Further patch (0001) attached to update the NEWS entry for Northwest Territories accordingly.
-- Tim Parenti On Fri, 21 Aug 2026 at 10:55, Paul Eggert via tz <[email protected]> wrote: > * northamerica (America/Inuvik): Record the legal change date, > with the usual temporary hack for CLDR. With the hack, this > change merely records the law; it does not affect TZif data. > --- > northamerica | 18 ++++++++---------- > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica > index 9d05e891..6d26fdaa 100644 > --- a/northamerica > +++ b/northamerica > @@ -2445,15 +2445,10 @@ Zone America/Fort_Nelson -8:10:47 - > LMT 1884 > # to fix a year-round standard time: > # > https://www.ntlegislativeassembly.ca/sites/default/files/legacy/bill_13_-_reprint_-_interpretation_a.pdf > # > -# Recent private correspondence with staffers in the Northwest Territories > -# Department of Justice responsible for implementing the change indicates > that, > -# while the legal process is moving forward and the change is intended to > come > -# into force no later than 2026-11-01, at time of writing the expected > -# regulation's official registration is not anticipated until September > 2026. > -# > -# For most of NWT, this is already covered by the change to > America/Edmonton, > -# which alias America/Yellowknife links to. For now, assume below for > -# America/Inuvik that the NWT change goes forward from 2026-11-01 02:00. > +# From Paul Eggert (2026-08-21): > +# The regulations were registered 2026-08-18 and came into force today: > +# > https://www.justice.gov.nt.ca/en/files/legislation/interpretation/interpretation.r2.pdf > +# Use a temporary hack like Alberta’s. > > # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE > LETTER/S > Rule NT_YK 1918 only - Apr 14 2:00 1:00 D > @@ -2496,7 +2491,10 @@ Zone America/Cambridge_Bay 0 - -00 > 1920 # trading post est.? > Zone America/Inuvik 0 - -00 1953 # Inuvik founded > -8:00 NT_YK P%sT 1979 Apr lastSun 2:00 > -7:00 NT_YK M%sT 1980 > - -7:00 Canada M%sT 2026 Nov 1 2:00 # > presumed > + -7:00 Canada M%sT 2026 Aug 21 > + # Temporary hack; see above. > + -7:00 Canada MDT 2026 Nov 1 2:00 > + # End of temporary hack. > -6:00 - CST > Zone America/Whitehorse -9:00:12 - LMT 1900 Aug 20 > -9:00 NT_YK Y%sT 1965 > -- > 2.53.0 > >
From afb639a13c958771b4fa8a46c1fe45bc13c280ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Parenti <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:37:16 -0400 Subject: * NEWS: Update details on recent NWT regulation. --- NEWS | 15 +++++++-------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ebb5458..643977d 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -3,19 +3,18 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes Briefly: - Canada’s Northwest Territories move to permanent -06 on 2026-11-01. + Canada’s Northwest Territories moved to permanent -06 on 2026-08-21. Changes to future timestamps Canada’s Northwest Territories will not fall back on 2026-11-01 and will stay on -06 year-round, matching Alberta’s recent change. - Model this with its traditional abbreviation CST. Based on - private correspondence with staffers responsible for implementing - the change, assume for now that the legal implementation will take - place on 2026-11-01 at 02:00, as the expected regulation’s official - registration is not anticipated until September 2026. This only - affects America/Inuvik as the rest of the territory is covered by - America/Edmonton, for which the equivalent change was released in + Model this with its traditional abbreviation CST. Although the + change to permanent -06 legally took place on 2026-08-21, + temporarily model the change to occur on 2026-11-01 at 02:00 + instead, for the same reason as other recent temporary hacks. This + only affects America/Inuvik as the rest of the territory is covered + by America/Edmonton, for which the equivalent change was released in 2026c. Changes to past timestamps -- 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
