# %W% # Despite the performance of existing (4.[123]BSD, System V Release 2.0) code, # US Daylight Saving Time ended on the last Sunday of *October* in 1974. # See, for example, the front page of the Saturday, October 26, 1974 # and Sunday, October 27, 1974 editions of the Washington Post. # Note also this from seismo!munnari!kre: # "I recall also being told by someone once that Canada didn't have # the DST variations in 74/75 that the US did, but I am not nearly # sure enough of this to add anything." # The above has been confirmed by Bob Devine; we'll go with it here. # Before the Uniform Time Act of 1966 took effect in 1967, observance of # Daylight Saving Time in the US was by local option, except during wartime. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule USA 1918 1919 - Mar lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule USA 1918 1919 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule USA 1942 only - Feb 9 2:00 1:00 W # War Rule USA 1945 only - Sep 30 2:00 0 S Rule USA 1967 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule USA 1967 1973 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule USA 1974 only - Jan 6 2:00 1:00 D Rule USA 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00 1:00 D Rule USA 1976 1986 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule USA 1987 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D ############################################################################### # New names # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone US/Eastern -5:00 USA E%sT Zone US/Central -6:00 USA C%sT Zone US/Mountain -7:00 USA M%sT Zone US/Pacific -8:00 USA P%sT Zone US/Yukon -9:00 USA Y%sT # Mainland US areas that are always Standard as of 1986. Zone US/East-Indiana -5:00 USA E%sT 1945 Sep 30 2:00 -5:00 - EST # Always EST as of 1986 Zone US/Arizona -7:00 USA M%sT 1945 Sep 30 2:00 -7:00 - MST # Always MST as of 1986 # And then there's Hawaii. # DST was observed for one day in 1933; # Standard time was change by half an hour in 1947; # It's always standard as of 1986. Zone US/Hawaii -10:30 USA H%sT 1933 Apr 30 2:00 -10:30 1:00 HDT 1933 May 1 2:00 -10:30 USA H%sT 1947 Jun 8 2:00 -10:00 - HST # Old names, for S5 users # Link LINK-FROM LINK-TO Link US/Eastern EST5EDT Link US/Central CST6CDT Link US/Mountain MST7MDT Link US/Pacific PST8PDT Link US/East-Indiana EST Link US/Arizona MST Link US/Hawaii HST ################################################################################ # Canada is reportedly lots easier than the US--leastways since 1951. # I don't know what they did before then. # 4.3BSD claims that it's perfectly regular. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Canada 1967 max - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule Canada 1967 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] # Bob Devine says that DST *is* observed in Newfoundland Zone Canada/Newfoundland -3:30 Canada N%sT Zone Canada/Atlantic -4:00 Canada A%sT Zone Canada/Eastern -5:00 Canada E%sT Zone Canada/Central -6:00 Canada C%sT Zone Canada/Mountain -7:00 Canada M%sT Zone Canada/Pacific -8:00 Canada P%sT Zone Canada/Yukon -9:00 Canada Y%sT ################################################################################ # ?Mexico? !Quien sabe!