Which clock applies to online releases during daylight saving time?

gap · gap-taboose-release-clock

Recreation.gov alternates PST and Pacific Time. Canonical release uses the established America/Los_Angeles vocabulary, with this source wording retained for recheck; no fixed UTC offset is inferred.

Open question. The following evidence does not resolve this gap. Use the recorded question and reason to understand what needs confirmation.

Claims and evidence

Reservation release

Live availability
unknown
Nonquota period
November 2-April 30
Nonquota release
2 weeks before entry
Quota period
May 1-November 1
Release time
07:00 America/Los Angeles
Required year round
Yes
Six month percent
60
Two week percent
40
Evidence and sources (1)

No claim effective interval recorded.

Spatial scope IDs: scope-route-taboose-pass

  1. Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details

    USFS Wilderness Permits overview, How to Reserve and Winter Permits: 60% six calendar months ahead; 40% two weeks ahead at 7am Pacific; winter permits have no trailhead quota and appear two weeks ahead.

    Publisher
    USDA Forest Service, Inyo National Forest
    Observer / attribution
    Wayproof primary-source text, table and visual map review
    Observed at
    Unknown
    Retrieved at
    2026-10-06T21:40:00+00:00

    Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

    Observation details · Source details · Original source: USDA Forest Service, Inyo National Forest

Published release time wording

Interpretation
USFS uses Pacific time; verify booking clock rather than assume fixed UTC offset
Need to know
7am Pacific Time
Summary
7AM PST
Evidence and sources (1)

No claim effective interval recorded.

Spatial scope IDs: scope-route-taboose-pass

  1. Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details

    Recreation.gov summary uses PST while its Need to Know uses Pacific Time. USFS gives Pacific time. Preserve the inconsistent timezone wording.

    Publisher
    Recreation.gov / Inyo National Forest
    Observer / attribution
    Wayproof primary-source text, table and visual map review
    Observed at
    Unknown
    Retrieved at
    2026-10-06T21:40:00+00:00

    Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

    Observation details · Source details · Original source: Recreation.gov / Inyo National Forest

Recorded observations

Browse observations separately (2)

USFS Wilderness Permits overview, How to Reserve and Winter Permits: 60% six calendar months ahead; 40% two weeks ahead at 7am Pacific; winter permits have no trailhead quota and appear two weeks ahead.

Publisher
USDA Forest Service, Inyo National Forest
Observer / attribution
Wayproof primary-source text, table and visual map review
Observed at
Unknown
Retrieved at
2026-10-06T21:40:00+00:00

Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

Observation details · Source details · Original source: USDA Forest Service, Inyo National Forest

Recreation.gov summary uses PST while its Need to Know uses Pacific Time. USFS gives Pacific time. Preserve the inconsistent timezone wording.

Publisher
Recreation.gov / Inyo National Forest
Observer / attribution
Wayproof primary-source text, table and visual map review
Observed at
Unknown
Retrieved at
2026-10-06T21:40:00+00:00

Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

Observation details · Source details · Original source: Recreation.gov / Inyo National Forest

Published record history

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