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-# @(#)southamerica 7.8
+# @(#)southamerica 7.11
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ Zone America/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Nov
-4:00 Arg A%sT 1969 Oct 5
-3:00 Arg AR%sT
+# Aruba
+# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone America/Aruba -4:40:24 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Oranjestad
+ -4:30 - NAST 1965 # Netherlands Antilles
+ -4:00 - AST
+
# Bolivia
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890
@@ -121,8 +127,8 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890
# ending dates, giving them as "estimated date(s) based on previous year". We
# infer a rule here from one example, always a dangerous practice.... Yes,
# they really do switch on Saturday, according to the OAG.
-# "Brazil/Acre" is for the Territory of Acre; "Brazil/DeNoronha" is for
-# Fernando De Noronha.
+# "[America/Porto_Acre]" is for the Territory of Acre;
+# "[America/Noronha]" is for Fernando De Noronha.
# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988):
# The only information I found is that there was no DST up to 1985.
@@ -199,21 +205,17 @@ Zone America/Porto_Acre -4:31:12 - LMT 1914
# Chile
-# From Guy Harris:
-# The OAG lists October 11, 1987 and March 12, 1988 as the starting and
-# ending dates, giving them as "estimated date(s) based on previous year."
-
-# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988):
-# Chile has had 2nd Sunday in October to 2nd Sunday in March DST since 1977.
-# Switch is at midnight. OAG is right.
+# From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19):
+# The law says to switch to DST at midnight [24:00] on the second SATURDAY
+# of October.... The law is the same for March and October.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Chile 1918 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Chile 1919 only - Jul 2 0:00 0 S
Rule Chile 1927 1931 - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Chile 1928 1932 - Apr 1 0:00 0 S
-Rule Chile 1969 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D
-Rule Chile 1970 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:00 0 S
+Rule Chile 1969 max - Oct Sun>=9 0:00 1:00 D
+Rule Chile 1970 max - Mar Sun>=9 0:00 0 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Santiago -4:42:40 - LMT 1890
-4:43 - SMT 1910 # Santiago Mean Time
@@ -334,7 +336,7 @@ Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 - LMT 1890 # Grytviken
-2:00 - FST
# South Sandwich Is
-# no information
+# uninhabited
# Suriname
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -352,7 +354,6 @@ Zone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 - LMT 1912 Mar 2
# Uruguay
# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993):
# Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules.
-# Your guess is as good as mine for what happened after 1989.
# From Shanks (1991):
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Uruguay 1920 only - May 1 0:00 0 S