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-# @(#)northamerica 8.18
+# @(#)northamerica 8.23
# <pre>
# also includes Central America and the Caribbean
@@ -2187,6 +2187,69 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:20 - LMT 1890 # San Jose
# says Cuban clocks will advance at midnight on March 10.
# For lack of better information, assume Cuba will use US rules,
# except that it switches at midnight standard time as usual.
+#
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-10-25):
+# Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz informed me that Cuba will end DST one week
+# earlier - on the last Sunday of October, just like in 2006.
+#
+# He supplied these references:
+#
+# http://www.prensalatina.com.mx/article.asp?ID=%7B4CC32C1B-A9F7-42FB-8A07-8631AFC923AF%7D&language=ES
+# http://actualidad.terra.es/sociedad/articulo/cuba_llama_ahorrar_energia_cambio_1957044.htm
+#
+# From Alex Kryvenishev (2007-10-25):
+# Here is also article from Granma (Cuba):
+#
+# [Regira] el Horario Normal desde el [proximo] domingo 28 de octubre
+# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2007/10/24/nacional/artic07.html
+#
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba03.html
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-09):
+# I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight
+# Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to
+# <a href="http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj">
+# http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj
+# </a>, a Cuban information station, and heard
+# the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"),
+# indicating that Cuba is still on standard time.
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-12):
+# It seems that Cuba will start DST on Sunday, 2007-03-16...
+# It was announced yesterday, according to this source (in Spanish):
+# <a href="http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm">
+# http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm
+# </a>
+#
+# Some more background information is posted here:
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html">
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html
+# </a>
+#
+# The article also says that Cuba has been observing DST since 1963,
+# while Shanks (and tzdata) has 1965 as the first date (except in the
+# 1940's). Many other web pages in Cuba also claim that it has been
+# observed since 1963, but with the exception of 1970 - an exception
+# which is not present in tzdata/Shanks. So there is a chance we need to
+# change some historic records as well.
+#
+# One example:
+# <a href="http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm">
+# http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm
+# </a>
+
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-03-13):
+# The Cuban time change has just been confirmed on the most authoritative
+# web site, the Granma. Please check out
+# <a href="http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html">
+# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html
+# </a>
+#
+# Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsens information, the change
+# will take place midnight between Saturday and Sunday.
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-12):
+# Assume Sun>=15 (third Sunday) going forward.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Cuba 1928 only - Jun 10 0:00 1:00 D
@@ -2218,9 +2281,9 @@ Rule Cuba 1997 only - Oct 12 0:00s 0 S
Rule Cuba 1998 1999 - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D
Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S
Rule Cuba 2000 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D
-Rule Cuba 2006 only - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S
-Rule Cuba 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D
-Rule Cuba 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 0:00s 0 S
+Rule Cuba 2006 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S
+Rule Cuba 2007 only - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D
+Rule Cuba 2008 max - Mar Sun>=15 0:00s 1:00 D
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890
@@ -2287,6 +2350,10 @@ Zone America/Grenada -4:07:00 - LMT 1911 Jul # St George's
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Guadeloupe -4:06:08 - LMT 1911 Jun 8 # Pointe a Pitre
-4:00 - AST
+# St Barthelemy
+Link America/Guadeloupe America/St_Barthelemy
+# St Martin (French part)
+Link America/Guadeloupe America/Marigot
# Guatemala
#