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diff --git a/timezone/southamerica b/timezone/southamerica index 3a61cd717a..912491049b 100644 --- a/timezone/southamerica +++ b/timezone/southamerica @@ -1,11 +1,10 @@ -# @(#)southamerica 8.1 -# <pre> +# @(#)southamerica 7.54 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). -# From Paul Eggert (1999-07-07): +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-07-07): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). @@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1988-01-199): # ARGENTINA 3 H BEHIND UTC -# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26): +# From Hernan G. Otero <hernan@isoft.com.ar> (1995-06-26): # I am sending modifications to the Argentine time zone table... # AR was chosen because they are the ISO letters that represent Argentina. @@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ Rule Arg 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1974 only - May 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1988 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S # -# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26): +# From Hernan G. Otero <hernan@isoft.com.ar> (1995-06-26): # These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A., # obtaining the data from the: # Talleres de Hidrografia Naval Argentina @@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ Rule Arg 1988 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1989 1993 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1989 1992 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # -# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26): +# From Hernan G. Otero <hernan@isoft.com.ar> (1995-06-26): # From this moment on, the law that mandated the daylight saving # time corrections was derogated and no more modifications # to the time zones (for daylight saving) are now made. @@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - # Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST. # So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times. # -# From Fabian L. Arce Jofre (2000-04-04): +# From Fabian L. Arce Jofre <farcejofre@bigfoot.com> (2000-04-04): # The law that claimed DST for Argentina was derogated by President Fernando # de la Rua on March 2, 2000, because it would make people spend more energy # in the winter time, rather than less. The change took effect on March 3. @@ -294,7 +293,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 -3:00 - ART # -# Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH) +# Catamarca (CT) Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec @@ -324,6 +323,20 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:00 - WART 2004 Sep 26 -3:00 - ART # +# Chubut (CH) +# The name "Comodoro Rivadavia" exceeds the 14-byte POSIX limit. +Zone America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia -4:30:00 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 + -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May + -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec + -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 + -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3 + -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20 + -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 + -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 + -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1 + -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20 + -3:00 - ART +# # Santa Cruz (SC) Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time @@ -361,7 +374,7 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # Brazil -# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18): +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): # The mayor of Rio recently attempted to change the time zone rules # just in his city, in order to leave more summer time for the tourist trade. # The rule change lasted only part of the day; @@ -519,13 +532,19 @@ Rule Brazil 1996 only - Feb 11 0:00 0 - # adopted by same states, minus AL, SE. Rule Brazil 1996 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1997 only - Feb 16 0:00 0 - -# From Daniel C. Sobral (1998-02-12): +# From Daniel C. Sobral <dcs@gns.com.br> (1998-02-12): # In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that # because international television networks ignored Brazil's policy on DS, # they bought the wrong times on satellite for coverage of Pope's visit. # This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1 # to help dealing with the shortages of electric power. # +# From Paul Eggert (1998-02-25): +# <a href="http://churchnet.ucsm.ac.uk/news/files2/news165.htm"> +# Brazil Prepares for Papal Visit +# </a>, +# Church Net UK (1997-10-02). +# # Decree 2,317 (1997-09-04), adopted by same states. Rule Brazil 1997 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 S # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV2495.JPG">2,495</a> @@ -560,12 +579,11 @@ Rule Brazil 2003 only - Oct 19 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT. # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm"></a> Rule Brazil 2004 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S -# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif">5,539</a> (2005-09-19), -# adopted by the same states as before. -Rule Brazil 2005 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST: # DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP. -# For dates after mid-2006, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses +# +Rule Brazil 2005 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S +# For dates after mid-2005, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses # and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all. @@ -653,7 +671,7 @@ Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 - LMT 1914 # Mato Grosso (MT) Zone America/Cuiaba -3:44:20 - LMT 1914 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 2003 Sep 24 - -4:00 - AMT 2004 Oct 1 + -4:00 - AMT 2004 Oct 4 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT # # west Para (PA), Rondonia (RO) @@ -924,16 +942,9 @@ Rule Para 1998 2001 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - # A decree was issued in Paraguay (no. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the # dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in # April. -Rule Para 2002 2004 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 - -Rule Para 2002 2003 - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S -# -# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-01-02): -# There are several sources that claim that Paraguay made -# a timezone rule change in autumn 2004. -# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-01-05): -# Decree 1,867 (2004-03-05) <http://www.labor.com.py/noticias.asp?id=27> -Rule Para 2004 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Para 2005 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:00 0 - +Rule Para 2002 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 - +Rule Para 2002 max - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890 @@ -946,7 +957,7 @@ Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890 # # <a href="news:xrGmb.39935$gA1.13896113@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net"> # From Evelyn C. Leeper via Mark Brader (2003-10-26):</a> -# When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they apparently switched over +# When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they apparently switched over # sometime between December 29 and January 3 while we were on the Amazon. # # From Paul Eggert (2003-11-02): @@ -992,7 +1003,7 @@ Zone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 -4:00 - AST # Uruguay -# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18): +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): # Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules. # From Shanks: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -1045,18 +1056,8 @@ Rule Uruguay 1993 only - Feb 28 0:00 0 - # From Eduardo Cota (2004-09-20): # The uruguayan government has decreed a change in the local time.... # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/decretos/2004091502.htm -Rule Uruguay 2004 only - Sep 19 0:00 1:00 S -# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-03-11): -# Uruguay's DST was scheduled to end on Sunday, 2005-03-13, but in order to -# save energy ... it was postponed two weeks.... -# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/noticias/2005/03/2005031005.htm -Rule Uruguay 2005 only - Mar 27 2:00 0 - -# From Eduardo Cota (2005-09-27): -# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/decretos/2005/09/CM%20119_09%2009%202005_00001.PDF -# This means that from 2005-10-09 at 02:00 local time, until 2006-03-12 at -# 02:00 local time, official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2. -Rule Uruguay 2005 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Uruguay 2006 only - Mar 12 2:00 0 - +Rule Uruguay 2004 only - Sep Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Uruguay 2005 only - Mar Sun>=8 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 - LMT 1898 Jun 28 -3:44:44 - MMT 1920 May 1 # Montevideo MT |