Among other things, this treats Argentina (and Palmer) more consistently with respect to Chile. * NEWS: Document this. * southamerica (America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires) (America/Argentina/Cordoba, America/Argentina/Salta) (America/Argentina/Tucuman, America/Argentina/La_Rioja) (America/Argentina/San_Juan, America/Argentina/Jujuy) (America/Argentina/Catamarca, America/Argentina/Mendoza) (America/Argentina/San_Luis, America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos) (America/Argentina/Ushuaia, America/La_Paz, America/Noronha) (America/Belem, America/Santarem, America/Fortaleza) (America/Recife, America/Araguaina, America/Maceio, America/Bahia) (America/Sao_Paulo, America/Campo_Grande, America/Cuiaba) (America/Porto_Velho, America/Boa_Vista, America/Manaus) (America/Eirunepe, America/Rio_Branco, America/Bogota) (America/Curacao, America/Guayaquil, Pacific/Galapagos) (Atlantic/Stanley, America/Cayenne, America/Guyana) (America/Asuncion, America/Lima, Atlantic/South_Georgia) (America/Paramaribo, America/Montevideo, America/Caracas): Use numeric rather than invented time zone abbreviations for integer-minutes UT offsets. --- NEWS | 25 +++- southamerica | 472 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------- 2 files changed, 244 insertions(+), 253 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 144a34b..31d96e8 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -11,11 +11,28 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes 23:00, hiving off a new zone America/Punta_Arenas. (Thanks to Juan Correa.) This also affects Antarctica/Palmer. - Changes to current and future time zone abbreviations + Changes to past and future time zone abbreviations - Switch to numeric time zones for Chile, so as to not invent an - abbreviation for its new zone. This affects America/Santiago, - Pacific/Easter, and Antarctica/Palmer. + Switch to numeric time zone abbreviations for South America, as + part of the ongoing project of removing invented abbreviations. + This avoids the need to invent an abbreviation for the new Chilean + new zone. This change affects America/Araguaina, + America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires, America/Argentina/Catamarca, + America/Argentina/Cordoba, America/Argentina/Jujuy, + America/Argentina/La_Rioja, America/Argentina/Mendoza, + America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos, America/Argentina/Salta, + America/Argentina/San_Juan, America/Argentina/San_Luis, + America/Argentina/Tucuman, America/Argentina/Ushuaia, + America/Asuncion, America/Bahia, America/Belem, America/Boa_Vista, + America/Bogota, America/Campo_Grande, America/Caracas, + America/Cayenne, America/Cuiaba, America/Curacao, + America/Eirunepe, America/Fortaleza, America/Guayaquil, + America/Guyana, America/La_Paz, America/Lima, America/Maceio, + America/Manaus, America/Montevideo, America/Noronha, + America/Paramaribo, America/Porto_Velho, America/Recife, + America/Rio_Branco, America/Santarem, America/Santiago, + America/Sao_Paulo, Antarctica/Palmer, Atlantic/South_Georgia, + Atlantic/Stanley, Pacific/Easter, and Pacific/Galapagos. Changes to documentation and commentary diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index 43bc67e..a6820ac 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. -# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31): +# From Paul Eggert (2016-12-05): # # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). # Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. # -# Gwillim Law writes that a good source -# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport +# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source +# for time zone data was the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries # of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, @@ -24,32 +24,10 @@ # Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94. # http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359 # -# Earlier editions of these tables used the North American style (e.g. ARST and -# ARDT for Argentine Standard and Daylight Time), but the following quote -# suggests that it's better to use European style (e.g. ART and ARST). -# I suggest the use of _Summer time_ instead of the more cumbersome -# _daylight-saving time_. _Summer time_ seems to be in general use -# in Europe and South America. -# -- E O Cutler, _New York Times_ (1937-02-14), quoted in -# H L Mencken, _The American Language: Supplement I_ (1960), p 466 -# -# Earlier editions of these tables also used the North American style -# for time zones in Brazil, but this was incorrect, as Brazilians say -# "summer time". Reinaldo Goulart, a São Paulo businessman active in -# the railroad sector, writes (1999-07-06): -# The subject of time zones is currently a matter of discussion/debate in -# Brazil. Let's say that "the Brasília time" is considered the -# "official time" because Brasília is the capital city. -# The other three time zones are called "Brasília time "minus one" or -# "plus one" or "plus two". As far as I know there is no such -# name/designation as "Eastern Time" or "Central Time". -# So I invented the following (English-language) abbreviations for now. -# Corrections are welcome! -# std dst -# -2:00 FNT FNST Fernando de Noronha -# -3:00 BRT BRST Brasília -# -4:00 AMT AMST Amazon -# -5:00 ACT ACST Acre +# These tables use numeric abbreviations like -03 and -0330 for +# integer hour and minute UTC offsets. Although earlier editions used +# alphabetic time zone abbreviations, these abbreviations were +# invented and did not reflect common practice. ############################################################################### @@ -384,12 +362,6 @@ Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # # So I guess a new set of rules, besides "Arg", must be made and the last # America/Argentina/San_Luis entries should change to use these... -# -# I'm enclosing a patch that does what I say... regretfully, the San Luis -# timezone must be called "WART/WARST" even when most of the time (like, -# right now) WARST == ART... that is, since last Sunday, all the country -# is using UTC-3, but in my patch, San Luis calls it "WARST" and the rest -# of the country calls it "ART". # ... # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-09): @@ -428,11 +400,11 @@ Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF), Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Córdoba Mean Time - -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT + -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3 + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 # # Córdoba (CB), Santa Fe (SF), Entre Ríos (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), # Chaco (CC), Formosa (FM), Santiago del Estero (SE) @@ -446,113 +418,113 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 # Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May - -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3 - -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT + -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3 + -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3 + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 # # Salta (SA), La Pampa (LP), Neuquén (NQ), Rio Negro (RN) Zone America/Argentina/Salta -4:21:40 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May - -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3 - -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18 - -3:00 - ART + -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3 + -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3 + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18 + -3:00 - -03 # # Tucumán (TM) Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May - -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3 - -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 - -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1 - -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 13 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT + -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3 + -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3 + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3 + -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1 + -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 13 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 # # La Rioja (LR) Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May - -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 1 - -4:00 - WART 1991 May 7 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 - -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1 - -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18 - -3:00 - ART + -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 1 + -4:00 - -04 1991 May 7 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3 + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3 + -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1 + -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18 + -3:00 - -03 # # San Juan (SJ) Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May - -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 1 - -4:00 - WART 1991 May 7 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 - -3:00 - ART 2004 May 31 - -4:00 - WART 2004 Jul 25 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18 - -3:00 - ART + -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 1 + -4:00 - -04 1991 May 7 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3 + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3 + -3:00 - -03 2004 May 31 + -4:00 - -04 2004 Jul 25 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18 + -3:00 - -03 # # Jujuy (JY) Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May - -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Mar 4 - -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 28 - -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 17 - -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 6 - -3:00 1:00 ARST 1992 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18 - -3:00 - ART + -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1990 Mar 4 + -4:00 - -04 1990 Oct 28 + -4:00 1:00 -03 1991 Mar 17 + -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 6 + -3:00 1:00 -02 1992 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3 + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18 + -3:00 - -03 # # Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH) Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May - -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3 - -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 - -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1 - -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18 - -3:00 - ART + -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3 + -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3 + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3 + -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1 + -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18 + -3:00 - -03 # # Mendoza (MZ) Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May - -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Mar 4 - -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 15 - -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 1 - -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 15 - -4:00 1:00 WARST 1992 Mar 1 - -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 - -3:00 - ART 2004 May 23 - -4:00 - WART 2004 Sep 26 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18 - -3:00 - ART + -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1990 Mar 4 + -4:00 - -04 1990 Oct 15 + -4:00 1:00 -03 1991 Mar 1 + -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 15 + -4:00 1:00 -03 1992 Mar 1 + -4:00 - -04 1992 Oct 18 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3 + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3 + -3:00 - -03 2004 May 23 + -4:00 - -04 2004 Sep 26 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18 + -3:00 - -03 # # San Luis (SL) @@ -561,44 +533,44 @@ Rule SanLuis 2007 2008 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May - -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 - -3:00 1:00 ARST 1990 Mar 14 - -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 15 - -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 1 - -4:00 - WART 1991 Jun 1 - -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 - -4:00 1:00 WARST 2000 Mar 3 - -3:00 - ART 2004 May 31 - -4:00 - WART 2004 Jul 25 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Jan 21 - -4:00 SanLuis WAR%sT 2009 Oct 11 - -3:00 - ART + -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1990 + -3:00 1:00 -02 1990 Mar 14 + -4:00 - -04 1990 Oct 15 + -4:00 1:00 -03 1991 Mar 1 + -4:00 - -04 1991 Jun 1 + -3:00 - -03 1999 Oct 3 + -4:00 1:00 -03 2000 Mar 3 + -3:00 - -03 2004 May 31 + -4:00 - -04 2004 Jul 25 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Jan 21 + -4:00 SanLuis -04/-03 2009 Oct 11 + -3:00 - -03 # # Santa Cruz (SC) Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 - -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Córdoba Mean Time - -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 - -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1 - -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18 - -3:00 - ART + -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May + -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3 + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3 + -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1 + -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18 + -3:00 - -03 # # Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur (TF) Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 - -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Córdoba Mean Time - -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 - -3:00 - ART 2004 May 30 - -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18 - -3:00 - ART + -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May + -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3 + -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3 + -3:00 - -03 2004 May 30 + -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20 + -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18 + -3:00 - -03 # Aruba Link America/Curacao America/Aruba @@ -608,7 +580,7 @@ Link America/Curacao America/Aruba Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 -4:32:36 - CMT 1931 Oct 15 # Calamarca MT -4:32:36 1:00 BOST 1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST - -4:00 - BOT # Bolivia Time + -4:00 - -04 # Brazil @@ -960,12 +932,12 @@ Rule Brazil 2038 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - # # Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE) Zone America/Noronha -2:09:40 - LMT 1914 - -2:00 Brazil FN%sT 1990 Sep 17 - -2:00 - FNT 1999 Sep 30 - -2:00 Brazil FN%sT 2000 Oct 15 - -2:00 - FNT 2001 Sep 13 - -2:00 Brazil FN%sT 2002 Oct 1 - -2:00 - FNT + -2:00 Brazil -02/-01 1990 Sep 17 + -2:00 - -02 1999 Sep 30 + -2:00 Brazil -02/-01 2000 Oct 15 + -2:00 - -02 2001 Sep 13 + -2:00 Brazil -02/-01 2002 Oct 1 + -2:00 - -02 # Other Atlantic islands have no permanent settlement. # These include Trindade and Martim Vaz (administratively part of ES), # Rocas Atoll (RN), and the St Peter and St Paul Archipelago (PE). @@ -978,119 +950,119 @@ Zone America/Noronha -2:09:40 - LMT 1914 # In the north a very small part from the river Javary (now Jari I guess, # the border with Amapá) to the Amazon, then to the Xingu. Zone America/Belem -3:13:56 - LMT 1914 - -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1988 Sep 12 - -3:00 - BRT + -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1988 Sep 12 + -3:00 - -03 # # west Pará (PA) # West Pará includes Altamira, Óbidos, Prainha, Oriximiná, and Santarém. Zone America/Santarem -3:38:48 - LMT 1914 - -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 - -4:00 - AMT 2008 Jun 24 0:00 - -3:00 - BRT + -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12 + -4:00 - -04 2008 Jun 24 0:00 + -3:00 - -03 # # Maranhão (MA), Piauí (PI), Ceará (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN), # Paraíba (PB) Zone America/Fortaleza -2:34:00 - LMT 1914 - -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17 - -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30 - -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 22 - -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13 - -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1 - -3:00 - BRT + -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17 + -3:00 - -03 1999 Sep 30 + -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2000 Oct 22 + -3:00 - -03 2001 Sep 13 + -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2002 Oct 1 + -3:00 - -03 # # Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands) Zone America/Recife -2:19:36 - LMT 1914 - -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17 - -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30 - -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 15 - -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13 - -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1 - -3:00 - BRT + -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17 + -3:00 - -03 1999 Sep 30 + -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2000 Oct 15 + -3:00 - -03 2001 Sep 13 + -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2002 Oct 1 + -3:00 - -03 # # Tocantins (TO) Zone America/Araguaina -3:12:48 - LMT 1914 - -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17 - -3:00 - BRT 1995 Sep 14 - -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2003 Sep 24 - -3:00 - BRT 2012 Oct 21 - -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2013 Sep - -3:00 - BRT + -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17 + -3:00 - -03 1995 Sep 14 + -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2003 Sep 24 + -3:00 - -03 2012 Oct 21 + -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2013 Sep + -3:00 - -03 # # Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE) Zone America/Maceio -2:22:52 - LMT 1914 - -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17 - -3:00 - BRT 1995 Oct 13 - -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1996 Sep 4 - -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30 - -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 22 - -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13 - -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1 - -3:00 - BRT + -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17 + -3:00 - -03 1995 Oct 13 + -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1996 Sep 4 + -3:00 - -03 1999 Sep 30 + -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2000 Oct 22 + -3:00 - -03 2001 Sep 13 + -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2002 Oct 1 + -3:00 - -03 # # Bahia (BA) # There are too many Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/Bahia instead # of America/Salvador. Zone America/Bahia -2:34:04 - LMT 1914 - -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2003 Sep 24 - -3:00 - BRT 2011 Oct 16 - -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2012 Oct 21 - -3:00 - BRT + -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2003 Sep 24 + -3:00 - -03 2011 Oct 16 + -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2012 Oct 21 + -3:00 - -03 # # Goiás (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG), # Espírito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), São Paulo (SP), Paraná (PR), # Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS) Zone America/Sao_Paulo -3:06:28 - LMT 1914 - -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1963 Oct 23 0:00 - -3:00 1:00 BRST 1964 - -3:00 Brazil BR%sT + -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1963 Oct 23 0:00 + -3:00 1:00 -02 1964 + -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 # # Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 - LMT 1914 - -4:00 Brazil AM%sT + -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 # # Mato Grosso (MT) Zone America/Cuiaba -3:44:20 - LMT 1914 - -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 2003 Sep 24 - -4:00 - AMT 2004 Oct 1 - -4:00 Brazil AM%sT + -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 2003 Sep 24 + -4:00 - -04 2004 Oct 1 + -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 # # Rondônia (RO) Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 - LMT 1914 - -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 - -4:00 - AMT + -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12 + -4:00 - -04 # # Roraima (RR) Zone America/Boa_Vista -4:02:40 - LMT 1914 - -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 - -4:00 - AMT 1999 Sep 30 - -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 2000 Oct 15 - -4:00 - AMT + -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12 + -4:00 - -04 1999 Sep 30 + -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 2000 Oct 15 + -4:00 - -04 # # east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Jutaí, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto # The great circle line from Tabatinga to Porto Acre divides # east from west Amazonas. Zone America/Manaus -4:00:04 - LMT 1914 - -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 - -4:00 - AMT 1993 Sep 28 - -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1994 Sep 22 - -4:00 - AMT + -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12 + -4:00 - -04 1993 Sep 28 + -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1994 Sep 22 + -4:00 - -04 # # west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant, # Eirunepé, Envira, Ipixuna Zone America/Eirunepe -4:39:28 - LMT 1914 - -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1988 Sep 12 - -5:00 - ACT 1993 Sep 28 - -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1994 Sep 22 - -5:00 - ACT 2008 Jun 24 0:00 - -4:00 - AMT 2013 Nov 10 - -5:00 - ACT + -5:00 Brazil -05/-04 1988 Sep 12 + -5:00 - -05 1993 Sep 28 + -5:00 Brazil -05/-04 1994 Sep 22 + -5:00 - -05 2008 Jun 24 0:00 + -4:00 - -04 2013 Nov 10 + -5:00 - -05 # # Acre (AC) Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 - -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1988 Sep 12 - -5:00 - ACT 2008 Jun 24 0:00 - -4:00 - AMT 2013 Nov 10 - -5:00 - ACT + -5:00 Brazil -05/-04 1988 Sep 12 + -5:00 - -05 2008 Jun 24 0:00 + -4:00 - -04 2013 Nov 10 + -5:00 - -05 # Chile @@ -1343,7 +1315,7 @@ Rule CO 1993 only - Apr 4 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Bogota -4:56:16 - LMT 1884 Mar 13 -4:56:16 - BMT 1914 Nov 23 # Bogotá Mean Time - -5:00 CO CO%sT # Colombia Time + -5:00 CO -05/-04 # Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres # no information; probably like America/Bogota @@ -1367,7 +1339,7 @@ Zone America/Bogota -4:56:16 - LMT 1884 Mar 13 # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Curacao -4:35:47 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Willemstad - -4:30 - ANT 1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time + -4:30 - -0430 1965 -4:00 - AST # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15): @@ -1391,10 +1363,10 @@ Link America/Curacao America/Kralendijk # Caribbean Netherlands # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Guayaquil -5:19:20 - LMT 1890 -5:14:00 - QMT 1931 # Quito Mean Time - -5:00 - ECT # Ecuador Time + -5:00 - -05 Zone Pacific/Galapagos -5:58:24 - LMT 1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno - -5:00 - ECT 1986 - -6:00 - GALT # Galápagos Time + -5:00 - -05 1986 + -6:00 - -06 # Falklands @@ -1494,25 +1466,24 @@ Rule Falk 2001 2010 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/Stanley -3:51:24 - LMT 1890 -3:51:24 - SMT 1912 Mar 12 # Stanley Mean Time - -4:00 Falk FK%sT 1983 May # Falkland Is Time - -3:00 Falk FK%sT 1985 Sep 15 - -4:00 Falk FK%sT 2010 Sep 5 2:00 - -3:00 - FKST + -4:00 Falk -04/-03 1983 May # Falkland Is Time + -3:00 Falk -03/-02 1985 Sep 15 + -4:00 Falk -04/-03 2010 Sep 5 2:00 + -3:00 - -03 # French Guiana # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Cayenne -3:29:20 - LMT 1911 Jul - -4:00 - GFT 1967 Oct # French Guiana Time - -3:00 - GFT + -4:00 - -04 1967 Oct + -3:00 - -03 # Guyana # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Guyana -3:52:40 - LMT 1915 Mar # Georgetown - -3:45 - GBGT 1966 May 26 # Br Guiana Time - -3:45 - GYT 1975 Jul 31 # Guyana Time - -3:00 - GYT 1991 + -3:45 - -0345 1975 Jul 31 + -3:00 - -03 1991 # IATA SSIM (1996-06) says -4:00. Assume a 1991 switch. - -4:00 - GYT + -4:00 - -04 # Paraguay # @@ -1604,9 +1575,9 @@ Rule Para 2013 max - Mar Sun>=22 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890 -3:50:40 - AMT 1931 Oct 10 # Asunción Mean Time - -4:00 - PYT 1972 Oct # Paraguay Time - -3:00 - PYT 1974 Apr - -4:00 Para PY%sT + -4:00 - -04 1972 Oct + -3:00 - -03 1974 Apr + -4:00 Para -04/-03 # Peru # @@ -1633,12 +1604,12 @@ Rule Peru 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Lima -5:08:12 - LMT 1890 -5:08:36 - LMT 1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time? - -5:00 Peru PE%sT # Peru Time + -5:00 Peru -05/-04 # South Georgia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 - LMT 1890 # Grytviken - -2:00 - GST # South Georgia Time + -2:00 - -02 # South Sandwich Is # uninhabited; scientific personnel have wintered @@ -1648,9 +1619,8 @@ Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 - LMT 1890 # Grytviken Zone America/Paramaribo -3:40:40 - LMT 1911 -3:40:52 - PMT 1935 # Paramaribo Mean Time -3:40:36 - PMT 1945 Oct # The capital moved? - -3:30 - NEGT 1975 Nov 20 # Dutch Guiana Time - -3:30 - SRT 1984 Oct # Suriname Time - -3:00 - SRT + -3:30 - -0330 1984 Oct + -3:00 - -03 # Trinidad and Tobago # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -1756,8 +1726,12 @@ Rule Uruguay 2007 2015 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 - LMT 1898 Jun 28 -3:44:44 - MMT 1920 May 1 # Montevideo MT - -3:30 Uruguay UY%sT 1942 Dec 14 # Uruguay Time - -3:00 Uruguay UY%sT + -3:30 Uruguay -0330/-03 1942 Dec 14 + -3:00 Uruguay -03/-02 1968 + -3:00 Uruguay -03/-0230 1971 + -3:00 Uruguay -03/-02 1974 + -3:00 Uruguay -03/-0230 1974 Dec 22 + -3:00 Uruguay -03/-02 # Venezuela # @@ -1791,7 +1765,7 @@ Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 - LMT 1898 Jun 28 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Caracas -4:27:44 - LMT 1890 -4:27:40 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time? - -4:30 - VET 1965 Jan 1 0:00 # Venezuela T. - -4:00 - VET 2007 Dec 9 3:00 - -4:30 - VET 2016 May 1 2:30 - -4:00 - VET + -4:30 - -0430 1965 Jan 1 0:00 + -4:00 - -04 2007 Dec 9 3:00 + -4:30 - -0430 2016 May 1 2:30 + -4:00 - -04 -- 2.7.4