[tz] [PROPOSED] Detroit did not observe DST in 1967

Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Thu Jul 27 00:08:11 UTC 2017


* NEWS: Document this.
* northamerica (Detroit): Remove bogus 1967 rules that were taken
from Shanks.
---
 NEWS         |  2 ++
 northamerica | 15 +++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 64d5c91..93633a5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
 
   Changes to past time stamps
 
+    Detroit did not observe DST in 1967.
+
     Use railway time for Asia/Kolkata before 1941, by switching to
     Madras local time (UT +052110) in 1870, then to IST (UT +0530) in
     1906.  Also, treat 1941-2's +0630 as DST, like 1942-5.
diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica
index 651681d..b42aeb4 100644
--- a/northamerica
+++ b/northamerica
@@ -1040,12 +1040,23 @@ Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT	1883 Nov 18 12:20:36
 # one hour in 1914."  This change is not in Shanks.  We have no more
 # info, so omit this for now.
 #
+# From Paul Eggert (2017-07-26):
+# Although Shanks says Detroit observed DST in 1967 from 06-14 00:01
+# until 10-29 00:01, I now see multiple reports that this is incorrect.
+# For example, according to a 50-year anniversary report about the 1967
+# Detroit riots and a major-league doubleheader on 1967-07-23, "By the time
+# the last fly ball of the doubleheader settled into the glove of leftfielder
+# Lenny Green, it was after 7 p.m.  Detroit did not observe daylight saving
+# time, so light was already starting to fail.  Twilight was made even deeper
+# by billowing columns of smoke that ascended in an unbroken wall north of the
+# ballpark."  See: Dow B. Detroit '67: As violence unfolded, Tigers played two
+# at home vs. Yankees. Detroit Free Press 2017-07-23.
+# http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/07/23/detroit-tigers-1967-riot-new-york-yankees/499951001/
+#
 # Most of Michigan observed DST from 1973 on, but was a bit late in 1975.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER
 Rule	Detroit	1948	only	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Detroit	1948	only	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Detroit	1967	only	-	Jun	14	2:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Detroit	1967	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone America/Detroit	-5:32:11 -	LMT	1905
 			-6:00	-	CST	1915 May 15  2:00
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