>From 3febd095c5a79ca80e74765a0f924e2d754fbfe8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 08:05:48 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Cite Chilean decree for recent time zone change * southamerica, NEWS: Cite official decree. (Thanks to Eduardo Romero Urra.) --- NEWS | 2 ++ southamerica | 12 +++++++----- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b6a306f..6313065 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Cite the recent Mexican decree changing Quintana Roo's time zone. (Thanks to Carlos Ra��l Perasso.) + Likewise for the recent Chilean decree. (Thanks to Eduardo Romero Urra.) + Update info about Mars time. diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index dd77a1d..77e3584 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -1206,11 +1206,13 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 # DST Start: first Saturday of September 2014 (Sun 07 Sep 2014 04:00 UTC) # http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl//media/2014/02/19/do-20140219.pdf -# From Juan Correa (2015-01-28): -# ... today the Ministry of Energy announced that Chile will drop DST, will keep -# "summer time" (UTC -3 / UTC -5) all year round.... -# From Paul Eggert (2015-02-07): -# http://www.minenergia.cl/ministerio/noticias/generales/gobierno-anuncia-modificaciones-al.html +# From Eduardo Romero Urra (2015-03-03): +# Today has been published officially that Chile will use the DST time +# permanently until March 25 of 2017 +# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/media/2015/03/03/1-large.jpg +# +# From Paul Eggert (2015-03-03): +# For now, assume that the extension will persist indefinitely. # NOTE: ChileAQ rules for Antarctic bases are stored separately in the # 'antarctica' file. -- 2.1.0