diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index 8032ca0..9b853da 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -294,14 +294,14 @@ Rule Arg 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S # back in 2004, when these provinces changed to UTC-4 for a few days, I # mailed them personally and never got an answer). -# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-15): -# Until there's better information, asssume San Luis was like San Juan -# rather than Mendoza (since San Juan has a simpler DST history). - +# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30): # Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks & Pottenger through 1992, # from the IATA otherwise. As noted below, Shanks & Pottenger say that -# America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, but we -# haven't verified this yet so for now we'll keep it a single region. +# America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, one of which +# was America/San_Luis, but we haven't verified this yet so for now we'll +# keep America/Cordoba a single region rather than splitting it into the +# other 5 subregions. + # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # @@ -316,14 +316,12 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 # # Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC), # Formosa (FM), Salta (SA), Santiago del Estero (SE), Cordoba (CB), -# San Luis (SL), La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN) +# La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN) # # Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we haven't verified: # - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07. # - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29. # - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04. -# - San Luis switched to -4:00 on 1990-03-14, then to -3:00 on 1990-10-15, -# then to -4:00 on 1991-03-01, then to -3:00 on 1991-06-01. # - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01, # then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26. # @@ -425,10 +423,13 @@ Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 1 - -4:00 - WART 1991 May 7 - -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 - -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 + -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 + -3:00 1:00 ARST 1990 Mar 14 + -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 15 + -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 1 + -4:00 - WART 1991 Jun 1 + -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 + -4:00 1:00 WARST 2000 Mar 3 -3:00 - ART 2004 May 31 -4:00 - WART 2004 Jul 25 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Jan 21 @@ -540,56 +541,28 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # Brazil will start DST on 2007-10-14 00:00 and end on 2008-02-17 00:00: # http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do;jsessionid=BBA06811AFCAAC28F0285210913513DA?newsId=13975 +# From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24): +# ... by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 +# (published in the "Diario Oficial da Uniao" +# https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/jsp/jsp/jornaiscompletos/visualizacao/pdf/visualiza_pdf.jsp?jornal=do&secao=1&pagina=01&data=25/04/2008) +# in Brazil there are changes in the timezones, effective today +# (00:00 at June 24, 2008) as follows: +# a) The timezone UTC+5 is estinguished, with all the Acre state and +# the part of the Amazonas state that had this timezone now being put +# to the timezone UTC+4 +# b) The whole Para state now is put at timezone UTC+3, instead of just +# part of it, as was before. +# This change follows a proposal of senator Tiao Viana of Acre state, +# that proposed it due to concerns about open television channels +# displaying programs inappropriate to youths in the states that had the +# timezone UTC+5 too early in the night. + # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10): # The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from # # Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil # . -# From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24): -# ...by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 (published in the "Diario -# Oficial da Uniao"...) in Brazil there are changes in the timezones, -# effective today (00:00am at June 24, 2008) as follows: -# -# a) The timezone UTC+5 is e[x]tinguished, with all the Acre state and the -# part of the Amazonas state that had this timezone now being put to the -# timezone UTC+4 -# b) The whole Para state now is put at timezone UTC+3, instead of just -# part of it, as was before. -# -# This change follows a proposal of senator Tiao Viana of Acre state, that -# proposed it due to concerns about open television channels displaying -# programs inappropriate to youths in the states that had the timezone -# UTC+5 too early in the night. In the occasion, some more corrections -# were proposed, trying to unify the timezones of any given state. This -# change modifies timezone rules defined in decree 2.784 of 18 June, -# 1913. - -# From Rodrigo Severo (2008-06-24): -# Just correcting the URL: -# -# https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=3Ddo&secao=3D1&pagina=3D1&data=3D25/04/2008 -# -# -# As a result of the above Decree I believe the America/Rio_Branco -# timezone shall be modified from UTC-5 to UTC-4 and a new timezone shall -# be created to represent the the west side of the Para State. I -# suggest this new timezone be called Santarem as the most -# important/populated city in the affected area. -# -# This new timezone would be the same as the Rio_Branco timezone up to -# the 2008/06/24 change which would be to UTC-3 instead of UTC-4. - -# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-24): -# This is a quick reference page for New and Old Brazil Time Zones map. -# -# http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php -# -# -# - 4 time zones replaced by 3 time zones-eliminating time zone UTC- 05 -# (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT- 04) - western -# part of Par state is moving to one timezone UTC- 03 (from UTC -04). - # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # Decree 20,466 (1931-10-01) # Decree 21,896 (1932-01-10) @@ -706,7 +679,7 @@ Rule Brazil 2000 only - Feb 27 0:00 0 - Rule Brazil 2000 2001 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 2001 2006 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - # Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE. -# 4,339 +# 4,399 Rule Brazil 2002 only - Nov 3 0:00 1:00 S # Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO. # 4,844 @@ -721,9 +694,8 @@ Rule Brazil 2005 only - Oct 16 0:00 1:00 S # adopted by the same states as before. Rule Brazil 2006 only - Nov 5 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 2007 only - Feb 25 0:00 0 - -# (Decree number not yet known) -# http://www.brasil.gov.br/noticias/ultimas_noticias/horario_verao070920/ -# (2007-09-20) after a heads-up from Steffen Thorsen: +# Decree 6,212 (2007-09-26), +# adopted by the same states as before. Rule Brazil 2007 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S Rule Brazil 2008 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - # The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST: @@ -756,6 +728,13 @@ Zone America/Belem -3:13:56 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1988 Sep 12 -3:00 - BRT # +# west Para (PA) +# West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and Santarem. +Zone America/Santarem -3:38:48 - LMT 1914 + -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 + -4:00 - AMT 2008 Jun 24 00:00 + -3:00 - BRT +# # Maranhao (MA), Piaui (PI), Ceara (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN), # Paraiba (PB) Zone America/Fortaleza -2:34:00 - LMT 1914 @@ -818,12 +797,6 @@ Zone America/Cuiaba -3:44:20 - LMT 1914 -4:00 - AMT 2004 Oct 1 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT # -# west Para (PA) -Zone America/Santarem -3:38:48 - LMT 1914 - -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 - -4:00 - AMT 2008 Jun 24 - -3:00 - BRT -# # Rondonia (RO) Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 - LMT 1914 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 @@ -851,12 +824,13 @@ Zone America/Eirunepe -4:39:28 - LMT 1914 -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1988 Sep 12 -5:00 - ACT 1993 Sep 28 -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1994 Sep 22 - -5:00 - ACT + -5:00 - ACT 2008 Jun 24 00:00 + -4:00 - AMT # # Acre (AC) Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1988 Sep 12 - -5:00 - ACT 2008 Jun 24 + -5:00 - ACT 2008 Jun 24 00:00 -4:00 - AMT # Chile