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@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-# @(#)northamerica 8.24
# <pre>
+# @(#)northamerica 8.28
+# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
+# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
# also includes Central America and the Caribbean
@@ -1742,9 +1744,13 @@ Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884
# The individual that answered the phone confirmed that the clocks did not
# move at the end of daylight saving on October 29/2006. He also told me that
# the clocks did not move this past weekend (March 11/2007)....
-#
-# America/Resolute should use the "Canada" Rule up to October 29/2006.
-# After that it should be fixed on Eastern Standard Time until further notice.
+
+# From Chris Walton (2008-11-13):
+# ...the residents of Resolute believe that they are changing "time zones"
+# twice a year. In winter months, local time is qualified with "Eastern
+# Time" which is really "Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5)". In summer
+# months, local time is qualified with "Central Time" which is really
+# "Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)"...
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
@@ -1772,11 +1778,14 @@ Zone America/Iqaluit 0 - zzz 1942 Aug # Frobisher Bay est.
-6:00 Canada C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
-5:00 Canada E%sT
# aka Qausuittuq
+# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+Rule Resolute 2006 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 0 ES
+Rule Resolute 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 0 CD
Zone America/Resolute 0 - zzz 1947 Aug 31 # Resolute founded
-6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
-5:00 - EST 2001 Apr 1 3:00
-6:00 Canada C%sT 2006 Oct 29 2:00
- -5:00 - EST
+ -5:00 Resolute %sT
# aka Kangiqiniq
Zone America/Rankin_Inlet 0 - zzz 1957 # Rankin Inlet founded
-6:00 NT_YK C%sT 2000 Oct 29 2:00
@@ -2251,6 +2260,25 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:20 - LMT 1890 # San Jose
# 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
@@ -2280,10 +2308,11 @@ Rule Cuba 1996 only - Oct 6 0:00s 0 S
Rule Cuba 1997 only - Oct 12 0:00s 0 S
Rule Cuba 1998 1999 - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D
Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S
-Rule Cuba 2000 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D
+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
+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