Did I miss a patch for Zone America/Yellowknife in "backzone"?
On 8/21/2026 2:32 PM, Tim Parenti via tz wrote:
Further patch (0001) attached to update the NEWS entry for Northwest
Territories accordingly.
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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.
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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
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