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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# $OpenBSD: southamerica,v 1.12 2001/03/28 13:33:45 millert Exp $
-# @(#)southamerica 7.40
+# $OpenBSD: southamerica,v 1.13 2002/04/04 18:51:20 millert Exp $
+# @(#)southamerica 7.43
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
#
-# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source
+# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
@@ -80,18 +80,11 @@ Rule Arg 1963 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
Rule Arg 1963 only - Dec 15 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Arg 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
Rule Arg 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Arg 1967 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Arg 1967 only - Apr 2 0:00 0 -
Rule Arg 1967 1968 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Arg 1968 1969 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
Rule Arg 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Arg 1974 only - May 1 0:00 0 -
-Rule Arg 1974 1976 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Arg 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
-Rule Arg 1985 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Arg 1986 only - Mar 14 0:00 0 -
-Rule Arg 1986 1987 - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Arg 1987 only - Feb 13 0:00 0 -
-Rule Arg 1988 only - Feb 7 0:00 0 -
Rule Arg 1988 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S
#
# From Hernan G. Otero <hernan@isoft.com.ar> (1995-06-26):
@@ -126,76 +119,120 @@ Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
# de la Rua on March 2, 2000, because it would make people spend more energy
# in the winter time, rather than less. The change took effect on March 3.
#
+# From Mariano Absatz (2001-06-06):
+# one of the major newspapers here in Argentina said that the 1999
+# Timezone Law (which never was effectively applied) will (would?) be
+# in effect.... The article is at
+# http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-06/e-01701.htm
+# ... The Law itself is "Ley No 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted
+# 1999-09-17, and published 1999-09-21. The official publication is at:
+# http://www.boletin.jus.gov.ar/BON/Primera/1999/09-Septiembre/21/PDF/BO21-09-99LEG.PDF
+# Regretfully, you have to subscribe (and pay) for the on-line version....
+#
+# (2001-06-12):
+# the timezone for Argentina will not change next Sunday.
+# Apparently it will do so on Sunday 24th....
+# http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-12/s-03501.htm
+#
+# (2001-06-25):
+# Last Friday (yes, the last working day before the date of the change), the
+# Senate annulled the 1999 law that introduced the changes later postponed.
+# http://www.clarin.com.ar/diario/2001-06-22/s-03601.htm
+# It remains the vote of the Deputies..., but it will be the same....
+# This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina.
+# We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country.
+#
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2002-01-22):
+# <a href="http://www.spicasc.net/horvera.html">
+# Hora de verano para la Republica Argentina (2000-10-01)
+# </a> says that standard time in Argentina from 1894-10-31
+# to 1920-05-01 was -4:16:48.25. Go with this more-precise value
+# over Shanks.
+
+# Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks through 1992, from
+# the IATA otherwise. As noted below, Shanks says that
+# America/Cordoba split into 7 subregions during 1991/1992, but we
+# haven't verified this yet so for now we'll keep it a single region.
+#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
#
# Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF), Santa Cruz (SC),
# Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF)
-Zone America/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Nov
- -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
+Zone America/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
-4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
-4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 0:00
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00
+ -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
-3:00 - ART
#
# Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC),
-# Formosa (FM), La Pampa (LP), Chubut (CH)
-Zone America/Rosario -4:02:40 - LMT 1894 Nov
- -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Jul
- -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00
- -3:00 - ART
-#
-# Cordoba (CB), Santiago del Estero (SE), Salta (SA), Tucuman (TM), La Rioja (LR), San Juan (SJ), San Luis (SL),
-# Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
-Zone America/Cordoba -4:16:44 - LMT 1894 Nov
- -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May
+# Formosa (FM), Salta (SA), Tucuman (TM), Santiago del Estero (SE),
+# Cordoba (CB), La Rioja (LR), San Juan (SJ), San Luis (SL), La Pampa (LP),
+# Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN), Chubut (CH)
+#
+# Shanks also makes the following claims, which we haven't verified:
+# - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
+# - La Rioja and San Juan switched to -4:00 on 1991-03-01
+# and then to 03:00 on 1991-05-07.
+# - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29.
+# - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04.
+# - San Luis switched to -4:00 on 1990-03-14, then to -3:00 on 1990-10-15,
+# then to -4:00 on 1991-03-01, then to -3:00 on 1991-06-01.
+# - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01,
+# then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26.
+# If we need to add Zones for these areas, we may need to have a subdirectory
+# for Argentina, as e.g. "America/San_Luis" is too ambiguious.
+#
+Zone America/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
-4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
-4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Jul
- -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00
+ -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3
+ -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20
+ -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
-3:00 - ART
#
# Jujuy (JY)
-Zone America/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 Nov
- -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May
+Zone America/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
-4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
-4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3
+ -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Mar 4
+ -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 28
+ -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 17
-4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 6
- -4:00 1:00 WARST 1992 Mar 15
- -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18
- -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00
+ -3:00 1:00 ARST 1992
+ -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
-3:00 - ART
#
# Catamarca (CT)
-Zone America/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 1894 Nov
- -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May
+Zone America/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
-4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
-4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Jul
- -3:00 - ART 1991 Jul
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1992 Jul
- -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00
+ -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3
+ -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20
+ -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
-3:00 - ART
#
# Mendoza (MZ)
-Zone America/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 Nov
- -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May
+Zone America/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
-4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
-4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3
+ -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Mar 4
+ -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 15
+ -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 1
-4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 15
-4:00 1:00 WARST 1992 Mar 1
-4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18
- -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00
+ -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
-3:00 - ART
# Aruba
@@ -207,7 +244,7 @@ Zone America/Aruba -4:40:24 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Oranjestad
# Bolivia
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890
- -4:32:36 - LPMT 1931 Oct 15 # La Paz Mean Time
+ -4:32:36 - CMT 1931 Oct 15 # Calamarca MT
-4:32:36 1:00 BOST 1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST
-4:00 - BOT # Bolivia Time
@@ -383,8 +420,14 @@ Rule Brazil 2000 only - Feb 27 0:00 0 -
# repeals DST in PE and RR, effective 2000-10-15 00:00.
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3632.jpg">3,632</a> (2000-10-17)
# repeals DST in SE, AL, PB, RN, CE, PI and MA, effective 2000-10-22 00:00.
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3916.gif">3,916</a>
+# (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
#
-# These give only one year's rules. After that, the rules are guesses
+# The latest decree listed above says that the following states observe DST:
+# AL, BA, CE, DF, ES, GO, MA, MG, MS, MT,
+# PB, PE, PI, PR, RJ, RN, RS, SC, SE, SP, TO.
+#
+# For dates after mid-2002, the following rules are guesses
# and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
Rule Brazil 2000 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Brazil 2001 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
@@ -410,14 +453,16 @@ Zone America/Fortaleza -2:34:00 - LMT 1914
-3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17
-3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30
-3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 22
- -3:00 - BRT
+ -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13
+ -3:00 Brazil BR%sT
#
# Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands)
Zone America/Recife -2:19:36 - LMT 1914
-3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17
-3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30
-3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 15
- -3:00 - BRT
+ -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13
+ -3:00 Brazil BR%sT
#
# Tocantins (TO)
Zone America/Araguaina -3:12:48 - LMT 1914
@@ -432,7 +477,8 @@ Zone America/Maceio -2:22:52 - LMT 1914
-3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1996 Sep 4
-3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30
-3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 22
- -3:00 - BRT
+ -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13
+ -3:00 Brazil BR%sT
#
# Bahia (BA), Goias (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
# Espirito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Sao Paulo (SP), Parana (PR),
@@ -442,7 +488,7 @@ Zone America/Sao_Paulo -3:06:28 - LMT 1914
-3:00 1:00 BRST 1964
-3:00 Brazil BR%sT
#
-# Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul
+# Mato Grosso (MT), Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)
Zone America/Cuiaba -3:44:20 - LMT 1914
-4:00 Brazil AM%sT
#
@@ -494,16 +540,26 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914
# Because of the same drought, the government decided to end DST later,
# on April 3, (one-time change).
-# From Gwillim Law (2001-02-20):
-# I came across a Chilean on-line newspaper, La Tercera. Its
-# <a href="http://www.tercera.cl/diario/1998/03/13/extras.html">
-# 1998-03-13 issue
-# </a>, says (my translation):
-# "At 24:00 (midnight) tomorrow (Saturday) - 22:00 in the insular
-# territory [Easter Island, Juan Fernandez, etc.] - winter time will
-# begin in the entire country."
-
-# From Paul Eggert (2001-02-21):
+# From Gwillim Law (2001-05-04):
+# I came across another article in "La Tercera" about Chilean DST.
+# <http://www.tercera.cl/diario/2000/10/13/t-extras.html>
+# It clearly confirms my earlier suggestion, that DST begins at 22:00
+# on Easter Island.... But it also seems to be saying that the
+# observance of DST in Chile began in 1966, rather than 1969 as
+# ... [Shanks] has it....
+#
+# My translation:
+#
+# "The Chilean Army has announced that summer time will begin tomorrow,
+# Saturday, October 14 in continental Chile, insular Chile, and
+# Antarctica, as provided by Supreme Decree 25 of January 11, 1966.
+# By the preceding, official time in continental Chile and Chilean
+# Antarctic, and official time in Western Insular Chile, which applies
+# to Easter Island and Sala y Gomez Island, will be set forward at
+# midnight and at 22:00, respectively, by 20 minutes."
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04):
+# Go with this article in preference to Shanks's 1969 date for modern DST.
# Assume this rule has been used since DST was introduced in the islands.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
@@ -511,8 +567,8 @@ Rule Chile 1918 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Chile 1919 only - Jul 2 0:00 0 -
Rule Chile 1927 1931 - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Chile 1928 1932 - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
-Rule Chile 1969 1997 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S
-Rule Chile 1970 1998 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 1966 1997 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S
+Rule Chile 1967 1998 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
Rule Chile 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S
Rule Chile 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 -
Rule Chile 1999 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S
@@ -529,10 +585,9 @@ Zone Pacific/Easter -7:17:28 - LMT 1890 # Mataveri
-7:00 Chile EAS%sT 1982 Mar 14 # Easter I Time
-6:00 Chile EAS%sT
#
-# Whitman says Juan Fernandez Is are like America/Santiago.
-# San Ambrosio, San Felix
-# no information; probably like America/Santiago
-
+# Sala y Gomez Island is like Pacific/Easter.
+# Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernandez Is, San Ambrosio,
+# San Felix, and Antarctic bases, are like America/Santiago.
# Colombia
# Shanks specifies 24:00 for 1992 transition times; go with IATA,
@@ -689,12 +744,19 @@ Rule Para 1996 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
# From Jesper Norgaard (2001-03-06) [an official URL saying similar things]:
# http://gateway.abc.com.py:8000/pub/pag04.mbr/artic?FHA=2001-03-03-02.24.52.900592
#
-Rule Para 1996 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Para 1996 2001 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
# IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks.
Rule Para 1997 only - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 -
# Shanks says 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but
# (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27).
-Rule Para 1998 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Para 1998 2001 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
+# From Rives McDow (2002-02-28):
+# A decree was issued in Paraguay (no. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the
+# dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in
+# April.
+Rule Para 2002 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Para 2002 max - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
+
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890
@@ -718,7 +780,7 @@ Rule Peru 1994 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Peru 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Lima -5:08:12 - LMT 1890
- -5:09 - LMT 1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time
+ -5:08:36 - LMT 1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time?
-5:00 Peru PE%sT # Peru Time
# South Georgia
@@ -803,6 +865,6 @@ Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 - LMT 1898 Jun 28
# Venezuela
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Caracas -4:27:44 - LMT 1890
- -4:27:44 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time
+ -4:27:40 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time?
-4:30 - VET 1965 # Venezuela Time
-4:00 - VET