Peace Time

[Olson, Arthur David (NCI)]

The information provided by Garrett Wollman suggests the change below.

Given the location of the international date line, the document was
signed when it was 1945-09-01 in the United States.

				--ado

*** 7.52/northamerica	Mon Sep 25 16:29:52 2000
--- 7.53/northamerica	Mon Sep 25 16:29:52 2000
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*** 1,4 ****
! # @(#)northamerica	7.52
  # also includes Central America and the Caribbean
  
  # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)northamerica	7.53
  # also includes Central America and the Caribbean
  
  # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
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*** 58,67 ****
--- 58,89 ----
  # Before the Uniform Time Act of 1966 took effect in 1967, observance of
  # Daylight Saving Time in the US was by local option, except during
wartime.
  
+ # From Arthur David Olson (2000-09-25):
+ # After the end of World War II, "Peace" replaced "War" in the time zone
names
+ # used on at least some radio broadcasts. We'll assume this kicked in on
the
+ # signing on 1945-09-02 of the document ending the war. According to
+ # <a href="http://spclevents.com/ships/missouri/bb63_pod.html">
+ #	http://spclevents.com/ships/missouri/bb63_pod.html
+ # </a>
+ # sunrise was 05:14 and sunset was 18:07; according to
+ # <a
href="http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/japansur/js-8g.htm"
>
+ #
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/japansur/js-8g.htm
+ # </a>
+ # "All signatures were in place by 9:22." According to the United States
+ # Naval Observatory's Astronomical Aplications Department's Sunrise and
Sunset
+ # Calculator,
+ # <a href="http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA">
+ #	http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA
+ # </a>
+ # sunrise at 35o42'N, 139o46'E on 1945-09-02 was at 05:13 and sunset was
at
+ # 18:08; these values are close enough to 05:14 and 18:07 to let us know
that
+ # the Missouri was operating on Tokyo time.
+ 
  # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE
LETTER/S
  Rule	US	1918	1919	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	1:00	W #
War
  Rule	US	1918	1919	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
  Rule	US	1942	only	-	Feb	9	2:00	1:00	W #
War
+ Rule	US	1945	only	-	Sep	2	0:22u	1:00	P #
Peace
  Rule	US	1945	only	-	Sep	30	2:00	0	S
  Rule	US	1967	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
  Rule	US	1967	1973	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D