Thanks for the heads-up. Here's a proposed patch that reflects your new info as well. I also found an article <http://www.latribuna.hn/99299.html> saying that the president of Honduras refused to back down on this issue. I suppose we could wait until Monday, to see whether the clocks in Honduras and/or El Salvador actually changed over the weekend. But in the meantime here's the latest info I have. Thanks again. --- northamerica 2006/05/01 13:44:41 2006.6 +++ northamerica 2006/05/06 07:21:36 2006.6.0.2 @@ -2085,6 +2085,16 @@ Zone America/Santo_Domingo -4:39:36 - LM -4:00 - AST # El Salvador + +# From Paul Eggert (2006-05-05): +# worldtimezone.com reports a 2006-05-02 Spanish-language AP article +# saying Honduras will start using DST midnight Saturday, effective 4 +# months until September, and a 2006-05-03 NACION article saying El +# Salvador will follow suit. However, ignore this for now, because: +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-05-05): +# Change of DST perhaps postponed in El Salvador: +# http://www.laprensagrafica.com/lodeldia/883.asp + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Salv 1987 1988 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Salv 1987 1988 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S @@ -2176,9 +2186,23 @@ Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 - L # Honduras # Shanks & Pottenger say 1921 Jan 1; go with Whitman's more precise Apr 1. + +# From Paul Eggert (2006-05-05): +# worldtimezone.com reports a 2006-05-02 Spanish-language AP article +# saying Honduras will start using DST midnight Saturday, effective 4 +# months until September. La Tribuna reported today +# <http://www.latribuna.hn/99299.html> that Manuel Zelaya, the president +# of Honduras, refused to back down on this. For lack of better info, +# assume they'll use the same end-of-DST rules as in 1987 and 1988. + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Hond 1987 1988 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Hond 1987 1988 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S +Rule Hond 2006 only - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Hond 2006 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 - LMT 1921 Apr - -6:00 Salv C%sT + -6:00 Hond C%sT # # Great Swan I ceded by US to Honduras in 1972 @@ -2248,23 +2272,19 @@ Zone America/Montserrat -4:08:52 - LMT 1 # http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/presidencia/files_index/secretaria/comunicados... # (2005-09-26) # -# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-04-24): -# http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2006/04/26/nacionales/18036 -# It claims that DST will start 2006-04-30 at 2:00, and will last until the -# end of august (without being more specific). -# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-26): -# Yesterday the president of Nicaragua announced that DST will begin -# April 30 at 02:00. No end date was announced. -# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/Presidencia/Files_index/Secretaria/Comunicados... -# For now, assume DST ends first Sunday in September at 02:00. +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-05-05): +# http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2006/05/01/nacionales/18410 +# (my informal translation) +# By order of the president of the republic, Enrique Bolanos, Nicaragua +# advanced by sixty minutes their official time, yesterday at 2 in the +# morning, and will stay that way until 30.th. of september. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Jun Mon>=23 0:00 0 S Rule Nic 2005 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Nic 2005 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 S +Rule Nic 2005 2006 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S Rule Nic 2006 only - Apr 30 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Nic 2006 only - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Managua -5:45:08 - LMT 1890 -5:45:12 - MMT 1934 Jun 23 # Managua Mean Time?