diff --git a/africa b/africa index 84540ad..731b297 100644 --- a/africa +++ b/africa @@ -230,25 +230,25 @@ Rule Egypt 1990 1994 - May 1 1:00 1:00 S # Egyptians would approve the cancellation." # # Egypt to cancel daylight saving time -# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/407168 +# # or -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt04.html +# Rule Egypt 1995 2010 - Apr lastFri 0:00s 1:00 S Rule Egypt 1995 2005 - Sep lastThu 24:00 0 - # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-19): # The Egyptian Gazette, issue 41,090 (2006-09-18), page 1, reports: # Egypt will turn back clocks by one hour at the midnight of Thursday # after observing the daylight saving time since May. -# http://news.gom.com.eg/gazette/pdf/2006/09/18/01.pdf +# Rule Egypt 2006 only - Sep 21 24:00 0 - # From Dirk Losch (2007-08-14): # I received a mail from an airline which says that the daylight # saving time in Egypt will end in the night of 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-07. # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-08-15): [The following agree:] -# http://www.nentjes.info/Bill/bill5.htm -# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=53 +# +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-04): The official information...: -# http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001580.htm +# Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 24:00 0 - # From Abdelrahman Hassan (2007-09-06): # Due to the Hijri (lunar Islamic calendar) year being 11 days shorter @@ -283,9 +283,9 @@ Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 24:00 0 - # # timeanddate[2] and another site I've found[3] also support that. # -# [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492263 -# [2] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53 -# [3] http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/egypt/ +# [1] +# [2] +# [3] # From Arthur David Olson (2009-04-20): # In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth @@ -295,10 +295,10 @@ Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 24:00 0 - # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11): # We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet # Information and Decision Support Center: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html +# # # The Middle East News Agency -# http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx +# # also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21" # today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT." # Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service, @@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ Rule Egypt 2007 only - Sep Thu>=1 24:00 0 - # # Arabic translation: # "Clocks to go back during Ramadan--and then forward again" -# http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/clocks-go-back-during-ramadan-and-then-forward-again -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_egypt02.html +# +# # From Ahmad El-Dardiry (2014-05-07): # Egypt is to change back to Daylight system on May 15 @@ -493,11 +493,11 @@ Zone Africa/Monrovia -0:43:08 - LMT 1882 # From Even Scharning (2012-11-10): # Libya set their time one hour back at 02:00 on Saturday November 10. -# http://www.libyaherald.com/2012/11/04/clocks-to-go-back-an-hour-on-saturday/ -# Here is an official source [in Arabic]: http://ls.ly/fb6Yc +# +# Here is an official source [in Arabic]: # # Steffen Thorsen forwarded a translation (2012-11-10) in -# http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-November/018451.html +# # # From Tim Parenti (2012-11-11): # Treat the 2012-11-10 change as a zone change from UTC+2 to UTC+1. @@ -577,10 +577,10 @@ Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 # basis.... # It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to # 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful.... -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html +# # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25): -# http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD +# # From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30): # The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A @@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-07-10): # According to -# http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=111216 +# # (in French), Mauritius will start and end their DST a few days earlier # than previously announced (2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31). The new start # date is 2008-10-26 at 02:00 and the new end date is 2009-03-27 (no time @@ -613,11 +613,11 @@ Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 # I guess that article in French "Le gouvernement avance l'introduction # de l'heure d'ete" stating that DST in Mauritius starting on October 26 # and ending on March 27, 2009 is the most recent one.... -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mauritius02.html +# # From Riad M. Hossen Ally (2008-08-03): # The Government of Mauritius weblink -# http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.4ca0efdee47462e7440a600248a521ca/?content_id=4728ca68b2a5b110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD +# # Cabinet Decision of July 18th, 2008 states as follows: # # 4. ...Cabinet has agreed to the introduction into the National Assembly @@ -634,18 +634,18 @@ Zone Africa/Nouakchott -1:03:48 - LMT 1912 # THE TIME BILL (No. XXVII of 2008) Explanatory Memorandum states the # beginning / ending of summer time is 2 o'clock standard time in the # morning of the last Sunday of October / last Sunday of March. -# http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill2708.pdf +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-06-05): # According to several sources, Mauritius will not continue to observe # DST the coming summer... # # Some sources, in French: -# http://www.defimedia.info/news/946/Rashid-Beebeejaun-:-%C2%AB-L%E2%80%99heure-d%E2%80%99%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ne-sera-pas-appliqu%C3%A9e-cette-ann%C3%A9e-%C2%BB -# http://lexpress.mu/Story/3398~Beebeejaun---Les-objectifs-d-%C3%A9conomie-d-%C3%A9nergie-de-l-heure-d-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-ont-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-atteints- +# +# # # Our wrap-up: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat.html +# # From Arthur David Olson (2009-07-11): # The "mauritius-dst-will-not-repeat" wrapup includes this: @@ -679,22 +679,20 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to # Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...." # -# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html -# http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html +# +# # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09): # The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe Presse: -# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view +# # # Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt. # spokesman. # From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09): # According to this article: -# http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html -# (and republished here: -# http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html -# ) +# +# (and republished here: ) # the changes occurs at midnight: # # saturday night may 31st at midnight (which in french is to be @@ -710,12 +708,12 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # published on the web. # # It's also confirmed here: -# http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm +# # on a government portal as being between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet # posted in english). # # The following google query will generate many relevant hits: -# http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-27): # Morocco will change the clocks back on the midnight between August 31 @@ -723,20 +721,20 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # of September: # # One article about it (in French): -# http://www.menara.ma/fr/Actualites/Maroc/Societe/ci.retour_a_l_heure_gmt_a_partir_du_dimanche_31_aout_a_minuit_officiel_.default +# # # We have some further details posted here: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-ends-dst-early-2008.html +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-17): # Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00 according # to many sources, such as -# http://news.marweb.com/morocco/entertainment/morocco-daylight-saving.html -# http://www.medi1sat.ma/fr/depeche.aspx?idp=2312 +# +# # (French) # # Our summary: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2009.html +# # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): # Here is a link to official document from Royaume du Maroc Premier Ministre, @@ -747,8 +745,8 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # Public Sectors announced that the official time in the Kingdom will be # advanced 60 minutes from Sunday 31 May 2009 at midnight. # -# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/francais/Actualites_fr/PDF_Actualites_Fr/HeureEte_FR.pdf -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco03.html +# +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-04-13): # Several news media in Morocco report that the Ministry of Modernization @@ -756,10 +754,10 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # 2010-05-02 to 2010-08-08. # # Example: -# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualites/4099-le-maroc-passera-a-l-heure-d-ete-gmt1-le-2-mai.html +# # (French) # Our page: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/morocco-starts-dst-2010.html +# # From Dan Abitol (2011-03-30): # ...Rules for Africa/Casablanca are the following (24h format) @@ -769,21 +767,20 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # The change was broadcast on the FM Radio # I ve called ANRT (telecom regulations in Morocco) at # +212.537.71.84.00 -# http://www.anrt.net.ma/fr/ +# # They said that -# http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view +# # is the official publication to look at. # They said that the decision was already taken. # # More articles in the press -# http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/5058/secret-l-heure-d-ete-maroc-lev -# e.html -# http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Express/Article.asp?id=148923 -# http://www.lavieeco.com/actualite/Le-Maroc-passe-sur-GMT%2B1-a-partir-de-dim +# +# +# # From Petr Machata (2011-03-30): # They have it written in English here: -# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/home/morocco_to_spring_fo/view +# # # It says there that "Morocco will resume its standard time on July 31, # 2011 at midnight." Now they don't say whether they mean midnight of @@ -794,13 +791,13 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # According to Infomédiaire web site from Morocco (infomediaire.ma), # on March 9, 2012, (in French) Heure légale: # Le Maroc adopte officiellement l'heure d'été -# http://www.infomediaire.ma/news/maroc/heure-l%C3%A9gale-le-maroc-adopte-officiellement-lheure-d%C3%A9t%C3%A9 +# # Governing Council adopted draft decree, that Morocco DST starts on # the last Sunday of March (March 25, 2012) and ends on # last Sunday of September (September 30, 2012) # except the month of Ramadan. # or (brief) -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_morocco06.html +# # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-10): # The infomediaire.ma source indicates that the system is to be in @@ -811,13 +808,13 @@ Zone Indian/Mayotte 3:00:56 - LMT 1911 Jul # Mamoutzou # From Christophe Tropamer (2012-03-16): # Seen Morocco change again: -# http://www.le2uminutes.com/actualite.php +# # "...à partir du dernier dimance d'avril et non fins mars, # comme annoncé précédemment." # From Milamber Space Network (2012-07-17): # The official return to GMT is announced by the Moroccan government: -# http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=288 [in French] +# [in French] # # Google translation, lightly edited: # Back to the standard time of the Kingdom (GMT) @@ -1161,17 +1158,17 @@ Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 # The daylight saving time will be the same each year: # Beginning : the last Sunday of March at 02:00 # Ending : the last Sunday of October at 03:00 ... -# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1188&Itemid=50 +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-16): # According to several news sources, Tunisia will not observe DST this year. # (Arabic) -# http://www.elbashayer.com/?page=viewn&nid=42546 -# http://www.babnet.net/kiwidetail-15295.asp +# +# # # We have also confirmed this with the US embassy in Tunisia. # We have a wrap-up about this on the following page: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/tunisia-cancels-dst-2009.html +# # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-17): # Here is a link to Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency @@ -1179,16 +1176,16 @@ Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 # Standard time to be kept the whole year long (tap.info.tn): # # (in English) -# http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=157 +# # # (in Arabic) -# http://www.tap.info.tn/ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61240&Itemid=1 +# -# From Arthur David Olson (2009--3-18): +# From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-18): # The Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency notice contains this: "This measure is due to the fact # that the fasting month of ramadan coincides with the period concerned by summer time. # Therefore, the standard time will be kept unchanged the whole year long." -# So foregoing DST seems to be an exception (albeit one that may be repeated in the future). +# So foregoing DST seems to be an exception (albeit one that may be repeated in the future). # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-27): # According to some news reports Tunis confirmed not to use DST in 2010 @@ -1200,9 +1197,9 @@ Zone Africa/Lome 0:04:52 - LMT 1893 # coincided with the month of Ramadan..." # # (in Arabic) -# http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=358861&pg=1 -# http://www.almadenahnews.com/newss/news.php?c=118&id=38036 -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_tunis02.html +# +# +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Tunisia 1939 only - Apr 15 23:00s 1:00 S diff --git a/antarctica b/antarctica index fef5ebb..4c92ad0 100644 --- a/antarctica +++ b/antarctica @@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ Rule ChileAQ 2012 max - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 S # The changes occurred on 2009-10-18 at 02:00 (local times). # # Government source: (Australian Antarctic Division) -# http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079 +# # # We have more background information here: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10): # We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division: ... @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Rule ChileAQ 2012 max - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 S # - Mawson station stays on UTC+5. # # Background: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html +# # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969 diff --git a/asia b/asia index ccfdab1..2e17066 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -103,14 +103,14 @@ Zone Asia/Kabul 4:36:48 - LMT 1890 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2012-02-10): # According to News Armenia, on Feb 9, 2012, -# http://newsarmenia.ru/society/20120209/42609695.html +# # # The Armenia National Assembly adopted final reading of Amendments to the # Law "On procedure of calculation time on the territory of the Republic of # Armenia" according to which Armenia [is] abolishing Daylight Saving Time. # or # (brief) -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_armenia03.html +# # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 3:00 - YERT 1957 Mar # Yerevan Time @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Zone Asia/Yerevan 2:58:00 - LMT 1924 May 2 # Azerbaijan # From Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23): # According to the resolution of Cabinet of Ministers, 1997 -# Resolution available at: http://aif.az/docs/daylight_res.pdf +# Resolution available at: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Azer 1997 max - Mar lastSun 4:00 1:00 S Rule Azer 1997 max - Oct lastSun 5:00 0 - @@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al Manamah # Daylight Saving Time from June 16 to Sept 30 # # Bangladesh to introduce daylight saving time likely from June 16 -# http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17288 -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh02.html +# +# # # "... Bangladesh government has decided to switch daylight saving time from # June @@ -166,11 +166,11 @@ Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al Manamah # the 19th and 20th, and they have not set the end date yet. # # Some sources: -# http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-40017620090601 -# http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=85889&cid=2 +# +# # # Our wrap-up: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/bangladesh-daylight-saving-2009.html +# # From A. N. M. Kamrus Saadat (2009-06-15): # Finally we've got the official mail regarding DST start time where DST start @@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al Manamah # # Following report by same newspaper-"The Daily Star Friday": # "DST change awaits cabinet decision-Clock won't go back by 1-hr from Oct 1" -# http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=107021 -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh04.html +# +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-13): # IANS (Indo-Asian News Service) now reports: @@ -195,15 +195,15 @@ Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al Manamah # "continue for an indefinite period." # # One of many places where it is published: -# http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/bangladesh-to-continue-indefinitely-with-advanced-time_100259987.html +# # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-12-24): # According to Bangladesh newspaper "The Daily Star," # Bangladesh will change its clock back to Standard Time on Dec 31, 2009. # # Clock goes back 1-hr on Dec 31 night. -# http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=119228 -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh05.html +# +# # # "...The government yesterday decided to put the clock back by one hour # on December 31 midnight and the new time will continue until March 31, @@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ Zone Asia/Bahrain 3:22:20 - LMT 1920 # Al Manamah # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-22): # According to Bangladesh newspaper "The Daily Star," # Cabinet cancels Daylight Saving Time -# http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=22817 -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_bangladesh06.html +# +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Dhaka 2009 only - Jun 19 23:00 1:00 S @@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ Rule PRC 1987 1991 - Apr Sun>=10 0:00 1:00 D # # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-07-14): # I have investigated the timezones around 1970 on the -# http://www.astro.com/atlas site [with provinces and county +# site [with provinces and county # boundaries summarized below].... A few other exceptions were two # counties on the Sichuan side of the Xizang-Sichuan border, # counties Dege and Baiyu which lies on the Sichuan side and are @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi # ...an example of an official website using of Urumqi time. # # The first few lines of the Google translation of -# http://www.fjysgl.gov.cn/show.aspx?id=2379&cid=39 +# # (retrieved 2009-10-13) # > Urumqi fire seven people are missing the alleged losses of at least # > 500 million yuan @@ -470,11 +470,11 @@ Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar # and incorrect rules. Although the exact switch over time is missing, I # think 3:30 is correct. The official DST record for Hong Kong can be # obtained from -# http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm +# # From Arthur David Olson (2009-10-28): # Here are the dates given at -# http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm +# # as of 2009-10-28: # Year Period # 1941 1 Apr to 30 Sep @@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:42 - LMT 1904 Oct 30 # From smallufo (2010-04-03): # According to Taiwan's CWB, -# http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V6/astronomy/cdata/summert.htm +# # Taipei has DST in 1979 between July 1st and Sep 30. # From Arthur David Olson (2010-04-07): @@ -864,12 +864,12 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov # # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-03-22): # Several of my users have reported that Iran will not observe DST anymore: -# http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0603193812164948.htm +# # # From Reuters (2007-09-16), with a heads-up from Jesper Norgaard Welen: # ... the Guardian Council ... approved a law on Sunday to re-introduce # daylight saving time ... -# http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKBLA65048420070916 +# # # From Roozbeh Pournader (2007-11-05): # This is quoted from Official Gazette of the Islamic Republic of @@ -957,11 +957,11 @@ Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-10): # The cabinet in Iraq abolished DST last week, according to the following # news sources (in Arabic): -# http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html -# http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10 +# +# # # We have published a short article in English about the change: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D @@ -1107,13 +1107,13 @@ Rule Zion 1995 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S # time, Haim Ramon. The official announcement regarding 1996-1998 # (with the dates for 1997-1998 no longer being relevant) can be viewed at: # -# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/1996-1998.ramon.ps.gz +# # # The dates for 1997-1998 were altered by his successor, Rabbi Eli Suissa. # # The official announcements for the years 1997-1999 can be viewed at: # -# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/YYYY.ps.gz +# # # where YYYY is the relevant year. @@ -1133,12 +1133,12 @@ Rule Zion 1999 only - Sep 3 2:00 0 S # # The official announcement for the start date of 2000 can be viewed at: # -# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-start.ps.gz +# # # The official announcement for the end date of 2000 and the dates # for the years 2001-2004 can be viewed at: # -# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2000-2004.ps.gz +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Zion 2000 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D @@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ Rule Zion 2004 only - Sep 22 1:00 0 S # # Those who can read Hebrew can view the announcement at: # -# ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/announcements/2005+beyond.ps +# # From Paul Eggert (2012-10-26): # I used Ephraim Silverberg's dst-israel.el program @@ -1299,13 +1299,13 @@ Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u # about DST end dates, as the end-rule is different every year. # # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-10-01), after a heads-up from Hilal Malawi: -# http://www.petranews.gov.jo/nepras/2006/Sep/05/4000.htm +# # "Jordan will switch to winter time on Friday, October 27". # # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-02): # This single one might be good enough, (2009-03-24, Arabic): -# http://petra.gov.jo/Artical.aspx?Lng=2&Section=8&Artical=95279 +# # # Google's translation: # @@ -1322,18 +1322,18 @@ Zone Asia/Tokyo 9:18:59 - LMT 1887 Dec 31 15:00u # Yesterday the government in Jordan announced that they will not # switch back to standard time this winter, so the will stay on DST # until about the same time next year (at least). -# http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?NewsID=88950 +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-12-11): # Jordan Times and other sources say that Jordan is going back to # UTC+2 on 2013-12-19 at midnight: -# http://jordantimes.com/govt-decides-to-switch-back-to-wintertime +# # Official, in Arabic: -# http://www.petra.gov.jo/public_news/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?Menu_ID=&Site_Id=2&lang=1&NewsID=133230&CatID=14 +# # ... Our background/permalink about it -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/jordan-reverses-dst-decision.html +# # ... -# http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?lang=2&site_id=1&NewsID=133313&Type=P +# # ... says midnight for the coming one and 1:00 for the ones in the future # (and they will use DST again next year, using the normal schedule). @@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male # From Ganbold Ts. (2007-02-26): # Parliament of Mongolia has just changed the daylight-saving rule in February. # They decided not to adopt daylight-saving time.... -# http://www.mongolnews.mn/index.php?module=unuudur&sec=view&id=15742 +# # From Deborah Goldsmith (2008-03-30): # We received a bug report claiming that the tz database UTC offset for @@ -1697,15 +1697,15 @@ Zone Indian/Maldives 4:54:00 - LMT 1880 # Male # +08:00 instead. Different sources appear to disagree with the tz # database on this, e.g.: # -# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026 -# http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx +# +# # # both say GMT+08:00. # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-31): # eznis airways, which operates several domestic flights, has a flight # schedule here: -# http://www.eznis.com/Container.jsp?id=112 +# # (click the English flag for English) # # There it appears that flights between Choibalsan and Ulaanbatar arrive @@ -1784,7 +1784,7 @@ Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:24 - LMT 1920 # From Paul Eggert (2002-03-15): # Jesper Norgaard found this URL: -# http://www.pak.gov.pk/public/news/app/app06_dec.htm +# # (dated 2001-12-06) which says that the Cabinet adopted a scheme "to # advance the clocks by one hour on the night between the first # Saturday and Sunday of April and revert to the original position on @@ -1799,7 +1799,7 @@ Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:24 - LMT 1920 # that 2002 DST ended that day at midnight. Go with McDow for now. # From Steffen Thorsen (2003-03-14): -# According to http://www.dawn.com/2003/03/07/top15.htm +# According to # there will be no DST in Pakistan this year: # # ISLAMABAD, March 6: Information and Media Development Minister Sheikh @@ -1820,8 +1820,8 @@ Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:24 - LMT 1920 # moving clocks forward by one hour for the next three months. # ...." # -# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html -# http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg1_4 +# +# # From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19): # XXX--midnight transitions is a guess; 2008 only is a guess. @@ -1831,15 +1831,15 @@ Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:24 - LMT 1920 # for another 2 months--plan to return to Standard Time on October 31 # instead of August 31. # -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan02.html -# http://dailymailnews.com/200808/28/news/dmbrn03.html +# +# # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-04-08): # Based on previous media reports that "... proposed plan to # advance clocks by one hour from May 1 will cause disturbance # to the working schedules rather than bringing discipline in # official working." -# http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=171280 +# # # recent news that instead of May 2009 - Pakistan plan to # introduce DST from April 15, 2009 @@ -1847,8 +1847,8 @@ Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:24 - LMT 1920 # FYI: Associated Press Of Pakistan # April 08, 2009 # Cabinet okays proposal to advance clocks by one hour from April 15 -# http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73043&Itemid=1 -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan05.html +# +# # # .... # The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal to @@ -1861,7 +1861,7 @@ Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:24 - LMT 1920 # clocks backward by one hour from October 1. A formal announcement to # this effect will be made after the Prime Minister grants approval in # this regard." -# http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87168 +# # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-28): # According to Associated Press Of Pakistan, it is confirmed that @@ -1869,8 +1869,8 @@ Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:24 - LMT 1920 # 1, 2009. # # "Clocks to go back one hour from 1 Oct" -# http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86715&Itemid=2 -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan07.htm +# +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-09-29): # Alexander Krivenyshev wrote: @@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:24 - LMT 1920 # > 1, 2009. # # Now they seem to have changed their mind, November 1 is the new date: -# http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24742 +# # "The country's clocks will be reversed by one hour on November 1. # Officials of Federal Ministry for Interior told this to Geo News on # Monday." @@ -1891,7 +1891,7 @@ Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:24 - LMT 1920 # # We have confirmed this year's end date with both with the Ministry of # Water and Power and the Pakistan Electric Power Company: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/pakistan-ends-dst09.html +# # From Christoph Goehre (2009-10-01): # [T]he German Consulate General in Karachi reported me today that Pakistan @@ -1909,10 +1909,10 @@ Zone Asia/Muscat 3:54:24 - LMT 1920 # Now, it seems that the decision to not observe DST in final: # # "Govt Withdraws Plan To Advance Clocks" -# http://www.apakistannews.com/govt-withdraws-plan-to-advance-clocks-172041 +# # # "People laud PM's announcement to end DST" -# http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99374&Itemid=2 +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Pakistan 2002 only - Apr Sun>=2 0:01 1:00 S @@ -2021,7 +2021,7 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-26): # according to the Palestine News Network (2006-09-19): -# http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=596&Itemid=5 +# # > The Council of Ministers announced that this year its winter schedule # > will begin early, as of midnight Thursday. It is also time to turn # > back the clocks for winter. Friday will begin an hour late this week. @@ -2045,9 +2045,9 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # Gaza Strip (as Egypt) ended DST at midnight Thursday (Aug 28, 2008), while # the West Bank will end Daylight Saving Time at midnight Sunday (Aug 31, 2008). # -# http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7759001 -# http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5676087 -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip01.html +# +# +# # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-26): # According to the Palestine News Network (arabic.pnn.ps), Palestinian @@ -2055,17 +2055,17 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # 26 and continue until the night of 27 September 2009. # # (in Arabic) -# http://arabic.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50850 +# # # (English translation) -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank01.html +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-31): # Palestine's Council of Ministers announced that they will revert back to # winter time on Friday, 2009-09-04. # # One news source: -# http://www.safa.ps/ara/?action=showdetail&seid=4158 +# # (Palestinian press agency, Arabic), # Google translate: "Decided that the Palestinian government in Ramallah # headed by Salam Fayyad, the start of work in time for the winter of @@ -2074,7 +2074,7 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # # We are not sure if Gaza will do the same, last year they had a different # end date, we will keep this page updated: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-dst-2009.html +# # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-09-02): # Seems that Gaza Strip will go back to Winter Time same date as West Bank. @@ -2084,35 +2084,35 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # # "Winter time unite the West Bank and Gaza" # (from Palestinian National Authority): -# http://www.moi.gov.ps/en/?page=633167343250594025&nid=11505 -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip02.html +# +# # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-03-19): # According to Voice of Palestine DST will last for 191 days, from March # 26, 2010 till "the last Sunday before the tenth day of Tishri # (October), each year" (October 03, 2010?) # -# http://palvoice.org/forums/showthread.php?t=245697 +# # (in Arabic) -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_westbank03.html +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-24): # ...Ma'an News Agency reports that Hamas cabinet has decided it will # start one day later, at 12:01am. Not sure if they really mean 12:01am or # noon though: # -# http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=271178 +# # (Ma'an News Agency) # "At 12:01am Friday, clocks in Israel and the West Bank will change to # 1:01am, while Gaza clocks will change at 12:01am Saturday morning." # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-08-11): # According to several sources, including -# http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=306795 +# # the clocks were set back one hour at 2010-08-11 00:00:00 local time in # Gaza and the West Bank. # Some more background info: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/westbank-gaza-end-dst-2010.html +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-08-26): # Gaza and the West Bank did go back to standard time in the beginning of @@ -2120,9 +2120,9 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # 00:00 (so two periods of DST in 2011). The pause was because of # Ramadan. # -# http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=416217 +# # Additional info: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/palestine-dst-2011.html +# # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-08-27): # According to the article in The Jerusalem Post: @@ -2132,8 +2132,8 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # The Hamas government said on Saturday that it won't observe summertime after # the Muslim feast of Id al-Fitr, which begins on Tuesday..." # ... -# http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=235650 -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_gazastrip05.html +# +# # The rules for Egypt are stolen from the 'africa' file. # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-09-30): @@ -2142,18 +2142,18 @@ Zone Asia/Karachi 4:28:12 - LMT 1907 # So West Bank and Gaza now have the same time again. # # Many sources, including: -# http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=424808 +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-26): # Palestinian news sources tell that both Gaza and West Bank will start DST # on Friday (Thursday midnight, 2012-03-29 24:00). # Some of many sources in Arabic: -# http://www.samanews.com/index.php?act=Show&id=122638 +# # -# http://safa.ps/details/news/74352/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9.html +# # # Our brief summary: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/gaza-west-bank-dst-2012.html +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-26): # The following news sources tells that Palestine will "start daylight saving @@ -2247,7 +2247,7 @@ Zone Asia/Hebron 2:20:23 - LMT 1900 Oct # # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-04-26): # ... claims that Philippines had DST last time in 1990: -# http://story.philippinetimes.com/p.x/ct/9/id/145be20cc6b121c0/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/ +# # [a story dated 2006-04-25 by Cris Larano of Dow Jones Newswires, # but no details] @@ -2340,7 +2340,7 @@ Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:25 - LMT 1901 Jan 1 # Time and no mention was made about the abbreviation. # # If we look at Sri Lanka Department of Government's "Official News -# Website of Sri Lanka" ... http://www.news.lk/ we can see that they +# Website of Sri Lanka" ... we can see that they # use SLT as abbreviation in time stamp at the beginning of each news # item.... # @@ -2415,7 +2415,7 @@ Rule Syria 1999 2006 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Syria 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29): # Today the AP reported "Syria will switch to summertime at midnight Thursday." -# http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/29/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Time-Change.php +# Rule Syria 2007 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S # From Jesper Norgard (2007-10-27): # The sister center ICARDA of my work CIMMYT is confirming that Syria DST will @@ -2432,7 +2432,7 @@ Rule Syria 2007 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S # > November 2007, and the clock will be put back 1 hour." # # I found confirmation on this in this gov.sy-article (Arabic): -# http://wehda.alwehda.gov.sy/_print_veiw.asp?FileName=12521710520070926111247 +# # # which using Google's translate tools says: # Council of Ministers also approved the commencement of work on @@ -2455,7 +2455,7 @@ Rule Syria 2007 only - Nov Fri>=1 0:00 0 - # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-17): # Here's a link to English-language coverage by the Syrian Arab News # Agency (SANA)... -# http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm +# # ...which reads (in part) "The Cabinet approved the suggestion of the # Ministry of Electricity to begin daylight savings time on Friday April # 4th, advancing clocks one hour ahead on midnight of Thursday April 3rd." @@ -2476,27 +2476,27 @@ Rule Syria 2007 only - Nov Fri>=1 0:00 0 - # winter time on 2008-11-01 at 00:00 local daylight time (delaying/setting # clocks back 60 minutes). # -# http://sana.sy/ara/2/2008/10/07/195459.htm +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-19): # Syria will start DST on 2009-03-27 00:00 this year according to many sources, # two examples: # -# http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2009/03/17/217563.htm +# # (English, Syrian Arab News # Agency) -# http://thawra.alwehda.gov.sy/_View_news2.asp?FileName=94459258720090318012209 +# # (Arabic, gov-site) # # We have not found any sources saying anything about when DST ends this year. # # Our summary -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-starts-march-27-2009.html +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-27): # The Syrian Arab News Network on 2009-09-29 reported that Syria will # revert back to winter (standard) time on midnight between Thursday # 2009-10-29 and Friday 2009-10-30: -# http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2009/09/29/247012.htm (Arabic) +# # From Arthur David Olson (2009-10-28): # We'll see if future DST switching times turn out to be end of the last @@ -2507,17 +2507,17 @@ Rule Syria 2007 only - Nov Fri>=1 0:00 0 - # The "Syrian News Station" reported on 2010-03-16 that the Council of # Ministers has decided that Syria will start DST on midnight Thursday # 2010-04-01: (midnight between Thursday and Friday): -# http://sns.sy/sns/?path=news/read/11421 (Arabic) +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-26): # Today, Syria's government announced that they will start DST early on Friday # (00:00). This is a bit earlier than the past two years. # # From Syrian Arab News Agency, in Arabic: -# http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2012/03/26/408215.htm +# # # Our brief summary: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-2012.html +# # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-27): # Assume last Friday in March going forward XXX. diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 02c25e6..cc180e5 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -266,13 +266,13 @@ Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900 # from November 29th 2009 to April 25th 2010. # # "Daylight savings to commence this month" -# http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=23719 -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji01.html +# +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-11-10): # The Fiji Government has posted some more details about the approved # amendments: -# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_16198.shtml +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-03): # The Cabinet in Fiji has decided to end DST about a month early, on @@ -281,24 +281,24 @@ Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900 # 2011 (last Sunday a good guess?). # # Official source: -# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1096:3310-cabinet-approves-change-in-daylight-savings-dates&catid=49:cabinet-releases&Itemid=166 +# # # A bit more background info here: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/fiji-dst-ends-march-2010.html +# # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-10-24): # According to Radio Fiji and Fiji Times online, Fiji will end DST 3 # weeks earlier than expected - on March 6, 2011, not March 27, 2011... # Here is confirmation from Government of the Republic of the Fiji Islands, # Ministry of Information (fiji.gov.fj) web site: -# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2608:daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155 -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji04.html +# +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-10-03): # Now the dates have been confirmed, and at least our start date # assumption was correct (end date was one week wrong). # -# www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4966:daylight-saving-starts-in-fiji&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155 +# # which says # Members of the public are reminded to change their time to one hour in # advance at 2am to 3am on October 23, 2011 and one hour back at 3am to @@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900 # Another change to the Fiji DST end date. In the TZ database the end date for # Fiji DST 2012, is currently Feb 26. This has been changed to Jan 22. # -# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5017:amendments-to-daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155 +# # states: # # The end of daylight saving scheduled initially for the 26th of February 2012 @@ -320,16 +320,16 @@ Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900 # The Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Mr Jone Usamate # today confirmed that Fiji will start daylight savings at 2 am on Sunday 21st # October 2012 and end at 3 am on Sunday 20th January 2013. -# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6702&catid=71&Itemid=155 +# # From the Fijian Government Media Center (2013-08-30) via David Wheeler: # Fiji will start daylight savings on Sunday 27th October, 2013 ... # move clocks forward by one hour from 2am -# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-27th-OCTOBER-201.aspx +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-01-10): # Fiji will end DST on 2014-01-19 02:00: -# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVINGS-TO-END-THIS-MONTH-%281%29.aspx +# # From Paul Eggert (2014-01-10): # For now, guess that Fiji springs forward the Sunday before the fourth @@ -544,15 +544,15 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 # Sunday of April 2011." # # Background info: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/samoa-dst-plan-2009.html +# # # Samoa's Daylight Saving Time Act 2009 is available here, but does not # contain any dates: -# http://www.parliament.gov.ws/documents/acts/Daylight%20Saving%20Act%20%202009%20%28English%29%20-%20Final%207-7-091.pdf +# # From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2010-10-07): # Please see -# http://www.mcil.gov.ws +# # the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (sideframe) "Last Sunday # September 2010 (26/09/10) - adjust clocks forward from 12:00 midnight # to 01:00am and First Sunday April 2011 (03/04/11) - adjust clocks @@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 # From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2011-03-07): # I believe this will be posted shortly on the website -# www.mcil.gov.ws +# # # PUBLIC NOTICE ON DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME # @@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 # From David Zuelke (2011-05-09): # Subject: Samoa to move timezone from east to west of international date line # -# http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/markets/newsfeeditem.aspx?id=138501958347963 +# # From Mark Sim-Smith (2011-08-17): # I have been in contact with Leilani Tuala Warren from the Samoa Law @@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 # it defines Samoa standard time.... # From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2011-09-02): -# http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html +# # # here is the official website publication for Samoa DST and dateline change # @@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 # ends on Sunday 7th of April 2013. # # Please find link below for more information. -# http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html +# # # That publication also includes dates for Summer of 2013/4 as well # which give the impression of a pattern in selecting dates for the @@ -1019,14 +1019,14 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # From Gwillim Law (2005-06-14): # I did some Googling and found that all of those states (and territory) plan # to extend DST together in 2006. -# ACT: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/mediareleases/fileread.cfm?file=86.txt -# New South Wales: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15538869%255E1702,00.html -# South Australia: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15555031-1246,00.html -# Tasmania: http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=14772 +# ACT: +# New South Wales: +# South Australia: +# Tasmania: # Victoria: I wasn't able to find anything separate, but the other articles # allude to it. # But not Queensland -# http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15564030-1248,00.html. +# . # Northern Territory @@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23): # Starting autumn 2008 Victoria, NSW, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT # end DST the first Sunday in April and start DST the first Sunday in October. -# http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/daylight-savings-to-span-six-months/2007/06/27/1182623966703.html +# # South Australia @@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # instead of the first Sunday in October. # Sim Alam (2000-07-03) reported a legal citation for the 2000/2001 rules: -# http://www.thelaw.tas.gov.au/fragview/42++1968+GS3A@EN+2000070300 +# # From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23): # See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later. @@ -1267,8 +1267,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # the remembrance moment occurs one hour later (or earlier?). Perhaps # someone with more information on this jury-rig can tell us more. # -# [1] http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HEISUN.html -# [2] http://www.shrine.org.au +# [1] +# [2] # From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23): # See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later. @@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # summer (southern hemisphere). # # From -# http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf +# # The extended daylight saving period that South Australia has been trialling # for over the last year is now set to be ongoing. # Daylight saving will continue to start on the first Sunday in October each @@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # the ACT for all 52 weeks of the year... # # We have a wrap-up here: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html +# ############################################################################### # New Zealand @@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # DST will now start on the last Sunday in September, and end on the # first Sunday in April. The changes take effect this year, meaning # that DST will begin on 2007-09-30 2008-04-06. -# http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Daylight-Saving-Daylight-saving-to-be-extended +# ############################################################################### @@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # intended to boost Fiji's ability to attract tourists to witness the dawning # of the new millennium. -# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/press/2000_09/2000_09_13-05.shtml (2000-09-13) +# (2000-09-13) # reports that Fiji has discontinued DST. # Johnston @@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # * Tonga will introduce DST in November # # I was given this link by John Letts: -# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm +# # # I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November # yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead @@ -1654,12 +1654,12 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Daylight Saving ends on April 16 at 0300am which is Sunday morning. # From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-31): -# Back in March I found a notice on the website http://www.tongaonline.com +# Back in March I found a notice on the website # that Tonga changed back to standard time one month early, on March 19 # instead of the original reported date April 16. Unfortunately, the article # is no longer available on the site, and I did not make a copy of the # text, and I have forgotten to report it here. -# (Original URL was: http://www.tongaonline.com/news/march162000.htm ) +# (Original URL was: http://www.tongaonline.com/news/march162000.htm) # From Rives McDow (2000-12-01): # Tonga is observing DST as of 2000-11-04 and will stop on 2001-01-27. @@ -1686,7 +1686,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # making calculation of time in Washington difficult if not almost # impossible. # -# http://www.trumanlibrary.org/wake/meeting.htm +# # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23): # We have no other report of DST in Wake Island, so omit this info for now. diff --git a/europe b/europe index 9ff95b7..14f9de0 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ # official designation; the reply of the 21st was that there wasn't # but he couldn't think of anything better than the "Double British # Summer Time" that the BBC had been using informally. -# http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/bbc-19410418.png -# http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/ho-19410421.png +# +# # From Sir Alexander Maxwell in the above-mentioned letter (1941-04-21): # [N]o official designation has as far as I know been adopted for the time @@ -214,9 +214,9 @@ # the history of summer time legislation in the United Kingdom. # Since 1998 Joseph S. Myers has been updating # and extending this list, which can be found in -# http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~jsm28/british-time/ +# # History of legal time in Britain -# http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/ +# # From Joseph S. Myers (1998-01-06): # @@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ # -- James Joyce, Ulysses # From Joseph S. Myers (2005-01-26): -# Irish laws are available online at www.irishstatutebook.ie. These include -# various relating to legal time, for example: +# Irish laws are available online at . +# These include various relating to legal time, for example: # # ZZA13Y1923.html ZZA12Y1924.html ZZA8Y1925.html ZZSIV20PG1267.html # @@ -574,10 +574,10 @@ Rule Russia 1996 2010 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - # According to the law Russia is abolishing daylight saving time. # # Medvedev signed a law "On the Calculation of Time" (in russian): -# http://bmockbe.ru/events/?ID=7583 +# # # Medvedev signed a law on the calculation of the time (in russian): -# http://www.regnum.ru/news/polit/1413906.html +# # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15): # Take "abolishing daylight saving time" to mean that time is now considered @@ -694,9 +694,9 @@ Zone Europe/Vienna 1:05:21 - LMT 1893 Apr # GMT+3 without DST (was GMT+2 with DST). # # Sources (Russian language): -# http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/V-Belarusi-otmenjaetsja-perexod-na-sezonnoe-vremja_i_572952.html -# http://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2011/09/16/ic_articles_116_175144/ -# http://news.tut.by/society/250578.html +# +# +# # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Europe/Minsk 1:50:16 - LMT 1880 1:50 - MMT 1924 May 2 # Minsk Mean Time @@ -829,17 +829,17 @@ Zone Europe/Prague 0:57:44 - LMT 1850 # Denmark, Faroe Islands, and Greenland # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-04-26): -# http://www.hum.aau.dk/~poe/tid/tine/DanskTid.htm says that the law +# says that the law # [introducing standard time] was in effect from 1894-01-01.... -# The page http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A18930008330-REGL +# The page # confirms this, and states that the law was put forth 1893-03-29. # # The EU treaty with effect from 1973: -# http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A19722110030-REGL +# # # This provoked a new law from 1974 to make possible summer time changes # in subsequenet decrees with the law -# http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/A19740022330-REGL +# # # It seems however that no decree was set forward until 1980. I have # not found any decree, but in another related law, the effecting DST @@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ Zone Europe/Prague 0:57:44 - LMT 1850 # The law is about the management of the extra hour, concerning # working hours reported and effect on obligatory-rest rules (which # was suspended on that night): -# http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOCI_/ACCN/C19801120554-REGL +# # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-06-11): # The Herning Folkeblad (1980-09-26) reported that the night between @@ -1057,13 +1057,13 @@ Zone Europe/Tallinn 1:39:00 - LMT 1880 # This is documented in Heikki Oja: Aikakirja 2007, published by The Almanac # Office of University of Helsinki, ISBN 952-10-3221-9, available online (in # Finnish) at -# http://almanakka.helsinki.fi/aikakirja/Aikakirja2007kokonaan.pdf +# # # Page 105 (56 in PDF version) has a handy table of all past daylight savings # transitions. It is easy enough to interpret without Finnish skills. # # This is also confirmed by Finnish Broadcasting Company's archive at: -# http://www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/?s=s&g=1&ag=5&t=&a=3401 +# # # The news clip from 1981 says that "the time between 2 and 3 o'clock does not # exist tonight." @@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ Zone Europe/Paris 0:09:21 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 # General [Nikolai] Bersarin. # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-08): -# http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pds-fraktion.nsf/727459127c8b66ee8525662300459099/defc77cb784f180ac1256c2b0030274b/$FILE/bersarint.pdf +# # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20. # However, Moscow did not observe daylight saving in 1945, so # this was equivalent to CEMT (GMT+3), not GMT+4. @@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ Zone Europe/Paris 0:09:21 - LMT 1891 Mar 15 0:01 Rule Germany 1946 only - Apr 14 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Germany 1946 only - Oct 7 2:00s 0 - Rule Germany 1947 1949 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -# http://www.ptb.de/de/org/4/44/441/salt.htm says the following transition +# says the following transition # occurred at 3:00 MEZ, not the 2:00 MEZ given in Shanks & Pottenger. # Go with the PTB. Rule Germany 1947 only - Apr 6 3:00s 1:00 S @@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ Zone Europe/Berlin 0:53:28 - LMT 1893 Apr # which in turn is covered by the zone Europe/Berlin. # # Source for the time in Büsingen 1980: -# http://www.srf.ch/player/video?id=c012c029-03b7-4c2b-9164-aa5902cd58d3 +# # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-03): # Busingen and Zurich have shared clocks since 1970. @@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@ Link Europe/Zurich Europe/Vaduz # down in EU Directive 2000/84 of 19.I.01 (i.e. at the same times as its # neighbour Latvia). The text of the Lithuanian government Order of # 7.XI.02 to this effect can be found at -# http://www.lrvk.lt/nut/11/n1749.htm +# # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -1684,8 +1684,8 @@ Zone Europe/Malta 0:58:04 - LMT 1893 Nov 2 0:00s # Valletta # to the Winter Time). # # News (in Russian): -# http://www.kyivpost.ua/russia/news/pridnestrove-otkazalos-ot-perehoda-na-zimnee-vremya-30954.html -# http://www.allmoldova.com/moldova-news/1249064116.html +# +# # # The substance of this change (reinstatement of the Tiraspol entry) # is from a patch from Petr Machata (2011-10-17) @@ -1703,7 +1703,7 @@ Zone Europe/Malta 0:58:04 - LMT 1893 Nov 2 0:00s # Valletta # Following Moldova and neighboring Ukraine- Transnistria (Pridnestrovie)- # Tiraspol will go back to winter time on October 30, 2011. # News from Moldova (in russian): -# http://ru.publika.md/link_317061.html +# # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ Zone Europe/Amsterdam 0:19:32 - LMT 1835 1:00 EU CE%sT # Norway -# http://met.no/met/met_lex/q_u/sommertid.html (2004-01) agrees with Shanks & +# (2004-01) agrees with Shanks & # Pottenger. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Norway 1916 only - May 22 1:00 1:00 S @@ -1834,12 +1834,12 @@ Zone Europe/Oslo 0:43:00 - LMT 1895 Jan 1 # time they were declared as parts of Norway. Svalbard was declared # as a part of Norway by law of 1925-07-17 no 11, section 4 and Jan # Mayen by law of 1930-02-27 no 2, section 2. (From -# http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-19250717-011.html and -# http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-19300227-002.html). The law/regulation +# and +# ). The law/regulation # for normal/standard time in Norway is from 1894-06-29 no 1 (came # into operation on 1895-01-01) and Svalbard/Jan Mayen seem to be a # part of this law since 1925/1930. (From -# http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-18940629-001.html ) I have not been +# ) I have not been # able to find if Jan Mayen used a different time zone (e.g. -0100) # before 1930. Jan Mayen has only been "inhabitated" since 1921 by # Norwegian meteorologists and maybe used the same time as Norway ever @@ -2055,16 +2055,16 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest 1:44:24 - LMT 1891 Oct # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-09-15): # Based on last Russian Government Decree # 725 on August 31, 2011 # (Government document -# http://www.government.ru/gov/results/16355/print/ +# # in Russian) # there are few corrections have to be made for some Russian time zones... # All updated Russian Time Zones were placed in table and translated to English # by WorldTimeZone.com at the link below: -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia36.htm +# # From Sanjeev Gupta (2011-09-27): # Scans of [Decree #23 of January 8, 1992] are available at: -# http://government.consultant.ru/page.aspx?1223966 +# # They are in Cyrillic letters (presumably Russian). # From Arthur David Olson (2012-05-09): @@ -2072,12 +2072,12 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest 1:44:24 - LMT 1891 Oct # changed in September 2011: # # One source is -# http://government.ru/gov/results/16355/ +# # which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Decree of August 31, # 2011 No 725" and contains no other dates or "effective date" information. # # Another source is -# http://www.rg.ru/2011/09/06/chas-zona-dok.html +# # which, according to translate.google.com, begins "Resolution of the # Government of the Russian Federation on August 31, 2011 N 725" and also # contains "Date first official publication: September 6, 2011 Posted on: @@ -2085,13 +2085,13 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest 1:44:24 - LMT 1891 Oct # does not contain any "effective date" information. # # Another source is -# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oymyakonsky_District#cite_note-RuTime-7 +# # which, in note 8, contains "Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011... # Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication" # but which does not contain any reference to September 6, 2011. # # The Wikipedia article refers to -# http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=118896 +# # which seems to copy the text of the government.ru page. # # Tobias Conradi combines Wikipedia's @@ -2256,10 +2256,10 @@ Zone Asia/Novosibirsk 5:31:40 - LMT 1919 Dec 14 6:00 # time zone." ("Russia Zone 5" or old "USSR Zone 5" is GMT +0600) # # Russian Government web site (Russian language) -# http://www.government.ru/content/governmentactivity/rfgovernmentdecisions/archive/2009/09/14/991633.htm +# # or Russian-English translation by WorldTimeZone.com with reference # map to local region and new Russia Time Zone map after March 28, 2010 -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia03.html +# # # Thus, when Russia will switch to DST on the night of March 28, 2010 # Kemerovo region (Kemerovo oblast') will not change the clock. @@ -2672,42 +2672,42 @@ Zone Europe/Zurich 0:34:08 - LMT 1853 Jul 16 # See above comment. # From Amar Devegowda (2007-01-03): # The time zone rules for Istanbul, Turkey have not been changed for years now. # ... The latest rules are available at - -# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=107 +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-01-03): # I have been able to find press records back to 1996 which all say that # DST started 01:00 local time and end at 02:00 local time. I am not sure # what happened before that. One example for each year from 1996 to 2001: -# http://newspot.byegm.gov.tr/arsiv/1996/21/N4.htm -# http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING97/03/97X03X25.TXT -# http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING98/03/98X03X02.HTM -# http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING99/10/99X10X26.HTM#%2016 -# http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING2000/03/00X03X06.HTM#%2021 -# http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING2001/03/23x03x01.HTM#%2027 +# +# +# +# +# +# # From Paul Eggert (2007-01-03): # Prefer the above source to Shanks & Pottenger for time stamps after 1990. # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-03-09): # Starting 2007 though, it seems that they are adopting EU's 1:00 UTC # start/end time, according to the following page (2007-03-07): -# http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/402029.asp +# # The official document is located here - it is in Turkish...: -# http://rega.basbakanlik.gov.tr/eskiler/2007/03/20070307-7.htm +# # I was able to locate the following seemingly official document # (on a non-government server though) describing dates between 2002 and 2006: -# http://www.alomaliye.com/bkk_2002_3769.htm +# # From Gökdeniz Karadağ (2011-03-10): # According to the articles linked below, Turkey will change into summer # time zone (GMT+3) on March 28, 2011 at 3:00 a.m. instead of March 27. # This change is due to a nationwide exam on 27th. -# http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=70872 +# # Turkish: -# http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/17230464.asp?gid=373 +# # From Faruk Pasin (2014-02-14): # The DST for Turkey has been changed for this year because of the # Turkish Local election.... -# http://www.sabah.com.tr/Ekonomi/2014/02/12/yaz-saatinde-onemli-degisiklik +# # ... so Turkey will move clocks forward one hour on March 31 at 3:00 a.m. # From Randal L. Schwartz (2014-04-15): # Having landed on a flight from the states to Istanbul (via AMS) on March 31, @@ -2717,7 +2717,7 @@ Zone Europe/Zurich 0:34:08 - LMT 1853 Jul 16 # See above comment. # The press reported massive confusion, as election officials obeyed the rule # change but cell phones (and airline baggage systems) did not. See: # Kostidis M. Eventful elections in Turkey. Balkan News Agency -# http://www.balkaneu.com/eventful-elections-turkey/ 2014-03-30. +# 2014-03-30. # I guess the best we can do is document the official time. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -2810,13 +2810,13 @@ Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents. # approval from 266 deputies. # # Ukraine abolishes transter back to the winter time (in Russian) -# http://news.mail.ru/politics/6861560/ +# # # The Ukrainians will no longer change the clock (in Russian) -# http://www.segodnya.ua/news/14290482.html +# # # Deputies cancelled the winter time (in Russian) -# http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2011/09/20/6600616/ +# # # From Philip Pizzey (2011-10-18): # Today my Ukrainian colleagues have informed me that the @@ -2827,11 +2827,11 @@ Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents. # As far as I understand, the recent change to the Ukrainian time zone # (Europe/Kiev) to introduce permanent daylight saving time (similar # to Russia) was reverted today: -# http://portal.rada.gov.ua/rada/control/en/publish/article/info_left?art_id=287324&cat_id=105995 +# # # Also reported by Alexander Bokovoy (2011-10-18) who also noted: # The law documents themselves are at -# http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb_n/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=41484 +# # From Vladimir in Moscow via Alois Treindl re Kiev time 1991/2 (2014-02-28): # First in Ukraine they changed Time zone from UTC+3 to UTC+2 with DST: diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 68f3b12..4653fc8 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ Zone America/New_York -4:56:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:03:58 # 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 @@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ Zone America/New_York -4:56:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:03:58 # 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 @@ -348,8 +348,8 @@ Zone America/North_Dakota/New_Salem -6:45:39 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:14:21 # ...it appears that Mercer County, North Dakota, changed from the # mountain time zone to the central time zone at the last transition from # daylight-saving to standard time (on Nov. 7, 2010): -# http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-09-29/html/2010-24376.htm -# http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/local/article_1eb1b588-c758-11df-b472-001cc4c03286.html +# +# # From Andy Lipscomb (2011-01-24): # ...according to the Census Bureau, the largest city is Beulah (although @@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:07:02 # The author lives in Alaska and many of the references listed are only # available to Alaskan residents. # -# http://www.alaskahistoricalsociety.org/index.cfm?section=discover%20alaska&page=Glimpses%20of%20the%20Past&viewpost=2&ContentId=98 +# # From Arthur David Olson (2011-02-01): # Here's database-relevant material from the 2001 "Alaska History" article: @@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ Zone America/Los_Angeles -7:52:58 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:07:02 # From Arthur David Olson (2011-02-09): # I just spoke by phone with a staff member at the Metlakatla Indian # Community office (using contact information available at -# http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_name=Metlakatla +# # It's shortly after 1:00 here on the east coast of the United States; # the staffer said it was shortly after 10:00 there. When I asked whether # that meant they were on Pacific time, they said no--they were on their @@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ Zone America/Adak 12:13:21 - LMT 1867 Oct 18 # "Hawaiian Time" by Robert C. Schmitt and Doak C. Cox appears on pages 207-225 # of volume 26 of The Hawaiian Journal of History (1992). As of 2010-12-09, # the article is available at -# http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/239/2/JL26215.pdf +# # and indicates that standard time was adopted effective noon, January # 13, 1896 (page 218), that in "1933, the Legislature decreed daylight # saving for the period between the last Sunday of each April and the @@ -678,12 +678,12 @@ Zone America/Boise -7:44:49 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:15:11 # 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. +# says that Indiana will use DST starting 2006. # From Nathan Stratton Treadway (2006-03-30): -# http://www.dot.gov/affairs/dot0406.htm [3705 B] +# [3705 B] # From Deborah Goldsmith (2006-01-18): -# http://dmses.dot.gov/docimages/pdf95/382329_web.pdf [2.9 MB] +# [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 @@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ Zone America/Boise -7:44:49 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:15:11 # 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 @@ -1055,44 +1055,44 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00 # 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 @@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ Zone America/Menominee -5:50:27 - LMT 1885 Sep 18 12:00 # From Chris Walton (2011-12-01) # In the first of Tammy Hardwick's articles -# http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260 +# # she quotes the Friday November 1/1918 edition of the Creston Review. # The quote includes these two statements: # 'Sunday the CPR went back to the old system of time...' @@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ Rule StJohns 1960 1986 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Time to Standard Time and from Standard Time to Daylight Savings Time # now occurs at 2:00AM. # ... -# http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/annualstatutes/2011/1106.chp.htm +# # ... # MICHAEL PELLEY | Manager of Enterprise Architecture - Solution Delivery # Office of the Chief Information Officer @@ -1338,10 +1338,10 @@ Zone America/Moncton -4:19:08 - LMT 1883 Dec 9 # Natashquan use EST/EDT, and residents east of Natashquan use AST. # The Quebec department of justice writes in # "The situation in Minganie and Basse-Côte-Nord" -# http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/publications/generale/temps-minganie-a.htm +# # that the coastal strip from just east of Natashquan to Blanc-Sablon # observes Atlantic standard time all year round. -# http://www.assnat.qc.ca/Media/Process.aspx?MediaId=ANQ.Vigie.Bll.DocumentGenerique_8845en +# # 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. @@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ Zone America/Montreal -4:54:16 - LMT 1884 # The Journal of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, # volume 26, number 2 (February 1932) and, as of 2010-07-17, # was available at -# http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1932JRASC..26...49S +# # # It includes the text below (starting on page 57): # @@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ Zone America/Winnipeg -6:28:36 - LMT 1887 Jul 16 # 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 @@ -1808,7 +1808,7 @@ Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep # Earlier this year I stumbled across a detailed article about the time # keeping history of Creston; it was written by Tammy Hardwick who is the # manager of the Creston & District Museum. The article was written in May 2009. -# http://www.ilovecreston.com/?p=articles&t=spec&ar=260 +# # According to the article, Creston has not changed its clocks since June 1918. # i.e. Creston has been stuck on UTC-7 for 93 years. # Dawson Creek, on the other hand, changed its clocks as recently as April 1972. @@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@ Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep # as plausible as any other date (in June). She also said that after writing the # article she had discovered another time change in 1916; this is the subject # of another article which she wrote in October 2010. -# http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/index.php?module=comments&uop=view_comment&cm+id=56 +# # Here is a summary of the three clock change events in Creston's history: # 1. 1884 or 1885: adoption of Mountain Standard Time (GMT-7) @@ -1838,7 +1838,7 @@ Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep # There is no guarantee that Creston will remain on Mountain Standard Time # (UTC-7) forever. # The subject was debated at least once this year by the town Council. -# http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/crestonvalleyadvance/news/116760809.html +# # During a period WWII, summer time (Daylight saying) was mandatory in Canada. # In Creston, that was handled by shifting the area to PST (-8:00) then applying @@ -1888,7 +1888,7 @@ Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884 # 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. @@ -1979,10 +1979,10 @@ Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884 # 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. @@ -1999,7 +1999,7 @@ Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884 # 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 (2011-03-21): # Back in 2007 I initiated the creation of a new "zone file" for Resolute @@ -2041,7 +2041,7 @@ Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884 # used to be the mayor of Resolute Bay and he apparently owns half the # businesses including "South Camp Inn." This website has some info on # Aziz: -# http://www.uphere.ca/node/493 +# # # I sent Aziz an e-mail asking when Resolute Bay had stopped using # Eastern Standard Time. @@ -2210,7 +2210,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # 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 López Obrador "...is threatening to keep # Mexico City and its 20 million residents on a different time than # the rest of the country..." In particular, López Obrador would abolish @@ -2243,7 +2243,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # 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" +# References: "Diario de Monterrey" # Palabra (2001-03-31) # From Reuters (2001-09-04): @@ -2258,7 +2258,7 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # 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) +# (2002-02-20) # confirms this. Sonora as usual is the only state where DST is not applied. # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-12-28): @@ -2269,23 +2269,23 @@ Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 # > the United States. # Now this has passed both the Congress and the Senate, so starting from # 2010, some border regions will be the same: -# http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/28/clocks-will-match-both-sides-border/ -# http://www.elmananarey.com/diario/noticia/nacional/noticias/empatan_horario_de_frontera_con_eu/621939 +# +# # (Spanish) # # Could not find the new law text, but the proposed law text changes are here: -# http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/20091210-V.pdf +# # (Gaceta Parlamentaria) # # There is also a list of the votes here: -# http://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/Gaceta/61/2009/dic/V2-101209.html +# # # Our page: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/north-mexico-dst-change.html +# # From Arthur David Olson (2010-01-20): # The page -# http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5127480&fecha=06/01/2010 +# # includes this text: # En los municipios fronterizos de Tijuana y Mexicali en Baja California; # Juárez y Ojinaga en Chihuahua; Acuña y Piedras Negras en Coahuila; @@ -2392,16 +2392,16 @@ Zone America/Hermosillo -7:23:52 - LMT 1921 Dec 31 23:36:08 # (Spanish) # Bahía de Banderas homologa su horario al del centro del # país, a partir de este domingo -# http://www.nayarit.gob.mx/notes.asp?id=20748 +# # # Bahía de Banderas homologa su horario con el del Centro del # País -# http://www.bahiadebanderas.gob.mx/principal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=261:bahia-de-banderas-homologa-su-horario-con-el-del-centro-del-pais&catid=42:comunicacion-social&Itemid=50" +# # # (English) # Puerto Vallarta and Bahía de Banderas: One Time Zone -# http://virtualvallarta.com/puertovallarta/puertovallarta/localnews/2009-12-03-Puerto-Vallarta-and-Bahia-de-Banderas-One-Time-Zone.shtml -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mexico08.html +# +# # # "Mexico's Senate approved the amendments to the Mexican Schedule System that # will allow Bahía de Banderas and Puerto Vallarta to share the same time @@ -2506,7 +2506,7 @@ Zone America/Antigua -4:07:12 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 # 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 @@ -2555,7 +2555,7 @@ Zone America/Belize -5:52:48 - LMT 1912 Apr # 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 -4:19:18 - LMT 1930 Jan 1 2:00 # Hamilton @@ -2615,7 +2615,7 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # 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)". @@ -2624,18 +2624,18 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # 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, +# , 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. @@ -2646,21 +2646,21 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # # 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): # # Regirá el Horario Normal desde el próximo 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 -# http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj +# # 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. @@ -2668,10 +2668,10 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # 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): -# http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm +# # # Some more background information is posted here: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html +# # # 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 @@ -2681,12 +2681,12 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # change some historic records as well. # # One example: -# http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm +# # 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 -# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html +# # # Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsens information, the change # will take place midnight between Saturday and Sunday. @@ -2699,12 +2699,12 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # midnight between Saturday, March 07, 2009 and Sunday, March 08, 2009- # not on midnight March 14 / March 15 as previously thought. # -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba05.html +# # (in Spanish) # From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-09) # I listened over the Internet to -# http://media.enet.cu/readioreloj +# # 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. @@ -2715,35 +2715,35 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:13 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # changed at all). # # Source: -# http://granma.co.cu/2011/03/08/nacional/artic01.html +# # # Our info: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2011.html +# # # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-10-30) # Cuba will end DST two weeks later this year. Instead of going back # tonight, it has been delayed to 2011-11-13 at 01:00. # # One source (Spanish) -# http://www.radioangulo.cu/noticias/cuba/17105-cuba-restablecera-el-horario-del-meridiano-de-greenwich.html +# # # Our page: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-time-changes-2011.html +# # # From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-01) # According to Radio Reloj, Cuba will start DST on Midnight between March # 31 and April 1. # # Radio Reloj has the following info (Spanish): -# http://www.radioreloj.cu/index.php/noticias-radio-reloj/71-miscelaneas/7529-cuba-aplicara-el-horario-de-verano-desde-el-1-de-abril +# # # Our info on it: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-2012.html +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2012-11-03): # Radio Reloj and many other sources report that Cuba is changing back # to standard time on 2012-11-04: -# http://www.radioreloj.cu/index.php/noticias-radio-reloj/36-nacionales/9961-regira-horario-normal-en-cuba-desde-el-domingo-cuatro-de-noviembre +# # From Paul Eggert (2012-11-03): # For now, assume the future rule is first Sunday in November. @@ -2801,7 +2801,7 @@ Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890 # 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. @@ -2852,7 +2852,7 @@ Zone America/El_Salvador -5:56:48 - LMT 1921 # San Salvador # # 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 @@ -2902,7 +2902,7 @@ Zone America/Guatemala -6:02:04 - LMT 1918 Oct 5 # 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. @@ -2914,8 +2914,8 @@ Zone America/Guatemala -6:02:04 - LMT 1918 Oct 5 # apparently using the same start and end date as USA/Canada. # So this means they have already changed their time. # -# http://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article12510 -# http://radiovision2000haiti.net/home/?p=13253 +# +# # # From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-11): # The alterpresse.org source seems to show a US-style leap from 2:00 a.m. to @@ -2960,7 +2960,7 @@ Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 - LMT 1890 # 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) @@ -2970,10 +2970,10 @@ Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 - LMT 1890 # 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 @@ -3019,9 +3019,9 @@ Zone America/Martinique -4:04:20 - LMT 1890 # Fort-de-France # 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 @@ -3029,7 +3029,7 @@ Zone America/Martinique -4:04:20 - LMT 1890 # Fort-de-France # # 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 Alemán administration."... @@ -3040,18 +3040,18 @@ Zone America/Martinique -4:04:20 - LMT 1890 # Fort-de-France # # 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 Bolaños, Nicaragua # advanced by sixty minutes their official time, yesterday at 2 in the # morning, and will stay that way until 30th 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. @@ -3112,7 +3112,7 @@ Zone America/Miquelon -3:44:40 - LMT 1911 May 15 # St Pierre # the recent U.S. change of dates. # # From Brian Inglis (2007-04-28): -# http://www.turksandcaicos.tc/calendar/index.htm [2007-04-26] +# [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 diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index 870f864..a966358 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -129,21 +129,21 @@ Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar 3 0:00 0 - # one of the major newspapers here in Argentina said that the 1999 # Timezone Law (which never was effectively applied) will (would?) be # in effect.... The article is at -# http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-06/e-01701.htm +# # ... The Law itself is "Ley No 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted # 1999-09-17, and published 1999-09-21. The official publication is at: -# http://www.boletin.jus.gov.ar/BON/Primera/1999/09-Septiembre/21/PDF/BO21-09-99LEG.PDF +# # Regretfully, you have to subscribe (and pay) for the on-line version.... # # (2001-06-12): # the timezone for Argentina will not change next Sunday. # Apparently it will do so on Sunday 24th.... -# http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-12/s-03501.htm +# # # (2001-06-25): # Last Friday (yes, the last working day before the date of the change), the # Senate annulled the 1999 law that introduced the changes later postponed. -# http://www.clarin.com.ar/diario/2001-06-22/s-03601.htm +# # It remains the vote of the Deputies..., but it will be the same.... # This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina. # We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country. @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar 3 0:00 0 - # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-12-21): # A user (Leonardo Chaim) reported that Argentina will adopt DST.... # all of the country (all Zone-entries) are affected. News reports like -# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/nota.asp?nota_id=973037 indicate +# indicate # that Argentina will use DST next year as well, from October to # March, although exact rules are not given. # @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar 3 0:00 0 - # By the way thanks to Mariano Absatz and Daniel Mario Vega for the link to # the original scanned proposal, where the dates and the zero hours are # clear and unambiguous...This is the article about final approval: -# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996 +# # # From Paul Eggert (2007-12-22): # For dates after mid-2008, the following rules are my guesses and @@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar 3 0:00 0 - # As per message from Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz (Nicaragua), # Argentina will start DST on Sunday October 19, 2008. # -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina03.html -# http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 (in spanish) +# +# (in spanish) # From Rodrigo Severo (2008-10-06): # Here is some info available at a Gentoo bug related to TZ on Argentina's DST: @@ -181,29 +181,29 @@ Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar 3 0:00 0 - # Hi, there is a problem with timezone-data-2008e and maybe with # timezone-data-2008f # Argentinian law [Number] 25.155 is no longer valid. -# http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/60036/norma.htm +# # The new one is law [Number] 26.350 -# http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136191/norma.htm +# # So there is no summer time in Argentina for now. # From Mariano Absatz (2008-10-20): # Decree 1693/2008 applies Law 26.350 for the summer 2008/2009 establishing DST in Argentina # From 2008-10-19 until 2009-03-15 -# http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=16102008&pi=3&pf=4&s=0&sec=01 +# # # Decree 1705/2008 excepting 12 Provinces from applying DST in the summer # 2008/2009: Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, La # Pampa, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego -# http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=17102008&pi=1&pf=1&s=0&sec=01 +# # # Press release 235 dated Saturday October 18th, from the Government of the Province of Jujuy saying # it will not apply DST either (even when it was not included in Decree 1705/2008) -# http://www.jujuy.gov.ar/index2/partes_prensa/18_10_08/235-181008.doc +# # From fullinet (2009-10-18): # As announced in -# http://www.argentina.gob.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=356 +# # (an official .gob.ar) under title: "Sin Cambio de Hora" (english: "No hour change") # # "Por el momento, el Gobierno Nacional resolvio no modificar la hora @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21): # Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing # its timezone this winter... starting tomorrow night.... -# http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040521-27158-normas.pdf +# # From Paul Eggert (2004-05-24): # It's Law No. 7,210. This change is due to a public power emergency, so for # now we'll assume it's for this year only. @@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # # From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-05): # These media articles from a major newspaper mostly cover the current state: -# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/27/de_604825.asp -# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/28/de_605203.asp +# +# # # The following eight (8) provinces pulled clocks back to UTC-04:00 at # midnight Monday May 31st. (that is, the night between 05/31 and 06/01). @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # annoyance with the change is much higher than the power savings obtained.... # # From Gwillim Law (2004-06-14): -# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/06/10/de_609078.asp ... +# ... # "The time change in Tierra del Fuego was a conflicted decision from # the start. The government had decreed that the measure would take # effect on June 1, but a normative error forced the new time to begin @@ -267,15 +267,15 @@ Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # The previous law 7210 which changed the province of Mendoza's time zone # back in May have been modified slightly in a new law 7277, which set the # new end date to 2004-09-26 (original date was 2004-10-17). -# http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040924-27244-normas.pdf +# # # From Mariano Absatz (2004-10-05): # San Juan changed from UTC-03:00 to UTC-04:00 at midnight between # Sunday, May 30th and Monday, May 31st. It changed back to UTC-03:00 # at midnight between Saturday, July 24th and Sunday, July 25th.... -# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000329.html -# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000426.html -# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000441.html +# +# +# # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-01-17): # Here are articles that Argentina Province San Luis is planning to end DST @@ -284,16 +284,16 @@ Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # Provincia argentina retrasa reloj y marca diferencia con resto del pais # (Argentine Province delayed clock and mark difference with the rest of the # country) -# http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4373&idtel +# # # Es inminente que en San Luis atrasen una hora los relojes # (It is imminent in San Luis clocks one hour delay) -# http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/vernotae.asp?id_nota=253414 -# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html +# +# # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-01-18): # The page of the San Luis provincial government -# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812 +# # confirms what Alex Krivenyshev has earlier sent to the tz # emailing list about that San Luis plans to return to standard # time much earlier than the rest of the country. It also @@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # important pages of 2008." # # You can use -# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834 +# # instead it seems. Or use "Buscador" from the main page of the San Luis # government, and fill in "huso" and click OK, and you will get 3 pages # from which the first one is identical to the above. @@ -346,12 +346,12 @@ Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # to utc-04:00 until the second Saturday in October... # # The press release is at -# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/SL/Paginas/NoticiaDetalle.asp?TemaId=1&InfoPrensaId=3102 +# # (I couldn't find the decree, but www.sanluis.gov.ar # is the official page for the Province Government.) # # There's also a note in only one of the major national papers ... -# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1107912 +# # # The press release says [quick and dirty translation]: # ... announced that next Sunday, at 00:00, Puntanos (the San Luis @@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # ...the Province of San Luis is a case in itself. # # The Law at -# http://www.diputadossanluis.gov.ar/diputadosasp/paginas/verNorma.asp?NormaID=276 +# # is ambiguous because establishes a calendar from the 2nd Sunday in # October at 0:00 thru the 2nd Saturday in March at 24:00 and the # complement of that starting on the 2nd Sunday of March at 0:00 and @@ -400,9 +400,9 @@ Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # Argentina (UTC-3) (no DST). # # Confirmaron la prórroga del huso horario de verano (Spanish) -# http://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29383&Itemid=9 +# # or (some English translation): -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina08.html +# # From Mariano Absatz (2010-04-12): # yes...I can confirm this...and given that San Luis keeps calling @@ -651,8 +651,8 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # From Jesper Norgaard (2000-11-03): # [For an official list of which regions in Brazil use which time zones, see:] -# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbr.htm -# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbrhv.htm +# +# # From Celso Doria via David Madeo (2002-10-09): # The reason for the delay this year has to do with elections in Brazil. @@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-20): # Brazil will start DST on 2007-10-14 00:00 and end on 2008-02-17 00:00: -# http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do;jsessionid=BBA06811AFCAAC28F0285210913513DA?newsId=13975 +# # From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24): # ...by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 (published in the "Diario @@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # From Rodrigo Severo (2008-06-24): # Just correcting the URL: -# https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=do&secao=1&pagina=1&data=25/04/2008 +# # # As a result of the above Decree I believe the America/Rio_Branco # timezone shall be modified from UTC-5 to UTC-4 and a new timezone shall @@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-24): # This is a quick reference page for New and Old Brazil Time Zones map. -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php +# # # - 4 time zones replaced by 3 time zones-eliminating time zone UTC- 05 # (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT- 04) - western @@ -732,20 +732,20 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # past years experience with the elections, there was a good chance that # the start was postponed to November, but it did not happen this year. # -# It has not yet been posted to http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html +# It has not yet been posted to # # An official page about it: -# http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do?newsId=16722 +# # Note that this link does not always work directly, but must be accessed # by going to -# http://www.mme.gov.br/first +# # # One example link that works directly: -# http://jornale.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13530&Itemid=54 +# # (Portuguese) # # We have a written a short article about it as well: -# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html +# # # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-04): # State Bahia will return to Daylight savings time this year after 8 years off. @@ -753,12 +753,12 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # television station in Salvador. # In Portuguese: -# http://g1.globo.com/bahia/noticia/2011/10/governador-jaques-wagner-confirma-horario-de-verao-na-bahia.html -# http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI5390887-EI8139,00-Bahia+volta+a+ter+horario+de+verao+apos+oito+anos.html +# +# # From Guilherme Bernardes Rodrigues (2011-10-07): # There is news in the media, however there is still no decree about it. -# I just send a e-mail to Zulmira Brandao at http://pcdsh01.on.br/ the +# I just send a e-mail to Zulmira Brandao at the # official agency about time in Brazil, and she confirmed that the old rule is # still in force. @@ -770,17 +770,17 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # # DECRETO No- 7.584, DE 13 DE OUTUBRO DE 2011 # Link : -# http://www.in.gov.br/visualiza/index.jsp?data=13/10/2011&jornal=1000&pagina=6&totalArquivos=6 +# # From Kelley Cook (2012-10-16): # The governor of state of Bahia in Brazil announced on Thursday that # due to public pressure, he is reversing the DST policy they implemented # last year and will not be going to Summer Time on October 21st.... -# http://www.correio24horas.com.br/r/artigo/apos-pressoes-wagner-suspende-horario-de-verao-na-bahia +# # From Rodrigo Severo (2012-10-16): # Tocantins state will have DST. -# http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI6232536-EI306.html +# # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-20): # Tocantins in Brazil is very likely not to observe DST from October.... @@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ Rule Brazil 2007 only - Feb 25 0:00 0 - Rule Brazil 2007 only - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S # From Frederico A. C. Neves (2008-09-10): # According to this decree -# http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm +# # [t]he DST period in Brazil now on will be from the 3rd Oct Sunday to the # 3rd Feb Sunday. There is an exception on the return date when this is # the Carnival Sunday then the return date will be the next Sunday... @@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 # on April 3, (one-time change). # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2006-10-08): -# http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm +# # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-10-08): # I think that there are some obvious mistakes in the suggested link @@ -1130,18 +1130,18 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 # is one-time change (Saturday 3/29 at 24:00 for America/Santiago # and Saturday 3/29 at 22:00 for Pacific/Easter) # The Supreme Decree is located at -# http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf +# # and the instructions for 2008 are located in: -# http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm +# # From José Miguel Garrido (2008-03-05): # ... # You could see the announces of the change on -# http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm +# # From Angel Chiang (2010-03-04): # Subject: DST in Chile exceptionally extended to 3 April due to earthquake -# http://www.gobiernodechile.cl/viewNoticia.aspx?idArticulo=30098 +# # (in Spanish, last paragraph). # # This is breaking news. There should be more information available later. @@ -1153,11 +1153,11 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 # It appears that the Chilean government has decided to postpone the # change from summer time to winter time again, by three weeks to April # 2nd: -# http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=467651 +# # # This is not yet reflected in the official "cambio de hora" site, but # probably will be soon: -# http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm +# # From Arthur David Olson (2011-03-02): # The emol.com article mentions a water shortage as the cause of the @@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 # From Glenn Eychaner (2011-03-28): # The article: -# http://diario.elmercurio.com/2011/03/28/_portada/_portada/noticias/7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E.htm?id=3D{7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E} +# # # In English: # Chile's clocks will go back an hour this year on the 7th of May instead @@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 # From Mauricio Parada (2012-02-22), translated by Glenn Eychaner (2012-02-23): # As stated in the website of the Chilean Energy Ministry -# http://www.minenergia.cl/ministerio/noticias/generales/gobierno-anuncia-fechas-de-cambio-de.html +# # The Chilean Government has decided to postpone the entrance into winter time # (to leave DST) from March 11 2012 to April 28th 2012. The decision has not # been yet formalized but it will within the next days. @@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Galapagos -5:58:24 - LMT 1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno # daylight saving time. # # One source: -# http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=5914&source=3 +# # # We have gotten this confirmed by a clerk of the legislative assembly: # Normally the clocks revert to Local Mean Time (UTC/GMT -4 hours) on the @@ -1511,7 +1511,7 @@ Rule Para 2004 2009 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Para 2005 2009 - Mar Sun>=8 0:00 0 - # From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2010-02-18): # By decree number 3958 issued yesterday -# http://www.presidencia.gov.py/v1/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/decreto3958.pdf +# # Paraguay changes its DST schedule, postponing the March rule to April and # modifying the October date. The decree reads: # ... @@ -1658,21 +1658,21 @@ Rule Uruguay 1992 only - Oct 18 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1993 only - Feb 28 0:00 0 - # From Eduardo Cota (2004-09-20): # The uruguayan government has decreed a change in the local time.... -# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/decretos/2004091502.htm +# Rule Uruguay 2004 only - Sep 19 0:00 1:00 S # From Steffen Thorsen (2005-03-11): # Uruguay's DST was scheduled to end on Sunday, 2005-03-13, but in order to # save energy ... it was postponed two weeks.... -# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/noticias/2005/03/2005031005.htm +# Rule Uruguay 2005 only - Mar 27 2:00 0 - # From Eduardo Cota (2005-09-27): -# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/decretos/2005/09/CM%20119_09%2009%202005_00001.PDF +# # This means that from 2005-10-09 at 02:00 local time, until 2006-03-12 at # 02:00 local time, official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2. Rule Uruguay 2005 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 2006 only - Mar 12 2:00 0 - # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-09-06): -# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/CM%20210_08%2006%202006_00001.PDF +# Rule Uruguay 2006 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 - LMT 1898 Jun 28 # published today in the "Gaceta Oficial de la República Bolivariana # de Venezuela, número 38.819" (official document for all laws or # resolution publication) -# http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=72208 +# # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Caracas -4:27:44 - LMT 1890