I noticed the following abbreviation in the ICU southamerica file for Brazil: FNT, BRT,AMT,ACT and respective ST times for DLS. Brazilian time zones were introduced by a decree in 1913, and although many decrees afterward modified the dates and regions for DSL, no one has changed their names. I understand Reinaldo Goulart comments about official time plus/minus naming of time zones as this is widely used in Brasil, however, officially their names still "Primeiro Fuso, Segundo Fuso, Terceiro Fuso, Quarto Fuso", (First,second,third,fourth fuse respectively, and as you mentioned DSL is know in Brazil as "Summer Time" (Horário de Verão), I would propose changing the names for the time zones as follows: std dsl -2:00 BRPF BRPFHV Fernando de Noronha -3:00 BRSF BRSFHV Brasila -4:00 BRTF BRTFHV Rondonia -5:00 BRQF BRQFHV Acre I suggest removing Amazon as a reference State because part of it is in a different time zone. rgds renato ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com