Oct. 15, 2024
9:13 p.m.
Tim Parenti wrote:
Regardless of what the constitution or civil code says, it's a bit silly to imagine that a law could be passed to change what time it was in the past.
That's not what's at issue (though if it were, we would of course endeavor to describe whatever was observed de facto, rather than de jure). In this case, there is no dispute as to what time Paraguay has observed between 6 and 14 October 2024 (inclusive), and that is UTC-3. The only potential difference is the value of the obsolescent "isdst" bit and, as Heitor said, "in practice it doesn't matter":
Yes, I apologize. In responding to the perceived absurdity, I lost track of what the actual change was. -- Doug Ewell, CC, ALB | Lakewood, CO, US | ewellic.org