DST in Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua
There is a flood of mutually conflicting stories on the near past/future DST changes in Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Here is a small bouquet of articles to consider, not that I will pretend to judge which are true or false: Change of DST in Honduras: http://ar.news.yahoo.com/060503/4/qmx7.html expected for this Sunday 7 at 0:00 Change of DST perhaps postponed in El Salvador: http://www.laprensagrafica.com/lodeldia/883.asp ... it has the interesting claim that Honduras changed the same time as Guatemala and Nicaragua. Change of DST in Guatemala: http://www.deguate.com/cgi-bin/noticias/print.pl?article=7134 claims that the return of DST will happen the 30.th. of September at 24 hours, or really 1.st. of October at 0:00. Another confirmation that Nicaragua change was at 2:00 in the morning: http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2006/05/01/nacionales/18410: Por orden del presidente de la República, Enrique Bolaños, Nicaragua adelantó en sesenta minutos su hora oficial, ayer a las dos de la mañana, y así permanecerá hasta el 30 de septiembre. This means the following (my informal translation) By order of the president of the republic, Enrique Bolaños, Nicaragua advanced by sixty minutes their official time, yesterday at 2 in the morning, and will stay that way until 30.th. of september. Jesper Nørgaard Welen Email: jnorgard@Prodigy.Net.mx Project Leader (Líder de Proyecto) Software CIMMYT - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo Dirección: CIMMYT Int. c/o Jesper Nørgaard Km. 45, Carretera México-Veracruz El Batán Texcoco, Edo. de México CP 56130 MEXICO Tel.: +52 (55) 58-04-20-04 ext. 1374 Fax: +52 (55) 58-04-75-58 Tel. Casa: 53-10-05-95 ó 53-10-97-78 Download the free program World Time Explorer, I made: http://www.worldtimeexplorer.com/index.html
Thanks for the heads-up. Here's a proposed patch that reflects your new info as well. I also found an article <http://www.latribuna.hn/99299.html> saying that the president of Honduras refused to back down on this issue. I suppose we could wait until Monday, to see whether the clocks in Honduras and/or El Salvador actually changed over the weekend. But in the meantime here's the latest info I have. Thanks again. --- northamerica 2006/05/01 13:44:41 2006.6 +++ northamerica 2006/05/06 07:21:36 2006.6.0.2 @@ -2085,6 +2085,16 @@ Zone America/Santo_Domingo -4:39:36 - LM -4:00 - AST # El Salvador + +# From Paul Eggert (2006-05-05): +# worldtimezone.com reports a 2006-05-02 Spanish-language AP article +# saying Honduras will start using DST midnight Saturday, effective 4 +# months until September, and a 2006-05-03 NACION article saying El +# Salvador will follow suit. However, ignore this for now, because: +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-05-05): +# Change of DST perhaps postponed in El Salvador: +# http://www.laprensagrafica.com/lodeldia/883.asp + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Salv 1987 1988 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Salv 1987 1988 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S @@ -2176,9 +2186,23 @@ Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 - L # Honduras # Shanks & Pottenger say 1921 Jan 1; go with Whitman's more precise Apr 1. + +# From Paul Eggert (2006-05-05): +# worldtimezone.com reports a 2006-05-02 Spanish-language AP article +# saying Honduras will start using DST midnight Saturday, effective 4 +# months until September. La Tribuna reported today +# <http://www.latribuna.hn/99299.html> that Manuel Zelaya, the president +# of Honduras, refused to back down on this. For lack of better info, +# assume they'll use the same end-of-DST rules as in 1987 and 1988. + +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Hond 1987 1988 - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Hond 1987 1988 - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S +Rule Hond 2006 only - May Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Hond 2006 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Tegucigalpa -5:48:52 - LMT 1921 Apr - -6:00 Salv C%sT + -6:00 Hond C%sT # # Great Swan I ceded by US to Honduras in 1972 @@ -2248,23 +2272,19 @@ Zone America/Montserrat -4:08:52 - LMT 1 # http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/presidencia/files_index/secretaria/comunicados... # (2005-09-26) # -# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-04-24): -# http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2006/04/26/nacionales/18036 -# It claims that DST will start 2006-04-30 at 2:00, and will last until the -# end of august (without being more specific). -# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-26): -# Yesterday the president of Nicaragua announced that DST will begin -# April 30 at 02:00. No end date was announced. -# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/Presidencia/Files_index/Secretaria/Comunicados... -# For now, assume DST ends first Sunday in September at 02:00. +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-05-05): +# http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2006/05/01/nacionales/18410 +# (my informal translation) +# By order of the president of the republic, Enrique Bolanos, Nicaragua +# advanced by sixty minutes their official time, yesterday at 2 in the +# morning, and will stay that way until 30.th. of september. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Jun Mon>=23 0:00 0 S Rule Nic 2005 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Nic 2005 only - Oct 2 0:00 0 S +Rule Nic 2005 2006 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 0 S Rule Nic 2006 only - Apr 30 2:00 1:00 D -Rule Nic 2006 only - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Managua -5:45:08 - LMT 1890 -5:45:12 - MMT 1934 Jun 23 # Managua Mean Time?
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