Time Zone Changes in 2005

Gwillim Law (2005-04-30):

My correspondent, Risto Nykänen, has alerted me to another adoption of DST,
this time in Tunisia.  According to Yahoo France News
<http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4dumk.html>, in a story attributed to AP
and dated 2005-04-26, "Tunisia has decided to advance its official time by
one hour, starting on Sunday, May 1.  Henceforth, Tunisian time will be
UTC+2 instead of UTC+1.  The change will take place at 23:00 UTC next
Saturday."  (My translation)

Attached to: Tunisia (africa)

Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-02):

La Presse, the first national daily newspaper ...
http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives280405/actualites/lheure.html
... DST for 2005: on: Sun May 1 0h standard time, off: Fri Sept. 30,
1h standard time.

Attached to: Tunisia (africa)

Rustam Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum (2005-10-23):

According to the resolution of Cabinet of Ministers, 1997

Attached to: Azer (asia)

Teimuraz Abashidze (2005-11-07):

Government of Georgia ... decided to NOT CHANGE daylight savings time on
[Oct.] 30, as it was done before during last more than 10 years.
Currently, we are in fact GMT +4:00, as before 30 October it was GMT
+3:00.... The problem is, there is NO FORMAL LAW or governmental document
about it.  As far as I can find, I was told, that there is no document,
because we just DIDN'T ISSUE document about switching to winter time....
I don't know what can be done, especially knowing that some years ago our
DST rules where changed THREE TIMES during one month.

Milne 1899 says Tbilisi (Tiflis) time was 2:59:05.7.
Byalokoz 1919 says Georgia was 2:59:11.
Go with Byalokoz.

Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

Attached to: Asia/Tbilisi (asia)

Roozbeh Pournader (2005-04-05):

The text of the Iranian law, in effect since 1925, clearly mentions
that the true solar year is the measure, and there is no arithmetic
leap year calculation involved.  There has never been any serious
plan to change that law....

Attached to: Iran (asia)

Paul Eggert (2005-11-22):

Starting 2003 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com.

Attached to: Jordan (asia)

Steffen Thorsen (2005-11-23):

For Jordan I have received multiple independent user reports every year
about DST end dates, as the end-rule is different every year.

Attached to: Jordan (asia)

Paul Eggert (2005-08-15):

According to an article dated today in the Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway
http://eng.gateway.kg/cgi-bin/page.pl?id=1&story_name=doc9979.shtml
Kyrgyzstan is canceling the daylight saving time system.  I take the article
to mean that they will leave their clocks at 6 hours ahead of UTC.

Attached to: Kyrgyz (asia)

Malik Abdugaliev (2005-09-21):

Our government cancels daylight saving time 6th of August 2005.
From 2005-08-12 our GMT-offset is +6, w/o any daylight saving.

Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

Attached to: Kyrgyz (asia)

Paul Eggert (2005-07-26):

We have wildly conflicting information about Mongolia's time zones.
Bill Bonnet (2005-05-19) reports that the US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar says
there is only one time zone and that DST is observed, citing Microsoft
Windows XP as the source.  Risto Nykänen (2005-05-16) reports that
travelmongolia.org says there are two time zones (UT +07, +08) with no DST.
Oscar van Vlijmen (2005-05-20) reports that the Mongolian Embassy in
Washington, DC says there are two time zones, with DST observed.
He also found
http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1111634894&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&
which also says that there is DST, and which has a comment by "Toddius"
(2005-03-31 06:05 +0700) saying "Mongolia actually has 3.5 time zones.
The West (OLGII) is +7 GMT, most of the country is ULAT is +8 GMT
and some Eastern provinces are +9 GMT but Sükhbaatar Aimag is SUHK +8.5 GMT.
The SUKH timezone is new this year, it is one of the few things the
parliament passed during the tumultuous winter session."
For now, let's ignore this information, until we have more confirmation.

Attached to: Mongol (asia)

Paul Eggert (2005-11-22):

Starting 2004 transitions are from Steffen Thorsen's web site timeanddate.com.

Attached to: EgyptAsia (asia)

Steffen Thorsen (2005-11-23):

A user from Gaza reported that Gaza made the change early because of
the Ramadan.  Next year Ramadan will be even earlier, so I think
there is a good chance next year's end date will be around two weeks
earlier - the same goes for Jordan.

Attached to: EgyptAsia (asia)

Paul Eggert (2005-08-16):

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml
says King Island didn't observe DST from WWII until late 1971.

Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

Attached to: AT (australasia)

Paul Eggert (2005-12-08):

Implementation Dates of Daylight Saving Time within Australia
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml
summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia.

Arthur David Olson (2005-12-12):

Lawlink NSW:Daylight Saving in New South Wales
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/Corporate/ll_agdinfo.nsf/pages/community_relations_daylight_saving
covers New South Wales in particular.

David Grosz (2005-06-13):

It was announced last week that Daylight Saving would be extended by
one week next year to allow for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Daylight Saving is now to end for next year only on the first Sunday
in April instead of the last Sunday in March.

Gwillim Law (2005-06-14):

I did some Googling and found that all of those states (and territory) plan
to extend DST together in 2006.
ACT: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/mediareleases/fileread.cfm?file=86.txt
New South Wales: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15538869%255E1702,00.html
South Australia: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15555031-1246,00.html
Tasmania: http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=14772
Victoria: I wasn't able to find anything separate, but the other articles
allude to it.
But not Queensland
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15564030-1248,00.html

Northern Territory

Joseph S. Myers (2005-01-26):

Irish laws are available online at <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie>.
These include various relating to legal time, for example:

ZZA13Y1923.html ZZA12Y1924.html ZZA8Y1925.html ZZSIV20PG1267.html

ZZSI71Y1947.html ZZSI128Y1948.html ZZSI23Y1949.html ZZSI41Y1950.html
ZZSI27Y1951.html ZZSI73Y1952.html

ZZSI11Y1961.html ZZSI232Y1961.html ZZSI182Y1962.html
ZZSI167Y1963.html ZZSI257Y1964.html ZZSI198Y1967.html
ZZA23Y1968.html ZZA17Y1971.html

ZZSI67Y1981.html ZZSI212Y1982.html ZZSI45Y1986.html
ZZSI264Y1988.html ZZSI52Y1990.html ZZSI371Y1992.html
ZZSI395Y1994.html ZZSI484Y1997.html ZZSI506Y2001.html

[These are all relative to the root, e.g., the first is
<http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA13Y1923.html>.]

(These are those I found, but there could be more.  In any case these
should allow various updates to the comments in the europe file to cover
the laws applicable in Ireland.)

(Note that the time in the Republic of Ireland since 1968 has been defined
in terms of standard time being GMT+1 with a period of winter time when it
is GMT, rather than standard time being GMT with a period of summer time
being GMT+1.)

Attached to: GB-Eire (europe)

Paul Eggert (2005-04-16):

That 1883 transition occurred at 12:00 new time, not at 12:00 old time.
See p 46 of David Prerau, Seize the daylight, Thunder's Mouth Press (2005).

Attached to: US (northamerica)

Arthur David Olson (2005-08-22):

Paul has been careful to use the "US" rules only in those locations
that are part of the United States; this reflects the real scope of
U.S. government action.  So even though the "US" rules have changed
in the latest release, other countries won't be affected.

Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

Attached to: US (northamerica)

Paul Eggert (2005-08-26):

According to today's Huntsville Times
http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1125047783228320.xml&coll=1
a few towns on Alabama's "eastern border with Georgia, such as Phenix City
in Russell County, Lanett in Chambers County and some towns in Lee County,
set their watches and clocks on Eastern time."  It quotes H.H. "Bubba"
Roberts, city administrator in Phenix City. as saying "We are in the Central
time zone, but we do go by the Eastern time zone because so many people work
in Columbus."

Attached to: NYC (northamerica)

Gwillim Law (2005-05-21):

According to ...
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/SO98/geomap.asp
(from a 1998 Canadian Geographic article), the de facto and de jure time
for Southampton Island (at the north end of Hudson Bay) is UTC-5 all year
round.  Using Google, it's easy to find other websites that confirm this.
I wasn't able to find how far back this time regimen goes, but since it
predates the creation of Nunavut, it probably goes back many years....
The Inuktitut name of Coral Harbour is Sallit, but it's rarely used.

Attached to: NT_YK (northamerica)

Carlos A. Carnero Delgado (2005-11-12):

This year (just like in 2004-2005) there's no change in time zone
adjustment in Cuba.  We will stay in daylight saving time:
http://www.granma.cu/espanol/2005/noviembre/mier9/horario.html

Attached to: Cuba (northamerica)

Gwillim Law (2005-04-15):

Risto O. Nykänen wrote me that Haiti is now on DST.
I searched for confirmation, and I found a press release
on the Web page of the Haitian Consulate in Chicago (2005-03-31),
<http://www.haitianconsulate.org/time.doc>.  Translated from French, it says:

"The Prime Minister's Communication Office notifies the public in general
and the press in particular that, following a decision of the Interior
Ministry and the Territorial Collectivities [I suppose that means the
provinces], Haiti will move to Eastern Daylight Time in the night from next
Saturday the 2nd to Sunday the 3rd.

"Consequently, the Prime Minister's Communication Office wishes to inform
the population that the country's clocks will be set forward one hour
starting at midnight.  This provision will hold until the last Saturday in
October 2005.

"Port-au-Prince, March 31, 2005"

Attached to: Haiti (northamerica)

Steffen Thorsen (2005-04-12):

I've got reports from 8 different people that Nicaragua just started
DST on Sunday 2005-04-10, in order to save energy because of
expensive petroleum.  The exact end date for DST is not yet
announced, only "September" but some sites also say "mid-September".
Some background information is available on the President's official site:
http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/Presidencia/Files_index/Secretaria/Notas%20de%20Prensa/Presidente/2005/ABRIL/Gobierno-de-nicaragua-adelanta-hora-oficial-06abril.htm
The Decree, no 23-2005 is available here:
http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/buscador_gaceta/BD/DECRETOS/2005/Decreto%2023-2005%20Se%20adelanta%20en%20una%20hora%20en%20todo%20el%20territorio%20nacional%20apartir%20de%20las%2024horas%20del%2009%20de%20Abril.pdf

Attached to: Nic (northamerica)

Paul Eggert (2005-05-01):

The decree doesn't say anything about daylight saving, but for now let's
assume that it is daylight saving....

Attached to: Nic (northamerica)

Gwillim Law (2005-04-21):

The Associated Press story on the time change, which can be found at
http://www.lapalmainteractivo.com/guias/content/gen/ap/America_Latina/AMC_GEN_NICARAGUA_HORA.html
and elsewhere, says (fifth paragraph, translated from Spanish): "The last
time that a change of clocks was applied to save energy was in the year 2000
during the Arnoldo Alemán administration."...
The northamerica file says that Nicaragua has been on UTC-6 continuously
since December 1998.  I wasn't able to find any details of Nicaraguan time
changes in 2000.  Perhaps a note could be added to the northamerica file, to
the effect that we have indirect evidence that DST was observed in 2000.

Attached to: Nic (northamerica)

Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-11-02):

Nicaragua left DST the 2005-10-02 at 00:00 (local time).
http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/presidencia/files_index/secretaria/comunicados/2005/septiembre/26septiembre-cambio-hora.htm
(2005-09-26)

Attached to: Nic (northamerica)

Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-01-02):

There are several sources that claim that Paraguay made
a timezone rule change in autumn 2004.

Attached to: Para (southamerica)

Steffen Thorsen (2005-01-05):

Decree 1,867 (2004-03-05)
From Carlos Raúl Perasso via Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-10-13)
http://www.presidencia.gov.py/decretos/D1867.pdf

Attached to: Para (southamerica)

Steffen Thorsen (2005-03-11):

Uruguay's DST was scheduled to end on Sunday, 2005-03-13, but in order to
save energy ... it was postponed two weeks....

Attached to: Uruguay (southamerica)

Eduardo Cota (2005-09-27):

...from 2005-10-09 at 02:00 local time, until 2006-03-12 at 02:00 local time,
official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2.

Attached to: Uruguay (southamerica)

Arthur David Olson (2005-12-19):

We generate the files specified below to guard against old files with
obsolete information being left in the time zone binary directory.
We limit the list to names that have appeared in previous versions of
this time zone package.
We do these as separate Zones rather than as Links to avoid problems if
a particular place changes whether it observes DST.

Attached to: PST8PDT (backward)

Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-04-26):

the law [introducing standard time] was in effect from 1894-01-01....
The page https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/1893/83
confirms this, and states that the law was put forth 1893-03-29.

The EU [actually, EEC and Euratom] treaty with effect from 1973:
https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/1972/21100

This provoked a new law from 1974 to make possible summer time changes
in subsequent decrees with the law
https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/1974/223

It seems however that no decree was set forward until 1980.  I have
not found any decree, but in another related law, the effecting DST
changes are stated explicitly to be from 1980-04-06 at 02:00 to
1980-09-28 at 02:00.  If this is true, this differs slightly from
the EU rule in that DST runs to 02:00, not 03:00.  We don't know
when Denmark began using the EU rule correctly, but we have only
confirmation of the 1980-time, so I presume it was correct in 1981:
The law is about the management of the extra hour, concerning
working hours reported and effect on obligatory-rest rules (which
was suspended on that night):
https://web.archive.org/web/20140104053304/https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=60267

Attached to: Denmark (backzone)

Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-06-11):

The Herning Folkeblad (1980-09-26) reported that the night between
Saturday and Sunday the clock is set back from three to two.

Attached to: Denmark (backzone)

Paul Eggert (2005-06-11):

Hence the "02:00" of the 1980 law refers to standard time, not
wall-clock time, and so the EU rules were in effect in 1980.

Attached to: Denmark (backzone)

Mark Brader (2005-01-23):

[<https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/pa/pa36/pa36.pdf>]
reproduced a Pan American Airways timetable from 1936, for their weekly
"Orient Express" flights between San Francisco and Manila, and connecting
flights to Chicago and the US East Coast.  As it uses some time zone
designations that I've never seen before:....
Fri. 6:30A Lv. HONOLULU (Pearl Harbor), H.I. . H.L.T. Ar. 5:30P Sun.
"   3:00P Ar. MIDWAY ISLAND . . . . . . . . . M.L.T. Lv. 6:00A  "

Attached to: Pacific/Midway (backzone)