Germán Poó-Caamaño's proposed changes cite the latest government sources and get the peculiar Saturday (rather than Sunday) transition date right; below find the revised patch (relative to the tzdata2007k.tar.gz file) reflecting Germán's work. Since this kicks in the wee hours of Saturday, I'll try to make tzcode2008a.tar.gz and tzdata2008a.tar.gz available Friday morning. --ado ------- southamerica ------- *** /tmp/geta9861 Wed Mar 5 13:57:25 2008 --- /tmp/getb9861 Wed Mar 5 13:57:25 2008 *************** *** 1,4 **** ! # @(#)southamerica 8.15 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, --- 1,4 ---- ! # @(#)southamerica 8.17 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, *************** *** 759,764 **** --- 759,777 ---- # America/Santiago. The pre-1980 Pacific/Easter data are dubious, # but we have no other source. + # From German Poo-Caaman~o (2008-03-03): + # Due to drought, Chile extends Daylight Time in three weeks. This + # is one-time change (Saturday 3/29 at 24:00 for America/Santiago + # and Saturday 3/29 at 22:00 for Pacific/Easter) + # The Supreme Decree is located at + # <a href="http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf"> + # http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf + # </a> + # and the instructions for 2008 are located in: + # <a href="http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm"> + # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm + # </a>. + # 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 - *************** *** 789,795 **** Rule Chile 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1999 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S ! Rule Chile 2000 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14; # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08. Ignore these. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 802,810 ---- Rule Chile 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1999 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S ! Rule Chile 2000 2007 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - ! Rule Chile 2008 only - Mar 29 3:00u 0 - ! Rule Chile 2009 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14; # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08. Ignore these. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]