--- a/components/timezone/southamerica Mon Feb 16 23:00:11 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/timezone/southamerica Tue Feb 17 08:47:57 2015 -0800
@@ -6,23 +6,23 @@
# [email protected] for general use in the future). For more, please see
# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
-# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
+# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31):
+#
+# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
-#
-# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
-# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94.
-# http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359
+# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
#
# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
-# of the IATA's data after 1990.
+# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted,
+# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
#
-# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
-# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
+# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
+# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94.
+# http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359
#
# Earlier editions of these tables used the North American style (e.g. ARST and
# ARDT for Argentine Standard and Daylight Time), but the following quote
@@ -1206,6 +1206,11 @@
# DST Start: first Saturday of September 2014 (Sun 07 Sep 2014 04:00 UTC)
# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl//media/2014/02/19/do-20140219.pdf
+# From Juan Correa (2015-01-28):
+# ... today the Ministry of Energy announced that Chile will drop DST, will keep
+# "summer time" (UTC -3 / UTC -5) all year round....
+# http://www.minenergia.cl/ministerio/noticias/generales/ministerio-de-energia-anuncia.html
+
# NOTE: ChileAQ rules for Antarctic bases are stored separately in the
# 'antarctica' file.
@@ -1247,8 +1252,8 @@
Rule Chile 2010 only - Apr Sun>=1 3:00u 0 -
Rule Chile 2011 only - May Sun>=2 3:00u 0 -
Rule Chile 2011 only - Aug Sun>=16 4:00u 1:00 S
-Rule Chile 2012 max - Apr Sun>=23 3:00u 0 -
-Rule Chile 2012 max - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 S
+Rule Chile 2012 2015 - Apr Sun>=23 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 2012 2014 - Sep Sun>=2 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]
@@ -1259,11 +1264,13 @@
-4:00 - CLT 1919 Jul 1 # Chile Time
-4:42:46 - SMT 1927 Sep 1 # Santiago Mean Time
-5:00 Chile CL%sT 1947 May 22 # Chile Time
- -4:00 Chile CL%sT
+ -4:00 Chile CL%sT 2015 Apr 26 3:00u
+ -3:00 - CLT
Zone Pacific/Easter -7:17:44 - LMT 1890
-7:17:28 - EMT 1932 Sep # Easter Mean Time
- -7:00 Chile EAS%sT 1982 Mar 13 21:00 # Easter Time
- -6:00 Chile EAS%sT
+ -7:00 Chile EAS%sT 1982 Mar 13 3:00u # Easter Time
+ -6:00 Chile EAS%sT 2015 Apr 26 3:00u
+ -5:00 - EAST
#
# Salas y Gómez Island is uninhabited.
# Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernández Is, Desventuradas Is,