diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'timezone/northamerica')
| -rw-r--r-- | timezone/northamerica | 63 |
1 files changed, 51 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/timezone/northamerica b/timezone/northamerica index 29bba4f1d1..ff36fe433e 100644 --- a/timezone/northamerica +++ b/timezone/northamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)northamerica 7.61 +# @(#)northamerica 7.62 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -88,6 +88,23 @@ # of surrender, all of whom interrupting the bells of Big Ben in # London which were to precede Mr. Attlee's speech. +# From Paul Eggert (2003-02-09): It was Robert St John, not Bob Trout. From +# Myrna Oliver's obituary of St John on page B16 of today's Los Angeles Times: +# +# ... a war-weary U.S. clung to radios, awaiting word of Japan's surrender. +# Any announcement from Asia would reach St. John's New York newsroom on a +# wire service teletype machine, which had prescribed signals for major news. +# Associated Press, for example, would ring five bells before spewing out +# typed copy of an important story, and 10 bells for news "of transcendental +# importance." +# +# On Aug. 14, stalling while talking steadily into the NBC networks' open +# microphone, St. John heard five bells and waited only to hear a sixth bell, +# before announcing confidently: "Ladies and gentlemen, World War II is over. +# The Japanese have agreed to our surrender terms." +# +# He had scored a 20-second scoop on other broadcasters. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule US 1918 1919 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule US 1918 1919 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S @@ -189,10 +206,11 @@ Rule US 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D # US eastern time, represented by New York # Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, most of Florida, -# Georgia, far southeastern Indiana, eastern Kentucky, Maine, -# Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North -# Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, eastern -# Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia +# Georgia, southeast Indiana (Clark, Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, and +# Ohio counties), eastern Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, +# New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, +# Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, eastern Tennessee, +# Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule NYC 1920 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D @@ -211,10 +229,11 @@ Zone America/New_York -4:56:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 # US central time, represented by Chicago # Alabama, Arkansas, Florida panhandle, Illinois, western Indiana -# corners, Iowa, most of Kansas, western Kentucky, Louisiana, -# Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, eastern Nebraska, eastern North -# Dakota, Oklahoma, eastern South Dakota, western Tennessee, most of -# Texas, Wisconsin +# (Gibson, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey, Spencer, +# Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties), Iowa, most of Kansas, western +# Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, eastern +# Nebraska, eastern North Dakota, Oklahoma, eastern South Dakota, +# western Tennessee, most of Texas, Wisconsin # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Chicago 1920 only - Jun 13 2:00 1:00 D @@ -357,12 +376,32 @@ Zone Pacific/Honolulu -10:31:26 - LMT 1900 Jan 1 12:00 # Now we turn to US areas that have diverged from the consensus since 1970. # Arizona mostly uses MST. + +# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-20): +# +# The information in the rest of this paragraph is derived from the +# <a href="http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/links/daylight.htm"> +# Daylight Saving Time web page (2002-01-23)</a> maintained by the +# Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. +# Between 1944-01-01 and 1944-04-01 the State of Arizona used standard +# time, but by federal law railroads, airlines, bus lines, military +# personnel, and some engaged in interstate commerce continued to +# observe war (i.e., daylight saving) time. The 1944-03-17 Phoenix +# Gazette says that was the date the law changed, and that 04-01 was +# the date the state's clocks would change. In 1945 the State of +# Arizona used standard time all year, again with exceptions only as +# mandated by federal law. Arizona observed DST in 1967, but Arizona +# Laws 1968, ch. 183 (effective 1968-03-21) repealed DST. +# +# Shanks says the 1944 experiment came to an end on 1944-03-17. +# Go with the Arizona State Library instead. + Zone America/Phoenix -7:28:18 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 -7:00 US M%sT 1944 Jan 1 00:01 - -7:00 - MST 1944 Mar 17 00:01 + -7:00 - MST 1944 Apr 1 00:01 -7:00 US M%sT 1944 Oct 1 00:01 -7:00 - MST 1967 - -7:00 US M%sT 1968 + -7:00 US M%sT 1968 Mar 21 -7:00 - MST # From Arthur David Olson (1988-02-13): # A writer from the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., @@ -522,7 +561,7 @@ Link America/Louisville America/Kentucky/Louisville # <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2000_register&docid=fr17au00-22"> # Federal Register 65, 160 (2000-08-17), page 50154-50158. # </a> -# +# Zone America/Kentucky/Monticello -5:39:24 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:00 -6:00 US C%sT 1946 -6:00 - CST 1968 |