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1# @(#)southamerica	7.61
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 (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
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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 (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 (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 (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 (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# From Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-05):
191# The previous law 7210 which changed the province of Mendoza's time zone
192# back in May have been modified slightly in a new law 7277, which set the
193# new end date to 2004-09-26 (original date was 2004-10-17).
194# http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040924-27244-normas.pdf
195#
196# From Mariano Absatz (2004-10-05):
197# San Juan changed from UTC-03:00 to UTC-04:00 at midnight between
198# Sunday, May 30th and Monday, May 31st.  It changed back to UTC-03:00
199# at midnight between Saturday, July 24th and Sunday, July 25th....
200# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000329.html
201# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000426.html
202# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000441.html
203
204# Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks through 1992, from
205# the IATA otherwise.  As noted below, Shanks says that
206# America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, but we
207# haven't verified this yet so for now we'll keep it a single region.
208#
209# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
210#
211# Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF),
212Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
213			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
214			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
215			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
216			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
217			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
218			-3:00	-	ART
219#
220# Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC),
221# Formosa (FM), Salta (SA), Santiago del Estero (SE), Cordoba (CB),
222# San Luis (SL), La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
223#
224# Shanks also makes the following claims, which we haven't verified:
225# - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
226# - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29.
227# - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04.
228# - San Luis switched to -4:00 on 1990-03-14, then to -3:00 on 1990-10-15,
229#   then to -4:00 on 1991-03-01, then to -3:00 on 1991-06-01.
230# - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01,
231#   then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26.
232#
233Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
234			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
235			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
236			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
237			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  3
238			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
239			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
240			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
241			-3:00	-	ART
242#
243# Tucuman (TM)
244Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
245			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
246			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
247			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
248			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  3
249			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
250			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
251			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
252			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
253			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 13
254			-3:00	-	ART
255#
256# La Rioja (LR)
257Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
258			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
259			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
260			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
261			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  1
262			-4:00	-	WART	1991 May  7
263			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
264			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
265			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
266			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
267			-3:00	-	ART
268#
269# San Juan (SJ)
270Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
271			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
272			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
273			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
274			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  1
275			-4:00	-	WART	1991 May  7
276			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
277			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
278			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 31
279			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jul 25
280			-3:00	-	ART
281#
282# Jujuy (JY)
283Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 -	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	1990 Mar  4
288			-4:00	-	WART	1990 Oct 28
289			-4:00	1:00	WARST	1991 Mar 17
290			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct  6
291			-3:00	1:00	ARST	1992
292			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
293			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
294			-3:00	-	ART
295#
296# Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
297Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
298			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
299			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
300			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
301			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  3
302			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
303			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
304			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
305			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
306			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
307			-3:00	-	ART
308#
309# Mendoza (MZ)
310Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
311			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
312			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
313			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
314			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1990 Mar  4
315			-4:00	-	WART	1990 Oct 15
316			-4:00	1:00	WARST	1991 Mar  1
317			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 15
318			-4:00	1:00	WARST	1992 Mar  1
319			-4:00	-	WART	1992 Oct 18
320			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
321			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
322			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 23
323			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Sep 26
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 (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 Rodrigo Severo (2004-10-04):
424# It's just the biannual change made necessary by the much hyped, supposedly
425# modern Brazilian eletronic voting machines which, apparently, can't deal
426# with a time change between the first and the second rounds of the elections.
427
428# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
429# The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
430# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html">
431# Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil
432# </a> (2001-09-20, in Portuguese).
433# The official site for all decrees, including those not related to time, is
434# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/principal_ano.htm">
435# Presidencia da Republica, Subchefia para Assuntos Juridicos, Decretos
436# </a> (in Portuguese).
437
438# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
439# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm">20,466</a> (1931-10-01)
440# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm">21,896</a> (1932-01-10)
441Rule	Brazil	1931	only	-	Oct	 3	11:00	1:00	S
442Rule	Brazil	1932	1933	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
443Rule	Brazil	1932	only	-	Oct	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
444# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV23195.htm">23,195</a> (1933-10-10)
445# revoked DST.
446# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27496.htm">27,496</a> (1949-11-24)
447# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27998.htm">27,998</a> (1950-04-13)
448Rule	Brazil	1949	1952	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
449Rule	Brazil	1950	only	-	Apr	16	 1:00	0	-
450Rule	Brazil	1951	1952	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
451# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV32308.htm">32,308</a> (1953-02-24)
452Rule	Brazil	1953	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
453# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV34724.htm">34,724</a> (1953-11-30)
454# revoked DST.
455# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV52700.htm">52,700</a> (1963-10-18)
456# established DST from 1963-10-23 00:00 to 1964-02-29 00:00
457# in SP, RJ, GB, MG, ES, due to the prolongation of the drought.
458# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53071.htm">53,071</a> (1963-12-03)
459# extended the above decree to all of the national territory on 12-09.
460Rule	Brazil	1963	only	-	Dec	 9	 0:00	1:00	S
461# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53604.htm">53,604</a> (1964-02-25)
462# extended summer time by one day to 1964-03-01 00:00 (start of school).
463Rule	Brazil	1964	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
464# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV55639.htm">55,639</a> (1965-01-27)
465Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Jan	31	 0:00	1:00	S
466Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Mar	31	 0:00	0	-
467# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57303.htm">57,303</a> (1965-11-22)
468Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
469# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57843.htm">57,843</a> (1966-02-18)
470Rule	Brazil	1966	1968	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
471Rule	Brazil	1966	1967	-	Nov	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
472# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV63429.htm">63,429</a> (1968-10-15)
473# revoked DST.
474# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV91698.htm">91,698</a> (1985-09-27)
475Rule	Brazil	1985	only	-	Nov	 2	 0:00	1:00	S
476# Decree 92,310 (1986-01-21)
477# Decree 92,463 (1986-03-13)
478Rule	Brazil	1986	only	-	Mar	15	 0:00	0	-
479# Decree 93,316 (1986-10-01)
480Rule	Brazil	1986	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	S
481Rule	Brazil	1987	only	-	Feb	14	 0:00	0	-
482# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV94922.htm">94,922</a> (1987-09-22)
483Rule	Brazil	1987	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	S
484Rule	Brazil	1988	only	-	Feb	 7	 0:00	0	-
485# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV96676.htm">96,676</a> (1988-09-12)
486# except for the states of AC, AM, PA, RR, RO, and AP (then a territory)
487Rule	Brazil	1988	only	-	Oct	16	 0:00	1:00	S
488Rule	Brazil	1989	only	-	Jan	29	 0:00	0	-
489# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV98077.htm">98,077</a> (1989-08-21)
490# with the same exceptions
491Rule	Brazil	1989	only	-	Oct	15	 0:00	1:00	S
492Rule	Brazil	1990	only	-	Feb	11	 0:00	0	-
493# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV99530.htm">99,530</a> (1990-09-17)
494# adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, GO, MS, DF.
495# Decree 99,629 (1990-10-19) adds BA, MT.
496Rule	Brazil	1990	only	-	Oct	21	 0:00	1:00	S
497Rule	Brazil	1991	only	-	Feb	17	 0:00	0	-
498# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1991.htm">Unnumbered decree</a> (1991-09-25)
499# adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, BA, GO, MT, MS, DF.
500Rule	Brazil	1991	only	-	Oct	20	 0:00	1:00	S
501Rule	Brazil	1992	only	-	Feb	 9	 0:00	0	-
502# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1992.htm">Unnumbered decree</a> (1992-10-16)
503# adopted by same states.
504Rule	Brazil	1992	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	S
505Rule	Brazil	1993	only	-	Jan	31	 0:00	0	-
506# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV942.htm">942</a> (1993-09-28)
507# adopted by same states, plus AM.
508# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1252.htm">1,252</a> (1994-09-22;
509# web page corrected 2004-01-07) adopted by same states, minus AM.
510# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1636.htm">1,636</a> (1995-09-14)
511# adopted by same states, plus MT and TO.
512# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1674.htm">1,674</a> (1995-10-13)
513# adds AL, SE.
514Rule	Brazil	1993	1995	-	Oct	Sun>=11	 0:00	1:00	S
515Rule	Brazil	1994	1995	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
516Rule	Brazil	1996	only	-	Feb	11	 0:00	0	-
517# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV2000.htm">2,000</a> (1996-09-04)
518# adopted by same states, minus AL, SE.
519Rule	Brazil	1996	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	1:00	S
520Rule	Brazil	1997	only	-	Feb	16	 0:00	0	-
521# From Daniel C. Sobral (1998-02-12):
522# In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that
523# because international television networks ignored Brazil's policy on DS,
524# they bought the wrong times on satellite for coverage of Pope's visit.
525# This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1
526# to help dealing with the shortages of electric power.
527#
528# From Paul Eggert (1998-02-25):
529# <a href="http://churchnet.ucsm.ac.uk/news/files2/news165.htm">
530# Brazil Prepares for Papal Visit
531# </a>,
532# Church Net UK (1997-10-02).
533#
534# Decree 2,317 (1997-09-04), adopted by same states.
535Rule	Brazil	1997	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	1:00	S
536# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV2495.JPG">2,495</a>
537# (1998-02-10)
538Rule	Brazil	1998	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
539# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/Hv98.jpg">2,780</a> (1998-09-11)
540# adopted by the same states as before.
541Rule	Brazil	1998	only	-	Oct	11	 0:00	1:00	S
542Rule	Brazil	1999	only	-	Feb	21	 0:00	0	-
543# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3150.gif">3,150</a>
544# (1999-08-23) adopted by same states.
545# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV99.gif">3,188</a> (1999-09-30)
546# adds SE, AL, PB, PE, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR.
547Rule	Brazil	1999	only	-	Oct	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
548Rule	Brazil	2000	only	-	Feb	27	 0:00	0	-
549# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DEC3592.htm">3,592</a> (2000-09-06)
550# adopted by the same states as before.
551# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3630.jpg">3,630</a> (2000-10-13)
552# repeals DST in PE and RR, effective 2000-10-15 00:00.
553# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3632.jpg">3,632</a> (2000-10-17)
554# repeals DST in SE, AL, PB, RN, CE, PI and MA, effective 2000-10-22 00:00.
555# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3916.gif">3,916</a>
556# (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
557Rule	Brazil	2000	2001	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	S
558Rule	Brazil	2001	max	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
559# Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
560# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm"></a>
561Rule	Brazil	2002	only	-	Nov	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
562# Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO.
563# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm"></a>
564Rule	Brazil	2003	only	-	Oct	19	 0:00	1:00	S
565# Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT.
566# <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm"></a>
567Rule	Brazil	2004	only	-	Nov	 2	 0:00	1:00	S
568# The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST:
569# DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.
570#
571Rule	Brazil	2005	max	-	Oct	Sun>=15	 0:00	1:00	S
572# For dates after mid-2005, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses
573# and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
574
575
576# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
577#
578# Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE)
579Zone America/Noronha	-2:09:40 -	LMT	1914
580			-2:00	Brazil	FN%sT	1990 Sep 17
581			-2:00	-	FNT	1999 Sep 30
582			-2:00	Brazil	FN%sT	2000 Oct 15
583			-2:00	-	FNT	2001 Sep 13
584			-2:00	Brazil	FN%sT	2002 Oct  1
585			-2:00	-	FNT
586# Other Atlantic islands have no permanent settlement.
587# These include Trindade and Martin Vaz (administratively part of ES),
588# Atol das Rocas (RN), and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo (PE).
589# Fernando de Noronha was a separate territory from 1942-09-02 to 1989-01-01;
590# it also included the Penedos.
591#
592# Amapa (AP), east Para (PA)
593# East Para includes Belem, Maraba, Serra Norte, and Sao Felix do Xingu.
594# The division between east and west Para is the river Xingu.
595# In the north a very small part from the river Javary (now Jari I guess,
596# the border with Amapa) to the Amazon, then to the Xingu.
597Zone America/Belem	-3:13:56 -	LMT	1914
598			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1988 Sep 12
599			-3:00	-	BRT
600#
601# Maranhao (MA), Piaui (PI), Ceara (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
602# Paraiba (PB)
603Zone America/Fortaleza	-2:34:00 -	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 22
607			-3:00	-	BRT	2001 Sep 13
608			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2002 Oct  1
609			-3:00	-	BRT
610#
611# Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands)
612Zone America/Recife	-2:19:36 -	LMT	1914
613			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
614			-3:00	-	BRT	1999 Sep 30
615			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2000 Oct 15
616			-3:00	-	BRT	2001 Sep 13
617			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2002 Oct  1
618			-3:00	-	BRT
619#
620# Tocantins (TO)
621Zone America/Araguaina	-3:12:48 -	LMT	1914
622			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
623			-3:00	-	BRT	1995 Sep 14
624			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2003 Sep 24
625			-3:00	-	BRT
626#
627# Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE)
628Zone America/Maceio	-2:22:52 -	LMT	1914
629			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
630			-3:00	-	BRT	1995 Oct 13
631			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1996 Sep  4
632			-3:00	-	BRT	1999 Sep 30
633			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2000 Oct 22
634			-3:00	-	BRT	2001 Sep 13
635			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2002 Oct  1
636			-3:00	-	BRT
637#
638# Bahia (BA)
639# There are too many Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/Bahia instead
640# of America/Salvador.
641Zone America/Bahia	-2:34:04 -	LMT	1914
642			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2003 Sep 24
643			-3:00	-	BRT
644#
645# Goias (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
646# Espirito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Sao Paulo (SP), Parana (PR),
647# Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
648Zone America/Sao_Paulo	-3:06:28 -	LMT	1914
649			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1963 Oct 23 00:00
650			-3:00	1:00	BRST	1964
651			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT
652#
653# Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)
654Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 -	LMT	1914
655			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT
656#
657# Mato Grosso (MT)
658Zone America/Cuiaba	-3:44:20 -	LMT	1914
659			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	2003 Sep 24
660			-4:00	-	AMT	2004 Oct  1
661			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT
662#
663# west Para (PA), Rondonia (RO)
664# West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and Santarem.
665Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 -	LMT	1914
666			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
667			-4:00	-	AMT
668#
669# Roraima (RR)
670Zone America/Boa_Vista	-4:02:40 -	LMT	1914
671			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
672			-4:00	-	AMT	1999 Sep 30
673			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	2000 Oct 15
674			-4:00	-	AMT
675#
676# east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Jutai, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto
677# The great circle line from Tabatinga to Porto Acre divides
678# east from west Amazonas.
679Zone America/Manaus	-4:00:04 -	LMT	1914
680			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
681			-4:00	-	AMT	1993 Sep 28
682			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1994 Sep 22
683			-4:00	-	AMT
684#
685# west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant,
686#	Eirunepe, Envira, Ipixuna
687Zone America/Eirunepe	-4:39:28 -	LMT	1914
688			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Sep 12
689			-5:00	-	ACT	1993 Sep 28
690			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1994 Sep 22
691			-5:00	-	ACT
692#
693# Acre (AC)
694Zone America/Rio_Branco	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
695			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Sep 12
696			-5:00	-	ACT
697
698
699# Chile
700
701# From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19):
702# The law says to switch to DST at midnight [24:00] on the second SATURDAY
703# of October....  The law is the same for March and October.
704# (1998-09-29):
705# Because of the drought this year, the government decided to go into
706# DST earlier (saturday 9/26 at 24:00). This is a one-time change only ...
707# (unless there's another dry season next year, I guess).
708
709# From Julio I. Pacheco Troncoso (1999-03-18):
710# Because of the same drought, the government decided to end DST later,
711# on April 3, (one-time change).
712
713# From Gwillim Law (2001-05-04):
714# I came across another article in "La Tercera" about Chilean DST.
715# <http://www.tercera.cl/diario/2000/10/13/t-extras.html>
716# It clearly confirms my earlier suggestion, that DST begins at 22:00
717# on Easter Island....  But it also seems to be saying that the
718# observance of DST in Chile began in 1966, rather than 1969 as
719# ... [Shanks] has it....
720#
721# My translation:
722#
723# "The Chilean Army has announced that summer time will begin tomorrow,
724# Saturday, October 14 in continental Chile, insular Chile, and
725# Antarctica, as provided by Supreme Decree 25 of January 11, 1966.
726# By the preceding, official time in continental Chile and Chilean
727# Antarctic, and official time in Western Insular Chile, which applies
728# to Easter Island and Sala y Gomez Island, will be set forward at
729# midnight and at 22:00, respectively, by 20 minutes."
730
731# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04):
732# Go with this article in preference to Shanks's 1969 date for modern DST.
733# Assume this rule has been used since DST was introduced in the islands.
734
735# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-24):
736# <http://www.shoa.cl/shoa/faqhoraoficial.htm> gives many details that
737# disagree with the following table, but we haven't had time to compare them.
738
739# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
740Rule	Chile	1918	only	-	Sep	 1	0:00	1:00	S
741Rule	Chile	1919	only	-	Jul	 2	0:00	0	-
742Rule	Chile	1927	1931	-	Sep	 1	0:00	1:00	S
743Rule	Chile	1928	1932	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
744Rule	Chile	1966	1997	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
745Rule	Chile	1967	1998	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
746Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Sep	27	4:00u	1:00	S
747Rule	Chile	1999	only	-	Apr	 4	3:00u	0	-
748Rule	Chile	1999	max	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
749Rule	Chile	2000	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
750# IATA SSIM anomalies: (1990-09) says 1990-09-16; (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
751# (1996-09) says 1998-03-08.  Ignore these.
752# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
753Zone America/Santiago	-4:42:40 -	LMT	1890
754			-4:42:40 -	SMT	1910	    # Santiago Mean Time
755			-5:00	Chile	CL%sT	1932 Sep    # Chile Time
756			-4:00	Chile	CL%sT
757Zone Pacific/Easter	-7:17:28 -	LMT	1890	    # Mataveri
758			-7:17:28 -	MMT	1932 Sep    # Mataveri Mean Time
759			-7:00	Chile	EAS%sT	1982 Mar 14 # Easter I Time
760			-6:00	Chile	EAS%sT
761#
762# Sala y Gomez Island is like Pacific/Easter.
763# Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernandez Is, San Ambrosio,
764# San Felix, and Antarctic bases, are like America/Santiago.
765
766# Colombia
767# Shanks specifies 24:00 for 1992 transition times; go with IATA,
768# as it seems implausible to change clocks at midnight New Year's Eve.
769# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
770Rule	CO	1992	only	-	May	 2	0:00	1:00	S
771Rule	CO	1992	only	-	Dec	31	0:00	0	-
772# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
773Zone	America/Bogota	-4:56:20 -	LMT	1884 Mar 13
774			-4:56:20 -	BMT	1914 Nov 23 # Bogota Mean Time
775			-5:00	CO	CO%sT	# Colombia Time
776# Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres
777# no information; probably like America/Bogota
778
779# Curacao
780# Shanks says that Bottom and Oranjestad have been at -4:00 since
781# standard time was introduced on 1912-03-02; and that Kralendijk and Rincon
782# used Kralendijk Mean Time (-4:33:08) from 1912-02-02 to 1965-01-01.
783# This all predates our 1970 cutoff, though.
784# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
785Zone	America/Curacao	-4:35:44 -	LMT	1912 Feb 12	# Willemstad
786			-4:30	-	ANT	1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
787			-4:00	-	AST
788
789# Ecuador
790# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
791Zone America/Guayaquil	-5:19:20 -	LMT	1890
792			-5:14:00 -	QMT	1931 # Quito Mean Time
793			-5:00	-	ECT	     # Ecuador Time
794Zone Pacific/Galapagos	-5:58:24 -	LMT	1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
795			-5:00	-	ECT	1986
796			-6:00	-	GALT	     # Galapagos Time
797
798# Falklands
799
800# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05):
801# Between 1990 and 2000 inclusive, Shanks and the IATA agree except
802# the IATA gives 1996-09-08.  Go with Shanks.
803
804# From Falkland Islands Government Office, London (2001-01-22)
805# via Jesper Norgaard:
806# ... the clocks revert back to Local Mean Time at 2 am on Sunday 15
807# April 2001 and advance one hour to summer time at 2 am on Sunday 2
808# September.  It is anticipated that the clocks will revert back at 2
809# am on Sunday 21 April 2002 and advance to summer time at 2 am on
810# Sunday 1 September.
811
812# From Rives McDow (2001-02-13):
813#
814# I have communicated several times with people there, and the last
815# time I had communications that was helpful was in 1998.  Here is
816# what was said then:
817#
818# "The general rule was that Stanley used daylight saving and the Camp
819# did not. However for various reasons many people in the Camp have
820# started to use daylight saving (known locally as 'Stanley Time')
821# There is no rule as to who uses daylight saving - it is a matter of
822# personal choice and so it is impossible to draw a map showing who
823# uses it and who does not. Any list would be out of date as soon as
824# it was produced. This year daylight saving ended on April 18/19th
825# and started again on September 12/13th.  I do not know what the rule
826# is, but can find out if you like.  We do not change at the same time
827# as UK or Chile."
828#
829# I did have in my notes that the rule was "Second Saturday in Sep at
830# 0:00 until third Saturday in Apr at 0:00".  I think that this does
831# not agree in some cases with Shanks; is this true?
832#
833# Also, there is no mention in the list that some areas in the
834# Falklands do not use DST.  I have found in my communications there
835# that these areas are on the western half of East Falkland and all of
836# West Falkland.  Stanley is the only place that consistently observes
837# DST.  Again, as in other places in the world, the farmers don't like
838# it.  West Falkland is almost entirely sheep farmers.
839#
840# I know one lady there that keeps a list of which farm keeps DST and
841# which doesn't each year.  She runs a shop in Stanley, and says that
842# the list changes each year.  She uses it to communicate to her
843# customers, catching them when they are home for lunch or dinner.
844
845# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05):
846# For now, we'll just record the time in Stanley, since we have no
847# better info.
848
849# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
850Rule	Falk	1937	1938	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
851Rule	Falk	1938	1942	-	Mar	Sun>=19	0:00	0	-
852Rule	Falk	1939	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	1:00	S
853Rule	Falk	1940	1942	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
854Rule	Falk	1943	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	-
855Rule	Falk	1983	only	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
856Rule	Falk	1984	1985	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	0	-
857Rule	Falk	1984	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	1:00	S
858Rule	Falk	1985	2000	-	Sep	Sun>=9	0:00	1:00	S
859Rule	Falk	1986	2000	-	Apr	Sun>=16	0:00	0	-
860Rule	Falk	2001	max	-	Apr	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
861Rule	Falk	2001	max	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
862# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
863Zone Atlantic/Stanley	-3:51:24 -	LMT	1890
864			-3:51:24 -	SMT	1912 Mar 12  # Stanley Mean Time
865			-4:00	Falk	FK%sT	1983 May     # Falkland Is Time
866			-3:00	Falk	FK%sT	1985 Sep 15
867			-4:00	Falk	FK%sT
868
869# French Guiana
870# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
871Zone America/Cayenne	-3:29:20 -	LMT	1911 Jul
872			-4:00	-	GFT	1967 Oct # French Guiana Time
873			-3:00	-	GFT
874
875# Guyana
876# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
877Zone	America/Guyana	-3:52:40 -	LMT	1915 Mar	# Georgetown
878			-3:45	-	GBGT	1966 May 26 # Br Guiana Time
879			-3:45	-	GYT	1975 Jul 31 # Guyana Time
880			-3:00	-	GYT	1991
881# IATA SSIM (1996-06) says -4:00.  Assume a 1991 switch.
882			-4:00	-	GYT
883
884# Paraguay
885# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
886# Shanks (1999) says that spring transitions are from 01:00 -> 02:00,
887# and autumn transitions are from 00:00 -> 23:00.  Go with earlier
888# editions of Shanks, and with the IATA, who say transitions occur at 00:00.
889# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
890Rule	Para	1975	1988	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
891Rule	Para	1975	1978	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
892Rule	Para	1979	1991	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
893Rule	Para	1989	only	-	Oct	22	0:00	1:00	S
894Rule	Para	1990	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
895Rule	Para	1991	only	-	Oct	 6	0:00	1:00	S
896Rule	Para	1992	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
897Rule	Para	1992	only	-	Oct	 5	0:00	1:00	S
898Rule	Para	1993	only	-	Mar	31	0:00	0	-
899Rule	Para	1993	1995	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
900Rule	Para	1994	1995	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
901Rule	Para	1996	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
902# IATA SSIM (2000-02) says 1999-10-10; ignore this for now.
903# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-02):
904# I have three independent reports that Paraguay changed to DST this Sunday
905# (10-01).
906#
907# Translated by Gwillim Law (2001-02-27) from
908# <a href="http://www.diarionoticias.com.py/011000/nacional/naciona1.htm">
909# Noticias, a daily paper in Asuncion, Paraguay (2000-10-01)
910# </a>:
911# Starting at 0:00 today, the clock will be set forward 60 minutes, in
912# fulfillment of Decree No. 7,273 of the Executive Power....  The time change
913# system has been operating for several years.  Formerly there was a separate
914# decree each year; the new law has the same effect, but permanently.  Every
915# year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the
916# clock will be set back on the first Sunday of March.
917#
918# From Jesper Norgaard (2001-03-06) [an official URL saying similar things]:
919# http://gateway.abc.com.py:8000/pub/pag04.mbr/artic?FHA=2001-03-03-02.24.52.900592
920#
921Rule	Para	1996	2001	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
922# IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks.
923Rule	Para	1997	only	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
924# Shanks says 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but
925# (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27).
926Rule	Para	1998	2001	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
927# From Rives McDow (2002-02-28):
928# A decree was issued in Paraguay (no. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the
929# dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in
930# April.
931Rule	Para	2002	2004	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
932Rule	Para	2002	2003	-	Sep	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
933#
934# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-01-02):
935# There are several sources that claim that Paraguay made
936# a timezone rule change in autumn 2004.
937# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-01-05):
938# Decree 1,867 (2004-03-05) <http://www.labor.com.py/noticias.asp?id=27>
939Rule	Para	2004	max	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
940Rule	Para	2005	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
941
942# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
943Zone America/Asuncion	-3:50:40 -	LMT	1890
944			-3:50:40 -	AMT	1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time
945			-4:00	-	PYT	1972 Oct # Paraguay Time
946			-3:00	-	PYT	1974 Apr
947			-4:00	Para	PY%sT
948
949# Peru
950#
951# <a href="news:xrGmb.39935$gA1.13896113@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net">
952# From Evelyn C. Leeper via Mark Brader (2003-10-26):</a>
953# When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they apparently switched over
954# sometime between December 29 and January 3 while we were on the Amazon.
955#
956# From Paul Eggert (2003-11-02):
957# Shanks doesn't have this transition.  Assume 1986 was like 1987.
958
959# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
960Rule	Peru	1938	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
961Rule	Peru	1938	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
962Rule	Peru	1938	1939	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
963Rule	Peru	1939	1940	-	Mar	Sun>=24	0:00	0	-
964Rule	Peru	1986	1987	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
965Rule	Peru	1986	1987	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
966Rule	Peru	1990	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
967Rule	Peru	1990	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
968# IATA is ambiguous for 1993/1995; go with Shanks.
969Rule	Peru	1994	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
970Rule	Peru	1994	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
971# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
972Zone	America/Lima	-5:08:12 -	LMT	1890
973			-5:08:36 -	LMT	1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time?
974			-5:00	Peru	PE%sT	# Peru Time
975
976# South Georgia
977# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
978Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 -	LMT	1890		# Grytviken
979			-2:00	-	GST	# South Georgia Time
980
981# South Sandwich Is
982# uninhabited; scientific personnel have wintered
983
984# Suriname
985# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
986Zone America/Paramaribo	-3:40:40 -	LMT	1911
987			-3:40:52 -	PMT	1935     # Paramaribo Mean Time
988			-3:40:36 -	PMT	1945 Oct # The capital moved?
989			-3:30	-	NEGT	1975 Nov 20 # Dutch Guiana Time
990			-3:30	-	SRT	1984 Oct # Suriname Time
991			-3:00	-	SRT
992
993# Trinidad and Tobago
994# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
995Zone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
996			-4:00	-	AST
997
998# Uruguay
999# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
1000# Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules.
1001# From Shanks:
1002# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1003# Whitman gives 1923 Oct 1; go with Shanks.
1004Rule	Uruguay	1923	only	-	Oct	 2	 0:00	0:30	HS
1005Rule	Uruguay	1924	1926	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
1006Rule	Uruguay	1924	1925	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
1007Rule	Uruguay	1933	1935	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0:30	HS
1008# Shanks gives 1935 Apr 1 0:00 and 1936 Mar 30 0:00; go with Whitman.
1009Rule	Uruguay	1934	1936	-	Mar	Sat>=25	23:30s	0	-
1010Rule	Uruguay	1936	only	-	Nov	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
1011Rule	Uruguay	1937	1941	-	Mar	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
1012# Whitman gives 1937 Oct 3; go with Shanks.
1013Rule	Uruguay	1937	1940	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0:30	HS
1014# Whitman gives 1941 Oct 24 - 1942 Mar 27, 1942 Dec 14 - 1943 Apr 13,
1015# and 1943 Apr 13 ``to present time''; go with Shanks.
1016Rule	Uruguay	1941	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0	-
1017Rule	Uruguay	1942	only	-	Jan	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
1018Rule	Uruguay	1942	only	-	Dec	14	 0:00	1:00	S
1019Rule	Uruguay	1943	only	-	Mar	14	 0:00	0	-
1020Rule	Uruguay	1959	only	-	May	24	 0:00	1:00	S
1021Rule	Uruguay	1959	only	-	Nov	15	 0:00	0	-
1022Rule	Uruguay	1960	only	-	Jan	17	 0:00	1:00	S
1023Rule	Uruguay	1960	only	-	Mar	 6	 0:00	0	-
1024Rule	Uruguay	1965	1967	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 0:00	1:00	S
1025Rule	Uruguay	1965	only	-	Sep	26	 0:00	0	-
1026Rule	Uruguay	1966	1967	-	Oct	31	 0:00	0	-
1027Rule	Uruguay	1968	1970	-	May	27	 0:00	0:30	HS
1028Rule	Uruguay	1968	1970	-	Dec	 2	 0:00	0	-
1029Rule	Uruguay	1972	only	-	Apr	24	 0:00	1:00	S
1030Rule	Uruguay	1972	only	-	Aug	15	 0:00	0	-
1031Rule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Mar	10	 0:00	0:30	HS
1032Rule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Dec	22	 0:00	1:00	S
1033Rule	Uruguay	1976	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
1034Rule	Uruguay	1977	only	-	Dec	 4	 0:00	1:00	S
1035Rule	Uruguay	1978	only	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
1036Rule	Uruguay	1979	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
1037Rule	Uruguay	1980	only	-	May	 1	 0:00	0	-
1038Rule	Uruguay	1987	only	-	Dec	14	 0:00	1:00	S
1039Rule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Mar	14	 0:00	0	-
1040Rule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Dec	11	 0:00	1:00	S
1041Rule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Mar	12	 0:00	0	-
1042Rule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Oct	29	 0:00	1:00	S
1043# Shanks says no DST was observed in 1990/1 and 1991/2,
1044# and that 1992/3's DST was from 10-25 to 03-01.  Go with IATA.
1045Rule	Uruguay	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	 0:00	0	-
1046Rule	Uruguay	1990	1991	-	Oct	Sun>=21	 0:00	1:00	S
1047Rule	Uruguay	1992	only	-	Oct	18	 0:00	1:00	S
1048Rule	Uruguay	1993	only	-	Feb	28	 0:00	0	-
1049# From Eduardo Cota (2004-09-20):
1050# The uruguayan government has decreed a change in the local time....
1051# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/decretos/2004091502.htm
1052Rule	Uruguay	2004	only	-	Sep	19	 0:00	1:00	S
1053# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-03-11):
1054# Uruguay's DST was scheduled to end on Sunday, 2005-03-13, but in order to
1055# save energy ... it was postponed two weeks....
1056# http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/noticias/2005/03/2005031005.htm
1057Rule	Uruguay	2005	only	-	Mar	27	 2:00	0	-
1058# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1059Zone America/Montevideo	-3:44:44 -	LMT	1898 Jun 28
1060			-3:44:44 -	MMT	1920 May  1	# Montevideo MT
1061			-3:30	Uruguay	UY%sT	1942 Dec 14	# Uruguay Time
1062			-3:00	Uruguay	UY%sT
1063
1064# Venezuela
1065# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1066Zone	America/Caracas	-4:27:44 -	LMT	1890
1067			-4:27:40 -	CMT	1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time?
1068			-4:30	-	VET	1965	     # Venezuela Time
1069			-4:00	-	VET
1070