Attn anachronism police

[spatch]

Who can tell me in what year Newfoundland adopted the practice of adding 30 minutes on to their time zone? Wonkypedia only gives me years when Daylight Savings Time was adopted, but says nothing about those extra 30 minutes. And them's crucial. Much obliged.





Your pal,
Hieronymous Q. Mushmeyer
Director of Anachronistic Look-Uppery

Comments

[enf.livejournal.com]

The history in the Olson (zoneinfo) time zone package says it was at 3:30:52 (local mean time for St. John's) until March 30, 1935, and precisely 3:30 thereafter. I have a copy of Shanks's The American Atlas at home and can check whether it agrees if you want.

[spatch]

Wow! Right down to the day and time, even! Thank you very much!

(The date of this thingo I'm working on is 1938, so I needed to make sure Newfoundland observed that time ... er... at that time.)