Talk:Time in Saskatchewan
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The Saskatchewan time zone debate surfaces twice a year. Perhaps more often now that the energy act in the United States has lengthened Daylight Saving Time in the United States, but not all locations have followed suit. There are typically four sides to the argument between those that want to be on Mountain Time or Central Time, with or without Daylight Saving Time.
I was brief with the early (pre-1966) history of time in Saskatchewan. There were a lot of changes and they were irrelevant to the current situation. Lehri 02:59, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
I have been asked about saving electricity with Daylight Savings Time. I think Saskatchewan offers a perfect example. Assuming that you change your clocks, and not your habits (like bed time). All summer, LLydminster and nearby North Battleford are on the same schedule. In the winter, Lloydminster "falls back" an hour, while North Battleford does not. On average, during the winter sunset is at approximately 7:00 PM in North Battleford 6:00 PM in Lloydminster. All winter, the people of Lloydminster will turn their lights on one hour earlier than the people of North Battleford. A 100 Watt bulb that is on for one extra hour per day will consume an extra 3 KiloWatt Hours of electricity per month.
[edit] Article Cleanup
This article is in desparate need of a cleanup. Also, Saskatchewan does not have its own time zone, so this article should not be called "Saskatchewan Time Zone." Instead, like most other articles dealing with time issues in municipalities, this article should be moved to Time in Saskatchewan. What do y'all think? -Jondude11 06:04, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
As per the precidents set by other pages, I agree. I will change the name, and update the entry to include reference to "Sasktachewan time zone".Lehri 03:38, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
The introduction is wrong. A place is either in a time zone, or it is not -- it is not "in one time zone" and "geographically in another." Saskatchewan observes Central Standard Time, so it is in the Central time zone. It just doesn't do daylight savings time. By extension, to say that it observes DST all year round is effectively meaningless. The article is *still* in need of cleanup. --Rhombus (talk) 20:04, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Pre 1912
The first time law passed by the Legislature may have been in 1912, but I'd be very surprised if local mean time was used before that. The railways had been using standard time for as long as there had been railways in Sask. (1882?), so I'm sure each town used whatever standard time zone the nearest railway was using. Indefatigable 19:29, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
I am willing to entertain that. The pre 1912 information came from the "time" folder in the Legislature library and is as accurate as the historian that compiled it. I quote it, but cannot verify it. What people did before the laws were passed is guess work and assumptions. On the other hand, anything is possible. I didn't bother writing down every detail, but I recall that a trip across Saskatchewan (pre 1966) would take you back and forth between Central and Mountain tim zones at the whim of the municipal government in tiny alliances with neighboring towns. Imagine that train trip.Lehri 03:17, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
