From bf6242b745a58c61bd56955a175c9a014e171dad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Parenti Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 13:53:17 -0500 Subject: Chile plans to maintain its summer offsets year-round. * southamerica (America/Santiago, Pacific/Easter): Model this as a shift in the standard time zone effective 2015-04-26 03:00 UTC, when the clocks would otherwise change. * NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 5 +++++ southamerica | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b6b94a7..904e9a7 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes will shift from Central Time with DST to Eastern Time without DST on 2015-02-01 at 02:00. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen and Gwillim Law.) + Chile plans to maintain its summer offsets of UTC-3 for America/Santiago + and UTC-5 for Pacific/Easter year-round. Model this as a change to the + standard time effective 2015-04-26 at 03:00 UTC, when the clocks would + otherwise change. (Thanks to Juan Correa Poblete and Gwillim Law.) + New leap second 2015-06-30 23:59:60 UTC as per IERS Bulletin C 49. (Thanks to Tim Parenti.) diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index bdc29c2..b9eb4e8 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -1209,6 +1209,20 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 # NOTE: ChileAQ rules for Antarctic bases are stored separately in the # 'antarctica' file. +# From Juan Correa Poblete (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. +# +# http://www.soychile.cl/Santiago/Sociedad/2015/01/28/301742/El-horario-de-verano-regira-todo-el-ano.aspx +# "El Gobierno ha decidido mantener en forma indefinida un horario único en +# Chile cntinental e insular", dijo el secretario de Estado. De esta manera, la +# zona horaria permanente será GMT-3 en el continente y de GMT-5 en territorio +# insular. +# +# From Tim Parenti (2015-01-28): +# Model this as a change in standard time, effective when the clocks would +# otherwise shift, at 2015-04-26 03:00 UTC. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Chile 1927 1932 - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Chile 1928 1932 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - @@ -1247,8 +1261,8 @@ Rule Chile 2009 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2010 only - Apr Sun>=1 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2011 only - May Sun>=2 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2011 only - Aug Sun>=16 4:00u 1:00 S -Rule Chile 2012 max - Apr Sun>=23 3:00u 0 - -Rule Chile 2012 max - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 S +Rule Chile 2012 2014 - Apr Sun>=23 3:00u 0 - +Rule Chile 2012 2014 - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 S # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14; # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08. Ignore these. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -1259,11 +1273,13 @@ Zone America/Santiago -4:42:46 - LMT 1890 -4:00 - CLT 1919 Jul 1 # Chile Time -4:42:46 - SMT 1927 Sep 1 # Santiago Mean Time -5:00 Chile CL%sT 1947 May 22 # Chile Time - -4:00 Chile CL%sT + -4:00 Chile CL%sT 2015 Apr 26 3:00u + -3:00 - CLT Zone Pacific/Easter -7:17:44 - LMT 1890 -7:17:28 - EMT 1932 Sep # Easter Mean Time -7:00 Chile EAS%sT 1982 Mar 13 21:00 # Easter Time - -6:00 Chile EAS%sT + -6:00 Chile EAS%sT 2015 Apr 26 3:00u + -5:00 - EAST # # Salas y Gómez Island is uninhabited. # Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernández Is, Desventuradas Is, -- 2.1.4