends on database users.<br>
<br>
--ado<br>
<br>
From: Pelley, Michael [mailto:<a href="mailto:MPelley@gov.nl.ca">MPelley@gov.nl.ca</a>]<br>
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 12:43<br>
To: <a href="mailto:tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov">tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov</a><br>
Subject: Pending changes to time of Newfoundland Time Zone for Daylight Savings Time<br>
<br>
Folks,<br>
<br>
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has pending changes to modify the hour for daylight savings time to come into effect in November 2011. This modification would change the time from 12:01AM to 2:00AM on the dates of the switches of Daylight Savings Time to/from Standard Time.<br>
<br>
As a matter of reference, in Canada provinces have the authority of setting time zone information. The legislation has passed our legislative body (“The House of Assembly”) and is awaiting the proclamation to come into effect. You may find this information at: <a href="http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/lists/Proclamation.htm" target="_blank">http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/lists/Proclamation.htm</a> and search within that web page for “Standard Time (Amendment) Act”. The Act may be found at: <a href="http://www.assembly.nl.ca/business/bills/Bill1106.htm" target="_blank">http://www.assembly.nl.ca/business/bills/Bill1106.htm</a><br>
<br>
We would appreciate if we could receive some guidance as to:<br>
• The official mechanism for implementing this change;<br>
• The timeframe for the implementation of the change within the TZ sources.<br>
<br>
Thank you.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
Mike<br>
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