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diff --git a/timezone/southamerica b/timezone/southamerica index 5cd58a6b17..4e6743c9c6 100644 --- a/timezone/southamerica +++ b/timezone/southamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)southamerica 7.41 +# @(#)southamerica 7.42 # 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 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # -# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source +# Gwillim Law writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries @@ -125,6 +125,29 @@ Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - # de la Rua on March 2, 2000, because it would make people spend more energy # in the winter time, rather than less. The change took effect on March 3. # +# From Mariano Absatz (2001-06-06): +# one of the major newspapers here in Argentina said that the 1999 +# Timezone Law (which never was effectively applied) will (would?) be +# in effect.... The article is at +# http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-06/e-01701.htm +# ... The Law itself is "Ley No 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted +# 1999-09-17, and published 1999-09-21. The official publication is at: +# http://www.boletin.jus.gov.ar/BON/Primera/1999/09-Septiembre/21/PDF/BO21-09-99LEG.PDF +# Regretfully, you have to subscribe (and pay) for the on-line version.... +# +# (2001-06-12): +# the timezone for Argentina will not change next Sunday. +# Apparently it will do so on Sunday 24th.... +# http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-12/s-03501.htm +# +# (2001-06-25): +# Last Friday (yes, the last working day before the date of the change), the +# Senate annulled the 1999 law that introduced the changes later postponed. +# http://www.clarin.com.ar/diario/2001-06-22/s-03601.htm +# It remains the vote of the Deputies..., but it will be the same.... +# This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina. +# We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country. +# # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # # Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF), Santa Cruz (SC), @@ -206,7 +229,7 @@ Zone America/Aruba -4:40:24 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Oranjestad # Bolivia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 - -4:32:36 - LPMT 1931 Oct 15 # La Paz Mean Time + -4:32:36 - CMT 1931 Oct 15 # Calamarca MT -4:32:36 1:00 BOST 1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST -4:00 - BOT # Bolivia Time @@ -382,8 +405,14 @@ Rule Brazil 2000 only - Feb 27 0:00 0 - # repeals DST in PE and RR, effective 2000-10-15 00:00. # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3632.jpg">3,632</a> (2000-10-17) # repeals DST in SE, AL, PB, RN, CE, PI and MA, effective 2000-10-22 00:00. +# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3916.gif">3,916</a> +# (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE. +# +# The latest decree listed above says that the following states observe DST: +# AL, BA, CE, DF, ES, GO, MA, MG, MS, MT, +# PB, PE, PI, PR, RJ, RN, RS, SC, SE, SP, TO. # -# These give only one year's rules. After that, the rules are guesses +# For dates after mid-2002, the following rules are guesses # and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all. Rule Brazil 2000 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 2001 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - @@ -409,14 +438,16 @@ Zone America/Fortaleza -2:34:00 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17 -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 22 - -3:00 - BRT + -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13 + -3:00 Brazil BR%sT # # Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands) Zone America/Recife -2:19:36 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17 -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 15 - -3:00 - BRT + -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13 + -3:00 Brazil BR%sT # # Tocantins (TO) Zone America/Araguaina -3:12:48 - LMT 1914 @@ -431,7 +462,8 @@ Zone America/Maceio -2:22:52 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1996 Sep 4 -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 22 - -3:00 - BRT + -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13 + -3:00 Brazil BR%sT # # Bahia (BA), Goias (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG), # Espirito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Sao Paulo (SP), Parana (PR), @@ -441,7 +473,7 @@ Zone America/Sao_Paulo -3:06:28 - LMT 1914 -3:00 1:00 BRST 1964 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT # -# Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul +# Mato Grosso (MT), Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) Zone America/Cuiaba -3:44:20 - LMT 1914 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT # @@ -726,7 +758,7 @@ Rule Peru 1994 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Peru 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Lima -5:08:12 - LMT 1890 - -5:09 - LMT 1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time + -5:08:36 - LMT 1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time? -5:00 Peru PE%sT # Peru Time # South Georgia @@ -811,6 +843,6 @@ Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 - LMT 1898 Jun 28 # Venezuela # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Caracas -4:27:44 - LMT 1890 - -4:27:44 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time + -4:27:40 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time? -4:30 - VET 1965 # Venezuela Time -4:00 - VET |