(While tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov isn't working, I'm forwarding this message from Germán Poó-Caamaño. Please send time zone messages to olsona@mail.nih.gov and I'll forward them. --ado From: Germán Poó-Caamaño [gpoo@ubiobio.cl] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 1:31 PM To: Arthur David Olson Cc: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Subject: Patch for timezone in Chile (Extended) Attachments: chile_dst.diff The Supreme Decree was published in Diario Oficial by March 4, page 4. A 'Digital copy' is available at: http://www.diariodigital.cl/sumarios4/PapelDigital/20080304/in dex.html You can get to this site from http://www.diariooficial.cl/ Regards, --- I sent a patch to tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov a couple of days ago. It seems it ha had having problems. Anyway, it had a mistake. So, here there is a new one. It has the link to the Supreme Decree available at SHOA site (the Navy Division in charge officially of the chilean time). Regards, -- Germán Poó Caamaño Concepción - Chile --- southamerica 2008-03-04 14:00:04.000000000 +0100 +++ southamerica 2008-03-04 14:02:37.000000000 +0100 @@ -759,6 +759,15 @@ # America/Santiago. The pre-1980 Pacific/Easter data are dubious, # but we have no other source. +# From German Poo-Caaman~o (2008-03-03): +# Due to drought, Chile extends Daylight Time in three weeks. This +# is one-time change (Saturday 3/29 at 24:00 for America/Santiago +# and Saturday 3/29 at 22:00 for Pacific/Easter) +# The Supreme Decree is located at +# http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf +# and the instructions for 2008 are located in: +# http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Chile 1927 1932 - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Chile 1928 1932 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - @@ -789,7 +798,9 @@ Rule Chile 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1999 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S -Rule Chile 2000 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - +Rule Chile 2000 2007 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - +Rule Chile 2008 only - Mar 29 3:00u 0 - +Rule Chile 2009 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14; # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08. Ignore these. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]