God, can't they *SETTLE* on a date??? This one was caused by the elections. Someone, thinking for a change, realized changing to daylight savings time between first and second rounds of national elections would be Bad. Of course, they won't think ahead of time and schedule the election in a way not to conflict with dst, nor settle on a fixed date for dst that won't possibly conflict with elections. So there you have. The following link has the precise data (first sunday of november), and reference to the decree changing the date. http://pcdsh01.on.br/HvInic02.htm -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) Gerencia de Operacoes Divisao de Comunicacao de Dados Coordenacao de Seguranca TCO Fones: 55-61-313-7654/Cel: 55-61-9618-0904 E-mail: Daniel.Capo@tco.net.br Daniel.Sobral@tcoip.com.br dcs@tcoip.com.br Outros: dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@notorious.bsdconspiracy.net Be self-reliant and your success is assured.