A client born in Ecuador wrote to me: "I need a little help with something plus I don't know who else can help me besides Astro! When I was born, the President of Ecuador changed the time zone (one hour ahead) from Nov/28/1992 to Feb/05/1993 because of problems with energy and there were a lot of power cuts across the country. " I checked the tzdata/southamerica file which holds for Ecuador: # Ecuador # # Milne says the Central and South American Telegraph Company used -5:24:15. # # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-04): # Apparently Ecuador had a failed experiment with DST in 1992. # <http://midena.gov.ec/content/view/1261/208/> (2007-02-27) and # <http://www.hoy.com.ec/NoticiaNue.asp?row_id=249856> (2006-11-06) both # talk about "hora Sixto". Leave this alone for now, as we have no data. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Guayaquil -5:19:20 - LMT 1890 -5:14:00 - QMT 1931 # Quito Mean Time -5:00 - ECT # Ecuador Time The two links in the comment to not work. I search the web and came up with this link: http://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/hora-sixto-1993.html which says: Al inicio de su mandato, el Gobierno Nacional, mediante Decreto Presidencial no. 285, obligó que todos los ecuatorianos adelantaran una hora en sus relojes para “ aprovechar la luz solar” y disminuir el consumo de energía. Fue la llamada ‘hora de Sixto’, que se aplicó desde el 28 de noviembre de 1992 hasta el 5 de febrero de 1993. Incluso, los estudiantes de todos los niveles educativos estuvieron obligados a iniciar clases a las 06:00 y terminar antes del mediodía. Google translation: At the beginning of his term, the National Government, through Presidential Decree no. 285, forced all Ecuadorians to advance an hour in their watches to "take advantage of sunlight" and reduce energy consumption. It was the so-called 'Sixtus hour', which was applied from November 28, 1992 until February 5, 1993. Even students of all educational levels were forced to start classes at 06:00 and finish before midday. There should probably be a rule: Rule ECU 1992 only - Nov 28 0:00 1:00 S Rule ECU 1993 only - Feb 5 0:00 0 - and the last lines of the existing entry should refer to this rule. Whether the law applied also to Galapagos, I do not know.
Thanks for the info. I could not find a copy of that presidential decree online, so for now let's assume the rule applied to the entire country and that transitions were at 00:00. I installed the attached.
There is even a song on Youtube about the 1992/93 DST period in Ecuador. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfN4Fe_A50U It would be nice if each special rule in tzdata got its own poetic song. On 15.12.16 17:29, Paul Eggert wrote:
Thanks for the info. I could not find a copy of that presidential decree online, so for now let's assume the rule applied to the entire country and that transitions were at 00:00. I installed the attached.
On 12/15/2016 10:11 AM, Alois Treindl wrote:
There is even a song on Youtube about the 1992/93 DST period in Ecuador. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfN4Fe_A50U
Thanks, I added the attached.
On 2016-12-15 07:45, Alois Treindl wrote:
A client born in Ecuador wrote to me: "I need a little help with something plus I don't know who else can help me besides Astro! When I was born, the President of Ecuador changed the time zone (one hour ahead) from Nov/28/1992 to Feb/05/1993 because of problems with energy and there were a lot of power cuts across the country. " I checked the tzdata/southamerica file which holds for Ecuador: # Ecuador # # Milne says the Central and South American Telegraph Company used -5:24:15. # # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-04): # Apparently Ecuador had a failed experiment with DST in 1992. # <http://midena.gov.ec/content/view/1261/208/> (2007-02-27) and # <http://www.hoy.com.ec/NoticiaNue.asp?row_id=249856> (2006-11-06) both # talk about "hora Sixto". Leave this alone for now, as we have no data.
Linked pages available on Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20080611032935/http://www.midena.gov.ec/content/... http://web.archive.org/web/20070927020358/http://www.hoy.com.ec/NoticiaNue.a... but Google Translate confirms they only reference Sixto hour in 1992.
# # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Guayaquil -5:19:20 - LMT 1890 -5:14:00 - QMT 1931 # Quito Mean Time -5:00 - ECT # Ecuador Time The two links in the comment to not work. I search the web and came up with this link: http://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/hora-sixto-1993.html which says: Al inicio de su mandato, el Gobierno Nacional, mediante Decreto Presidencial no. 285, obligó que todos los ecuatorianos adelantaran una hora en sus relojes para “ aprovechar la luz solar” y disminuir el consumo de energía. Fue la llamada ‘hora de Sixto’, que se aplicó desde el 28 de noviembre de 1992 hasta el 5 de febrero de 1993. Incluso, los estudiantes de todos los niveles educativos estuvieron obligados a iniciar clases a las 06:00 y terminar antes del mediodía. Google translation: At the beginning of his term, the National Government, through Presidential Decree no. 285, forced all Ecuadorians to advance an hour in their watches to "take advantage of sunlight" and reduce energy consumption. It was the so-called 'Sixtus hour', which was applied from November 28, 1992 until February 5, 1993. Even students of all educational levels were forced to start classes at 06:00 and finish before midday. There should probably be a rule: Rule ECU 1992 only - Nov 28 0:00 1:00 S Rule ECU 1993 only - Feb 5 0:00 0 - and the last lines of the existing entry should refer to this rule. Whether the law applied also to Galapagos, I do not know.
Vaguely noted in Wikipedia Time in Ecuador article. Google: Ecuador Decreto Presidencial Nº. 285 de 1992 hora de Sixto produces some useful links noting the dates above, and including Jaime Guevara song "Que hora es?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfN4Fe_A50U with written notes containing the above dates as well as the lyrics - should be added to tz-art; and one archived contemporary reference: http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-246470 via GT: ECUADOR ADVANCES OFFICIAL TIME: November 24, 1992 The energy emergency that the country is experiencing due to the reduction of rainfall in the areas where its main hydroelectric dams are located, yesterday forced the government of the president, Sixto Durán Ballén, to decree the advance of the official time, starting next day 28. The advance, in sixty minutes of official time to reduce energy consumption and take advantage of sunlight, is presented for the first time in Ecuador's history. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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