> "...the US proposal clearly states the official names will be 'standard
time.'"
A Senate that fixes the lack of an effective dates in the House-passed
legislation might make other changes as well.
@dashddashado
On Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 10:23 AM James Bellaire <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 7/17/2026 9:33 AM, Arthur Olson via tz wrote:
> > Rather than choosing between EST and EDT going forward: EPDT (for
> > Eastern Permanent Daylight Time).
>
> One benefit of using "EDT" going forward (beyond the RFC 822 and GNU
> issues discussed) is that it would serve as a reminder that the area is
> already on "permanent DST".
>
> I have seen some Canadian news articles that correctly note Saskatchewan
> moved to permanent DST in 1960 (MST/MDT changed to CST in tzData). Other
> articles and the province of Manitoba state that Saskatchewan is on
> permanent standard time (which they are if one accepts solar noon as
> being around 1pm clock time).
>
> I wonder how many people remember that Yukon (America/Whitehorse)
> started out as UTC-09 and moved to permanent DST in 1966? (YST/YDT
> changed to PST in tzData.) Then 14 years later they added DST on top of
> their "permanent DST" (PST/PDT) before transitioning to a second level
> of "permanent DST" in 2020 (PST/PDT to MST). Solar noon around 2pm clock
> time. "YDDT" year round?
>
>
> Humor aside, the US proposal clearly states the official names will be
> "standard time". Several provinces in Canada were willing to to move in
> coordination with the United States. Yukon decided not to wait for BC
> and the US in 2020 and BC gave up on waiting for the US earlier this
> year. I expect that if the US proposal passes it won't be long until the
> Canadian provinces synchronize.
>
>
