--- a/components/timezone/southamerica Thu Mar 09 16:20:18 2017 -0800
+++ b/components/timezone/southamerica Sun Mar 12 23:03:21 2017 -0700
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
# [email protected] for general use in the future). For more, please see
# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
-# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31):
+# From Paul Eggert (2016-12-05):
#
# 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).
# 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
+# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source
+# for time zone data was 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. Except where otherwise noted,
@@ -24,32 +24,10 @@
# 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
-# suggests that it's better to use European style (e.g. ART and ARST).
-# I suggest the use of _Summer time_ instead of the more cumbersome
-# _daylight-saving time_. _Summer time_ seems to be in general use
-# in Europe and South America.
-# -- E O Cutler, _New York Times_ (1937-02-14), quoted in
-# H L Mencken, _The American Language: Supplement I_ (1960), p 466
-#
-# Earlier editions of these tables also used the North American style
-# for time zones in Brazil, but this was incorrect, as Brazilians say
-# "summer time". Reinaldo Goulart, a São Paulo businessman active in
-# the railroad sector, writes (1999-07-06):
-# The subject of time zones is currently a matter of discussion/debate in
-# Brazil. Let's say that "the Brasília time" is considered the
-# "official time" because Brasília is the capital city.
-# The other three time zones are called "Brasília time "minus one" or
-# "plus one" or "plus two". As far as I know there is no such
-# name/designation as "Eastern Time" or "Central Time".
-# So I invented the following (English-language) abbreviations for now.
-# Corrections are welcome!
-# std dst
-# -2:00 FNT FNST Fernando de Noronha
-# -3:00 BRT BRST Brasília
-# -4:00 AMT AMST Amazon
-# -5:00 ACT ACST Acre
+# These tables use numeric abbreviations like -03 and -0330 for
+# integer hour and minute UTC offsets. Although earlier editions used
+# alphabetic time zone abbreviations, these abbreviations were
+# invented and did not reflect common practice.
###############################################################################
@@ -384,12 +362,6 @@
#
# So I guess a new set of rules, besides "Arg", must be made and the last
# America/Argentina/San_Luis entries should change to use these...
-#
-# I'm enclosing a patch that does what I say... regretfully, the San Luis
-# timezone must be called "WART/WARST" even when most of the time (like,
-# right now) WARST == ART... that is, since last Sunday, all the country
-# is using UTC-3, but in my patch, San Luis calls it "WARST" and the rest
-# of the country calls it "ART".
# ...
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-09):
@@ -410,9 +382,9 @@
# stuck on Summer daylight savings time even though the summer is over.
# From Paul Eggert (2013-09-05):
-# Perhaps San Luis operates on the legal fiction that it is at UTC-4
+# Perhaps San Luis operates on the legal fiction that it is at -04
# with perpetual summer time, but ordinary usage typically seems to
-# just say it's at UTC-3; see, for example,
+# just say it's at -03; see, for example,
# http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hora_oficial_argentina
# We've documented similar situations as being plain changes to
# standard time, so let's do that here too. This does not change UTC
@@ -428,11 +400,11 @@
# Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF),
Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Córdoba Mean Time
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02
#
# Córdoba (CB), Santa Fe (SF), Entre Ríos (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN),
# Chaco (CC), Formosa (FM), Santiago del Estero (SE)
@@ -446,113 +418,113 @@
#
Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3
- -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02
#
# Salta (SA), La Pampa (LP), Neuquén (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
Zone America/Argentina/Salta -4:21:40 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3
- -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18
- -3:00 - ART
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Tucumán (TM)
Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3
- -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1
- -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 13
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 13
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02
#
# La Rioja (LR)
Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 1
- -4:00 - WART 1991 May 7
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1
- -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18
- -3:00 - ART
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 May 7
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# San Juan (SJ)
Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 1
- -4:00 - WART 1991 May 7
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 - ART 2004 May 31
- -4:00 - WART 2004 Jul 25
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18
- -3:00 - ART
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 May 7
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 May 31
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jul 25
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Jujuy (JY)
Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Mar 4
- -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 28
- -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 17
- -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 6
- -3:00 1:00 ARST 1992
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18
- -3:00 - ART
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1990 Mar 4
+ -4:00 - -04 1990 Oct 28
+ -4:00 1:00 -03 1991 Mar 17
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 6
+ -3:00 1:00 -02 1992
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3
- -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1
- -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18
- -3:00 - ART
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Mendoza (MZ)
Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Mar 4
- -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 15
- -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 1
- -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 15
- -4:00 1:00 WARST 1992 Mar 1
- -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 - ART 2004 May 23
- -4:00 - WART 2004 Sep 26
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18
- -3:00 - ART
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1990 Mar 4
+ -4:00 - -04 1990 Oct 15
+ -4:00 1:00 -03 1991 Mar 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 15
+ -4:00 1:00 -03 1992 Mar 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1992 Oct 18
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 May 23
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Sep 26
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# San Luis (SL)
@@ -561,44 +533,44 @@
Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990
- -3:00 1:00 ARST 1990 Mar 14
- -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 15
- -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 1
- -4:00 - WART 1991 Jun 1
- -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 1:00 WARST 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 - ART 2004 May 31
- -4:00 - WART 2004 Jul 25
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Jan 21
- -4:00 SanLuis WAR%sT 2009 Oct 11
- -3:00 - ART
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1990
+ -3:00 1:00 -02 1990 Mar 14
+ -4:00 - -04 1990 Oct 15
+ -4:00 1:00 -03 1991 Mar 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Jun 1
+ -3:00 - -03 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 1:00 -03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 May 31
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jul 25
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Jan 21
+ -4:00 SanLuis -04/-03 2009 Oct 11
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Santa Cruz (SC)
Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
- -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Córdoba Mean Time
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1
- -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18
- -3:00 - ART
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur (TF)
Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
- -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Córdoba Mean Time
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 - ART 2004 May 30
- -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18
- -3:00 - ART
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 May 30
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
# Aruba
Link America/Curacao America/Aruba
@@ -608,7 +580,7 @@
Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890
-4:32:36 - CMT 1931 Oct 15 # Calamarca MT
-4:32:36 1:00 BOST 1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST
- -4:00 - BOT # Bolivia Time
+ -4:00 - -04
# Brazil
@@ -960,12 +932,12 @@
#
# Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE)
Zone America/Noronha -2:09:40 - LMT 1914
- -2:00 Brazil FN%sT 1990 Sep 17
- -2:00 - FNT 1999 Sep 30
- -2:00 Brazil FN%sT 2000 Oct 15
- -2:00 - FNT 2001 Sep 13
- -2:00 Brazil FN%sT 2002 Oct 1
- -2:00 - FNT
+ -2:00 Brazil -02/-01 1990 Sep 17
+ -2:00 - -02 1999 Sep 30
+ -2:00 Brazil -02/-01 2000 Oct 15
+ -2:00 - -02 2001 Sep 13
+ -2:00 Brazil -02/-01 2002 Oct 1
+ -2:00 - -02
# Other Atlantic islands have no permanent settlement.
# These include Trindade and Martim Vaz (administratively part of ES),
# Rocas Atoll (RN), and the St Peter and St Paul Archipelago (PE).
@@ -978,119 +950,119 @@
# In the north a very small part from the river Javary (now Jari I guess,
# the border with Amapá) to the Amazon, then to the Xingu.
Zone America/Belem -3:13:56 - LMT 1914
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1988 Sep 12
- -3:00 - BRT
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1988 Sep 12
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# west Pará (PA)
# West Pará includes Altamira, Óbidos, Prainha, Oriximiná, and Santarém.
Zone America/Santarem -3:38:48 - LMT 1914
- -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12
- -4:00 - AMT 2008 Jun 24 0:00
- -3:00 - BRT
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12
+ -4:00 - -04 2008 Jun 24 0:00
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Maranhão (MA), Piauí (PI), Ceará (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
# Paraíba (PB)
Zone America/Fortaleza -2:34:00 - LMT 1914
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17
- -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 22
- -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1
- -3:00 - BRT
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17
+ -3:00 - -03 1999 Sep 30
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2000 Oct 22
+ -3:00 - -03 2001 Sep 13
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2002 Oct 1
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands)
Zone America/Recife -2:19:36 - LMT 1914
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17
- -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 15
- -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1
- -3:00 - BRT
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17
+ -3:00 - -03 1999 Sep 30
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2000 Oct 15
+ -3:00 - -03 2001 Sep 13
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2002 Oct 1
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Tocantins (TO)
Zone America/Araguaina -3:12:48 - LMT 1914
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17
- -3:00 - BRT 1995 Sep 14
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2003 Sep 24
- -3:00 - BRT 2012 Oct 21
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2013 Sep
- -3:00 - BRT
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17
+ -3:00 - -03 1995 Sep 14
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2003 Sep 24
+ -3:00 - -03 2012 Oct 21
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2013 Sep
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE)
Zone America/Maceio -2:22:52 - LMT 1914
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17
- -3:00 - BRT 1995 Oct 13
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1996 Sep 4
- -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 22
- -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1
- -3:00 - BRT
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17
+ -3:00 - -03 1995 Oct 13
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1996 Sep 4
+ -3:00 - -03 1999 Sep 30
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2000 Oct 22
+ -3:00 - -03 2001 Sep 13
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2002 Oct 1
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Bahia (BA)
# There are too many Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/Bahia instead
# of America/Salvador.
Zone America/Bahia -2:34:04 - LMT 1914
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2003 Sep 24
- -3:00 - BRT 2011 Oct 16
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2012 Oct 21
- -3:00 - BRT
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2003 Sep 24
+ -3:00 - -03 2011 Oct 16
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2012 Oct 21
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Goiás (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
# Espírito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), São Paulo (SP), Paraná (PR),
# Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
Zone America/Sao_Paulo -3:06:28 - LMT 1914
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1963 Oct 23 0:00
- -3:00 1:00 BRST 1964
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1963 Oct 23 0:00
+ -3:00 1:00 -02 1964
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02
#
# Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)
Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 - LMT 1914
- -4:00 Brazil AM%sT
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03
#
# Mato Grosso (MT)
Zone America/Cuiaba -3:44:20 - LMT 1914
- -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 2003 Sep 24
- -4:00 - AMT 2004 Oct 1
- -4:00 Brazil AM%sT
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 2003 Sep 24
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Oct 1
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03
#
# Rondônia (RO)
Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 - LMT 1914
- -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12
- -4:00 - AMT
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12
+ -4:00 - -04
#
# Roraima (RR)
Zone America/Boa_Vista -4:02:40 - LMT 1914
- -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12
- -4:00 - AMT 1999 Sep 30
- -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 2000 Oct 15
- -4:00 - AMT
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12
+ -4:00 - -04 1999 Sep 30
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 2000 Oct 15
+ -4:00 - -04
#
# east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Jutaí, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto
# The great circle line from Tabatinga to Porto Acre divides
# east from west Amazonas.
Zone America/Manaus -4:00:04 - LMT 1914
- -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12
- -4:00 - AMT 1993 Sep 28
- -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1994 Sep 22
- -4:00 - AMT
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12
+ -4:00 - -04 1993 Sep 28
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1994 Sep 22
+ -4:00 - -04
#
# west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant,
# Eirunepé, Envira, Ipixuna
Zone America/Eirunepe -4:39:28 - LMT 1914
- -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1988 Sep 12
- -5:00 - ACT 1993 Sep 28
- -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1994 Sep 22
- -5:00 - ACT 2008 Jun 24 0:00
- -4:00 - AMT 2013 Nov 10
- -5:00 - ACT
+ -5:00 Brazil -05/-04 1988 Sep 12
+ -5:00 - -05 1993 Sep 28
+ -5:00 Brazil -05/-04 1994 Sep 22
+ -5:00 - -05 2008 Jun 24 0:00
+ -4:00 - -04 2013 Nov 10
+ -5:00 - -05
#
# Acre (AC)
Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914
- -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1988 Sep 12
- -5:00 - ACT 2008 Jun 24 0:00
- -4:00 - AMT 2013 Nov 10
- -5:00 - ACT
+ -5:00 Brazil -05/-04 1988 Sep 12
+ -5:00 - -05 2008 Jun 24 0:00
+ -4:00 - -04 2013 Nov 10
+ -5:00 - -05
# Chile
@@ -1235,6 +1207,18 @@
# to mean 24:00 mainland time, not 24:00 local time, so that Easter
# Island is always two hours behind the mainland.
+# From Juan Correa (2016-12-04):
+# Magallanes region ... will keep DST (UTC -3) all year round....
+# 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
+#
+# From Deborah Goldsmith (2017-01-19):
+# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2017/01/17/41660/01/1169626.pdf
+# From Paul Eggert (2017-01-19):
+# The above says the Magallanes change expires 2019-05-11 at 24:00,
+# so in theory, they will revert to -04/-03 after that, which means
+# they will switch from -03 to -04 one hour after Santiago does that day.
+# For now, assume that they will not revert.
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Chile 1927 1931 - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Chile 1928 1932 - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
@@ -1275,22 +1259,35 @@
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Santiago -4:42:46 - LMT 1890
-4:42:46 - SMT 1910 Jan 10 # Santiago Mean Time
- -5:00 - CLT 1916 Jul 1 # Chile Time
+ -5:00 - -05 1916 Jul 1
-4:42:46 - SMT 1918 Sep 10
- -4:00 - CLT 1919 Jul 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1919 Jul 1
-4:42:46 - SMT 1927 Sep 1
- -5:00 Chile CL%sT 1932 Sep 1
- -4:00 - CLT 1942 Jun 1
- -5:00 - CLT 1942 Aug 1
- -4:00 - CLT 1946 Jul 15
- -4:00 1:00 CLST 1946 Sep 1 # central Chile
- -4:00 - CLT 1947 Apr 1
- -5:00 - CLT 1947 May 21 23:00
- -4:00 Chile CL%sT
+ -5:00 Chile -05/-04 1932 Sep 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1942 Jun 1
+ -5:00 - -05 1942 Aug 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1946 Jul 15
+ -4:00 1:00 -03 1946 Sep 1 # central Chile
+ -4:00 - -04 1947 Apr 1
+ -5:00 - -05 1947 May 21 23:00
+ -4:00 Chile -04/-03
+Zone America/Punta_Arenas -4:43:40 - LMT 1890
+ -4:42:46 - SMT 1910 Jan 10
+ -5:00 - -05 1916 Jul 1
+ -4:42:46 - SMT 1918 Sep 10
+ -4:00 - -04 1919 Jul 1
+ -4:42:46 - SMT 1927 Sep 1
+ -5:00 Chile -05/-04 1932 Sep 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1942 Jun 1
+ -5:00 - -05 1942 Aug 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1947 Apr 1
+ -5:00 - -05 1947 May 21 23:00
+ -4:00 Chile -04/-03 2016 Dec 4
+ -3:00 - -03
Zone Pacific/Easter -7:17:28 - LMT 1890
-7:17:28 - EMT 1932 Sep # Easter Mean Time
- -7:00 Chile EAS%sT 1982 Mar 14 3:00u # Easter Time
- -6:00 Chile EAS%sT
+ -7:00 Chile -07/-06 1982 Mar 14 3:00u # Easter Time
+ -6:00 Chile -06/-05
#
# Salas y Gómez Island is uninhabited.
# Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernández Is, Desventuradas Is,
@@ -1310,9 +1307,10 @@
#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - -00 1965
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1982 May
- -4:00 Chile CL%sT
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1982 May
+ -4:00 Chile -04/-03 2016 Dec 4
+ -3:00 - -03
# Colombia
@@ -1325,7 +1323,7 @@
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Bogota -4:56:16 - LMT 1884 Mar 13
-4:56:16 - BMT 1914 Nov 23 # Bogotá Mean Time
- -5:00 CO CO%sT # Colombia Time
+ -5:00 CO -05/-04
# Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres
# no information; probably like America/Bogota
@@ -1349,7 +1347,7 @@
#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Curacao -4:35:47 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Willemstad
- -4:30 - ANT 1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
+ -4:30 - -0430 1965
-4:00 - AST
# From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
@@ -1364,19 +1362,32 @@
#
# Milne says the Central and South American Telegraph Company used -5:24:15.
#
-# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-04):
-# Apparently Ecuador had a failed experiment with DST in 1992.
-# <http://midena.gov.ec/content/view/1261/208/> (2007-02-27) and
-# <http://www.hoy.com.ec/NoticiaNue.asp?row_id=249856> (2006-11-06) both
-# talk about "hora Sixto". Leave this alone for now, as we have no data.
+# From Alois Treindl (2016-12-15):
+# http://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/hora-sixto-1993.html
+# ... Whether the law applied also to Galápagos, I do not know.
+# From Paul Eggert (2016-12-15):
+# http://www.elcomercio.com/afull/modificacion-husohorario-ecuador-presidentes-decreto.html
+# This says President Sixto Durán Ballén signed decree No. 285, which
+# established DST from 1992-11-28 to 1993-02-05; it does not give transition
+# times. The people called it "hora de Sixto" ("Sixto hour"). The change did
+# not go over well; a popular song "Qué hora es" by Jaime Guevara had lyrics
+# that included "Amanecía en mitad de la noche, los guaguas iban a clase sin
+# sol" ("It was dawning in the middle of the night, the buses went to class
+# without sun"). Although Ballén's campaign slogan was "Ni un paso atrás"
+# (Not one step back), the clocks went back in 1993 and the experiment was not
+# repeated. For now, assume transitions were at 00:00 local time country-wide.
+#
+# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+Rule Ecuador 1992 only - Nov 28 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Ecuador 1993 only - Feb 5 0:00 0 -
#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Guayaquil -5:19:20 - LMT 1890
-5:14:00 - QMT 1931 # Quito Mean Time
- -5:00 - ECT # Ecuador Time
+ -5:00 Ecuador -05/-04
Zone Pacific/Galapagos -5:58:24 - LMT 1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
- -5:00 - ECT 1986
- -6:00 - GALT # Galápagos Time
+ -5:00 - -05 1986
+ -6:00 Ecuador -06/-05
# Falklands
@@ -1476,25 +1487,24 @@
# 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 2010 Sep 5 2:00
- -3:00 - FKST
+ -4:00 Falk -04/-03 1983 May
+ -3:00 Falk -03/-02 1985 Sep 15
+ -4:00 Falk -04/-03 2010 Sep 5 2:00
+ -3:00 - -03
# French Guiana
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Cayenne -3:29:20 - LMT 1911 Jul
- -4:00 - GFT 1967 Oct # French Guiana Time
- -3:00 - GFT
+ -4:00 - -04 1967 Oct
+ -3:00 - -03
# Guyana
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Guyana -3:52:40 - LMT 1915 Mar # Georgetown
- -3:45 - GBGT 1966 May 26 # Br Guiana Time
- -3:45 - GYT 1975 Jul 31 # Guyana Time
- -3:00 - GYT 1991
+ -3:45 - -0345 1975 Jul 31
+ -3:00 - -03 1991
# IATA SSIM (1996-06) says -4:00. Assume a 1991 switch.
- -4:00 - GYT
+ -4:00 - -04
# Paraguay
#
@@ -1586,9 +1596,9 @@
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890
-3:50:40 - AMT 1931 Oct 10 # Asunción Mean Time
- -4:00 - PYT 1972 Oct # Paraguay Time
- -3:00 - PYT 1974 Apr
- -4:00 Para PY%sT
+ -4:00 - -04 1972 Oct
+ -3:00 - -03 1974 Apr
+ -4:00 Para -04/-03
# Peru
#
@@ -1615,12 +1625,12 @@
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Lima -5:08:12 - LMT 1890
-5:08:36 - LMT 1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time?
- -5:00 Peru PE%sT # Peru Time
+ -5:00 Peru -05/-04
# South Georgia
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 - LMT 1890 # Grytviken
- -2:00 - GST # South Georgia Time
+ -2:00 - -02
# South Sandwich Is
# uninhabited; scientific personnel have wintered
@@ -1630,9 +1640,8 @@
Zone America/Paramaribo -3:40:40 - LMT 1911
-3:40:52 - PMT 1935 # Paramaribo Mean Time
-3:40:36 - PMT 1945 Oct # The capital moved?
- -3:30 - NEGT 1975 Nov 20 # Dutch Guiana Time
- -3:30 - SRT 1984 Oct # Suriname Time
- -3:00 - SRT
+ -3:30 - -0330 1984 Oct
+ -3:00 - -03
# Trinidad and Tobago
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -1735,11 +1744,16 @@
# [dated 2015-06-29; repeals Decree 311/006 dated 2006-09-04]
Rule Uruguay 2006 2014 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
Rule Uruguay 2007 2015 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 0 -
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+
+# This Zone can be simplified once we assume zic %z.
Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 - LMT 1898 Jun 28
-3:44:44 - MMT 1920 May 1 # Montevideo MT
- -3:30 Uruguay UY%sT 1942 Dec 14 # Uruguay Time
- -3:00 Uruguay UY%sT
+ -3:30 Uruguay -0330/-03 1942 Dec 14
+ -3:00 Uruguay -03/-02 1968
+ -3:00 Uruguay -03/-0230 1971
+ -3:00 Uruguay -03/-02 1974
+ -3:00 Uruguay -03/-0230 1974 Dec 22
+ -3:00 Uruguay -03/-02
# Venezuela
#
@@ -1773,7 +1787,7 @@
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Caracas -4:27:44 - LMT 1890
-4:27:40 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time?
- -4:30 - VET 1965 Jan 1 0:00 # Venezuela T.
- -4:00 - VET 2007 Dec 9 3:00
- -4:30 - VET 2016 May 1 2:30
- -4:00 - VET
+ -4:30 - -0430 1965 Jan 1 0:00
+ -4:00 - -04 2007 Dec 9 3:00
+ -4:30 - -0430 2016 May 1 2:30
+ -4:00 - -04