From 2f1b7b67665fd6ff6ddfa8707c493f5b154cbc53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Parenti Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 17:47:56 -0500 Subject: Yukon advances to year-round -07 from 2020-03-08. * northamerica (America/Whitehorse, America/Dawson): Canada's Yukon advances to year-round -07 on 2020-03-08 and will not fall back on 2020-11-01. * NEWS: Mention this. --- NEWS | 11 +++++++++++ northamerica | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e1ac4a9..2bb1050 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -3,9 +3,20 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes Briefly: + Canada's Yukon advances to -07 year-round from 2020-03-08. America/Nuuk renamed from America/Godthab. zic now supports expiration dates for leap second lists. + Changes to future timestamps + + Canada's Yukon, represented by America/Whitehorse and + America/Dawson, advances to -07 year-round, beginning with its + spring-forward transition on 2020-03-08, and will not fall back on + 2020-11-01. Although a government press release calls this + "permanent Pacific Daylight Saving Time", we prefer MST for + consistency with nearby Dawson Creek, Creston, and Fort Nelson. + (Thanks to Tim Parenti.) + Changes to timezone identifiers To reflect current usage in English better, America/Godthab has diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index eba1819..febf05b 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -2437,6 +2437,18 @@ Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884 # obtained in November 2008 should be ignored... # I apologize for reporting incorrect information in 2008. +# From Tim Parenti (2020-03-05): +# The government of Yukon announced [yesterday] the cessation of seasonal time +# changes. "After clocks are pushed ahead one hour on March 8, the territory +# will remain on [UTC-07]. ... [The government] found 93 per cent of +# respondents wanted to end seasonal time changes and, of that group, 70 per +# cent wanted 'permanent Pacific Daylight Saving Time.'" +# https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-end-daylight-saving-time-1.5486358 +# +# Although the government press release prefers PDT, we prefer MST for +# consistency with nearby Dawson Creek, Creston, and Fort Nelson. +# https://yukon.ca/en/news/yukon-end-seasonal-time-change + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S @@ -2491,11 +2503,13 @@ Zone America/Inuvik 0 - -00 1953 # Inuvik founded Zone America/Whitehorse -9:00:12 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 -9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1967 May 28 0:00 -8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1980 - -8:00 Canada P%sT + -8:00 Canada P%sT 2020 Mar 8 2:00 + -7:00 - MST Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 -9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1973 Oct 28 0:00 -8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1980 - -8:00 Canada P%sT + -8:00 Canada P%sT 2020 Mar 8 2:00 + -7:00 - MST ############################################################################### -- 2.15.1