Hi, one of the major newspapers here in Argentina said that the 1999 Timezone Law (which never was effectively applied) will (would?) be in effect starting Sunday, June 17th (yeah, in the middle of winter, down here). The article is at http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-06/e-01701.htm for those that can read Spanish. The only verifiable Law applying is Murphy's Law applies since tzdata2001c was published YESTERDAY. The Law itself is "Ley N° 25155", sanctioned on 25-Aug-1999, enacted 17-Sep-1999 and published 21-Sep-1999. The official publication is at: http://www.boletin.jus.gov.ar/BON/Primera/1999/09-Septiembre/21/PDF/BO21-09 -99LEG.PDF Regretfully, you have to subscribe (and pay) for the on-line version of the Boletin Oficial at http://www.jus.gov.ar/servi/boletin/ to be able to access it. There's another (paid) service where you can get all the Argentine Laws at http://std.saij.jus.gov.ar/ which lawyers prefer. Not paying, I only could see the Summary at: http://www1.hcdn.gov.ar/folio-cgi- bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=1622813&advquery=Huso%20Horario&infobase=leyes.nfo&record= {844}&softpage=Document42&x=22&y=19&zz= Since I don't trust it's quite valid 'cause it has a very "dynamic" look, I got there from http://www.diputados.gov.ar/ pressed the "BASES de DATOS" button, followed the "Leyes Nacionales" link, entered "Huso Horario" and pressed "BUSCAR". There you get to the summary (alas in Spanish). I'll attempt a rough translation here: ==================================================================================== Title: Official Time. Summary: Time zone four (4) hours to the west of the Greenwich Meridian is established as the Official Time in all of the Country territory, according to the correspondig place of the Argentine Republic in the International Time Zone System. Starting at zero hour of the first Sunday of October every year, the time zone three (3) [west] of the Greenwich Meridian will be adopted up until the zero hour of the first Sunday of March in the following year. Updates: Decree 186/2000, enacted 2-Mar-2000, published 3-Mar-2000: The change of the Official Time enacted by Article 2 of Law # 25155 is prorrogated until the first Sunday in March, 2001. ==================================================================================== Anyway, considering the problems that arised when the Law was published, the general ignorance surrounding the subject in general (and especially in National and Provincial Authorities), mixed with the will to confront anything the government attempts (for good or for bad), I would wait a week before commiting changes. Recent history is on my side :-) In fact, I saw no Decree published in the last few days. I attach a tentative 'diff -c' against the latest (tzdata2001c) southamerica file. I'll keep the list informed of news regarding this. -- Mariano Absatz - El Baby mailto:baby@baby.com.ar http://www.baby.com.ar/ PGP KEYS: http://www.baby.com.ar/datos/personales.html#claves_pgp |\ _ _\\/'> Powered by Pegasus Mail /|__) http://www.pmail.com ) )\ *** southamerica Wed Jun 6 09:58:19 2001 --- southamerica.new Wed Jun 6 10:11:23 2001 *************** *** 115,120 **** --- 115,127 ---- Rule Arg 1999 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - # + # Mariano Absatz (2001-06-06): + # Though the Decree hasn't been published yet, apparently, Law #25155 from + # 1999 would be implemented starting Sunday, June 17th in 2001. + Rule Arg 2001 only - Jun Sun>=17 0:00 0 - + Rule Arg 2001 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S + Rule Arg 2002 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - + # # From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01): # We just checked with our Sao Paulo office and they say the government of # Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST. *************** *** 135,141 **** -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 0:00 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00 ! -3:00 - ART # # Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC), # Formosa (FM), La Pampa (LP), Chubut (CH) --- 142,149 ---- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 0:00 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00 ! -3:00 - ART 2001 Jun 17 0:00 ! -4:00 Arg AR%sT # # Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC), # Formosa (FM), La Pampa (LP), Chubut (CH) *************** *** 146,152 **** -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Jul -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00 ! -3:00 - ART # # Cordoba (CB), Santiago del Estero (SE), Salta (SA), Tucuman (TM), La Rioja (LR), San Juan (SJ), San Luis (SL), # Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN) --- 154,161 ---- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Jul -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00 ! -3:00 - ART 2001 Jun 17 0:00 ! -4:00 Arg AR%sT # # Cordoba (CB), Santiago del Estero (SE), Salta (SA), Tucuman (TM), La Rioja (LR), San Juan (SJ), San Luis (SL), # Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN) *************** *** 157,163 **** -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Jul -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00 ! -3:00 - ART # # Jujuy (JY) Zone America/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 Nov --- 166,173 ---- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Jul -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00 ! -3:00 - ART 2001 Jun 17 0:00 ! -4:00 Arg AR%sT # # Jujuy (JY) Zone America/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 Nov *************** *** 170,176 **** -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18 -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00 ! -3:00 - ART # # Catamarca (CT) Zone America/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 1894 Nov --- 180,187 ---- -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18 -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00 ! -3:00 - ART 2001 Jun 17 0:00 ! -4:00 Arg AR%sT # # Catamarca (CT) Zone America/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 1894 Nov *************** *** 182,188 **** -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1992 Jul -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00 ! -3:00 - ART # # Mendoza (MZ) Zone America/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 Nov --- 193,200 ---- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1992 Jul -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00 ! -3:00 - ART 2001 Jun 17 0:00 ! -4:00 Arg AR%sT # # Mendoza (MZ) Zone America/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 Nov *************** *** 195,201 **** -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18 -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00 ! -3:00 - ART # Aruba # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 207,214 ---- -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18 -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00 ! -3:00 - ART 2001 Jun 17 0:00 ! -4:00 Arg AR%sT # Aruba # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]