Re: [tz] Chile to end DST earlier this year?
Nothing official has been announced at: http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio_hora.html A quick search of newspapers for 'horario de invierno' also turns up nothing. However, keep in mind that Chile is in the midst of a government change; the inauguration of the new government is 11 March, and IIRC if the old government does nothing, the time change reverts to the old rule (March 8). I have no idea what to do about this. I knew making the new rule permanent would cause trouble. -G. On Feb 14, 2014, at 9:00 AM, tz-request@iana.org wrote:
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I've heard rumors that Chile will end DST at the end of March 8 this year, rather than the tz database's guess of the end of April 26. Can anyone confirm this? I can't seem to find anything official, but my Spanish is not the best. Thanks.
-- Glenn Eychaner (geychaner@lco.cl) Telescope Systems Programmer, Las Campanas Observatory
On 02/14/2014 07:16 AM, Glenn Eychaner wrote:
Nothing official has been announced at:
http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio_hora.html
A quick search of newspapers for 'horario de invierno' also turns up nothing. However, keep in mind that Chile is in the midst of a government change; the inauguration of the new government is 11 March, and IIRC if the old government does nothing, the time change reverts to the old rule (March 8).
I have no idea what to do about this. I knew making the new rule permanent would cause trouble.
I'm new to this list so I don't know the history of this change. There seems to be some disagreement as to whether this change was intended to be permanent or not. I don't speak/read Spanish but the translated version of this notice seems to state that the change to April was a yearly decision and not a permanent change. http://www.gob.cl/informa/2013/02/15/gobierno-anuncia-fechas-de-cambio-de-ho... "For the third consecutive year, the Government decided to implement a limited winter schedule and extend the summer. The measure mainly to savings in energy consumption it produces." Given that a similar announcement has not been made for 2014, should we assume that the March date is the default?
Patsy Franklin wrote:
Given that a similar announcement has not been made for 2014, should we assume that the March date is the default?
Although that is a reasonable assumption, the 2013 announcement wasn't until February 15 and it's only February 17 now, so I'm somewhat inclined to give it a few more days, unless we get more-definite information.
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