Since the tz database is incorrect for some current time stamps in Argentina and Brazil, it's time for another update. Here's a proposed patch to implement the following changes: * Brazil has changed the DST start-date due to problems with its election software, and Mato Grosso will observe DST this year. (Thanks to Paulo Alexandre Pinto Pires and Rodrigo Severo for this info.) * Mendoza, Argentina is now back at -0300 (effective Sept 26). (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen for this info.) * San Juan, Argentina changed back to -0300 on July 25, and its transition date to -0400 was May 31, not June 1. (Thanks to Mariano Absatz for this info.) The following change affects commentary only: * Israel's Cabinet has discussed new DST rules but no decision has been reached yet. (Thanks to Ephraim Silverberg for this info.) =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/southamerica,v retrieving revision 2004.4 retrieving revision 2004.4.0.1 diff -pu -r2004.4 -r2004.4.0.1 --- southamerica 2004/09/22 12:27:29 2004.4 +++ southamerica 2004/10/06 23:16:13 2004.4.0.1 @@ -186,6 +186,20 @@ Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - # contains a contradiction. I would give more credence to the Saturday/Sunday # date than the "three days earlier" phrase, and conclude that Tierra del # Fuego set its clocks back at 2004-05-30 00:00. +# +# From Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-05): +# The previous law 7210 which changed the province of Mendoza's time zone +# back in May have been modified slightly in a new law 7277, which set the +# new end date to 2004-09-26 (original date was 2004-10-17). +# http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040924-27244-normas.pdf +# +# From Mariano Absatz (2004-10-05): +# San Juan changed from UTC-03:00 to UTC-04:00 at midnight between +# Sunday, May 30th and Monday, May 31st. It changed back to UTC-03:00 +# at midnight between Saturday, July 24th and Sunday, July 25th.... +# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000329.html +# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000426.html +# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000441.html # Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks through 1992, from # the IATA otherwise. As noted below, Shanks says that @@ -261,8 +275,8 @@ Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 -4:00 - WART 1991 May 7 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 - -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1 - -4:00 - WART 2004 Oct 17 + -3:00 - ART 2004 May 31 + -4:00 - WART 2004 Jul 25 -3:00 - ART # # Jujuy (JY) @@ -306,7 +320,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 -3:00 - ART 2004 May 23 - -4:00 - WART 2004 Oct 17 + -4:00 - WART 2004 Sep 26 -3:00 - ART # # Chubut (CH) @@ -420,6 +434,11 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # the Government decided to postpone DST, instead of changing the Constitution # (maybe, for the next elections, it will be possible to change the clock)... +# From Rodrigo Severo (2004-10-04): +# It's just the biannual change made necessary by the much hyped, supposedly +# modern Brazilian eletronic voting machines which, apparently, can't deal +# with a time change between the first and the second rounds of the elections. + # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10): # The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html"> @@ -556,11 +575,15 @@ Rule Brazil 2001 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 Rule Brazil 2002 only - Nov 3 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO. # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm"></a> -Rule Brazil 2003 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Brazil 2003 only - Oct 19 0:00 1:00 S +# Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT. +# <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm"></a> +Rule Brazil 2004 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S # The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST: -# DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP. +# DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP. # -# For dates after mid-2004, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses +Rule Brazil 2005 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S +# For dates after mid-2005, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses # and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all. @@ -648,7 +671,8 @@ Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 - LMT # Mato Grosso (MT) Zone America/Cuiaba -3:44:20 - LMT 1914 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 2003 Sep 24 - -4:00 - AMT + -4:00 - AMT 2004 Oct 4 + -4:00 Brazil AM%sT # # west Para (PA), Rondonia (RO) # West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and Santarem. =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/asia,v retrieving revision 2004.4 retrieving revision 2004.4.0.1 diff -pu -r2004.4 -r2004.4.0.1 --- asia 2004/09/22 12:27:29 2004.4 +++ asia 2004/10/06 23:16:13 2004.4.0.1 @@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ Rule Zion 1988 only - Apr 9 0:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 1988 only - Sep 3 0:00 0 S # From Ephraim Silverberg <ephraim@cs.huji.ac.il> -# (1997-03-04, 1998-03-16, 1998-12-28, 2000-01-17, 2000-07-25, and 2004-09-20): +# (1997-03-04, 1998-03-16, 1998-12-28, 2000-01-17 and 2000-07-25): # According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of # Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Savings/Standard time changes. @@ -735,14 +735,6 @@ Rule Zion 2003 only - Oct 3 1:00 0 S Rule Zion 2004 only - Apr 7 1:00 1:00 D Rule Zion 2004 only - Sep 22 1:00 0 S -# The latest rumour, however, is that in 2005, when the clock changes to -# Daylight Saving Time (date as yet unknown), the move will be a two-hour leap -# forward (from UTC+0200 to UTC+0400) and then, in the fall, the clock will -# move back only an hour to UTC+0300 thus effectively moving Israel's timezone -# from UTC+0200 to UTC+0300. However, no actual draft has been put before the -# Knesset (Israel's Parliament) though the intention is to do so this -# month [2004-09]. - # From Paul Eggert (2000-07-25): # Here are guesses for rules after 2004. # They are probably wrong, but they are more likely than no DST at all. @@ -769,6 +761,26 @@ Zone Asia/Jerusalem 2:20:56 - LMT 1880 # direction is expected until the latter part of 2004 which is a long # time off in terms of Israeli politics. +# (2004-09-20): +# The latest rumour, however, is that in 2005, when the clock changes to +# Daylight Saving Time (date as yet unknown), the move will be a two-hour leap +# forward (from UTC+0200 to UTC+0400) and then, in the fall, the clock will +# move back only an hour to UTC+0300 thus effectively moving Israel's timezone +# from UTC+0200 to UTC+0300. However, no actual draft has been put before the +# Knesset (Israel's Parliament) though the intention is to do so this +# month [2004-09]. + +# (2004-09-26): +# Even though the draft law for the above did pass the Ministerial Committee +# for Legislative Matters three months ago, it was voted down in today's +# Cabinet meeting. The current suggestion is to keep the current timezone at +# UTC+0200 but have an extended period of Daylight Saving Time (UTC+0300) from +# the beginning of Passover holiday in the spring to after the Tabernacle +# holiday in the fall (i.e. the dates of which are governed by the Hebrew +# calendar but this means at least 184 days of DST). However, this is only a +# suggestion that was raised in today's cabinet meeting and has not yet been +# drafted. + ###############################################################################