1# <pre>
2# @(#)southamerica	8.44
3# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
4# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
5
6# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
7# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
8# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
9
10# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
11# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
12# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
13# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
14#
15# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
16# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
17# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
18# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
19# of the IATA's data after 1990.
20#
21# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
22# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
23#
24# Earlier editions of these tables used the North American style (e.g. ARST and
25# ARDT for Argentine Standard and Daylight Time), but the following quote
26# suggests that it's better to use European style (e.g. ART and ARST).
27#	I suggest the use of _Summer time_ instead of the more cumbersome
28#	_daylight-saving time_.  _Summer time_ seems to be in general use
29#	in Europe and South America.
30#	-- E O Cutler, _New York Times_ (1937-02-14), quoted in
31#	H L Mencken, _The American Language: Supplement I_ (1960), p 466
32#
33# Earlier editions of these tables also used the North American style
34# for time zones in Brazil, but this was incorrect, as Brazilians say
35# "summer time".  Reinaldo Goulart, a Sao Paulo businessman active in
36# the railroad sector, writes (1999-07-06):
37#	The subject of time zones is currently a matter of discussion/debate in
38#	Brazil.  Let's say that "the Brasilia time" is considered the
39#	"official time" because Brasilia is the capital city.
40#	The other three time zones are called "Brasilia time "minus one" or
41#	"plus one" or "plus two".  As far as I know there is no such
42#	name/designation as "Eastern Time" or "Central Time".
43# So I invented the following (English-language) abbreviations for now.
44# Corrections are welcome!
45#		std	dst
46#	-2:00	FNT	FNST	Fernando de Noronha
47#	-3:00	BRT	BRST	Brasilia
48#	-4:00	AMT	AMST	Amazon
49#	-5:00	ACT	ACST	Acre
50
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54
55# Argentina
56
57# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
58# Argentina: first Sunday in October to first Sunday in April since 1976.
59# Double Summer time from 1969 to 1974.  Switches at midnight.
60
61# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1988-01-199):
62# ARGENTINA           3 H BEHIND   UTC
63
64# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
65# I am sending modifications to the Argentine time zone table...
66# AR was chosen because they are the ISO letters that represent Argentina.
67
68# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
69Rule	Arg	1930	only	-	Dec	 1	0:00	1:00	S
70Rule	Arg	1931	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
71Rule	Arg	1931	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
72Rule	Arg	1932	1940	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
73Rule	Arg	1932	1939	-	Nov	 1	0:00	1:00	S
74Rule	Arg	1940	only	-	Jul	 1	0:00	1:00	S
75Rule	Arg	1941	only	-	Jun	15	0:00	0	-
76Rule	Arg	1941	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
77Rule	Arg	1943	only	-	Aug	 1	0:00	0	-
78Rule	Arg	1943	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
79Rule	Arg	1946	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
80Rule	Arg	1946	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
81Rule	Arg	1963	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
82Rule	Arg	1963	only	-	Dec	15	0:00	1:00	S
83Rule	Arg	1964	1966	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
84Rule	Arg	1964	1966	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
85Rule	Arg	1967	only	-	Apr	 2	0:00	0	-
86Rule	Arg	1967	1968	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
87Rule	Arg	1968	1969	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
88Rule	Arg	1974	only	-	Jan	23	0:00	1:00	S
89Rule	Arg	1974	only	-	May	 1	0:00	0	-
90Rule	Arg	1988	only	-	Dec	 1	0:00	1:00	S
91#
92# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
93# These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A.,
94# obtaining the data from the:
95# Talleres de Hidrografia Naval Argentina
96# (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute)
97Rule	Arg	1989	1993	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
98Rule	Arg	1989	1992	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
99#
100# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
101# From this moment on, the law that mandated the daylight saving
102# time corrections was derogated and no more modifications
103# to the time zones (for daylight saving) are now made.
104#
105# From Rives McDow (2000-01-10):
106# On October 3, 1999, 0:00 local, Argentina implemented daylight savings time,
107# which did not result in the switch of a time zone, as they stayed 9 hours
108# from the International Date Line.
109Rule	Arg	1999	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
110# From Paul Eggert (2007-12-28):
111# DST was set to expire on March 5, not March 3, but since it was converted
112# to standard time on March 3 it's more convenient for us to pretend that
113# it ended on March 3.
114Rule	Arg	2000	only	-	Mar	3	0:00	0	-
115#
116# From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01):
117# We just checked with our Sao Paulo office and they say the government of
118# Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST.
119# So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times.
120#
121# From Fabian L. Arce Jofre (2000-04-04):
122# The law that claimed DST for Argentina was derogated by President Fernando
123# de la Rua on March 2, 2000, because it would make people spend more energy
124# in the winter time, rather than less.  The change took effect on March 3.
125#
126# From Mariano Absatz (2001-06-06):
127# one of the major newspapers here in Argentina said that the 1999
128# Timezone Law (which never was effectively applied) will (would?) be
129# in effect.... The article is at
130# http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-06/e-01701.htm
131# ... The Law itself is "Ley No 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted
132# 1999-09-17, and published 1999-09-21.  The official publication is at:
133# http://www.boletin.jus.gov.ar/BON/Primera/1999/09-Septiembre/21/PDF/BO21-09-99LEG.PDF
134# Regretfully, you have to subscribe (and pay) for the on-line version....
135#
136# (2001-06-12):
137# the timezone for Argentina will not change next Sunday.
138# Apparently it will do so on Sunday 24th....
139# http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-12/s-03501.htm
140#
141# (2001-06-25):
142# Last Friday (yes, the last working day before the date of the change), the
143# Senate annulled the 1999 law that introduced the changes later postponed.
144# http://www.clarin.com.ar/diario/2001-06-22/s-03601.htm
145# It remains the vote of the Deputies..., but it will be the same....
146# This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina.
147# We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country.
148#
149# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-12-21):
150# A user (Leonardo Chaim) reported that Argentina will adopt DST....
151# all of the country (all Zone-entries) are affected.  News reports like
152# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/nota.asp?nota_id=973037 indicate
153# that Argentina will use DST next year as well, from October to
154# March, although exact rules are not given.
155#
156# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-12-26)
157# The last hurdle of Argentina DST is over, the proposal was approved in
158# the lower chamber too (Deputados) with a vote 192 for and 2 against.
159# By the way thanks to Mariano Absatz and Daniel Mario Vega for the link to
160# the original scanned proposal, where the dates and the zero hours are
161# clear and unambiguous...This is the article about final approval:
162# <a href="http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996">
163# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996
164# </a>
165#
166# From Paul Eggert (2007-12-22):
167# For dates after mid-2008, the following rules are my guesses and
168# are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
169
170# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-09-05):
171# As per message from Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz (Nicaragua),
172# Argentina will start DST on Sunday October 19, 2008.
173#
174# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina03.html">
175# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina03.html
176# </a>
177# OR
178# <a href="http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 (in spanish)">
179# http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 (in spanish)
180# </a>
181
182# From Rodrigo Severo (2008-10-06):
183# Here is some info available at a Gentoo bug related to TZ on Argentina's DST:
184# ...
185# ------- Comment #1 from [jmdocile]  2008-10-06 16:28 0000 -------
186# Hi, there is a problem with timezone-data-2008e and maybe with
187# timezone-data-2008f
188# Argentinian law [Number] 25.155 is no longer valid.
189# <a href="http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/60036/norma.htm">
190# http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/60036/norma.htm
191# </a>
192# The new one is law [Number] 26.350
193# <a href="http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136191/norma.htm">
194# http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136191/norma.htm
195# </a>
196# So there is no summer time in Argentina for now.
197
198# From Mariano Absatz (2008-10-20):
199# Decree 1693/2008 applies Law 26.350 for the summer 2008/2009 establishing DST in Argentina
200# From 2008-10-19 until 2009-03-15
201# <a href="http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=16102008&pi=3&pf=4&s=0&sec=01">
202# http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=16102008&pi=3&pf=4&s=0&sec=01
203# </a>
204#
205# Decree 1705/2008 excepting 12 Provinces from applying DST in the summer 2008/2009:
206# Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, La Pampa, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz
207# and Tierra del Fuego
208# <a href="http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=17102008&pi=1&pf=1&s=0&sec=01">
209# http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=17102008&pi=1&pf=1&s=0&sec=01
210# </a>
211#
212# Press release 235 dated Saturday October 18th, from the Government of the Province of Jujuy saying
213# it will not apply DST either (even when it was not included in Decree 1705/2008)
214# <a href="http://www.jujuy.gov.ar/index2/partes_prensa/18_10_08/235-181008.doc">
215# http://www.jujuy.gov.ar/index2/partes_prensa/18_10_08/235-181008.doc
216# </a>
217
218# From fullinet (2009-10-18):
219# As announced in
220# <a hef="http://www.argentina.gob.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=356">
221# http://www.argentina.gob.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=356
222# </a>
223# (an official .gob.ar) under title: "Sin Cambio de Hora" (english: "No hour change")
224#
225# "Por el momento, el Gobierno Nacional resolvio no modificar la hora
226# oficial, decision que estaba en estudio para su implementacion el
227# domingo 18 de octubre. Desde el Ministerio de Planificacion se anuncio
228# que la Argentina hoy, en estas condiciones meteorologicas, no necesita
229# la modificacion del huso horario, ya que 2009 nos encuentra con
230# crecimiento en la produccion y distribucion energetica."
231
232Rule	Arg	2007	only	-	Dec	30	0:00	1:00	S
233Rule	Arg	2008	2009	-	Mar	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
234Rule	Arg	2008	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
235
236# From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21):
237# Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing
238# its timezone this winter... starting tomorrow night....
239# http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040521-27158-normas.pdf
240# From Paul Eggert (2004-05-24):
241# It's Law No. 7,210.  This change is due to a public power emergency, so for
242# now we'll assume it's for this year only.
243#
244# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
245# <a href="http://www.spicasc.net/horvera.html">
246# Hora de verano para la Republica Argentina (2003-06-08)
247# </a> says that standard time in Argentina from 1894-10-31
248# to 1920-05-01 was -4:16:48.25.  Go with this more-precise value
249# over Shanks & Pottenger.
250#
251# From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-05):
252# These media articles from a major newspaper mostly cover the current state:
253# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/27/de_604825.asp
254# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/28/de_605203.asp
255#
256# The following eight (8) provinces pulled clocks back to UTC-04:00 at
257# midnight Monday May 31st. (that is, the night between 05/31 and 06/01).
258# Apparently, all nine provinces would go back to UTC-03:00 at the same
259# time in October 17th.
260#
261# Catamarca, Chubut, La Rioja, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz,
262# Tierra del Fuego, Tucuman.
263#
264# From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-14):
265# ... this weekend, the Province of Tucuman decided it'd go back to UTC-03:00
266# yesterday midnight (that is, at 24:00 Saturday 12th), since the people's
267# annoyance with the change is much higher than the power savings obtained....
268#
269# From Gwillim Law (2004-06-14):
270# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/06/10/de_609078.asp ...
271#     "The time change in Tierra del Fuego was a conflicted decision from
272#   the start.  The government had decreed that the measure would take
273#   effect on June 1, but a normative error forced the new time to begin
274#   three days earlier, from a Saturday to a Sunday....
275# Our understanding was that the change was originally scheduled to take place
276# on June 1 at 00:00 in Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego (and some other
277# provinces).  Sunday was May 30, only two days earlier.  So the article
278# contains a contradiction.  I would give more credence to the Saturday/Sunday
279# date than the "three days earlier" phrase, and conclude that Tierra del
280# Fuego set its clocks back at 2004-05-30 00:00.
281#
282# From Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-05):
283# The previous law 7210 which changed the province of Mendoza's time zone
284# back in May have been modified slightly in a new law 7277, which set the
285# new end date to 2004-09-26 (original date was 2004-10-17).
286# http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040924-27244-normas.pdf
287#
288# From Mariano Absatz (2004-10-05):
289# San Juan changed from UTC-03:00 to UTC-04:00 at midnight between
290# Sunday, May 30th and Monday, May 31st.  It changed back to UTC-03:00
291# at midnight between Saturday, July 24th and Sunday, July 25th....
292# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000329.html
293# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000426.html
294# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000441.html
295
296# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-01-17):
297# Here are articles that Argentina Province San Luis is planning to end DST
298# as earlier as upcoming Monday January 21, 2008 or February 2008:
299#
300# Provincia argentina retrasa reloj y marca diferencia con resto del pais
301# (Argentine Province delayed clock and mark difference with the rest of the
302# country)
303# <a href="http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4373&idtel">
304# http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4373&idtel
305# </a>
306#
307# Es inminente que en San Luis atrasen una hora los relojes
308# (It is imminent in San Luis clocks one hour delay)
309# <a href="http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/vernotae.asp?id_nota=253414">
310# http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/vernotae.asp?id_nota=253414
311# </a>
312#
313# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html">
314# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html
315# </a>
316
317# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-01-18):
318# The page of the San Luis provincial government
319# <a href="http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812">
320# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812
321# </a>
322# confirms what Alex Krivenyshev has earlier sent to the tz
323# emailing list about that San Luis plans to return to standard
324# time much earlier than the rest of the country. It also
325# confirms that upon request the provinces San Juan and Mendoza
326# refused to follow San Luis in this change.
327#
328# The change is supposed to take place Monday the 21.st at 0:00
329# hours. As far as I understand it if this goes ahead, we need
330# a new timezone for San Luis (although there are also documented
331# independent changes in the southamerica file of San Luis in
332# 1990 and 1991 which has not been confirmed).
333
334# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-01-25):
335# Unfortunately the below page has become defunct, about the San Luis
336# time change. Perhaps because it now is part of a group of pages "Most
337# important pages of 2008."
338#
339# You can use
340# <a href="http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834">
341# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834
342# </a>
343# instead it seems. Or use "Buscador" from the main page of the San Luis
344# government, and fill in "huso" and click OK, and you will get 3 pages
345# from which the first one is identical to the above.
346
347# From Mariano Absatz (2008-01-28):
348# I can confirm that the Province of San Luis (and so far only that
349# province) decided to go back to UTC-3 effective midnight Jan 20th 2008
350# (that is, Monday 21st at 0:00 is the time the clocks were delayed back
351# 1 hour), and they intend to keep UTC-3 as their timezone all year round
352# (that is, unless they change their mind any minute now).
353#
354# So we'll have to add yet another city to 'southamerica' (I think San
355# Luis city is the mos populated city in the Province, so it'd be
356# America/Argentina/San_Luis... of course I can't remember if San Luis's
357# history of particular changes goes along with Mendoza or San Juan :-(
358# (I only remember not being able to collect hard facts about San Luis
359# back in 2004, when these provinces changed to UTC-4 for a few days, I
360# mailed them personally and never got an answer).
361
362# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
363# Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks & Pottenger through 1992,
364# from the IATA otherwise.  As noted below, Shanks & Pottenger say that
365# America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, one of which
366# was America/San_Luis, but we haven't verified this yet so for now we'll
367# keep America/Cordoba a single region rather than splitting it into the
368# other 5 subregions.
369
370# From Mariano Absatz (2009-03-13):
371# Yesterday (with our usual 2-day notice) the Province of San Luis
372# decided that next Sunday instead of "staying" @utc-03:00 they will go
373# to utc-04:00 until the second Saturday in October...
374#
375# The press release is at
376# <a href="http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/SL/Paginas/NoticiaDetalle.asp?TemaId=1&InfoPrensaId=3102">
377# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/SL/Paginas/NoticiaDetalle.asp?TemaId=1&InfoPrensaId=3102
378# </a>
379# (I couldn't find the decree, but
380# <a href="http://www.sanluis.gov.ar">
381# www.sanluis.gov.ar
382# <a/>
383# is the official page for the Province Government).
384#
385# There's also a note in only one of the major national papers (La Naci�n) at
386# <a href="http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1107912">
387# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1107912
388# </a>
389#
390# The press release says:
391#  (...) anunci� que el pr�ximo domingo a las 00:00 los puntanos deber�n
392# atrasar una hora sus relojes.
393#
394# A partir de entonces, San Luis establecer� el huso horario propio de
395# la Provincia. De esta manera, durante el periodo del calendario anual
396# 2009, el cambio horario quedar� comprendido entre las 00:00 del tercer
397# domingo de marzo y las 24:00 del segundo s�bado de octubre.
398# Quick&dirty translation
399# (...) announced that next Sunday, at 00:00, Puntanos (the San Luis
400# inhabitants) will have to turn back one hour their clocks
401#
402# Since then, San Luis will establish its own Province timezone. Thus,
403# during 2009, this timezone change will run from 00:00 the third Sunday
404# in March until 24:00 of the second Saturday in October.
405
406# From Mariano Absatz (2009-10-16):
407# ...the Province of San Luis is a case in itself.
408#
409# The Law at
410# <a href="http://www.diputadossanluis.gov.ar/diputadosasp/paginas/verNorma.asp?NormaID=276>"
411# http://www.diputadossanluis.gov.ar/diputadosasp/paginas/verNorma.asp?NormaID=276
412# </a>
413# is ambiguous because establishes a calendar from the 2nd Sunday in
414# October at 0:00 thru the 2nd Saturday in March at 24:00 and the
415# complement of that starting on the 2nd Sunday of March at 0:00 and
416# ending on the 2nd Saturday of March at 24:00.
417#
418# This clearly breaks every time the 1st of March or October is a Sunday.
419#
420# IMHO, the "spirit of the Law" is to make the changes at 0:00 on the 2nd
421# Sunday of October and March.
422#
423# The problem is that the changes in the rest of the Provinces that did
424# change in 2007/2008, were made according to the Federal Law and Decrees
425# that did so on the 3rd Sunday of October and March.
426#
427# In fact, San Luis actually switched from UTC-4 to UTC-3 last Sunday
428# (October 11th) at 0:00.
429#
430# So I guess a new set of rules, besides "Arg", must be made and the last
431# America/Argentina/San_Luis entries should change to use these...
432#
433# I'm enclosing a patch that does what I say... regretfully, the San Luis
434# timezone must be called "WART/WARST" even when most of the time (like,
435# right now) WARST == ART... that is, since last Sunday, all the country
436# is using UTC-3, but in my patch, San Luis calls it "WARST" and the rest
437# of the country calls it "ART".
438# ...
439
440# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-09):
441# According to news reports from El Diario de la Republica Province San
442# Luis, Argentina (standard time UTC-04) will keep Daylight Saving Time
443# after April 11, 2010--will continue to have same time as rest of
444# Argentina (UTC-3) (no DST).
445#
446# Confirmaron la pr&oacute;rroga del huso horario de verano (Spanish)
447# <a href="http://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29383&Itemid=9">
448# http://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29383&Itemid=9
449# </a>
450# or (some English translation):
451# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina08.html">
452# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina08.html
453# </a>
454
455# From Mariano Absatz (2010-04-12):
456# yes...I can confirm this...and given that San Luis keeps calling
457# UTC-03:00 "summer time", we should't just let San Luis go back to "Arg"
458# rules...San Luis is still using "Western ARgentina Time" and it got
459# stuck on Summer daylight savings time even though the summer is over.
460
461# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
462#
463# Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF),
464Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
465			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
466			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
467			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
468			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
469			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
470			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
471#
472# Cordoba (CB), Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN),
473# Chaco (CC), Formosa (FM), Santiago del Estero (SE)
474#
475# Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we haven't verified:
476# - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
477# - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29.
478# - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04.
479# - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01,
480#   then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26.
481#
482Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
483			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
484			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
485			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
486			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  3
487			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
488			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
489			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
490			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
491#
492# Salta (SA), La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
493Zone America/Argentina/Salta -4:21:40 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
494			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
495			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
496			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
497			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  3
498			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
499			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
500			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
501			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
502			-3:00	-	ART
503#
504# Tucuman (TM)
505Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
506			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
507			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
508			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
509			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  3
510			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
511			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
512			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
513			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
514			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 13
515			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
516#
517# La Rioja (LR)
518Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
519			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
520			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
521			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
522			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  1
523			-4:00	-	WART	1991 May  7
524			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
525			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
526			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
527			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
528			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
529			-3:00	-	ART
530#
531# San Juan (SJ)
532Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
533			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
534			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
535			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
536			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  1
537			-4:00	-	WART	1991 May  7
538			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
539			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
540			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 31
541			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jul 25
542			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
543			-3:00	-	ART
544#
545# Jujuy (JY)
546Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
547			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
548			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
549			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
550			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1990 Mar  4
551			-4:00	-	WART	1990 Oct 28
552			-4:00	1:00	WARST	1991 Mar 17
553			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct  6
554			-3:00	1:00	ARST	1992
555			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
556			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
557			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
558			-3:00	-	ART
559#
560# Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
561Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
562			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
563			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
564			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
565			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  3
566			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
567			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
568			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
569			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
570			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
571			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
572			-3:00	-	ART
573#
574# Mendoza (MZ)
575Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
576			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
577			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
578			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
579			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1990 Mar  4
580			-4:00	-	WART	1990 Oct 15
581			-4:00	1:00	WARST	1991 Mar  1
582			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 15
583			-4:00	1:00	WARST	1992 Mar  1
584			-4:00	-	WART	1992 Oct 18
585			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
586			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
587			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 23
588			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Sep 26
589			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
590			-3:00	-	ART
591#
592# San Luis (SL)
593
594Rule	SanLuis	2008	2009	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
595Rule	SanLuis	2007	2009	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00	1:00	S
596
597Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
598			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
599			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
600			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
601			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1990
602			-3:00	1:00	ARST	1990 Mar 14
603			-4:00	-	WART	1990 Oct 15
604			-4:00	1:00	WARST	1991 Mar  1
605			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Jun  1
606			-3:00	-	ART	1999 Oct  3
607			-4:00	1:00	WARST	2000 Mar  3
608			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 31
609			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jul 25
610			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Jan 21
611			-4:00	SanLuis	WAR%sT
612#
613# Santa Cruz (SC)
614Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
615			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
616			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
617			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
618			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
619			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
620			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
621			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
622			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
623			-3:00	-	ART
624#
625# Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF)
626Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
627			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
628			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
629			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
630			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
631			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
632			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 30
633			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
634			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
635			-3:00	-	ART
636
637# Aruba
638# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
639Zone	America/Aruba	-4:40:24 -	LMT	1912 Feb 12	# Oranjestad
640			-4:30	-	ANT	1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
641			-4:00	-	AST
642
643# Bolivia
644# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
645Zone	America/La_Paz	-4:32:36 -	LMT	1890
646			-4:32:36 -	CMT	1931 Oct 15 # Calamarca MT
647			-4:32:36 1:00	BOST	1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST
648			-4:00	-	BOT	# Bolivia Time
649
650# Brazil
651
652# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
653# The mayor of Rio recently attempted to change the time zone rules
654# just in his city, in order to leave more summer time for the tourist trade.
655# The rule change lasted only part of the day;
656# the federal government refused to follow the city's rules, and business
657# was in a chaos, so the mayor backed down that afternoon.
658
659# From IATA SSIM (1996-02):
660# _Only_ the following states in BR1 observe DST: Rio Grande do Sul (RS),
661# Santa Catarina (SC), Parana (PR), Sao Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ),
662# Espirito Santo (ES), Minas Gerais (MG), Bahia (BA), Goias (GO),
663# Distrito Federal (DF), Tocantins (TO), Sergipe [SE] and Alagoas [AL].
664# [The last three states are new to this issue of the IATA SSIM.]
665
666# From Gwillim Law (1996-10-07):
667# Geography, history (Tocantins was part of Goias until 1989), and other
668# sources of time zone information lead me to believe that AL, SE, and TO were
669# always in BR1, and so the only change was whether or not they observed DST....
670# The earliest issue of the SSIM I have is 2/91.  Each issue from then until
671# 9/95 says that DST is observed only in the ten states I quoted from 9/95,
672# along with Mato Grosso (MT) and Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), which are in BR2
673# (UTC-4)....  The other two time zones given for Brazil are BR3, which is
674# UTC-5, no DST, and applies only in the state of Acre (AC); and BR4, which is
675# UTC-2, and applies to Fernando de Noronha (formerly FN, but I believe it's
676# become part of the state of Pernambuco).  The boundary between BR1 and BR2
677# has never been clearly stated.  They've simply been called East and West.
678# However, some conclusions can be drawn from another IATA manual: the Airline
679# Coding Directory, which lists close to 400 airports in Brazil.  For each
680# airport it gives a time zone which is coded to the SSIM.  From that
681# information, I'm led to conclude that the states of Amapa (AP), Ceara (CE),
682# Maranhao (MA), Paraiba (PR), Pernambuco (PE), Piaui (PI), and Rio Grande do
683# Norte (RN), and the eastern part of Para (PA) are all in BR1 without DST.
684
685# From Marcos Tadeu (1998-09-27):
686# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/verao1.html">
687# Brazilian official page
688# </a>
689
690# From Jesper Norgaard (2000-11-03):
691# [For an official list of which regions in Brazil use which time zones, see:]
692# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbr.htm
693# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbrhv.htm
694
695# From Celso Doria via David Madeo (2002-10-09):
696# The reason for the delay this year has to do with elections in Brazil.
697#
698# Unlike in the United States, elections in Brazil are 100% computerized and
699# the results are known almost immediately.  Yesterday, it was the first
700# round of the elections when 115 million Brazilians voted for President,
701# Governor, Senators, Federal Deputies, and State Deputies.  Nobody is
702# counting (or re-counting) votes anymore and we know there will be a second
703# round for the Presidency and also for some Governors.  The 2nd round will
704# take place on October 27th.
705#
706# The reason why the DST will only begin November 3rd is that the thousands
707# of electoral machines used cannot have their time changed, and since the
708# Constitution says the elections must begin at 8:00 AM and end at 5:00 PM,
709# the Government decided to postpone DST, instead of changing the Constitution
710# (maybe, for the next elections, it will be possible to change the clock)...
711
712# From Rodrigo Severo (2004-10-04):
713# It's just the biannual change made necessary by the much hyped, supposedly
714# modern Brazilian eletronic voting machines which, apparently, can't deal
715# with a time change between the first and the second rounds of the elections.
716
717# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-20):
718# Brazil will start DST on 2007-10-14 00:00 and end on 2008-02-17 00:00:
719# http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do;jsessionid=BBA06811AFCAAC28F0285210913513DA?newsId=13975
720
721# From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24):
722# ...by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 (published in the "Diario
723# Oficial da Uniao"...) in Brazil there are changes in the timezones,
724# effective today (00:00am at June 24, 2008) as follows:
725#
726# a) The timezone UTC+5 is e[x]tinguished, with all the Acre state and the
727# part of the Amazonas state that had this timezone now being put to the
728# timezone UTC+4
729# b) The whole Para state now is put at timezone UTC+3, instead of just
730# part of it, as was before.
731#
732# This change follows a proposal of senator Tiao Viana of Acre state, that
733# proposed it due to concerns about open television channels displaying
734# programs inappropriate to youths in the states that had the timezone
735# UTC+5 too early in the night. In the occasion, some more corrections
736# were proposed, trying to unify the timezones of any given state. This
737# change modifies timezone rules defined in decree 2.784 of 18 June,
738# 1913.
739
740# From Rodrigo Severo (2008-06-24):
741# Just correcting the URL:
742# <a href="https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=do&secao=1&pagina=1&data=25/04/2008">
743# https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=do&secao=1&pagina=1&data=25/04/2008
744# </a>
745#
746# As a result of the above Decree I believe the America/Rio_Branco
747# timezone shall be modified from UTC-5 to UTC-4 and a new timezone shall
748# be created to represent the the west side of the Para State. I
749# suggest this new timezone be called Santarem as the most
750# important/populated city in the affected area.
751#
752# This new timezone would be the same as the Rio_Branco timezone up to
753# the 2008/06/24 change which would be to UTC-3 instead of UTC-4.
754
755# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-24):
756# This is a quick reference page for New and Old Brazil Time Zones map.
757# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php">
758# http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php
759# </a>
760#
761# - 4 time zones replaced by 3 time zones-eliminating time zone UTC- 05
762# (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT- 04) - western
763# part of Par state is moving to one timezone UTC- 03 (from UTC -04).
764
765# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
766# The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
767# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html">
768# Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil
769# </a>.
770
771# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-29):
772# As announced by the government and many newspapers in Brazil late
773# yesterday, Brazil will start DST on 2008-10-19 (need to change rule) and
774# it will end on 2009-02-15 (current rule for Brazil is fine). Based on
775# past years experience with the elections, there was a good chance that
776# the start was postponed to November, but it did not happen this year.
777#
778# It has not yet been posted to http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html
779#
780# An official page about it:
781# <a href="http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do?newsId=16722">
782# http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do?newsId=16722
783# </a>
784# Note that this link does not always work directly, but must be accessed
785# by going to
786# <a href="http://www.mme.gov.br/first">
787# http://www.mme.gov.br/first
788# </a>
789#
790# One example link that works directly:
791# <a href="http://jornale.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13530&Itemid=54">
792# http://jornale.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13530&Itemid=54
793# (Portuguese)
794# </a>
795#
796# We have a written a short article about it as well:
797# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html">
798# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html
799# </a>
800
801# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
802# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm">20,466</a> (1931-10-01)
803# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm">21,896</a> (1932-01-10)
804Rule	Brazil	1931	only	-	Oct	 3	11:00	1:00	S
805Rule	Brazil	1932	1933	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
806Rule	Brazil	1932	only	-	Oct	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
807# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV23195.htm">23,195</a> (1933-10-10)
808# revoked DST.
809# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27496.htm">27,496</a> (1949-11-24)
810# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27998.htm">27,998</a> (1950-04-13)
811Rule	Brazil	1949	1952	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
812Rule	Brazil	1950	only	-	Apr	16	 1:00	0	-
813Rule	Brazil	1951	1952	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
814# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV32308.htm">32,308</a> (1953-02-24)
815Rule	Brazil	1953	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
816# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV34724.htm">34,724</a> (1953-11-30)
817# revoked DST.
818# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV52700.htm">52,700</a> (1963-10-18)
819# established DST from 1963-10-23 00:00 to 1964-02-29 00:00
820# in SP, RJ, GB, MG, ES, due to the prolongation of the drought.
821# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53071.htm">53,071</a> (1963-12-03)
822# extended the above decree to all of the national territory on 12-09.
823Rule	Brazil	1963	only	-	Dec	 9	 0:00	1:00	S
824# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53604.htm">53,604</a> (1964-02-25)
825# extended summer time by one day to 1964-03-01 00:00 (start of school).
826Rule	Brazil	1964	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
827# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV55639.htm">55,639</a> (1965-01-27)
828Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Jan	31	 0:00	1:00	S
829Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Mar	31	 0:00	0	-
830# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57303.htm">57,303</a> (1965-11-22)
831Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
832# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57843.htm">57,843</a> (1966-02-18)
833Rule	Brazil	1966	1968	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
834Rule	Brazil	1966	1967	-	Nov	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
835# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV63429.htm">63,429</a> (1968-10-15)
836# revoked DST.
837# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV91698.htm">91,698</a> (1985-09-27)
838Rule	Brazil	1985	only	-	Nov	 2	 0:00	1:00	S
839# Decree 92,310 (1986-01-21)
840# Decree 92,463 (1986-03-13)
841Rule	Brazil	1986	only	-	Mar	15	 0:00	0	-
842# Decree 93,316 (1986-10-01)
843Rule	Brazil	1986	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	S
844Rule	Brazil	1987	only	-	Feb	14	 0:00	0	-
845# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV94922.htm">94,922</a> (1987-09-22)
846Rule	Brazil	1987	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	S
847Rule	Brazil	1988	only	-	Feb	 7	 0:00	0	-
848# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV96676.htm">96,676</a> (1988-09-12)
849# except for the states of AC, AM, PA, RR, RO, and AP (then a territory)
850Rule	Brazil	1988	only	-	Oct	16	 0:00	1:00	S
851Rule	Brazil	1989	only	-	Jan	29	 0:00	0	-
852# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV98077.htm">98,077</a> (1989-08-21)
853# with the same exceptions
854Rule	Brazil	1989	only	-	Oct	15	 0:00	1:00	S
855Rule	Brazil	1990	only	-	Feb	11	 0:00	0	-
856# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV99530.htm">99,530</a> (1990-09-17)
857# adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, GO, MS, DF.
858# Decree 99,629 (1990-10-19) adds BA, MT.
859Rule	Brazil	1990	only	-	Oct	21	 0:00	1:00	S
860Rule	Brazil	1991	only	-	Feb	17	 0:00	0	-
861# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1991.htm">Unnumbered decree</a> (1991-09-25)
862# adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, BA, GO, MT, MS, DF.
863Rule	Brazil	1991	only	-	Oct	20	 0:00	1:00	S
864Rule	Brazil	1992	only	-	Feb	 9	 0:00	0	-
865# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1992.htm">Unnumbered decree</a> (1992-10-16)
866# adopted by same states.
867Rule	Brazil	1992	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	S
868Rule	Brazil	1993	only	-	Jan	31	 0:00	0	-
869# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV942.htm">942</a> (1993-09-28)
870# adopted by same states, plus AM.
871# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1252.htm">1,252</a> (1994-09-22;
872# web page corrected 2004-01-07) adopted by same states, minus AM.
873# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1636.htm">1,636</a> (1995-09-14)
874# adopted by same states, plus MT and TO.
875# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1674.htm">1,674</a> (1995-10-13)
876# adds AL, SE.
877Rule	Brazil	1993	1995	-	Oct	Sun>=11	 0:00	1:00	S
878Rule	Brazil	1994	1995	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
879Rule	Brazil	1996	only	-	Feb	11	 0:00	0	-
880# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV2000.htm">2,000</a> (1996-09-04)
881# adopted by same states, minus AL, SE.
882Rule	Brazil	1996	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	1:00	S
883Rule	Brazil	1997	only	-	Feb	16	 0:00	0	-
884# From Daniel C. Sobral (1998-02-12):
885# In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that
886# because international television networks ignored Brazil's policy on DS,
887# they bought the wrong times on satellite for coverage of Pope's visit.
888# This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1
889# to help dealing with the shortages of electric power.
890#
891# Decree 2,317 (1997-09-04), adopted by same states.
892Rule	Brazil	1997	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	1:00	S
893# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV2495.JPG">2,495</a>
894# (1998-02-10)
895Rule	Brazil	1998	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
896# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/Hv98.jpg">2,780</a> (1998-09-11)
897# adopted by the same states as before.
898Rule	Brazil	1998	only	-	Oct	11	 0:00	1:00	S
899Rule	Brazil	1999	only	-	Feb	21	 0:00	0	-
900# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3150.gif">3,150</a>
901# (1999-08-23) adopted by same states.
902# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV99.gif">3,188</a> (1999-09-30)
903# adds SE, AL, PB, PE, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR.
904Rule	Brazil	1999	only	-	Oct	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
905Rule	Brazil	2000	only	-	Feb	27	 0:00	0	-
906# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DEC3592.htm">3,592</a> (2000-09-06)
907# adopted by the same states as before.
908# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3630.jpg">3,630</a> (2000-10-13)
909# repeals DST in PE and RR, effective 2000-10-15 00:00.
910# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3632.jpg">3,632</a> (2000-10-17)
911# repeals DST in SE, AL, PB, RN, CE, PI and MA, effective 2000-10-22 00:00.
912# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3916.gif">3,916</a>
913# (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
914Rule	Brazil	2000	2001	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	S
915Rule	Brazil	2001	2006	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
916# Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
917# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm">4,399</a>
918Rule	Brazil	2002	only	-	Nov	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
919# Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO.
920# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm">4,844</a>
921Rule	Brazil	2003	only	-	Oct	19	 0:00	1:00	S
922# Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT.
923# <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm">5,223</a>
924Rule	Brazil	2004	only	-	Nov	 2	 0:00	1:00	S
925# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif">5,539</a> (2005-09-19),
926# adopted by the same states as before.
927Rule	Brazil	2005	only	-	Oct	16	 0:00	1:00	S
928# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5920.gif">5,920</a> (2006-10-03),
929# adopted by the same states as before.
930Rule	Brazil	2006	only	-	Nov	 5	 0:00	1:00	S
931Rule	Brazil	2007	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	0	-
932# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV6212.gif">6,212</a> (2007-09-26),
933# adopted by the same states as before.
934Rule	Brazil	2007	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	S
935# From Frederico A. C. Neves (2008-09-10):
936# Acording to this decree
937# <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm">
938# http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm
939# </a>
940# [t]he DST period in Brazil now on will be from the 3rd Oct Sunday to the
941# 3rd Feb Sunday. There is an exception on the return date when this is
942# the Carnival Sunday then the return date will be the next Sunday...
943Rule	Brazil	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
944Rule	Brazil	2008	2011	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
945Rule	Brazil	2012	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
946Rule	Brazil	2013	2014	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
947Rule	Brazil	2015	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
948Rule	Brazil	2016	2022	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
949Rule	Brazil	2023	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
950Rule	Brazil	2024	2025	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
951Rule	Brazil	2026	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
952Rule	Brazil	2027	2033	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
953Rule	Brazil	2034	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
954Rule	Brazil	2035	2036	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
955Rule	Brazil	2037	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
956# From Arthur David Olson (2008-09-29):
957# The next is wrong in some years but is better than nothing.
958Rule	Brazil	2038	max	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
959
960# The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST:
961# DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.
962
963# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
964#
965# Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE)
966Zone America/Noronha	-2:09:40 -	LMT	1914
967			-2:00	Brazil	FN%sT	1990 Sep 17
968			-2:00	-	FNT	1999 Sep 30
969			-2:00	Brazil	FN%sT	2000 Oct 15
970			-2:00	-	FNT	2001 Sep 13
971			-2:00	Brazil	FN%sT	2002 Oct  1
972			-2:00	-	FNT
973# Other Atlantic islands have no permanent settlement.
974# These include Trindade and Martin Vaz (administratively part of ES),
975# Atol das Rocas (RN), and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo (PE).
976# Fernando de Noronha was a separate territory from 1942-09-02 to 1989-01-01;
977# it also included the Penedos.
978#
979# Amapa (AP), east Para (PA)
980# East Para includes Belem, Maraba, Serra Norte, and Sao Felix do Xingu.
981# The division between east and west Para is the river Xingu.
982# In the north a very small part from the river Javary (now Jari I guess,
983# the border with Amapa) to the Amazon, then to the Xingu.
984Zone America/Belem	-3:13:56 -	LMT	1914
985			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1988 Sep 12
986			-3:00	-	BRT
987#
988# west Para (PA)
989# West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and Santarem.
990Zone America/Santarem	-3:38:48 -	LMT	1914
991			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
992			-4:00	-	AMT	2008 Jun 24 00:00
993			-3:00	-	BRT
994#
995# Maranhao (MA), Piaui (PI), Ceara (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
996# Paraiba (PB)
997Zone America/Fortaleza	-2:34:00 -	LMT	1914
998			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
999			-3:00	-	BRT	1999 Sep 30
1000			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2000 Oct 22
1001			-3:00	-	BRT	2001 Sep 13
1002			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2002 Oct  1
1003			-3:00	-	BRT
1004#
1005# Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands)
1006Zone America/Recife	-2:19:36 -	LMT	1914
1007			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
1008			-3:00	-	BRT	1999 Sep 30
1009			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2000 Oct 15
1010			-3:00	-	BRT	2001 Sep 13
1011			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2002 Oct  1
1012			-3:00	-	BRT
1013#
1014# Tocantins (TO)
1015Zone America/Araguaina	-3:12:48 -	LMT	1914
1016			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
1017			-3:00	-	BRT	1995 Sep 14
1018			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2003 Sep 24
1019			-3:00	-	BRT
1020#
1021# Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE)
1022Zone America/Maceio	-2:22:52 -	LMT	1914
1023			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
1024			-3:00	-	BRT	1995 Oct 13
1025			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1996 Sep  4
1026			-3:00	-	BRT	1999 Sep 30
1027			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2000 Oct 22
1028			-3:00	-	BRT	2001 Sep 13
1029			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2002 Oct  1
1030			-3:00	-	BRT
1031#
1032# Bahia (BA)
1033# There are too many Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/Bahia instead
1034# of America/Salvador.
1035Zone America/Bahia	-2:34:04 -	LMT	1914
1036			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2003 Sep 24
1037			-3:00	-	BRT
1038#
1039# Goias (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
1040# Espirito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Sao Paulo (SP), Parana (PR),
1041# Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
1042Zone America/Sao_Paulo	-3:06:28 -	LMT	1914
1043			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1963 Oct 23 00:00
1044			-3:00	1:00	BRST	1964
1045			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT
1046#
1047# Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)
1048Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 -	LMT	1914
1049			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT
1050#
1051# Mato Grosso (MT)
1052Zone America/Cuiaba	-3:44:20 -	LMT	1914
1053			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	2003 Sep 24
1054			-4:00	-	AMT	2004 Oct  1
1055			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT
1056#
1057# Rondonia (RO)
1058Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 -	LMT	1914
1059			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
1060			-4:00	-	AMT
1061#
1062# Roraima (RR)
1063Zone America/Boa_Vista	-4:02:40 -	LMT	1914
1064			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
1065			-4:00	-	AMT	1999 Sep 30
1066			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	2000 Oct 15
1067			-4:00	-	AMT
1068#
1069# east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Jutai, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto
1070# The great circle line from Tabatinga to Porto Acre divides
1071# east from west Amazonas.
1072Zone America/Manaus	-4:00:04 -	LMT	1914
1073			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
1074			-4:00	-	AMT	1993 Sep 28
1075			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1994 Sep 22
1076			-4:00	-	AMT
1077#
1078# west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant,
1079#	Eirunepe, Envira, Ipixuna
1080Zone America/Eirunepe	-4:39:28 -	LMT	1914
1081			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Sep 12
1082			-5:00	-	ACT	1993 Sep 28
1083			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1994 Sep 22
1084			-5:00	-	ACT	2008 Jun 24 00:00
1085			-4:00	-	AMT
1086#
1087# Acre (AC)
1088Zone America/Rio_Branco	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
1089			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Sep 12
1090			-5:00	-	ACT	2008 Jun 24 00:00
1091			-4:00	-	AMT
1092
1093# Chile
1094
1095# From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19):
1096# The law says to switch to DST at midnight [24:00] on the second SATURDAY
1097# of October....  The law is the same for March and October.
1098# (1998-09-29):
1099# Because of the drought this year, the government decided to go into
1100# DST earlier (saturday 9/26 at 24:00). This is a one-time change only ...
1101# (unless there's another dry season next year, I guess).
1102
1103# From Julio I. Pacheco Troncoso (1999-03-18):
1104# Because of the same drought, the government decided to end DST later,
1105# on April 3, (one-time change).
1106
1107# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2006-10-08):
1108# http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
1109
1110# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-10-08):
1111# I think that there are some obvious mistakes in the suggested link
1112# from Oscar van Vlijmen,... for instance entry 66 says that GMT-4
1113# ended 1990-09-12 while entry 67 only begins GMT-3 at 1990-09-15
1114# (they should have been 1990-09-15 and 1990-09-16 respectively), but
1115# anyhow it clears up some doubts too.
1116
1117# From Paul Eggert (2006-12-27):
1118# The following data for Chile and America/Santiago are from
1119# <http://www.horaoficial.cl/horaof.htm> (2006-09-20), transcribed by
1120# Jesper Norgaard Welen.  The data for Pacific/Easter are from Shanks
1121# & Pottenger, except with DST transitions after 1932 cloned from
1122# America/Santiago.  The pre-1980 Pacific/Easter data are dubious,
1123# but we have no other source.
1124
1125# From German Poo-Caaman~o (2008-03-03):
1126# Due to drought, Chile extends Daylight Time in three weeks.  This
1127# is one-time change (Saturday 3/29 at 24:00 for America/Santiago
1128# and Saturday 3/29 at 22:00 for Pacific/Easter)
1129# The Supreme Decree is located at
1130# <a href="http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf">
1131# http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf
1132# </a>
1133# and the instructions for 2008 are located in:
1134# <a href="http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm">
1135# http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
1136# </a>.
1137
1138# From Jose Miguel Garrido (2008-03-05):
1139# ...
1140# You could see the announces of the change on
1141# <a href="http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm">
1142# http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm
1143# </a>.
1144
1145# From Angel Chiang (2010-03-04):
1146# Subject: DST in Chile exceptionally extended to 3 April due to earthquake
1147# <a href="http://www.gobiernodechile.cl/viewNoticia.aspx?idArticulo=30098">
1148# http://www.gobiernodechile.cl/viewNoticia.aspx?idArticulo=30098
1149# </a>
1150# (in Spanish, last paragraph).
1151#
1152# This is breaking news. There should be more information available later.
1153
1154# From Arthur Daivd Olson (2010-03-06):
1155# Angel Chiang's message confirmed by Julio Pacheco; Julio provided a patch.
1156
1157# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1158Rule	Chile	1927	1932	-	Sep	 1	0:00	1:00	S
1159Rule	Chile	1928	1932	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
1160Rule	Chile	1942	only	-	Jun	 1	4:00u	0	-
1161Rule	Chile	1942	only	-	Aug	 1	5:00u	1:00	S
1162Rule	Chile	1946	only	-	Jul	15	4:00u	1:00	S
1163Rule	Chile	1946	only	-	Sep	 1	3:00u	0:00	-
1164Rule	Chile	1947	only	-	Apr	 1	4:00u	0	-
1165Rule	Chile	1968	only	-	Nov	 3	4:00u	1:00	S
1166Rule	Chile	1969	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
1167Rule	Chile	1969	only	-	Nov	23	4:00u	1:00	S
1168Rule	Chile	1970	only	-	Mar	29	3:00u	0	-
1169Rule	Chile	1971	only	-	Mar	14	3:00u	0	-
1170Rule	Chile	1970	1972	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
1171Rule	Chile	1972	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1172Rule	Chile	1973	only	-	Sep	30	4:00u	1:00	S
1173Rule	Chile	1974	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
1174Rule	Chile	1987	only	-	Apr	12	3:00u	0	-
1175Rule	Chile	1988	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1176Rule	Chile	1988	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	4:00u	1:00	S
1177Rule	Chile	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
1178Rule	Chile	1990	only	-	Mar	18	3:00u	0	-
1179Rule	Chile	1990	only	-	Sep	16	4:00u	1:00	S
1180Rule	Chile	1991	1996	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1181Rule	Chile	1991	1997	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
1182Rule	Chile	1997	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
1183Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1184Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Sep	27	4:00u	1:00	S
1185Rule	Chile	1999	only	-	Apr	 4	3:00u	0	-
1186Rule	Chile	1999	max	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
1187Rule	Chile	2000	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1188# N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time,
1189# which is used below in specifying the transition.
1190Rule	Chile	2008	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
1191Rule	Chile	2009	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1192Rule	Chile	2010	only	-	Apr	 4	3:00u	0	-
1193Rule	Chile	2011	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1194# IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
1195# (1996-09) says 1998-03-08.  Ignore these.
1196# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1197Zone America/Santiago	-4:42:46 -	LMT	1890
1198			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1910 	    # Santiago Mean Time
1199			-5:00	-	CLT	1916 Jul  1 # Chile Time
1200			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1918 Sep  1 # Santiago Mean Time
1201			-4:00	-	CLT	1919 Jul  1 # Chile Time
1202			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1927 Sep  1 # Santiago Mean Time
1203			-5:00	Chile	CL%sT	1947 May 22 # Chile Time
1204			-4:00	Chile	CL%sT
1205Zone Pacific/Easter	-7:17:44 -	LMT	1890
1206			-7:17:28 -	EMT	1932 Sep    # Easter Mean Time
1207			-7:00	Chile	EAS%sT	1982 Mar 13 21:00 # Easter I Time
1208			-6:00	Chile	EAS%sT
1209#
1210# Sala y Gomez Island is like Pacific/Easter.
1211# Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernandez Is, San Ambrosio,
1212# San Felix, and Antarctic bases, are like America/Santiago.
1213
1214# Colombia
1215# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1216Rule	CO	1992	only	-	May	 3	0:00	1:00	S
1217Rule	CO	1993	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	0	-
1218# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1219Zone	America/Bogota	-4:56:20 -	LMT	1884 Mar 13
1220			-4:56:20 -	BMT	1914 Nov 23 # Bogota Mean Time
1221			-5:00	CO	CO%sT	# Colombia Time
1222# Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres
1223# no information; probably like America/Bogota
1224
1225# Curacao
1226#
1227# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1228# Shanks & Pottenger say that The Bottom and Philipsburg have been at
1229# -4:00 since standard time was introduced on 1912-03-02; and that
1230# Kralendijk and Rincon used Kralendijk Mean Time (-4:33:08) from
1231# 1912-02-02 to 1965-01-01.  The former is dubious, since S&P also say
1232# Saba Island has been like Curacao.
1233# This all predates our 1970 cutoff, though.
1234#
1235# By July 2007 Curacao and St Maarten are planned to become
1236# associated states within the Netherlands, much like Aruba;
1237# Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius would become directly part of the
1238# Netherlands as Kingdom Islands.  This won't affect their time zones
1239# though, as far as we know.
1240#
1241# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1242Zone	America/Curacao	-4:35:44 -	LMT	1912 Feb 12	# Willemstad
1243			-4:30	-	ANT	1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
1244			-4:00	-	AST
1245
1246# Ecuador
1247#
1248# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-04):
1249# Apparently Ecuador had a failed experiment with DST in 1992.
1250# <http://midena.gov.ec/content/view/1261/208/> (2007-02-27) and
1251# <http://www.hoy.com.ec/NoticiaNue.asp?row_id=249856> (2006-11-06) both
1252# talk about "hora Sixto".  Leave this alone for now, as we have no data.
1253#
1254# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1255Zone America/Guayaquil	-5:19:20 -	LMT	1890
1256			-5:14:00 -	QMT	1931 # Quito Mean Time
1257			-5:00	-	ECT	     # Ecuador Time
1258Zone Pacific/Galapagos	-5:58:24 -	LMT	1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
1259			-5:00	-	ECT	1986
1260			-6:00	-	GALT	     # Galapagos Time
1261
1262# Falklands
1263
1264# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1265# Between 1990 and 2000 inclusive, Shanks & Pottenger and the IATA agree except
1266# the IATA gives 1996-09-08.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1267
1268# From Falkland Islands Government Office, London (2001-01-22)
1269# via Jesper Norgaard:
1270# ... the clocks revert back to Local Mean Time at 2 am on Sunday 15
1271# April 2001 and advance one hour to summer time at 2 am on Sunday 2
1272# September.  It is anticipated that the clocks will revert back at 2
1273# am on Sunday 21 April 2002 and advance to summer time at 2 am on
1274# Sunday 1 September.
1275
1276# From Rives McDow (2001-02-13):
1277#
1278# I have communicated several times with people there, and the last
1279# time I had communications that was helpful was in 1998.  Here is
1280# what was said then:
1281#
1282# "The general rule was that Stanley used daylight saving and the Camp
1283# did not. However for various reasons many people in the Camp have
1284# started to use daylight saving (known locally as 'Stanley Time')
1285# There is no rule as to who uses daylight saving - it is a matter of
1286# personal choice and so it is impossible to draw a map showing who
1287# uses it and who does not. Any list would be out of date as soon as
1288# it was produced. This year daylight saving ended on April 18/19th
1289# and started again on September 12/13th.  I do not know what the rule
1290# is, but can find out if you like.  We do not change at the same time
1291# as UK or Chile."
1292#
1293# I did have in my notes that the rule was "Second Saturday in Sep at
1294# 0:00 until third Saturday in Apr at 0:00".  I think that this does
1295# not agree in some cases with Shanks; is this true?
1296#
1297# Also, there is no mention in the list that some areas in the
1298# Falklands do not use DST.  I have found in my communications there
1299# that these areas are on the western half of East Falkland and all of
1300# West Falkland.  Stanley is the only place that consistently observes
1301# DST.  Again, as in other places in the world, the farmers don't like
1302# it.  West Falkland is almost entirely sheep farmers.
1303#
1304# I know one lady there that keeps a list of which farm keeps DST and
1305# which doesn't each year.  She runs a shop in Stanley, and says that
1306# the list changes each year.  She uses it to communicate to her
1307# customers, catching them when they are home for lunch or dinner.
1308
1309# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05):
1310# For now, we'll just record the time in Stanley, since we have no
1311# better info.
1312
1313# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1314Rule	Falk	1937	1938	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
1315Rule	Falk	1938	1942	-	Mar	Sun>=19	0:00	0	-
1316Rule	Falk	1939	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	1:00	S
1317Rule	Falk	1940	1942	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
1318Rule	Falk	1943	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	-
1319Rule	Falk	1983	only	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
1320Rule	Falk	1984	1985	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	0	-
1321Rule	Falk	1984	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	1:00	S
1322Rule	Falk	1985	2000	-	Sep	Sun>=9	0:00	1:00	S
1323Rule	Falk	1986	2000	-	Apr	Sun>=16	0:00	0	-
1324Rule	Falk	2001	max	-	Apr	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
1325Rule	Falk	2001	max	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
1326# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1327Zone Atlantic/Stanley	-3:51:24 -	LMT	1890
1328			-3:51:24 -	SMT	1912 Mar 12  # Stanley Mean Time
1329			-4:00	Falk	FK%sT	1983 May     # Falkland Is Time
1330			-3:00	Falk	FK%sT	1985 Sep 15
1331			-4:00	Falk	FK%sT
1332
1333# French Guiana
1334# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1335Zone America/Cayenne	-3:29:20 -	LMT	1911 Jul
1336			-4:00	-	GFT	1967 Oct # French Guiana Time
1337			-3:00	-	GFT
1338
1339# Guyana
1340# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1341Zone	America/Guyana	-3:52:40 -	LMT	1915 Mar	# Georgetown
1342			-3:45	-	GBGT	1966 May 26 # Br Guiana Time
1343			-3:45	-	GYT	1975 Jul 31 # Guyana Time
1344			-3:00	-	GYT	1991
1345# IATA SSIM (1996-06) says -4:00.  Assume a 1991 switch.
1346			-4:00	-	GYT
1347
1348# Paraguay
1349# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1350# Shanks & Pottenger say that spring transitions are from 01:00 -> 02:00,
1351# and autumn transitions are from 00:00 -> 23:00.  Go with pre-1999
1352# editions of Shanks, and with the IATA, who say transitions occur at 00:00.
1353# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1354Rule	Para	1975	1988	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
1355Rule	Para	1975	1978	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
1356Rule	Para	1979	1991	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
1357Rule	Para	1989	only	-	Oct	22	0:00	1:00	S
1358Rule	Para	1990	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
1359Rule	Para	1991	only	-	Oct	 6	0:00	1:00	S
1360Rule	Para	1992	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
1361Rule	Para	1992	only	-	Oct	 5	0:00	1:00	S
1362Rule	Para	1993	only	-	Mar	31	0:00	0	-
1363Rule	Para	1993	1995	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
1364Rule	Para	1994	1995	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
1365Rule	Para	1996	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
1366# IATA SSIM (2000-02) says 1999-10-10; ignore this for now.
1367# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-02):
1368# I have three independent reports that Paraguay changed to DST this Sunday
1369# (10-01).
1370#
1371# Translated by Gwillim Law (2001-02-27) from
1372# <a href="http://www.diarionoticias.com.py/011000/nacional/naciona1.htm">
1373# Noticias, a daily paper in Asuncion, Paraguay (2000-10-01)
1374# </a>:
1375# Starting at 0:00 today, the clock will be set forward 60 minutes, in
1376# fulfillment of Decree No. 7,273 of the Executive Power....  The time change
1377# system has been operating for several years.  Formerly there was a separate
1378# decree each year; the new law has the same effect, but permanently.  Every
1379# year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the
1380# clock will be set back on the first Sunday of March.
1381#
1382Rule	Para	1996	2001	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
1383# IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1384Rule	Para	1997	only	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
1385# Shanks & Pottenger say 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but
1386# (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27).
1387Rule	Para	1998	2001	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
1388# From Rives McDow (2002-02-28):
1389# A decree was issued in Paraguay (no. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the
1390# dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in
1391# April.
1392Rule	Para	2002	2004	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
1393Rule	Para	2002	2003	-	Sep	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
1394#
1395# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-01-02):
1396# There are several sources that claim that Paraguay made
1397# a timezone rule change in autumn 2004.
1398# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-01-05):
1399# Decree 1,867 (2004-03-05)
1400# From Carlos Raul Perasso via Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-10-13)
1401# <http://www.presidencia.gov.py/decretos/D1867.pdf>
1402Rule	Para	2004	2009	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
1403Rule	Para	2005	2009	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
1404# From Carlos Raul Perasso (2010-02-18):
1405# By decree number 3958 issued yesterday (
1406# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.py/v1/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/decreto3958.pdf">
1407# http://www.presidencia.gov.py/v1/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/decreto3958.pdf
1408# </a>
1409# )
1410# Paraguay changes its DST schedule, postponing the March rule to April and
1411# modifying the October date. The decree reads:
1412# ...
1413# Art. 1. It is hereby established that from the second Sunday of the month of
1414# April of this year (2010), the official time is to be set back 60 minutes,
1415# and that on the first Sunday of the month of October, it is to be set
1416# forward 60 minutes, in all the territory of the Paraguayan Republic.
1417# ...
1418Rule	Para	2010	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
1419Rule	Para	2010	max	-	Apr	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
1420
1421# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1422Zone America/Asuncion	-3:50:40 -	LMT	1890
1423			-3:50:40 -	AMT	1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time
1424			-4:00	-	PYT	1972 Oct # Paraguay Time
1425			-3:00	-	PYT	1974 Apr
1426			-4:00	Para	PY%sT
1427
1428# Peru
1429#
1430# <a href="news:xrGmb.39935$gA1.13896113@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net">
1431# From Evelyn C. Leeper via Mark Brader (2003-10-26):</a>
1432# When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they apparently switched over
1433# sometime between December 29 and January 3 while we were on the Amazon.
1434#
1435# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1436# Shanks & Pottenger don't have this transition.  Assume 1986 was like 1987.
1437
1438# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1439Rule	Peru	1938	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
1440Rule	Peru	1938	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
1441Rule	Peru	1938	1939	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
1442Rule	Peru	1939	1940	-	Mar	Sun>=24	0:00	0	-
1443Rule	Peru	1986	1987	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
1444Rule	Peru	1986	1987	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
1445Rule	Peru	1990	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
1446Rule	Peru	1990	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
1447# IATA is ambiguous for 1993/1995; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1448Rule	Peru	1994	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
1449Rule	Peru	1994	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
1450# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1451Zone	America/Lima	-5:08:12 -	LMT	1890
1452			-5:08:36 -	LMT	1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time?
1453			-5:00	Peru	PE%sT	# Peru Time
1454
1455# South Georgia
1456# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1457Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 -	LMT	1890		# Grytviken
1458			-2:00	-	GST	# South Georgia Time
1459
1460# South Sandwich Is
1461# uninhabited; scientific personnel have wintered
1462
1463# Suriname
1464# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1465Zone America/Paramaribo	-3:40:40 -	LMT	1911
1466			-3:40:52 -	PMT	1935     # Paramaribo Mean Time
1467			-3:40:36 -	PMT	1945 Oct # The capital moved?
1468			-3:30	-	NEGT	1975 Nov 20 # Dutch Guiana Time
1469			-3:30	-	SRT	1984 Oct # Suriname Time
1470			-3:00	-	SRT
1471
1472# Trinidad and Tobago
1473# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1474Zone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
1475			-4:00	-	AST
1476
1477# Uruguay
1478# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
1479# Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules.
1480# From Shanks & Pottenger:
1481# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1482# Whitman gives 1923 Oct 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1483Rule	Uruguay	1923	only	-	Oct	 2	 0:00	0:30	HS
1484Rule	Uruguay	1924	1926	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
1485Rule	Uruguay	1924	1925	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
1486Rule	Uruguay	1933	1935	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0:30	HS
1487# Shanks & Pottenger give 1935 Apr 1 0:00 & 1936 Mar 30 0:00; go with Whitman.
1488Rule	Uruguay	1934	1936	-	Mar	Sat>=25	23:30s	0	-
1489Rule	Uruguay	1936	only	-	Nov	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
1490Rule	Uruguay	1937	1941	-	Mar	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
1491# Whitman gives 1937 Oct 3; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1492Rule	Uruguay	1937	1940	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0:30	HS
1493# Whitman gives 1941 Oct 24 - 1942 Mar 27, 1942 Dec 14 - 1943 Apr 13,
1494# and 1943 Apr 13 ``to present time''; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1495Rule	Uruguay	1941	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
1496Rule	Uruguay	1942	only	-	Jan	 1	 0:00	0	-
1497Rule	Uruguay	1942	only	-	Dec	14	 0:00	1:00	S
1498Rule	Uruguay	1943	only	-	Mar	14	 0:00	0	-
1499Rule	Uruguay	1959	only	-	May	24	 0:00	1:00	S
1500Rule	Uruguay	1959	only	-	Nov	15	 0:00	0	-
1501Rule	Uruguay	1960	only	-	Jan	17	 0:00	1:00	S
1502Rule	Uruguay	1960	only	-	Mar	 6	 0:00	0	-
1503Rule	Uruguay	1965	1967	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 0:00	1:00	S
1504Rule	Uruguay	1965	only	-	Sep	26	 0:00	0	-
1505Rule	Uruguay	1966	1967	-	Oct	31	 0:00	0	-
1506Rule	Uruguay	1968	1970	-	May	27	 0:00	0:30	HS
1507Rule	Uruguay	1968	1970	-	Dec	 2	 0:00	0	-
1508Rule	Uruguay	1972	only	-	Apr	24	 0:00	1:00	S
1509Rule	Uruguay	1972	only	-	Aug	15	 0:00	0	-
1510Rule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Mar	10	 0:00	0:30	HS
1511Rule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Dec	22	 0:00	1:00	S
1512Rule	Uruguay	1976	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
1513Rule	Uruguay	1977	only	-	Dec	 4	 0:00	1:00	S
1514Rule	Uruguay	1978	only	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
1515Rule	Uruguay	1979	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
1516Rule	Uruguay	1980	only	-	May	 1	 0:00	0	-
1517Rule	Uruguay	1987	only	-	Dec	14	 0:00	1:00	S
1518Rule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Mar	14	 0:00	0	-
1519Rule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Dec	11	 0:00	1:00	S
1520Rule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Mar	12	 0:00	0	-
1521Rule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Oct	29	 0:00	1:00	S
1522# Shanks & Pottenger say no DST was observed in 1990/1 and 1991/2,
1523# and that 1992/3's DST was from 10-25 to 03-01.  Go with IATA.
1524Rule	Uruguay	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	 0:00	0	-
1525Rule	Uruguay	1990	1991	-	Oct	Sun>=21	 0:00	1:00	S
1526Rule	Uruguay	1992	only	-	Oct	18	 0:00	1:00	S
1527Rule	Uruguay	1993	only	-	Feb	28	 0:00	0	-
1528# From Eduardo Cota (2004-09-20):
1529# The uruguayan government has decreed a change in the local time....
1530# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/decretos/2004091502.htm
1531Rule	Uruguay	2004	only	-	Sep	19	 0:00	1:00	S
1532# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-03-11):
1533# Uruguay's DST was scheduled to end on Sunday, 2005-03-13, but in order to
1534# save energy ... it was postponed two weeks....
1535# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/noticias/2005/03/2005031005.htm
1536Rule	Uruguay	2005	only	-	Mar	27	 2:00	0	-
1537# From Eduardo Cota (2005-09-27):
1538# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/decretos/2005/09/CM%20119_09%2009%202005_00001.PDF
1539# This means that from 2005-10-09 at 02:00 local time, until 2006-03-12 at
1540# 02:00 local time, official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2.
1541Rule	Uruguay	2005	only	-	Oct	 9	 2:00	1:00	S
1542Rule	Uruguay	2006	only	-	Mar	12	 2:00	0	-
1543# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-09-06):
1544# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/CM%20210_08%2006%202006_00001.PDF
1545Rule	Uruguay	2006	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
1546Rule	Uruguay	2007	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	 2:00	0	-
1547# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1548Zone America/Montevideo	-3:44:44 -	LMT	1898 Jun 28
1549			-3:44:44 -	MMT	1920 May  1	# Montevideo MT
1550			-3:30	Uruguay	UY%sT	1942 Dec 14	# Uruguay Time
1551			-3:00	Uruguay	UY%sT
1552
1553# Venezuela
1554#
1555# From John Stainforth (2007-11-28):
1556# ... the change for Venezuela originally expected for 2007-12-31 has
1557# been brought forward to 2007-12-09.  The official announcement was
1558# published today in the "Gaceta Oficial de la Republica Bolivariana
1559# de Venezuela, numero 38.819" (official document for all laws or
1560# resolution publication)
1561# http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=72208
1562
1563# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1564Zone	America/Caracas	-4:27:44 -	LMT	1890
1565			-4:27:40 -	CMT	1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time?
1566			-4:30	-	VET	1965	     # Venezuela Time
1567			-4:00	-	VET	2007 Dec  9 03:00
1568			-4:30	-	VET
1569