--- a/components/timezone/southamerica Wed Mar 14 15:20:26 2012 -0700
+++ b/components/timezone/southamerica Fri Mar 16 13:06:15 2012 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
# <pre>
-# @(#)southamerica 8.52
+# @(#)southamerica 8.53
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
@@ -1218,6 +1218,28 @@
# August, not in October as they have since 1968. This is a pilot plan
# which will be reevaluated in 2012.
+# From Mauricio Parada (2012-02-22), translated by Glenn Eychaner (2012-02-23):
+# As stated in the website of the Chilean Energy Ministry
+# http://www.minenergia.cl/ministerio/noticias/generales/gobierno-anuncia-fechas-de-cambio-de.html
+# The Chilean Government has decided to postpone the entrance into winter time
+# (to leave DST) from March 11 2012 to April 28th 2012. The decision has not
+# been yet formalized but it will within the next days.
+# Quote from the website communication:
+#
+# 6. For the year 2012, the dates of entry into winter time will be as follows:
+# a. Saturday April 28, 2012, clocks should go back 60 minutes; that is, at
+# 23:59:59, instead of passing to 0:00, the time should be adjusted to be 23:00
+# of the same day.
+# b. Saturday, September 1, 2012, clocks should go forward 60 minutes; that is,
+# at 23:59:59, instead of passing to 0:00, the time should be adjusted to be
+# 01:00 on September 2.
+#
+# Note that...this is yet another "temporary" change that will be reevaluated
+# AGAIN in 2013.
+
+# NOTE: ChileAQ rules for Antarctic bases are stored separately in the
+# 'antarctica' file.
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Chile 1927 1932 - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Chile 1928 1932 - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
@@ -1248,8 +1270,6 @@
Rule Chile 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S
Rule Chile 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 -
Rule Chile 1999 2010 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S
-Rule Chile 2011 only - Aug Sun>=16 4:00u 1:00 S
-Rule Chile 2012 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S
Rule Chile 2000 2007 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
# N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time,
# which is used below in specifying the transition.
@@ -1257,7 +1277,11 @@
Rule Chile 2009 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
Rule Chile 2010 only - Apr Sun>=1 3:00u 0 -
Rule Chile 2011 only - May Sun>=2 3:00u 0 -
-Rule Chile 2012 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 2011 only - Aug Sun>=16 4:00u 1:00 S
+Rule Chile 2012 only - Apr Sun>=23 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 2012 only - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 S
+Rule Chile 2013 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 2013 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S
# IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
# (1996-09) says 1998-03-08. Ignore these.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -1403,6 +1427,21 @@
# will not revert to local mean time, but clocks will remain on Summer
# time (UTC/GMT - 3 hours) throughout the whole of 2011. Any long term
# change to local time following the trial period will be notified.
+#
+# From Andrew Newman (2012-02-24)
+# A letter from Justin McPhee, Chief Executive,
+# Cable & Wireless Falkland Islands (dated 2012-02-22)
+# states...
+# The current Atlantic/Stanley entry under South America expects the
+# clocks to go back to standard Falklands Time (FKT) on the 15th April.
+# The database entry states that in 2011 Stanley was staying on fixed
+# summer time on a trial basis only. FIG need to contact IANA and/or
+# the maintainers of the database to inform them we're adopting
+# the same policy this year and suggest recommendations for future years.
+#
+# For now we will assume permanent summer time for the Falklands
+# until advised differently (to apply for 2012 and beyond, after the 2011
+# experiment was apparently successful.)
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Falk 1937 1938 - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Falk 1938 1942 - Mar Sun>=19 0:00 0 -
@@ -1415,14 +1454,14 @@
Rule Falk 1985 2000 - Sep Sun>=9 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Falk 1986 2000 - Apr Sun>=16 0:00 0 -
Rule Falk 2001 2010 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
-Rule Falk 2012 max - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
-Rule Falk 2001 max - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Falk 2001 2010 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Atlantic/Stanley -3:51:24 - LMT 1890
-3:51:24 - SMT 1912 Mar 12 # Stanley Mean Time
-4:00 Falk FK%sT 1983 May # Falkland Is Time
-3:00 Falk FK%sT 1985 Sep 15
- -4:00 Falk FK%sT
+ -4:00 Falk FK%sT 2010 Sep 5 02:00
+ -3:00 - FKST
# French Guiana
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]