>From 9ebb8da281487886d4110388eb139578c72d1176 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:06:41 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Uruguay will stop observing DST * NEWS: Document this. * southamerica (Uruguay): Uruguay will not observe DST this spring. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) Assume the change is permanent. --- NEWS | 4 ++++ southamerica | 12 ++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ebd648a..156da23 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes + Changes affecting future time stamps + + Uruguay will stop observing DST. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) + Changes affecting installed data files Data entries have been simplified for Atlantic/Canary, Europe/Simferopol, diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index 6bbc2c8..fd4d07f 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -1713,8 +1713,16 @@ Rule Uruguay 2005 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 2006 only - Mar 12 2:00 0 - # From Jesper N��rgaard Welen (2006-09-06): # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/CM%20210_08%2006%202006_00001.PDF -Rule Uruguay 2006 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Uruguay 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 0 - +# +# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-06-30): +# ... it looks like they will not be using DST the coming summer: +# http://www.elobservador.com.uy/gobierno-resolvio-que-no-habra-cambio-horario-verano-n656787 +# http://www.republica.com.uy/este-ano-no-se-modificara-el-huso-horario-en-uruguay/523760/ +# From Paul Eggert (2015-06-30): +# Apparently restaurateurs complained that DST caused people to go to the beach +# instead of out to dinner. For now, assume the change is permanent. +Rule Uruguay 2006 2014 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Uruguay 2007 2015 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 - LMT 1898 Jun 28 -3:44:44 - MMT 1920 May 1 # Montevideo MT -- 2.1.4