--- old/make/data/tzdata/northamerica 2019-07-05 06:56:28.911459433 +0100 +++ new/make/data/tzdata/northamerica 2019-07-05 06:56:28.771459433 +0100 @@ -622,6 +622,26 @@ # between AKST and AKDT from now on.... # https://www.krbd.org/2015/10/30/annette-island-times-they-are-a-changing/ +# From Ryan Stanley (2018-11-06): +# The Metlakatla community in Alaska has decided not to change its +# clock back an hour starting on November 4th, 2018 (day before yesterday). +# They will be gmtoff=-28800 year-round. +# https://www.facebook.com/141055983004923/photos/pb.141055983004923.-2207520000.1541465673./569081370202380/ + +# From Paul Eggert (2018-12-16): +# In a 2018-12-11 special election, Metlakatla voted to go back to +# Alaska time (including daylight saving time) starting next year. +# https://www.krbd.org/2018/12/12/metlakatla-to-follow-alaska-standard-time-allow-liquor-sales/ +# +# From Ryan Stanley (2019-01-11): +# The community will be changing back on the 20th of this month... +# From Tim Parenti (2019-01-11): +# Per an announcement on the Metlakatla community's official Facebook page, the +# "fall back" will be on Sunday 2019-01-20 at 02:00: +# https://www.facebook.com/141055983004923/photos/607150969728753/ +# So they won't be waiting for Alaska to join them on 2019-03-10, but will +# rather change their clocks twice in seven weeks. + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Juneau 15:02:19 - LMT 1867 Oct 19 15:33:32 -8:57:41 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 @@ -648,6 +668,8 @@ -8:00 - PST 1969 -8:00 US P%sT 1983 Oct 30 2:00 -8:00 - PST 2015 Nov 1 2:00 + -9:00 US AK%sT 2018 Nov 4 2:00 + -8:00 - PST 2019 Jan 20 2:00 -9:00 US AK%sT Zone America/Yakutat 14:41:05 - LMT 1867 Oct 19 15:12:18 -9:18:55 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 12:00 @@ -808,6 +830,22 @@ # For a map of Indiana's time zone regions, see: # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Indiana # +# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-30): +# A brief but entertaining history of time in Indiana describes a 1949 debate +# in the Indiana House where city legislators (who favored "fast time") +# tussled with farm legislators (who didn't) over a bill to outlaw DST: +# "Lacking enough votes, the city faction tries to filibuster until time runs +# out on the session at midnight, but rural champion Rep. Herbert Copeland, +# R-Madison, leans over the gallery railing and forces the official clock +# back to 9 p.m., breaking it in the process. The clock sticks on 9 as the +# debate rages on into the night. The filibuster finally dies out and the +# bill passes, while outside the chamber, clocks read 3:30 a.m. In the end, +# it doesn't matter which side won. The law has no enforcement powers and +# is simply ignored by fast-time communities." +# How Indiana went from 'God's time' to split zones and daylight-saving. +# Indianapolis Star. 2018-11-27 14:58 -05. +# https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/27/indianapolis-indiana-time-zone-history-central-eastern-daylight-savings-time/2126300002/ +# # From Paul Eggert (2007-08-17): # Since 1970, most of Indiana has been like America/Indiana/Indianapolis, # with the following exceptions: