Can anyone kindly establish as a fact (preferrably w/ proper reference
to official sources provided by either the town/provincial/federal
government)whether Windsor, Ontario, Canada practiced daylight saving
in 1979? If so, between which particular dates? |
Request for Question Clarification by
knowledge_seeker-ga
on
19 Jul 2003 16:44 PDT
I've sent an email to the Canadian ministry that oversees the Time
Zones and Daylight Saving process.
Will let you know as soon as they reply, however I don't expect to
hear from anyone until at least Monday.
Thanks
-K~
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Clarification of Question by
liquidus-ga
on
20 Jul 2003 03:05 PDT
Hello,
Many thanks for your interest in the question. I've tried to inquire
the Royal Canadian Observatory and Meterological Services previously
only to be told that daylight saving practice in Ontario 1979 wasn't
standardize as each township/municipality had individual jurisdiction
over whether or not daylight saving would be observed. The best
chance of acquiring such record would be through back-dated local
newspapers, yet because I'm not physically available to check on them,
I must rely on those who are to do me the service. Hope you have
better luck than I do. =] Looking forward to your good news.
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Request for Question Clarification by
knowledge_seeker-ga
on
21 Jul 2003 11:15 PDT
Hi again liquidus,
Well, I don't think I've gained us any ground here. I just received
this --
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Dear ,
I have no definitive answer for Windsor's DST practice in 1979, either
in my records or in my memory.
My best guess is that DST was in effect from the last Sunday in April
until the last Sunday in October in 1979 - Daylight Saving TIme was a
municipal matter in Ontario until 1987, and Windsor (unlike most of
Canada) had even followed the US in staying on DST through the winter
of the oil crisis a few years earlier.
The Canadian Almanac for 1979 may be a good source for what its
editors thought, in 1978, would be done regarding DST in 1979... The
best archival source would be a Windsor newspaper for the date in
question - the time of sunrise or sunset would label the time practice
its editor thought would best serve their readers (even over the
course of many decades, the time of sunrise (or sunset) at a
particular place and date does not vary by more than a couple of
minutes.
with best wishes,
Rob Douglas
Frequency and Time
Institute for National Measurement Standards
National Research Council Canada
M-36, 1108
1200 Montreal Road
Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R6
Tel: (613) 993-5186
Fax: (613) 952-1394
rob.douglas@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Government of Canada
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Here is their website
Frequency and Time - Institute for National Measurement Standards
http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/time_services/daylight_savings_e.html
I'm not close enough to Windsor to have access to local papers, but
I'll try to get the attention of some of our other Canadian
researchers and point them towards this question.
Meanwhile, if you anticipate that answering this is going to entail a
trip to the library or local newspaper office, you may want to review
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Good luck!
-K~
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Clarification of Question by
liquidus-ga
on
22 Jul 2003 06:37 PDT
Thanks for your advice and suggestion, K, do appreciate your attempt
at the question. I've corresponded with Dr. Douglas in the past and
got a similar response.
Cheerios, Liquidus
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