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*** 107,117 ****
# Clarke, Irwin (1947), XIX, Sunday
#
# For more about the first ten years of DST in the United States, see
# Robert Garland, Ten years of daylight saving from the Pittsburgh standpoint
# (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1927).
! # http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/dst.html
#
# Shanks says that DST was called "War Time" in the US in 1918 and 1919.
# However, DST was imposed by the Standard Time Act of 1918, which
# was the first nationwide legal time standard, and apparently
# time was just called "Standard Time" or "Daylight Saving Time".
--- 107,117 ----
# Clarke, Irwin (1947), XIX, Sunday
#
# For more about the first ten years of DST in the United States, see
# Robert Garland, Ten years of daylight saving from the Pittsburgh standpoint
# (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1927).
! # https://web.archive.org/web/20160517155308/http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/dst.html
#
# Shanks says that DST was called "War Time" in the US in 1918 and 1919.
# However, DST was imposed by the Standard Time Act of 1918, which
# was the first nationwide legal time standard, and apparently
# time was just called "Standard Time" or "Daylight Saving Time".
*** 1491,1501 ****
-3:30 StJohns N%sT 1966 Mar 15 2:00
-4:00 StJohns A%sT 2011 Nov
-4:00 Canada A%sT
! # west Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I
# From Brian Inglis (2015-07-20):
# From the historical weather station records available at:
# https://weatherspark.com/history/28351/1971/Sydney-Nova-Scotia-Canada
# Sydney shares the same time history as Glace Bay, so was
--- 1491,1502 ----
-3:30 StJohns N%sT 1966 Mar 15 2:00
-4:00 StJohns A%sT 2011 Nov
-4:00 Canada A%sT
! # west Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I,
! # Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Listuguj reserve
# From Brian Inglis (2015-07-20):
# From the historical weather station records available at:
# https://weatherspark.com/history/28351/1971/Sydney-Nova-Scotia-Canada
# Sydney shares the same time history as Glace Bay, so was
*** 1510,1519 ****
--- 1511,1527 ----
# (Glace Bay was perhaps not the best name choice but no point changing now).
# Shanks & Pottenger also write that Liverpool, NS was the only town
# in Canada to observe DST in 1971 but not 1970; for now we'll assume
# this is a typo.
+ # From Jeffery Nichols (2020-01-09):
+ # America/Halifax ... also applies to Îles-de-la-Madeleine and the Listuguj
+ # reserve in Quebec. Officially, this came into effect on January 1, 2007
+ # (Legal Time Act, CQLR c T-5.1), but the legislative debates surrounding that
+ # bill say that it is "accommodating the customs and practices" of those
+ # regions, which suggests that they have always been in-line with Halifax.
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Halifax 1916 only - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Halifax 1916 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 S
Rule Halifax 1920 only - May 9 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Halifax 1920 only - Aug 29 0:00 0 S
*** 1603,1625 ****
-4:00 Moncton A%sT 2007
-4:00 Canada A%sT
# Quebec
! # From Paul Eggert (2015-03-24):
# See America/Toronto for most of Quebec, including Montreal.
#
# Matthews and Vincent (1998) also write that Quebec east of the -63
# meridian is supposed to observe AST, but residents as far east as
# Natashquan use EST/EDT, and residents east of Natashquan use AST.
# The Quebec department of justice writes in
# "The situation in Minganie and Basse-Côte-Nord"
! # http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/publications/generale/temps-minganie-a.htm
# that the coastal strip from just east of Natashquan to Blanc-Sablon
# observes Atlantic standard time all year round.
! # https://www.assnat.qc.ca/Media/Process.aspx?MediaId=ANQ.Vigie.Bll.DocumentGenerique_8845en
! # says this common practice was codified into law as of 2007.
# For lack of better info, guess this practice began around 1970, contra to
# Shanks & Pottenger who have this region observing AST/ADT.
# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Blanc-Sablon -3:48:28 - LMT 1884
--- 1611,1634 ----
-4:00 Moncton A%sT 2007
-4:00 Canada A%sT
# Quebec
! # From Paul Eggert (2020-01-10):
# See America/Toronto for most of Quebec, including Montreal.
+ # See America/Halifax for the Îles de la Madeleine and the Listuguj reserve.
#
# Matthews and Vincent (1998) also write that Quebec east of the -63
# meridian is supposed to observe AST, but residents as far east as
# Natashquan use EST/EDT, and residents east of Natashquan use AST.
# The Quebec department of justice writes in
# "The situation in Minganie and Basse-Côte-Nord"
! # https://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/en/department/ministre/functions-and-responsabilities/legal-time-in-quebec/the-situation-in-minganie-and-basse-cote-nord/
# that the coastal strip from just east of Natashquan to Blanc-Sablon
# observes Atlantic standard time all year round.
! # This common practice was codified into law as of 2007; see Legal Time Act,
! # CQLR c T-5.1 <http://legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/ShowDoc/cs/T-5.1>.
# For lack of better info, guess this practice began around 1970, contra to
# Shanks & Pottenger who have this region observing AST/ADT.
# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Blanc-Sablon -3:48:28 - LMT 1884
*** 1634,1643 ****
--- 1643,1661 ----
# Thunder Bay skipped DST in 1973.
# Many smaller locales did not observe peacetime DST until 1974;
# Nipigon (EST) and Rainy River (CST) are the largest that we know of.
# Far west Ontario is like Winnipeg; far east Quebec is like Halifax.
+ # From Jeffery Nichols (2020-02-06):
+ # According to the [Shanks] atlas, those western Ontario zones are huge,
+ # covering most of Ontario northwest of Sault Ste Marie and Timmins.
+ # The zones seem to include towns bigger than the ones they're named after,
+ # like Dryden in America/Rainy_River and Wawa (and maybe Attawapiskat) in
+ # America/Nipigon. I assume it's too much trouble to change the name of the
+ # zone (like when you found out that America/Glace_Bay includes Sydney, Nova
+ # Scotia)....
+
# From Mark Brader (2003-07-26):
# [According to the Toronto Star] Orillia, Ontario, adopted DST
# effective Saturday, 1912-06-22, 22:00; the article mentions that
# Port Arthur (now part of Thunder Bay, Ontario) as well as Moose Jaw
# have already done so. In Orillia DST was to run until Saturday,
*** 2440,2449 ****
--- 2458,2479 ----
# If I had realized the Stephanie did not live in Resolute Bay I would
# never have contacted her. I now believe that all the information I
# obtained in November 2008 should be ignored...
# I apologize for reporting incorrect information in 2008.
+ # From Tim Parenti (2020-03-05):
+ # The government of Yukon announced [yesterday] the cessation of seasonal time
+ # changes. "After clocks are pushed ahead one hour on March 8, the territory
+ # will remain on [UTC-07]. ... [The government] found 93 per cent of
+ # respondents wanted to end seasonal time changes and, of that group, 70 per
+ # cent wanted 'permanent Pacific Daylight Saving Time.'"
+ # https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-end-daylight-saving-time-1.5486358
+ #
+ # Although the government press release prefers PDT, we prefer MST for
+ # consistency with nearby Dawson Creek, Creston, and Fort Nelson.
+ # https://yukon.ca/en/news/yukon-end-seasonal-time-change
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D
Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Oct 27 2:00 0 S
Rule NT_YK 1919 only - May 25 2:00 1:00 D
Rule NT_YK 1919 only - Nov 1 0:00 0 S
*** 2494,2508 ****
-7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1980
-7:00 Canada M%sT
Zone America/Whitehorse -9:00:12 - LMT 1900 Aug 20
-9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1967 May 28 0:00
-8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1980
! -8:00 Canada P%sT
Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20
-9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1973 Oct 28 0:00
-8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1980
! -8:00 Canada P%sT
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# Mexico
--- 2524,2540 ----
-7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1980
-7:00 Canada M%sT
Zone America/Whitehorse -9:00:12 - LMT 1900 Aug 20
-9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1967 May 28 0:00
-8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1980
! -8:00 Canada P%sT 2020 Mar 8 2:00
! -7:00 - MST
Zone America/Dawson -9:17:40 - LMT 1900 Aug 20
-9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1973 Oct 28 0:00
-8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1980
! -8:00 Canada P%sT 2020 Mar 8 2:00
! -7:00 - MST
###############################################################################
# Mexico
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