On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Alain Petit <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:alain.petit@oracle.com">alain.petit@oracle.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:




<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div><font size="2"><font size="+0"><span><div>
<font size="2" face="Arial">So either</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">a) I do not interpret the timezone rules properly 
for America/Manaus,<span> </span>and there is a 
DST being observed there.<br>   If so, please let me know how I should 
read the above rules/timezone information.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">b) Microsoft timezone is incorrect</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">c) Olson data is incorrect</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">d) The Microsoft timezone [(GMT -4:00) Manaus - 
Central Brazilian Standard Time] does not<br>   correspond to the 
Olson&#39;s America/Manaus timezone<br></font></div></span></font></font></div></div></blockquote><div><br>As far as I know and ON (<a href="http://www.on.br">Observatório Nacional</a> - Brazilian Official Timekeeper) states (see:<a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbr.htm"> Brazilian Official Time Map out side of DST period</a> and <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/FusoBR_HVCorrente.htm">Brazillian Official Time Map during DST period</a>) Olson data is correct and there is no DST in Manaus since 1994.<br>
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