 =20
  # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)southamerica	8.33
  #  =20
  # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
***************
*** 193,198 ****
--- 193,218 ----
  # 
  # So there is no summer time in Argentina for now.
 =20
+ # From Mariano Absatz (2008-10-20):
+ # Decree 1693/2008 applies Law 26.350 for the summer 2008/2009 establishing=
 DST in Argentina
+ # From 2008-10-19 until 2009-03-15
+ # 
+ # http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.as=
px?fp=3D16102008&pi=3D3&pf=3D4&s=3D0&sec=3D01
+ # 
+ #
+ # Decree 1705/2008 excepting 12 Provinces from applying DST in the summer 2=
008/2009:
+ # Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, La Pampa, Neuque=
n, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz
+ # and Tierra del Fuego
+ # 
+ # http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.as=
px?fp=3D17102008&pi=3D1&pf=3D1&s=3D0&sec=3D01
+ # 
+ #
+ # Press release 235 dated Saturday October 18th, from the Government of the=
 Province of Jujuy saying
+ # it will not apply DST either (even when it was not included in Decree 170=
5/2008)
+ # 
+ # http://www.jujuy.gov.ar/index2/partes_prensa/18_10_08/235-181008.doc
+ # 
+=20
  Rule	Arg	2007	only	-	Dec	30	0:00	1:00	S
  Rule	Arg	2008	max	-	Mar	Sun>=3D15	0:00	0	-
  Rule	Arg	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=3D15	0:00	1:00	S
***************
*** 343,351 ****
  			-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),
! # La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
  #
  # Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we haven't verif=
ied:
  # - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
--- 363,370 ----
  			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
  			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
  #
! # Cordoba (CB), Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (=
MN),
! # Chaco (CC), Formosa (FM), Santiago del Estero (SE)
  #
  # Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we haven't verif=
ied:
  # - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
***************
*** 364,369 ****
--- 383,400 ----
  			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
  			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
  #
+ # Salta (SA), La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
+ Zone America/Argentina/Salta -4:21:40 - 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	2008 Oct 18
+ 			-3:00	-	ART
+ #
  # Tucuman (TM)
  Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
  			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
***************
*** 388,394 ****
  			-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
--- 419,426 ----
  			-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	2008 Oct 18
! 			-3:00	-	ART
  #
  # San Juan (SJ)
  Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
***************
*** 401,407 ****
  			-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
--- 433,440 ----
  			-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 Oct 18
! 			-3:00	-	ART
  #
  # Jujuy (JY)
  Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
***************
*** 415,421 ****
  			-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
--- 448,455 ----
  			-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	2008 Oct 18
! 			-3:00	-	ART
  #
  # Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
  Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
***************
*** 428,434 ****
  			-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
--- 462,469 ----
  			-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	2008 Oct 18
! 			-3:00	-	ART
  #
  # Mendoza (MZ)
  Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
***************
*** 445,451 ****
  			-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
  #
  # San Luis (SL)
  Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
--- 480,487 ----
  			-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	2008 Oct 18
! 			-3:00	-	ART
  #
  # San Luis (SL)
  Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
***************
*** 473,479 ****
  			-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
--- 509,516 ----
  			-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	2008 Oct 18
! 			-3:00	-	ART
  #
  # Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF)
  Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
***************
*** 484,490 ****
  			-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
 =20
  # Aruba
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
--- 521,528 ----
  			-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	2008 Oct 18
! 			-3:00	-	ART
 =20
  # Aruba
  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
diff -r -c old/zone.tab new/zone.tab
*** old/zone.tab	Wed Oct  8 08:35:57 2008
--- new/zone.tab	Mon Oct 20 12:54:50 2008
***************
*** 1,4 ****
! # @(#)zone.tab	8.19
  #
  # TZ zone descriptions
  #
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)zone.tab	8.20
  #
  # TZ zone descriptions
  #
***************
*** 42,49 ****
  AQ	-6640+14001	Antarctica/DumontDUrville	Dumont-d'Urville Station, Terre Ad=
elie
  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)
--- 42,49 ----
  AQ	-6640+14001	Antarctica/DumontDUrville	Dumont-d'Urville Station, Terre Ad=
elie
  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=
, MN, SE, SF)
! AR	-2447-06525	America/Argentina/Salta	(SA, LP, NQ, RN)
  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)
***************
*** 50,55 ****
--- 50,56 ----
  AR	-2926-06651	America/Argentina/La_Rioja	La Rioja (LR)
  AR	-3132-06831	America/Argentina/San_Juan	San Juan (SJ)
  AR	-3253-06849	America/Argentina/Mendoza	Mendoza (MZ)
+ AR	-3319-06621	America/Argentina/San_Luis	San Luis (SL)
  AR	-5138-06913	America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos	Santa Cruz (SC)
  AR	-5448-06818	America/Argentina/Ushuaia	Tierra del Fuego (TF)
  AS	-1416-17042	Pacific/Pago_Pago

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From baby@baby.com.ar Mon Oct 20 13:50:10 2008
From: Mariano Absatz - El Baby 
To: tz@iana.org
Subject: Re: proposed time zone data changes for Argentina
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:50:08 -0200
Message-ID: <48FCC4D0.2050600@baby.com.ar>
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Arthur David Olson escribi=C3=B3 el 20/10/08 14:58:
> Here are proposed changes to southamerica and zone.tab to reflect changes i=
n DST handling in Argentina.
> These are based on Mariano Absatz's patch; I've added a credit for Mariano,
> anchored the URLs, and preserved the ordering of zones in the southamerica =
file
> (to minimize differences with the current version). (In the future, we may =
want to revisit
> Argentina to remove now-superfluous comments and reorder the zones.)
>
> If no one finds problems, these changes will show up in the ftp versions on=
 2008-10-27.
>  =20
It's alright by me. Thanx a lot.

--=20
Mariano Absatz - "El Baby"
baby@baby.com.ar
www.clueless.com.ar

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From schizo@debian.org Wed Oct 22 21:04:02 2008
From: Clint Adams 
To: tz@iana.org
Subject: Re: proposed time zone data changes for Argentina
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:04:00 +0000
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On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 12:58:30PM -0400, Arthur David Olson wrote:
>   Rule	Arg	2008	max	-	Mar	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
>   Rule	Arg	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S

Regarding the earlier complaints, would it be better to change max to
only since the future years are unknown, or is there a technical requirement
for a 'max' to exist?

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