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Proposed changes for Cuba, Iraq, and San Luis, Argentina
by Arthur David Olson March 15, 2008

March 15, 2008

Here are proposed changes to files in the time zone distribution; these are relative to tzdata2008a.tar.gz. Changes are made to: asia: Iraq abandons DST northamerica: Cuba changes start of DST southamerica and zone.tab: San Luis, Argentina goes to UTC-3 year-round Absent feedback, I plan to make tzdata2008b.tar.gz available March 24, 2008 (about a week before the Iraq change affects current time stamps). Note: we still don't have good information about historic practice in San Luis. --ado ------- asia ------- *** /tmp/geta24643 Sat Mar 15 13:53:14 2008 --- /tmp/getb24643 Sat Mar 15 13:53:14 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)asia 8.14 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)asia 8.15 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 660,665 **** --- 660,680 ---- # # So we'll ignore the Economist's claim. + # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-10): + # The cabinet in Iraq abolished DST last week, according to the following + # news sources (in Arabic): + # <a href="http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html"> + # http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html + # </a> + # <a href="http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublic…"> + # http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublic… + # </a> + # + # We have published a short article in English about the change: + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html + # </a> + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S *************** *** 670,677 **** # IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo. # Shanks & Pottenger say Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997; ignore this. # ! Rule Iraq 1991 max - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D ! Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? --- 685,692 ---- # IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo. # Shanks & Pottenger say Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997; ignore this. # ! Rule Iraq 1991 2007 - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D ! Rule Iraq 1991 2007 - Oct 1 3:00s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? ------- northamerica ------- *** /tmp/geta24662 Sat Mar 15 13:53:15 2008 --- /tmp/getb24662 Sat Mar 15 13:53:15 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)northamerica 8.20 # <pre> # also includes Central America and the Caribbean --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)northamerica 8.23 # <pre> # also includes Central America and the Caribbean *************** *** 2205,2210 **** --- 2205,2256 ---- # # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba03.html + # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-09): + # I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight + # Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to + # <a href="http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj"> + # http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj + # </a>, a Cuban information station, and heard + # the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"), + # indicating that Cuba is still on standard time. + + # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-12): + # It seems that Cuba will start DST on Sunday, 2007-03-16... + # It was announced yesterday, according to this source (in Spanish): + # <a href="http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm"> + # http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm + # </a> + # + # Some more background information is posted here: + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html + # </a> + # + # The article also says that Cuba has been observing DST since 1963, + # while Shanks (and tzdata) has 1965 as the first date (except in the + # 1940's). Many other web pages in Cuba also claim that it has been + # observed since 1963, but with the exception of 1970 - an exception + # which is not present in tzdata/Shanks. So there is a chance we need to + # change some historic records as well. + # + # One example: + # <a href="http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm"> + # http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm + # </a> + + # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-03-13): + # The Cuban time change has just been confirmed on the most authoritative + # web site, the Granma. Please check out + # <a href="http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html"> + # http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html + # </a> + # + # Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsens information, the change + # will take place midnight between Saturday and Sunday. + + # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-12): + # Assume Sun>=15 (third Sunday) going forward. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Cuba 1928 only - Jun 10 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1928 only - Oct 10 0:00 0 S *************** *** 2236,2242 **** Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 2000 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 2006 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S ! Rule Cuba 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890 --- 2282,2289 ---- Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 2000 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 2006 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S ! Rule Cuba 2007 only - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D ! Rule Cuba 2008 max - Mar Sun>=15 0:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890 ------- southamerica ------- *** /tmp/geta24681 Sat Mar 15 13:53:15 2008 --- /tmp/getb24681 Sat Mar 15 13:53:15 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)southamerica 8.18 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)southamerica 8.19 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 228,233 **** --- 228,303 ---- # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000426.html # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000441.html + # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-01-17): + # Here are articles that Argentina Province San Luis is planning to end DST + # as earlier as upcoming Monday January 21, 2008 or February 2008: + # + # Provincia argentina retrasa reloj y marca diferencia con resto del pais + # (Argentine Province delayed clock and mark difference with the rest of the + # country) + # <a href="http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4…"> + # http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4… + # </a> + # + # Es inminente que en San Luis atrasen una hora los relojes + # (It is imminent in San Luis clocks one hour delay) + # <a href="http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/vernotae.asp?id_nota=253414"> + # http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/vernotae.asp?id_nota=253414 + # </a> + # + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html + # </a> + + # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-01-18): + # The page of the San Luis provincial government + # <a href="http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812"> + # http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812 + # </a> + # confirms what Alex Krivenyshev has earlier sent to the tz + # emailing list about that San Luis plans to return to standard + # time much earlier than the rest of the country. It also + # confirms that upon request the provinces San Juan and Mendoza + # refused to follow San Luis in this change. + # + # The change is supposed to take place Monday the 21.st at 0:00 + # hours. As far as I understand it if this goes ahead, we need + # a new timezone for San Luis (although there are also documented + # independent changes in the southamerica file of San Luis in + # 1990 and 1991 which has not been confirmed). + + # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-01-25): + # Unfortunately the below page has become defunct, about the San Luis + # time change. Perhaps because it now is part of a group of pages "Most + # important pages of 2008." + # + # You can use + # <a href="http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834"> + # http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834 + # </a> + # instead it seems. Or use "Buscador" from the main page of the San Luis + # government, and fill in "huso" and click OK, and you will get 3 pages + # from which the first one is identical to the above. + + # From Mariano Absatz (2008-01-28): + # I can confirm that the Province of San Luis (and so far only that + # province) decided to go back to UTC-3 effective midnight Jan 20th 2008 + # (that is, Monday 21st at 0:00 is the time the clocks were delayed back + # 1 hour), and they intend to keep UTC-3 as their timezone all year round + # (that is, unless they change their mind any minute now). + # + # So we'll have to add yet another city to 'southamerica' (I think San + # Luis city is the mos populated city in the Province, so it'd be + # America/Argentina/San_Luis... of course I can't remember if San Luis's + # history of particular changes goes along with Mendoza or San Juan :-( + # (I only remember not being able to collect hard facts about San Luis + # back in 2004, when these provinces changed to UTC-4 for a few days, I + # mailed them personally and never got an answer). + + # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-15): + # Until there's better information, asssume San Luis was like San Juan + # rather than Mendoza (since San Juan has a simpler DST history). + # Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks & Pottenger through 1992, # from the IATA otherwise. As noted below, Shanks & Pottenger say that # America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, but we *************** *** 350,355 **** --- 420,439 ---- -4:00 - WART 2004 Sep 26 -3:00 Arg AR%sT # + # San Luis (SL) + Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - 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 1 + -4:00 - WART 1991 May 7 + -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 + -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 + -3:00 - ART 2004 May 31 + -4:00 - WART 2004 Jul 25 + -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Jan 21 + -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 ------- zone.tab ------- *** /tmp/geta24700 Sat Mar 15 13:53:15 2008 --- /tmp/getb24700 Sat Mar 15 13:53:15 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.13 # # TZ zone descriptions # --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)zone.tab 8.14 # # TZ zone descriptions # *************** *** 42,48 **** AQ -6640+14001 Antarctica/DumontDUrville Dumont-d'Urville Station, Terre Adelie AQ -690022+0393524 Antarctica/Syowa Syowa Station, E Ongul I AR -3436-05827 America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires Buenos Aires (BA, CF) ! AR -3124-06411 America/Argentina/Cordoba most locations (CB, CC, CN, ER, FM, LP, MN, NQ, RN, SA, SE, SF, SL) AR -2411-06518 America/Argentina/Jujuy Jujuy (JY) AR -2649-06513 America/Argentina/Tucuman Tucuman (TM) AR -2828-06547 America/Argentina/Catamarca Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH) --- 42,49 ---- AQ -6640+14001 Antarctica/DumontDUrville Dumont-d'Urville Station, Terre Adelie AQ -690022+0393524 Antarctica/Syowa Syowa Station, E Ongul I AR -3436-05827 America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires Buenos Aires (BA, CF) ! AR -3124-06411 America/Argentina/Cordoba most locations (CB, CC, CN, ER, FM, LP, MN, NQ, RN, SA, SE, SF) ! AR -3319-06621 America/Argentina/San_Luis San Luis (SL) AR -2411-06518 America/Argentina/Jujuy Jujuy (JY) AR -2649-06513 America/Argentina/Tucuman Tucuman (TM) AR -2828-06547 America/Argentina/Catamarca Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)

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FW: Sryia
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 15, 2008

March 15, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Stephen Colebourne, who is not on the time zone mailing list (at least not at the address below). Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Colebourne [mailto:scolebourne@joda.org] Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 12:45 PM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Sryia For everyone's info, I saw an IATA time zone change for Sryia for this month (March 2008) in the last day or so. I don't have it to hand so sadly I can't confirm the details right now. Stephen

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Sryia
by Stephen Colebourne March 15, 2008

March 15, 2008

For everyone's info, I saw an IATA time zone change for Sryia for this month (March 2008) in the last day or so. I don't have it to hand so sadly I can't confirm the details right now. Stephen

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Guatemala goes back on instituting DST
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 15, 2008

March 15, 2008

At... http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_guatemala05.html ...there's a copy of a Univision report on Guatemalan DST; the report begins... Guatemala, 11 mar (EFE).- El Gobierno de Guatemala dio hoy marcha atrás en su intención de adelantar la hora oficial para ahorrar energía, como lo anunció en enero pasado, debido a la ola de violencia que afecta a este país. ...meaning (paraphrasing) that on the eleventh they went back on the intention to advance the official hour, as had been announced in January. --ado

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Cuban Time Zone
by Jota Jota March 13, 2008

March 13, 2008

Hi: I just want to say that Cuba ("America/Havana" time zone) is EST (Eastern Standard Time -0500) and not CST (Central Standard Time -0600) during the Standard Time. In DST Cuba is EDT (Eastern Daylight Time -0400) and not CDT (Central Daylight Time -0500) Best regards Jota ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping

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FW: [Paraguay]
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 13, 2008

March 13, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Sergio Britos, who is not on the time zone mailing list (and who has a ".py" electronic mail address). Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list, please direct replies appropriately. (The "southamerica" file shows Asuncion as having done its southern-hemisphere-winter fall-back on March 9.) --ado From: Sergio Britos (Capital Markets) [mailto:sbritos@capitalmarkets.com.py] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:39 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: There have been a recent advancing of 1 hour in clock so that in Asuncion Paraguay, right now is 10:00a.m. not 9:00 am. So please update your database

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FW: Possible error with timezone for Saint Pierre/Miquelon?
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 13, 2008

March 13, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from David Hancock; since sending it, he has asked to be added to the time zone mailing list and has been added. --ado From: Hancock, David (dhancock) [mailto:dhancock@arinc.com] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:05 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Cc: Raymond, Bill (BRAYMOND) Subject: Possible error with timezone for Saint Pierre/Miquelon? Please see the note below from one of my colleagues, Bill Raymond. He was following up on a discrepancy in our airport local-time lookup for one of the airports our customers use. He verified that the island follows DST by calling the airport authority there. Neither of us knows the start and end dates for DST, though. One of our destination airports is LFVP - Saint Pierre/Miquelon. There is a timezone America/Miquelon but the current setting is GMT -3 with no DST. LFVP is currently is DST and is GMT -2. It looks like the Olson data has DST info for 2007 but not for 2008. I did check several sources to confirm, including making a call to Air St. Pierre at the airport to check local time. For now I set LFVP to Etc/GMT -2. Please let me know if there will be an update. We recently integrated the timezone DB into our flight-planning site and it's working out very well. We've also been using worldtimeengine.com, which is great for obtaining timezone information using latitude and longitude. Cheers! -- David Hancock | dhancock(a)arinc.com

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by Sergio Britos (Capital Markets) March 13, 2008

March 13, 2008

There have been a recent advancing of 1 hour in clock so that in Asuncion Paraguay, right now is 10:00a.m. not 9:00 am. So please update your database

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FW: Cuba DST official
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 13, 2008

March 13, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Jesper Norgaard Welen, who is away from his usual haunt. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Jesper Norgaard Welen [mailto:support@worldtimeexplorer.com] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 5:56 To: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Subject: Cuba DST official Hi Arthur, The Cuban time change has just been confirmed on the most authoritative web site, the Granma. Please check out http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsens information, the change will take place midnight between Saturday and Sunday. Please forward to the tz emailing list. Regards, - Jesper Norgaard Welen

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FW: Correction for Saint-Pierre/Miquelon
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 13, 2008

March 13, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Bill Raymond; since sending it, he has asked to be added to the time zone mailing list and has been added. --ado From: Raymond, Bill (BRAYMOND) [mailto:BRAYMOND@arinc.com] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:06 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Correction for Saint-Pierre/Miquelon Reference airport LFVP - Saint Pierre/Miquelon. There is a timezone America/Miquelon but the current setting is GMT -3 with no DST. LFVP is currently is DST and is GMT -2. It looks like the Olson data has DST info for 2007 but not for 2008. I did check several sources to confirm, including making a call to Air St. Pierre at the airport to check local time. For now I set LFVP to Etc/GMT -2. Please let me know if there will be an update. Best Regards, Bill Raymond braymond(a)arinc.com ARINC Direct Flight Ops flightops(a)arinc.com Toll Free: (866) 321-6060 Fax: (410) 266-2020

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Possible error with timezone for Saint Pierre/Miquelon?
by Hancock, David (dhancock) March 13, 2008

March 13, 2008

Please see the note below from one of my colleagues, Bill Raymond. He was following up on a discrepancy in our airport local-time lookup for one of the airports our customers use. He verified that the island follows DST by calling the airport authority there. Neither of us knows the start and end dates for DST, though. > One of our destination airports is LFVP - Saint Pierre/Miquelon. There is a > timezone America/Miquelon but the current setting is GMT -3 with no DST. LFVP > is currently is DST and is GMT -2. It looks like the Olson data has DST info > for 2007 but not for 2008. I did check several sources to confirm, including > making a call to Air St. Pierre at the airport to check local time. > > For now I set LFVP to Etc/GMT -2. Please let me know if there will be an > update. We recently integrated the timezone DB into our flight-planning site and it's working out very well. We've also been using worldtimeengine.com, which is great for obtaining timezone information using latitude and longitude. Cheers! -- David Hancock | dhancock(a)arinc.com

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Correction for Saint-Pierre/Miquelon
by Raymond, Bill (BRAYMOND) March 13, 2008

March 13, 2008

Reference airport LFVP - Saint Pierre/Miquelon. There is a timezone America/Miquelon but the current setting is GMT -3 with no DST. LFVP is currently is DST and is GMT -2. It looks like the Olson data has DST info for 2007 but not for 2008. I did check several sources to confirm, including making a call to Air St. Pierre at the airport to check local time. For now I set LFVP to Etc/GMT -2. Please let me know if there will be an update. Best Regards, Bill Raymond braymond(a)arinc.com ARINC Direct Flight Ops flightops(a)arinc.com Toll Free: (866) 321-6060 Fax: (410) 266-2020

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Re: Proposed change to time zone northamerica file: deferred Cuban DST
by Arthur David Olson March 12, 2008

March 12, 2008

With Steffen Thorsen's information in hand, here's a revised patch to the northamerica file (relative to tzdata2008a.tar.gz). Absent objections or better information, I'll try to put tzdata2008b.tar.gz in place this coming Saturday morning (to--barely--beat the transition time). --ado ------- northamerica ------- *** /tmp/geta11739 Wed Mar 12 10:00:56 2008 --- /tmp/getb11739 Wed Mar 12 10:00:56 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)northamerica 8.20 # <pre> # also includes Central America and the Caribbean --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)northamerica 8.22 # <pre> # also includes Central America and the Caribbean *************** *** 2205,2210 **** --- 2205,2252 ---- # # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba03.html + # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-09): + # I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight + # Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to + # <a href="http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj"> + # http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj + # </a>, a Cuban information station, and heard + # the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"), + # indicating that Cuba is still on standard time. + + # From Dirk Losch (2008-03-05): + # I've been informed that the DST in Cuba will begin at 30th of + # March 2008. The information is based on IATA. + + # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-12): + # It seems that Cuba will start DST on Sunday, 2007-03-16, two weeks + # earlier than expected (or one week later than current tzdata). + # + # It was announced yesterday, according to this source (in Spanish): + # <a href="http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm"> + # http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm + # </a> + # + # Some more background information is posted here: + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html + # </a> + # + # The article also says that Cuba has been observing DST since 1963, + # while Shanks (and tzdata) has 1965 as the first date (except in the + # 1940's). Many other web pages in Cuba also claim that it has been + # observed since 1963, but with the exception of 1970 - an exception + # which is not present in tzdata/Shanks. So there is a chance we need to + # change some historic records as well. + # + # One example: + # <a href="http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm"> + # http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm + # </a> + + # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-12): + # Assume Sun>=15 (third Sunday) going forward. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Cuba 1928 only - Jun 10 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1928 only - Oct 10 0:00 0 S *************** *** 2236,2242 **** Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 2000 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 2006 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S ! Rule Cuba 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890 --- 2278,2285 ---- Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 2000 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 2006 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S ! Rule Cuba 2007 only - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D ! Rule Cuba 2008 max - Mar Sun>=15 0:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890

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Proposed change to time zone northamerica file: deferred Cuban DST
by Arthur David Olson March 12, 2008

March 12, 2008

Since this affects current time stamps, it's probably best to get a best guess out the door rather than wait for documentation. Here's a proposed change to the time zone package "northamerica" file to reflect the deferred start of DST in Cuba. --ado ------- northamerica ------- *** /tmp/geta1868 Mon Mar 10 15:35:07 2008 --- /tmp/getb1868 Mon Mar 10 15:35:07 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)northamerica 8.20 # <pre> # also includes Central America and the Caribbean --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)northamerica 8.21 # <pre> # also includes Central America and the Caribbean *************** *** 2205,2210 **** --- 2205,2229 ---- # # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba03.html + # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-09): + # I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight + # Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to + # <a href="http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj"> + # http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj + # </a>, a Cuban information station, and heard + # the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"), + # indicating that Cuba is still on standard time. + + # From Dirk Losch (2008-03-05): + # I've been informed that the DST in Cuba will begin at 30th of + # March 2008. The information is based on IATA. + + # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-10): + # The above matches what's found at the unofficial site + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/results.html?query=havana"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/results.html?query=havana + # </a>. Assume lastSun from 2008 forward. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Cuba 1928 only - Jun 10 0:00 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1928 only - Oct 10 0:00 0 S *************** *** 2236,2242 **** Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 2000 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 2006 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S ! Rule Cuba 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890 --- 2255,2262 ---- Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 2000 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 2006 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S ! Rule Cuba 2007 only - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D ! Rule Cuba 2008 max - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890

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Iraq dumps DST
by Steffen Thorsen March 10, 2008

March 10, 2008

The cabinet in Iraq abolished DST last week, according to the following news sources (in Arabic): http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublic… We have published a short article in English about the change: http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html Best regards, Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com

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FW: Cuban time
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 10, 2008

March 10, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Jesper Norgaard Welen, who is on the time zone mailing list, for the reason given below. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Jesper Norgaard Welen [mailto:support@worldtimeexplorer.com] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 6:14 To: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Subject: Cuban time Hi Arthur Unfortunately I have no authoritative information on the expected change in DST for Cuba of March 30, 2008. I checked a few internet radios in Cuba as yourself, and both gave the time in Spanish as being without DST. Also these web pages show the time of Cuba without DST: http://www.cubasi.cu/ http://www.cubavision.cubaweb.cu/portada.asp In my mind there is no doubt that Cuba *stayed* on standard time this Sunday. What will happen March 30 is another matter. Perhaps nothing. Unfortunately I have no means to send this to the tz emailing list because I don't have access to my home email right now. Please forward if you can. Regards, - Jesper Nørgaard Welen Subj: Cuban time Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:58:34 -0400 From: "Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E]" <olsona(a)dc37a.nci.nih.gov> ---------------------------------------------------------------- I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj, a Cuban information station, and heard the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"), indicating that Cuba is still on standard time. If I use Internet Explorer to view http://www.radioreloj.cu, scroll to the bottom of the page, and wait for the animated reloj (watch) to appear in the lower-right-hand corner, it shows 9:44--what we'd expect with the current time zone database stuff. Does anyone have an official reference for the March 30, 2008 Cuban DST start date we've seen on the mailing list? --ado

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Cuban time
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 10, 2008

March 10, 2008

I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj, a Cuban information station, and heard the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"), indicating that Cuba is still on standard time. If I use Internet Explorer to view http://www.radioreloj.cu, scroll to the bottom of the page, and wait for the animated reloj (watch) to appear in the lower-right-hand corner, it shows 9:44--what we'd expect with the current time zone database stuff. Does anyone have an official reference for the March 30, 2008 Cuban DST start date we've seen on the mailing list? --ado

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FW: Bug in Australia/West timezone
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 10, 2008

March 10, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Matt Milliss, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list, please direct replies appropriately. I tried five recent versions of "australasia" and they all yielded a March 30 transition in 2008. All recent versions of "backward" link "Australia/West" to "Australia/Perth." It seems as if this is a twiki.org challenge rather than a tz database challenge. I've listed the "backward" and "australasia" versions I looked at below. --ado backward 8.4 07/12/31 backward 8.3 07/01/08 backward 8.2 06/08/21 backward 8.1 06/02/20 australasia 8.8 07/08/20 australasia 8.7 07/05/07 australasia 8.6 07/03/15 australasia 8.5 07/01/08 australasia 8.4 06/11/27 -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Milliss [mailto:matt_milliss@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 7:24 PM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Bug in Australia/West timezone According to the tz database (http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/xtra/tzdate?tz=Australia/West) daylight savings in the Australia/West timezone ended on 11th March 2008 but the actual end date is 30th March 2008. Cheers Matt Milliss

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Bug in Australia/West timezone
by Matthew Milliss March 9, 2008

March 9, 2008

According to the tz database (http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/xtra/tzdate?tz=Australia/West) daylight savings in the Australia/West timezone ended on 11th March 2008 but the actual end date is 30th March 2008. Cheers Matt Milliss

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tzcode2008a.tar.gz and tzdata2008a.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 8, 2008

March 8, 2008

The files... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2008a.tar.gz ...and... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2008a.tar.gz ...are now available; these reflect the changes circulated earlier this week on the time zone mailing list. With providence, there'll be a tzdata2008b.tar.gz fairly soon to handle forthcoming changes in Cuba and recent changes in Argentina and Venezuela. --ado

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tz mail list back to normal
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 7, 2008

March 7, 2008

The time zone mailing list seems to be back to normal; items for the list may once again be sent to tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov. --ado

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FW: Time zone database update suggestion
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 7, 2008

March 7, 2008

I'm forwarding this message from Rick McDermid, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado From: RICK MCDERMID [mailto:rickmcdermid@shaw.ca] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 12:47 PM To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Time zone database update suggestion It occurs to me that it would be very helpful if the TZ database could include a "Last updated [date]" comment with each set of rules and/or TZ history. Hope this suggestion is not off the wall. Thanks for your consideration. Rick McDermid Chilliwack BC Canada rickmcdermid(a)shaw.ca

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Zoneinfo file modified for includes Chile's DST change
by José Miguel Garrido March 7, 2008

March 7, 2008

Hi. I modified southamerica zoneinfo file and include the modification to the DST made by Chile government. You could see the announces of the change on http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm Regards, JMG. -- José Miguel Garrido Ingeniero de Proyectos ZWEICOM Fonos : (+56 2) 632 8415 anexo 105 Fax : (+56 2) 632 8415 anexo 108 Móvil : (+56 9) 9323 5815 # @(#)southamerica 8.15 # <pre> # 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(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). # # Gwillim Law writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries # of the IATA's data after 1990. # # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for # entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. # # Earlier editions of these tables used the North American style (e.g. ARST and # ARDT for Argentine Standard and Daylight Time), but the following quote # suggests that it's better to use European style (e.g. ART and ARST). # I suggest the use of _Summer time_ instead of the more cumbersome # _daylight-saving time_. _Summer time_ seems to be in general use # in Europe and South America. # -- E O Cutler, _New York Times_ (1937-02-14), quoted in # H L Mencken, _The American Language: Supplement I_ (1960), p 466 # # Earlier editions of these tables also used the North American style # for time zones in Brazil, but this was incorrect, as Brazilians say # "summer time". Reinaldo Goulart, a Sao Paulo businessman active in # the railroad sector, writes (1999-07-06): # The subject of time zones is currently a matter of discussion/debate in # Brazil. Let's say that "the Brasilia time" is considered the # "official time" because Brasilia is the capital city. # The other three time zones are called "Brasilia time "minus one" or # "plus one" or "plus two". As far as I know there is no such # name/designation as "Eastern Time" or "Central Time". # So I invented the following (English-language) abbreviations for now. # Corrections are welcome! # std dst # -2:00 FNT FNST Fernando de Noronha # -3:00 BRT BRST Brasilia # -4:00 AMT AMST Amazon # -5:00 ACT ACST Acre ############################################################################### ############################################################################### # Argentina # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): # Argentina: first Sunday in October to first Sunday in April since 1976. # Double Summer time from 1969 to 1974. Switches at midnight. # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1988-01-199): # ARGENTINA 3 H BEHIND UTC # From Hernan G. Otero (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. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Arg 1930 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1931 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1931 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1932 1940 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1932 1939 - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1940 only - Jul 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1941 only - Jun 15 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1941 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1943 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1943 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1946 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1946 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1963 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1963 only - Dec 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1967 only - Apr 2 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1967 1968 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1968 1969 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 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): # These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A., # obtaining the data from the: # Talleres de Hidrografia Naval Argentina # (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute) 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 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. # # From Rives McDow (2000-01-10): # On October 3, 1999, 0:00 local, Argentina implemented daylight savings time, # which did not result in the switch of a time zone, as they stayed 9 hours # from the International Date Line. Rule Arg 1999 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S # From Paul Eggert (2007-12-28): # DST was set to expire on March 5, not March 3, but since it was converted # to standard time on March 3 it's more convenient for us to pretend that # it ended on March 3. Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar 3 0:00 0 - # # From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01): # We just checked with our Sao Paulo office and they say the government of # 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): # 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. # # From Mariano Absatz (2001-06-06): # one of the major newspapers here in Argentina said that the 1999 # Timezone Law (which never was effectively applied) will (would?) be # in effect.... The article is at # http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-06/e-01701.htm # ... The Law itself is "Ley No 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted # 1999-09-17, and published 1999-09-21. The official publication is at: # http://www.boletin.jus.gov.ar/BON/Primera/1999/09-Septiembre/21/PDF/BO21-09… # Regretfully, you have to subscribe (and pay) for the on-line version.... # # (2001-06-12): # the timezone for Argentina will not change next Sunday. # Apparently it will do so on Sunday 24th.... # http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-12/s-03501.htm # # (2001-06-25): # Last Friday (yes, the last working day before the date of the change), the # Senate annulled the 1999 law that introduced the changes later postponed. # http://www.clarin.com.ar/diario/2001-06-22/s-03601.htm # It remains the vote of the Deputies..., but it will be the same.... # This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina. # We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country. # # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-12-21): # A user (Leonardo Chaim) reported that Argentina will adopt DST.... # all of the country (all Zone-entries) are affected. News reports like # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/nota.asp?nota_id=973037 indicate # that Argentina will use DST next year as well, from October to # March, although exact rules are not given. # # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-12-26) # The last hurdle of Argentina DST is over, the proposal was approved in # the lower chamber too (Deputados) with a vote 192 for and 2 against. # By the way thanks to Mariano Absatz and Daniel Mario Vega for the link to # the original scanned proposal, where the dates and the zero hours are # clear and unambiguous...This is the article about final approval: # <a href="http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996"> # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996 # </a> # # From Paul Eggert (2007-12-22): # For dates after mid-2008, the following rules are my guesses and # are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all. Rule Arg 2007 only - Dec 30 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 2008 max - Mar Sun>=15 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S # From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21): # Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing # its timezone this winter... starting tomorrow night.... # http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040521-27158-normas.pdf # From Paul Eggert (2004-05-24): # It's Law No. 7,210. This change is due to a public power emergency, so for # now we'll assume it's for this year only. # # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # <a href="http://www.spicasc.net/horvera.html"> # Hora de verano para la Republica Argentina (2003-06-08) # </a> says that standard time in Argentina from 1894-10-31 # to 1920-05-01 was -4:16:48.25. Go with this more-precise value # over Shanks & Pottenger. # # From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-05): # These media articles from a major newspaper mostly cover the current state: # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/27/de_604825.asp # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/28/de_605203.asp # # The following eight (8) provinces pulled clocks back to UTC-04:00 at # midnight Monday May 31st. (that is, the night between 05/31 and 06/01). # Apparently, all nine provinces would go back to UTC-03:00 at the same # time in October 17th. # # Catamarca, Chubut, La Rioja, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, # Tierra del Fuego, Tucuman. # # From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-14): # ... this weekend, the Province of Tucuman decided it'd go back to UTC-03:00 # yesterday midnight (that is, at 24:00 Saturday 12th), since the people's # annoyance with the change is much higher than the power savings obtained.... # # From Gwillim Law (2004-06-14): # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/06/10/de_609078.asp ... # "The time change in Tierra del Fuego was a conflicted decision from # the start. The government had decreed that the measure would take # effect on June 1, but a normative error forced the new time to begin # three days earlier, from a Saturday to a Sunday.... # Our understanding was that the change was originally scheduled to take place # on June 1 at 00:00 in Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego (and some other # provinces). Sunday was May 30, only two days earlier. So the article # contains a contradiction. I would give more credence to the Saturday/Sunday # date than the "three days earlier" phrase, and conclude that Tierra del # Fuego set its clocks back at 2004-05-30 00:00. # # From Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-05): # The previous law 7210 which changed the province of Mendoza's time zone # back in May have been modified slightly in a new law 7277, which set the # new end date to 2004-09-26 (original date was 2004-10-17). # http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040924-27244-normas.pdf # # From Mariano Absatz (2004-10-05): # San Juan changed from UTC-03:00 to UTC-04:00 at midnight between # Sunday, May 30th and Monday, May 31st. It changed back to UTC-03:00 # at midnight between Saturday, July 24th and Sunday, July 25th.... # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000329.html # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000426.html # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000441.html # Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks & Pottenger through 1992, # from the IATA otherwise. As noted below, Shanks & Pottenger say that # America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, but we # haven't verified this yet so for now we'll keep it a single region. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # # Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF), Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 -3:00 Arg AR%sT # # Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC), # Formosa (FM), Salta (SA), Santiago del Estero (SE), Cordoba (CB), # San Luis (SL), La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN) # # Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we haven't verified: # - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07. # - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29. # - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04. # - San Luis switched to -4:00 on 1990-03-14, then to -3:00 on 1990-10-15, # then to -4:00 on 1991-03-01, then to -3:00 on 1991-06-01. # - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01, # then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26. # Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - 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 Arg AR%sT # # Tucuman (TM) Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - 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 13 -3:00 Arg AR%sT # # La Rioja (LR) Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - 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 1 -4:00 - WART 1991 May 7 -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 Arg AR%sT # # San Juan (SJ) Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - 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 1 -4:00 - WART 1991 May 7 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 -3:00 - ART 2004 May 31 -4:00 - WART 2004 Jul 25 -3:00 Arg AR%sT # # Jujuy (JY) Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 - 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 1990 Mar 4 -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 28 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 17 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 6 -3:00 1:00 ARST 1992 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 -3:00 Arg AR%sT # # Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH) Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - 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 Arg AR%sT # # Mendoza (MZ) Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - 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 1990 Mar 4 -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 15 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 1 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 15 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1992 Mar 1 -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 -3:00 - ART 2004 May 23 -4:00 - WART 2004 Sep 26 -3:00 Arg AR%sT # # Santa Cruz (SC) Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -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 Arg AR%sT # # Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF) Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 -3:00 - ART 2004 May 30 -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20 -3:00 Arg AR%sT # Aruba # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Aruba -4:40:24 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Oranjestad -4:30 - ANT 1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time -4:00 - AST # Bolivia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 -4:32:36 - CMT 1931 Oct 15 # Calamarca MT -4:32:36 1:00 BOST 1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST -4:00 - BOT # Bolivia Time # Brazil # From Paul Eggert (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; # the federal government refused to follow the city's rules, and business # was in a chaos, so the mayor backed down that afternoon. # From IATA SSIM (1996-02): # _Only_ the following states in BR1 observe DST: Rio Grande do Sul (RS), # Santa Catarina (SC), Parana (PR), Sao Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), # Espirito Santo (ES), Minas Gerais (MG), Bahia (BA), Goias (GO), # Distrito Federal (DF), Tocantins (TO), Sergipe [SE] and Alagoas [AL]. # [The last three states are new to this issue of the IATA SSIM.] # From Gwillim Law (1996-10-07): # Geography, history (Tocantins was part of Goias until 1989), and other # sources of time zone information lead me to believe that AL, SE, and TO were # always in BR1, and so the only change was whether or not they observed DST.... # The earliest issue of the SSIM I have is 2/91. Each issue from then until # 9/95 says that DST is observed only in the ten states I quoted from 9/95, # along with Mato Grosso (MT) and Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), which are in BR2 # (UTC-4).... The other two time zones given for Brazil are BR3, which is # UTC-5, no DST, and applies only in the state of Acre (AC); and BR4, which is # UTC-2, and applies to Fernando de Noronha (formerly FN, but I believe it's # become part of the state of Pernambuco). The boundary between BR1 and BR2 # has never been clearly stated. They've simply been called East and West. # However, some conclusions can be drawn from another IATA manual: the Airline # Coding Directory, which lists close to 400 airports in Brazil. For each # airport it gives a time zone which is coded to the SSIM. From that # information, I'm led to conclude that the states of Amapa (AP), Ceara (CE), # Maranhao (MA), Paraiba (PR), Pernambuco (PE), Piaui (PI), and Rio Grande do # Norte (RN), and the eastern part of Para (PA) are all in BR1 without DST. # From Marcos Tadeu (1998-09-27): # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/verao1.html"> # Brazilian official page # </a> # From Jesper Norgaard (2000-11-03): # [For an official list of which regions in Brazil use which time zones, see:] # http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbr.htm # http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbrhv.htm # From Celso Doria via David Madeo (2002-10-09): # The reason for the delay this year has to do with elections in Brazil. # # Unlike in the United States, elections in Brazil are 100% computerized and # the results are known almost immediately. Yesterday, it was the first # round of the elections when 115 million Brazilians voted for President, # Governor, Senators, Federal Deputies, and State Deputies. Nobody is # counting (or re-counting) votes anymore and we know there will be a second # round for the Presidency and also for some Governors. The 2nd round will # take place on October 27th. # # The reason why the DST will only begin November 3rd is that the thousands # of electoral machines used cannot have their time changed, and since the # Constitution says the elections must begin at 8:00 AM and end at 5:00 PM, # the Government decided to postpone DST, instead of changing the Constitution # (maybe, for the next elections, it will be possible to change the clock)... # From Rodrigo Severo (2004-10-04): # It's just the biannual change made necessary by the much hyped, supposedly # modern Brazilian eletronic voting machines which, apparently, can't deal # with a time change between the first and the second rounds of the elections. # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-20): # Brazil will start DST on 2007-10-14 00:00 and end on 2008-02-17 00:00: # http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do;jsessionid=BBA06811AFCAAC28F02852… # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10): # The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html"> # Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil # </a>. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm">20,466</a> (1931-10-01) # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm">21,896</a> (1932-01-10) Rule Brazil 1931 only - Oct 3 11:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1932 1933 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Brazil 1932 only - Oct 3 0:00 1:00 S # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV23195.htm">23,195</a> (1933-10-10) # revoked DST. # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27496.htm">27,496</a> (1949-11-24) # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27998.htm">27,998</a> (1950-04-13) Rule Brazil 1949 1952 - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1950 only - Apr 16 1:00 0 - Rule Brazil 1951 1952 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV32308.htm">32,308</a> (1953-02-24) Rule Brazil 1953 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV34724.htm">34,724</a> (1953-11-30) # revoked DST. # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV52700.htm">52,700</a> (1963-10-18) # established DST from 1963-10-23 00:00 to 1964-02-29 00:00 # in SP, RJ, GB, MG, ES, due to the prolongation of the drought. # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53071.htm">53,071</a> (1963-12-03) # extended the above decree to all of the national territory on 12-09. Rule Brazil 1963 only - Dec 9 0:00 1:00 S # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53604.htm">53,604</a> (1964-02-25) # extended summer time by one day to 1964-03-01 00:00 (start of school). Rule Brazil 1964 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV55639.htm">55,639</a> (1965-01-27) Rule Brazil 1965 only - Jan 31 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1965 only - Mar 31 0:00 0 - # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57303.htm">57,303</a> (1965-11-22) Rule Brazil 1965 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57843.htm">57,843</a> (1966-02-18) Rule Brazil 1966 1968 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - Rule Brazil 1966 1967 - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV63429.htm">63,429</a> (1968-10-15) # revoked DST. # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV91698.htm">91,698</a> (1985-09-27) Rule Brazil 1985 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 92,310 (1986-01-21) # Decree 92,463 (1986-03-13) Rule Brazil 1986 only - Mar 15 0:00 0 - # Decree 93,316 (1986-10-01) Rule Brazil 1986 only - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1987 only - Feb 14 0:00 0 - # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV94922.htm">94,922</a> (1987-09-22) Rule Brazil 1987 only - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1988 only - Feb 7 0:00 0 - # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV96676.htm">96,676</a> (1988-09-12) # except for the states of AC, AM, PA, RR, RO, and AP (then a territory) Rule Brazil 1988 only - Oct 16 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1989 only - Jan 29 0:00 0 - # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV98077.htm">98,077</a> (1989-08-21) # with the same exceptions Rule Brazil 1989 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1990 only - Feb 11 0:00 0 - # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV99530.htm">99,530</a> (1990-09-17) # adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, GO, MS, DF. # Decree 99,629 (1990-10-19) adds BA, MT. Rule Brazil 1990 only - Oct 21 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1991 only - Feb 17 0:00 0 - # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1991.htm">Unnumbered decree</a> (1991-09-25) # adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, BA, GO, MT, MS, DF. Rule Brazil 1991 only - Oct 20 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1992 only - Feb 9 0:00 0 - # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1992.htm">Unnumbered decree</a> (1992-10-16) # adopted by same states. Rule Brazil 1992 only - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1993 only - Jan 31 0:00 0 - # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV942.htm">942</a> (1993-09-28) # adopted by same states, plus AM. # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1252.htm">1,252</a> (1994-09-22; # web page corrected 2004-01-07) adopted by same states, minus AM. # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1636.htm">1,636</a> (1995-09-14) # adopted by same states, plus MT and TO. # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1674.htm">1,674</a> (1995-10-13) # adds AL, SE. Rule Brazil 1993 1995 - Oct Sun>=11 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1994 1995 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - Rule Brazil 1996 only - Feb 11 0:00 0 - # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV2000.htm">2,000</a> (1996-09-04) # 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): # 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. # # 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> # (1998-02-10) Rule Brazil 1998 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/Hv98.jpg">2,780</a> (1998-09-11) # adopted by the same states as before. Rule Brazil 1998 only - Oct 11 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 1999 only - Feb 21 0:00 0 - # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3150.gif">3,150</a> # (1999-08-23) adopted by same states. # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV99.gif">3,188</a> (1999-09-30) # adds SE, AL, PB, PE, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR. Rule Brazil 1999 only - Oct 3 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 2000 only - Feb 27 0:00 0 - # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DEC3592.htm">3,592</a> (2000-09-06) # adopted by the same states as before. # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3630.jpg">3,630</a> (2000-10-13) # repeals DST in PE and RR, effective 2000-10-15 00:00. # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3632.jpg">3,632</a> (2000-10-17) # repeals DST in SE, AL, PB, RN, CE, PI and MA, effective 2000-10-22 00:00. # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3916.gif">3,916</a> # (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE. Rule Brazil 2000 2001 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 2001 2006 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - # Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE. # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm"></a> Rule Brazil 2002 only - Nov 3 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO. # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm"></a> 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 only - Oct 16 0:00 1:00 S # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5920.gif">5,920</a> (2006-10-03), # adopted by the same states as before. Rule Brazil 2006 only - Nov 5 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 2007 only - Feb 25 0:00 0 - # (Decree number not yet known) # http://www.brasil.gov.br/noticias/ultimas_noticias/horario_verao070920/ # (2007-09-20) after a heads-up from Steffen Thorsen: Rule Brazil 2007 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 2008 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - # 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-2008, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses # and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # # Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE) Zone America/Noronha -2:09:40 - LMT 1914 -2:00 Brazil FN%sT 1990 Sep 17 -2:00 - FNT 1999 Sep 30 -2:00 Brazil FN%sT 2000 Oct 15 -2:00 - FNT 2001 Sep 13 -2:00 Brazil FN%sT 2002 Oct 1 -2:00 - FNT # Other Atlantic islands have no permanent settlement. # These include Trindade and Martin Vaz (administratively part of ES), # Atol das Rocas (RN), and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo (PE). # Fernando de Noronha was a separate territory from 1942-09-02 to 1989-01-01; # it also included the Penedos. # # Amapa (AP), east Para (PA) # East Para includes Belem, Maraba, Serra Norte, and Sao Felix do Xingu. # The division between east and west Para is the river Xingu. # In the north a very small part from the river Javary (now Jari I guess, # the border with Amapa) to the Amazon, then to the Xingu. Zone America/Belem -3:13:56 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1988 Sep 12 -3:00 - BRT # # Maranhao (MA), Piaui (PI), Ceara (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN), # Paraiba (PB) Zone America/Fortaleza -2:34:00 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17 -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 22 -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1 -3:00 - BRT # # Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands) Zone America/Recife -2:19:36 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17 -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 15 -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1 -3:00 - BRT # # Tocantins (TO) Zone America/Araguaina -3:12:48 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17 -3:00 - BRT 1995 Sep 14 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2003 Sep 24 -3:00 - BRT # # Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE) Zone America/Maceio -2:22:52 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17 -3:00 - BRT 1995 Oct 13 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1996 Sep 4 -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 22 -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1 -3:00 - BRT # # Bahia (BA) # There are too many Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/Bahia instead # of America/Salvador. Zone America/Bahia -2:34:04 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2003 Sep 24 -3:00 - BRT # # Goias (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG), # Espirito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Sao Paulo (SP), Parana (PR), # Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS) Zone America/Sao_Paulo -3:06:28 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1963 Oct 23 00:00 -3:00 1:00 BRST 1964 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT # # Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 - LMT 1914 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT # # 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 Brazil AM%sT # # west Para (PA), Rondonia (RO) # West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and Santarem. Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 - LMT 1914 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 -4:00 - AMT # # Roraima (RR) Zone America/Boa_Vista -4:02:40 - LMT 1914 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 -4:00 - AMT 1999 Sep 30 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 2000 Oct 15 -4:00 - AMT # # east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Jutai, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto # The great circle line from Tabatinga to Porto Acre divides # east from west Amazonas. Zone America/Manaus -4:00:04 - LMT 1914 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 -4:00 - AMT 1993 Sep 28 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1994 Sep 22 -4:00 - AMT # # west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant, # Eirunepe, Envira, Ipixuna Zone America/Eirunepe -4:39:28 - LMT 1914 -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1988 Sep 12 -5:00 - ACT 1993 Sep 28 -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1994 Sep 22 -5:00 - ACT # # Acre (AC) Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1988 Sep 12 -5:00 - ACT # Chile # From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19): # The law says to switch to DST at midnight [24:00] on the second SATURDAY # of October.... The law is the same for March and October. # (1998-09-29): # Because of the drought this year, the government decided to go into # DST earlier (saturday 9/26 at 24:00). This is a one-time change only ... # (unless there's another dry season next year, I guess). # From Julio I. Pacheco Troncoso (1999-03-18): # Because of the same drought, the government decided to end DST later, # on April 3, (one-time change). # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2006-10-08): # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-10-08): # I think that there are some obvious mistakes in the suggested link # from Oscar van Vlijmen,... for instance entry 66 says that GMT-4 # ended 1990-09-12 while entry 67 only begins GMT-3 at 1990-09-15 # (they should have been 1990-09-15 and 1990-09-16 respectively), but # anyhow it clears up some doubts too. # From Paul Eggert (2006-12-27): # The following data for Chile and America/Santiago are from # <http://www.horaoficial.cl/horaof.htm> (2006-09-20), transcribed by # Jesper Norgaard Welen. The data for Pacific/Easter are from Shanks # & Pottenger, except with DST transitions after 1932 cloned from # America/Santiago. The pre-1980 Pacific/Easter data are dubious, # but we have no other source. # From Jose Miguel Garrido Urzua (2008-03-04): # Includes changes to DST because the drought. DST will be at saturday # 3/29 at 24:00. It's a one-time change only. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Chile 1927 1932 - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Chile 1928 1932 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Chile 1942 only - Jun 1 4:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1942 only - Aug 1 5:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1946 only - Jul 15 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1946 only - Sep 1 3:00u 0:00 - Rule Chile 1947 only - Apr 1 4:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1968 only - Nov 3 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1969 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1969 only - Nov 23 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1970 only - Mar 29 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1971 only - Mar 14 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1970 1972 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1972 1986 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1973 only - Sep 30 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1974 1987 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1987 only - Apr 12 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1988 1989 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1988 only - Oct Sun>=1 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1989 only - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1990 only - Mar 18 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1990 only - Sep 16 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1991 1996 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1991 1997 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1997 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1998 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1999 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 2000 2007 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2008 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2009 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14; # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08. Ignore these. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Santiago -4:42:46 - LMT 1890 -4:42:46 - SMT 1910 # Santiago Mean Time -5:00 - CLT 1916 Jul 1 # Chile Time -4:42:46 - SMT 1918 Sep 1 # Santiago Mean Time -4:00 - CLT 1919 Jul 1 # Chile Time -4:42:46 - SMT 1927 Sep 1 # Santiago Mean Time -5:00 Chile CL%sT 1947 May 22 # Chile Time -4:00 Chile CL%sT Zone Pacific/Easter -7:17:44 - LMT 1890 -7:17:28 - EMT 1932 Sep # Easter Mean Time -7:00 Chile EAS%sT 1982 Mar 13 21:00 # Easter I Time -6:00 Chile EAS%sT # # Sala y Gomez Island is like Pacific/Easter. # Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernandez Is, San Ambrosio, # San Felix, and Antarctic bases, are like America/Santiago. # Colombia # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule CO 1992 only - May 3 0:00 1:00 S Rule CO 1993 only - Apr 4 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Bogota -4:56:20 - LMT 1884 Mar 13 -4:56:20 - BMT 1914 Nov 23 # Bogota Mean Time -5:00 CO CO%sT # Colombia Time # Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres # no information; probably like America/Bogota # Curacao # # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # Shanks & Pottenger say that The Bottom and Philipsburg have been at # -4:00 since standard time was introduced on 1912-03-02; and that # Kralendijk and Rincon used Kralendijk Mean Time (-4:33:08) from # 1912-02-02 to 1965-01-01. The former is dubious, since S&P also say # Saba Island has been like Curacao. # This all predates our 1970 cutoff, though. # # By July 2007 Curacao and St Maarten are planned to become # associated states within the Netherlands, much like Aruba; # Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius would become directly part of the # Netherlands as Kingdom Islands. This won't affect their time zones # though, as far as we know. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Curacao -4:35:44 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Willemstad -4:30 - ANT 1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time -4:00 - AST # Ecuador # # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-04): # Apparently Ecuador had a failed experiment with DST in 1992. # <http://midena.gov.ec/content/view/1261/208/> (2007-02-27) and # <http://www.hoy.com.ec/NoticiaNue.asp?row_id=249856> (2006-11-06) both # talk about "hora Sixto". Leave this alone for now, as we have no data. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Guayaquil -5:19:20 - LMT 1890 -5:14:00 - QMT 1931 # Quito Mean Time -5:00 - ECT # Ecuador Time Zone Pacific/Galapagos -5:58:24 - LMT 1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno -5:00 - ECT 1986 -6:00 - GALT # Galapagos Time # Falklands # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # Between 1990 and 2000 inclusive, Shanks & Pottenger and the IATA agree except # the IATA gives 1996-09-08. Go with Shanks & Pottenger. # From Falkland Islands Government Office, London (2001-01-22) # via Jesper Norgaard: # ... the clocks revert back to Local Mean Time at 2 am on Sunday 15 # April 2001 and advance one hour to summer time at 2 am on Sunday 2 # September. It is anticipated that the clocks will revert back at 2 # am on Sunday 21 April 2002 and advance to summer time at 2 am on # Sunday 1 September. # From Rives McDow (2001-02-13): # # I have communicated several times with people there, and the last # time I had communications that was helpful was in 1998. Here is # what was said then: # # "The general rule was that Stanley used daylight saving and the Camp # did not. However for various reasons many people in the Camp have # started to use daylight saving (known locally as 'Stanley Time') # There is no rule as to who uses daylight saving - it is a matter of # personal choice and so it is impossible to draw a map showing who # uses it and who does not. Any list would be out of date as soon as # it was produced. This year daylight saving ended on April 18/19th # and started again on September 12/13th. I do not know what the rule # is, but can find out if you like. We do not change at the same time # as UK or Chile." # # I did have in my notes that the rule was "Second Saturday in Sep at # 0:00 until third Saturday in Apr at 0:00". I think that this does # not agree in some cases with Shanks; is this true? # # Also, there is no mention in the list that some areas in the # Falklands do not use DST. I have found in my communications there # that these areas are on the western half of East Falkland and all of # West Falkland. Stanley is the only place that consistently observes # DST. Again, as in other places in the world, the farmers don't like # it. West Falkland is almost entirely sheep farmers. # # I know one lady there that keeps a list of which farm keeps DST and # which doesn't each year. She runs a shop in Stanley, and says that # the list changes each year. She uses it to communicate to her # customers, catching them when they are home for lunch or dinner. # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05): # For now, we'll just record the time in Stanley, since we have no # better info. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Falk 1937 1938 - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1938 1942 - Mar Sun>=19 0:00 0 - Rule Falk 1939 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1940 1942 - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1943 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - Rule Falk 1983 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1984 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule Falk 1984 only - Sep 16 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1985 2000 - Sep Sun>=9 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1986 2000 - Apr Sun>=16 0:00 0 - Rule Falk 2001 max - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 0 - Rule Falk 2001 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/Stanley -3:51:24 - LMT 1890 -3:51:24 - SMT 1912 Mar 12 # Stanley Mean Time -4:00 Falk FK%sT 1983 May # Falkland Is Time -3:00 Falk FK%sT 1985 Sep 15 -4:00 Falk FK%sT # French Guiana # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Cayenne -3:29:20 - LMT 1911 Jul -4:00 - GFT 1967 Oct # French Guiana Time -3:00 - GFT # Guyana # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Guyana -3:52:40 - LMT 1915 Mar # Georgetown -3:45 - GBGT 1966 May 26 # Br Guiana Time -3:45 - GYT 1975 Jul 31 # Guyana Time -3:00 - GYT 1991 # IATA SSIM (1996-06) says -4:00. Assume a 1991 switch. -4:00 - GYT # Paraguay # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # Shanks & Pottenger say that spring transitions are from 01:00 -> 02:00, # and autumn transitions are from 00:00 -> 23:00. Go with pre-1999 # editions of Shanks, and with the IATA, who say transitions occur at 00:00. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Para 1975 1988 - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Para 1975 1978 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - Rule Para 1979 1991 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Para 1989 only - Oct 22 0:00 1:00 S Rule Para 1990 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Para 1991 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 S Rule Para 1992 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - Rule Para 1992 only - Oct 5 0:00 1:00 S Rule Para 1993 only - Mar 31 0:00 0 - Rule Para 1993 1995 - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Para 1994 1995 - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule Para 1996 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - # IATA SSIM (2000-02) says 1999-10-10; ignore this for now. # From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-02): # I have three independent reports that Paraguay changed to DST this Sunday # (10-01). # # Translated by Gwillim Law (2001-02-27) from # <a href="http://www.diarionoticias.com.py/011000/nacional/naciona1.htm"> # Noticias, a daily paper in Asuncion, Paraguay (2000-10-01) # </a>: # Starting at 0:00 today, the clock will be set forward 60 minutes, in # fulfillment of Decree No. 7,273 of the Executive Power.... The time change # system has been operating for several years. Formerly there was a separate # decree each year; the new law has the same effect, but permanently. Every # year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the # clock will be set back on the first Sunday of March. # Rule Para 1996 2001 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S # IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger. Rule Para 1997 only - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 - # Shanks & Pottenger say 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but # (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27). Rule Para 1998 2001 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - # From Rives McDow (2002-02-28): # 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) # From Carlos Raul Perasso via Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-10-13) # <http://www.presidencia.gov.py/decretos/D1867.pdf> Rule Para 2004 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Para 2005 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890 -3:50:40 - AMT 1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time -4:00 - PYT 1972 Oct # Paraguay Time -3:00 - PYT 1974 Apr -4:00 Para PY%sT # Peru # # <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 # sometime between December 29 and January 3 while we were on the Amazon. # # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # Shanks & Pottenger don't have this transition. Assume 1986 was like 1987. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Peru 1938 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Peru 1938 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Peru 1938 1939 - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 S Rule Peru 1939 1940 - Mar Sun>=24 0:00 0 - Rule Peru 1986 1987 - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Peru 1986 1987 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Peru 1990 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Peru 1990 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - # IATA is ambiguous for 1993/1995; go with Shanks & Pottenger. Rule Peru 1994 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Peru 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Lima -5:08:12 - LMT 1890 -5:08:36 - LMT 1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time? -5:00 Peru PE%sT # Peru Time # South Georgia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 - LMT 1890 # Grytviken -2:00 - GST # South Georgia Time # South Sandwich Is # uninhabited; scientific personnel have wintered # Suriname # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Paramaribo -3:40:40 - LMT 1911 -3:40:52 - PMT 1935 # Paramaribo Mean Time -3:40:36 - PMT 1945 Oct # The capital moved? -3:30 - NEGT 1975 Nov 20 # Dutch Guiana Time -3:30 - SRT 1984 Oct # Suriname Time -3:00 - SRT # Trinidad and Tobago # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 -4:00 - AST # Uruguay # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18): # Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules. # From Shanks & Pottenger: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # Whitman gives 1923 Oct 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger. Rule Uruguay 1923 only - Oct 2 0:00 0:30 HS Rule Uruguay 1924 1926 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1924 1925 - Oct 1 0:00 0:30 HS Rule Uruguay 1933 1935 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS # Shanks & Pottenger give 1935 Apr 1 0:00 & 1936 Mar 30 0:00; go with Whitman. Rule Uruguay 1934 1936 - Mar Sat>=25 23:30s 0 - Rule Uruguay 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 0:30 HS Rule Uruguay 1937 1941 - Mar lastSun 0:00 0 - # Whitman gives 1937 Oct 3; go with Shanks & Pottenger. Rule Uruguay 1937 1940 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS # Whitman gives 1941 Oct 24 - 1942 Mar 27, 1942 Dec 14 - 1943 Apr 13, # and 1943 Apr 13 ``to present time''; go with Shanks & Pottenger. Rule Uruguay 1941 only - Aug 1 0:00 0:30 HS Rule Uruguay 1942 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1942 only - Dec 14 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1943 only - Mar 14 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1959 only - May 24 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1959 only - Nov 15 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1960 only - Jan 17 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1960 only - Mar 6 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1965 1967 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1965 only - Sep 26 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1966 1967 - Oct 31 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1968 1970 - May 27 0:00 0:30 HS Rule Uruguay 1968 1970 - Dec 2 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1972 only - Apr 24 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1972 only - Aug 15 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1974 only - Mar 10 0:00 0:30 HS Rule Uruguay 1974 only - Dec 22 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1976 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1977 only - Dec 4 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1978 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1979 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1980 only - May 1 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1987 only - Dec 14 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1988 only - Mar 14 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1988 only - Dec 11 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1989 only - Mar 12 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1989 only - Oct 29 0:00 1:00 S # Shanks & Pottenger say no DST was observed in 1990/1 and 1991/2, # and that 1992/3's DST was from 10-25 to 03-01. Go with IATA. Rule Uruguay 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1990 1991 - Oct Sun>=21 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1992 only - Oct 18 0:00 1:00 S 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… # 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 - # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-09-06): # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/CM%20210_08%2006%202006… Rule Uruguay 2006 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 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 -3:30 Uruguay UY%sT 1942 Dec 14 # Uruguay Time -3:00 Uruguay UY%sT # Venezuela # # From John Stainforth (2007-11-28): # ... the change for Venezuela originally expected for 2007-12-31 has # been brought forward to 2007-12-09. The official announcement was # published today in the "Gaceta Oficial de la Republica Bolivariana # de Venezuela, numero 38.819" (official document for all laws or # resolution publication) # http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=72208 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Caracas -4:27:44 - LMT 1890 -4:27:40 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time? -4:30 - VET 1965 # Venezuela Time -4:00 - VET 2007 Dec 9 03:00 -4:30 - VET

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Chile extends DST due to drought
by Paul Eggert March 7, 2008

March 7, 2008

The Associated Press reports that yesterday Chile announced it will extend DST this year due to a drought, until the last Saturday in March. Does anybody have details? Here's the URL I used for the AP report (though it may not work for you: AP Google URLs are unreliable in my experience): http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gvriCVJJJ0RYvhGDq06v1nEykPDgD8ULKSI80 Without further info, I guess I would assume that DST will end in Chile and in Easter Island on March 30 at 03:00 UTC.

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Time zone database update suggestion
by RICK MCDERMID March 7, 2008

March 7, 2008

It occurs to me that it would be very helpful if the TZ database could include a "Last updated [date]" comment with each set of rules and/or TZ history. Hope this suggestion is not off the wall. Thanks for your consideration. Rick McDermid Chilliwack BC Canada rickmcdermid(a)shaw.ca

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