--- old/test/sun/util/calendar/zi/tzdata/northamerica 2016-10-03 12:28:38.076055000 +0530 +++ new/test/sun/util/calendar/zi/tzdata/northamerica 2016-10-03 12:28:37.320904000 +0530 @@ -436,11 +436,42 @@ # north of the Salmon River, and the towns of Burgdorf and Warren), # Nevada (except West Wendover), Oregon (except the northern 3/4 of # Malheur county), and Washington + +# From Paul Eggert (2016-08-20): +# In early February 1948, in response to California's electricity shortage, +# PG&E changed power frequency from 60 to 59.5 Hz during daylight hours, +# causing electric clocks to lose six minutes per day. (This did not change +# legal time, and is not part of the data here.) See: +# Ross SA. An energy crisis from the past: Northern California in 1948. +# Working Paper No. 8, Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley, +# 1973-11. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8x22k30c +# +# In another measure to save electricity, DST was instituted from 1948-03-14 +# at 02:01 to 1949-01-16 at 02:00, with the governor having the option to move +# the fallback transition earlier. See pages 3-4 of: +# http://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/sites/clerk.assembly.ca.gov/files/archive/Statutes/1948/48Vol1_Chapters.pdf +# +# In response: +# +# Governor Warren received a torrent of objecting mail, and it is not too much +# to speculate that the objections to Daylight Saving Time were one important +# factor in the defeat of the Dewey-Warren Presidential ticket in California. +# -- Ross, p 25 +# +# On December 8 the governor exercised the option, setting the date to January 1 +# (LA Times 1948-12-09). The transition time was 02:00 (LA Times 1949-01-01). +# +# Despite the controversy, in 1949 California voters approved Proposition 12, +# which established DST from April's last Sunday at 01:00 until September's +# last Sunday at 02:00. This was amended by 1962's Proposition 6, which changed +# the fall-back date to October's last Sunday. See: +# http://repository.uchastings.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1501&context=ca_ballot_props +# http://repository.uchastings.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1636&context=ca_ballot_props # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER -Rule CA 1948 only - Mar 14 2:00 1:00 D +Rule CA 1948 only - Mar 14 2:01 1:00 D Rule CA 1949 only - Jan 1 2:00 0 S -Rule CA 1950 1966 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule CA 1950 1966 - Apr lastSun 1:00 1:00 D Rule CA 1950 1961 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule CA 1962 1966 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -3304,7 +3335,7 @@ # indicating that the normal ET rules are followed. # # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-19): -# The 2014-08-13 Cabinet meeting decided to stay on UTC-4 year-round. See: +# The 2014-08-13 Cabinet meeting decided to stay on UT -04 year-round. See: # http://tcweeklynews.com/daylight-savings-time-to-be-maintained-p5353-127.htm # Model this as a switch from EST/EDT to AST ... # From Chris Walton (2014-11-04):