-----Original Message----- From: David.Madeo@morganstanley.com [mailto:David.Madeo@morganstanley.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 9:51 PM To: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Brazil - you guessed it, that time of year again I haven't seen any updates about Brazil on the list yet this year. I'm including the commentary from one of my colleagues in our Sao Paulo office. According to 2002c, it is supposed to switch this weekend. dmadeo Celso Doria wrote: ------------------ Yesterday, the local Brazilian authorities signed a decree stating that the Brazilian daylight saving period will start on November 3rd 2002 and will last until February 16th 2003. So, clocks will be set one hour forward on November 3rd (12:00 a.m. will be changed to 1:00 a.m.) and at midnight (0:00 am) on February 16th, Brazil will adjust its clocks back one hour (23:00 pm on Feb 15th) marking the end. The reason for the delay this year has to do with elections in Brazil. Unlike in the United States, elections in Brazil are 100% computerized and the results are known almost immediately. Yesterday, it was the first round of the elections when 115 million Brazilians voted for President, Governor, Senators, Federal Deputies, and State Deputies. Nobody is counting (or re-counting) votes anymore and we know there will be a second round for the Presidency and also for some Governors. The 2nd round will take place on October 27th. The reason why the DST will only begin November 3rd is that the thousands of electoral machines used cannot have their time changed, and since the Constitution says the elections must begin at 8:00 AM and end at 5:00 PM , the Government decided to postpone DST, instead of changing the Constitution (maybe, for the next elections, it will be possible to change the clock)...