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Time Zone change for San Luis, Argentina
by Norberto Nazabal March 16, 2009

March 16, 2009

Hi all, First, let me thank to all of you for your excellent work maintaining the time zone database. I'm user of several programs using your database as source and I want to add a new time zone for San Luis, Argentina because currently we are using a different time zone that all the rest of the country. This is the link for the local law (spanish) that define the new time zone: http://ministerios.sanluis.gov.ar/res/media/pdf/18459.doc Basically the law says: 1) We will use the time zone GMT-3 from the 0 hour from the second Sunday of October to the 24 hours of the secong Saturday of April. 2) We will use the time zone GMT-4 from the 0 hour from the second Sunday of April to the 24 hours of the secong Saturday of October. I hope this can help you to include these changes in your database to be able to select the correct time zone for my State. Thanks, Norberto Nazabal

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proposed change for San Luis
by Arthur David Olson March 16, 2009

March 16, 2009

Below is a proposed change for San Luis, reflecting the claim that the province will be observing standard Argentine DST in the future. Barring negative comments, this change will appear in the ftp version in a week. --ado ------- southamerica ------- *** /tmp/geta878 Mon Mar 16 10:29:25 2009 --- /tmp/getb878 Mon Mar 16 10:29:25 2009 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)southamerica 8.33 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)southamerica 8.34 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 351,357 **** --- 351,401 ---- # keep America/Cordoba a single region rather than splitting it into the # other 5 subregions. + # From Mariano Absatz (2009-03-13): + # Yesterday (with our usual 2-day notice) the Province of San Luis + # decided that next Sunday instead of "staying" @utc-03:00 they will go + # to utc-04:00 until the second Saturday in October... # + # The press release is at + # <a href="http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/SL/Paginas/NoticiaDetalle.asp?TemaId=1&InfoPrensa…"> + # http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/SL/Paginas/NoticiaDetalle.asp?TemaId=1&InfoPrensa… + # </a> + # (I couldn't find the decree, but + # <a href="http://www.sanluis.gov.ar"> + # www.sanluis.gov.ar + # <a/> + # is the official page for the Province Government). + # + # There's also a note in only one of the major national papers (La Nación) at + # <a href="http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1107912"> + # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1107912 + # </a> + # + # The press release says: + # (...) anunció que el próximo domingo a las 00:00 los puntanos deberán + # atrasar una hora sus relojes. + # + # A partir de entonces, San Luis establecerá el huso horario propio de + # la Provincia. De esta manera, durante el periodo del calendario anual + # 2009, el cambio horario quedará comprendido entre las 00:00 del tercer + # domingo de marzo y las 24:00 del segundo sábado de octubre. + # Quick&dirty translation + # (...) announced that next Sunday, at 00:00, Puntanos (the San Luis + # inhabitants) will have to turn back one hour their clocks + # + # Since then, San Luis will establish its own Province timezone. Thus, + # during 2009, this timezone change will run from 00:00 the third Sunday + # in March until 24:00 of the second Saturday in October. + + # From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-16): + # The unofficial claim at + # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/san-luis-new-time-zone.html"> + # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/san-luis-new-time-zone.html + # </a> + # is that "The province will most likely follow the next daylight saving schedule, + # which is planned for the second Sunday in October." + + # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # # Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF), *************** *** 498,504 **** -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 --- 542,549 ---- -3:00 - ART 2004 May 31 -4:00 - WART 2004 Jul 25 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Jan 21 ! -3:00 - ART 2009 Mar 15 ! -4:00 Arg WAR%sT # # Santa Cruz (SC) Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31

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tzdata2009c.tar.gz
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] March 16, 2009

March 16, 2009

The file... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2009c.tar.gz ...is now available; this reflects the change to the start of Cuban DST circulated last week on the time zone mailing list. I'm holding off on a San Luis (Argentina) change pending investigation of whether they plan to switch clocks every year. --ado

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Last minute change for the Province of San Luis (Argentina)
by Mariano Absatz - El Baby March 13, 2009

March 13, 2009

Hi, yesterday (with our usual 2-day notice) the Province of San Luis decided that next Sunday instead of "staying" @utc-03:00 they will go to utc-04:00 until the second Saturday in October... The press release is at http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/SL/Paginas/NoticiaDetalle.asp?TemaId=1&InfoPrensa… (I couldn't find the decree, but www.sanluis.gov.ar is the official page for the Province Government). There's also a note in only one of the major national papers (La Nación) at http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1107912 I'll try to write a patch to southamerica and send it right away. -- Mariano Absatz - "El Baby" baby(a)baby.com.ar www.clueless.com.ar -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Artificial Intelligence usually beats real stupidity. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * TagZilla 0.066 * http://tagzilla.mozdev.org

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proposed change to northamerica file in time zone package for Cuba
by Arthur David Olson March 9, 2009

March 9, 2009

Having checked this morning on Cuba having actually switched, here's a proposed change to the "northamerica" file. Assuming no problems are found, expect this version to hit the ftp site in a week. --ado ------- northamerica ------- *** /tmp/geta29524 Mon Mar 9 10:29:36 2009 --- /tmp/getb29524 Mon Mar 9 10:29:36 2009 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)northamerica 8.26 # <pre> # also includes Central America and the Caribbean --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)northamerica 8.27 # <pre> # also includes Central America and the Caribbean *************** *** 2258,2263 **** --- 2258,2282 ---- # From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-12): # Assume Sun>=15 (third Sunday) going forward. + # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-03-04) + # According to the Radio Reloj - Cuba will start Daylight Saving Time on + # midnight between Saturday, March 07, 2009 and Sunday, March 08, 2009- + # not on midnight March 14 / March 15 as previously thought. + # + # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba05.html"> + # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba05.html + # (in Spanish) + # </a> + + # From Arthur David Olson (2009-03-09) + # I listened over the Internet to + # <a href="http://media.enet.cu/readioreloj"> + # http://media.enet.cu/readioreloj + # </a> + # this morning; when it was 10:05 a. m. here in Bethesda, Maryland the + # the time was announced as "diez cinco"--the same time as here, indicating + # that has indeed switched to DST. Assume second Sunday from 2009 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 *************** *** 2290,2296 **** Rule Cuba 2000 2004 - 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 --- 2309,2316 ---- Rule Cuba 2000 2004 - 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 only - Mar Sun>=15 0:00s 1:00 D ! Rule Cuba 2009 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890

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Cuba will start DST on midnight between March 07, 2009 and March 08, 2009
by Alexander Krivenyshev March 4, 2009

March 4, 2009

According to the Radio Reloj - Cuba will start Daylight Saving Time on midnight between Saturday, March 07, 2009 and Sunday, March 08, 2009- not on midnight March 14 / March 15 as previously thought. http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba05.html (in Spanish) Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com

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ooppsss...
by Mirko Fluher March 3, 2009

March 3, 2009

sorry ... ignore my previous message .. the current tzdata file is ok for Australia/Victoria ! Cheers, -- http://pax.apana.org.au gpg key id: EACDC062 pgp.mit.edu Linux #19227 UNIX was not designed to stop its users from doing stupid things, as that would also stop them from doing clever things. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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tzdata2009b
by Mirko Fluher March 3, 2009

March 3, 2009

The file tzdata2009b.tar.gz needs to be updated to reflect the new daylight saving of Australia/Victoria ... now moving from March to the first Sunday in April see: http://www.vic.gov.au/news-detail/daylight-saving-has-changed.html Thank you! Cheers, -- http://pax.apana.org.au gpg key id: EACDC062 pgp.mit.edu Linux #19227 UNIX was not designed to stop its users from doing stupid things, as that would also stop them from doing clever things. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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FW: Pacific-New
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Feb. 25, 2009

Feb. 25, 2009

I'm forwarding this message from Bill Unruh, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Bill Unruh [mailto:unruh@physics.ubc.ca] Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 6:35 To: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Cc: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: RE: Pacific-New On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] wrote: > The "pacificnew" file includes information about legislation that was > introduced (but not passed) in the United States Congress; it serves to > explain why a "Pacific-New" time zone was created in the first place. > Note that the last line of the file is a "Link America/Los_Angeles > US/Pacific-New" line, meaning that using either name now has the same > effect. I guess I object strongly to including legislative proposals into the tzdata files. If we introduce a new file and a new timezone everytime some government official makes some silly comment about time, the whole edifice will collapse under the weight of that garbage. While the tzdata file is not an official publication it is regarded as pretty authoritiative by most people using computers in the world. It should therefore strive to be accurate and authoritative, and not get bogged down with irrelevancies, and political commentary or jokes (which is the only thing I can imagine that the Pacific-New timezone to be). > > As to jokes and idiocy: there used to be an obscure bit of word play in > an strftime.c comment; > it was eliminated in version 7.40.-) Never saw it. I am not above jokes and wordplay but not when it extends to introducing new time zones in at least semi-authoritative publications. Are we going to get an Okeefenokie time zone because someone likes Pogo-- or a US/BUSH timezone (constantly set to midnight) as political commentary on the last president? That an ill-considered proposal popped up in Congress 20 years ago but was never passed should not be memorialised by a new time zone in tzdata. My response was triggered when a Suse user said his distro assigned Pacific-New to him. Having never seen it before (Mandriva wisely does not have it), I looked at the tzdata file and found it. Please please remove it. > > --ado > -- William G. Unruh | Canadian Institute for| Tel: +1(604)822-3273 Physics&Astronomy | Advanced Research | Fax: +1(604)822-5324 UBC, Vancouver,BC | Program in Cosmology | unruh(a)physics.ubc.ca Canada V6T 1Z1 | and Gravity | www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/

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FW: Pacific-New
by Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Feb. 22, 2009

Feb. 22, 2009

I'm forwarding this message from Bill Unruh, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Bill Unruh [mailto:unruh@physics.ubc.ca] Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 3:18 To: tz(a)lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Pacific-New Why in the world do you have that joke of a file pacificnew included in the tzdata database? It is a completely stupid joke, or political protest against yet another idiotic bill passed by the House, but never made it anywhere near law. People are actually using Pacific-New as a time zone in various distributions of Linux. tzdata is supposed to be a somewhat authoritative site for time zone info, and not a place for sophmoric jokes or political protest. It makes one think that the rest of your database may be similarly infused with idiocy. Are we going to find new files with protests against Islamic law, or Communist propeganda infiltrating the database next? -- William G. Unruh Canadian Institute for Tel: +1(604)822-3273 Physics&Astronomy Advanced Research Fax: +1(604)822-5324 UBC, Vancouver,BC Program in Cosmology unruh(a)physics.ubc.ca Canada V6T 1Z1 and Gravity http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ For step by step instructions about setting up ppp under Linux, see http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html

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