1339631Sphilip# tzdb data for South America and environs
2339631Sphilip
3192886Sedwin# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
4192886Sedwin# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
564499Swollman
6273719Sedwin# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
72742Swollman# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
8273719Sedwin# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).  For more, please see
9273719Sedwin# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
102742Swollman
11316350Sbapt# From Paul Eggert (2016-12-05):
12274563Sedwin#
13274563Sedwin# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
14158421Swollman# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
15158421Swollman# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
16274563Sedwin# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
172742Swollman#
18316350Sbapt# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source
19316350Sbapt# for time zone data was the International Air Transport
2020094Swollman# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
2120094Swollman# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
22274563Sedwin# of the IATA's data after 1990.  Except where otherwise noted,
23274563Sedwin# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
2420094Swollman#
25274563Sedwin# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
26274563Sedwin# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94.
27325160Sphilip# https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359
2820094Swollman#
29316350Sbapt# These tables use numeric abbreviations like -03 and -0330 for
30328476Sphilip# integer hour and minute UT offsets.  Although earlier editions used
31316350Sbapt# alphabetic time zone abbreviations, these abbreviations were
32316350Sbapt# invented and did not reflect common practice.
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382742Swollman# Argentina
392742Swollman
4019878Swollman# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
412742Swollman# Argentina: first Sunday in October to first Sunday in April since 1976.
422742Swollman# Double Summer time from 1969 to 1974.  Switches at midnight.
432742Swollman
44270817Spluknet# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1988-01-19):
452742Swollman# ARGENTINA           3 H BEHIND   UTC
462742Swollman
47149514Swollman# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
4821217Swollman# I am sending modifications to the Argentine time zone table...
499908Swollman# AR was chosen because they are the ISO letters that represent Argentina.
509908Swollman
512742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
52331663SphilipRule	Arg	1930	only	-	Dec	 1	0:00	1:00	-
5319878SwollmanRule	Arg	1931	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
54331663SphilipRule	Arg	1931	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	-
5519878SwollmanRule	Arg	1932	1940	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
56331663SphilipRule	Arg	1932	1939	-	Nov	 1	0:00	1:00	-
57331663SphilipRule	Arg	1940	only	-	Jul	 1	0:00	1:00	-
5819878SwollmanRule	Arg	1941	only	-	Jun	15	0:00	0	-
59331663SphilipRule	Arg	1941	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	-
6019878SwollmanRule	Arg	1943	only	-	Aug	 1	0:00	0	-
61331663SphilipRule	Arg	1943	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	-
6219878SwollmanRule	Arg	1946	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
63331663SphilipRule	Arg	1946	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	-
6419878SwollmanRule	Arg	1963	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
65331663SphilipRule	Arg	1963	only	-	Dec	15	0:00	1:00	-
6619878SwollmanRule	Arg	1964	1966	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
67331663SphilipRule	Arg	1964	1966	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	-
6893799SwollmanRule	Arg	1967	only	-	Apr	 2	0:00	0	-
69331663SphilipRule	Arg	1967	1968	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
7058787SruRule	Arg	1968	1969	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
71331663SphilipRule	Arg	1974	only	-	Jan	23	0:00	1:00	-
7219878SwollmanRule	Arg	1974	only	-	May	 1	0:00	0	-
73331663SphilipRule	Arg	1988	only	-	Dec	 1	0:00	1:00	-
749908Swollman#
75149514Swollman# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
769908Swollman# These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A.,
779908Swollman# obtaining the data from the:
78270817Spluknet# Talleres de Hidrograf��a Naval Argentina
7921217Swollman# (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute)
8019878SwollmanRule	Arg	1989	1993	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
81331663SphilipRule	Arg	1989	1992	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	-
829908Swollman#
83149514Swollman# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
849908Swollman# From this moment on, the law that mandated the daylight saving
859908Swollman# time corrections was derogated and no more modifications
869908Swollman# to the time zones (for daylight saving) are now made.
879908Swollman#
8858787Sru# From Rives McDow (2000-01-10):
8958787Sru# On October 3, 1999, 0:00 local, Argentina implemented daylight savings time,
9058787Sru# which did not result in the switch of a time zone, as they stayed 9 hours
9164499Swollman# from the International Date Line.
92331663SphilipRule	Arg	1999	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
93175034Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-12-28):
94175034Sedwin# DST was set to expire on March 5, not March 3, but since it was converted
95175034Sedwin# to standard time on March 3 it's more convenient for us to pretend that
96175034Sedwin# it ended on March 3.
97175034SedwinRule	Arg	2000	only	-	Mar	3	0:00	0	-
9858787Sru#
9958787Sru# From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01):
100270817Spluknet# We just checked with our S��o Paulo office and they say the government of
10158787Sru# Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST.
10258787Sru# So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times.
10358787Sru#
104270817Spluknet# From Fabi��n L. Arce Jofr�� (2000-04-04):
10564499Swollman# The law that claimed DST for Argentina was derogated by President Fernando
106270817Spluknet# de la R��a on March 2, 2000, because it would make people spend more energy
10764499Swollman# in the winter time, rather than less.  The change took effect on March 3.
10864499Swollman#
10986222Swollman# From Mariano Absatz (2001-06-06):
11086222Swollman# one of the major newspapers here in Argentina said that the 1999
11186222Swollman# Timezone Law (which never was effectively applied) will (would?) be
11286222Swollman# in effect.... The article is at
11386222Swollman# http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-06/e-01701.htm
114286751Sedwin# ... The Law itself is "Ley No. 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted
11586222Swollman# 1999-09-17, and published 1999-09-21.  The official publication is at:
11686222Swollman# http://www.boletin.jus.gov.ar/BON/Primera/1999/09-Septiembre/21/PDF/BO21-09-99LEG.PDF
11786222Swollman# Regretfully, you have to subscribe (and pay) for the on-line version....
11886222Swollman#
11986222Swollman# (2001-06-12):
12086222Swollman# the timezone for Argentina will not change next Sunday.
12186222Swollman# Apparently it will do so on Sunday 24th....
12286222Swollman# http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-12/s-03501.htm
12386222Swollman#
12486222Swollman# (2001-06-25):
12586222Swollman# Last Friday (yes, the last working day before the date of the change), the
12686222Swollman# Senate annulled the 1999 law that introduced the changes later postponed.
12786222Swollman# http://www.clarin.com.ar/diario/2001-06-22/s-03601.htm
12886222Swollman# It remains the vote of the Deputies..., but it will be the same....
12986222Swollman# This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina.
13086222Swollman# We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country.
13186222Swollman#
132175034Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-12-21):
133175034Sedwin# A user (Leonardo Chaim) reported that Argentina will adopt DST....
134175034Sedwin# all of the country (all Zone-entries) are affected.  News reports like
135175034Sedwin# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/nota.asp?nota_id=973037 indicate
136175034Sedwin# that Argentina will use DST next year as well, from October to
137175034Sedwin# March, although exact rules are not given.
138175034Sedwin#
139270817Spluknet# From Jesper N��rgaard Welen (2007-12-26)
140175034Sedwin# The last hurdle of Argentina DST is over, the proposal was approved in
141270817Spluknet# the lower chamber too (Diputados) with a vote 192 for and 2 against.
142175034Sedwin# By the way thanks to Mariano Absatz and Daniel Mario Vega for the link to
143175034Sedwin# the original scanned proposal, where the dates and the zero hours are
144175034Sedwin# clear and unambiguous...This is the article about final approval:
145175034Sedwin# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996
146175034Sedwin#
147175034Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-12-22):
148175034Sedwin# For dates after mid-2008, the following rules are my guesses and
149175034Sedwin# are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
150183066Sedwin
151183066Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-09-05):
152183066Sedwin# As per message from Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz (Nicaragua),
153183066Sedwin# Argentina will start DST on Sunday October 19, 2008.
154183066Sedwin#
155183066Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina03.html
156183066Sedwin# http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 (in spanish)
157183066Sedwin
158286751Sedwin# From Juan Manuel Docile in https://bugs.gentoo.org/240339 (2008-10-07)
159286751Sedwin# via Rodrigo Severo:
160286751Sedwin# Argentinian law No. 25.155 is no longer valid.
161183864Sedwin# http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/60036/norma.htm
162286751Sedwin# The new one is law No. 26.350
163183864Sedwin# http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136191/norma.htm
164183864Sedwin# So there is no summer time in Argentina for now.
165183864Sedwin
166184406Sedwin# From Mariano Absatz (2008-10-20):
167273719Sedwin# Decree 1693/2008 applies Law 26.350 for the summer 2008/2009 establishing DST
168273719Sedwin# in Argentina from 2008-10-19 until 2009-03-15.
169184406Sedwin# http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=16102008&pi=3&pf=4&s=0&sec=01
170184406Sedwin#
171270817Spluknet
172270817Spluknet# Decree 1705/2008 excepting 12 Provinces from applying DST in the summer
173270817Spluknet# 2008/2009: Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, La
174270817Spluknet# Pampa, Neuqu��n, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego
175184406Sedwin# http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=17102008&pi=1&pf=1&s=0&sec=01
176184406Sedwin#
177273719Sedwin# Press release 235 dated Saturday October 18th, from the Government of the
178273719Sedwin# Province of Jujuy saying it will not apply DST either (even when it was not
179273719Sedwin# included in Decree 1705/2008).
180184406Sedwin# http://www.jujuy.gov.ar/index2/partes_prensa/18_10_08/235-181008.doc
181184406Sedwin
182198515Sedwin# From fullinet (2009-10-18):
183198515Sedwin# As announced in
184198515Sedwin# http://www.argentina.gob.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=356
185273719Sedwin# (an official .gob.ar) under title: "Sin Cambio de Hora"
186273719Sedwin# (English: "No hour change").
187198515Sedwin#
188270817Spluknet# "Por el momento, el Gobierno Nacional resolvi�� no modificar la hora
189270817Spluknet# oficial, decisi��n que estaba en estudio para su implementaci��n el
190270817Spluknet# domingo 18 de octubre. Desde el Ministerio de Planificaci��n se anunci��
191270817Spluknet# que la Argentina hoy, en estas condiciones meteorol��gicas, no necesita
192270817Spluknet# la modificaci��n del huso horario, ya que 2009 nos encuentra con
193270817Spluknet# crecimiento en la producci��n y distribuci��n energ��tica."
194198515Sedwin
195331663SphilipRule	Arg	2007	only	-	Dec	30	0:00	1:00	-
196198515SedwinRule	Arg	2008	2009	-	Mar	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
197331663SphilipRule	Arg	2008	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	-
198240457Sedwin
199136638Swollman# From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21):
200136638Swollman# Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing
201136638Swollman# its timezone this winter... starting tomorrow night....
202136638Swollman# http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040521-27158-normas.pdf
203136638Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2004-05-24):
204136638Swollman# It's Law No. 7,210.  This change is due to a public power emergency, so for
205136638Swollman# now we'll assume it's for this year only.
20693799Swollman#
207331663Sphilip# From Paul Eggert (2018-01-31):
208273719Sedwin# Hora de verano para la Rep��blica Argentina
209273719Sedwin# http://buenasiembra.com.ar/esoterismo/astrologia/hora-de-verano-de-la-republica-argentina-27.html
210270817Spluknet# says that standard time in Argentina from 1894-10-31
21193799Swollman# to 1920-05-01 was -4:16:48.25.  Go with this more-precise value
212331663Sphilip# over Shanks & Pottenger.  It is upward compatible with Milne, who
213331663Sphilip# says C��rdoba time was -4:16:48.2.
214331663Sphilip
215136638Swollman#
216136638Swollman# From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-05):
217136638Swollman# These media articles from a major newspaper mostly cover the current state:
218136638Swollman# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/27/de_604825.asp
219136638Swollman# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/28/de_605203.asp
220136638Swollman#
221136638Swollman# The following eight (8) provinces pulled clocks back to UTC-04:00 at
222136638Swollman# midnight Monday May 31st. (that is, the night between 05/31 and 06/01).
223136638Swollman# Apparently, all nine provinces would go back to UTC-03:00 at the same
224136638Swollman# time in October 17th.
225136638Swollman#
226136638Swollman# Catamarca, Chubut, La Rioja, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz,
227270817Spluknet# Tierra del Fuego, Tucum��n.
228136638Swollman#
229136638Swollman# From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-14):
230270817Spluknet# ... this weekend, the Province of Tucum��n decided it'd go back to UTC-03:00
231136638Swollman# yesterday midnight (that is, at 24:00 Saturday 12th), since the people's
232136638Swollman# annoyance with the change is much higher than the power savings obtained....
233136638Swollman#
234136638Swollman# From Gwillim Law (2004-06-14):
235136638Swollman# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/06/10/de_609078.asp ...
236136638Swollman#     "The time change in Tierra del Fuego was a conflicted decision from
237136638Swollman#   the start.  The government had decreed that the measure would take
238136638Swollman#   effect on June 1, but a normative error forced the new time to begin
239136638Swollman#   three days earlier, from a Saturday to a Sunday....
240136638Swollman# Our understanding was that the change was originally scheduled to take place
241136638Swollman# on June 1 at 00:00 in Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego (and some other
242136638Swollman# provinces).  Sunday was May 30, only two days earlier.  So the article
243136638Swollman# contains a contradiction.  I would give more credence to the Saturday/Sunday
244136638Swollman# date than the "three days earlier" phrase, and conclude that Tierra del
245136638Swollman# Fuego set its clocks back at 2004-05-30 00:00.
246136638Swollman#
247136638Swollman# From Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-05):
248136638Swollman# The previous law 7210 which changed the province of Mendoza's time zone
249136638Swollman# back in May have been modified slightly in a new law 7277, which set the
250136638Swollman# new end date to 2004-09-26 (original date was 2004-10-17).
251136638Swollman# http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040924-27244-normas.pdf
252136638Swollman#
253136638Swollman# From Mariano Absatz (2004-10-05):
254136638Swollman# San Juan changed from UTC-03:00 to UTC-04:00 at midnight between
255136638Swollman# Sunday, May 30th and Monday, May 31st.  It changed back to UTC-03:00
256136638Swollman# at midnight between Saturday, July 24th and Sunday, July 25th....
257136638Swollman# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000329.html
258136638Swollman# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000426.html
259136638Swollman# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000441.html
26093799Swollman
261177591Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-01-17):
262177591Sedwin# Here are articles that Argentina Province San Luis is planning to end DST
263177591Sedwin# as earlier as upcoming Monday January 21, 2008 or February 2008:
264177591Sedwin#
265270817Spluknet# Provincia argentina retrasa reloj y marca diferencia con resto del pa��s
266177591Sedwin# (Argentine Province delayed clock and mark difference with the rest of the
267177591Sedwin# country)
268177591Sedwin# http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4373&idtel
269177591Sedwin#
270177591Sedwin# Es inminente que en San Luis atrasen una hora los relojes
271177591Sedwin# (It is imminent in San Luis clocks one hour delay)
272325160Sphilip# https://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/253414/Economia/Es-inminente-que-en-San-Luis-atrasen-una-hora-los-relojes.html
273325160Sphilip# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html
274177591Sedwin
275270817Spluknet# From Jesper N��rgaard Welen (2008-01-18):
276177591Sedwin# The page of the San Luis provincial government
277177591Sedwin# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812
278177591Sedwin# confirms what Alex Krivenyshev has earlier sent to the tz
279177591Sedwin# emailing list about that San Luis plans to return to standard
280177591Sedwin# time much earlier than the rest of the country. It also
281240457Sedwin# confirms that upon request the provinces San Juan and Mendoza
282240457Sedwin# refused to follow San Luis in this change.
283240457Sedwin#
284273719Sedwin# The change is supposed to take place Monday the 21st at 0:00
285177591Sedwin# hours. As far as I understand it if this goes ahead, we need
286177591Sedwin# a new timezone for San Luis (although there are also documented
287177591Sedwin# independent changes in the southamerica file of San Luis in
288177591Sedwin# 1990 and 1991 which has not been confirmed).
289177591Sedwin
290270817Spluknet# From Jesper N��rgaard Welen (2008-01-25):
291177591Sedwin# Unfortunately the below page has become defunct, about the San Luis
292177591Sedwin# time change. Perhaps because it now is part of a group of pages "Most
293177591Sedwin# important pages of 2008."
294177591Sedwin#
295177591Sedwin# You can use
296177591Sedwin# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834
297177591Sedwin# instead it seems. Or use "Buscador" from the main page of the San Luis
298177591Sedwin# government, and fill in "huso" and click OK, and you will get 3 pages
299177591Sedwin# from which the first one is identical to the above.
300177591Sedwin
301177591Sedwin# From Mariano Absatz (2008-01-28):
302177591Sedwin# I can confirm that the Province of San Luis (and so far only that
303177591Sedwin# province) decided to go back to UTC-3 effective midnight Jan 20th 2008
304177591Sedwin# (that is, Monday 21st at 0:00 is the time the clocks were delayed back
305177591Sedwin# 1 hour), and they intend to keep UTC-3 as their timezone all year round
306177591Sedwin# (that is, unless they change their mind any minute now).
307177591Sedwin#
308177591Sedwin# So we'll have to add yet another city to 'southamerica' (I think San
309177591Sedwin# Luis city is the mos populated city in the Province, so it'd be
310177591Sedwin# America/Argentina/San_Luis... of course I can't remember if San Luis's
311177591Sedwin# history of particular changes goes along with Mendoza or San Juan :-(
312177591Sedwin# (I only remember not being able to collect hard facts about San Luis
313177591Sedwin# back in 2004, when these provinces changed to UTC-4 for a few days, I
314177591Sedwin# mailed them personally and never got an answer).
315177591Sedwin
316273719Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-12):
317273719Sedwin# Unless otherwise specified, data entries are from Shanks & Pottenger through
318273719Sedwin# 1992, from the IATA otherwise.  As noted below, Shanks & Pottenger say that
319181421Sedwin# America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, one of which
320181421Sedwin# was America/San_Luis, but we haven't verified this yet so for now we'll
321181421Sedwin# keep America/Cordoba a single region rather than splitting it into the
322181421Sedwin# other 5 subregions.
323181421Sedwin
324190372Sedwin# From Mariano Absatz (2009-03-13):
325190372Sedwin# Yesterday (with our usual 2-day notice) the Province of San Luis
326190372Sedwin# decided that next Sunday instead of "staying" @utc-03:00 they will go
327190372Sedwin# to utc-04:00 until the second Saturday in October...
32893799Swollman#
329190372Sedwin# The press release is at
330190372Sedwin# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/SL/Paginas/NoticiaDetalle.asp?TemaId=1&InfoPrensaId=3102
331270817Spluknet# (I couldn't find the decree, but www.sanluis.gov.ar
332270817Spluknet# is the official page for the Province Government.)
333190372Sedwin#
334248307Sedwin# There's also a note in only one of the major national papers ...
335190372Sedwin# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1107912
336240457Sedwin#
337248307Sedwin# The press release says [quick and dirty translation]:
338248307Sedwin# ... announced that next Sunday, at 00:00, Puntanos (the San Luis
339190372Sedwin# inhabitants) will have to turn back one hour their clocks
340190372Sedwin#
341190372Sedwin# Since then, San Luis will establish its own Province timezone. Thus,
342190372Sedwin# during 2009, this timezone change will run from 00:00 the third Sunday
343190372Sedwin# in March until 24:00 of the second Saturday in October.
344190372Sedwin
345198515Sedwin# From Mariano Absatz (2009-10-16):
346198515Sedwin# ...the Province of San Luis is a case in itself.
347190372Sedwin#
348198515Sedwin# The Law at
349198515Sedwin# http://www.diputadossanluis.gov.ar/diputadosasp/paginas/verNorma.asp?NormaID=276
350198515Sedwin# is ambiguous because establishes a calendar from the 2nd Sunday in
351198515Sedwin# October at 0:00 thru the 2nd Saturday in March at 24:00 and the
352198515Sedwin# complement of that starting on the 2nd Sunday of March at 0:00 and
353198515Sedwin# ending on the 2nd Saturday of March at 24:00.
354197597Sedwin#
355198515Sedwin# This clearly breaks every time the 1st of March or October is a Sunday.
356197597Sedwin#
357198515Sedwin# IMHO, the "spirit of the Law" is to make the changes at 0:00 on the 2nd
358198515Sedwin# Sunday of October and March.
359198515Sedwin#
360198515Sedwin# The problem is that the changes in the rest of the Provinces that did
361198515Sedwin# change in 2007/2008, were made according to the Federal Law and Decrees
362198515Sedwin# that did so on the 3rd Sunday of October and March.
363198515Sedwin#
364198515Sedwin# In fact, San Luis actually switched from UTC-4 to UTC-3 last Sunday
365198515Sedwin# (October 11th) at 0:00.
366198515Sedwin#
367198515Sedwin# So I guess a new set of rules, besides "Arg", must be made and the last
368198515Sedwin# America/Argentina/San_Luis entries should change to use these...
369198515Sedwin# ...
370197597Sedwin
371206868Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-09):
372273719Sedwin# According to news reports from El Diario de la Rep��blica Province San
373206868Sedwin# Luis, Argentina (standard time UTC-04) will keep Daylight Saving Time
374270817Spluknet# after April 11, 2010 - will continue to have same time as rest of
375206868Sedwin# Argentina (UTC-3) (no DST).
376206868Sedwin#
377270817Spluknet# Confirmaron la pr��rroga del huso horario de verano (Spanish)
378206868Sedwin# http://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29383&Itemid=9
379206868Sedwin# or (some English translation):
380206868Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina08.html
381206868Sedwin
382206868Sedwin# From Mariano Absatz (2010-04-12):
383206868Sedwin# yes...I can confirm this...and given that San Luis keeps calling
384206868Sedwin# UTC-03:00 "summer time", we should't just let San Luis go back to "Arg"
385206868Sedwin# rules...San Luis is still using "Western ARgentina Time" and it got
386206868Sedwin# stuck on Summer daylight savings time even though the summer is over.
387206868Sedwin
388331663Sphilip# From Paul Eggert (2018-01-23):
389307362Sbapt# Perhaps San Luis operates on the legal fiction that it is at -04
390331663Sphilip# with perpetual daylight saving time, but ordinary usage typically seems to
391307362Sbapt# just say it's at -03; see, for example,
392325160Sphilip# https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hora_oficial_argentina
393257697Sedwin# We've documented similar situations as being plain changes to
394257697Sedwin# standard time, so let's do that here too.  This does not change UTC
395257697Sedwin# offsets, only tm_isdst and the time zone abbreviations.  One minor
396257697Sedwin# plus is that this silences a zic complaint that there's no POSIX TZ
397339631Sphilip# setting for timestamps past 2038.
398257697Sedwin
3992742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
40020094Swollman#
401136638Swollman# Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF),
402273719SedwinZone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
403273719Sedwin			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May    # C��rdoba Mean Time
404316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
405316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
406316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
407316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
408316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02
40920094Swollman#
410270817Spluknet# C��rdoba (CB), Santa Fe (SF), Entre R��os (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN),
411184406Sedwin# Chaco (CC), Formosa (FM), Santiago del Estero (SE)
41220094Swollman#
413158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we haven't verified:
41493799Swollman# - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
41593799Swollman# - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29.
41693799Swollman# - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04.
41793799Swollman# - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01,
41893799Swollman#   then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26.
41993799Swollman#
420136638SwollmanZone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
42193799Swollman			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
422316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
423316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
424316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Mar  3
425316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Oct 20
426316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
427316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
428316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02
42920094Swollman#
430270817Spluknet# Salta (SA), La Pampa (LP), Neuqu��n (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
431184406SedwinZone America/Argentina/Salta -4:21:40 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
432184406Sedwin			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
433316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
434316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
435316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Mar  3
436316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Oct 20
437316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
438316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
439316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
440316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
441184406Sedwin#
442270817Spluknet# Tucum��n (TM)
443136638SwollmanZone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
444136638Swollman			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
445316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
446316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
447316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Mar  3
448316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Oct 20
449316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
450316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
451316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	2004 Jun  1
452316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jun 13
453316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02
454136638Swollman#
455136638Swollman# La Rioja (LR)
456136638SwollmanZone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
457136638Swollman			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
458316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
459316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
460316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Mar  1
461316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1991 May  7
462316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
463316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
464316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	2004 Jun  1
465316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jun 20
466316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
467316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
468136638Swollman#
469136638Swollman# San Juan (SJ)
470136638SwollmanZone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
471136638Swollman			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
472316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
473316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
474316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Mar  1
475316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1991 May  7
476316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
477316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
478316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	2004 May 31
479316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jul 25
480316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
481316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
482136638Swollman#
48320094Swollman# Jujuy (JY)
484136638SwollmanZone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
48593799Swollman			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
486316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
487316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
488316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1990 Mar  4
489316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1990 Oct 28
490316350Sbapt			-4:00	1:00	-03	1991 Mar 17
491316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Oct  6
492316350Sbapt			-3:00	1:00	-02	1992
493316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
494316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
495316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
496316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
49720094Swollman#
498149514Swollman# Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
499136638SwollmanZone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
50093799Swollman			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
501316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
502316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
503316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Mar  3
504316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Oct 20
505316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
506316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
507316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	2004 Jun  1
508316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jun 20
509316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
510316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
51120094Swollman#
51220094Swollman# Mendoza (MZ)
513136638SwollmanZone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
51493799Swollman			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
515316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
516316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
517316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1990 Mar  4
518316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1990 Oct 15
519316350Sbapt			-4:00	1:00	-03	1991 Mar  1
520316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Oct 15
521316350Sbapt			-4:00	1:00	-03	1992 Mar  1
522316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1992 Oct 18
523316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
524316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
525316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	2004 May 23
526316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Sep 26
527316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
528316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
529136638Swollman#
530177591Sedwin# San Luis (SL)
531198515Sedwin
532206868SedwinRule	SanLuis	2008	2009	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
533331663SphilipRule	SanLuis	2007	2008	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00	1:00	-
534198515Sedwin
535177591SedwinZone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
536177591Sedwin			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
537316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
538316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
539316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1990
540316350Sbapt			-3:00	1:00	-02	1990 Mar 14
541316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1990 Oct 15
542316350Sbapt			-4:00	1:00	-03	1991 Mar  1
543316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Jun  1
544316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	1999 Oct  3
545316350Sbapt			-4:00	1:00	-03	2000 Mar  3
546316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	2004 May 31
547316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jul 25
548316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Jan 21
549316350Sbapt			-4:00	SanLuis	-04/-03	2009 Oct 11
550316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
551177591Sedwin#
552136638Swollman# Santa Cruz (SC)
553273719SedwinZone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
554316350Sbapt			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
555316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
556316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
557316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
558316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
559316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	2004 Jun  1
560316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jun 20
561316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
562316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
563136638Swollman#
564270817Spluknet# Tierra del Fuego, Ant��rtida e Islas del Atl��ntico Sur (TF)
565273719SedwinZone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
566316350Sbapt			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
567316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
568316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
569316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
570316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
571316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	2004 May 30
572316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jun 20
573316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
574316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
5758029Swollman
57614343Swollman# Aruba
577257697SedwinLink America/Curacao America/Aruba
57814343Swollman
5792742Swollman# Bolivia
5802742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5812742SwollmanZone	America/La_Paz	-4:32:36 -	LMT	1890
58286222Swollman			-4:32:36 -	CMT	1931 Oct 15 # Calamarca MT
583328476Sphilip			-4:32:36 1:00	BST	1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST
584316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04
5852742Swollman
5862742Swollman# Brazil
5872742Swollman
588149514Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
5892742Swollman# The mayor of Rio recently attempted to change the time zone rules
5902742Swollman# just in his city, in order to leave more summer time for the tourist trade.
5912742Swollman# The rule change lasted only part of the day;
5922742Swollman# the federal government refused to follow the city's rules, and business
5932742Swollman# was in a chaos, so the mayor backed down that afternoon.
5942742Swollman
59520094Swollman# From IATA SSIM (1996-02):
59620094Swollman# _Only_ the following states in BR1 observe DST: Rio Grande do Sul (RS),
597270817Spluknet# Santa Catarina (SC), Paran�� (PR), S��o Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ),
598270817Spluknet# Esp��rito Santo (ES), Minas Gerais (MG), Bahia (BA), Goi��s (GO),
59920094Swollman# Distrito Federal (DF), Tocantins (TO), Sergipe [SE] and Alagoas [AL].
60020094Swollman# [The last three states are new to this issue of the IATA SSIM.]
60120094Swollman
60220094Swollman# From Gwillim Law (1996-10-07):
603270817Spluknet# Geography, history (Tocantins was part of Goi��s until 1989), and other
60420094Swollman# sources of time zone information lead me to believe that AL, SE, and TO were
60520094Swollman# always in BR1, and so the only change was whether or not they observed DST....
60620094Swollman# The earliest issue of the SSIM I have is 2/91.  Each issue from then until
60720094Swollman# 9/95 says that DST is observed only in the ten states I quoted from 9/95,
60820094Swollman# along with Mato Grosso (MT) and Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), which are in BR2
60920094Swollman# (UTC-4)....  The other two time zones given for Brazil are BR3, which is
61020094Swollman# UTC-5, no DST, and applies only in the state of Acre (AC); and BR4, which is
61120094Swollman# UTC-2, and applies to Fernando de Noronha (formerly FN, but I believe it's
61220094Swollman# become part of the state of Pernambuco).  The boundary between BR1 and BR2
61320094Swollman# has never been clearly stated.  They've simply been called East and West.
61420094Swollman# However, some conclusions can be drawn from another IATA manual: the Airline
61520094Swollman# Coding Directory, which lists close to 400 airports in Brazil.  For each
61620094Swollman# airport it gives a time zone which is coded to the SSIM.  From that
617270817Spluknet# information, I'm led to conclude that the states of Amap�� (AP), Cear�� (CE),
618270817Spluknet# Maranh��o (MA), Para��ba (PR), Pernambuco (PE), Piau�� (PI), and Rio Grande do
619270817Spluknet# Norte (RN), and the eastern part of Par�� (PA) are all in BR1 without DST.
62020094Swollman
62143014Swollman# From Marcos Tadeu (1998-09-27):
622270817Spluknet# Brazilian official page <http://pcdsh01.on.br/verao1.html>
62375267Swollman
624270817Spluknet# From Jesper N��rgaard (2000-11-03):
62575267Swollman# [For an official list of which regions in Brazil use which time zones, see:]
62675267Swollman# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbr.htm
62775267Swollman# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbrhv.htm
62875267Swollman
629105196Swollman# From Celso Doria via David Madeo (2002-10-09):
630105196Swollman# The reason for the delay this year has to do with elections in Brazil.
631105196Swollman#
632105196Swollman# Unlike in the United States, elections in Brazil are 100% computerized and
633105196Swollman# the results are known almost immediately.  Yesterday, it was the first
634105196Swollman# round of the elections when 115 million Brazilians voted for President,
635105196Swollman# Governor, Senators, Federal Deputies, and State Deputies.  Nobody is
636105196Swollman# counting (or re-counting) votes anymore and we know there will be a second
637105196Swollman# round for the Presidency and also for some Governors.  The 2nd round will
638105196Swollman# take place on October 27th.
639105196Swollman#
640105196Swollman# The reason why the DST will only begin November 3rd is that the thousands
641105196Swollman# of electoral machines used cannot have their time changed, and since the
642105196Swollman# Constitution says the elections must begin at 8:00 AM and end at 5:00 PM,
643105196Swollman# the Government decided to postpone DST, instead of changing the Constitution
644105196Swollman# (maybe, for the next elections, it will be possible to change the clock)...
645105196Swollman
646136638Swollman# From Rodrigo Severo (2004-10-04):
647136638Swollman# It's just the biannual change made necessary by the much hyped, supposedly
648136638Swollman# modern Brazilian eletronic voting machines which, apparently, can't deal
649136638Swollman# with a time change between the first and the second rounds of the elections.
650136638Swollman
651172479Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-20):
652172479Sedwin# Brazil will start DST on 2007-10-14 00:00 and end on 2008-02-17 00:00:
653172479Sedwin# http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do;jsessionid=BBA06811AFCAAC28F0285210913513DA?newsId=13975
654172479Sedwin
655181421Sedwin# From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24):
656181421Sedwin# ...by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 (published in the "Diario
657270817Spluknet# Oficial da Uni��o"...) in Brazil there are changes in the timezones,
658181421Sedwin# effective today (00:00am at June 24, 2008) as follows:
659181421Sedwin#
660273719Sedwin# a) The timezone UTC+5 is extinguished, with all the Acre state and the
661181421Sedwin# part of the Amazonas state that had this timezone now being put to the
662181421Sedwin# timezone UTC+4
663270817Spluknet# b) The whole Par�� state now is put at timezone UTC+3, instead of just
664181421Sedwin# part of it, as was before.
665181421Sedwin#
666181421Sedwin# This change follows a proposal of senator Tiao Viana of Acre state, that
667181421Sedwin# proposed it due to concerns about open television channels displaying
668181421Sedwin# programs inappropriate to youths in the states that had the timezone
669181421Sedwin# UTC+5 too early in the night. In the occasion, some more corrections
670181421Sedwin# were proposed, trying to unify the timezones of any given state. This
671181421Sedwin# change modifies timezone rules defined in decree 2.784 of 18 June,
672181421Sedwin# 1913.
673181421Sedwin
674181421Sedwin# From Rodrigo Severo (2008-06-24):
675181421Sedwin# Just correcting the URL:
676192886Sedwin# https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=do&secao=1&pagina=1&data=25/04/2008
677181421Sedwin#
678181421Sedwin# As a result of the above Decree I believe the America/Rio_Branco
679181421Sedwin# timezone shall be modified from UTC-5 to UTC-4 and a new timezone shall
680270817Spluknet# be created to represent the...west side of the Par�� State. I
681181421Sedwin# suggest this new timezone be called Santarem as the most
682181421Sedwin# important/populated city in the affected area.
683181421Sedwin#
684181421Sedwin# This new timezone would be the same as the Rio_Branco timezone up to
685181421Sedwin# the 2008/06/24 change which would be to UTC-3 instead of UTC-4.
686181421Sedwin
687181421Sedwin# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-24):
688181421Sedwin# This is a quick reference page for New and Old Brazil Time Zones map.
689181421Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php
690181421Sedwin#
691270817Spluknet# - 4 time zones replaced by 3 time zones - eliminating time zone UTC-05
692270817Spluknet# (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT-04) - western
693270817Spluknet# part of Par state is moving to one timezone UTC-03 (from UTC-04).
694181421Sedwin
695105196Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
696105196Swollman# The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
697273719Sedwin# Decretos sobre o Hor��rio de Ver��o no Brasil.
698273719Sedwin# http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html
69943014Swollman
700183066Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-29):
701183066Sedwin# As announced by the government and many newspapers in Brazil late
702183066Sedwin# yesterday, Brazil will start DST on 2008-10-19 (need to change rule) and
703183066Sedwin# it will end on 2009-02-15 (current rule for Brazil is fine). Based on
704183066Sedwin# past years experience with the elections, there was a good chance that
705183066Sedwin# the start was postponed to November, but it did not happen this year.
706183066Sedwin#
707183066Sedwin# It has not yet been posted to http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html
708183066Sedwin#
709183066Sedwin# An official page about it:
710183066Sedwin# http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do?newsId=16722
711183066Sedwin# Note that this link does not always work directly, but must be accessed
712183066Sedwin# by going to
713183066Sedwin# http://www.mme.gov.br/first
714183066Sedwin#
715183066Sedwin# One example link that works directly:
716183066Sedwin# http://jornale.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13530&Itemid=54
717183066Sedwin# (Portuguese)
718183066Sedwin#
719183066Sedwin# We have a written a short article about it as well:
720325160Sphilip# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html
721226289Sedwin#
722226289Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-04):
723226289Sedwin# State Bahia will return to Daylight savings time this year after 8 years off.
724240457Sedwin# The announcement was made by Governor Jaques Wagner in an interview to a
725240457Sedwin# television station in Salvador.
726183066Sedwin
727226289Sedwin# In Portuguese:
728226289Sedwin# http://g1.globo.com/bahia/noticia/2011/10/governador-jaques-wagner-confirma-horario-de-verao-na-bahia.html
729325160Sphilip# https://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI5390887-EI8139,00-Bahia+volta+a+ter+horario+de+verao+apos+oito+anos.html
730226289Sedwin
731226289Sedwin# From Guilherme Bernardes Rodrigues (2011-10-07):
732226289Sedwin# There is news in the media, however there is still no decree about it.
733270817Spluknet# I just send a e-mail to Zulmira Brandao at http://pcdsh01.on.br/ the
734248307Sedwin# official agency about time in Brazil, and she confirmed that the old rule is
735226289Sedwin# still in force.
736226289Sedwin
737226752Sedwin# From Guilherme Bernardes Rodrigues (2011-10-14)
738226752Sedwin# It's official, the President signed a decree that includes Bahia in summer
739226752Sedwin# time.
740226752Sedwin#	 [ and in a second message (same day): ]
741226752Sedwin# I found the decree.
742226752Sedwin#
743286751Sedwin# DECRETO No. 7.584, DE 13 DE OUTUBRO DE 2011
744226752Sedwin# Link :
745226752Sedwin# http://www.in.gov.br/visualiza/index.jsp?data=13/10/2011&jornal=1000&pagina=6&totalArquivos=6
746226752Sedwin
747242208Sedwin# From Kelley Cook (2012-10-16):
748242208Sedwin# The governor of state of Bahia in Brazil announced on Thursday that
749242208Sedwin# due to public pressure, he is reversing the DST policy they implemented
750242208Sedwin# last year and will not be going to Summer Time on October 21st....
751242208Sedwin# http://www.correio24horas.com.br/r/artigo/apos-pressoes-wagner-suspende-horario-de-verao-na-bahia
752226752Sedwin
753242208Sedwin# From Rodrigo Severo (2012-10-16):
754242208Sedwin# Tocantins state will have DST.
755325160Sphilip# https://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI6232536-EI306.html
756242208Sedwin
757257697Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-20):
758257697Sedwin# Tocantins in Brazil is very likely not to observe DST from October....
759257697Sedwin# http://conexaoto.com.br/2013/09/18/ministerio-confirma-que-tocantins-esta-fora-do-horario-de-verao-em-2013-mas-falta-publicacao-de-decreto
760257697Sedwin# We will keep this article updated when this is confirmed:
761325160Sphilip# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-starts-dst-2013.html
762257697Sedwin
763257697Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-10-17):
764325160Sphilip# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/acre-amazonas-change-time-zone.html
765257697Sedwin# Senator Jorge Viana announced that Acre will change time zone on November 10.
766257697Sedwin# He did not specify the time of the change, nor if western parts of Amazonas
767257697Sedwin# will change as well.
768257697Sedwin#
769257697Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-17):
770257697Sedwin# For now, assume western Amazonas will change as well.
771257697Sedwin
7722742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
773270817Spluknet# Decree 20,466 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm> (1931-10-01)
774270817Spluknet# Decree 21,896 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm> (1932-01-10)
775331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1931	only	-	Oct	 3	11:00	1:00	-
77658787SruRule	Brazil	1932	1933	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
777331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1932	only	-	Oct	 3	 0:00	1:00	-
778270817Spluknet# Decree 23,195 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV23195.htm> (1933-10-10)
77943014Swollman# revoked DST.
780270817Spluknet# Decree 27,496 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27496.htm> (1949-11-24)
781270817Spluknet# Decree 27,998 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27998.htm> (1950-04-13)
782331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1949	1952	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
78358787SruRule	Brazil	1950	only	-	Apr	16	 1:00	0	-
78458787SruRule	Brazil	1951	1952	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
785270817Spluknet# Decree 32,308 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV32308.htm> (1953-02-24)
78658787SruRule	Brazil	1953	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
787270817Spluknet# Decree 34,724 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV34724.htm> (1953-11-30)
78843014Swollman# revoked DST.
789270817Spluknet# Decree 52,700 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV52700.htm> (1963-10-18)
79043543Swollman# established DST from 1963-10-23 00:00 to 1964-02-29 00:00
79143543Swollman# in SP, RJ, GB, MG, ES, due to the prolongation of the drought.
792270817Spluknet# Decree 53,071 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53071.htm> (1963-12-03)
79343543Swollman# extended the above decree to all of the national territory on 12-09.
794331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1963	only	-	Dec	 9	 0:00	1:00	-
795270817Spluknet# Decree 53,604 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53604.htm> (1964-02-25)
79643543Swollman# extended summer time by one day to 1964-03-01 00:00 (start of school).
79758787SruRule	Brazil	1964	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
798270817Spluknet# Decree 55,639 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV55639.htm> (1965-01-27)
799331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Jan	31	 0:00	1:00	-
80058787SruRule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Mar	31	 0:00	0	-
801270817Spluknet# Decree 57,303 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57303.htm> (1965-11-22)
802331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
803270817Spluknet# Decree 57,843 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57843.htm> (1966-02-18)
80458787SruRule	Brazil	1966	1968	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
805331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1966	1967	-	Nov	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
806270817Spluknet# Decree 63,429 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV63429.htm> (1968-10-15)
80743543Swollman# revoked DST.
808270817Spluknet# Decree 91,698 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV91698.htm> (1985-09-27)
809331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1985	only	-	Nov	 2	 0:00	1:00	-
81043543Swollman# Decree 92,310 (1986-01-21)
81143543Swollman# Decree 92,463 (1986-03-13)
81258787SruRule	Brazil	1986	only	-	Mar	15	 0:00	0	-
81343543Swollman# Decree 93,316 (1986-10-01)
814331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1986	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	-
81558787SruRule	Brazil	1987	only	-	Feb	14	 0:00	0	-
816270817Spluknet# Decree 94,922 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV94922.htm> (1987-09-22)
817331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1987	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	-
81858787SruRule	Brazil	1988	only	-	Feb	 7	 0:00	0	-
819270817Spluknet# Decree 96,676 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV96676.htm> (1988-09-12)
82043543Swollman# except for the states of AC, AM, PA, RR, RO, and AP (then a territory)
821331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1988	only	-	Oct	16	 0:00	1:00	-
82258787SruRule	Brazil	1989	only	-	Jan	29	 0:00	0	-
823270817Spluknet# Decree 98,077 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV98077.htm> (1989-08-21)
82443543Swollman# with the same exceptions
825331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1989	only	-	Oct	15	 0:00	1:00	-
82658787SruRule	Brazil	1990	only	-	Feb	11	 0:00	0	-
827270817Spluknet# Decree 99,530 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV99530.htm> (1990-09-17)
82843543Swollman# adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, GO, MS, DF.
82943543Swollman# Decree 99,629 (1990-10-19) adds BA, MT.
830331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1990	only	-	Oct	21	 0:00	1:00	-
83158787SruRule	Brazil	1991	only	-	Feb	17	 0:00	0	-
832270817Spluknet# Unnumbered decree <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1991.htm> (1991-09-25)
83343543Swollman# adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, BA, GO, MT, MS, DF.
834331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1991	only	-	Oct	20	 0:00	1:00	-
83558787SruRule	Brazil	1992	only	-	Feb	 9	 0:00	0	-
836270817Spluknet# Unnumbered decree <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1992.htm> (1992-10-16)
83743543Swollman# adopted by same states.
838331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1992	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	-
83958787SruRule	Brazil	1993	only	-	Jan	31	 0:00	0	-
840270817Spluknet# Decree 942 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV942.htm> (1993-09-28)
84143543Swollman# adopted by same states, plus AM.
842270817Spluknet# Decree 1,252 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1252.htm> (1994-09-22;
843136638Swollman# web page corrected 2004-01-07) adopted by same states, minus AM.
844270817Spluknet# Decree 1,636 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1636.htm> (1995-09-14)
845136638Swollman# adopted by same states, plus MT and TO.
846270817Spluknet# Decree 1,674 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1674.htm> (1995-10-13)
84743543Swollman# adds AL, SE.
848331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1993	1995	-	Oct	Sun>=11	 0:00	1:00	-
84958787SruRule	Brazil	1994	1995	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
85058787SruRule	Brazil	1996	only	-	Feb	11	 0:00	0	-
851270817Spluknet# Decree 2,000 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV2000.htm> (1996-09-04)
85243543Swollman# adopted by same states, minus AL, SE.
853331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1996	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	1:00	-
85458787SruRule	Brazil	1997	only	-	Feb	16	 0:00	0	-
855149514Swollman# From Daniel C. Sobral (1998-02-12):
85643014Swollman# In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that
85743014Swollman# because international television networks ignored Brazil's policy on DS,
85843014Swollman# they bought the wrong times on satellite for coverage of Pope's visit.
85943014Swollman# This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1
86043014Swollman# to help dealing with the shortages of electric power.
86143014Swollman#
86243543Swollman# Decree 2,317 (1997-09-04), adopted by same states.
863331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1997	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	1:00	-
864270817Spluknet# Decree 2,495 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV2495.JPG>
86543014Swollman# (1998-02-10)
86658787SruRule	Brazil	1998	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
867270817Spluknet# Decree 2,780 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/Hv98.jpg> (1998-09-11)
86858787Sru# adopted by the same states as before.
869331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1998	only	-	Oct	11	 0:00	1:00	-
87058787SruRule	Brazil	1999	only	-	Feb	21	 0:00	0	-
871270817Spluknet# Decree 3,150 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3150.gif>
87258787Sru# (1999-08-23) adopted by same states.
873270817Spluknet# Decree 3,188 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV99.gif> (1999-09-30)
87467578Swollman# adds SE, AL, PB, PE, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR.
875331663SphilipRule	Brazil	1999	only	-	Oct	 3	 0:00	1:00	-
87667578SwollmanRule	Brazil	2000	only	-	Feb	27	 0:00	0	-
877270817Spluknet# Decree 3,592 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DEC3592.htm> (2000-09-06)
87867578Swollman# adopted by the same states as before.
879270817Spluknet# Decree 3,630 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3630.jpg> (2000-10-13)
88075267Swollman# repeals DST in PE and RR, effective 2000-10-15 00:00.
881270817Spluknet# Decree 3,632 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3632.jpg> (2000-10-17)
88275267Swollman# repeals DST in SE, AL, PB, RN, CE, PI and MA, effective 2000-10-22 00:00.
883270817Spluknet# Decree 3,916 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3916.gif>
88486222Swollman# (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
885331663SphilipRule	Brazil	2000	2001	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	-
886163302SruRule	Brazil	2001	2006	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
887105196Swollman# Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
888270817Spluknet# 4,399 <http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm>
889331663SphilipRule	Brazil	2002	only	-	Nov	 3	 0:00	1:00	-
890121098Swollman# Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO.
891270817Spluknet# 4,844 <http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm>
892331663SphilipRule	Brazil	2003	only	-	Oct	19	 0:00	1:00	-
893136638Swollman# Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT.
894270817Spluknet# 5,223 <http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm>
895331663SphilipRule	Brazil	2004	only	-	Nov	 2	 0:00	1:00	-
896270817Spluknet# Decree 5,539 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif> (2005-09-19),
897153670Swollman# adopted by the same states as before.
898331663SphilipRule	Brazil	2005	only	-	Oct	16	 0:00	1:00	-
899270817Spluknet# Decree 5,920 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5920.gif> (2006-10-03),
900172479Sedwin# adopted by the same states as before.
901331663SphilipRule	Brazil	2006	only	-	Nov	 5	 0:00	1:00	-
902172479SedwinRule	Brazil	2007	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	0	-
903270817Spluknet# Decree 6,212 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV6212.gif> (2007-09-26),
904181421Sedwin# adopted by the same states as before.
905331663SphilipRule	Brazil	2007	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	-
906183536Sedwin# From Frederico A. C. Neves (2008-09-10):
907253009Sedwin# According to this decree
908183536Sedwin# http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm
909183536Sedwin# [t]he DST period in Brazil now on will be from the 3rd Oct Sunday to the
910183536Sedwin# 3rd Feb Sunday. There is an exception on the return date when this is
911183536Sedwin# the Carnival Sunday then the return date will be the next Sunday...
912331663SphilipRule	Brazil	2008	2017	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	-
913183536SedwinRule	Brazil	2008	2011	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
914328476Sphilip# Decree 7,584 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HVdecreto7584_20111013.jpg> (2011-10-13)
915328476Sphilip# added Bahia.
916183536SedwinRule	Brazil	2012	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
917328476Sphilip# Decree 7,826 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HVdecreto7826_20121015.jpg> (2012-10-15)
918328476Sphilip# removed Bahia and added Tocantins.
919328476Sphilip# Decree 8,112 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HVdecreto8112_20130930.JPG> (2013-09-30)
920328476Sphilip# removed Tocantins.
921183536SedwinRule	Brazil	2013	2014	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
922183536SedwinRule	Brazil	2015	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
923183536SedwinRule	Brazil	2016	2022	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
924328476Sphilip# From Steffen Thorsen (2017-12-18):
925328476Sphilip# According to many media sources, next year's DST start in Brazil will move to
926328476Sphilip# the first Sunday of November, and it will stay like that for the years after.
927328476Sphilip# ... https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-delays-dst-2018.html
928328476Sphilip# From Steffen Thorsen (2017-12-20):
929328476Sphilip# http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2015-2018/2017/decreto/D9242.htm
930339631Sphilip#
931339631Sphilip# From F��bio Gomes (2018-10-04):
932339631Sphilip# The Brazilian president just announced a new change on this year DST.
933339631Sphilip# It was scheduled to start on November 4th and it was changed to November 18th.
934339631Sphilip# From Rodrigo Br��ning Wessler (2018-10-15):
935339631Sphilip# The Brazilian government just announced that the change in DST was
936339631Sphilip# canceled....  Maybe the president Michel Temer also woke up one hour
937339631Sphilip# earlier today. :)
938331663SphilipRule	Brazil	2018	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
939183536SedwinRule	Brazil	2023	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
940183536SedwinRule	Brazil	2024	2025	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
941183536SedwinRule	Brazil	2026	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
942183536SedwinRule	Brazil	2027	2033	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
943183536SedwinRule	Brazil	2034	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
944183536SedwinRule	Brazil	2035	2036	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
945183536SedwinRule	Brazil	2037	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
946183536Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2008-09-29):
947183536Sedwin# The next is wrong in some years but is better than nothing.
948183536SedwinRule	Brazil	2038	max	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
949183536Sedwin
950121098Swollman# The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST:
951136638Swollman# DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.
95220094Swollman
9532742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
95420094Swollman#
955136638Swollman# Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE)
9562742SwollmanZone America/Noronha	-2:09:40 -	LMT	1914
957316350Sbapt			-2:00	Brazil	-02/-01	1990 Sep 17
958316350Sbapt			-2:00	-	-02	1999 Sep 30
959316350Sbapt			-2:00	Brazil	-02/-01	2000 Oct 15
960316350Sbapt			-2:00	-	-02	2001 Sep 13
961316350Sbapt			-2:00	Brazil	-02/-01	2002 Oct  1
962316350Sbapt			-2:00	-	-02
963136638Swollman# Other Atlantic islands have no permanent settlement.
964270817Spluknet# These include Trindade and Martim Vaz (administratively part of ES),
965270817Spluknet# Rocas Atoll (RN), and the St Peter and St Paul Archipelago (PE).
966136638Swollman# Fernando de Noronha was a separate territory from 1942-09-02 to 1989-01-01;
967136638Swollman# it also included the Penedos.
96820094Swollman#
969270817Spluknet# Amap�� (AP), east Par�� (PA)
970270817Spluknet# East Par�� includes Bel��m, Marab��, Serra Norte, and S��o F��lix do Xingu.
971270817Spluknet# The division between east and west Par�� is the river Xingu.
972121098Swollman# In the north a very small part from the river Javary (now Jari I guess,
973270817Spluknet# the border with Amap��) to the Amazon, then to the Xingu.
97443543SwollmanZone America/Belem	-3:13:56 -	LMT	1914
975316350Sbapt			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1988 Sep 12
976316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
97743543Swollman#
978270817Spluknet# west Par�� (PA)
979270817Spluknet# West Par�� includes Altamira, ��bidos, Prainha, Oriximin��, and Santar��m.
980181421SedwinZone America/Santarem	-3:38:48 -	LMT	1914
981316350Sbapt			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	1988 Sep 12
982316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	2008 Jun 24  0:00
983316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
984181421Sedwin#
985270817Spluknet# Maranh��o (MA), Piau�� (PI), Cear�� (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
986270817Spluknet# Para��ba (PB)
98720094SwollmanZone America/Fortaleza	-2:34:00 -	LMT	1914
988316350Sbapt			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1990 Sep 17
989316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	1999 Sep 30
990316350Sbapt			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2000 Oct 22
991316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	2001 Sep 13
992316350Sbapt			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2002 Oct  1
993316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
99420094Swollman#
99575267Swollman# Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands)
99675267SwollmanZone America/Recife	-2:19:36 -	LMT	1914
997316350Sbapt			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1990 Sep 17
998316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	1999 Sep 30
999316350Sbapt			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2000 Oct 15
1000316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	2001 Sep 13
1001316350Sbapt			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2002 Oct  1
1002316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
100375267Swollman#
100458787Sru# Tocantins (TO)
100543543SwollmanZone America/Araguaina	-3:12:48 -	LMT	1914
1006316350Sbapt			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1990 Sep 17
1007316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	1995 Sep 14
1008316350Sbapt			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2003 Sep 24
1009316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	2012 Oct 21
1010316350Sbapt			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2013 Sep
1011316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
101220094Swollman#
101358787Sru# Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE)
101443543SwollmanZone America/Maceio	-2:22:52 -	LMT	1914
1015316350Sbapt			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1990 Sep 17
1016316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	1995 Oct 13
1017316350Sbapt			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1996 Sep  4
1018316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	1999 Sep 30
1019316350Sbapt			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2000 Oct 22
1020316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	2001 Sep 13
1021316350Sbapt			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2002 Oct  1
1022316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
102343543Swollman#
1024121098Swollman# Bahia (BA)
1025121098Swollman# There are too many Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/Bahia instead
1026121098Swollman# of America/Salvador.
1027121098SwollmanZone America/Bahia	-2:34:04 -	LMT	1914
1028316350Sbapt			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2003 Sep 24
1029316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	2011 Oct 16
1030316350Sbapt			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2012 Oct 21
1031316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
1032121098Swollman#
1033270817Spluknet# Goi��s (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
1034270817Spluknet# Esp��rito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), S��o Paulo (SP), Paran�� (PR),
103558787Sru# Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
10362742SwollmanZone America/Sao_Paulo	-3:06:28 -	LMT	1914
1037316350Sbapt			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1963 Oct 23  0:00
1038316350Sbapt			-3:00	1:00	-02	1964
1039316350Sbapt			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02
104020094Swollman#
1041121098Swollman# Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)
1042121098SwollmanZone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 -	LMT	1914
1043316350Sbapt			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03
104420094Swollman#
1045121098Swollman# Mato Grosso (MT)
1046121098SwollmanZone America/Cuiaba	-3:44:20 -	LMT	1914
1047316350Sbapt			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	2003 Sep 24
1048316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Oct  1
1049316350Sbapt			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03
1050121098Swollman#
1051270817Spluknet# Rond��nia (RO)
105243543SwollmanZone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 -	LMT	1914
1053316350Sbapt			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	1988 Sep 12
1054316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04
105543543Swollman#
105658787Sru# Roraima (RR)
105758787SruZone America/Boa_Vista	-4:02:40 -	LMT	1914
1058316350Sbapt			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	1988 Sep 12
1059316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1999 Sep 30
1060316350Sbapt			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	2000 Oct 15
1061316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04
106258787Sru#
1063270817Spluknet# east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Juta��, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto
1064121098Swollman# The great circle line from Tabatinga to Porto Acre divides
1065121098Swollman# east from west Amazonas.
10662742SwollmanZone America/Manaus	-4:00:04 -	LMT	1914
1067316350Sbapt			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	1988 Sep 12
1068316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1993 Sep 28
1069316350Sbapt			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	1994 Sep 22
1070316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04
107120094Swollman#
107275267Swollman# west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant,
1073270817Spluknet#	Eirunep��, Envira, Ipixuna
107475267SwollmanZone America/Eirunepe	-4:39:28 -	LMT	1914
1075316350Sbapt			-5:00	Brazil	-05/-04	1988 Sep 12
1076316350Sbapt			-5:00	-	-05	1993 Sep 28
1077316350Sbapt			-5:00	Brazil	-05/-04	1994 Sep 22
1078316350Sbapt			-5:00	-	-05	2008 Jun 24  0:00
1079316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	2013 Nov 10
1080316350Sbapt			-5:00	-	-05
108175267Swollman#
108258787Sru# Acre (AC)
108375267SwollmanZone America/Rio_Branco	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
1084316350Sbapt			-5:00	Brazil	-05/-04	1988 Sep 12
1085316350Sbapt			-5:00	-	-05	2008 Jun 24  0:00
1086316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	2013 Nov 10
1087316350Sbapt			-5:00	-	-05
10882742Swollman
10892742Swollman# Chile
10902742Swollman
1091283043Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2015-04-03):
1092283043Sedwin# Shanks & Pottenger says America/Santiago introduced standard time in
1093328476Sphilip# 1890 and rounds its UT offset to 70W40; guess that in practice this
1094283043Sedwin# was the same offset as in 1916-1919.  It also says Pacific/Easter
1095283043Sedwin# standardized on 109W22 in 1890; assume this didn't change the clocks.
1096283043Sedwin#
1097283043Sedwin# Dates for America/Santiago from 1910 to 2004 are primarily from
1098283043Sedwin# the following source, cited by Oscar van Vlijmen (2006-10-08):
1099283043Sedwin# [1] Chile Law
1100283043Sedwin# http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/chile.html
1101325160Sphilip# This contains a copy of this official table:
1102283043Sedwin# Cambios en la hora oficial de Chile desde 1900 (retrieved 2008-03-30)
1103325160Sphilip# https://web.archive.org/web/20080330200901/http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
1104283043Sedwin# [1] needs several corrections, though.
1105283043Sedwin#
1106283043Sedwin# The first set of corrections is from:
1107283043Sedwin# [2] History of the Official Time of Chile
1108283043Sedwin# http://www.horaoficial.cl/ing/horaof_ing.html (retrieved 2012-03-06).  See:
1109325160Sphilip# https://web.archive.org/web/20120306042032/http://www.horaoficial.cl/ing/horaof_ing.html
1110283043Sedwin# This is an English translation of:
1111283043Sedwin# Historia de la hora oficial de Chile (retrieved 2012-10-24).  See:
1112325160Sphilip# https://web.archive.org/web/20121024234627/http://www.horaoficial.cl/horaof.htm
1113283043Sedwin# A fancier Spanish version (requiring mouse-clicking) is at:
1114283043Sedwin# http://www.horaoficial.cl/historia_hora.html
1115283043Sedwin# Conflicts between [1] and [2] were resolved as follows:
1116283043Sedwin#
1117283043Sedwin#  - [1] says the 1910 transition was Jan 1, [2] says Jan 10 and cites
1118286751Sedwin#    Bolet��n No. 1, Aviso No. 1 (1910).  Go with [2].
1119283043Sedwin#
1120283043Sedwin#  - [1] says SMT was -4:42:45, [2] says Chile's official time from
1121283043Sedwin#    1916 to 1919 was -4:42:46.3, the meridian of Chile's National
1122283043Sedwin#    Astronomical Observatory (OAN), then located in what is now
1123283043Sedwin#    Quinta Normal in Santiago.  Go with [2], rounding it to -4:42:46.
1124283043Sedwin#
1125283043Sedwin#  - [1] says the 1918 transition was Sep 1, [2] says Sep 10 and cites
1126286751Sedwin#    Bolet��n No. 22, Aviso No. 129/1918 (1918-08-23).  Go with [2].
1127283043Sedwin#
1128283043Sedwin#  - [1] does not give times for transitions; assume they occur
1129283043Sedwin#    at midnight mainland time, the current common practice.  However,
1130283043Sedwin#    go with [2]'s specification of 23:00 for the 1947-05-21 transition.
1131283043Sedwin#
1132283043Sedwin# Another correction to [1] is from Jesper N��rgaard Welen, who
1133283043Sedwin# wrote (2006-10-08), "I think that there are some obvious mistakes in
1134283043Sedwin# the suggested link from Oscar van Vlijmen,... for instance entry 66
1135283043Sedwin# says that GMT-4 ended 1990-09-12 while entry 67 only begins GMT-3 at
1136283043Sedwin# 1990-09-15 (they should have been 1990-09-15 and 1990-09-16
1137283043Sedwin# respectively), but anyhow it clears up some doubts too."
1138283043Sedwin#
1139283043Sedwin# Data for Pacific/Easter from 1910 through 1967 come from Shanks &
1140283043Sedwin# Pottenger.  After that, for lack of better info assume
1141283043Sedwin# Pacific/Easter is always two hours behind America/Santiago;
1142283043Sedwin# this is known to work for DST transitions starting in 2008 and
1143283043Sedwin# may well be true for earlier transitions.
1144283043Sedwin
114514343Swollman# From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19):
114614343Swollman# The law says to switch to DST at midnight [24:00] on the second SATURDAY
114714343Swollman# of October....  The law is the same for March and October.
114843014Swollman# (1998-09-29):
114943014Swollman# Because of the drought this year, the government decided to go into
115043014Swollman# DST earlier (saturday 9/26 at 24:00). This is a one-time change only ...
115143014Swollman# (unless there's another dry season next year, I guess).
11522742Swollman
115358787Sru# From Julio I. Pacheco Troncoso (1999-03-18):
115458787Sru# Because of the same drought, the government decided to end DST later,
115558787Sru# on April 3, (one-time change).
115658787Sru
1157270817Spluknet# From Germ��n Poo-Caama��o (2008-03-03):
1158176974Sedwin# Due to drought, Chile extends Daylight Time in three weeks.  This
1159176974Sedwin# is one-time change (Saturday 3/29 at 24:00 for America/Santiago
1160176974Sedwin# and Saturday 3/29 at 22:00 for Pacific/Easter)
1161240457Sedwin# The Supreme Decree is located at
1162176974Sedwin# http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf
1163283043Sedwin#
1164270817Spluknet# From Jos�� Miguel Garrido (2008-03-05):
1165176974Sedwin# http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm
1166176974Sedwin
1167204887Sedwin# From Angel Chiang (2010-03-04):
1168204887Sedwin# Subject: DST in Chile exceptionally extended to 3 April due to earthquake
1169204887Sedwin# http://www.gobiernodechile.cl/viewNoticia.aspx?idArticulo=30098
1170204887Sedwin#
1171273719Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2010-03-06):
1172204887Sedwin# Angel Chiang's message confirmed by Julio Pacheco; Julio provided a patch.
1173204887Sedwin
1174220286Sedwin# From Glenn Eychaner (2011-03-28):
1175220286Sedwin# http://diario.elmercurio.com/2011/03/28/_portada/_portada/noticias/7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E.htm?id=3D{7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E}
1176220286Sedwin# In English:
1177220286Sedwin# Chile's clocks will go back an hour this year on the 7th of May instead
1178220286Sedwin# of this Saturday. They will go forward again the 3rd Saturday in
1179283043Sedwin# August, not in October as they have since 1968.
1180220286Sedwin
1181233445Sedwin# From Mauricio Parada (2012-02-22), translated by Glenn Eychaner (2012-02-23):
1182233445Sedwin# As stated in the website of the Chilean Energy Ministry
1183233445Sedwin# http://www.minenergia.cl/ministerio/noticias/generales/gobierno-anuncia-fechas-de-cambio-de.html
1184233445Sedwin# The Chilean Government has decided to postpone the entrance into winter time
1185283043Sedwin# (to leave DST) from March 11 2012 to April 28th 2012....
1186233445Sedwin# Quote from the website communication:
1187233445Sedwin#
1188233445Sedwin# 6. For the year 2012, the dates of entry into winter time will be as follows:
1189233445Sedwin# a. Saturday April 28, 2012, clocks should go back 60 minutes; that is, at
1190233445Sedwin# 23:59:59, instead of passing to 0:00, the time should be adjusted to be 23:00
1191233445Sedwin# of the same day.
1192233445Sedwin# b. Saturday, September 1, 2012, clocks should go forward 60 minutes; that is,
1193233445Sedwin# at 23:59:59, instead of passing to 0:00, the time should be adjusted to be
1194233445Sedwin# 01:00 on September 2.
1195233445Sedwin
1196248307Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-02-15):
1197248307Sedwin# According to several news sources, Chile has extended DST this year,
1198248307Sedwin# they will end DST later and start DST earlier than planned.  They
1199248307Sedwin# hope to save energy.  The new end date is 2013-04-28 00:00 and new
1200248307Sedwin# start date is 2013-09-08 00:00....
1201248307Sedwin# http://www.gob.cl/informa/2013/02/15/gobierno-anuncia-fechas-de-cambio-de-hora-para-el-ano-2013.htm
1202248307Sedwin
1203270817Spluknet# From Jos�� Miguel Garrido (2014-02-19):
1204263046Sedwin# Today appeared in the Diario Oficial a decree amending the time change
1205263046Sedwin# dates to 2014.
1206263046Sedwin# DST End: last Saturday of April 2014 (Sun 27 Apr 2014 03:00 UTC)
1207263046Sedwin# DST Start: first Saturday of September 2014 (Sun 07 Sep 2014 04:00 UTC)
1208263046Sedwin# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl//media/2014/02/19/do-20140219.pdf
1209263046Sedwin
1210280414Sedwin# From Eduardo Romero Urra (2015-03-03):
1211280414Sedwin# Today has been published officially that Chile will use the DST time
1212280414Sedwin# permanently until March 25 of 2017
1213280414Sedwin# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/media/2015/03/03/1-large.jpg
1214280414Sedwin#
1215280414Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2015-03-03):
1216280414Sedwin# For now, assume that the extension will persist indefinitely.
1217279707Sedwin
1218307362Sbapt# From Juan Correa (2016-03-18):
1219307362Sbapt# The decree regarding DST has been published in today's Official Gazette:
1220307362Sbapt# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/versiones-anteriores/do/20160318/
1221307362Sbapt# http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=1088502
1222307362Sbapt# It does consider the second Saturday of May and August as the dates
1223307362Sbapt# for the transition; and it lists DST dates until 2019, but I think
1224307362Sbapt# this scheme will stick.
1225307362Sbapt#
1226307362Sbapt# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
1227307362Sbapt# For now, assume the pattern holds for the indefinite future.
1228307362Sbapt# The decree says transitions occur at 24:00; in practice this appears
1229307362Sbapt# to mean 24:00 mainland time, not 24:00 local time, so that Easter
1230307362Sbapt# Island is always two hours behind the mainland.
1231307362Sbapt
1232316350Sbapt# From Juan Correa (2016-12-04):
1233316350Sbapt# Magallanes region ... will keep DST (UTC -3) all year round....
1234316350Sbapt# http://www.soychile.cl/Santiago/Sociedad/2016/12/04/433428/Bachelet-firmo-el-decreto-para-establecer-un-horario-unico-para-la-Region-de-Magallanes.aspx
1235316350Sbapt#
1236316350Sbapt# From Deborah Goldsmith (2017-01-19):
1237316350Sbapt# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2017/01/17/41660/01/1169626.pdf
1238316350Sbapt# From Paul Eggert (2017-01-19):
1239316350Sbapt# The above says the Magallanes change expires 2019-05-11 at 24:00,
1240316350Sbapt# so in theory, they will revert to -04/-03 after that, which means
1241316350Sbapt# they will switch from -03 to -04 one hour after Santiago does that day.
1242316350Sbapt# For now, assume that they will not revert.
1243316350Sbapt
1244339631Sphilip# From Juan Correa (2018-08-13):
1245339631Sphilip# As of moments ago, the Ministry of Energy in Chile has announced the new
1246339631Sphilip# schema for DST. ...  Announcement in video (in Spanish):
1247339631Sphilip# https://twitter.com/MinEnergia/status/1029000399129374720
1248339631Sphilip# From Yonathan Dossow (2018-08-13):
1249339631Sphilip# The video says "first Saturday of September", we all know it means Sunday at
1250339631Sphilip# midnight.
1251339631Sphilip# From Tim Parenti (2018-08-13):
1252339631Sphilip# Translating the captions on the video at 0:44-0:55, "We want to announce as
1253339631Sphilip# Government that from 2019, Winter Time will be increased to 5 months, between
1254339631Sphilip# the first Saturday of April and the first Saturday of September."
1255339631Sphilip# At 2:08-2:20, "The Magallanes region will maintain its current time, as
1256339631Sphilip# decided by the citizens during 2017, but our Government will promote a
1257339631Sphilip# regional dialogue table to gather their opinion on this matter."
1258339631Sphilip# https://twitter.com/MinEnergia/status/1029009354001973248
1259339631Sphilip# "We will keep the new time policy unchanged for at least the next 4 years."
1260339631Sphilip# So we extend the new rules on Saturdays at 24:00 mainland time indefinitely.
1261339631Sphilip
12622742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1263331663SphilipRule	Chile	1927	1931	-	Sep	 1	0:00	1:00	-
126458787SruRule	Chile	1928	1932	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
1265331663SphilipRule	Chile	1968	only	-	Nov	 3	4:00u	1:00	-
1266169811SwollmanRule	Chile	1969	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
1267331663SphilipRule	Chile	1969	only	-	Nov	23	4:00u	1:00	-
1268169811SwollmanRule	Chile	1970	only	-	Mar	29	3:00u	0	-
1269169811SwollmanRule	Chile	1971	only	-	Mar	14	3:00u	0	-
1270331663SphilipRule	Chile	1970	1972	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	-
1271169811SwollmanRule	Chile	1972	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1272331663SphilipRule	Chile	1973	only	-	Sep	30	4:00u	1:00	-
1273331663SphilipRule	Chile	1974	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	-
1274169811SwollmanRule	Chile	1987	only	-	Apr	12	3:00u	0	-
1275283043SedwinRule	Chile	1988	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1276331663SphilipRule	Chile	1988	1989	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	-
1277331663SphilipRule	Chile	1990	only	-	Sep	16	4:00u	1:00	-
1278169811SwollmanRule	Chile	1991	1996	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1279331663SphilipRule	Chile	1991	1997	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	-
1280169811SwollmanRule	Chile	1997	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
1281169811SwollmanRule	Chile	1998	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1282331663SphilipRule	Chile	1998	only	-	Sep	27	4:00u	1:00	-
128375267SwollmanRule	Chile	1999	only	-	Apr	 4	3:00u	0	-
1284331663SphilipRule	Chile	1999	2010	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	-
1285176974SedwinRule	Chile	2000	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1286176974Sedwin# N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time,
1287176974Sedwin# which is used below in specifying the transition.
1288176974SedwinRule	Chile	2008	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
1289204887SedwinRule	Chile	2009	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1290220286SedwinRule	Chile	2010	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	3:00u	0	-
1291220286SedwinRule	Chile	2011	only	-	May	Sun>=2	3:00u	0	-
1292331663SphilipRule	Chile	2011	only	-	Aug	Sun>=16	4:00u	1:00	-
1293307362SbaptRule	Chile	2012	2014	-	Apr	Sun>=23	3:00u	0	-
1294331663SphilipRule	Chile	2012	2014	-	Sep	Sun>=2	4:00u	1:00	-
1295339631SphilipRule	Chile	2016	2018	-	May	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1296339631SphilipRule	Chile	2016	2018	-	Aug	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	-
1297339631SphilipRule	Chile	2019	max	-	Apr	Sun>=2	3:00u	0	-
1298339631SphilipRule	Chile	2019	max	-	Sep	Sun>=2	4:00u	1:00	-
1299169811Swollman# IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
130058787Sru# (1996-09) says 1998-03-08.  Ignore these.
13012742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1302169811SwollmanZone America/Santiago	-4:42:46 -	LMT	1890
1303283043Sedwin			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1910 Jan 10 # Santiago Mean Time
1304316350Sbapt			-5:00	-	-05	1916 Jul  1
1305283043Sedwin			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1918 Sep 10
1306316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1919 Jul  1
1307283043Sedwin			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1927 Sep  1
1308316350Sbapt			-5:00	Chile	-05/-04	1932 Sep  1
1309316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1942 Jun  1
1310316350Sbapt			-5:00	-	-05	1942 Aug  1
1311316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1946 Jul 15
1312316350Sbapt			-4:00	1:00	-03	1946 Sep  1 # central Chile
1313316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1947 Apr  1
1314316350Sbapt			-5:00	-	-05	1947 May 21 23:00
1315316350Sbapt			-4:00	Chile	-04/-03
1316316350SbaptZone America/Punta_Arenas -4:43:40 -	LMT	1890
1317316350Sbapt			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1910 Jan 10
1318316350Sbapt			-5:00	-	-05	1916 Jul  1
1319316350Sbapt			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1918 Sep 10
1320316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1919 Jul  1
1321316350Sbapt			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1927 Sep  1
1322316350Sbapt			-5:00	Chile	-05/-04	1932 Sep  1
1323316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1942 Jun  1
1324316350Sbapt			-5:00	-	-05	1942 Aug  1
1325316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1947 Apr  1
1326316350Sbapt			-5:00	-	-05	1947 May 21 23:00
1327316350Sbapt			-4:00	Chile	-04/-03	2016 Dec  4
1328316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
1329283043SedwinZone Pacific/Easter	-7:17:28 -	LMT	1890
1330169811Swollman			-7:17:28 -	EMT	1932 Sep    # Easter Mean Time
1331316350Sbapt			-7:00	Chile	-07/-06	1982 Mar 14 3:00u # Easter Time
1332316350Sbapt			-6:00	Chile	-06/-05
13332742Swollman#
1334270817Spluknet# Salas y G��mez Island is uninhabited.
1335270817Spluknet# Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fern��ndez Is, Desventuradas Is,
1336270817Spluknet# and Antarctic bases, are like America/Santiago.
13372742Swollman
1338283043Sedwin# Antarctic base using South American rules
1339283043Sedwin# (See the file 'antarctica' for more.)
1340283043Sedwin#
1341283043Sedwin# Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
1342283043Sedwin#
1343283043Sedwin# From Ethan Dicks (1996-10-06):
1344283043Sedwin# It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us
1345283043Sedwin# and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line....
1346283043Sedwin# I verified with someone who was there that since 1980,
1347283043Sedwin# Palmer has followed Chile.  Prior to that, before the Falklands War,
1348283043Sedwin# Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina.
1349283043Sedwin#
1350283043Sedwin# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1351307362SbaptZone Antarctica/Palmer	0	-	-00	1965
1352316350Sbapt			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
1353316350Sbapt			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1982 May
1354316350Sbapt			-4:00	Chile	-04/-03	2016 Dec  4
1355316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
1356283043Sedwin
13572742Swollman# Colombia
1358248307Sedwin
1359270817Spluknet# Milne gives 4:56:16.4 for Bogot�� time in 1899; round to nearest.  He writes,
1360248307Sedwin# "A variation of fifteen minutes in the public clocks of Bogota is not rare."
1361248307Sedwin
136220094Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1363331663SphilipRule	CO	1992	only	-	May	 3	0:00	1:00	-
1364158421SwollmanRule	CO	1993	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	0	-
13652742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1366248307SedwinZone	America/Bogota	-4:56:16 -	LMT	1884 Mar 13
1367270817Spluknet			-4:56:16 -	BMT	1914 Nov 23 # Bogot�� Mean Time
1368316350Sbapt			-5:00	CO	-05/-04
13692742Swollman# Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres
13702742Swollman# no information; probably like America/Bogota
13712742Swollman
1372270817Spluknet# Cura��ao
1373248307Sedwin
1374270817Spluknet# Milne gives 4:35:46.9 for Cura��ao mean time; round to nearest.
1375158421Swollman#
1376169811Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1377158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger say that The Bottom and Philipsburg have been at
1378158421Swollman# -4:00 since standard time was introduced on 1912-03-02; and that
1379158421Swollman# Kralendijk and Rincon used Kralendijk Mean Time (-4:33:08) from
1380158421Swollman# 1912-02-02 to 1965-01-01.  The former is dubious, since S&P also say
1381270817Spluknet# Saba Island has been like Cura��ao.
1382169811Swollman# This all predates our 1970 cutoff, though.
1383158421Swollman#
1384270817Spluknet# By July 2007 Cura��ao and St Maarten are planned to become
1385158421Swollman# associated states within the Netherlands, much like Aruba;
1386158421Swollman# Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius would become directly part of the
1387158421Swollman# Netherlands as Kingdom Islands.  This won't affect their time zones
1388158421Swollman# though, as far as we know.
1389169811Swollman#
13902742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1391273719SedwinZone	America/Curacao	-4:35:47 -	LMT	1912 Feb 12 # Willemstad
1392316350Sbapt			-4:30	-	-0430	1965
13932742Swollman			-4:00	-	AST
13942742Swollman
1395223629Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
1396257697Sedwin# use links for places with new iso3166 codes.
1397270817Spluknet# The name "Lower Prince's Quarter" is both longer than fourteen characters
1398223629Sedwin# and contains an apostrophe; use "Lower_Princes" below.
1399223629Sedwin
1400257697SedwinLink	America/Curacao	America/Lower_Princes	# Sint Maarten
1401257697SedwinLink	America/Curacao	America/Kralendijk	# Caribbean Netherlands
1402223629Sedwin
14032742Swollman# Ecuador
1404169811Swollman#
1405270817Spluknet# Milne says the Central and South American Telegraph Company used -5:24:15.
1406248307Sedwin#
1407316350Sbapt# From Alois Treindl (2016-12-15):
1408325160Sphilip# https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/hora-sixto-1993.html
1409316350Sbapt# ... Whether the law applied also to Gal��pagos, I do not know.
1410316350Sbapt# From Paul Eggert (2016-12-15):
1411325160Sphilip# https://www.elcomercio.com/afull/modificacion-husohorario-ecuador-presidentes-decreto.html
1412316350Sbapt# This says President Sixto Dur��n Ball��n signed decree No. 285, which
1413316350Sbapt# established DST from 1992-11-28 to 1993-02-05; it does not give transition
1414316350Sbapt# times.  The people called it "hora de Sixto" ("Sixto hour").  The change did
1415316350Sbapt# not go over well; a popular song "Qu�� hora es" by Jaime Guevara had lyrics
1416316350Sbapt# that included "Amanec��a en mitad de la noche, los guaguas iban a clase sin
1417316350Sbapt# sol" ("It was dawning in the middle of the night, the buses went to class
1418316350Sbapt# without sun").  Although Ball��n's campaign slogan was "Ni un paso atr��s"
1419316350Sbapt# (Not one step back), the clocks went back in 1993 and the experiment was not
1420316350Sbapt# repeated.  For now, assume transitions were at 00:00 local time country-wide.
1421169811Swollman#
1422316350Sbapt# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1423331663SphilipRule	Ecuador	1992	only	-	Nov	28	0:00	1:00	-
1424316350SbaptRule	Ecuador	1993	only	-	Feb	 5	0:00	0	-
1425316350Sbapt#
14262742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
14272742SwollmanZone America/Guayaquil	-5:19:20 -	LMT	1890
142819878Swollman			-5:14:00 -	QMT	1931 # Quito Mean Time
1429316350Sbapt			-5:00	Ecuador	-05/-04
14302742SwollmanZone Pacific/Galapagos	-5:58:24 -	LMT	1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
1431316350Sbapt			-5:00	-	-05	1986
1432316350Sbapt			-6:00	Ecuador	-06/-05
14332742Swollman
14342742Swollman# Falklands
143575267Swollman
1436158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1437158421Swollman# Between 1990 and 2000 inclusive, Shanks & Pottenger and the IATA agree except
1438158421Swollman# the IATA gives 1996-09-08.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
143975267Swollman
144075267Swollman# From Falkland Islands Government Office, London (2001-01-22)
1441270817Spluknet# via Jesper N��rgaard:
144275267Swollman# ... the clocks revert back to Local Mean Time at 2 am on Sunday 15
144375267Swollman# April 2001 and advance one hour to summer time at 2 am on Sunday 2
144475267Swollman# September.  It is anticipated that the clocks will revert back at 2
144575267Swollman# am on Sunday 21 April 2002 and advance to summer time at 2 am on
144675267Swollman# Sunday 1 September.
144775267Swollman
144875267Swollman# From Rives McDow (2001-02-13):
144975267Swollman#
145075267Swollman# I have communicated several times with people there, and the last
145175267Swollman# time I had communications that was helpful was in 1998.  Here is
145275267Swollman# what was said then:
145375267Swollman#
145475267Swollman# "The general rule was that Stanley used daylight saving and the Camp
145575267Swollman# did not. However for various reasons many people in the Camp have
145675267Swollman# started to use daylight saving (known locally as 'Stanley Time')
145775267Swollman# There is no rule as to who uses daylight saving - it is a matter of
145875267Swollman# personal choice and so it is impossible to draw a map showing who
145975267Swollman# uses it and who does not. Any list would be out of date as soon as
146075267Swollman# it was produced. This year daylight saving ended on April 18/19th
146175267Swollman# and started again on September 12/13th.  I do not know what the rule
146275267Swollman# is, but can find out if you like.  We do not change at the same time
146375267Swollman# as UK or Chile."
146475267Swollman#
146575267Swollman# I did have in my notes that the rule was "Second Saturday in Sep at
146675267Swollman# 0:00 until third Saturday in Apr at 0:00".  I think that this does
146775267Swollman# not agree in some cases with Shanks; is this true?
146875267Swollman#
146975267Swollman# Also, there is no mention in the list that some areas in the
147075267Swollman# Falklands do not use DST.  I have found in my communications there
147175267Swollman# that these areas are on the western half of East Falkland and all of
147275267Swollman# West Falkland.  Stanley is the only place that consistently observes
147375267Swollman# DST.  Again, as in other places in the world, the farmers don't like
147475267Swollman# it.  West Falkland is almost entirely sheep farmers.
147575267Swollman#
147675267Swollman# I know one lady there that keeps a list of which farm keeps DST and
147775267Swollman# which doesn't each year.  She runs a shop in Stanley, and says that
147875267Swollman# the list changes each year.  She uses it to communicate to her
147975267Swollman# customers, catching them when they are home for lunch or dinner.
148075267Swollman
148175267Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05):
148275267Swollman# For now, we'll just record the time in Stanley, since we have no
148375267Swollman# better info.
148475267Swollman
1485220549Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-04-01):
1486220549Sedwin# The Falkland Islands will not turn back clocks this winter, but stay on
1487220549Sedwin# daylight saving time.
1488220549Sedwin#
1489220549Sedwin# One source:
1490220549Sedwin# http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=5914&source=3
1491220549Sedwin#
1492220549Sedwin# We have gotten this confirmed by a clerk of the legislative assembly:
1493220549Sedwin# Normally the clocks revert to Local Mean Time (UTC/GMT -4 hours) on the
1494220549Sedwin# third Sunday of April at 0200hrs and advance to Summer Time (UTC/GMT -3
1495220549Sedwin# hours) on the first Sunday of September at 0200hrs.
1496220549Sedwin#
1497220549Sedwin# IMPORTANT NOTE: During 2011, on a trial basis, the Falkland Islands
1498220549Sedwin# will not revert to local mean time, but clocks will remain on Summer
1499220549Sedwin# time (UTC/GMT - 3 hours) throughout the whole of 2011.  Any long term
1500220549Sedwin# change to local time following the trial period will be notified.
1501233445Sedwin#
1502233445Sedwin# From Andrew Newman (2012-02-24)
1503233445Sedwin# A letter from Justin McPhee, Chief Executive,
1504233445Sedwin# Cable & Wireless Falkland Islands (dated 2012-02-22)
1505233445Sedwin# states...
1506233445Sedwin#   The current Atlantic/Stanley entry under South America expects the
1507233445Sedwin#   clocks to go back to standard Falklands Time (FKT) on the 15th April.
1508233445Sedwin#   The database entry states that in 2011 Stanley was staying on fixed
1509233445Sedwin#   summer time on a trial basis only.  FIG need to contact IANA and/or
1510233445Sedwin#   the maintainers of the database to inform them we're adopting
1511233445Sedwin#   the same policy this year and suggest recommendations for future years.
1512233445Sedwin#
1513331663Sphilip# For now we will assume permanent -03 for the Falklands
1514233445Sedwin# until advised differently (to apply for 2012 and beyond, after the 2011
1515233445Sedwin# experiment was apparently successful.)
15162742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1517331663SphilipRule	Falk	1937	1938	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	-
151819878SwollmanRule	Falk	1938	1942	-	Mar	Sun>=19	0:00	0	-
1519331663SphilipRule	Falk	1939	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	1:00	-
1520331663SphilipRule	Falk	1940	1942	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	-
152119878SwollmanRule	Falk	1943	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	-
1522331663SphilipRule	Falk	1983	only	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	-
152319878SwollmanRule	Falk	1984	1985	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	0	-
1524331663SphilipRule	Falk	1984	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	1:00	-
1525331663SphilipRule	Falk	1985	2000	-	Sep	Sun>=9	0:00	1:00	-
152675267SwollmanRule	Falk	1986	2000	-	Apr	Sun>=16	0:00	0	-
1527220549SedwinRule	Falk	2001	2010	-	Apr	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
1528331663SphilipRule	Falk	2001	2010	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
15292742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
15302742SwollmanZone Atlantic/Stanley	-3:51:24 -	LMT	1890
1531273719Sedwin			-3:51:24 -	SMT	1912 Mar 12 # Stanley Mean Time
1532316350Sbapt			-4:00	Falk	-04/-03	1983 May
1533316350Sbapt			-3:00	Falk	-03/-02	1985 Sep 15
1534316350Sbapt			-4:00	Falk	-04/-03	2010 Sep  5  2:00
1535316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
15362742Swollman
15372742Swollman# French Guiana
15382742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
15392742SwollmanZone America/Cayenne	-3:29:20 -	LMT	1911 Jul
1540316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1967 Oct
1541316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
15422742Swollman
15432742Swollman# Guyana
15442742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1545273719SedwinZone	America/Guyana	-3:52:40 -	LMT	1915 Mar    # Georgetown
1546316350Sbapt			-3:45	-	-0345	1975 Jul 31
1547316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	1991
154820094Swollman# IATA SSIM (1996-06) says -4:00.  Assume a 1991 switch.
1549316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04
15502742Swollman
15512742Swollman# Paraguay
1552257697Sedwin#
1553158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1554270817Spluknet# Shanks & Pottenger say that spring transitions are 01:00 -> 02:00,
1555270817Spluknet# and autumn transitions are 00:00 -> 23:00.  Go with pre-1999
155658787Sru# editions of Shanks, and with the IATA, who say transitions occur at 00:00.
1557257697Sedwin#
1558257697Sedwin# From Waldemar Villamayor-Venialbo (2013-09-20):
1559257697Sedwin# No time of the day is established for the adjustment, so people normally
1560257697Sedwin# adjust their clocks at 0 hour of the given dates.
1561257697Sedwin#
15622742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1563331663SphilipRule	Para	1975	1988	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	-
156419878SwollmanRule	Para	1975	1978	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
156558787SruRule	Para	1979	1991	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
1566331663SphilipRule	Para	1989	only	-	Oct	22	0:00	1:00	-
1567331663SphilipRule	Para	1990	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	-
1568331663SphilipRule	Para	1991	only	-	Oct	 6	0:00	1:00	-
156920094SwollmanRule	Para	1992	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
1570331663SphilipRule	Para	1992	only	-	Oct	 5	0:00	1:00	-
157120094SwollmanRule	Para	1993	only	-	Mar	31	0:00	0	-
1572331663SphilipRule	Para	1993	1995	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	-
157320094SwollmanRule	Para	1994	1995	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
157458787SruRule	Para	1996	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
157575267Swollman# IATA SSIM (2000-02) says 1999-10-10; ignore this for now.
157667578Swollman# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-02):
157767578Swollman# I have three independent reports that Paraguay changed to DST this Sunday
157867578Swollman# (10-01).
157975267Swollman#
158075267Swollman# Translated by Gwillim Law (2001-02-27) from
1581273719Sedwin# Noticias, a daily paper in Asunci��n, Paraguay (2000-10-01):
1582273719Sedwin# http://www.diarionoticias.com.py/011000/nacional/naciona1.htm
158375267Swollman# Starting at 0:00 today, the clock will be set forward 60 minutes, in
158475267Swollman# fulfillment of Decree No. 7,273 of the Executive Power....  The time change
158575267Swollman# system has been operating for several years.  Formerly there was a separate
158675267Swollman# decree each year; the new law has the same effect, but permanently.  Every
158775267Swollman# year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the
158875267Swollman# clock will be set back on the first Sunday of March.
158975267Swollman#
1590331663SphilipRule	Para	1996	2001	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
1591158421Swollman# IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
159275267SwollmanRule	Para	1997	only	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
1593158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger say 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but
159475267Swollman# (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27).
159593799SwollmanRule	Para	1998	2001	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
159693799Swollman# From Rives McDow (2002-02-28):
1597286751Sedwin# A decree was issued in Paraguay (No. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the
159893799Swollman# dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in
159993799Swollman# April.
1600149514SwollmanRule	Para	2002	2004	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
1601331663SphilipRule	Para	2002	2003	-	Sep	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
1602149514Swollman#
1603270817Spluknet# From Jesper N��rgaard Welen (2005-01-02):
1604149514Swollman# There are several sources that claim that Paraguay made
1605149514Swollman# a timezone rule change in autumn 2004.
1606149514Swollman# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-01-05):
1607169811Swollman# Decree 1,867 (2004-03-05)
1608270817Spluknet# From Carlos Ra��l Perasso via Jesper N��rgaard Welen (2006-10-13)
1609273719Sedwin# http://www.presidencia.gov.py/decretos/D1867.pdf
1610331663SphilipRule	Para	2004	2009	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	-
1611204566SedwinRule	Para	2005	2009	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
1612270817Spluknet# From Carlos Ra��l Perasso (2010-02-18):
1613270817Spluknet# By decree number 3958 issued yesterday
1614204566Sedwin# http://www.presidencia.gov.py/v1/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/decreto3958.pdf
1615204566Sedwin# Paraguay changes its DST schedule, postponing the March rule to April and
1616204566Sedwin# modifying the October date. The decree reads:
1617204566Sedwin# ...
1618204566Sedwin# Art. 1. It is hereby established that from the second Sunday of the month of
1619204566Sedwin# April of this year (2010), the official time is to be set back 60 minutes,
1620204566Sedwin# and that on the first Sunday of the month of October, it is to be set
1621204566Sedwin# forward 60 minutes, in all the territory of the Paraguayan Republic.
1622204566Sedwin# ...
1623331663SphilipRule	Para	2010	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
1624249692SedwinRule	Para	2010	2012	-	Apr	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
1625248307Sedwin#
1626248307Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-07):
1627248307Sedwin# Paraguay will end DST on 2013-03-24 00:00....
1628248307Sedwin# http://www.ande.gov.py/interna.php?id=1075
1629248307Sedwin#
1630270817Spluknet# From Carlos Ra��l Perasso (2013-03-15):
1631249692Sedwin# The change in Paraguay is now final.  Decree number 10780
1632249692Sedwin# http://www.presidencia.gov.py/uploads/pdf/presidencia-3b86ff4b691c79d4f5927ca964922ec74772ce857c02ca054a52a37b49afc7fb.pdf
1633270817Spluknet# From Carlos Ra��l Perasso (2014-02-28):
1634263046Sedwin# Decree 1264 can be found at:
1635263046Sedwin# http://www.presidencia.gov.py/archivos/documentos/DECRETO1264_ey9r8zai.pdf
1636249692SedwinRule	Para	2013	max	-	Mar	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
163775267Swollman
16382742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
16392742SwollmanZone America/Asuncion	-3:50:40 -	LMT	1890
1640270817Spluknet			-3:50:40 -	AMT	1931 Oct 10 # Asunci��n Mean Time
1641316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	1972 Oct
1642316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03	1974 Apr
1643316350Sbapt			-4:00	Para	-04/-03
16442742Swollman
16452742Swollman# Peru
1646136638Swollman#
1647270817Spluknet# From Evelyn C. Leeper via Mark Brader (2003-10-26)
1648270817Spluknet# <news:xrGmb.39935$gA1.13896113@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>:
1649149514Swollman# When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they apparently switched over
1650136638Swollman# sometime between December 29 and January 3 while we were on the Amazon.
1651136638Swollman#
1652158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1653158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger don't have this transition.  Assume 1986 was like 1987.
1654136638Swollman
16552742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1656331663SphilipRule	Peru	1938	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	-
165719878SwollmanRule	Peru	1938	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
1658331663SphilipRule	Peru	1938	1939	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	-
165919878SwollmanRule	Peru	1939	1940	-	Mar	Sun>=24	0:00	0	-
1660331663SphilipRule	Peru	1986	1987	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	-
1661136638SwollmanRule	Peru	1986	1987	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
1662331663SphilipRule	Peru	1990	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	-
166319878SwollmanRule	Peru	1990	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
1664158421Swollman# IATA is ambiguous for 1993/1995; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1665331663SphilipRule	Peru	1994	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	-
166658787SruRule	Peru	1994	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
16672742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
16682742SwollmanZone	America/Lima	-5:08:12 -	LMT	1890
166986222Swollman			-5:08:36 -	LMT	1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time?
1670316350Sbapt			-5:00	Peru	-05/-04
16712742Swollman
16722742Swollman# South Georgia
16732742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1674273719SedwinZone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 -	LMT	1890 # Grytviken
1675316350Sbapt			-2:00	-	-02
16762742Swollman
16772742Swollman# South Sandwich Is
167858787Sru# uninhabited; scientific personnel have wintered
16792742Swollman
16802742Swollman# Suriname
16812742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
16822742SwollmanZone America/Paramaribo	-3:40:40 -	LMT	1911
16832742Swollman			-3:40:52 -	PMT	1935     # Paramaribo Mean Time
1684273719Sedwin			-3:40:36 -	PMT	1945 Oct    # The capital moved?
1685316350Sbapt			-3:30	-	-0330	1984 Oct
1686316350Sbapt			-3:00	-	-03
16872742Swollman
16882742Swollman# Trinidad and Tobago
16892742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
16902742SwollmanZone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
16912742Swollman			-4:00	-	AST
16922742Swollman
1693263046Sedwin# These all agree with Trinidad and Tobago since 1970.
1694257697SedwinLink America/Port_of_Spain America/Anguilla
1695280414SedwinLink America/Port_of_Spain America/Antigua
1696257697SedwinLink America/Port_of_Spain America/Dominica
1697257697SedwinLink America/Port_of_Spain America/Grenada
1698257697SedwinLink America/Port_of_Spain America/Guadeloupe
1699263046SedwinLink America/Port_of_Spain America/Marigot	# St Martin (French part)
1700257697SedwinLink America/Port_of_Spain America/Montserrat
1701270817SpluknetLink America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Barthelemy # St Barth��lemy
1702263046SedwinLink America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Kitts	# St Kitts & Nevis
1703257697SedwinLink America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Lucia
1704263046SedwinLink America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Thomas	# Virgin Islands (US)
1705257697SedwinLink America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Vincent
1706263046SedwinLink America/Port_of_Spain America/Tortola	# Virgin Islands (UK)
1707257697Sedwin
17082742Swollman# Uruguay
1709149514Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
17102742Swollman# Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules.
1711331663Sphilip#
1712331663Sphilip# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-20), per Jeremie Bonjour (2018-01-31) and Michael
1713331663Sphilip# Deckers (2018-02-20):
1714331663Sphilip# ... At least they kept good records...
1715331663Sphilip#
1716331663Sphilip# http://www.armada.mil.uy/ContenidosPDFs/sohma/web/almanaque/almanaque_2018.pdf#page=36
1717331663Sphilip# Page 36 of Almanaque 2018, published by the Oceanography, Hydrography, and
1718331663Sphilip# Meteorology Service of the Uruguayan Navy, seems to give many transitions
1719331663Sphilip# with greater clarity than we've had before.  It directly references many laws
1720331663Sphilip# and decrees which are, in turn, referenced below.  They can be viewed in the
1721331663Sphilip# public archives of the Diario Oficial (in Spanish) at
1722331663Sphilip# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/
1723331663Sphilip#
1724331663Sphilip# Ley No. 3920 of 1908-06-10 placed the determination of legal time under the
1725331663Sphilip# auspices of the National Institute for the Prediction of Time.  It is unclear
1726331663Sphilip# exactly what offset was used during this period, though Ley No. 7200 of
1727331663Sphilip# 1920-04-23 used the Observatory of the National Meteorological Institute in
1728331663Sphilip# Montevideo (34�� 54' 33" S, 56�� 12' 45" W) as its reference meridian,
1729331663Sphilip# retarding legal time by 15 minutes 9 seconds from 1920-04-30 24:00,
1730331663Sphilip# resulting in UT-04.  Assume the corresponding LMT of UT-03:44:51 (given on
1731331663Sphilip# page 725 of the Proceedings of the Second Pan-American Scientific Congress,
1732331663Sphilip# 1915-1916) was in use, and merely became official from 1908-06-10.
1733331663Sphilip# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1908/06/18/12
1734331663Sphilip# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1920/04/27/9
1735331663Sphilip#
1736331663Sphilip# Ley No. 7594 of 1923-06-28 specified legal time as Observatory time advanced
1737331663Sphilip# by 44 minutes 51 seconds (UT-03) "from 30 September to 31 March", and by 14
1738331663Sphilip# minutes 51 seconds (UT-03:30) "the rest of the year"; a message from the
1739331663Sphilip# National Council of Administration the same day, published directly below the
1740331663Sphilip# law in the Diario Oficial, specified the first transition to be 1923-09-30
1741331663Sphilip# 24:00.  This effectively established standard time at UT-03:30 with 30
1742331663Sphilip# minutes DST.  Assume transitions at 24:00 on the specified days until Ley No.
1743331663Sphilip# 7919 of 1926-03-05 ended this arrangement, repealing all "laws and other
1744331663Sphilip# provisions which oppose" it, resulting in year-round UT-03:30; a Resoluci��n
1745331663Sphilip# of 1926-03-11 puts the final transition at 1926-03-31 24:00, the same as it
1746331663Sphilip# would have been under the previous law.
1747331663Sphilip# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1923/07/02/2
1748331663Sphilip# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1926/03/10/2
1749331663Sphilip# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1926/03/18/2
1750331663Sphilip#
17512742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1752331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1923	1925	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0:30	-
175319878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1924	1926	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
1754331663Sphilip# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1755331663Sphilip# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1933/10/27/6
1756331663Sphilip#
1757331663Sphilip# It appears Ley No. 9122 of 1933 was never published as such in the Diario
1758331663Sphilip# Oficial, but instead appeared as Document 26 in the Diario on Friday
1759331663Sphilip# 1933-10-27 as a decree made Monday 1933-10-23 and filed under the Ministry of
1760331663Sphilip# National Defense.  It reinstituted a DST of 30 minutes (to UT-03) "from the
1761331663Sphilip# last Sunday of October...until the last Saturday of March."  In accordance
1762331663Sphilip# with this provision, the first transition was explicitly specified in Article
1763331663Sphilip# 2 of the decree as Saturday 1933-10-28 at 24:00; that is, Sunday 1933-10-29
1764331663Sphilip# at 00:00.  Assume transitions at 00:00 Sunday throughout.
1765331663Sphilip#
1766331663Sphilip# Departing from the matter-of-fact nature of previous timekeeping laws, the
1767331663Sphilip# 1933 decree "consider[s] the advantages of...the advance of legal time":
1768331663Sphilip#
1769331663Sphilip#   "Whereas: The measure adopted by almost all nations at the time of the last
1770331663Sphilip#    World War still persists in North America and Europe, precisely because of
1771331663Sphilip#    the economic, hygienic, and social advantages derived from such an
1772331663Sphilip#    emergency measure...
1773331663Sphilip#
1774331663Sphilip#    Whereas: The advance of the legal time during the summer seasons, by
1775331663Sphilip#    displacing social activity near sunrise, favors the citizen populations
1776331663Sphilip#    and especially the society that creates and works..."
1777331663Sphilip#
1778331663Sphilip# It further specified that "necessary measures" be taken to ensure that
1779331663Sphilip# "public spectacles finish, in general, before [01:00]."
1780331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1933	1938	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0:30	-
1781331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1934	1941	-	Mar	lastSat	24:00	0	-
1782331663Sphilip# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1783331663Sphilip# Most of the Rules below, and their contemporaneous Zone lines, have been
1784331663Sphilip# updated simply to match the Almanaque 2018.  Although the document does not
1785331663Sphilip# list exact transition times, midnight transitions were already present in our
1786331663Sphilip# data here for all transitions through 2004-09, and this is both consistent
1787331663Sphilip# with prior transitions and verified in several decrees marked below between
1788331663Sphilip# 1939-09 and 2004-09, wherein the relevant text was typically of the form:
1789331663Sphilip#
1790331663Sphilip#   "From 0 hours on [date], the legal time of the entire Republic will be...
1791331663Sphilip#
1792331663Sphilip#    In accordance with [the preceding], on [previous date] at 24 hours, all
1793331663Sphilip#    clocks throughout the Republic will be [advanced/retarded] by..."
1794331663Sphilip#
1795331663Sphilip# It is possible that there is greater specificity to be found for the Rules
1796331663Sphilip# below, but it is buried in no fewer than 40 different decrees individually
1797331663Sphilip# referenced by the Almanaque for the period from 1939-09 to 2014-09.
1798331663Sphilip# Four-fifths of these were promulgated less than two weeks before taking
1799331663Sphilip# effect; more than half within a week and none more than 5 weeks.  Only the
1800331663Sphilip# handful with comments below have been checked with any thoroughness.
1801331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1939	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0:30	-
1802331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1940	only	-	Oct	27	 0:00	0:30	-
1803331663Sphilip# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1804331663Sphilip# Decreto 1145 of the Ministry of National Defense, dated 1941-07-26, specified
1805331663Sphilip# UT-03 from Friday 1941-08-01 00:00, citing an "urgent...need to save fuel".
1806331663Sphilip# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1941/08/04/1
1807331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1941	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0:30	-
1808331663Sphilip# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1809331663Sphilip# Decreto 1866 of the Ministry of National Defense, dated 1942-12-09, specified
1810331663Sphilip# further advancement (to UT-02:30) from Sunday 1942-12-13 24:00.  Since clocks
1811331663Sphilip# never went back to UT-03:30 thereafter, this is modeled as advancing standard
1812331663Sphilip# time by 30 minutes to UT-03, while retaining 30 minutes of DST.
1813331663Sphilip# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1942/12/16/3
1814331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1942	only	-	Dec	14	 0:00	0:30	-
181519878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1943	only	-	Mar	14	 0:00	0	-
1816331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1959	only	-	May	24	 0:00	0:30	-
181719878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1959	only	-	Nov	15	 0:00	0	-
1818331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1960	only	-	Jan	17	 0:00	1:00	-
181919878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1960	only	-	Mar	 6	 0:00	0	-
1820331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1965	only	-	Apr	 4	 0:00	1:00	-
182119878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1965	only	-	Sep	26	 0:00	0	-
1822331663Sphilip# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1823331663Sphilip# Decreto 321/968 of 1968-05-25, citing emergency drought measures decreed the
1824331663Sphilip# day before, brought clocks forward 30 minutes from Monday 1968-05-27 00:00.
1825331663Sphilip# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1968/05/30/5
1826331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1968	only	-	May	27	 0:00	0:30	-
1827331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1968	only	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	0	-
1828331663Sphilip# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1829331663Sphilip# Decreto 188/970 of 1970-04-23 instituted restrictions on electricity
1830331663Sphilip# consumption "as a consequence of the current rainfall regime in the country".
1831331663Sphilip# Articles 13 and 14 advanced clocks by an hour from Saturday 1970-04-25 00:00.
1832331663Sphilip# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1970/04/29/4
1833331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1970	only	-	Apr	25	 0:00	1:00	-
1834331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1970	only	-	Jun	14	 0:00	0	-
1835331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1972	only	-	Apr	23	 0:00	1:00	-
1836331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1972	only	-	Jul	16	 0:00	0	-
1837331663Sphilip# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1838331663Sphilip# Decreto 29/974 of 1974-01-11, citing "the international rise in the price of
1839331663Sphilip# oil", advanced clocks by 90 minutes (to UT-01:30).  Decreto 163/974 of
1840331663Sphilip# 1974-03-04 returned 60 of those minutes (to UT-02:30), and the remaining 30
1841331663Sphilip# minutes followed in Decreto 679/974 of 1974-08-29.
1842331663Sphilip# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1974/01/22/11
1843331663Sphilip# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1974/03/14/3
1844331663Sphilip# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1974/09/04/6
1845331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Jan	13	 0:00	1:30	-
1846331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Mar	10	 0:00	0:30	-
1847331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	0	-
1848331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Dec	22	 0:00	1:00	-
1849331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1975	only	-	Mar	30	 0:00	0	-
1850331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1976	only	-	Dec	19	 0:00	1:00	-
1851331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1977	only	-	Mar	 6	 0:00	0	-
1852331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1977	only	-	Dec	 4	 0:00	1:00	-
1853331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1978	1979	-	Mar	Sun>=1	 0:00	0	-
1854331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1978	only	-	Dec	17	 0:00	1:00	-
1855331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1979	only	-	Apr	29	 0:00	1:00	-
1856331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1980	only	-	Mar	16	 0:00	0	-
1857331663Sphilip# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1858331663Sphilip# Decreto 725/987 of 1987-12-04 cited "better use of national tourist
1859331663Sphilip# attractions" to advance clocks one hour from Monday 1987-12-14 00:00.
1860331663Sphilip# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1988/01/25/1
1861331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1987	only	-	Dec	14	 0:00	1:00	-
1862331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Feb	28	 0:00	0	-
1863331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Dec	11	 0:00	1:00	-
1864331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Mar	 5	 0:00	0	-
1865331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Oct	29	 0:00	1:00	-
1866331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1990	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	0	-
1867331663Sphilip# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15), per Paul Eggert (1999-11-04):
1868331663Sphilip# IATA agrees as below for 1990-10 through 1993-02.  Per Almanaque 2018, the
1869331663Sphilip# 1992/1993 season appears to be the first in over half a century where DST
1870331663Sphilip# both began and ended pursuant to the same decree.
1871331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1990	1991	-	Oct	Sun>=21	 0:00	1:00	-
1872331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1991	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	 0:00	0	-
1873331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	1992	only	-	Oct	18	 0:00	1:00	-
187420094SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1993	only	-	Feb	28	 0:00	0	-
1875136638Swollman# From Eduardo Cota (2004-09-20):
1876273719Sedwin# The Uruguayan government has decreed a change in the local time....
1877331663Sphilip# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1878331663Sphilip# Decreto 328/004 of 2004-09-15.
1879331663Sphilip# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2004/09/23/documentos.pdf#page=1
1880331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	2004	only	-	Sep	19	 0:00	1:00	-
1881149514Swollman# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-03-11):
1882149514Swollman# Uruguay's DST was scheduled to end on Sunday, 2005-03-13, but in order to
1883149514Swollman# save energy ... it was postponed two weeks....
1884331663Sphilip# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1885331663Sphilip# This 2005 postponement is not in Almanaque 2018.  Go with the contemporaneous
1886331663Sphilip# reporting, which is confirmed by Decreto 107/005 of 2005-03-10 amending
1887331663Sphilip# Decreto 328/004:
1888331663Sphilip# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2005/03/15/documentos.pdf#page=1
1889331663Sphilip# The original decree specified a transition of 2005-03-12 24:00, but the new
1890331663Sphilip# one specified 2005-03-27 02:00.
1891149514SwollmanRule	Uruguay	2005	only	-	Mar	27	 2:00	0	-
1892153670Swollman# From Eduardo Cota (2005-09-27):
1893331663Sphilip# ...from 2005-10-09 at 02:00 local time, until 2006-03-12 at 02:00 local time,
1894331663Sphilip# official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2.
1895331663Sphilip# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1896331663Sphilip# Decreto 318/005 of 2005-09-19.
1897331663Sphilip# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2005/09/23/documentos.pdf#page=1
1898331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	2005	only	-	Oct	 9	 2:00	1:00	-
1899331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	2006	2015	-	Mar	Sun>=8	 2:00	0	-
1900331663Sphilip# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15), per Jesper N��rgaard Welen (2006-09-06):
1901331663Sphilip# Decreto 311/006 of 2006-09-04 established regular DST from the first Sunday
1902331663Sphilip# of October at 02:00 through the second Sunday of March at 02:00.  Almanaque
1903331663Sphilip# 2018 appears to have a few typoed dates through this period; ignore them.
1904331663Sphilip# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2006/09/08/documentos.pdf#page=1
1905331663SphilipRule	Uruguay	2006	2014	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 2:00	1:00	-
1906286751Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-06-30):
1907286751Sedwin# ... it looks like they will not be using DST the coming summer:
1908286751Sedwin# http://www.elobservador.com.uy/gobierno-resolvio-que-no-habra-cambio-horario-verano-n656787
1909286751Sedwin# http://www.republica.com.uy/este-ano-no-se-modificara-el-huso-horario-en-uruguay/523760/
1910286751Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2015-06-30):
1911286751Sedwin# Apparently restaurateurs complained that DST caused people to go to the beach
1912286751Sedwin# instead of out to dinner.
1913286751Sedwin# From Pablo Camargo (2015-07-13):
1914286751Sedwin# http://archivo.presidencia.gub.uy/sci/decretos/2015/06/cons_min_201.pdf
1915331663Sphilip# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1916331663Sphilip# Decreto 178/015 of 2015-06-29; repeals Decreto 311/006.
1917316350Sbapt
1918316350Sbapt# This Zone can be simplified once we assume zic %z.
1919331663SphilipZone America/Montevideo	-3:44:51 -	LMT	1908 Jun 10
1920331663Sphilip			-3:44:51 -	MMT	1920 May  1 # Montevideo MT
1921331663Sphilip			-4:00	-	-04	1923 Oct  1
1922316350Sbapt			-3:30	Uruguay	-0330/-03 1942 Dec 14
1923331663Sphilip			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-0230 1960
1924316350Sbapt			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-02	1968
1925331663Sphilip			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-0230 1970
1926316350Sbapt			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-02	1974
1927331663Sphilip			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-0130 1974 Mar 10
1928316350Sbapt			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-0230 1974 Dec 22
1929316350Sbapt			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-02
19302742Swollman
19312742Swollman# Venezuela
1932172479Sedwin#
1933286751Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2015-07-28):
1934286751Sedwin# For the 1965 transition see Gaceta Oficial No. 27.619 (1964-12-15), p 205.533
1935286751Sedwin# http://www.pgr.gob.ve/dmdocuments/1964/27619.pdf
1936286751Sedwin#
1937174242Sedwin# From John Stainforth (2007-11-28):
1938174242Sedwin# ... the change for Venezuela originally expected for 2007-12-31 has
1939174242Sedwin# been brought forward to 2007-12-09.  The official announcement was
1940270817Spluknet# published today in the "Gaceta Oficial de la Rep��blica Bolivariana
1941270817Spluknet# de Venezuela, n��mero 38.819" (official document for all laws or
1942174242Sedwin# resolution publication)
1943174242Sedwin# http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=72208
1944172479Sedwin
1945307362Sbapt# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-04-15):
1946307362Sbapt# https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/204758-venezuela-modificar-huso-horario-sequia-elnino
1947307362Sbapt#
1948307362Sbapt# From Paul Eggert (2016-04-15):
1949307362Sbapt# Clocks advance 30 minutes on 2016-05-01 at 02:30....
1950307362Sbapt# "'Venezuela's new time-zone: hours without light, hours without water,
1951307362Sbapt# hours of presidential broadcasts, hours of lines,' quipped comedian
1952307362Sbapt# Jean Mary Curr�� ...". See: Cawthorne A, Kai D. Venezuela scraps
1953307362Sbapt# half-hour time difference set by Chavez. Reuters 2016-04-15 14:50 -0400
1954325160Sphilip# https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-timezone-idUSKCN0XC2BE
1955307362Sbapt#
1956307362Sbapt# From Matt Johnson (2016-04-20):
1957307362Sbapt# ... published in the official Gazette [2016-04-18], here:
1958307362Sbapt# http://historico.tsj.gob.ve/gaceta_ext/abril/1842016/E-1842016-4551.pdf
1959307362Sbapt
19602742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
19612742SwollmanZone	America/Caracas	-4:27:44 -	LMT	1890
196286222Swollman			-4:27:40 -	CMT	1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time?
1963316350Sbapt			-4:30	-	-0430	1965 Jan  1  0:00
1964316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04	2007 Dec  9  3:00
1965316350Sbapt			-4:30	-	-0430	2016 May  1  2:30
1966316350Sbapt			-4:00	-	-04
1967