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From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 17:52:59 -0700
Subject: [PROPOSED] Brazil canceled its Nov change to DST transition
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* NEWS, southamerica (Brazil): Revert recent change to the Brazil
rules, going back to 2018a.  (Thanks to Rodrigo Br��ning Wessler.)
---
 NEWS         |  5 -----
 southamerica | 11 ++++++-----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7bf2521..ca40f43 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
 
   Briefly:
   Volgograd moves from +03 to +04 on 2018-10-28.
-  Southern Brazil starts DST 2018-11-18, not 2018-11-04.
   Fiji ends DST 2019-01-13, not 2019-01-20.
   Most of Chile changes DST dates, effective 2019-04-06.
 
@@ -13,10 +12,6 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
     Volgograd moves from +03 to +04 on 2018-10-28 at 02:00.
     (Thanks to Alexander Fetisov and Stepan Golosunov.)
 
-    Southern Brazil starts DST 2018-11-18 instead of the 2018-11-04
-    previously predicted.  (Thanks to F��bio Gomes.)  Guess that this
-    is a one-time change.
-
     Fiji ends DST 2019-01-13 instead of the 2019-01-20 previously
     predicted.  (Thanks to Raymond Kumar.)  Adjust future predictions
     accordingly.
diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica
index 214316e..b66cb88 100644
--- a/southamerica
+++ b/southamerica
@@ -927,14 +927,15 @@ Rule	Brazil	2016	2022	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
 # ... https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-delays-dst-2018.html
 # From Steffen Thorsen (2017-12-20):
 # http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2015-2018/2017/decreto/D9242.htm
+#
 # From F��bio Gomes (2018-10-04):
 # The Brazilian president just announced a new change on this year DST.
 # It was scheduled to start on November 4th and it was changed to November 18th.
-# From Paul Eggert (2018-10-04):
-# This attempts to avoid confusion during the November 4 and 11 national high
-# school exams, which were mis-scheduled.  Guess that it's just this year.
-Rule	Brazil	2018	only	-	Nov	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	-
-Rule	Brazil	2019	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
+# From Rodrigo Br��ning Wessler (2018-10-15):
+# The Brazilian government just announced that the change in DST was
+# canceled....  Maybe the president Michel Temer also woke up one hour
+# earlier today. :)
+Rule	Brazil	2018	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Brazil	2023	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Brazil	2024	2025	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Brazil	2026	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
-- 
2.17.2

