1832 # On Oct 27/1918 when daylight saving ended in the rest of Canada, 1833 # Creston did not change its clocks. 1834 # note 2: 1835 # During WWII when the Federal Government legislated a mandatory clock change, 1836 # Creston did not oblige. 1837 # note 3: 1838 # There is no guarantee that Creston will remain on Mountain Standard Time 1839 # (UTC-7) forever. 1840 # The subject was debated at least once this year by the town Council. 1841 # http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/crestonvalleyadvance/news/116760809.html 1842 1843 # During a period WWII, summer time (Daylight saying) was mandatory in Canada. 1844 # In Creston, that was handled by shifting the area to PST (-8:00) then applying 1845 # summer time to cause the offset to be -7:00, the same as it had been before 1846 # the change. It can be argued that the timezone abbreviation during this 1847 # period should be PDT rather than MST, but that doesn't seem important enough 1848 # (to anyone) to further complicate the rules. 1849 1850 # The transition dates (and times) are guesses. 1851 1852 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1853 Rule Vanc 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D 1854 Rule Vanc 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S 1855 Rule Vanc 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War 1856 Rule Vanc 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace 1857 Rule Vanc 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S 1858 Rule Vanc 1946 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1859 Rule Vanc 1946 only - Oct 13 2:00 0 S 1860 Rule Vanc 1947 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1861 Rule Vanc 1962 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 1862 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1863 Zone America/Vancouver -8:12:28 - LMT 1884 1864 -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1987 1865 -8:00 Canada P%sT 1866 Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884 1867 -8:00 Canada P%sT 1947 1868 -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1972 Aug 30 2:00 1869 -7:00 - MST 1870 Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884 1871 -7:00 - MST 1916 Oct 1 1872 -8:00 - PST 1918 Jun 2 1873 -7:00 - MST 1874 1875 # Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon 1876 1877 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 1878 # Dawson switched to PST in 1973. Inuvik switched to MST in 1979. 1879 # Mathew Englander (1996-10-07) gives the following refs: 1880 # * 1967. Paragraph 28(34)(g) of the Interpretation Act, S.C. 1967-68, 1881 # c. 7 defines Yukon standard time as UTC-9.... 1882 # see Interpretation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-21, s. 35(1). 1883 # [http://canlii.ca/t/7vhg] 1884 # * C.O. 1973/214 switched Yukon to PST on 1973-10-28 00:00. 1885 # * O.I.C. 1980/02 established DST. 1886 # * O.I.C. 1987/056 changed DST to Apr firstSun 2:00 to Oct lastSun 2:00. 1887 1888 # From Brian Inglis (2015-04-14): | 1832 # On Oct 27/1918 when daylight saving ended in the rest of Canada, 1833 # Creston did not change its clocks. 1834 # note 2: 1835 # During WWII when the Federal Government legislated a mandatory clock change, 1836 # Creston did not oblige. 1837 # note 3: 1838 # There is no guarantee that Creston will remain on Mountain Standard Time 1839 # (UTC-7) forever. 1840 # The subject was debated at least once this year by the town Council. 1841 # http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/crestonvalleyadvance/news/116760809.html 1842 1843 # During a period WWII, summer time (Daylight saying) was mandatory in Canada. 1844 # In Creston, that was handled by shifting the area to PST (-8:00) then applying 1845 # summer time to cause the offset to be -7:00, the same as it had been before 1846 # the change. It can be argued that the timezone abbreviation during this 1847 # period should be PDT rather than MST, but that doesn't seem important enough 1848 # (to anyone) to further complicate the rules. 1849 1850 # The transition dates (and times) are guesses. 1851 1852 # From Matt Johnson (2015-09-21): 1853 # Fort Nelson, BC, Canada will cancel DST this year. So while previously they 1854 # were aligned with America/Vancouver, they're now aligned with 1855 # America/Dawson_Creek. 1856 # http://www.northernrockies.ca/EN/meta/news/archives/2015/northern-rockies-time-change.html 1857 # 1858 # From Tim Parenti (2015-09-23): 1859 # This requires a new zone for the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, 1860 # America/Fort_Nelson. The resolution of 2014-12-08 was reached following a 1861 # 2014-11-15 poll with nearly 75% support. Effectively, the municipality has 1862 # been on MST (-0700) like Dawson Creek since it advanced its clocks on 1863 # 2015-03-08. 1864 # 1865 # From Paul Eggert (2015-09-23): 1866 # Shanks says Fort Nelson did not observe DST in 1946, unlike Vancouver. 1867 1868 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1869 Rule Vanc 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D 1870 Rule Vanc 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S 1871 Rule Vanc 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War 1872 Rule Vanc 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace 1873 Rule Vanc 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S 1874 Rule Vanc 1946 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 1875 Rule Vanc 1946 only - Oct 13 2:00 0 S 1876 Rule Vanc 1947 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S 1877 Rule Vanc 1962 2006 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S 1878 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1879 Zone America/Vancouver -8:12:28 - LMT 1884 1880 -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1987 1881 -8:00 Canada P%sT 1882 Zone America/Dawson_Creek -8:00:56 - LMT 1884 1883 -8:00 Canada P%sT 1947 1884 -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1972 Aug 30 2:00 1885 -7:00 - MST 1886 Zone America/Fort_Nelson -8:10:47 - LMT 1884 1887 -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1946 1888 -8:00 - PST 1947 1889 -8:00 Vanc P%sT 1987 1890 -8:00 Canada P%sT 2015 Mar 8 2:00 1891 -7:00 - MST 1892 Zone America/Creston -7:46:04 - LMT 1884 1893 -7:00 - MST 1916 Oct 1 1894 -8:00 - PST 1918 Jun 2 1895 -7:00 - MST 1896 1897 # Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon 1898 1899 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 1900 # Dawson switched to PST in 1973. Inuvik switched to MST in 1979. 1901 # Mathew Englander (1996-10-07) gives the following refs: 1902 # * 1967. Paragraph 28(34)(g) of the Interpretation Act, S.C. 1967-68, 1903 # c. 7 defines Yukon standard time as UTC-9.... 1904 # see Interpretation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-21, s. 35(1). 1905 # [http://canlii.ca/t/7vhg] 1906 # * C.O. 1973/214 switched Yukon to PST on 1973-10-28 00:00. 1907 # * O.I.C. 1980/02 established DST. 1908 # * O.I.C. 1987/056 changed DST to Apr firstSun 2:00 to Oct lastSun 2:00. 1909 1910 # From Brian Inglis (2015-04-14): |