
Beginning this week and continuing through the end of the month, the citizens of Chile's Aysén Region are being polled virtually for a non-binding resolution[1] to switch from the their current timekeeping regime TZ="America/Santiago" (-04 in winter, -03 in summer) to permanent -03 (like TZ="America/Punta_Arenas"). If this happens, we'll need to create a new Zone America/Coyhaique to record the change, which would likely have practical effect on 2025-04-05 at the earliest. Unfortunately, the SurveyMonkey form used for the poll requires no authentication, which raised plausible worries this week about ballot-stuffing[2]. [1]: https://www.diarioregionalaysen.cl/noticia/actualidad/2024/11/lanzan-consult... [2]: https://www.diarioregionalaysen.cl/noticia/actualidad/2024/11/encuesta-sobre...