From 486e1e890e68d52f9236b2b354484463f57ec692 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 08:13:38 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Paraguay tm_isdst flag goes to 0 today MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * NEWS: Mention this. * southamerica (America/Asuncion): Legal change was today. (Thanks to Heitor David Pinto.) This doesn’t affect UT offset or abbreviation, only the obsolescent tm_isdst flag. --- NEWS | 2 +- southamerica | 21 ++++++++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 65fde911..adaa4b60 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes transition on 2024-10-06, so it is now permanently at -03. (Thanks to Heitor David Pinto and Even Scharning.) This affects timestamps starting 2025-03-22, as well as the - obsolescent tm_isdst flags starting 2024-10-06. + obsolescent tm_isdst flags starting 2024-10-15. Changes to past timestamps diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index 24f92e24..1fcf6514 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ Rule Para 2005 2009 - Mar Sun>=8 0:00 0 - # and that on the first Sunday of the month of October, it is to be set # forward 60 minutes, in all the territory of the Paraguayan Republic. # ... -Rule Para 2010 2023 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 - +Rule Para 2010 2024 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 - Rule Para 2010 2012 - Apr Sun>=8 0:00 0 - # # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-07): @@ -1713,16 +1713,27 @@ Rule Para 2013 2024 - Mar Sun>=22 0:00 0 - # The text of the bill says that it would enter into force on the first # Sunday in October 2024, the same date currently scheduled to start DST.... # https://silpy.congreso.gov.py/web/expediente/132531 -# From Even Scharning (2024-10-04): -# President Santiago Peña confirmed today that he will sign the bill. Source: -# https://www.ip.gov.py/ip/2024/10/04/ejecutivo-confirma-que-promulgara-ley-de-horario-unico-en-el-territorio-paraguayo/ +# (2024-10-14): +# The president approved the law on 11 October 2024, +# and it was officially published on 14 October 2024. +# https://www.gacetaoficial.gov.py/index/detalle_publicacion/89723 +# The text of the law says that it enters into force on the first +# Sunday in October 2024 (6 October 2024). But the constitution +# prohibits retroactive effect, and the civil code says that laws +# enter into force on the day after their publication or on the day +# that they specify, and it also says that they don't have retroactive +# effect. So I think that the time change on 6 October 2024 should +# still be considered as DST according to the previous law, and +# permanently UTC-3 from 15 October 2024 according to the new law.... +# https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Paraguay_2011 +# https://www.oas.org/dil/esp/codigo_civil_paraguay.pdf # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890 -3:50:40 - AMT 1931 Oct 10 # Asunción Mean Time -4:00 - %z 1972 Oct -3:00 - %z 1974 Apr - -4:00 Para %z 2024 Oct 6 0:00 + -4:00 Para %z 2024 Oct 15 -3:00 - %z # Peru -- 2.34.1