1# @(#)southamerica 7.52 2 3# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 4# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 5# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 6 7# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-07-07): 8# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 9# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), 10# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). 11# 12# Gwillim Law writes that a good source 13# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 14# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 15# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 16# of the IATA's data after 1990. 17# 18# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, 19# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. 20# 21# Earlier editions of these tables used the North American style (e.g. ARST and 22# ARDT for Argentine Standard and Daylight Time), but the following quote 23# suggests that it's better to use European style (e.g. ART and ARST). 24# I suggest the use of _Summer time_ instead of the more cumbersome 25# _daylight-saving time_. _Summer time_ seems to be in general use 26# in Europe and South America. 27# -- E O Cutler, _New York Times_ (1937-02-14), quoted in 28# H L Mencken, _The American Language: Supplement I_ (1960), p 466 29# 30# Earlier editions of these tables also used the North American style 31# for time zones in Brazil, but this was incorrect, as Brazilians say 32# "summer time". Reinaldo Goulart, a Sao Paulo businessman active in 33# the railroad sector, writes (1999-07-06): 34# The subject of time zones is currently a matter of discussion/debate in 35# Brazil. Let's say that "the Brasilia time" is considered the 36# "official time" because Brasilia is the capital city. 37# The other three time zones are called "Brasilia time "minus one" or 38# "plus one" or "plus two". As far as I know there is no such 39# name/designation as "Eastern Time" or "Central Time". 40# So I invented the following (English-language) abbreviations for now. 41# Corrections are welcome! 42# std dst 43# -2:00 FNT FNST Fernando de Noronha 44# -3:00 BRT BRST Brasilia 45# -4:00 AMT AMST Amazon 46# -5:00 ACT ACST Acre 47 48############################################################################### 49 50############################################################################### 51 52# Argentina 53 54# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28): 55# Argentina: first Sunday in October to first Sunday in April since 1976. 56# Double Summer time from 1969 to 1974. Switches at midnight. 57 58# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1988-01-199): 59# ARGENTINA 3 H BEHIND UTC 60 61# From Hernan G. Otero <hernan@isoft.com.ar> (1995-06-26): 62# I am sending modifications to the Argentine time zone table... 63# AR was chosen because they are the ISO letters that represent Argentina. 64 65# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 66Rule Arg 1930 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S 67Rule Arg 1931 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - 68Rule Arg 1931 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S 69Rule Arg 1932 1940 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - 70Rule Arg 1932 1939 - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S 71Rule Arg 1940 only - Jul 1 0:00 1:00 S 72Rule Arg 1941 only - Jun 15 0:00 0 - 73Rule Arg 1941 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S 74Rule Arg 1943 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - 75Rule Arg 1943 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S 76Rule Arg 1946 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - 77Rule Arg 1946 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S 78Rule Arg 1963 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 79Rule Arg 1963 only - Dec 15 0:00 1:00 S 80Rule Arg 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - 81Rule Arg 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S 82Rule Arg 1967 only - Apr 2 0:00 0 - 83Rule Arg 1967 1968 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 84Rule Arg 1968 1969 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 85Rule Arg 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S 86Rule Arg 1974 only - May 1 0:00 0 - 87Rule Arg 1988 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S 88# 89# From Hernan G. Otero <hernan@isoft.com.ar> (1995-06-26): 90# These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A., 91# obtaining the data from the: 92# Talleres de Hidrografia Naval Argentina 93# (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute) 94# 95# Shanks stops after 1992-03-01; go with Otero. 96Rule Arg 1989 1993 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 97Rule Arg 1989 1992 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S 98# 99# From Hernan G. Otero <hernan@isoft.com.ar> (1995-06-26): 100# From this moment on, the law that mandated the daylight saving 101# time corrections was derogated and no more modifications 102# to the time zones (for daylight saving) are now made. 103# 104# From Rives McDow (2000-01-10): 105# On October 3, 1999, 0:00 local, Argentina implemented daylight savings time, 106# which did not result in the switch of a time zone, as they stayed 9 hours 107# from the International Date Line. 108Rule Arg 1999 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 109Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 110# 111# From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01): 112# We just checked with our Sao Paulo office and they say the government of 113# Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST. 114# So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times. 115# 116# From Fabian L. Arce Jofre <farcejofre@bigfoot.com> (2000-04-04): 117# The law that claimed DST for Argentina was derogated by President Fernando 118# de la Rua on March 2, 2000, because it would make people spend more energy 119# in the winter time, rather than less. The change took effect on March 3. 120# 121# From Mariano Absatz (2001-06-06): 122# one of the major newspapers here in Argentina said that the 1999 123# Timezone Law (which never was effectively applied) will (would?) be 124# in effect.... The article is at 125# http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-06/e-01701.htm 126# ... The Law itself is "Ley No 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted 127# 1999-09-17, and published 1999-09-21. The official publication is at: 128# http://www.boletin.jus.gov.ar/BON/Primera/1999/09-Septiembre/21/PDF/BO21-09-99LEG.PDF 129# Regretfully, you have to subscribe (and pay) for the on-line version.... 130# 131# (2001-06-12): 132# the timezone for Argentina will not change next Sunday. 133# Apparently it will do so on Sunday 24th.... 134# http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-12/s-03501.htm 135# 136# (2001-06-25): 137# Last Friday (yes, the last working day before the date of the change), the 138# Senate annulled the 1999 law that introduced the changes later postponed. 139# http://www.clarin.com.ar/diario/2001-06-22/s-03601.htm 140# It remains the vote of the Deputies..., but it will be the same.... 141# This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina. 142# We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country. 143# 144# From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21): 145# Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing 146# its timezone this winter... starting tomorrow night.... 147# http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040521-27158-normas.pdf 148# From Paul Eggert (2004-05-24): 149# It's Law No. 7,210. This change is due to a public power emergency, so for 150# now we'll assume it's for this year only. 151# 152# From Paul Eggert (2002-01-22): 153# <a href="http://www.spicasc.net/horvera.html"> 154# Hora de verano para la Republica Argentina (2000-10-01) 155# </a> says that standard time in Argentina from 1894-10-31 156# to 1920-05-01 was -4:16:48.25. Go with this more-precise value 157# over Shanks. 158# 159# From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-05): 160# These media articles from a major newspaper mostly cover the current state: 161# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/27/de_604825.asp 162# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/28/de_605203.asp 163# 164# The following eight (8) provinces pulled clocks back to UTC-04:00 at 165# midnight Monday May 31st. (that is, the night between 05/31 and 06/01). 166# Apparently, all nine provinces would go back to UTC-03:00 at the same 167# time in October 17th. 168# 169# Catamarca, Chubut, La Rioja, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, 170# Tierra del Fuego, Tucuman. 171# 172# From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-14): 173# ... this weekend, the Province of Tucuman decided it'd go back to UTC-03:00 174# yesterday midnight (that is, at 24:00 Saturday 12th), since the people's 175# annoyance with the change is much higher than the power savings obtained.... 176# 177# From Gwillim Law (2004-06-14): 178# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/06/10/de_609078.asp ... 179# "The time change in Tierra del Fuego was a conflicted decision from 180# the start. The government had decreed that the measure would take 181# effect on June 1, but a normative error forced the new time to begin 182# three days earlier, from a Saturday to a Sunday.... 183# Our understanding was that the change was originally scheduled to take place 184# on June 1 at 00:00 in Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego (and some other 185# provinces). Sunday was May 30, only two days earlier. So the article 186# contains a contradiction. I would give more credence to the Saturday/Sunday 187# date than the "three days earlier" phrase, and conclude that Tierra del 188# Fuego set its clocks back at 2004-05-30 00:00. 189 190# Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks through 1992, from 191# the IATA otherwise. As noted below, Shanks says that 192# America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, but we 193# haven't verified this yet so for now we'll keep it a single region. 194# 195# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 196# 197# Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF), 198Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 199 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time 200 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec 201 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 202 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 203 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 204 -3:00 - ART 205# 206# Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC), 207# Formosa (FM), Salta (SA), Santiago del Estero (SE), Cordoba (CB), 208# San Luis (SL), La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN) 209# 210# Shanks also makes the following claims, which we haven't verified: 211# - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07. 212# - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29. 213# - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04. 214# - San Luis switched to -4:00 on 1990-03-14, then to -3:00 on 1990-10-15, 215# then to -4:00 on 1991-03-01, then to -3:00 on 1991-06-01. 216# - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01, 217# then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26. 218# 219Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 220 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May 221 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec 222 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 223 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3 224 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20 225 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 226 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 227 -3:00 - ART 228# 229# Tucuman (TM) 230Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 231 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May 232 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec 233 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 234 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3 235 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20 236 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 237 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 238 -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1 239 -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 13 240 -3:00 - ART 241# 242# La Rioja (LR) 243Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 244 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May 245 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec 246 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 247 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 1 248 -4:00 - WART 1991 May 7 249 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 250 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 251 -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1 252 -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20 253 -3:00 - ART 254# 255# San Juan (SJ) 256Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 257 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May 258 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec 259 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 260 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 1 261 -4:00 - WART 1991 May 7 262 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 263 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 264 -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1 265 -4:00 - WART 2004 Oct 17 266 -3:00 - ART 267# 268# Jujuy (JY) 269Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 270 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May 271 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec 272 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 273 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Mar 4 274 -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 28 275 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 17 276 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 6 277 -3:00 1:00 ARST 1992 278 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 279 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 280 -3:00 - ART 281# 282# Catamarca (CT) 283Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 284 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May 285 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec 286 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 287 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3 288 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20 289 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 290 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 291 -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1 292 -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20 293 -3:00 - ART 294# 295# Mendoza (MZ) 296Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 297 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May 298 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec 299 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 300 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Mar 4 301 -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 15 302 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 1 303 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 15 304 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1992 Mar 1 305 -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18 306 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 307 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 308 -3:00 - ART 2004 May 23 309 -4:00 - WART 2004 Oct 17 310 -3:00 - ART 311# 312# Chubut (CH) 313# The name "Comodoro Rivadavia" exceeds the 14-byte POSIX limit. 314Zone America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia -4:30:00 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 315 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May 316 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec 317 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 318 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3 319 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20 320 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 321 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 322 -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1 323 -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20 324 -3:00 - ART 325# 326# Santa Cruz (SC) 327Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 328 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time 329 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec 330 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 331 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 332 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 333 -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1 334 -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20 335 -3:00 - ART 336# 337# Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF) 338Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 339 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time 340 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec 341 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 342 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 343 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 344 -3:00 - ART 2004 May 30 345 -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20 346 -3:00 - ART 347 348# Aruba 349# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 350Zone America/Aruba -4:40:24 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Oranjestad 351 -4:30 - ANT 1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time 352 -4:00 - AST 353 354# Bolivia 355# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 356Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 357 -4:32:36 - CMT 1931 Oct 15 # Calamarca MT 358 -4:32:36 1:00 BOST 1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST 359 -4:00 - BOT # Bolivia Time 360 361# Brazil 362 363# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): 364# The mayor of Rio recently attempted to change the time zone rules 365# just in his city, in order to leave more summer time for the tourist trade. 366# The rule change lasted only part of the day; 367# the federal government refused to follow the city's rules, and business 368# was in a chaos, so the mayor backed down that afternoon. 369 370# From IATA SSIM (1996-02): 371# _Only_ the following states in BR1 observe DST: Rio Grande do Sul (RS), 372# Santa Catarina (SC), Parana (PR), Sao Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), 373# Espirito Santo (ES), Minas Gerais (MG), Bahia (BA), Goias (GO), 374# Distrito Federal (DF), Tocantins (TO), Sergipe [SE] and Alagoas [AL]. 375# [The last three states are new to this issue of the IATA SSIM.] 376 377# From Gwillim Law (1996-10-07): 378# Geography, history (Tocantins was part of Goias until 1989), and other 379# sources of time zone information lead me to believe that AL, SE, and TO were 380# always in BR1, and so the only change was whether or not they observed DST.... 381# The earliest issue of the SSIM I have is 2/91. Each issue from then until 382# 9/95 says that DST is observed only in the ten states I quoted from 9/95, 383# along with Mato Grosso (MT) and Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), which are in BR2 384# (UTC-4).... The other two time zones given for Brazil are BR3, which is 385# UTC-5, no DST, and applies only in the state of Acre (AC); and BR4, which is 386# UTC-2, and applies to Fernando de Noronha (formerly FN, but I believe it's 387# become part of the state of Pernambuco). The boundary between BR1 and BR2 388# has never been clearly stated. They've simply been called East and West. 389# However, some conclusions can be drawn from another IATA manual: the Airline 390# Coding Directory, which lists close to 400 airports in Brazil. For each 391# airport it gives a time zone which is coded to the SSIM. From that 392# information, I'm led to conclude that the states of Amapa (AP), Ceara (CE), 393# Maranhao (MA), Paraiba (PR), Pernambuco (PE), Piaui (PI), and Rio Grande do 394# Norte (RN), and the eastern part of Para (PA) are all in BR1 without DST. 395 396# From Marcos Tadeu (1998-09-27): 397# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/verao1.html"> 398# Brazilian official page 399# </a> 400 401# From Jesper Norgaard (2000-11-03): 402# [For an official list of which regions in Brazil use which time zones, see:] 403# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbr.htm 404# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbrhv.htm 405 406# From Celso Doria via David Madeo (2002-10-09): 407# The reason for the delay this year has to do with elections in Brazil. 408# 409# Unlike in the United States, elections in Brazil are 100% computerized and 410# the results are known almost immediately. Yesterday, it was the first 411# round of the elections when 115 million Brazilians voted for President, 412# Governor, Senators, Federal Deputies, and State Deputies. Nobody is 413# counting (or re-counting) votes anymore and we know there will be a second 414# round for the Presidency and also for some Governors. The 2nd round will 415# take place on October 27th. 416# 417# The reason why the DST will only begin November 3rd is that the thousands 418# of electoral machines used cannot have their time changed, and since the 419# Constitution says the elections must begin at 8:00 AM and end at 5:00 PM, 420# the Government decided to postpone DST, instead of changing the Constitution 421# (maybe, for the next elections, it will be possible to change the clock)... 422 423# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10): 424# The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from 425# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html"> 426# Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil 427# </a> (2001-09-20, in Portuguese). 428# The official site for all decrees, including those not related to time, is 429# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/principal_ano.htm"> 430# Presidencia da Republica, Subchefia para Assuntos Juridicos, Decretos 431# </a> (in Portuguese). 432 433# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 434# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm">20,466</a> (1931-10-01) 435# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm">21,896</a> (1932-01-10) 436Rule Brazil 1931 only - Oct 3 11:00 1:00 S 437Rule Brazil 1932 1933 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - 438Rule Brazil 1932 only - Oct 3 0:00 1:00 S 439# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV23195.htm">23,195</a> (1933-10-10) 440# revoked DST. 441# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27496.htm">27,496</a> (1949-11-24) 442# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27998.htm">27,998</a> (1950-04-13) 443Rule Brazil 1949 1952 - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S 444Rule Brazil 1950 only - Apr 16 1:00 0 - 445Rule Brazil 1951 1952 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - 446# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV32308.htm">32,308</a> (1953-02-24) 447Rule Brazil 1953 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - 448# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV34724.htm">34,724</a> (1953-11-30) 449# revoked DST. 450# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV52700.htm">52,700</a> (1963-10-18) 451# established DST from 1963-10-23 00:00 to 1964-02-29 00:00 452# in SP, RJ, GB, MG, ES, due to the prolongation of the drought. 453# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53071.htm">53,071</a> (1963-12-03) 454# extended the above decree to all of the national territory on 12-09. 455Rule Brazil 1963 only - Dec 9 0:00 1:00 S 456# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53604.htm">53,604</a> (1964-02-25) 457# extended summer time by one day to 1964-03-01 00:00 (start of school). 458Rule Brazil 1964 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - 459# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV55639.htm">55,639</a> (1965-01-27) 460Rule Brazil 1965 only - Jan 31 0:00 1:00 S 461Rule Brazil 1965 only - Mar 31 0:00 0 - 462# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57303.htm">57,303</a> (1965-11-22) 463Rule Brazil 1965 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S 464# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57843.htm">57,843</a> (1966-02-18) 465Rule Brazil 1966 1968 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - 466Rule Brazil 1966 1967 - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S 467# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV63429.htm">63,429</a> (1968-10-15) 468# revoked DST. 469# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV91698.htm">91,698</a> (1985-09-27) 470Rule Brazil 1985 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S 471# Decree 92,310 (1986-01-21) 472# Decree 92,463 (1986-03-13) 473Rule Brazil 1986 only - Mar 15 0:00 0 - 474# Decree 93,316 (1986-10-01) 475Rule Brazil 1986 only - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 S 476Rule Brazil 1987 only - Feb 14 0:00 0 - 477# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV94922.htm">94,922</a> (1987-09-22) 478Rule Brazil 1987 only - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 S 479Rule Brazil 1988 only - Feb 7 0:00 0 - 480# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV96676.htm">96,676</a> (1988-09-12) 481# except for the states of AC, AM, PA, RR, RO, and AP (then a territory) 482Rule Brazil 1988 only - Oct 16 0:00 1:00 S 483Rule Brazil 1989 only - Jan 29 0:00 0 - 484# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV98077.htm">98,077</a> (1989-08-21) 485# with the same exceptions 486Rule Brazil 1989 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S 487Rule Brazil 1990 only - Feb 11 0:00 0 - 488# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV99530.htm">99,530</a> (1990-09-17) 489# adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, GO, MS, DF. 490# Decree 99,629 (1990-10-19) adds BA, MT. 491Rule Brazil 1990 only - Oct 21 0:00 1:00 S 492Rule Brazil 1991 only - Feb 17 0:00 0 - 493# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1991.htm">Unnumbered decree</a> (1991-09-25) 494# adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, BA, GO, MT, MS, DF. 495Rule Brazil 1991 only - Oct 20 0:00 1:00 S 496Rule Brazil 1992 only - Feb 9 0:00 0 - 497# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1992.htm">Unnumbered decree</a> (1992-10-16) 498# adopted by same states. 499Rule Brazil 1992 only - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 S 500Rule Brazil 1993 only - Jan 31 0:00 0 - 501# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV942.htm">942</a> (1993-09-28) 502# adopted by same states, plus AM. 503# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1252.htm">1,252</a> (1994-09-22; 504# web page corrected 2004-01-07) adopted by same states, minus AM. 505# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1636.htm">1,636</a> (1995-09-14) 506# adopted by same states, plus MT and TO. 507# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1674.htm">1,674</a> (1995-10-13) 508# adds AL, SE. 509Rule Brazil 1993 1995 - Oct Sun>=11 0:00 1:00 S 510Rule Brazil 1994 1995 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - 511Rule Brazil 1996 only - Feb 11 0:00 0 - 512# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV2000.htm">2,000</a> (1996-09-04) 513# adopted by same states, minus AL, SE. 514Rule Brazil 1996 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 S 515Rule Brazil 1997 only - Feb 16 0:00 0 - 516# From Daniel C. Sobral <dcs@gns.com.br> (1998-02-12): 517# In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that 518# because international television networks ignored Brazil's policy on DS, 519# they bought the wrong times on satellite for coverage of Pope's visit. 520# This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1 521# to help dealing with the shortages of electric power. 522# 523# From Paul Eggert (1998-02-25): 524# <a href="http://churchnet.ucsm.ac.uk/news/files2/news165.htm"> 525# Brazil Prepares for Papal Visit 526# </a>, 527# Church Net UK (1997-10-02). 528# 529# Decree 2,317 (1997-09-04), adopted by same states. 530Rule Brazil 1997 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 S 531# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV2495.JPG">2,495</a> 532# (1998-02-10) 533Rule Brazil 1998 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - 534# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/Hv98.jpg">2,780</a> (1998-09-11) 535# adopted by the same states as before. 536Rule Brazil 1998 only - Oct 11 0:00 1:00 S 537Rule Brazil 1999 only - Feb 21 0:00 0 - 538# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3150.gif">3,150</a> 539# (1999-08-23) adopted by same states. 540# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV99.gif">3,188</a> (1999-09-30) 541# adds SE, AL, PB, PE, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR. 542Rule Brazil 1999 only - Oct 3 0:00 1:00 S 543Rule Brazil 2000 only - Feb 27 0:00 0 - 544# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DEC3592.htm">3,592</a> (2000-09-06) 545# adopted by the same states as before. 546# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3630.jpg">3,630</a> (2000-10-13) 547# repeals DST in PE and RR, effective 2000-10-15 00:00. 548# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3632.jpg">3,632</a> (2000-10-17) 549# repeals DST in SE, AL, PB, RN, CE, PI and MA, effective 2000-10-22 00:00. 550# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3916.gif">3,916</a> 551# (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE. 552Rule Brazil 2000 2001 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S 553Rule Brazil 2001 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - 554# Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE. 555# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm"></a> 556Rule Brazil 2002 only - Nov 3 0:00 1:00 S 557# Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO. 558# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm"></a> 559Rule Brazil 2003 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S 560# The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST: 561# DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP. 562# 563# For dates after mid-2004, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses 564# and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all. 565 566 567# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 568# 569# Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE) 570Zone America/Noronha -2:09:40 - LMT 1914 571 -2:00 Brazil FN%sT 1990 Sep 17 572 -2:00 - FNT 1999 Sep 30 573 -2:00 Brazil FN%sT 2000 Oct 15 574 -2:00 - FNT 2001 Sep 13 575 -2:00 Brazil FN%sT 2002 Oct 1 576 -2:00 - FNT 577# Other Atlantic islands have no permanent settlement. 578# These include Trindade and Martin Vaz (administratively part of ES), 579# Atol das Rocas (RN), and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo (PE). 580# Fernando de Noronha was a separate territory from 1942-09-02 to 1989-01-01; 581# it also included the Penedos. 582# 583# Amapa (AP), east Para (PA) 584# East Para includes Belem, Maraba, Serra Norte, and Sao Felix do Xingu. 585# The division between east and west Para is the river Xingu. 586# In the north a very small part from the river Javary (now Jari I guess, 587# the border with Amapa) to the Amazon, then to the Xingu. 588Zone America/Belem -3:13:56 - LMT 1914 589 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1988 Sep 12 590 -3:00 - BRT 591# 592# Maranhao (MA), Piaui (PI), Ceara (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN), 593# Paraiba (PB) 594Zone America/Fortaleza -2:34:00 - LMT 1914 595 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17 596 -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30 597 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 22 598 -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13 599 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1 600 -3:00 - BRT 601# 602# Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands) 603Zone America/Recife -2:19:36 - LMT 1914 604 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17 605 -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30 606 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 15 607 -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13 608 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1 609 -3:00 - BRT 610# 611# Tocantins (TO) 612Zone America/Araguaina -3:12:48 - LMT 1914 613 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17 614 -3:00 - BRT 1995 Sep 14 615 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2003 Sep 24 616 -3:00 - BRT 617# 618# Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE) 619Zone America/Maceio -2:22:52 - LMT 1914 620 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17 621 -3:00 - BRT 1995 Oct 13 622 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1996 Sep 4 623 -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30 624 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 22 625 -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13 626 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1 627 -3:00 - BRT 628# 629# Bahia (BA) 630# There are too many Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/Bahia instead 631# of America/Salvador. 632Zone America/Bahia -2:34:04 - LMT 1914 633 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2003 Sep 24 634 -3:00 - BRT 635# 636# Goias (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG), 637# Espirito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Sao Paulo (SP), Parana (PR), 638# Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS) 639Zone America/Sao_Paulo -3:06:28 - LMT 1914 640 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1963 Oct 23 00:00 641 -3:00 1:00 BRST 1964 642 -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 643# 644# Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) 645Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 - LMT 1914 646 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 647# 648# Mato Grosso (MT) 649Zone America/Cuiaba -3:44:20 - LMT 1914 650 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 2003 Sep 24 651 -4:00 - AMT 652# 653# west Para (PA), Rondonia (RO) 654# West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and Santarem. 655Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 - LMT 1914 656 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 657 -4:00 - AMT 658# 659# Roraima (RR) 660Zone America/Boa_Vista -4:02:40 - LMT 1914 661 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 662 -4:00 - AMT 1999 Sep 30 663 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 2000 Oct 15 664 -4:00 - AMT 665# 666# east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Jutai, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto 667# The great circle line from Tabatinga to Porto Acre divides 668# east from west Amazonas. 669Zone America/Manaus -4:00:04 - LMT 1914 670 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12 671 -4:00 - AMT 1993 Sep 28 672 -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1994 Sep 22 673 -4:00 - AMT 674# 675# west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant, 676# Eirunepe, Envira, Ipixuna 677Zone America/Eirunepe -4:39:28 - LMT 1914 678 -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1988 Sep 12 679 -5:00 - ACT 1993 Sep 28 680 -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1994 Sep 22 681 -5:00 - ACT 682# 683# Acre (AC) 684Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 685 -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1988 Sep 12 686 -5:00 - ACT 687 688 689# Chile 690 691# From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19): 692# The law says to switch to DST at midnight [24:00] on the second SATURDAY 693# of October.... The law is the same for March and October. 694# (1998-09-29): 695# Because of the drought this year, the government decided to go into 696# DST earlier (saturday 9/26 at 24:00). This is a one-time change only ... 697# (unless there's another dry season next year, I guess). 698 699# From Julio I. Pacheco Troncoso (1999-03-18): 700# Because of the same drought, the government decided to end DST later, 701# on April 3, (one-time change). 702 703# From Gwillim Law (2001-05-04): 704# I came across another article in "La Tercera" about Chilean DST. 705# <http://www.tercera.cl/diario/2000/10/13/t-extras.html> 706# It clearly confirms my earlier suggestion, that DST begins at 22:00 707# on Easter Island.... But it also seems to be saying that the 708# observance of DST in Chile began in 1966, rather than 1969 as 709# ... [Shanks] has it.... 710# 711# My translation: 712# 713# "The Chilean Army has announced that summer time will begin tomorrow, 714# Saturday, October 14 in continental Chile, insular Chile, and 715# Antarctica, as provided by Supreme Decree 25 of January 11, 1966. 716# By the preceding, official time in continental Chile and Chilean 717# Antarctic, and official time in Western Insular Chile, which applies 718# to Easter Island and Sala y Gomez Island, will be set forward at 719# midnight and at 22:00, respectively, by 20 minutes." 720 721# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04): 722# Go with this article in preference to Shanks's 1969 date for modern DST. 723# Assume this rule has been used since DST was introduced in the islands. 724 725# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-24): 726# <http://www.shoa.cl/shoa/faqhoraoficial.htm> gives many details that 727# disagree with the following table, but we haven't had time to compare them. 728 729# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 730Rule Chile 1918 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S 731Rule Chile 1919 only - Jul 2 0:00 0 - 732Rule Chile 1927 1931 - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S 733Rule Chile 1928 1932 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - 734Rule Chile 1966 1997 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S 735Rule Chile 1967 1998 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 736Rule Chile 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S 737Rule Chile 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 - 738Rule Chile 1999 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S 739Rule Chile 2000 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 740# IATA SSIM anomalies: (1990-09) says 1990-09-16; (1992-02) says 1992-03-14; 741# (1996-09) says 1998-03-08. Ignore these. 742# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 743Zone America/Santiago -4:42:40 - LMT 1890 744 -4:42:40 - SMT 1910 # Santiago Mean Time 745 -5:00 Chile CL%sT 1932 Sep # Chile Time 746 -4:00 Chile CL%sT 747Zone Pacific/Easter -7:17:28 - LMT 1890 # Mataveri 748 -7:17:28 - MMT 1932 Sep # Mataveri Mean Time 749 -7:00 Chile EAS%sT 1982 Mar 14 # Easter I Time 750 -6:00 Chile EAS%sT 751# 752# Sala y Gomez Island is like Pacific/Easter. 753# Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernandez Is, San Ambrosio, 754# San Felix, and Antarctic bases, are like America/Santiago. 755 756# Colombia 757# Shanks specifies 24:00 for 1992 transition times; go with IATA, 758# as it seems implausible to change clocks at midnight New Year's Eve. 759# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 760Rule CO 1992 only - May 2 0:00 1:00 S 761Rule CO 1992 only - Dec 31 0:00 0 - 762# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 763Zone America/Bogota -4:56:20 - LMT 1884 Mar 13 764 -4:56:20 - BMT 1914 Nov 23 # Bogota Mean Time 765 -5:00 CO CO%sT # Colombia Time 766# Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres 767# no information; probably like America/Bogota 768 769# Curacao 770# Shanks says that Bottom and Oranjestad have been at -4:00 since 771# standard time was introduced on 1912-03-02; and that Kralendijk and Rincon 772# used Kralendijk Mean Time (-4:33:08) from 1912-02-02 to 1965-01-01. 773# This all predates our 1970 cutoff, though. 774# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 775Zone America/Curacao -4:35:44 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Willemstad 776 -4:30 - ANT 1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time 777 -4:00 - AST 778 779# Ecuador 780# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 781Zone America/Guayaquil -5:19:20 - LMT 1890 782 -5:14:00 - QMT 1931 # Quito Mean Time 783 -5:00 - ECT # Ecuador Time 784Zone Pacific/Galapagos -5:58:24 - LMT 1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno 785 -5:00 - ECT 1986 786 -6:00 - GALT # Galapagos Time 787 788# Falklands 789 790# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05): 791# Between 1990 and 2000 inclusive, Shanks and the IATA agree except 792# the IATA gives 1996-09-08. Go with Shanks. 793 794# From Falkland Islands Government Office, London (2001-01-22) 795# via Jesper Norgaard: 796# ... the clocks revert back to Local Mean Time at 2 am on Sunday 15 797# April 2001 and advance one hour to summer time at 2 am on Sunday 2 798# September. It is anticipated that the clocks will revert back at 2 799# am on Sunday 21 April 2002 and advance to summer time at 2 am on 800# Sunday 1 September. 801 802# From Rives McDow (2001-02-13): 803# 804# I have communicated several times with people there, and the last 805# time I had communications that was helpful was in 1998. Here is 806# what was said then: 807# 808# "The general rule was that Stanley used daylight saving and the Camp 809# did not. However for various reasons many people in the Camp have 810# started to use daylight saving (known locally as 'Stanley Time') 811# There is no rule as to who uses daylight saving - it is a matter of 812# personal choice and so it is impossible to draw a map showing who 813# uses it and who does not. Any list would be out of date as soon as 814# it was produced. This year daylight saving ended on April 18/19th 815# and started again on September 12/13th. I do not know what the rule 816# is, but can find out if you like. We do not change at the same time 817# as UK or Chile." 818# 819# I did have in my notes that the rule was "Second Saturday in Sep at 820# 0:00 until third Saturday in Apr at 0:00". I think that this does 821# not agree in some cases with Shanks; is this true? 822# 823# Also, there is no mention in the list that some areas in the 824# Falklands do not use DST. I have found in my communications there 825# that these areas are on the western half of East Falkland and all of 826# West Falkland. Stanley is the only place that consistently observes 827# DST. Again, as in other places in the world, the farmers don't like 828# it. West Falkland is almost entirely sheep farmers. 829# 830# I know one lady there that keeps a list of which farm keeps DST and 831# which doesn't each year. She runs a shop in Stanley, and says that 832# the list changes each year. She uses it to communicate to her 833# customers, catching them when they are home for lunch or dinner. 834 835# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05): 836# For now, we'll just record the time in Stanley, since we have no 837# better info. 838 839# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 840Rule Falk 1937 1938 - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 841Rule Falk 1938 1942 - Mar Sun>=19 0:00 0 - 842Rule Falk 1939 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S 843Rule Falk 1940 1942 - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 844Rule Falk 1943 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 845Rule Falk 1983 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 846Rule Falk 1984 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 0 - 847Rule Falk 1984 only - Sep 16 0:00 1:00 S 848Rule Falk 1985 2000 - Sep Sun>=9 0:00 1:00 S 849Rule Falk 1986 2000 - Apr Sun>=16 0:00 0 - 850Rule Falk 2001 max - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 0 - 851Rule Falk 2001 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 852# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 853Zone Atlantic/Stanley -3:51:24 - LMT 1890 854 -3:51:24 - SMT 1912 Mar 12 # Stanley Mean Time 855 -4:00 Falk FK%sT 1983 May # Falkland Is Time 856 -3:00 Falk FK%sT 1985 Sep 15 857 -4:00 Falk FK%sT 858 859# French Guiana 860# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 861Zone America/Cayenne -3:29:20 - LMT 1911 Jul 862 -4:00 - GFT 1967 Oct # French Guiana Time 863 -3:00 - GFT 864 865# Guyana 866# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 867Zone America/Guyana -3:52:40 - LMT 1915 Mar # Georgetown 868 -3:45 - GBGT 1966 May 26 # Br Guiana Time 869 -3:45 - GYT 1975 Jul 31 # Guyana Time 870 -3:00 - GYT 1991 871# IATA SSIM (1996-06) says -4:00. Assume a 1991 switch. 872 -4:00 - GYT 873 874# Paraguay 875# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): 876# Shanks (1999) says that spring transitions are from 01:00 -> 02:00, 877# and autumn transitions are from 00:00 -> 23:00. Go with earlier 878# editions of Shanks, and with the IATA, who say transitions occur at 00:00. 879# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 880Rule Para 1975 1988 - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S 881Rule Para 1975 1978 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - 882Rule Para 1979 1991 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - 883Rule Para 1989 only - Oct 22 0:00 1:00 S 884Rule Para 1990 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S 885Rule Para 1991 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 S 886Rule Para 1992 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - 887Rule Para 1992 only - Oct 5 0:00 1:00 S 888Rule Para 1993 only - Mar 31 0:00 0 - 889Rule Para 1993 1995 - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S 890Rule Para 1994 1995 - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 - 891Rule Para 1996 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - 892# IATA SSIM (2000-02) says 1999-10-10; ignore this for now. 893# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-02): 894# I have three independent reports that Paraguay changed to DST this Sunday 895# (10-01). 896# 897# Translated by Gwillim Law (2001-02-27) from 898# <a href="http://www.diarionoticias.com.py/011000/nacional/naciona1.htm"> 899# Noticias, a daily paper in Asuncion, Paraguay (2000-10-01) 900# </a>: 901# Starting at 0:00 today, the clock will be set forward 60 minutes, in 902# fulfillment of Decree No. 7,273 of the Executive Power.... The time change 903# system has been operating for several years. Formerly there was a separate 904# decree each year; the new law has the same effect, but permanently. Every 905# year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the 906# clock will be set back on the first Sunday of March. 907# 908# From Jesper Norgaard (2001-03-06) [an official URL saying similar things]: 909# http://gateway.abc.com.py:8000/pub/pag04.mbr/artic?FHA=2001-03-03-02.24.52.900592 910# 911Rule Para 1996 2001 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 912# IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks. 913Rule Para 1997 only - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 - 914# Shanks says 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but 915# (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27). 916Rule Para 1998 2001 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 917# From Rives McDow (2002-02-28): 918# A decree was issued in Paraguay (no. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the 919# dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in 920# April. 921Rule Para 2002 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 922Rule Para 2002 max - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 923 924 925# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 926Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890 927 -3:50:40 - AMT 1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time 928 -4:00 - PYT 1972 Oct # Paraguay Time 929 -3:00 - PYT 1974 Apr 930 -4:00 Para PY%sT 931 932# Peru 933# 934# <a href="news:xrGmb.39935$gA1.13896113@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net"> 935# From Evelyn C. Leeper via Mark Brader (2003-10-26):</a> 936# When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they apparently switched over 937# sometime between December 29 and January 3 while we were on the Amazon. 938# 939# From Paul Eggert (2003-11-02): 940# Shanks doesn't have this transition. Assume 1986 was like 1987. 941 942# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 943Rule Peru 1938 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 S 944Rule Peru 1938 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - 945Rule Peru 1938 1939 - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 946Rule Peru 1939 1940 - Mar Sun>=24 0:00 0 - 947Rule Peru 1986 1987 - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 S 948Rule Peru 1986 1987 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - 949Rule Peru 1990 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 S 950Rule Peru 1990 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - 951# IATA is ambiguous for 1993/1995; go with Shanks. 952Rule Peru 1994 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 S 953Rule Peru 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - 954# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 955Zone America/Lima -5:08:12 - LMT 1890 956 -5:08:36 - LMT 1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time? 957 -5:00 Peru PE%sT # Peru Time 958 959# South Georgia 960# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 961Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 - LMT 1890 # Grytviken 962 -2:00 - GST # South Georgia Time 963 964# South Sandwich Is 965# uninhabited; scientific personnel have wintered 966 967# Suriname 968# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 969Zone America/Paramaribo -3:40:40 - LMT 1911 970 -3:40:52 - PMT 1935 # Paramaribo Mean Time 971 -3:40:36 - PMT 1945 Oct # The capital moved? 972 -3:30 - NEGT 1975 Nov 20 # Dutch Guiana Time 973 -3:30 - SRT 1984 Oct # Suriname Time 974 -3:00 - SRT 975 976# Trinidad and Tobago 977# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 978Zone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 979 -4:00 - AST 980 981# Uruguay 982# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18): 983# Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules. 984# From Shanks: 985# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 986# Whitman gives 1923 Oct 1; go with Shanks. 987Rule Uruguay 1923 only - Oct 2 0:00 0:30 HS 988Rule Uruguay 1924 1926 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - 989Rule Uruguay 1924 1925 - Oct 1 0:00 0:30 HS 990Rule Uruguay 1933 1935 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS 991# Shanks gives 1935 Apr 1 0:00 and 1936 Mar 30 0:00; go with Whitman. 992Rule Uruguay 1934 1936 - Mar Sat>=25 23:30s 0 - 993Rule Uruguay 1936 only - Nov 1 0:00 0:30 HS 994Rule Uruguay 1937 1941 - Mar lastSun 0:00 0 - 995# Whitman gives 1937 Oct 3; go with Shanks. 996Rule Uruguay 1937 1940 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS 997# Whitman gives 1941 Oct 24 - 1942 Mar 27, 1942 Dec 14 - 1943 Apr 13, 998# and 1943 Apr 13 ``to present time''; go with Shanks. 999Rule Uruguay 1941 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - 1000Rule Uruguay 1942 only - Jan 1 0:00 0:30 HS 1001Rule Uruguay 1942 only - Dec 14 0:00 1:00 S 1002Rule Uruguay 1943 only - Mar 14 0:00 0 - 1003Rule Uruguay 1959 only - May 24 0:00 1:00 S 1004Rule Uruguay 1959 only - Nov 15 0:00 0 - 1005Rule Uruguay 1960 only - Jan 17 0:00 1:00 S 1006Rule Uruguay 1960 only - Mar 6 0:00 0 - 1007Rule Uruguay 1965 1967 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 1008Rule Uruguay 1965 only - Sep 26 0:00 0 - 1009Rule Uruguay 1966 1967 - Oct 31 0:00 0 - 1010Rule Uruguay 1968 1970 - May 27 0:00 0:30 HS 1011Rule Uruguay 1968 1970 - Dec 2 0:00 0 - 1012Rule Uruguay 1972 only - Apr 24 0:00 1:00 S 1013Rule Uruguay 1972 only - Aug 15 0:00 0 - 1014Rule Uruguay 1974 only - Mar 10 0:00 0:30 HS 1015Rule Uruguay 1974 only - Dec 22 0:00 1:00 S 1016Rule Uruguay 1976 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 1017Rule Uruguay 1977 only - Dec 4 0:00 1:00 S 1018Rule Uruguay 1978 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - 1019Rule Uruguay 1979 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S 1020Rule Uruguay 1980 only - May 1 0:00 0 - 1021Rule Uruguay 1987 only - Dec 14 0:00 1:00 S 1022Rule Uruguay 1988 only - Mar 14 0:00 0 - 1023Rule Uruguay 1988 only - Dec 11 0:00 1:00 S 1024Rule Uruguay 1989 only - Mar 12 0:00 0 - 1025Rule Uruguay 1989 only - Oct 29 0:00 1:00 S 1026# Shanks says no DST was observed in 1990/1 and 1991/2, 1027# and that 1992/3's DST was from 10-25 to 03-01. Go with IATA. 1028Rule Uruguay 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 1029Rule Uruguay 1990 1991 - Oct Sun>=21 0:00 1:00 S 1030Rule Uruguay 1992 only - Oct 18 0:00 1:00 S 1031Rule Uruguay 1993 only - Feb 28 0:00 0 - 1032# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1033Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 - LMT 1898 Jun 28 1034 -3:44:44 - MMT 1920 May 1 # Montevideo MT 1035 -3:30 Uruguay UY%sT 1942 Dec 14 # Uruguay Time 1036 -3:00 Uruguay UY%sT 1037 1038# Venezuela 1039# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1040Zone America/Caracas -4:27:44 - LMT 1890 1041 -4:27:40 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time? 1042 -4:30 - VET 1965 # Venezuela Time 1043 -4:00 - VET 1044
