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      2 # @(#)southamerica	8.40
      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 (a] 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 
     51 ###############################################################################
     52 
     53 ###############################################################################
     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
     69 Rule	Arg	1930	only	-	Dec	 1	0:00	1:00	S
     70 Rule	Arg	1931	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
     71 Rule	Arg	1931	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
     72 Rule	Arg	1932	1940	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
     73 Rule	Arg	1932	1939	-	Nov	 1	0:00	1:00	S
     74 Rule	Arg	1940	only	-	Jul	 1	0:00	1:00	S
     75 Rule	Arg	1941	only	-	Jun	15	0:00	0	-
     76 Rule	Arg	1941	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
     77 Rule	Arg	1943	only	-	Aug	 1	0:00	0	-
     78 Rule	Arg	1943	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
     79 Rule	Arg	1946	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
     80 Rule	Arg	1946	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
     81 Rule	Arg	1963	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
     82 Rule	Arg	1963	only	-	Dec	15	0:00	1:00	S
     83 Rule	Arg	1964	1966	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
     84 Rule	Arg	1964	1966	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
     85 Rule	Arg	1967	only	-	Apr	 2	0:00	0	-
     86 Rule	Arg	1967	1968	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
     87 Rule	Arg	1968	1969	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
     88 Rule	Arg	1974	only	-	Jan	23	0:00	1:00	S
     89 Rule	Arg	1974	only	-	May	 1	0:00	0	-
     90 Rule	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)
     97 Rule	Arg	1989	1993	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
     98 Rule	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.
    109 Rule	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.
    114 Rule	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 
    232 Rule	Arg	2007	only	-	Dec	30	0:00	1:00	S
    233 Rule	Arg	2008	2009	-	Mar	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
    234 Rule	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 Nacin) 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 prximo domingo a las 00:00 los puntanos debern
    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 sbado 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 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    441 #
    442 # Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF),
    443 Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
    444 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
    445 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
    446 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
    447 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
    448 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
    449 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
    450 #
    451 # Cordoba (CB), Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN),
    452 # Chaco (CC), Formosa (FM), Santiago del Estero (SE)
    453 #
    454 # Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we haven't verified:
    455 # - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
    456 # - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29.
    457 # - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04.
    458 # - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01,
    459 #   then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26.
    460 #
    461 Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
    462 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    463 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
    464 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
    465 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  3
    466 			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
    467 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
    468 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
    469 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
    470 #
    471 # Salta (SA), La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
    472 Zone America/Argentina/Salta -4:21:40 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
    473 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    474 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
    475 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
    476 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  3
    477 			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
    478 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
    479 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
    480 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
    481 			-3:00	-	ART
    482 #
    483 # Tucuman (TM)
    484 Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
    485 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    486 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
    487 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
    488 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  3
    489 			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
    490 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
    491 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
    492 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
    493 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 13
    494 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
    495 #
    496 # La Rioja (LR)
    497 Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
    498 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    499 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
    500 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
    501 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  1
    502 			-4:00	-	WART	1991 May  7
    503 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
    504 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
    505 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
    506 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
    507 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
    508 			-3:00	-	ART
    509 #
    510 # San Juan (SJ)
    511 Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
    512 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    513 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
    514 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
    515 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  1
    516 			-4:00	-	WART	1991 May  7
    517 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
    518 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
    519 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 31
    520 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jul 25
    521 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
    522 			-3:00	-	ART
    523 #
    524 # Jujuy (JY)
    525 Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
    526 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    527 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
    528 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
    529 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1990 Mar  4
    530 			-4:00	-	WART	1990 Oct 28
    531 			-4:00	1:00	WARST	1991 Mar 17
    532 			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct  6
    533 			-3:00	1:00	ARST	1992
    534 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
    535 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
    536 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
    537 			-3:00	-	ART
    538 #
    539 # Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
    540 Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
    541 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    542 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
    543 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
    544 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  3
    545 			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
    546 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
    547 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
    548 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
    549 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
    550 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
    551 			-3:00	-	ART
    552 #
    553 # Mendoza (MZ)
    554 Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
    555 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    556 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
    557 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
    558 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1990 Mar  4
    559 			-4:00	-	WART	1990 Oct 15
    560 			-4:00	1:00	WARST	1991 Mar  1
    561 			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 15
    562 			-4:00	1:00	WARST	1992 Mar  1
    563 			-4:00	-	WART	1992 Oct 18
    564 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
    565 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
    566 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 23
    567 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Sep 26
    568 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
    569 			-3:00	-	ART
    570 #
    571 # San Luis (SL)
    572 
    573 Rule	SanLuis	2008	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
    574 Rule	SanLuis	2007	max	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00	1:00	S
    575 
    576 Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
    577 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    578 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
    579 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
    580 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1990
    581 			-3:00	1:00	ARST	1990 Mar 14
    582 			-4:00	-	WART	1990 Oct 15
    583 			-4:00	1:00	WARST	1991 Mar  1
    584 			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Jun  1
    585 			-3:00	-	ART	1999 Oct  3
    586 			-4:00	1:00	WARST	2000 Mar  3
    587 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 31
    588 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jul 25
    589 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Jan 21
    590 			-4:00	SanLuis	WAR%sT
    591 #
    592 # Santa Cruz (SC)
    593 Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
    594 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
    595 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
    596 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
    597 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
    598 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
    599 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
    600 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
    601 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
    602 			-3:00	-	ART
    603 #
    604 # Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF)
    605 Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
    606 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
    607 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
    608 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
    609 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
    610 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
    611 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 30
    612 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
    613 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Oct 18
    614 			-3:00	-	ART
    615 
    616 # Aruba
    617 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    618 Zone	America/Aruba	-4:40:24 -	LMT	1912 Feb 12	# Oranjestad
    619 			-4:30	-	ANT	1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
    620 			-4:00	-	AST
    621 
    622 # Bolivia
    623 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    624 Zone	America/La_Paz	-4:32:36 -	LMT	1890
    625 			-4:32:36 -	CMT	1931 Oct 15 # Calamarca MT
    626 			-4:32:36 1:00	BOST	1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST
    627 			-4:00	-	BOT	# Bolivia Time
    628 
    629 # Brazil
    630 
    631 # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
    632 # The mayor of Rio recently attempted to change the time zone rules
    633 # just in his city, in order to leave more summer time for the tourist trade.
    634 # The rule change lasted only part of the day;
    635 # the federal government refused to follow the city's rules, and business
    636 # was in a chaos, so the mayor backed down that afternoon.
    637 
    638 # From IATA SSIM (1996-02):
    639 # _Only_ the following states in BR1 observe DST: Rio Grande do Sul (RS),
    640 # Santa Catarina (SC), Parana (PR), Sao Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ),
    641 # Espirito Santo (ES), Minas Gerais (MG), Bahia (BA), Goias (GO),
    642 # Distrito Federal (DF), Tocantins (TO), Sergipe [SE] and Alagoas [AL].
    643 # [The last three states are new to this issue of the IATA SSIM.]
    644 
    645 # From Gwillim Law (1996-10-07):
    646 # Geography, history (Tocantins was part of Goias until 1989), and other
    647 # sources of time zone information lead me to believe that AL, SE, and TO were
    648 # always in BR1, and so the only change was whether or not they observed DST....
    649 # The earliest issue of the SSIM I have is 2/91.  Each issue from then until
    650 # 9/95 says that DST is observed only in the ten states I quoted from 9/95,
    651 # along with Mato Grosso (MT) and Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), which are in BR2
    652 # (UTC-4)....  The other two time zones given for Brazil are BR3, which is
    653 # UTC-5, no DST, and applies only in the state of Acre (AC); and BR4, which is
    654 # UTC-2, and applies to Fernando de Noronha (formerly FN, but I believe it's
    655 # become part of the state of Pernambuco).  The boundary between BR1 and BR2
    656 # has never been clearly stated.  They've simply been called East and West.
    657 # However, some conclusions can be drawn from another IATA manual: the Airline
    658 # Coding Directory, which lists close to 400 airports in Brazil.  For each
    659 # airport it gives a time zone which is coded to the SSIM.  From that
    660 # information, I'm led to conclude that the states of Amapa (AP), Ceara (CE),
    661 # Maranhao (MA), Paraiba (PR), Pernambuco (PE), Piaui (PI), and Rio Grande do
    662 # Norte (RN), and the eastern part of Para (PA) are all in BR1 without DST.
    663 
    664 # From Marcos Tadeu (1998-09-27):
    665 # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/verao1.html">
    666 # Brazilian official page
    667 # </a>
    668 
    669 # From Jesper Norgaard (2000-11-03):
    670 # [For an official list of which regions in Brazil use which time zones, see:]
    671 # http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbr.htm
    672 # http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbrhv.htm
    673 
    674 # From Celso Doria via David Madeo (2002-10-09):
    675 # The reason for the delay this year has to do with elections in Brazil.
    676 #
    677 # Unlike in the United States, elections in Brazil are 100% computerized and
    678 # the results are known almost immediately.  Yesterday, it was the first
    679 # round of the elections when 115 million Brazilians voted for President,
    680 # Governor, Senators, Federal Deputies, and State Deputies.  Nobody is
    681 # counting (or re-counting) votes anymore and we know there will be a second
    682 # round for the Presidency and also for some Governors.  The 2nd round will
    683 # take place on October 27th.
    684 #
    685 # The reason why the DST will only begin November 3rd is that the thousands
    686 # of electoral machines used cannot have their time changed, and since the
    687 # Constitution says the elections must begin at 8:00 AM and end at 5:00 PM,
    688 # the Government decided to postpone DST, instead of changing the Constitution
    689 # (maybe, for the next elections, it will be possible to change the clock)...
    690 
    691 # From Rodrigo Severo (2004-10-04):
    692 # It's just the biannual change made necessary by the much hyped, supposedly
    693 # modern Brazilian eletronic voting machines which, apparently, can't deal
    694 # with a time change between the first and the second rounds of the elections.
    695 
    696 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-20):
    697 # Brazil will start DST on 2007-10-14 00:00 and end on 2008-02-17 00:00:
    698 # http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do;jsessionid=BBA06811AFCAAC28F0285210913513DA?newsId=13975
    699 
    700 # From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24):
    701 # ...by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 (published in the "Diario
    702 # Oficial da Uniao"...) in Brazil there are changes in the timezones,
    703 # effective today (00:00am at June 24, 2008) as follows:
    704 #
    705 # a) The timezone UTC+5 is e[x]tinguished, with all the Acre state and the
    706 # part of the Amazonas state that had this timezone now being put to the
    707 # timezone UTC+4
    708 # b) The whole Para state now is put at timezone UTC+3, instead of just
    709 # part of it, as was before.
    710 #
    711 # This change follows a proposal of senator Tiao Viana of Acre state, that
    712 # proposed it due to concerns about open television channels displaying
    713 # programs inappropriate to youths in the states that had the timezone
    714 # UTC+5 too early in the night. In the occasion, some more corrections
    715 # were proposed, trying to unify the timezones of any given state. This
    716 # change modifies timezone rules defined in decree 2.784 of 18 June,
    717 # 1913.
    718 
    719 # From Rodrigo Severo (2008-06-24):
    720 # Just correcting the URL:
    721 # <a href="https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=do&secao=1&pagina=1&data=25/04/2008">
    722 # https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=do&secao=1&pagina=1&data=25/04/2008
    723 # </a>
    724 #
    725 # As a result of the above Decree I believe the America/Rio_Branco
    726 # timezone shall be modified from UTC-5 to UTC-4 and a new timezone shall
    727 # be created to represent the the west side of the Para State. I
    728 # suggest this new timezone be called Santarem as the most
    729 # important/populated city in the affected area.
    730 #
    731 # This new timezone would be the same as the Rio_Branco timezone up to
    732 # the 2008/06/24 change which would be to UTC-3 instead of UTC-4.
    733 
    734 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-24):
    735 # This is a quick reference page for New and Old Brazil Time Zones map.
    736 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php">
    737 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php
    738 # </a>
    739 #
    740 # - 4 time zones replaced by 3 time zones-eliminating time zone UTC- 05
    741 # (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT- 04) - western
    742 # part of Par state is moving to one timezone UTC- 03 (from UTC -04).
    743 
    744 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
    745 # The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
    746 # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html">
    747 # Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil
    748 # </a>.
    749 
    750 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-29):
    751 # As announced by the government and many newspapers in Brazil late
    752 # yesterday, Brazil will start DST on 2008-10-19 (need to change rule) and
    753 # it will end on 2009-02-15 (current rule for Brazil is fine). Based on
    754 # past years experience with the elections, there was a good chance that
    755 # the start was postponed to November, but it did not happen this year.
    756 #
    757 # It has not yet been posted to http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html
    758 #
    759 # An official page about it:
    760 # <a href="http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do?newsId=16722">
    761 # http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do?newsId=16722
    762 # </a>
    763 # Note that this link does not always work directly, but must be accessed
    764 # by going to
    765 # <a href="http://www.mme.gov.br/first">
    766 # http://www.mme.gov.br/first
    767 # </a>
    768 #
    769 # One example link that works directly:
    770 # <a href="http://jornale.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13530&Itemid=54">
    771 # http://jornale.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13530&Itemid=54
    772 # (Portuguese)
    773 # </a>
    774 #
    775 # We have a written a short article about it as well:
    776 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html">
    777 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html
    778 # </a>
    779 
    780 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
    781 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm">20,466</a> (1931-10-01)
    782 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm">21,896</a> (1932-01-10)
    783 Rule	Brazil	1931	only	-	Oct	 3	11:00	1:00	S
    784 Rule	Brazil	1932	1933	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
    785 Rule	Brazil	1932	only	-	Oct	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
    786 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV23195.htm">23,195</a> (1933-10-10)
    787 # revoked DST.
    788 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27496.htm">27,496</a> (1949-11-24)
    789 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27998.htm">27,998</a> (1950-04-13)
    790 Rule	Brazil	1949	1952	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
    791 Rule	Brazil	1950	only	-	Apr	16	 1:00	0	-
    792 Rule	Brazil	1951	1952	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
    793 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV32308.htm">32,308</a> (1953-02-24)
    794 Rule	Brazil	1953	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
    795 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV34724.htm">34,724</a> (1953-11-30)
    796 # revoked DST.
    797 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV52700.htm">52,700</a> (1963-10-18)
    798 # established DST from 1963-10-23 00:00 to 1964-02-29 00:00
    799 # in SP, RJ, GB, MG, ES, due to the prolongation of the drought.
    800 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53071.htm">53,071</a> (1963-12-03)
    801 # extended the above decree to all of the national territory on 12-09.
    802 Rule	Brazil	1963	only	-	Dec	 9	 0:00	1:00	S
    803 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53604.htm">53,604</a> (1964-02-25)
    804 # extended summer time by one day to 1964-03-01 00:00 (start of school).
    805 Rule	Brazil	1964	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
    806 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV55639.htm">55,639</a> (1965-01-27)
    807 Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Jan	31	 0:00	1:00	S
    808 Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Mar	31	 0:00	0	-
    809 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57303.htm">57,303</a> (1965-11-22)
    810 Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
    811 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57843.htm">57,843</a> (1966-02-18)
    812 Rule	Brazil	1966	1968	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
    813 Rule	Brazil	1966	1967	-	Nov	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
    814 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV63429.htm">63,429</a> (1968-10-15)
    815 # revoked DST.
    816 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV91698.htm">91,698</a> (1985-09-27)
    817 Rule	Brazil	1985	only	-	Nov	 2	 0:00	1:00	S
    818 # Decree 92,310 (1986-01-21)
    819 # Decree 92,463 (1986-03-13)
    820 Rule	Brazil	1986	only	-	Mar	15	 0:00	0	-
    821 # Decree 93,316 (1986-10-01)
    822 Rule	Brazil	1986	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	S
    823 Rule	Brazil	1987	only	-	Feb	14	 0:00	0	-
    824 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV94922.htm">94,922</a> (1987-09-22)
    825 Rule	Brazil	1987	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	S
    826 Rule	Brazil	1988	only	-	Feb	 7	 0:00	0	-
    827 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV96676.htm">96,676</a> (1988-09-12)
    828 # except for the states of AC, AM, PA, RR, RO, and AP (then a territory)
    829 Rule	Brazil	1988	only	-	Oct	16	 0:00	1:00	S
    830 Rule	Brazil	1989	only	-	Jan	29	 0:00	0	-
    831 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV98077.htm">98,077</a> (1989-08-21)
    832 # with the same exceptions
    833 Rule	Brazil	1989	only	-	Oct	15	 0:00	1:00	S
    834 Rule	Brazil	1990	only	-	Feb	11	 0:00	0	-
    835 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV99530.htm">99,530</a> (1990-09-17)
    836 # adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, GO, MS, DF.
    837 # Decree 99,629 (1990-10-19) adds BA, MT.
    838 Rule	Brazil	1990	only	-	Oct	21	 0:00	1:00	S
    839 Rule	Brazil	1991	only	-	Feb	17	 0:00	0	-
    840 # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1991.htm">Unnumbered decree</a> (1991-09-25)
    841 # adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, BA, GO, MT, MS, DF.
    842 Rule	Brazil	1991	only	-	Oct	20	 0:00	1:00	S
    843 Rule	Brazil	1992	only	-	Feb	 9	 0:00	0	-
    844 # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1992.htm">Unnumbered decree</a> (1992-10-16)
    845 # adopted by same states.
    846 Rule	Brazil	1992	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	S
    847 Rule	Brazil	1993	only	-	Jan	31	 0:00	0	-
    848 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV942.htm">942</a> (1993-09-28)
    849 # adopted by same states, plus AM.
    850 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1252.htm">1,252</a> (1994-09-22;
    851 # web page corrected 2004-01-07) adopted by same states, minus AM.
    852 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1636.htm">1,636</a> (1995-09-14)
    853 # adopted by same states, plus MT and TO.
    854 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1674.htm">1,674</a> (1995-10-13)
    855 # adds AL, SE.
    856 Rule	Brazil	1993	1995	-	Oct	Sun>=11	 0:00	1:00	S
    857 Rule	Brazil	1994	1995	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
    858 Rule	Brazil	1996	only	-	Feb	11	 0:00	0	-
    859 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV2000.htm">2,000</a> (1996-09-04)
    860 # adopted by same states, minus AL, SE.
    861 Rule	Brazil	1996	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	1:00	S
    862 Rule	Brazil	1997	only	-	Feb	16	 0:00	0	-
    863 # From Daniel C. Sobral (1998-02-12):
    864 # In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that
    865 # because international television networks ignored Brazil's policy on DS,
    866 # they bought the wrong times on satellite for coverage of Pope's visit.
    867 # This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1
    868 # to help dealing with the shortages of electric power.
    869 #
    870 # Decree 2,317 (1997-09-04), adopted by same states.
    871 Rule	Brazil	1997	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	1:00	S
    872 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV2495.JPG">2,495</a>
    873 # (1998-02-10)
    874 Rule	Brazil	1998	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
    875 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/Hv98.jpg">2,780</a> (1998-09-11)
    876 # adopted by the same states as before.
    877 Rule	Brazil	1998	only	-	Oct	11	 0:00	1:00	S
    878 Rule	Brazil	1999	only	-	Feb	21	 0:00	0	-
    879 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3150.gif">3,150</a>
    880 # (1999-08-23) adopted by same states.
    881 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV99.gif">3,188</a> (1999-09-30)
    882 # adds SE, AL, PB, PE, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR.
    883 Rule	Brazil	1999	only	-	Oct	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
    884 Rule	Brazil	2000	only	-	Feb	27	 0:00	0	-
    885 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DEC3592.htm">3,592</a> (2000-09-06)
    886 # adopted by the same states as before.
    887 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3630.jpg">3,630</a> (2000-10-13)
    888 # repeals DST in PE and RR, effective 2000-10-15 00:00.
    889 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3632.jpg">3,632</a> (2000-10-17)
    890 # repeals DST in SE, AL, PB, RN, CE, PI and MA, effective 2000-10-22 00:00.
    891 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3916.gif">3,916</a>
    892 # (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
    893 Rule	Brazil	2000	2001	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	S
    894 Rule	Brazil	2001	2006	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
    895 # Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
    896 # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm">4,399</a>
    897 Rule	Brazil	2002	only	-	Nov	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
    898 # Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO.
    899 # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm">4,844</a>
    900 Rule	Brazil	2003	only	-	Oct	19	 0:00	1:00	S
    901 # Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT.
    902 # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm">5,223</a>
    903 Rule	Brazil	2004	only	-	Nov	 2	 0:00	1:00	S
    904 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif">5,539</a> (2005-09-19),
    905 # adopted by the same states as before.
    906 Rule	Brazil	2005	only	-	Oct	16	 0:00	1:00	S
    907 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5920.gif">5,920</a> (2006-10-03),
    908 # adopted by the same states as before.
    909 Rule	Brazil	2006	only	-	Nov	 5	 0:00	1:00	S
    910 Rule	Brazil	2007	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	0	-
    911 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV6212.gif">6,212</a> (2007-09-26),
    912 # adopted by the same states as before.
    913 Rule	Brazil	2007	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	S
    914 # From Frederico A. C. Neves (2008-09-10):
    915 # Acording to this decree
    916 # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm">
    917 # http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm
    918 # </a>
    919 # [t]he DST period in Brazil now on will be from the 3rd Oct Sunday to the
    920 # 3rd Feb Sunday. There is an exception on the return date when this is
    921 # the Carnival Sunday then the return date will be the next Sunday...
    922 Rule	Brazil	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
    923 Rule	Brazil	2008	2011	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
    924 Rule	Brazil	2012	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
    925 Rule	Brazil	2013	2014	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
    926 Rule	Brazil	2015	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
    927 Rule	Brazil	2016	2022	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
    928 Rule	Brazil	2023	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
    929 Rule	Brazil	2024	2025	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
    930 Rule	Brazil	2026	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
    931 Rule	Brazil	2027	2033	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
    932 Rule	Brazil	2034	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
    933 Rule	Brazil	2035	2036	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
    934 Rule	Brazil	2037	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
    935 # From Arthur David Olson (2008-09-29):
    936 # The next is wrong in some years but is better than nothing.
    937 Rule	Brazil	2038	max	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
    938 
    939 # The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST:
    940 # DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.
    941 
    942 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    943 #
    944 # Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE)
    945 Zone America/Noronha	-2:09:40 -	LMT	1914
    946 			-2:00	Brazil	FN%sT	1990 Sep 17
    947 			-2:00	-	FNT	1999 Sep 30
    948 			-2:00	Brazil	FN%sT	2000 Oct 15
    949 			-2:00	-	FNT	2001 Sep 13
    950 			-2:00	Brazil	FN%sT	2002 Oct  1
    951 			-2:00	-	FNT
    952 # Other Atlantic islands have no permanent settlement.
    953 # These include Trindade and Martin Vaz (administratively part of ES),
    954 # Atol das Rocas (RN), and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo (PE).
    955 # Fernando de Noronha was a separate territory from 1942-09-02 to 1989-01-01;
    956 # it also included the Penedos.
    957 #
    958 # Amapa (AP), east Para (PA)
    959 # East Para includes Belem, Maraba, Serra Norte, and Sao Felix do Xingu.
    960 # The division between east and west Para is the river Xingu.
    961 # In the north a very small part from the river Javary (now Jari I guess,
    962 # the border with Amapa) to the Amazon, then to the Xingu.
    963 Zone America/Belem	-3:13:56 -	LMT	1914
    964 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1988 Sep 12
    965 			-3:00	-	BRT
    966 #
    967 # west Para (PA)
    968 # West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and Santarem.
    969 Zone America/Santarem	-3:38:48 -	LMT	1914
    970 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
    971 			-4:00	-	AMT	2008 Jun 24 00:00
    972 			-3:00	-	BRT
    973 #
    974 # Maranhao (MA), Piaui (PI), Ceara (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
    975 # Paraiba (PB)
    976 Zone America/Fortaleza	-2:34:00 -	LMT	1914
    977 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
    978 			-3:00	-	BRT	1999 Sep 30
    979 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2000 Oct 22
    980 			-3:00	-	BRT	2001 Sep 13
    981 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2002 Oct  1
    982 			-3:00	-	BRT
    983 #
    984 # Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands)
    985 Zone America/Recife	-2:19:36 -	LMT	1914
    986 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
    987 			-3:00	-	BRT	1999 Sep 30
    988 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2000 Oct 15
    989 			-3:00	-	BRT	2001 Sep 13
    990 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2002 Oct  1
    991 			-3:00	-	BRT
    992 #
    993 # Tocantins (TO)
    994 Zone America/Araguaina	-3:12:48 -	LMT	1914
    995 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
    996 			-3:00	-	BRT	1995 Sep 14
    997 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2003 Sep 24
    998 			-3:00	-	BRT
    999 #
   1000 # Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE)
   1001 Zone America/Maceio	-2:22:52 -	LMT	1914
   1002 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
   1003 			-3:00	-	BRT	1995 Oct 13
   1004 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1996 Sep  4
   1005 			-3:00	-	BRT	1999 Sep 30
   1006 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2000 Oct 22
   1007 			-3:00	-	BRT	2001 Sep 13
   1008 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2002 Oct  1
   1009 			-3:00	-	BRT
   1010 #
   1011 # Bahia (BA)
   1012 # There are too many Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/Bahia instead
   1013 # of America/Salvador.
   1014 Zone America/Bahia	-2:34:04 -	LMT	1914
   1015 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2003 Sep 24
   1016 			-3:00	-	BRT
   1017 #
   1018 # Goias (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
   1019 # Espirito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Sao Paulo (SP), Parana (PR),
   1020 # Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
   1021 Zone America/Sao_Paulo	-3:06:28 -	LMT	1914
   1022 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1963 Oct 23 00:00
   1023 			-3:00	1:00	BRST	1964
   1024 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT
   1025 #
   1026 # Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)
   1027 Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 -	LMT	1914
   1028 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT
   1029 #
   1030 # Mato Grosso (MT)
   1031 Zone America/Cuiaba	-3:44:20 -	LMT	1914
   1032 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	2003 Sep 24
   1033 			-4:00	-	AMT	2004 Oct  1
   1034 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT
   1035 #
   1036 # Rondonia (RO)
   1037 Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 -	LMT	1914
   1038 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
   1039 			-4:00	-	AMT
   1040 #
   1041 # Roraima (RR)
   1042 Zone America/Boa_Vista	-4:02:40 -	LMT	1914
   1043 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
   1044 			-4:00	-	AMT	1999 Sep 30
   1045 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	2000 Oct 15
   1046 			-4:00	-	AMT
   1047 #
   1048 # east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Jutai, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto
   1049 # The great circle line from Tabatinga to Porto Acre divides
   1050 # east from west Amazonas.
   1051 Zone America/Manaus	-4:00:04 -	LMT	1914
   1052 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
   1053 			-4:00	-	AMT	1993 Sep 28
   1054 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1994 Sep 22
   1055 			-4:00	-	AMT
   1056 #
   1057 # west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant,
   1058 #	Eirunepe, Envira, Ipixuna
   1059 Zone America/Eirunepe	-4:39:28 -	LMT	1914
   1060 			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Sep 12
   1061 			-5:00	-	ACT	1993 Sep 28
   1062 			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1994 Sep 22
   1063 			-5:00	-	ACT	2008 Jun 24 00:00
   1064 			-4:00	-	AMT
   1065 #
   1066 # Acre (AC)
   1067 Zone America/Rio_Branco	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
   1068 			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Sep 12
   1069 			-5:00	-	ACT	2008 Jun 24 00:00
   1070 			-4:00	-	AMT
   1071 
   1072 # Chile
   1073 
   1074 # From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19):
   1075 # The law says to switch to DST at midnight [24:00] on the second SATURDAY
   1076 # of October....  The law is the same for March and October.
   1077 # (1998-09-29):
   1078 # Because of the drought this year, the government decided to go into
   1079 # DST earlier (saturday 9/26 at 24:00). This is a one-time change only ...
   1080 # (unless there's another dry season next year, I guess).
   1081 
   1082 # From Julio I. Pacheco Troncoso (1999-03-18):
   1083 # Because of the same drought, the government decided to end DST later,
   1084 # on April 3, (one-time change).
   1085 
   1086 # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2006-10-08):
   1087 # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
   1088 
   1089 # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-10-08):
   1090 # I think that there are some obvious mistakes in the suggested link
   1091 # from Oscar van Vlijmen,... for instance entry 66 says that GMT-4
   1092 # ended 1990-09-12 while entry 67 only begins GMT-3 at 1990-09-15
   1093 # (they should have been 1990-09-15 and 1990-09-16 respectively), but
   1094 # anyhow it clears up some doubts too.
   1095 
   1096 # From Paul Eggert (2006-12-27):
   1097 # The following data for Chile and America/Santiago are from
   1098 # <http://www.horaoficial.cl/horaof.htm> (2006-09-20), transcribed by
   1099 # Jesper Norgaard Welen.  The data for Pacific/Easter are from Shanks
   1100 # & Pottenger, except with DST transitions after 1932 cloned from
   1101 # America/Santiago.  The pre-1980 Pacific/Easter data are dubious,
   1102 # but we have no other source.
   1103 
   1104 # From German Poo-Caaman~o (2008-03-03):
   1105 # Due to drought, Chile extends Daylight Time in three weeks.  This
   1106 # is one-time change (Saturday 3/29 at 24:00 for America/Santiago
   1107 # and Saturday 3/29 at 22:00 for Pacific/Easter)
   1108 # The Supreme Decree is located at 
   1109 # <a href="http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf">
   1110 # http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf
   1111 # </a>
   1112 # and the instructions for 2008 are located in:
   1113 # <a href="http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm">
   1114 # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
   1115 # </a>.
   1116 
   1117 # From Jose Miguel Garrido (2008-03-05):
   1118 # ...
   1119 # You could see the announces of the change on 
   1120 # <a href="http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm">
   1121 # http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm
   1122 # </a>.
   1123 
   1124 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
   1125 Rule	Chile	1927	1932	-	Sep	 1	0:00	1:00	S
   1126 Rule	Chile	1928	1932	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
   1127 Rule	Chile	1942	only	-	Jun	 1	4:00u	0	-
   1128 Rule	Chile	1942	only	-	Aug	 1	5:00u	1:00	S
   1129 Rule	Chile	1946	only	-	Jul	15	4:00u	1:00	S
   1130 Rule	Chile	1946	only	-	Sep	 1	3:00u	0:00	-
   1131 Rule	Chile	1947	only	-	Apr	 1	4:00u	0	-
   1132 Rule	Chile	1968	only	-	Nov	 3	4:00u	1:00	S
   1133 Rule	Chile	1969	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
   1134 Rule	Chile	1969	only	-	Nov	23	4:00u	1:00	S
   1135 Rule	Chile	1970	only	-	Mar	29	3:00u	0	-
   1136 Rule	Chile	1971	only	-	Mar	14	3:00u	0	-
   1137 Rule	Chile	1970	1972	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
   1138 Rule	Chile	1972	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
   1139 Rule	Chile	1973	only	-	Sep	30	4:00u	1:00	S
   1140 Rule	Chile	1974	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
   1141 Rule	Chile	1987	only	-	Apr	12	3:00u	0	-
   1142 Rule	Chile	1988	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
   1143 Rule	Chile	1988	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	4:00u	1:00	S
   1144 Rule	Chile	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
   1145 Rule	Chile	1990	only	-	Mar	18	3:00u	0	-
   1146 Rule	Chile	1990	only	-	Sep	16	4:00u	1:00	S
   1147 Rule	Chile	1991	1996	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
   1148 Rule	Chile	1991	1997	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
   1149 Rule	Chile	1997	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
   1150 Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
   1151 Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Sep	27	4:00u	1:00	S
   1152 Rule	Chile	1999	only	-	Apr	 4	3:00u	0	-
   1153 Rule	Chile	1999	max	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
   1154 Rule	Chile	2000	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
   1155 # N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time,
   1156 # which is used below in specifying the transition.
   1157 Rule	Chile	2008	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
   1158 Rule	Chile	2009	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
   1159 # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
   1160 # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08.  Ignore these.
   1161 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1162 Zone America/Santiago	-4:42:46 -	LMT	1890
   1163 			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1910 	    # Santiago Mean Time
   1164 			-5:00	-	CLT	1916 Jul  1 # Chile Time
   1165 			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1918 Sep  1 # Santiago Mean Time
   1166 			-4:00	-	CLT	1919 Jul  1 # Chile Time
   1167 			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1927 Sep  1 # Santiago Mean Time
   1168 			-5:00	Chile	CL%sT	1947 May 22 # Chile Time
   1169 			-4:00	Chile	CL%sT
   1170 Zone Pacific/Easter	-7:17:44 -	LMT	1890
   1171 			-7:17:28 -	EMT	1932 Sep    # Easter Mean Time
   1172 			-7:00	Chile	EAS%sT	1982 Mar 13 21:00 # Easter I Time
   1173 			-6:00	Chile	EAS%sT
   1174 #
   1175 # Sala y Gomez Island is like Pacific/Easter.
   1176 # Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernandez Is, San Ambrosio,
   1177 # San Felix, and Antarctic bases, are like America/Santiago.
   1178 
   1179 # Colombia
   1180 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
   1181 Rule	CO	1992	only	-	May	 3	0:00	1:00	S
   1182 Rule	CO	1993	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	0	-
   1183 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1184 Zone	America/Bogota	-4:56:20 -	LMT	1884 Mar 13
   1185 			-4:56:20 -	BMT	1914 Nov 23 # Bogota Mean Time
   1186 			-5:00	CO	CO%sT	# Colombia Time
   1187 # Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres
   1188 # no information; probably like America/Bogota
   1189 
   1190 # Curacao
   1191 #
   1192 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
   1193 # Shanks & Pottenger say that The Bottom and Philipsburg have been at
   1194 # -4:00 since standard time was introduced on 1912-03-02; and that
   1195 # Kralendijk and Rincon used Kralendijk Mean Time (-4:33:08) from
   1196 # 1912-02-02 to 1965-01-01.  The former is dubious, since S&P also say
   1197 # Saba Island has been like Curacao.
   1198 # This all predates our 1970 cutoff, though.
   1199 #
   1200 # By July 2007 Curacao and St Maarten are planned to become
   1201 # associated states within the Netherlands, much like Aruba;
   1202 # Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius would become directly part of the
   1203 # Netherlands as Kingdom Islands.  This won't affect their time zones
   1204 # though, as far as we know.
   1205 #
   1206 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1207 Zone	America/Curacao	-4:35:44 -	LMT	1912 Feb 12	# Willemstad
   1208 			-4:30	-	ANT	1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
   1209 			-4:00	-	AST
   1210 
   1211 # Ecuador
   1212 #
   1213 # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-04):
   1214 # Apparently Ecuador had a failed experiment with DST in 1992.
   1215 # <http://midena.gov.ec/content/view/1261/208/> (2007-02-27) and
   1216 # <http://www.hoy.com.ec/NoticiaNue.asp?row_id=249856> (2006-11-06) both
   1217 # talk about "hora Sixto".  Leave this alone for now, as we have no data.
   1218 #
   1219 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1220 Zone America/Guayaquil	-5:19:20 -	LMT	1890
   1221 			-5:14:00 -	QMT	1931 # Quito Mean Time
   1222 			-5:00	-	ECT	     # Ecuador Time
   1223 Zone Pacific/Galapagos	-5:58:24 -	LMT	1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
   1224 			-5:00	-	ECT	1986
   1225 			-6:00	-	GALT	     # Galapagos Time
   1226 
   1227 # Falklands
   1228 
   1229 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
   1230 # Between 1990 and 2000 inclusive, Shanks & Pottenger and the IATA agree except
   1231 # the IATA gives 1996-09-08.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
   1232 
   1233 # From Falkland Islands Government Office, London (2001-01-22)
   1234 # via Jesper Norgaard:
   1235 # ... the clocks revert back to Local Mean Time at 2 am on Sunday 15
   1236 # April 2001 and advance one hour to summer time at 2 am on Sunday 2
   1237 # September.  It is anticipated that the clocks will revert back at 2
   1238 # am on Sunday 21 April 2002 and advance to summer time at 2 am on
   1239 # Sunday 1 September.
   1240 
   1241 # From Rives McDow (2001-02-13):
   1242 #
   1243 # I have communicated several times with people there, and the last
   1244 # time I had communications that was helpful was in 1998.  Here is
   1245 # what was said then:
   1246 #
   1247 # "The general rule was that Stanley used daylight saving and the Camp
   1248 # did not. However for various reasons many people in the Camp have
   1249 # started to use daylight saving (known locally as 'Stanley Time')
   1250 # There is no rule as to who uses daylight saving - it is a matter of
   1251 # personal choice and so it is impossible to draw a map showing who
   1252 # uses it and who does not. Any list would be out of date as soon as
   1253 # it was produced. This year daylight saving ended on April 18/19th
   1254 # and started again on September 12/13th.  I do not know what the rule
   1255 # is, but can find out if you like.  We do not change at the same time
   1256 # as UK or Chile."
   1257 #
   1258 # I did have in my notes that the rule was "Second Saturday in Sep at
   1259 # 0:00 until third Saturday in Apr at 0:00".  I think that this does
   1260 # not agree in some cases with Shanks; is this true?
   1261 #
   1262 # Also, there is no mention in the list that some areas in the
   1263 # Falklands do not use DST.  I have found in my communications there
   1264 # that these areas are on the western half of East Falkland and all of
   1265 # West Falkland.  Stanley is the only place that consistently observes
   1266 # DST.  Again, as in other places in the world, the farmers don't like
   1267 # it.  West Falkland is almost entirely sheep farmers.
   1268 #
   1269 # I know one lady there that keeps a list of which farm keeps DST and
   1270 # which doesn't each year.  She runs a shop in Stanley, and says that
   1271 # the list changes each year.  She uses it to communicate to her
   1272 # customers, catching them when they are home for lunch or dinner.
   1273 
   1274 # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05):
   1275 # For now, we'll just record the time in Stanley, since we have no
   1276 # better info.
   1277 
   1278 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
   1279 Rule	Falk	1937	1938	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
   1280 Rule	Falk	1938	1942	-	Mar	Sun>=19	0:00	0	-
   1281 Rule	Falk	1939	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	1:00	S
   1282 Rule	Falk	1940	1942	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
   1283 Rule	Falk	1943	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	-
   1284 Rule	Falk	1983	only	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
   1285 Rule	Falk	1984	1985	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	0	-
   1286 Rule	Falk	1984	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	1:00	S
   1287 Rule	Falk	1985	2000	-	Sep	Sun>=9	0:00	1:00	S
   1288 Rule	Falk	1986	2000	-	Apr	Sun>=16	0:00	0	-
   1289 Rule	Falk	2001	max	-	Apr	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
   1290 Rule	Falk	2001	max	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
   1291 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1292 Zone Atlantic/Stanley	-3:51:24 -	LMT	1890
   1293 			-3:51:24 -	SMT	1912 Mar 12  # Stanley Mean Time
   1294 			-4:00	Falk	FK%sT	1983 May     # Falkland Is Time
   1295 			-3:00	Falk	FK%sT	1985 Sep 15
   1296 			-4:00	Falk	FK%sT
   1297 
   1298 # French Guiana
   1299 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1300 Zone America/Cayenne	-3:29:20 -	LMT	1911 Jul
   1301 			-4:00	-	GFT	1967 Oct # French Guiana Time
   1302 			-3:00	-	GFT
   1303 
   1304 # Guyana
   1305 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1306 Zone	America/Guyana	-3:52:40 -	LMT	1915 Mar	# Georgetown
   1307 			-3:45	-	GBGT	1966 May 26 # Br Guiana Time
   1308 			-3:45	-	GYT	1975 Jul 31 # Guyana Time
   1309 			-3:00	-	GYT	1991
   1310 # IATA SSIM (1996-06) says -4:00.  Assume a 1991 switch.
   1311 			-4:00	-	GYT
   1312 
   1313 # Paraguay
   1314 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
   1315 # Shanks & Pottenger say that spring transitions are from 01:00 -> 02:00,
   1316 # and autumn transitions are from 00:00 -> 23:00.  Go with pre-1999
   1317 # editions of Shanks, and with the IATA, who say transitions occur at 00:00.
   1318 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
   1319 Rule	Para	1975	1988	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
   1320 Rule	Para	1975	1978	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
   1321 Rule	Para	1979	1991	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
   1322 Rule	Para	1989	only	-	Oct	22	0:00	1:00	S
   1323 Rule	Para	1990	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
   1324 Rule	Para	1991	only	-	Oct	 6	0:00	1:00	S
   1325 Rule	Para	1992	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
   1326 Rule	Para	1992	only	-	Oct	 5	0:00	1:00	S
   1327 Rule	Para	1993	only	-	Mar	31	0:00	0	-
   1328 Rule	Para	1993	1995	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
   1329 Rule	Para	1994	1995	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
   1330 Rule	Para	1996	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
   1331 # IATA SSIM (2000-02) says 1999-10-10; ignore this for now.
   1332 # From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-02):
   1333 # I have three independent reports that Paraguay changed to DST this Sunday
   1334 # (10-01).
   1335 #
   1336 # Translated by Gwillim Law (2001-02-27) from
   1337 # <a href="http://www.diarionoticias.com.py/011000/nacional/naciona1.htm">
   1338 # Noticias, a daily paper in Asuncion, Paraguay (2000-10-01)
   1339 # </a>:
   1340 # Starting at 0:00 today, the clock will be set forward 60 minutes, in
   1341 # fulfillment of Decree No. 7,273 of the Executive Power....  The time change
   1342 # system has been operating for several years.  Formerly there was a separate
   1343 # decree each year; the new law has the same effect, but permanently.  Every
   1344 # year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the
   1345 # clock will be set back on the first Sunday of March.
   1346 #
   1347 Rule	Para	1996	2001	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
   1348 # IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
   1349 Rule	Para	1997	only	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
   1350 # Shanks & Pottenger say 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but
   1351 # (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27).
   1352 Rule	Para	1998	2001	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
   1353 # From Rives McDow (2002-02-28):
   1354 # A decree was issued in Paraguay (no. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the
   1355 # dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in
   1356 # April.
   1357 Rule	Para	2002	2004	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
   1358 Rule	Para	2002	2003	-	Sep	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
   1359 #
   1360 # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-01-02):
   1361 # There are several sources that claim that Paraguay made
   1362 # a timezone rule change in autumn 2004.
   1363 # From Steffen Thorsen (2005-01-05):
   1364 # Decree 1,867 (2004-03-05)
   1365 # From Carlos Raul Perasso via Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-10-13)
   1366 # <http://www.presidencia.gov.py/decretos/D1867.pdf>
   1367 Rule	Para	2004	max	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
   1368 Rule	Para	2005	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
   1369 
   1370 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1371 Zone America/Asuncion	-3:50:40 -	LMT	1890
   1372 			-3:50:40 -	AMT	1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time
   1373 			-4:00	-	PYT	1972 Oct # Paraguay Time
   1374 			-3:00	-	PYT	1974 Apr
   1375 			-4:00	Para	PY%sT
   1376 
   1377 # Peru
   1378 #
   1379 # <a href="news:xrGmb.39935$gA1.13896113 (a] news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net">
   1380 # From Evelyn C. Leeper via Mark Brader (2003-10-26):</a>
   1381 # When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they apparently switched over
   1382 # sometime between December 29 and January 3 while we were on the Amazon.
   1383 #
   1384 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
   1385 # Shanks & Pottenger don't have this transition.  Assume 1986 was like 1987.
   1386 
   1387 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
   1388 Rule	Peru	1938	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
   1389 Rule	Peru	1938	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
   1390 Rule	Peru	1938	1939	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
   1391 Rule	Peru	1939	1940	-	Mar	Sun>=24	0:00	0	-
   1392 Rule	Peru	1986	1987	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
   1393 Rule	Peru	1986	1987	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
   1394 Rule	Peru	1990	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
   1395 Rule	Peru	1990	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
   1396 # IATA is ambiguous for 1993/1995; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
   1397 Rule	Peru	1994	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
   1398 Rule	Peru	1994	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
   1399 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1400 Zone	America/Lima	-5:08:12 -	LMT	1890
   1401 			-5:08:36 -	LMT	1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time?
   1402 			-5:00	Peru	PE%sT	# Peru Time
   1403 
   1404 # South Georgia
   1405 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1406 Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 -	LMT	1890		# Grytviken
   1407 			-2:00	-	GST	# South Georgia Time
   1408 
   1409 # South Sandwich Is
   1410 # uninhabited; scientific personnel have wintered
   1411 
   1412 # Suriname
   1413 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1414 Zone America/Paramaribo	-3:40:40 -	LMT	1911
   1415 			-3:40:52 -	PMT	1935     # Paramaribo Mean Time
   1416 			-3:40:36 -	PMT	1945 Oct # The capital moved?
   1417 			-3:30	-	NEGT	1975 Nov 20 # Dutch Guiana Time
   1418 			-3:30	-	SRT	1984 Oct # Suriname Time
   1419 			-3:00	-	SRT
   1420 
   1421 # Trinidad and Tobago
   1422 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1423 Zone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
   1424 			-4:00	-	AST
   1425 
   1426 # Uruguay
   1427 # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
   1428 # Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules.
   1429 # From Shanks & Pottenger:
   1430 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
   1431 # Whitman gives 1923 Oct 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
   1432 Rule	Uruguay	1923	only	-	Oct	 2	 0:00	0:30	HS
   1433 Rule	Uruguay	1924	1926	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
   1434 Rule	Uruguay	1924	1925	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
   1435 Rule	Uruguay	1933	1935	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0:30	HS
   1436 # Shanks & Pottenger give 1935 Apr 1 0:00 & 1936 Mar 30 0:00; go with Whitman.
   1437 Rule	Uruguay	1934	1936	-	Mar	Sat>=25	23:30s	0	-
   1438 Rule	Uruguay	1936	only	-	Nov	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
   1439 Rule	Uruguay	1937	1941	-	Mar	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
   1440 # Whitman gives 1937 Oct 3; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
   1441 Rule	Uruguay	1937	1940	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0:30	HS
   1442 # Whitman gives 1941 Oct 24 - 1942 Mar 27, 1942 Dec 14 - 1943 Apr 13,
   1443 # and 1943 Apr 13 ``to present time''; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
   1444 Rule	Uruguay	1941	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
   1445 Rule	Uruguay	1942	only	-	Jan	 1	 0:00	0	-
   1446 Rule	Uruguay	1942	only	-	Dec	14	 0:00	1:00	S
   1447 Rule	Uruguay	1943	only	-	Mar	14	 0:00	0	-
   1448 Rule	Uruguay	1959	only	-	May	24	 0:00	1:00	S
   1449 Rule	Uruguay	1959	only	-	Nov	15	 0:00	0	-
   1450 Rule	Uruguay	1960	only	-	Jan	17	 0:00	1:00	S
   1451 Rule	Uruguay	1960	only	-	Mar	 6	 0:00	0	-
   1452 Rule	Uruguay	1965	1967	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 0:00	1:00	S
   1453 Rule	Uruguay	1965	only	-	Sep	26	 0:00	0	-
   1454 Rule	Uruguay	1966	1967	-	Oct	31	 0:00	0	-
   1455 Rule	Uruguay	1968	1970	-	May	27	 0:00	0:30	HS
   1456 Rule	Uruguay	1968	1970	-	Dec	 2	 0:00	0	-
   1457 Rule	Uruguay	1972	only	-	Apr	24	 0:00	1:00	S
   1458 Rule	Uruguay	1972	only	-	Aug	15	 0:00	0	-
   1459 Rule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Mar	10	 0:00	0:30	HS
   1460 Rule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Dec	22	 0:00	1:00	S
   1461 Rule	Uruguay	1976	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
   1462 Rule	Uruguay	1977	only	-	Dec	 4	 0:00	1:00	S
   1463 Rule	Uruguay	1978	only	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
   1464 Rule	Uruguay	1979	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
   1465 Rule	Uruguay	1980	only	-	May	 1	 0:00	0	-
   1466 Rule	Uruguay	1987	only	-	Dec	14	 0:00	1:00	S
   1467 Rule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Mar	14	 0:00	0	-
   1468 Rule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Dec	11	 0:00	1:00	S
   1469 Rule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Mar	12	 0:00	0	-
   1470 Rule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Oct	29	 0:00	1:00	S
   1471 # Shanks & Pottenger say no DST was observed in 1990/1 and 1991/2,
   1472 # and that 1992/3's DST was from 10-25 to 03-01.  Go with IATA.
   1473 Rule	Uruguay	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	 0:00	0	-
   1474 Rule	Uruguay	1990	1991	-	Oct	Sun>=21	 0:00	1:00	S
   1475 Rule	Uruguay	1992	only	-	Oct	18	 0:00	1:00	S
   1476 Rule	Uruguay	1993	only	-	Feb	28	 0:00	0	-
   1477 # From Eduardo Cota (2004-09-20):
   1478 # The uruguayan government has decreed a change in the local time....
   1479 # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/decretos/2004091502.htm
   1480 Rule	Uruguay	2004	only	-	Sep	19	 0:00	1:00	S
   1481 # From Steffen Thorsen (2005-03-11):
   1482 # Uruguay's DST was scheduled to end on Sunday, 2005-03-13, but in order to
   1483 # save energy ... it was postponed two weeks....
   1484 # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/noticias/2005/03/2005031005.htm
   1485 Rule	Uruguay	2005	only	-	Mar	27	 2:00	0	-
   1486 # From Eduardo Cota (2005-09-27):
   1487 # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/decretos/2005/09/CM%20119_09%2009%202005_00001.PDF
   1488 # This means that from 2005-10-09 at 02:00 local time, until 2006-03-12 at
   1489 # 02:00 local time, official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2.
   1490 Rule	Uruguay	2005	only	-	Oct	 9	 2:00	1:00	S
   1491 Rule	Uruguay	2006	only	-	Mar	12	 2:00	0	-
   1492 # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-09-06):
   1493 # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/CM%20210_08%2006%202006_00001.PDF
   1494 Rule	Uruguay	2006	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
   1495 Rule	Uruguay	2007	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	 2:00	0	-
   1496 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1497 Zone America/Montevideo	-3:44:44 -	LMT	1898 Jun 28
   1498 			-3:44:44 -	MMT	1920 May  1	# Montevideo MT
   1499 			-3:30	Uruguay	UY%sT	1942 Dec 14	# Uruguay Time
   1500 			-3:00	Uruguay	UY%sT
   1501 
   1502 # Venezuela
   1503 #
   1504 # From John Stainforth (2007-11-28):
   1505 # ... the change for Venezuela originally expected for 2007-12-31 has
   1506 # been brought forward to 2007-12-09.  The official announcement was
   1507 # published today in the "Gaceta Oficial de la Republica Bolivariana
   1508 # de Venezuela, numero 38.819" (official document for all laws or
   1509 # resolution publication)
   1510 # http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=72208
   1511 
   1512 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1513 Zone	America/Caracas	-4:27:44 -	LMT	1890
   1514 			-4:27:40 -	CMT	1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time?
   1515 			-4:30	-	VET	1965	     # Venezuela Time
   1516 			-4:00	-	VET	2007 Dec  9 03:00
   1517 			-4:30	-	VET
   1518