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[UTUTO-GNU] Fwd: [seguridad] Cambio de hora en la Republica Argentina


From: Pablo Manuel Rizzo
Subject: [UTUTO-GNU] Fwd: [seguridad] Cambio de hora en la Republica Argentina
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:41:43 -0300

FYI

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From: InfoMail de ArCERT <address@hidden>
Date: Dec 28, 2007 12:04 PM
Subject: [seguridad] Cambio de hora en la Republica Argentina
To: Lista de Seguridad <address@hidden>


En el día de la fecha se publicó en el boletín oficial la Ley 26350
aprobada recientemente en el congreso de la nación, y que incluye
modificaciones en el huso horario de nuestro país.

Este año, a la 0(cero) hora del día domingo 30 de diciembre, empezará a
regir el huso horario GMT-2. Se volverá a utilizar el huso horario
GMT-3 a partir de la 0(cero) hora del día domingo 16 de marzo de 2008.

En este mensaje les queremos proponer algunos mecanismos para facilitar
el cambio de hora en los equipos críticos de su organismo.

Todos los sistemas operativos modernos, ya sean plataformas Linux/Unix o
Windows, permiten definir el huso horario utilizado. Normalmente, los
equipos en Argentina están configurados para utilizar GMT-3. Para
implementar los cambios aprobados en la citada Ley, es necesario
reconfigurar los equipos para que utilicen GMT-2 durante los meses de
verano, ya sea en forma manual o, mejor aún, que el equipo
automáticamente haga el cambio en los momentos definidos.

Es importante notar que los cambios los deben hacer incluso aquellos que
utilicen protocolo NTP para sincronizar sus relojes, ya que el mismo
brinda la hora en formato UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), que
corresponde al meridiano 0.

A continuación, proponemos algunas maneras de realizar el cambio. No
hemos tenido tiempo de probarlas exhaustivamente, por lo que
recomendamos aplicarlas en equipos de prueba antes de utilizarlas en
equipos de producción.

Linux/Unix:
-----------
Algunas distribuciones de linux están actualizando sus paquetes, por lo
que se espera que en los próximos días el cambio se realice en forma
automática, al instalar dichas actualizaciones. Se recomienda esperar
dichas actualizaciones o ajustar temporalmente la zona a GMT-2.

Sin embargo, si se requiere corregir la zona horaria en forma manual,
para que automáticamente se corrija la zona en el momento definido para
el verano 2007-2008, puede utilizar el archivo adjunto zoneinfo.ar.new,
que fue definido en forma temporal mientras se espera la actualización
oficial de la zona, y realizar los siguientes pasos:

1) ejecutar el compilador de zoneinfo:
        zic -l America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires zoneinfo.ar.new
   Esto compila e instala las zonas de Sudamérica y además recrea el
/etc/localtime apuntándolo a la zona de Buenos Aires.

2) Verificación:
        Se puede instalar en un equipo en el cual se deshabilita el
NTP, y cambiar la hora a las 23:59 del 29/12 con el comando:
           date 12292359
        y esperar un minuto. La hora debería pasar automáticamente de las
11:59:59 a la 1:00:00.

Windows:
--------
Hoy 28 de diciembre, a las 14, la empresa Microsoft realizará un webcast
titulado: "Implementación de Horario de Verano para Argentina en
2007-2008 - Como prepararse para los cambios".
Se puede acceder al mismo desde la pagina: http://www.supportacademy.com/

Adicionalmente, se puede utilizar la herramienta TZedit para configurar
el horario de verano, o aplicar un parche al registro de windows. El
mismo es provisto por la empresa a través de su sistema de soporte al
cliente.

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# @(#)southamerica      8.13
# <pre>

# 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
# address@hidden for general use in the future).

# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
#
# 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
# of the IATA's data after 1990.
#
# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
#
# Earlier editions of these tables used the North American style (e.g. ARST and
# ARDT for Argentine Standard and Daylight Time), but the following quote
# suggests that it's better to use European style (e.g. ART and ARST).
#       I suggest the use of _Summer time_ instead of the more cumbersome
#       _daylight-saving time_.  _Summer time_ seems to be in general use
#       in Europe and South America.
#       -- E O Cutler, _New York Times_ (1937-02-14), quoted in
#       H L Mencken, _The American Language: Supplement I_ (1960), p 466
#
# Earlier editions of these tables also used the North American style
# for time zones in Brazil, but this was incorrect, as Brazilians say
# "summer time".  Reinaldo Goulart, a Sao Paulo businessman active in
# the railroad sector, writes (1999-07-06):
#       The subject of time zones is currently a matter of discussion/debate in
#       Brazil.  Let's say that "the Brasilia time" is considered the
#       "official time" because Brasilia is the capital city.
#       The other three time zones are called "Brasilia time "minus one" or
#       "plus one" or "plus two".  As far as I know there is no such
#       name/designation as "Eastern Time" or "Central Time".
# So I invented the following (English-language) abbreviations for now.
# Corrections are welcome!
#               std     dst
#       -2:00   FNT     FNST    Fernando de Noronha
#       -3:00   BRT     BRST    Brasilia
#       -4:00   AMT     AMST    Amazon
#       -5:00   ACT     ACST    Acre

###############################################################################

###############################################################################

# Argentina

# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
# Argentina: first Sunday in October to first Sunday in April since 1976.
# Double Summer time from 1969 to 1974.  Switches at midnight.

# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1988-01-199):
# ARGENTINA           3 H BEHIND   UTC

# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
# I am sending modifications to the Argentine time zone table...
# AR was chosen because they are the ISO letters that represent Argentina.

# Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
Rule    Arg     1930    only    -       Dec      1      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Arg     1931    only    -       Apr      1      0:00    0       -
Rule    Arg     1931    only    -       Oct     15      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Arg     1932    1940    -       Mar      1      0:00    0       -
Rule    Arg     1932    1939    -       Nov      1      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Arg     1940    only    -       Jul      1      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Arg     1941    only    -       Jun     15      0:00    0       -
Rule    Arg     1941    only    -       Oct     15      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Arg     1943    only    -       Aug      1      0:00    0       -
Rule    Arg     1943    only    -       Oct     15      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Arg     1946    only    -       Mar      1      0:00    0       -
Rule    Arg     1946    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Arg     1963    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
Rule    Arg     1963    only    -       Dec     15      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Arg     1964    1966    -       Mar      1      0:00    0       -
Rule    Arg     1964    1966    -       Oct     15      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Arg     1967    only    -       Apr      2      0:00    0       -
Rule    Arg     1967    1968    -       Oct     Sun>=1  0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Arg     1968    1969    -       Apr     Sun>=1  0:00    0       -
Rule    Arg     1974    only    -       Jan     23      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Arg     1974    only    -       May      1      0:00    0       -
Rule    Arg     1988    only    -       Dec      1      0:00    1:00    S
#
# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
# These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A.,
# obtaining the data from the:
# Talleres de Hidrografia Naval Argentina
# (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute)
Rule    Arg     1989    1993    -       Mar     Sun>=1  0:00    0       -
Rule    Arg     1989    1992    -       Oct     Sun>=15 0:00    1:00    S
#
# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
# From this moment on, the law that mandated the daylight saving
# time corrections was derogated and no more modifications
# to the time zones (for daylight saving) are now made.
#
# From Rives McDow (2000-01-10):
# On October 3, 1999, 0:00 local, Argentina implemented daylight savings time,
# which did not result in the switch of a time zone, as they stayed 9 hours
# from the International Date Line.
Rule    Arg     1999    only    -       Oct     Sun>=1  0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Arg     2000    only    -       Mar     Sun>=1  0:00    0       -
Rule    Arg     2007    only    -       Dec     Sun>=30 0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Arg 2008        max             -       Mar Sun>=15 0:00
 0               -
Rule    Arg     2008    max             -       Oct     Sun>=1  0:00
 1:00    S

#
# From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01):
# We just checked with our Sao Paulo office and they say the government of
# Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST.
# So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times.
#
# From Fabian L. Arce Jofre (2000-04-04):
# The law that claimed DST for Argentina was derogated by President Fernando
# 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.
#
# From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21):
# Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing
# its timezone this winter... starting tomorrow night....
# http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040521-27158-normas.pdf
# From Paul Eggert (2004-05-24):
# It's Law No. 7,210.  This change is due to a public power emergency, so for
# now we'll assume it's for this year only.
#
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
# <a href="http://www.spicasc.net/horvera.html";>
# Hora de verano para la Republica Argentina (2003-06-08)
# </a> says that standard time in Argentina from 1894-10-31
# to 1920-05-01 was -4:16:48.25.  Go with this more-precise value
# over Shanks & Pottenger.
#
# From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-05):
# These media articles from a major newspaper mostly cover the current state:
# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/27/de_604825.asp
# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/28/de_605203.asp
#
# The following eight (8) provinces pulled clocks back to UTC-04:00 at
# midnight Monday May 31st. (that is, the night between 05/31 and 06/01).
# Apparently, all nine provinces would go back to UTC-03:00 at the same
# time in October 17th.
#
# Catamarca, Chubut, La Rioja, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz,
# Tierra del Fuego, Tucuman.
#
# From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-14):
# ... this weekend, the Province of Tucuman decided it'd go back to UTC-03:00
# yesterday midnight (that is, at 24:00 Saturday 12th), since the people's
# annoyance with the change is much higher than the power savings obtained....
#
# From Gwillim Law (2004-06-14):
# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/06/10/de_609078.asp ...
#     "The time change in Tierra del Fuego was a conflicted decision from
#   the start.  The government had decreed that the measure would take
#   effect on June 1, but a normative error forced the new time to begin
#   three days earlier, from a Saturday to a Sunday....
# Our understanding was that the change was originally scheduled to take place
# on June 1 at 00:00 in Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego (and some other
# provinces).  Sunday was May 30, only two days earlier.  So the article
# contains a contradiction.  I would give more credence to the Saturday/Sunday
# date than the "three days earlier" phrase, and conclude that Tierra del
# Fuego set its clocks back at 2004-05-30 00:00.
#
# From Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-05):
# The previous law 7210 which changed the province of Mendoza's time zone
# back in May have been modified slightly in a new law 7277, which set the
# new end date to 2004-09-26 (original date was 2004-10-17).
# http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040924-27244-normas.pdf
#
# From Mariano Absatz (2004-10-05):
# San Juan changed from UTC-03:00 to UTC-04:00 at midnight between
# Sunday, May 30th and Monday, May 31st.  It changed back to UTC-03:00
# at midnight between Saturday, July 24th and Sunday, July 25th....
# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000329.html
# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000426.html
# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000441.html

# 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.
#
# Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
#
# Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF),
Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
                        -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
                        -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
                        -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
                        -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
                        -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
                        -3:00   -       ART     2007 Dec 29
                        -3:00   Arg     AR%sT
#
# 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)
#
# 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.
#
Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - 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  3
                        -4:00   -       WART    1991 Oct 20
                        -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
                        -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
                        -3:00   -       ART     2007 Dec 29
                        -3:00   Arg     AR%sT
#
# Tucuman (TM)
Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - 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  3
                        -4:00   -       WART    1991 Oct 20
                        -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
                        -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
                        -3:00   -       ART     2004 Jun  1
                        -4:00   -       WART    2004 Jun 13
                        -3:00   -       ART     2007 Dec 29
                        -3:00   Arg     AR%sT
#
# La Rioja (LR)
Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - 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   -       ART     2004 Jun  1
                        -4:00   -       WART    2004 Jun 20
                        -3:00   -       ART     2007 Dec 29
                        -3:00   Arg     AR%sT
#
# San Juan (SJ)
Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - 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   -       ART     2004 May 31
                        -4:00   -       WART    2004 Jul 25
                        -3:00   -       ART     2007 Dec 29
                        -3:00   Arg     AR%sT
#
# Jujuy (JY)
Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 - 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   1990 Mar  4
                        -4:00   -       WART    1990 Oct 28
                        -4:00   1:00    WARST   1991 Mar 17
                        -4:00   -       WART    1991 Oct  6
                        -3:00   1:00    ARST    1992
                        -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
                        -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
                        -3:00   -       ART     2007 Dec 29
                        -3:00   Arg     AR%sT
#
# Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - 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  3
                        -4:00   -       WART    1991 Oct 20
                        -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
                        -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
                        -3:00   -       ART     2004 Jun  1
                        -4:00   -       WART    2004 Jun 20
                        -3:00   -       ART     2007 Dec 29
                        -3:00   Arg     AR%sT
#
# Mendoza (MZ)
Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - 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   1990 Mar  4
                        -4:00   -       WART    1990 Oct 15
                        -4:00   1:00    WARST   1991 Mar  1
                        -4:00   -       WART    1991 Oct 15
                        -4:00   1:00    WARST   1992 Mar  1
                        -4:00   -       WART    1992 Oct 18
                        -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
                        -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
                        -3:00   -       ART     2004 May 23
                        -4:00   -       WART    2004 Sep 26
                        -3:00   -       ART     2007 Dec 29
                        -3:00   Arg     AR%sT
#
# Santa Cruz (SC)
Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
                        -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
                        -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
                        -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
                        -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
                        -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
                        -3:00   -       ART     2004 Jun  1
                        -4:00   -       WART    2004 Jun 20
                        -3:00   -       ART     2007 Dec 29
                        -3:00   Arg     AR%sT
#
# Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF)
Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
                        -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
                        -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
                        -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
                        -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
                        -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
                        -3:00   -       ART     2004 May 30
                        -4:00   -       WART    2004 Jun 20
                        -3:00   -       ART     2007 Dec 29
                        -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   -       ANT     1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
                        -4:00   -       AST

# Bolivia
# Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
Zone    America/La_Paz  -4:32:36 -      LMT     1890
                        -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

# Brazil

# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
# The mayor of Rio recently attempted to change the time zone rules
# just in his city, in order to leave more summer time for the tourist trade.
# The rule change lasted only part of the day;
# the federal government refused to follow the city's rules, and business
# was in a chaos, so the mayor backed down that afternoon.

# From IATA SSIM (1996-02):
# _Only_ the following states in BR1 observe DST: Rio Grande do Sul (RS),
# Santa Catarina (SC), Parana (PR), Sao Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ),
# Espirito Santo (ES), Minas Gerais (MG), Bahia (BA), Goias (GO),
# Distrito Federal (DF), Tocantins (TO), Sergipe [SE] and Alagoas [AL].
# [The last three states are new to this issue of the IATA SSIM.]

# From Gwillim Law (1996-10-07):
# Geography, history (Tocantins was part of Goias until 1989), and other
# sources of time zone information lead me to believe that AL, SE, and TO were
# always in BR1, and so the only change was whether or not they observed DST....
# The earliest issue of the SSIM I have is 2/91.  Each issue from then until
# 9/95 says that DST is observed only in the ten states I quoted from 9/95,
# along with Mato Grosso (MT) and Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), which are in BR2
# (UTC-4)....  The other two time zones given for Brazil are BR3, which is
# UTC-5, no DST, and applies only in the state of Acre (AC); and BR4, which is
# UTC-2, and applies to Fernando de Noronha (formerly FN, but I believe it's
# become part of the state of Pernambuco).  The boundary between BR1 and BR2
# has never been clearly stated.  They've simply been called East and West.
# However, some conclusions can be drawn from another IATA manual: the Airline
# Coding Directory, which lists close to 400 airports in Brazil.  For each
# airport it gives a time zone which is coded to the SSIM.  From that
# information, I'm led to conclude that the states of Amapa (AP), Ceara (CE),
# Maranhao (MA), Paraiba (PR), Pernambuco (PE), Piaui (PI), and Rio Grande do
# Norte (RN), and the eastern part of Para (PA) are all in BR1 without DST.

# From Marcos Tadeu (1998-09-27):
# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/verao1.html";>
# Brazilian official page
# </a>

# From Jesper Norgaard (2000-11-03):
# [For an official list of which regions in Brazil use which time zones, see:]
# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbr.htm
# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbrhv.htm

# From Celso Doria via David Madeo (2002-10-09):
# The reason for the delay this year has to do with elections in Brazil.
#
# Unlike in the United States, elections in Brazil are 100% computerized and
# the results are known almost immediately.  Yesterday, it was the first
# round of the elections when 115 million Brazilians voted for President,
# Governor, Senators, Federal Deputies, and State Deputies.  Nobody is
# counting (or re-counting) votes anymore and we know there will be a second
# round for the Presidency and also for some Governors.  The 2nd round will
# take place on October 27th.
#
# The reason why the DST will only begin November 3rd is that the thousands
# of electoral machines used cannot have their time changed, and since the
# Constitution says the elections must begin at 8:00 AM and end at 5:00 PM,
# the Government decided to postpone DST, instead of changing the Constitution
# (maybe, for the next elections, it will be possible to change the clock)...

# From Rodrigo Severo (2004-10-04):
# It's just the biannual change made necessary by the much hyped, supposedly
# modern Brazilian eletronic voting machines which, apparently, can't deal
# with a time change between the first and the second rounds of the elections.

# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-20):
# 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 Eggert (2002-10-10):
# The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html";>
# Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil
# </a>.

# Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm";>20,466</a> (1931-10-01)
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm";>21,896</a> (1932-01-10)
Rule    Brazil  1931    only    -       Oct      3      11:00   1:00    S
Rule    Brazil  1932    1933    -       Apr      1       0:00   0       -
Rule    Brazil  1932    only    -       Oct      3       0:00   1:00    S
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV23195.htm";>23,195</a> (1933-10-10)
# revoked DST.
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27496.htm";>27,496</a> (1949-11-24)
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27998.htm";>27,998</a> (1950-04-13)
Rule    Brazil  1949    1952    -       Dec      1       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Brazil  1950    only    -       Apr     16       1:00   0       -
Rule    Brazil  1951    1952    -       Apr      1       0:00   0       -
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV32308.htm";>32,308</a> (1953-02-24)
Rule    Brazil  1953    only    -       Mar      1       0:00   0       -
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV34724.htm";>34,724</a> (1953-11-30)
# revoked DST.
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV52700.htm";>52,700</a> (1963-10-18)
# established DST from 1963-10-23 00:00 to 1964-02-29 00:00
# in SP, RJ, GB, MG, ES, due to the prolongation of the drought.
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53071.htm";>53,071</a> (1963-12-03)
# extended the above decree to all of the national territory on 12-09.
Rule    Brazil  1963    only    -       Dec      9       0:00   1:00    S
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53604.htm";>53,604</a> (1964-02-25)
# extended summer time by one day to 1964-03-01 00:00 (start of school).
Rule    Brazil  1964    only    -       Mar      1       0:00   0       -
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV55639.htm";>55,639</a> (1965-01-27)
Rule    Brazil  1965    only    -       Jan     31       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Brazil  1965    only    -       Mar     31       0:00   0       -
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57303.htm";>57,303</a> (1965-11-22)
Rule    Brazil  1965    only    -       Dec      1       0:00   1:00    S
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57843.htm";>57,843</a> (1966-02-18)
Rule    Brazil  1966    1968    -       Mar      1       0:00   0       -
Rule    Brazil  1966    1967    -       Nov      1       0:00   1:00    S
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV63429.htm";>63,429</a> (1968-10-15)
# revoked DST.
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV91698.htm";>91,698</a> (1985-09-27)
Rule    Brazil  1985    only    -       Nov      2       0:00   1:00    S
# Decree 92,310 (1986-01-21)
# Decree 92,463 (1986-03-13)
Rule    Brazil  1986    only    -       Mar     15       0:00   0       -
# Decree 93,316 (1986-10-01)
Rule    Brazil  1986    only    -       Oct     25       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Brazil  1987    only    -       Feb     14       0:00   0       -
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV94922.htm";>94,922</a> (1987-09-22)
Rule    Brazil  1987    only    -       Oct     25       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Brazil  1988    only    -       Feb      7       0:00   0       -
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV96676.htm";>96,676</a> (1988-09-12)
# except for the states of AC, AM, PA, RR, RO, and AP (then a territory)
Rule    Brazil  1988    only    -       Oct     16       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Brazil  1989    only    -       Jan     29       0:00   0       -
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV98077.htm";>98,077</a> (1989-08-21)
# with the same exceptions
Rule    Brazil  1989    only    -       Oct     15       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Brazil  1990    only    -       Feb     11       0:00   0       -
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV99530.htm";>99,530</a> (1990-09-17)
# adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, GO, MS, DF.
# Decree 99,629 (1990-10-19) adds BA, MT.
Rule    Brazil  1990    only    -       Oct     21       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Brazil  1991    only    -       Feb     17       0:00   0       -
# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1991.htm";>Unnumbered decree</a> (1991-09-25)
# adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, BA, GO, MT, MS, DF.
Rule    Brazil  1991    only    -       Oct     20       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Brazil  1992    only    -       Feb      9       0:00   0       -
# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1992.htm";>Unnumbered decree</a> (1992-10-16)
# adopted by same states.
Rule    Brazil  1992    only    -       Oct     25       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Brazil  1993    only    -       Jan     31       0:00   0       -
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV942.htm";>942</a> (1993-09-28)
# adopted by same states, plus AM.
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1252.htm";>1,252</a> (1994-09-22;
# web page corrected 2004-01-07) adopted by same states, minus AM.
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1636.htm";>1,636</a> (1995-09-14)
# adopted by same states, plus MT and TO.
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1674.htm";>1,674</a> (1995-10-13)
# adds AL, SE.
Rule    Brazil  1993    1995    -       Oct     Sun>=11  0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Brazil  1994    1995    -       Feb     Sun>=15  0:00   0       -
Rule    Brazil  1996    only    -       Feb     11       0:00   0       -
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV2000.htm";>2,000</a> (1996-09-04)
# adopted by same states, minus AL, SE.
Rule    Brazil  1996    only    -       Oct      6       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Brazil  1997    only    -       Feb     16       0:00   0       -
# From Daniel C. Sobral (1998-02-12):
# In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that
# because international television networks ignored Brazil's policy on DS,
# they bought the wrong times on satellite for coverage of Pope's visit.
# This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1
# to help dealing with the shortages of electric power.
#
# Decree 2,317 (1997-09-04), adopted by same states.
Rule    Brazil  1997    only    -       Oct      6       0:00   1:00    S
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV2495.JPG";>2,495</a>
# (1998-02-10)
Rule    Brazil  1998    only    -       Mar      1       0:00   0       -
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/Hv98.jpg";>2,780</a> (1998-09-11)
# adopted by the same states as before.
Rule    Brazil  1998    only    -       Oct     11       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Brazil  1999    only    -       Feb     21       0:00   0       -
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3150.gif";>3,150</a>
# (1999-08-23) adopted by same states.
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV99.gif";>3,188</a> (1999-09-30)
# adds SE, AL, PB, PE, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR.
Rule    Brazil  1999    only    -       Oct      3       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Brazil  2000    only    -       Feb     27       0:00   0       -
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DEC3592.htm";>3,592</a> (2000-09-06)
# adopted by the same states as before.
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3630.jpg";>3,630</a> (2000-10-13)
# 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.
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.
# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm";></a>
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.
# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm";></a>
Rule    Brazil  2003    only    -       Oct     19       0:00   1:00    S
# Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT.
# <a 
href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm";></a>
Rule    Brazil  2004    only    -       Nov      2       0:00   1:00    S
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif";>5,539</a> (2005-09-19),
# adopted by the same states as before.
Rule    Brazil  2005    only    -       Oct     16       0:00   1:00    S
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5920.gif";>5,920</a> (2006-10-03),
# 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:
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:
# DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.
# For dates after mid-2008, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses
# and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.


# Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
#
# Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE)
Zone America/Noronha    -2:09:40 -      LMT     1914
                        -2:00   Brazil  FN%sT   1990 Sep 17
                        -2:00   -       FNT     1999 Sep 30
                        -2:00   Brazil  FN%sT   2000 Oct 15
                        -2:00   -       FNT     2001 Sep 13
                        -2:00   Brazil  FN%sT   2002 Oct  1
                        -2:00   -       FNT
# Other Atlantic islands have no permanent settlement.
# These include Trindade and Martin Vaz (administratively part of ES),
# Atol das Rocas (RN), and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo (PE).
# Fernando de Noronha was a separate territory from 1942-09-02 to 1989-01-01;
# it also included the Penedos.
#
# Amapa (AP), east Para (PA)
# East Para includes Belem, Maraba, Serra Norte, and Sao Felix do Xingu.
# The division between east and west Para is the river Xingu.
# In the north a very small part from the river Javary (now Jari I guess,
# the border with Amapa) to the Amazon, then to the Xingu.
Zone America/Belem      -3:13:56 -      LMT     1914
                        -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   1988 Sep 12
                        -3:00   -       BRT
#
# Maranhao (MA), Piaui (PI), Ceara (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
# Paraiba (PB)
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     2001 Sep 13
                        -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2002 Oct  1
                        -3:00   -       BRT
#
# 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     2001 Sep 13
                        -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2002 Oct  1
                        -3:00   -       BRT
#
# Tocantins (TO)
Zone America/Araguaina  -3:12:48 -      LMT     1914
                        -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   1990 Sep 17
                        -3:00   -       BRT     1995 Sep 14
                        -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2003 Sep 24
                        -3:00   -       BRT
#
# Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE)
Zone America/Maceio     -2:22:52 -      LMT     1914
                        -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   1990 Sep 17
                        -3:00   -       BRT     1995 Oct 13
                        -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     2001 Sep 13
                        -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2002 Oct  1
                        -3:00   -       BRT
#
# Bahia (BA)
# There are too many Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/Bahia instead
# of America/Salvador.
Zone America/Bahia      -2:34:04 -      LMT     1914
                        -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2003 Sep 24
                        -3:00   -       BRT
#
# Goias (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
# Espirito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Sao Paulo (SP), Parana (PR),
# Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
Zone America/Sao_Paulo  -3:06:28 -      LMT     1914
                        -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   1963 Oct 23 00:00
                        -3:00   1:00    BRST    1964
                        -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT
#
# Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)
Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 -    LMT     1914
                        -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT
#
# Mato Grosso (MT)
Zone America/Cuiaba     -3:44:20 -      LMT     1914
                        -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   2003 Sep 24
                        -4:00   -       AMT     2004 Oct  1
                        -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT
#
# west Para (PA), Rondonia (RO)
# West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and Santarem.
Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 -     LMT     1914
                        -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   1988 Sep 12
                        -4:00   -       AMT
#
# Roraima (RR)
Zone America/Boa_Vista  -4:02:40 -      LMT     1914
                        -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   1988 Sep 12
                        -4:00   -       AMT     1999 Sep 30
                        -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   2000 Oct 15
                        -4:00   -       AMT
#
# east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Jutai, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto
# The great circle line from Tabatinga to Porto Acre divides
# east from west Amazonas.
Zone America/Manaus     -4:00:04 -      LMT     1914
                        -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   1988 Sep 12
                        -4:00   -       AMT     1993 Sep 28
                        -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   1994 Sep 22
                        -4:00   -       AMT
#
# west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant,
#       Eirunepe, Envira, Ipixuna
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
#
# Acre (AC)
Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 -      LMT     1914
                        -5:00   Brazil  AC%sT   1988 Sep 12
                        -5:00   -       ACT


# Chile

# 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.
# (1998-09-29):
# Because of the drought this year, the government decided to go into
# DST earlier (saturday 9/26 at 24:00). This is a one-time change only ...
# (unless there's another dry season next year, I guess).

# From Julio I. Pacheco Troncoso (1999-03-18):
# Because of the same drought, the government decided to end DST later,
# on April 3, (one-time change).

# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2006-10-08):
# http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm

# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-10-08):
# I think that there are some obvious mistakes in the suggested link
# from Oscar van Vlijmen,... for instance entry 66 says that GMT-4
# ended 1990-09-12 while entry 67 only begins GMT-3 at 1990-09-15
# (they should have been 1990-09-15 and 1990-09-16 respectively), but
# anyhow it clears up some doubts too.

# From Paul Eggert (2006-12-27):
# The following data for Chile and America/Santiago are from
# <http://www.horaoficial.cl/horaof.htm> (2006-09-20), transcribed by
# Jesper Norgaard Welen.  The data for Pacific/Easter are from Shanks
# & Pottenger, except with DST transitions after 1932 cloned from
# America/Santiago.  The pre-1980 Pacific/Easter data are dubious,
# but we have no other source.

# Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
Rule    Chile   1927    1932    -       Sep      1      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Chile   1928    1932    -       Apr      1      0:00    0       -
Rule    Chile   1942    only    -       Jun      1      4:00u   0       -
Rule    Chile   1942    only    -       Aug      1      5:00u   1:00    S
Rule    Chile   1946    only    -       Jul     15      4:00u   1:00    S
Rule    Chile   1946    only    -       Sep      1      3:00u   0:00    -
Rule    Chile   1947    only    -       Apr      1      4:00u   0       -
Rule    Chile   1968    only    -       Nov      3      4:00u   1:00    S
Rule    Chile   1969    only    -       Mar     30      3:00u   0       -
Rule    Chile   1969    only    -       Nov     23      4:00u   1:00    S
Rule    Chile   1970    only    -       Mar     29      3:00u   0       -
Rule    Chile   1971    only    -       Mar     14      3:00u   0       -
Rule    Chile   1970    1972    -       Oct     Sun>=9  4:00u   1:00    S
Rule    Chile   1972    1986    -       Mar     Sun>=9  3:00u   0       -
Rule    Chile   1973    only    -       Sep     30      4:00u   1:00    S
Rule    Chile   1974    1987    -       Oct     Sun>=9  4:00u   1:00    S
Rule    Chile   1987    only    -       Apr     12      3:00u   0       -
Rule    Chile   1988    1989    -       Mar     Sun>=9  3:00u   0       -
Rule    Chile   1988    only    -       Oct     Sun>=1  4:00u   1:00    S
Rule    Chile   1989    only    -       Oct     Sun>=9  4:00u   1:00    S
Rule    Chile   1990    only    -       Mar     18      3:00u   0       -
Rule    Chile   1990    only    -       Sep     16      4:00u   1:00    S
Rule    Chile   1991    1996    -       Mar     Sun>=9  3:00u   0       -
Rule    Chile   1991    1997    -       Oct     Sun>=9  4:00u   1:00    S
Rule    Chile   1997    only    -       Mar     30      3:00u   0       -
Rule    Chile   1998    only    -       Mar     Sun>=9  3:00u   0       -
Rule    Chile   1998    only    -       Sep     27      4:00u   1:00    S
Rule    Chile   1999    only    -       Apr      4      3:00u   0       -
Rule    Chile   1999    max     -       Oct     Sun>=9  4:00u   1:00    S
Rule    Chile   2000    max     -       Mar     Sun>=9  3:00u   0       -
# IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
# (1996-09) says 1998-03-08.  Ignore these.
# Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
Zone America/Santiago   -4:42:46 -      LMT     1890
                        -4:42:46 -      SMT     1910        # Santiago Mean Time
                        -5:00   -       CLT     1916 Jul  1 # Chile Time
                        -4:42:46 -      SMT     1918 Sep  1 # Santiago Mean Time
                        -4:00   -       CLT     1919 Jul  1 # Chile Time
                        -4:42:46 -      SMT     1927 Sep  1 # Santiago Mean Time
                        -5:00   Chile   CL%sT   1947 May 22 # Chile Time
                        -4:00   Chile   CL%sT
Zone Pacific/Easter     -7:17:44 -      LMT     1890
                        -7:17:28 -      EMT     1932 Sep    # Easter Mean Time
                        -7:00   Chile   EAS%sT  1982 Mar 13 21:00 #
Easter I Time
                        -6:00   Chile   EAS%sT
#
# Sala y Gomez Island is like Pacific/Easter.
# Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernandez Is, San Ambrosio,
# San Felix, and Antarctic bases, are like America/Santiago.

# Colombia
# Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
Rule    CO      1992    only    -       May      3      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    CO      1993    only    -       Apr      4      0:00    0       -
# Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
Zone    America/Bogota  -4:56:20 -      LMT     1884 Mar 13
                        -4:56:20 -      BMT     1914 Nov 23 # Bogota Mean Time
                        -5:00   CO      CO%sT   # Colombia Time
# Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres
# no information; probably like America/Bogota

# Curacao
#
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
# Shanks & Pottenger say that The Bottom and Philipsburg have been at
# -4:00 since standard time was introduced on 1912-03-02; and that
# Kralendijk and Rincon used Kralendijk Mean Time (-4:33:08) from
# 1912-02-02 to 1965-01-01.  The former is dubious, since S&P also say
# Saba Island has been like Curacao.
# This all predates our 1970 cutoff, though.
#
# By July 2007 Curacao and St Maarten are planned to become
# associated states within the Netherlands, much like Aruba;
# Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius would become directly part of the
# Netherlands as Kingdom Islands.  This won't affect their time zones
# though, as far as we know.
#
# Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
Zone    America/Curacao -4:35:44 -      LMT     1912 Feb 12     # Willemstad
                        -4:30   -       ANT     1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
                        -4:00   -       AST

# Ecuador
#
# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-04):
# Apparently Ecuador had a failed experiment with DST in 1992.
# <http://midena.gov.ec/content/view/1261/208/> (2007-02-27) and
# <http://www.hoy.com.ec/NoticiaNue.asp?row_id=249856> (2006-11-06) both
# talk about "hora Sixto".  Leave this alone for now, as we have no data.
#
# Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
Zone America/Guayaquil  -5:19:20 -      LMT     1890
                        -5:14:00 -      QMT     1931 # Quito Mean Time
                        -5:00   -       ECT          # Ecuador Time
Zone Pacific/Galapagos  -5:58:24 -      LMT     1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
                        -5:00   -       ECT     1986
                        -6:00   -       GALT         # Galapagos Time

# Falklands

# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
# Between 1990 and 2000 inclusive, Shanks & Pottenger and the IATA agree except
# the IATA gives 1996-09-08.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger.

# From Falkland Islands Government Office, London (2001-01-22)
# via Jesper Norgaard:
# ... the clocks revert back to Local Mean Time at 2 am on Sunday 15
# April 2001 and advance one hour to summer time at 2 am on Sunday 2
# September.  It is anticipated that the clocks will revert back at 2
# am on Sunday 21 April 2002 and advance to summer time at 2 am on
# Sunday 1 September.

# From Rives McDow (2001-02-13):
#
# I have communicated several times with people there, and the last
# time I had communications that was helpful was in 1998.  Here is
# what was said then:
#
# "The general rule was that Stanley used daylight saving and the Camp
# did not. However for various reasons many people in the Camp have
# started to use daylight saving (known locally as 'Stanley Time')
# There is no rule as to who uses daylight saving - it is a matter of
# personal choice and so it is impossible to draw a map showing who
# uses it and who does not. Any list would be out of date as soon as
# it was produced. This year daylight saving ended on April 18/19th
# and started again on September 12/13th.  I do not know what the rule
# is, but can find out if you like.  We do not change at the same time
# as UK or Chile."
#
# I did have in my notes that the rule was "Second Saturday in Sep at
# 0:00 until third Saturday in Apr at 0:00".  I think that this does
# not agree in some cases with Shanks; is this true?
#
# Also, there is no mention in the list that some areas in the
# Falklands do not use DST.  I have found in my communications there
# that these areas are on the western half of East Falkland and all of
# West Falkland.  Stanley is the only place that consistently observes
# DST.  Again, as in other places in the world, the farmers don't like
# it.  West Falkland is almost entirely sheep farmers.
#
# I know one lady there that keeps a list of which farm keeps DST and
# which doesn't each year.  She runs a shop in Stanley, and says that
# the list changes each year.  She uses it to communicate to her
# customers, catching them when they are home for lunch or dinner.

# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05):
# For now, we'll just record the time in Stanley, since we have no
# better info.

# Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
Rule    Falk    1937    1938    -       Sep     lastSun 0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Falk    1938    1942    -       Mar     Sun>=19 0:00    0       -
Rule    Falk    1939    only    -       Oct     1       0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Falk    1940    1942    -       Sep     lastSun 0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Falk    1943    only    -       Jan     1       0:00    0       -
Rule    Falk    1983    only    -       Sep     lastSun 0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Falk    1984    1985    -       Apr     lastSun 0:00    0       -
Rule    Falk    1984    only    -       Sep     16      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Falk    1985    2000    -       Sep     Sun>=9  0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Falk    1986    2000    -       Apr     Sun>=16 0:00    0       -
Rule    Falk    2001    max     -       Apr     Sun>=15 2:00    0       -
Rule    Falk    2001    max     -       Sep     Sun>=1  2:00    1:00    S
# Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
Zone Atlantic/Stanley   -3:51:24 -      LMT     1890
                        -3:51:24 -      SMT     1912 Mar 12  # Stanley Mean Time
                        -4:00   Falk    FK%sT   1983 May     # Falkland Is Time
                        -3:00   Falk    FK%sT   1985 Sep 15
                        -4:00   Falk    FK%sT

# French Guiana
# Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
Zone America/Cayenne    -3:29:20 -      LMT     1911 Jul
                        -4:00   -       GFT     1967 Oct # French Guiana Time
                        -3:00   -       GFT

# Guyana
# Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
Zone    America/Guyana  -3:52:40 -      LMT     1915 Mar        # Georgetown
                        -3:45   -       GBGT    1966 May 26 # Br Guiana Time
                        -3:45   -       GYT     1975 Jul 31 # Guyana Time
                        -3:00   -       GYT     1991
# IATA SSIM (1996-06) says -4:00.  Assume a 1991 switch.
                        -4:00   -       GYT

# Paraguay
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
# Shanks & Pottenger say that spring transitions are from 01:00 -> 02:00,
# and autumn transitions are from 00:00 -> 23:00.  Go with pre-1999
# editions of Shanks, and with the IATA, who say transitions occur at 00:00.
# Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
Rule    Para    1975    1988    -       Oct      1      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Para    1975    1978    -       Mar      1      0:00    0       -
Rule    Para    1979    1991    -       Apr      1      0:00    0       -
Rule    Para    1989    only    -       Oct     22      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Para    1990    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Para    1991    only    -       Oct      6      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Para    1992    only    -       Mar      1      0:00    0       -
Rule    Para    1992    only    -       Oct      5      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Para    1993    only    -       Mar     31      0:00    0       -
Rule    Para    1993    1995    -       Oct      1      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Para    1994    1995    -       Feb     lastSun 0:00    0       -
Rule    Para    1996    only    -       Mar      1      0:00    0       -
# IATA SSIM (2000-02) says 1999-10-10; ignore this for now.
# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-02):
# I have three independent reports that Paraguay changed to DST this Sunday
# (10-01).
#
# Translated by Gwillim Law (2001-02-27) from
# <a href="http://www.diarionoticias.com.py/011000/nacional/naciona1.htm";>
# Noticias, a daily paper in Asuncion, Paraguay (2000-10-01)
# </a>:
# Starting at 0:00 today, the clock will be set forward 60 minutes, in
# fulfillment of Decree No. 7,273 of the Executive Power....  The time change
# system has been operating for several years.  Formerly there was a separate
# decree each year; the new law has the same effect, but permanently.  Every
# year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the
# clock will be set back on the first Sunday of March.
#
Rule    Para    1996    2001    -       Oct     Sun>=1  0:00    1:00    S
# IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
Rule    Para    1997    only    -       Feb     lastSun 0:00    0       -
# Shanks & Pottenger say 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but
# (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27).
Rule    Para    1998    2001    -       Mar     Sun>=1  0:00    0       -
# From Rives McDow (2002-02-28):
# A decree was issued in Paraguay (no. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the
# dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in
# April.
Rule    Para    2002    2004    -       Apr     Sun>=1  0:00    0       -
Rule    Para    2002    2003    -       Sep     Sun>=1  0:00    1:00    S
#
# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-01-02):
# There are several sources that claim that Paraguay made
# a timezone rule change in autumn 2004.
# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-01-05):
# Decree 1,867 (2004-03-05)
# From Carlos Raul Perasso via Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-10-13)
# <http://www.presidencia.gov.py/decretos/D1867.pdf>
Rule    Para    2004    max     -       Oct     Sun>=15 0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Para    2005    max     -       Mar     Sun>=8  0:00    0       -

# Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
Zone America/Asuncion   -3:50:40 -      LMT     1890
                        -3:50:40 -      AMT     1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time
                        -4:00   -       PYT     1972 Oct # Paraguay Time
                        -3:00   -       PYT     1974 Apr
                        -4:00   Para    PY%sT

# Peru
#
# <a href="news:address@hidden";>
# From Evelyn C. Leeper via Mark Brader (2003-10-26):</a>
# When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they apparently switched over
# sometime between December 29 and January 3 while we were on the Amazon.
#
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
# Shanks & Pottenger don't have this transition.  Assume 1986 was like 1987.

# Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
Rule    Peru    1938    only    -       Jan      1      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Peru    1938    only    -       Apr      1      0:00    0       -
Rule    Peru    1938    1939    -       Sep     lastSun 0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Peru    1939    1940    -       Mar     Sun>=24 0:00    0       -
Rule    Peru    1986    1987    -       Jan      1      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Peru    1986    1987    -       Apr      1      0:00    0       -
Rule    Peru    1990    only    -       Jan      1      0:00    1:00    S
Rule    Peru    1990    only    -       Apr      1      0:00    0       -
# IATA is ambiguous for 1993/1995; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
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
                        -5:08:36 -      LMT     1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time?
                        -5:00   Peru    PE%sT   # Peru Time

# South Georgia
# Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 -  LMT     1890            # Grytviken
                        -2:00   -       GST     # South Georgia Time

# South Sandwich Is
# uninhabited; scientific personnel have wintered

# Suriname
# Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
Zone America/Paramaribo -3:40:40 -      LMT     1911
                        -3:40:52 -      PMT     1935     # Paramaribo Mean Time
                        -3:40:36 -      PMT     1945 Oct # The capital moved?
                        -3:30   -       NEGT    1975 Nov 20 # Dutch Guiana Time
                        -3:30   -       SRT     1984 Oct # Suriname Time
                        -3:00   -       SRT

# Trinidad and Tobago
# Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
Zone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 -   LMT     1912 Mar 2
                        -4:00   -       AST

# Uruguay
# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
# Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules.
# From Shanks & Pottenger:
# Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
# Whitman gives 1923 Oct 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
Rule    Uruguay 1923    only    -       Oct      2       0:00   0:30    HS
Rule    Uruguay 1924    1926    -       Apr      1       0:00   0       -
Rule    Uruguay 1924    1925    -       Oct      1       0:00   0:30    HS
Rule    Uruguay 1933    1935    -       Oct     lastSun  0:00   0:30    HS
# Shanks & Pottenger give 1935 Apr 1 0:00 & 1936 Mar 30 0:00; go with Whitman.
Rule    Uruguay 1934    1936    -       Mar     Sat>=25 23:30s  0       -
Rule    Uruguay 1936    only    -       Nov      1       0:00   0:30    HS
Rule    Uruguay 1937    1941    -       Mar     lastSun  0:00   0       -
# Whitman gives 1937 Oct 3; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
Rule    Uruguay 1937    1940    -       Oct     lastSun  0:00   0:30    HS
# Whitman gives 1941 Oct 24 - 1942 Mar 27, 1942 Dec 14 - 1943 Apr 13,
# and 1943 Apr 13 ``to present time''; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
Rule    Uruguay 1941    only    -       Aug      1       0:00   0:30    HS
Rule    Uruguay 1942    only    -       Jan      1       0:00   0       -
Rule    Uruguay 1942    only    -       Dec     14       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Uruguay 1943    only    -       Mar     14       0:00   0       -
Rule    Uruguay 1959    only    -       May     24       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Uruguay 1959    only    -       Nov     15       0:00   0       -
Rule    Uruguay 1960    only    -       Jan     17       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Uruguay 1960    only    -       Mar      6       0:00   0       -
Rule    Uruguay 1965    1967    -       Apr     Sun>=1   0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Uruguay 1965    only    -       Sep     26       0:00   0       -
Rule    Uruguay 1966    1967    -       Oct     31       0:00   0       -
Rule    Uruguay 1968    1970    -       May     27       0:00   0:30    HS
Rule    Uruguay 1968    1970    -       Dec      2       0:00   0       -
Rule    Uruguay 1972    only    -       Apr     24       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Uruguay 1972    only    -       Aug     15       0:00   0       -
Rule    Uruguay 1974    only    -       Mar     10       0:00   0:30    HS
Rule    Uruguay 1974    only    -       Dec     22       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Uruguay 1976    only    -       Oct      1       0:00   0       -
Rule    Uruguay 1977    only    -       Dec      4       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Uruguay 1978    only    -       Apr      1       0:00   0       -
Rule    Uruguay 1979    only    -       Oct      1       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Uruguay 1980    only    -       May      1       0:00   0       -
Rule    Uruguay 1987    only    -       Dec     14       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Uruguay 1988    only    -       Mar     14       0:00   0       -
Rule    Uruguay 1988    only    -       Dec     11       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Uruguay 1989    only    -       Mar     12       0:00   0       -
Rule    Uruguay 1989    only    -       Oct     29       0:00   1:00    S
# Shanks & Pottenger say no DST was observed in 1990/1 and 1991/2,
# and that 1992/3's DST was from 10-25 to 03-01.  Go with IATA.
Rule    Uruguay 1990    1992    -       Mar     Sun>=1   0:00   0       -
Rule    Uruguay 1990    1991    -       Oct     Sun>=21  0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Uruguay 1992    only    -       Oct     18       0:00   1:00    S
Rule    Uruguay 1993    only    -       Feb     28       0:00   0       -
# From Eduardo Cota (2004-09-20):
# The uruguayan government has decreed a change in the local time....
# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/decretos/2004091502.htm
Rule    Uruguay 2004    only    -       Sep     19       0:00   1:00    S
# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-03-11):
# Uruguay's DST was scheduled to end on Sunday, 2005-03-13, but in order to
# save energy ... it was postponed two weeks....
# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/noticias/2005/03/2005031005.htm
Rule    Uruguay 2005    only    -       Mar     27       2:00   0       -
# From Eduardo Cota (2005-09-27):
# 
http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/decretos/2005/09/CM%20119_09%2009%202005_00001.PDF
# This means that from 2005-10-09 at 02:00 local time, until 2006-03-12 at
# 02:00 local time, official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2.
Rule    Uruguay 2005    only    -       Oct      9       2:00   1:00    S
Rule    Uruguay 2006    only    -       Mar     12       2:00   0       -
# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-09-06):
# 
http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/CM%20210_08%2006%202006_00001.PDF
Rule    Uruguay 2006    max     -       Oct     Sun>=1   2:00   1:00    S
Rule    Uruguay 2007    max     -       Mar     Sun>=8   2:00   0       -
# Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 -      LMT     1898 Jun 28
                        -3:44:44 -      MMT     1920 May  1     # Montevideo MT
                        -3:30   Uruguay UY%sT   1942 Dec 14     # Uruguay Time
                        -3:00   Uruguay UY%sT

# Venezuela
#
# From John Stainforth (2007-11-28):
# ... the change for Venezuela originally expected for 2007-12-31 has
# been brought forward to 2007-12-09.  The official announcement was
# published today in the "Gaceta Oficial de la Republica Bolivariana
# de Venezuela, numero 38.819" (official document for all laws or
# resolution publication)
# http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=72208

# Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
Zone    America/Caracas -4:27:44 -      LMT     1890
                        -4:27:40 -      CMT     1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time?
                        -4:30   -       VET     1965         # Venezuela Time
                        -4:00   -       VET     2007 Dec  9 03:00
                        -4:30   -       VET



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