--- old/make/data/tzdata/northamerica 2018-10-29 08:27:22.627438129 -0400 +++ new/make/data/tzdata/northamerica 2018-10-29 08:27:22.423438129 -0400 @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ # or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any # questions. # +# tzdb data for North and Central America and environs + # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. @@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ # # Most of the US soon followed suit. See: # Bartky IR. The adoption of standard time. Technol Cult 1989 Jan;30(1):25-56. -# http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3105430 +# https://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3105430 # From Paul Eggert (2005-04-16): # That 1883 transition occurred at 12:00 new time, not at 12:00 old time. @@ -460,6 +462,19 @@ # western South Dakota, far western Texas (El Paso County, Hudspeth County, # and Pine Springs and Nickel Creek in Culberson County), Utah, Wyoming # +# From Paul Eggert (2018-10-25): +# On 1921-03-04 federal law placed all of Texas into the central time zone. +# However, El Paso ignored the law for decades and continued to observe +# mountain time, on the grounds that that's what they had always done +# and they weren't about to let the federal government tell them what to do. +# Eventually the federal government gave in and changed the law on +# 1970-04-10 to match what El Paso was actually doing. Although +# that's slightly after our 1970 cutoff, there is no need to create a +# separate zone for El Paso since they were ignoring the law anyway. See: +# Long T. El Pasoans were time rebels, fought to stay in Mountain zone. +# El Paso Times. 2018-10-24 06:40 -06. +# https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/el-paso/2018/10/24/el-pasoans-were-time-rebels-fought-stay-mountain-zone/1744509002/ +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER Rule Denver 1920 1921 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Denver 1920 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S @@ -729,9 +744,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Honolulu -10:31:26 - LMT 1896 Jan 13 12:00 -10:30 - HST 1933 Apr 30 2:00 -10:30 1:00 HDT 1933 May 21 12:00 - -10:30 - HST 1942 Feb 9 2:00 - -10:30 1:00 HDT 1945 Sep 30 2:00 - -10:30 - HST 1947 Jun 8 2:00 + -10:30 US H%sT 1947 Jun 8 2:00 -10:00 - HST # Now we turn to US areas that have diverged from the consensus since 1970.