--- a/components/timezone/northamerica	Mon May 21 14:03:53 2012 -0700
+++ b/components/timezone/northamerica	Tue May 22 00:22:29 2012 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # <pre>
-# @(#)northamerica	8.53
+# @(#)northamerica	8.54
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -2970,6 +2970,29 @@
 # From Stephen Colebourne (2007-02-22):
 # Some IATA info: Haiti won't be having DST in 2007.
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-03-11):
+# According to several news sources, Haiti will observe DST this year,
+# apparently using the same start and end date as USA/Canada.
+# So this means they have already changed their time.
+#
+# (Sources in French):
+# <a href="http://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article12510">
+# http://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article12510
+# </a>
+# <a href="http://radiovision2000haiti.net/home/?p=13253">
+# http://radiovision2000haiti.net/home/?p=13253
+# </a>
+#
+# Our coverage:
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/haiti-dst-2012.html">
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/haiti-dst-2012.html
+# </a>
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2012-03-11):
+# The alterpresse.org source seems to show a US-style leap from 2:00 a.m. to
+# 3:00 a.m. rather than the traditional Haitian jump at midnight.
+# Assume a US-style fall back as well XXX.
+# Do not yet assume that the change carries forward past 2012 XXX.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Haiti	1983	only	-	May	8	0:00	1:00	D
@@ -2981,6 +3004,8 @@
 Rule	Haiti	1988	1997	-	Oct	lastSun	1:00s	0	S
 Rule	Haiti	2005	2006	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Haiti	2005	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Haiti	2012	only	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Haiti	2012	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	0	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone America/Port-au-Prince -4:49:20 -	LMT	1890
 			-4:49	-	PPMT	1917 Jan 24 12:00 # P-a-P MT