Dear All, Here's a reference to the lack of daylight savings time use in the West Falklands. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/07/ in_pictures_class_of_one/html/2.stm Rives
Rives McDow <rmcdow <at> globaltimesystems.org> writes: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/07/in_pictures_class_of_one/html/2.stm Thanks. I suppose we should have a separate entry for this. But I'm not sure what location we should use. In your 2001-02-13 email you wrote: Also, there is no mention in the list that some areas in the Falklands do not use DST. I have found in my communications there that these areas are on the western half of East Falkland and all of West Falkland. Stanley is the only place that consistently observes DST. Again, as in other places in the world, the farmers don't like it. West Falkland is almost entirely sheep farmers. Our usual rule is to use the most populous location in the area, but the boundaries of this area seem to be fairly vague. Perhaps Port Howard would be best? (Or maybe Goose Green? but it might flip-flop.) Part of the problem is that I don't have good figures for populations of these small towns. www.world-gazetteer.com estimates 80 for Goose Green, 39 for Port Howard, and 22 for Grytviken, but that's it (other than Port Stanley of course).
The AP reported today that the Iraqi government issued a statement two weeks ago saying DST would begin yesterday (March 31) at 00:00 local time. At the appointed time the American military obediently shifted its clocks forward, but state-run TV did not. Apparently the cabinet had changed its mind, without notifying the Americans. State-run TV later announced that the government had decided to change the time today at 00:00 local time instead. No changes are needed to the tz database for this one, since it agrees with what the Iraqis eventually ended up with. We were lucky that we didn't get that statement two weeks ago. Here's a reference: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-time1apr01,1,4607391.story
The files... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2007e.tar.gz ...and... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2007e.tar.gz ...are now available; these reflect the Syria and Honduras changes circulated last week on the time zone mailing list by Paul Eggert, as well as zic.c variable renaming changes circulated by yours truly. --ado
Hi all,
I have a question about how to interpret the US set of rules. After
going through the "zic" man page and the mailing list archive I am still
unclear about the meaning of using this:
[...]
Rule US 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War
Rule US 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace
Rule US 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S
[...]
in a zone definition like this:
Zone America/New_York -4:56:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:03:58
-5:00 US E%sT 1920
-5:00 NYC E%sT 1942
-5:00 US E%sT 1946
[...]
As I see it, the US rule has a transition in 1942 (only), on Feb 9th,
where it saved 1 hour. Am I correct in interpreting the gap of 43-44 as:
1. The transition of 1942 was observed up until 1945, Sep 30th, and...
2. The entry for Aug 14th, 1945 transition exists only in order to be
used in time zones which did not observe the 1942 transition?
Thanks,
Liviu
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Starting in 1942, the U.S. observed Daylight Saving Time year-round as part of a war-time effort to conserve energy; rather than being called "Standard" or "Daylight" time, it was called "War" time (as in "Eastern War Time"). WWII ended during the summer of 1945, when Daylight Saving Time would normally be observed; folks started using "Peace" rather than "War" in time zone names (such as "Eastern Peace Time"). When the normal "fall back" date arrived in 1945, folks reverted to "Eastern Standard Time" (and to "Eastern Daylight Time" in 1946). So...there's one rule in 1942 to get things on to "War" time (in effect through 1945, with no clock changes), one rule in 1945 to get things on to "Peace" time, and one rule in 1945 to "fall back" to standard time. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Liviu Nicoara [mailto:nicoara <at> roguewave.com] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 10:17 AM To: tz <at> lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Question on interpretation of rules intervals Hi all, I have a question about how to interpret the US set of rules. After going through the "zic" man page and the mailing list archive I am still unclear about the meaning of using this:(Continue reading)
Here's how I interpret it: "War Time" (1 hour advanced) stayed in effect from Feb 9, 1942, through 1943 and 1944 and into 1945. On August 14, 1945, the name (only) changed from "War Time" to "Peace Time", since hostilities had ended. The time was still one hour advanced. This continued until September 30, 1945, when Standard Time resumed. Martin -----Original Message----- From: Liviu Nicoara [mailto:nicoara <at> roguewave.com] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 10:17 AM To: tz <at> lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Question on interpretation of rules intervals Hi all, I have a question about how to interpret the US set of rules. After going through the "zic" man page and the mailing list archive I am still unclear about the meaning of using this: [...] Rule US 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War Rule US 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace Rule US 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S [...] in a zone definition like this:(Continue reading)
-----Original Message-----
From: Liviu Nicoara [mailto:nicoara <at> roguewave.com]
Sent: Mon 2 April 2007 10:17
To: tz <at> lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Subject: Question on interpretation of rules intervals
Hi all,
I have a question about how to interpret the US set of rules. After going through the "zic" man page and the
mailing list archive I am still unclear about the meaning of using this:
[...]
Rule US 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War
Rule US 1945 only - Aug 14 23:00u 1:00 P # Peace
Rule US 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S
[...]
in a zone definition like this:
Zone America/New_York -4:56:02 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:03:58
-5:00 US E%sT 1920
-5:00 NYC E%sT 1942
-5:00 US E%sT 1946
[...]
As I see it, the US rule has a transition in 1942 (only), on Feb 9th, where it saved 1 hour. Am I correct in
interpreting the gap of 43-44 as:
1. The transition of 1942 was observed up until 1945, Sep 30th, and...
2. The entry for Aug 14th, 1945 transition exists only in order to be
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Please cancel my message then, you explained it better than I could have. J Andrew Lipscomb, CPA*ABV, ASA Decosimo Corporate Finance 900 Tallan Building 2 Union Square Chattanooga, TN 37402 423.756.7100 Fax 423.266.6671 www.dcf.decosimo.com -----Original Message----- From: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] [mailto:olsona <at> dc37a.nci.nih.gov] Sent: Mon 2 April 2007 10:26 To: tz <at> lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: RE: Question on interpretation of rules intervals Starting in 1942, the U.S. observed Daylight Saving Time year-round as part of a war-time effort to conserve energy; rather than being called "Standard" or "Daylight" time, it was called "War" time (as in "Eastern War Time"). WWII ended during the summer of 1945, when Daylight Saving Time would normally be observed; folks started using "Peace" rather than "War" in time zone names (such as "Eastern Peace Time"). When the normal "fall back" date arrived in 1945, folks reverted to "Eastern Standard Time" (and to "Eastern Daylight Time" in 1946). So...there's one rule in 1942 to get things on to "War" time (in effect through 1945, with no clock changes),(Continue reading)
Ahh -- obviously. Thank you all. Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] wrote: > Starting in 1942, the U.S. observed Daylight Saving Time year-round as > part of a war-time effort to conserve energy; rather than being called > "Standard" or "Daylight" time, it was called "War" time (as in "Eastern > War Time"). > > WWII ended during the summer of 1945, when Daylight Saving Time would > normally be observed; folks started using "Peace" rather than "War" in > time zone names (such as "Eastern Peace Time"). > > When the normal "fall back" date arrived in 1945, folks reverted to > "Eastern Standard Time" (and to "Eastern Daylight Time" in 1946). > > So...there's one rule in 1942 to get things on to "War" time (in effect > through 1945, with no clock changes), one rule in 1945 to get things on > to "Peace" time, and one rule in 1945 to "fall back" to standard time. > > --ado > > -----Original Message----- > From: Liviu Nicoara [mailto:nicoara <at> roguewave.com] > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 10:17 AM > To: tz <at> lecserver.nci.nih.gov > Subject: Question on interpretation of rules intervals > > Hi all, > > I have a question about how to interpret the US set of rules. After(Continue reading)
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