Paul Eggert escribió el 22/12/07 23:06:
Thanks for the heads-up. For lack of better info I'll propose a patch soon that will guess that the future rules are from the 1st Sunday in October to the 3rd Sunday in March, like this:
Rule Arg 2007 only - Dec 30 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 2008 max - Mar Sun>=15 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
Like Brazil, this is just a guess, it's more likely than their not having daylight-saving at all (until the government changes again....).
The Buenos Aires Herald editorialized today, in <http://www.buenosairesherald.com/editorial/editorial_english.jsp?idContent=4...>:
"The most striking element in the new package is the return of daylight saving time - a move which in the past has done very much more to cause problems than to offer magic solutions but which is certainly worth trying."
The editorial also said that the measure needs to be legislated by Congress next week. A nice Christmas present for everybody concerned, I'll bet.
The proposal is to enter the Parliament next Wednesday 26th and given that the governmen has plain majority in both chambers, it's actually expected to be approved and published by Friday 28th (at a usually unheard of speed for the Congress). I think it's OK to publish the patch... I'll try to keep an eye on the development of the proposal in Congress and report back here. Assuming the Law actually passes, for what I read in the press (I also couldn't find the actual proposal), the rules starting October 2008 will probably need to change since the Law allows the Government to set the date of starting and ending DST every year... maybe we could actually start a gambling business regarding Argentina's DST dates (it can get more interesting when Provinces start setting their own rules, as happened last time). Regards. -- Mariano Absatz - "El Baby" baby@baby.com.ar -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Real programmers use: cat > a.out -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * TagZilla 0.066 * http://tagzilla.mozdev.org