Question on abbreviations

[Ken Pizzini]

On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 10:48:48PM -0700, Mark Davis wrote:
> So to get the value, we should look at the US rule that is in effect during
> 1944. Here are the US rules:
...
> Rule    US    1942    only    -    Feb    9    2:00    1:00    W # War
> Rule    US    1945    only    -    Aug    14    23:00u    1:00    P # Peace

> None of them are operant during 1944, so I don't find any value for M%sT. Am
> I misreading something?

The last transition before 1944 is to go into W[ar] time, so that is the
"Letter" to be used for %s substitutions in zone using "US" rules in
that year.

>            -7:00    US    M%sT    1944 Jan  1 00:01
>            -7:00    -    MST    1944 Apr  1 00:01

So from 1944-01-01t00:01 until 1944-04-01t00:00:59 Phoenix was on MST...

>            -7:00    US    M%sT    1944 Oct  1 00:01

and from 1944-04-01t00:01 until 1944-10-01t00:00:59 it was on MWT.


		--Ken Pizzini