proposed change to northamerica file in time zone package for Cuba
Arthur David Olson
olsona at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Mon Mar 9 14:31:49 UTC 2009
Having checked this morning on Cuba having actually switched,
here's a proposed change to the "northamerica" file.
Assuming no problems are found, expect this version to hit the ftp site
in a week.
--ado
------- northamerica -------
*** /tmp/geta29524 Mon Mar 9 10:29:36 2009
--- /tmp/getb29524 Mon Mar 9 10:29:36 2009
***************
*** 1,4 ****
! # @(#)northamerica 8.26
# <pre>
# also includes Central America and the Caribbean
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)northamerica 8.27
# <pre>
# also includes Central America and the Caribbean
***************
*** 2258,2263 ****
--- 2258,2282 ----
# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-12):
# Assume Sun>=15 (third Sunday) going forward.
+ # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-04)
+ # According to the Radio Reloj - Cuba will start Daylight Saving Time on
+ # midnight between Saturday, March 07, 2009 and Sunday, March 08, 2009-
+ # not on midnight March 14 / March 15 as previously thought.
+ #
+ # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba05.html">
+ # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba05.html
+ # (in Spanish)
+ # </a>
+
+ # From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-09)
+ # I listened over the Internet to
+ # <a href="http://media.enet.cu/readioreloj">
+ # http://media.enet.cu/readioreloj
+ # </a>
+ # 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.
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Cuba 1928 only - Jun 10 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Cuba 1928 only - Oct 10 0:00 0 S
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*** 2290,2296 ****
Rule Cuba 2000 2004 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D
Rule Cuba 2006 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S
Rule Cuba 2007 only - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D
! Rule Cuba 2008 max - Mar Sun>=15 0:00s 1:00 D
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890
--- 2309,2316 ----
Rule Cuba 2000 2004 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D
Rule Cuba 2006 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S
Rule Cuba 2007 only - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D
! Rule Cuba 2008 only - Mar Sun>=15 0:00s 1:00 D
! Rule Cuba 2009 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890
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