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At 11:51 AM 11/9/2015, Matt Johnson wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Should there be an America/Hyder
zone entry?</blockquote><br>
Hyder does observe Daylight Saving time.<br><br>
<a href="http://ontimezone.com/exceptions.php" eudora="autourl">
http://ontimezone.com/exceptions.php<br>
</a><b>"AK</b>: <b>Hyder</b> Alaska unofficially observes Pacific
time, even though they are officially in the Alaska time zone. But the
post office, being a federal facility, is on Alaska time."<br><br>
But it is an unofficial exception, similar to all of these:<br><br>
Guadapupe Mountains National Park, Texas<br>
Winterhaven, CA<br>
Earp, CA<br>
Jackpot, NV<br>
Jarbidge, NV<br>
Owyhee, Mountain City, and the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, NV<br>
Kenton Oklahoma<br>
Nara Visa, New Mexico<br>
Phenix City Alabama<br>
Valley/Lanett Alabama<br>
Fort Pierre South Dakota<br><br>
All of which are documented at the OnTimeZone.com exceptions page, which
also contains this note:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Near official time zone borders,
there are sometimes unnoficial exceptions where locally observed time
differs. The main borders in OnTimeZone.com normally follow the observed
time - which is what a traveler is likely to actually encounter.
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Unofficial "observed" differences usually follow vague areas of
economic or political influence which defy precise definition. But we had
to draw them somewhere. Often these borders are in lightly settled areas.
We took pains to draw them on the correct side of roads, businesses,
services and populated settlements. That was our intent anyway -
corrections appreciated! <br><br>
Wherever these areas are in the US, unofficial borders are drawn in lime
green, with the official alternative drawn in dark green. No attempt was
made to do this for other countries, because distinctions between
official and unofficial blur a bit in the various political subdivisions.
In the US all official time zone borders are well and clearly documented
by a single source - the US Dept. of Transportation.<br><br>
<b><i>Within an area where observed practice differs from official, there
are often internal exceptions. Possible examples are polling places, post
offices or other federal offices -- and sometimes law enforcement or
various other governmental entities which may observe official
time.</i></b> <br><br>
Bars or liquor stores in these areas are often required by law to observe
official time. This can provide quite an advantage for properly situated
bars, when last-call sojourners migrate across an official time zone
border to cadge one more hour of bliss.</blockquote><br>
I have no idea if there should be entries for such unofficial exceptions,
but I assume it should be all or none.<br><br>
Regards,<br><br>
Steve Jones<br>
<img src="cid:.0" width=200 height=149 alt="Emacs!"><br><br>
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