Since tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov is currently failing, I'm forwarding this message from Sean Coffey to the time zone mailing list. For now, please send time zone messages to olsona@mail.nih.gov. Thanks! --ado From: Sean Coffey [Sean.Coffey@Sun.COM] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 5:00 AM To: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] Subject: Re: Chile extends DST due to drought Hi all, This Chile DST extension/change would appear to be going ahead. http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/chile-extends-daylight- saving-time.html http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=232 http://www.gobiernodechile.cl/noticias_det/?which=10062 Are there plans to release a tzdata update soon? regards, Sean. Gunther Vermeir wrote:

Hello, I received this information from a colleague in the Oracle office in Chili:

There is a announcement on http://www.gobiernodechile.cl/noticias_det/?which=10062 This article is published in the official page of the Government and states that the Ministry of Energy announced the change in DST. Now, in order for it to become completely official it has to be published in 'Diario Official'. All decrees and resolutions become official when are published here (www.diariooficial.cl).

From the moment I have more information I will forward it.

Regards, Gunther

Paul Eggert wrote:

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The Associated Press reports that yesterday Chile announced it will extend DST this year due to a drought, until the last Saturday in March. Does anybody have details? Here's the URL I used for the AP report (though it may not work for you: AP Google URLs are unreliable in my experience):

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gvriCVJJJ0RYvhGDq06v1nEykPD gD8ULKS

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Without further info, I guess I would assume that DST will end in Chile and in Easter Island on March 30 at 03:00 UTC.