[tz] [PROPOSED PATCH] * northamerica (America/Jamaica): 1974 sprang forward on Jan. 6,
Paul Eggert
eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Tue Sep 23 06:54:26 UTC 2014
not Apr. 28.
* NEWS: Document this.
---
NEWS | 2 ++
northamerica | 13 ++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 06e7094..8562fae 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
Changes affecting past time stamps
+ America/Jamaica's 1974 spring-forward transition was Jan. 6, not Apr. 28.
+
Shanks says Asia/Novokuznetsk switched from LMT (not "NMT") on 1924-05-01,
not 1920-01-06. The old entry was based on a misinterpretation of Shanks.
diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica
index 0f5ed3c..3d72505 100644
--- a/northamerica
+++ b/northamerica
@@ -2991,10 +2991,21 @@ Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 - LMT 1921 Apr
# Shanks & Pottenger give -5:07:12, but Milne records -5:07:10.41 from an
# unspecified official document, and says "This time is used throughout the
# island". Go with Milne. Round to the nearest second as required by zic.
+#
+# Shanks & Pottenger give April 28 for the 1974 spring-forward transition, but
+# Lance Neita writes that Prime Minister Michael Manley decreed it January 5.
+# Assume Neita meant Jan 6 02:00, the same as the US. Neita also writes that
+# Manley's supporters associated this act with Manley's nickname "Joshua"
+# (recall that in the Bible the sun stood still at Joshua's request),
+# and with the Rod of Correction which Manley said he had received from
+# Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia. See:
+# Neita L. The politician in all of us. Jamaica Observer 2014-09-20
+# http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/The-politician-in-all-of-us_17573647
+#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Jamaica -5:07:11 - LMT 1890 # Kingston
-5:07:11 - KMT 1912 Feb # Kingston Mean Time
- -5:00 - EST 1974 Apr 28 2:00
+ -5:00 - EST 1974
-5:00 US E%sT 1984
-5:00 - EST
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