practice}, not historical fact. Historically, for instance, the start
of daylight savings time and even its existence have varied from year to
year, but present United States law mandates that daylight savings time
-begins on the first Sunday in April. When the daylight savings rules
+begins on the second Sunday in March. When the daylight savings rules
are set up for the United States, Emacs always uses the present
definition, even though it is wrong for some prior years.
The values for Cambridge, Massachusetts are as follows:
@example
-(calendar-nth-named-day 1 0 4 year)
-(calendar-nth-named-day -1 0 10 year)
+(calendar-nth-named-day 2 0 3 year)
+(calendar-nth-named-day 1 0 11 year)
@end example
@noindent
-That is, the first 0th day (Sunday) of the fourth month (April) in
-the year specified by @code{year}, and the last Sunday of the tenth month
-(October) of that year. If daylight savings time were
+That is, the second 0th day (Sunday) of the third month (March) in
+the year specified by @code{year}, and the first Sunday of the eleventh month
+(November) of that year. If daylight savings time were
changed to start on October 1, you would set
@code{calendar-daylight-savings-starts} to this: