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1# tzdb data for South America and environs
2
3# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
4# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
5
6# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
7# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
8# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).  For more, please see
9# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
10
11# From Paul Eggert (2016-12-05):
12#
13# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
14# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
15# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
16# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
17#
18# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source
19# for time zone data was the International Air Transport
20# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
21# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
22# of the IATA's data after 1990.  Except where otherwise noted,
23# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
24#
25# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
26# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94.
27# https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359
28#
29# These tables use numeric abbreviations like -03 and -0330 for
30# integer hour and minute UT offsets.  Although earlier editions used
31# alphabetic time zone abbreviations, these abbreviations were
32# invented and did not reflect common practice.
33
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37
38# Argentina
39
40# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
41# Argentina: first Sunday in October to first Sunday in April since 1976.
42# Double Summer time from 1969 to 1974.  Switches at midnight.
43
44# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1988-01-19):
45# ARGENTINA           3 H BEHIND   UTC
46
47# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
48# I am sending modifications to the Argentine time zone table...
49# AR was chosen because they are the ISO letters that represent Argentina.
50
51# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
52Rule	Arg	1930	only	-	Dec	 1	0:00	1:00	-
53Rule	Arg	1931	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
54Rule	Arg	1931	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	-
55Rule	Arg	1932	1940	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
56Rule	Arg	1932	1939	-	Nov	 1	0:00	1:00	-
57Rule	Arg	1940	only	-	Jul	 1	0:00	1:00	-
58Rule	Arg	1941	only	-	Jun	15	0:00	0	-
59Rule	Arg	1941	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	-
60Rule	Arg	1943	only	-	Aug	 1	0:00	0	-
61Rule	Arg	1943	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	-
62Rule	Arg	1946	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
63Rule	Arg	1946	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	-
64Rule	Arg	1963	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
65Rule	Arg	1963	only	-	Dec	15	0:00	1:00	-
66Rule	Arg	1964	1966	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
67Rule	Arg	1964	1966	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	-
68Rule	Arg	1967	only	-	Apr	 2	0:00	0	-
69Rule	Arg	1967	1968	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
70Rule	Arg	1968	1969	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
71Rule	Arg	1974	only	-	Jan	23	0:00	1:00	-
72Rule	Arg	1974	only	-	May	 1	0:00	0	-
73Rule	Arg	1988	only	-	Dec	 1	0:00	1:00	-
74#
75# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
76# These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A.,
77# obtaining the data from the:
78# Talleres de Hidrografía Naval Argentina
79# (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute)
80Rule	Arg	1989	1993	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
81Rule	Arg	1989	1992	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	-
82#
83# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
84# From this moment on, the law that mandated the daylight saving
85# time corrections was derogated and no more modifications
86# to the time zones (for daylight saving) are now made.
87#
88# From Rives McDow (2000-01-10):
89# On October 3, 1999, 0:00 local, Argentina implemented daylight savings time,
90# which did not result in the switch of a time zone, as they stayed 9 hours
91# from the International Date Line.
92Rule	Arg	1999	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
93# From Paul Eggert (2007-12-28):
94# DST was set to expire on March 5, not March 3, but since it was converted
95# to standard time on March 3 it's more convenient for us to pretend that
96# it ended on March 3.
97Rule	Arg	2000	only	-	Mar	3	0:00	0	-
98#
99# From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01):
100# We just checked with our São Paulo office and they say the government of
101# Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST.
102# So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times.
103#
104# From Fabián L. Arce Jofré (2000-04-04):
105# The law that claimed DST for Argentina was derogated by President Fernando
106# de la Rúa on March 2, 2000, because it would make people spend more energy
107# in the winter time, rather than less.  The change took effect on March 3.
108#
109# From Mariano Absatz (2001-06-06):
110# one of the major newspapers here in Argentina said that the 1999
111# Timezone Law (which never was effectively applied) will (would?) be
112# in effect.... The article is at
113# http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-06/e-01701.htm
114# ... The Law itself is "Ley No. 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted
115# 1999-09-17, and published 1999-09-21.  The official publication is at:
116# http://www.boletin.jus.gov.ar/BON/Primera/1999/09-Septiembre/21/PDF/BO21-09-99LEG.PDF
117# Regretfully, you have to subscribe (and pay) for the on-line version....
118#
119# (2001-06-12):
120# the timezone for Argentina will not change next Sunday.
121# Apparently it will do so on Sunday 24th....
122# http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-12/s-03501.htm
123#
124# (2001-06-25):
125# Last Friday (yes, the last working day before the date of the change), the
126# Senate annulled the 1999 law that introduced the changes later postponed.
127# http://www.clarin.com.ar/diario/2001-06-22/s-03601.htm
128# It remains the vote of the Deputies..., but it will be the same....
129# This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina.
130# We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country.
131#
132# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-12-21):
133# A user (Leonardo Chaim) reported that Argentina will adopt DST....
134# all of the country (all Zone-entries) are affected.  News reports like
135# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/nota.asp?nota_id=973037 indicate
136# that Argentina will use DST next year as well, from October to
137# March, although exact rules are not given.
138#
139# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2007-12-26)
140# The last hurdle of Argentina DST is over, the proposal was approved in
141# the lower chamber too (Diputados) with a vote 192 for and 2 against.
142# By the way thanks to Mariano Absatz and Daniel Mario Vega for the link to
143# the original scanned proposal, where the dates and the zero hours are
144# clear and unambiguous...This is the article about final approval:
145# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996
146#
147# From Paul Eggert (2007-12-22):
148# For dates after mid-2008, the following rules are my guesses and
149# are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
150
151# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-09-05):
152# As per message from Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz (Nicaragua),
153# Argentina will start DST on Sunday October 19, 2008.
154#
155# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina03.html
156# http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 (in spanish)
157
158# From Juan Manuel Docile in https://bugs.gentoo.org/240339 (2008-10-07)
159# via Rodrigo Severo:
160# Argentinian law No. 25.155 is no longer valid.
161# http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/60036/norma.htm
162# The new one is law No. 26.350
163# http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136191/norma.htm
164# So there is no summer time in Argentina for now.
165
166# From Mariano Absatz (2008-10-20):
167# Decree 1693/2008 applies Law 26.350 for the summer 2008/2009 establishing DST
168# in Argentina from 2008-10-19 until 2009-03-15.
169# http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=16102008&pi=3&pf=4&s=0&sec=01
170#
171
172# Decree 1705/2008 excepting 12 Provinces from applying DST in the summer
173# 2008/2009: Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, La
174# Pampa, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego
175# http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=17102008&pi=1&pf=1&s=0&sec=01
176#
177# Press release 235 dated Saturday October 18th, from the Government of the
178# Province of Jujuy saying it will not apply DST either (even when it was not
179# included in Decree 1705/2008).
180# http://www.jujuy.gov.ar/index2/partes_prensa/18_10_08/235-181008.doc
181
182# From fullinet (2009-10-18):
183# As announced in
184# http://www.argentina.gob.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=356
185# (an official .gob.ar) under title: "Sin Cambio de Hora"
186# (English: "No hour change").
187#
188# "Por el momento, el Gobierno Nacional resolvió no modificar la hora
189# oficial, decisión que estaba en estudio para su implementación el
190# domingo 18 de octubre. Desde el Ministerio de Planificación se anunció
191# que la Argentina hoy, en estas condiciones meteorológicas, no necesita
192# la modificación del huso horario, ya que 2009 nos encuentra con
193# crecimiento en la producción y distribución energética."
194
195Rule	Arg	2007	only	-	Dec	30	0:00	1:00	-
196Rule	Arg	2008	2009	-	Mar	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
197Rule	Arg	2008	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	-
198
199# From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21):
200# Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing
201# its timezone this winter... starting tomorrow night....
202# http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040521-27158-normas.pdf
203# From Paul Eggert (2004-05-24):
204# It's Law No. 7,210.  This change is due to a public power emergency, so for
205# now we'll assume it's for this year only.
206#
207# From Paul Eggert (2018-01-31):
208# Hora de verano para la República Argentina
209# http://buenasiembra.com.ar/esoterismo/astrologia/hora-de-verano-de-la-republica-argentina-27.html
210# says that standard time in Argentina from 1894-10-31
211# to 1920-05-01 was -4:16:48.25.  Go with this more precise value
212# over Shanks & Pottenger.  It is upward compatible with Milne, who
213# says Córdoba time was -4:16:48.2.
214
215#
216# From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-05):
217# These media articles from a major newspaper mostly cover the current state:
218# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/27/de_604825.asp
219# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/28/de_605203.asp
220#
221# The following eight (8) provinces pulled clocks back to UTC-04:00 at
222# midnight Monday May 31st. (that is, the night between 05/31 and 06/01).
223# Apparently, all nine provinces would go back to UTC-03:00 at the same
224# time in October 17th.
225#
226# Catamarca, Chubut, La Rioja, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz,
227# Tierra del Fuego, Tucumán.
228#
229# From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-14):
230# ... this weekend, the Province of Tucumán decided it'd go back to UTC-03:00
231# yesterday midnight (that is, at 24:00 Saturday 12th), since the people's
232# annoyance with the change is much higher than the power savings obtained....
233#
234# From Gwillim Law (2004-06-14):
235# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/06/10/de_609078.asp ...
236#     "The time change in Tierra del Fuego was a conflicted decision from
237#   the start.  The government had decreed that the measure would take
238#   effect on June 1, but a normative error forced the new time to begin
239#   three days earlier, from a Saturday to a Sunday....
240# Our understanding was that the change was originally scheduled to take place
241# on June 1 at 00:00 in Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego (and some other
242# provinces).  Sunday was May 30, only two days earlier.  So the article
243# contains a contradiction.  I would give more credence to the Saturday/Sunday
244# date than the "three days earlier" phrase, and conclude that Tierra del
245# Fuego set its clocks back at 2004-05-30 00:00.
246#
247# From Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-05):
248# The previous law 7210 which changed the province of Mendoza's time zone
249# back in May have been modified slightly in a new law 7277, which set the
250# new end date to 2004-09-26 (original date was 2004-10-17).
251# http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040924-27244-normas.pdf
252#
253# From Mariano Absatz (2004-10-05):
254# San Juan changed from UTC-03:00 to UTC-04:00 at midnight between
255# Sunday, May 30th and Monday, May 31st.  It changed back to UTC-03:00
256# at midnight between Saturday, July 24th and Sunday, July 25th....
257# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000329.html
258# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000426.html
259# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000441.html
260
261# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-01-17):
262# Here are articles that Argentina Province San Luis is planning to end DST
263# as earlier as upcoming Monday January 21, 2008 or February 2008:
264#
265# Provincia argentina retrasa reloj y marca diferencia con resto del país
266# (Argentine Province delayed clock and mark difference with the rest of the
267# country)
268# http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4373&idtel
269#
270# Es inminente que en San Luis atrasen una hora los relojes
271# (It is imminent in San Luis clocks one hour delay)
272# https://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/253414/Economia/Es-inminente-que-en-San-Luis-atrasen-una-hora-los-relojes.html
273# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html
274
275# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-01-18):
276# The page of the San Luis provincial government
277# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812
278# confirms what Alex Krivenyshev has earlier sent to the tz
279# emailing list about that San Luis plans to return to standard
280# time much earlier than the rest of the country. It also
281# confirms that upon request the provinces San Juan and Mendoza
282# refused to follow San Luis in this change.
283#
284# The change is supposed to take place Monday the 21st at 0:00
285# hours. As far as I understand it if this goes ahead, we need
286# a new timezone for San Luis (although there are also documented
287# independent changes in the southamerica file of San Luis in
288# 1990 and 1991 which has not been confirmed).
289
290# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-01-25):
291# Unfortunately the below page has become defunct, about the San Luis
292# time change. Perhaps because it now is part of a group of pages "Most
293# important pages of 2008."
294#
295# You can use
296# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834
297# instead it seems. Or use "Buscador" from the main page of the San Luis
298# government, and fill in "huso" and click OK, and you will get 3 pages
299# from which the first one is identical to the above.
300
301# From Mariano Absatz (2008-01-28):
302# I can confirm that the Province of San Luis (and so far only that
303# province) decided to go back to UTC-3 effective midnight Jan 20th 2008
304# (that is, Monday 21st at 0:00 is the time the clocks were delayed back
305# 1 hour), and they intend to keep UTC-3 as their timezone all year round
306# (that is, unless they change their mind any minute now).
307#
308# So we'll have to add yet another city to 'southamerica' (I think San
309# Luis city is the mos populated city in the Province, so it'd be
310# America/Argentina/San_Luis... of course I can't remember if San Luis's
311# history of particular changes goes along with Mendoza or San Juan :-(
312# (I only remember not being able to collect hard facts about San Luis
313# back in 2004, when these provinces changed to UTC-4 for a few days, I
314# mailed them personally and never got an answer).
315
316# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-12):
317# Unless otherwise specified, data entries are from Shanks & Pottenger through
318# 1992, from the IATA otherwise.  As noted below, Shanks & Pottenger say that
319# America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, one of which
320# was America/San_Luis, but we haven't verified this yet so for now we'll
321# keep America/Cordoba a single region rather than splitting it into the
322# other 5 subregions.
323
324# From Mariano Absatz (2009-03-13):
325# Yesterday (with our usual 2-day notice) the Province of San Luis
326# decided that next Sunday instead of "staying" @utc-03:00 they will go
327# to utc-04:00 until the second Saturday in October...
328#
329# The press release is at
330# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/SL/Paginas/NoticiaDetalle.asp?TemaId=1&InfoPrensaId=3102
331# (I couldn't find the decree, but www.sanluis.gov.ar
332# is the official page for the Province Government.)
333#
334# There's also a note in only one of the major national papers ...
335# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1107912
336#
337# The press release says [quick and dirty translation]:
338# ... announced that next Sunday, at 00:00, Puntanos (the San Luis
339# inhabitants) will have to turn back one hour their clocks
340#
341# Since then, San Luis will establish its own Province timezone. Thus,
342# during 2009, this timezone change will run from 00:00 the third Sunday
343# in March until 24:00 of the second Saturday in October.
344
345# From Mariano Absatz (2009-10-16):
346# ...the Province of San Luis is a case in itself.
347#
348# The Law at
349# http://www.diputadossanluis.gov.ar/diputadosasp/paginas/verNorma.asp?NormaID=276
350# is ambiguous because establishes a calendar from the 2nd Sunday in
351# October at 0:00 thru the 2nd Saturday in March at 24:00 and the
352# complement of that starting on the 2nd Sunday of March at 0:00 and
353# ending on the 2nd Saturday of March at 24:00.
354#
355# This clearly breaks every time the 1st of March or October is a Sunday.
356#
357# IMHO, the "spirit of the Law" is to make the changes at 0:00 on the 2nd
358# Sunday of October and March.
359#
360# The problem is that the changes in the rest of the Provinces that did
361# change in 2007/2008, were made according to the Federal Law and Decrees
362# that did so on the 3rd Sunday of October and March.
363#
364# In fact, San Luis actually switched from UTC-4 to UTC-3 last Sunday
365# (October 11th) at 0:00.
366#
367# So I guess a new set of rules, besides "Arg", must be made and the last
368# America/Argentina/San_Luis entries should change to use these...
369# ...
370
371# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-09):
372# According to news reports from El Diario de la República Province San
373# Luis, Argentina (standard time UTC-04) will keep Daylight Saving Time
374# after April 11, 2010 - will continue to have same time as rest of
375# Argentina (UTC-3) (no DST).
376#
377# Confirmaron la prórroga del huso horario de verano (Spanish)
378# http://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29383&Itemid=9
379# or (some English translation):
380# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina08.html
381
382# From Mariano Absatz (2010-04-12):
383# yes...I can confirm this...and given that San Luis keeps calling
384# UTC-03:00 "summer time", we should't just let San Luis go back to "Arg"
385# rules...San Luis is still using "Western ARgentina Time" and it got
386# stuck on Summer daylight savings time even though the summer is over.
387
388# From Paul Eggert (2018-01-23):
389# Perhaps San Luis operates on the legal fiction that it is at -04
390# with perpetual daylight saving time, but ordinary usage typically seems to
391# just say it's at -03; see, for example,
392# https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hora_oficial_argentina
393# We've documented similar situations as being plain changes to
394# standard time, so let's do that here too.  This does not change UTC
395# offsets, only tm_isdst and the time zone abbreviations.  One minor
396# plus is that this silences a zic complaint that there's no POSIX TZ
397# setting for timestamps past 2038.
398
399# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
400#
401# Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF),
402Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
403		#STDOFF	-4:16:48.25
404			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May    # Córdoba Mean Time
405			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
406			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
407			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
408			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
409			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02
410#
411# Córdoba (CB), Santa Fe (SF), Entre Ríos (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN),
412# Chaco (CC), Formosa (FM), Santiago del Estero (SE)
413#
414# Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we haven't verified:
415# - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
416# - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29.
417# - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04.
418# - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01,
419#   then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26.
420#
421		#STDOFF	       -4:16:48.25
422Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
423			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
424			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
425			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
426			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Mar  3
427			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Oct 20
428			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
429			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
430			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02
431#
432# Salta (SA), La Pampa (LP), Neuquén (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
433Zone America/Argentina/Salta -4:21:40 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
434		#STDOFF	-4:16:48.25
435			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
436			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
437			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
438			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Mar  3
439			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Oct 20
440			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
441			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
442			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
443			-3:00	-	-03
444#
445# Tucumán (TM)
446Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
447		#STDOFF	-4:16:48.25
448			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
449			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
450			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
451			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Mar  3
452			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Oct 20
453			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
454			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
455			-3:00	-	-03	2004 Jun  1
456			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jun 13
457			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02
458#
459# La Rioja (LR)
460Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
461		#STDOFF	-4:16:48.25
462			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
463			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
464			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
465			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Mar  1
466			-4:00	-	-04	1991 May  7
467			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
468			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
469			-3:00	-	-03	2004 Jun  1
470			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jun 20
471			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
472			-3:00	-	-03
473#
474# San Juan (SJ)
475Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
476		#STDOFF	-4:16:48.25
477			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
478			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
479			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
480			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Mar  1
481			-4:00	-	-04	1991 May  7
482			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
483			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
484			-3:00	-	-03	2004 May 31
485			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jul 25
486			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
487			-3:00	-	-03
488#
489# Jujuy (JY)
490Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
491		#STDOFF	-4:16:48.25
492			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
493			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
494			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
495			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1990 Mar  4
496			-4:00	-	-04	1990 Oct 28
497			-4:00	1:00	-03	1991 Mar 17
498			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Oct  6
499			-3:00	1:00	-02	1992
500			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
501			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
502			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
503			-3:00	-	-03
504#
505# Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
506Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
507		#STDOFF	-4:16:48.25
508			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
509			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
510			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
511			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Mar  3
512			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Oct 20
513			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
514			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
515			-3:00	-	-03	2004 Jun  1
516			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jun 20
517			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
518			-3:00	-	-03
519#
520# Mendoza (MZ)
521Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
522		#STDOFF	-4:16:48.25
523			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
524			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
525			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
526			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1990 Mar  4
527			-4:00	-	-04	1990 Oct 15
528			-4:00	1:00	-03	1991 Mar  1
529			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Oct 15
530			-4:00	1:00	-03	1992 Mar  1
531			-4:00	-	-04	1992 Oct 18
532			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
533			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
534			-3:00	-	-03	2004 May 23
535			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Sep 26
536			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
537			-3:00	-	-03
538#
539# San Luis (SL)
540
541Rule	SanLuis	2008	2009	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
542Rule	SanLuis	2007	2008	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00	1:00	-
543
544Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
545		#STDOFF	-4:16:48.25
546			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
547			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
548			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
549			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1990
550			-3:00	1:00	-02	1990 Mar 14
551			-4:00	-	-04	1990 Oct 15
552			-4:00	1:00	-03	1991 Mar  1
553			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Jun  1
554			-3:00	-	-03	1999 Oct  3
555			-4:00	1:00	-03	2000 Mar  3
556			-3:00	-	-03	2004 May 31
557			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jul 25
558			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Jan 21
559			-4:00	SanLuis	-04/-03	2009 Oct 11
560			-3:00	-	-03
561#
562# Santa Cruz (SC)
563Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
564		#STDOFF	-4:16:48.25
565			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
566			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
567			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
568			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
569			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
570			-3:00	-	-03	2004 Jun  1
571			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jun 20
572			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
573			-3:00	-	-03
574#
575# Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur (TF)
576Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
577		#STDOFF	-4:16:48.25
578			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
579			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
580			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
581			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
582			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
583			-3:00	-	-03	2004 May 30
584			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jun 20
585			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
586			-3:00	-	-03
587
588# Bolivia
589# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
590Zone	America/La_Paz	-4:32:36 -	LMT	1890
591			-4:32:36 -	CMT	1931 Oct 15 # Calamarca MT
592			-4:32:36 1:00	BST	1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST
593			-4:00	-	-04
594
595# Brazil
596
597# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
598# The mayor of Rio recently attempted to change the time zone rules
599# just in his city, in order to leave more summer time for the tourist trade.
600# The rule change lasted only part of the day;
601# the federal government refused to follow the city's rules, and business
602# was in a chaos, so the mayor backed down that afternoon.
603
604# From IATA SSIM (1996-02):
605# _Only_ the following states in BR1 observe DST: Rio Grande do Sul (RS),
606# Santa Catarina (SC), Paraná (PR), São Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ),
607# Espírito Santo (ES), Minas Gerais (MG), Bahia (BA), Goiás (GO),
608# Distrito Federal (DF), Tocantins (TO), Sergipe [SE] and Alagoas [AL].
609# [The last three states are new to this issue of the IATA SSIM.]
610
611# From Gwillim Law (1996-10-07):
612# Geography, history (Tocantins was part of Goiás until 1989), and other
613# sources of time zone information lead me to believe that AL, SE, and TO were
614# always in BR1, and so the only change was whether or not they observed DST....
615# The earliest issue of the SSIM I have is 2/91.  Each issue from then until
616# 9/95 says that DST is observed only in the ten states I quoted from 9/95,
617# along with Mato Grosso (MT) and Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), which are in BR2
618# (UTC-4)....  The other two time zones given for Brazil are BR3, which is
619# UTC-5, no DST, and applies only in the state of Acre (AC); and BR4, which is
620# UTC-2, and applies to Fernando de Noronha (formerly FN, but I believe it's
621# become part of the state of Pernambuco).  The boundary between BR1 and BR2
622# has never been clearly stated.  They've simply been called East and West.
623# However, some conclusions can be drawn from another IATA manual: the Airline
624# Coding Directory, which lists close to 400 airports in Brazil.  For each
625# airport it gives a time zone which is coded to the SSIM.  From that
626# information, I'm led to conclude that the states of Amapá (AP), Ceará (CE),
627# Maranhão (MA), Paraíba (PR), Pernambuco (PE), Piauí (PI), and Rio Grande do
628# Norte (RN), and the eastern part of Pará (PA) are all in BR1 without DST.
629
630# From Marcos Tadeu (1998-09-27):
631# Brazilian official page <http://pcdsh01.on.br/verao1.html>
632
633# From Jesper Nørgaard (2000-11-03):
634# [For an official list of which regions in Brazil use which time zones, see:]
635# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbr.htm
636# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbrhv.htm
637
638# From Celso Doria via David Madeo (2002-10-09):
639# The reason for the delay this year has to do with elections in Brazil.
640#
641# Unlike in the United States, elections in Brazil are 100% computerized and
642# the results are known almost immediately.  Yesterday, it was the first
643# round of the elections when 115 million Brazilians voted for President,
644# Governor, Senators, Federal Deputies, and State Deputies.  Nobody is
645# counting (or re-counting) votes anymore and we know there will be a second
646# round for the Presidency and also for some Governors.  The 2nd round will
647# take place on October 27th.
648#
649# The reason why the DST will only begin November 3rd is that the thousands
650# of electoral machines used cannot have their time changed, and since the
651# Constitution says the elections must begin at 8:00 AM and end at 5:00 PM,
652# the Government decided to postpone DST, instead of changing the Constitution
653# (maybe, for the next elections, it will be possible to change the clock)...
654
655# From Rodrigo Severo (2004-10-04):
656# It's just the biannual change made necessary by the much hyped, supposedly
657# modern Brazilian ... voting machines which, apparently, can't deal
658# with a time change between the first and the second rounds of the elections.
659
660# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-20):
661# Brazil will start DST on 2007-10-14 00:00 and end on 2008-02-17 00:00:
662# http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do;jsessionid=BBA06811AFCAAC28F0285210913513DA?newsId=13975
663
664# From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24):
665# ...by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 (published in the "Diario
666# Oficial da União"...) in Brazil there are changes in the timezones,
667# effective today (00:00am at June 24, 2008) as follows:
668#
669# a) The timezone UTC+5 is extinguished, with all the Acre state and the
670# part of the Amazonas state that had this timezone now being put to the
671# timezone UTC+4
672# b) The whole Pará state now is put at timezone UTC+3, instead of just
673# part of it, as was before.
674#
675# This change follows a proposal of senator Tiao Viana of Acre state, that
676# proposed it due to concerns about open television channels displaying
677# programs inappropriate to youths in the states that had the timezone
678# UTC+5 too early in the night. In the occasion, some more corrections
679# were proposed, trying to unify the timezones of any given state. This
680# change modifies timezone rules defined in decree 2.784 of 18 June,
681# 1913.
682
683# From Rodrigo Severo (2008-06-24):
684# Just correcting the URL:
685# https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=do&secao=1&pagina=1&data=25/04/2008
686#
687# As a result of the above Decree I believe the America/Rio_Branco
688# timezone shall be modified from UTC-5 to UTC-4 and a new timezone shall
689# be created to represent the...west side of the Pará State. I
690# suggest this new timezone be called Santarem as the most
691# important/populated city in the affected area.
692#
693# This new timezone would be the same as the Rio_Branco timezone up to
694# the 2008/06/24 change which would be to UTC-3 instead of UTC-4.
695
696# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-24):
697# This is a quick reference page for New and Old Brazil Time Zones map.
698# http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php
699#
700# - 4 time zones replaced by 3 time zones - eliminating time zone UTC-05
701# (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT-04) - western
702# part of Par state is moving to one timezone UTC-03 (from UTC-04).
703
704# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
705# The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
706# Decretos sobre o Horário de Verão no Brasil.
707# http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html
708
709# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-29):
710# As announced by the government and many newspapers in Brazil late
711# yesterday, Brazil will start DST on 2008-10-19 (need to change rule) and
712# it will end on 2009-02-15 (current rule for Brazil is fine). Based on
713# past years experience with the elections, there was a good chance that
714# the start was postponed to November, but it did not happen this year.
715#
716# It has not yet been posted to http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html
717#
718# An official page about it:
719# http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do?newsId=16722
720# Note that this link does not always work directly, but must be accessed
721# by going to
722# http://www.mme.gov.br/first
723#
724# One example link that works directly:
725# http://jornale.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13530&Itemid=54
726# (Portuguese)
727#
728# We have a written a short article about it as well:
729# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html
730#
731# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-04):
732# State Bahia will return to Daylight savings time this year after 8 years off.
733# The announcement was made by Governor Jaques Wagner in an interview to a
734# television station in Salvador.
735
736# In Portuguese:
737# http://g1.globo.com/bahia/noticia/2011/10/governador-jaques-wagner-confirma-horario-de-verao-na-bahia.html
738# https://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI5390887-EI8139,00-Bahia+volta+a+ter+horario+de+verao+apos+oito+anos.html
739
740# From Guilherme Bernardes Rodrigues (2011-10-07):
741# There is news in the media, however there is still no decree about it.
742# I just send a e-mail to Zulmira Brandao at http://pcdsh01.on.br/ the
743# official agency about time in Brazil, and she confirmed that the old rule is
744# still in force.
745
746# From Guilherme Bernardes Rodrigues (2011-10-14)
747# It's official, the President signed a decree that includes Bahia in summer
748# time.
749#	 [ and in a second message (same day): ]
750# I found the decree.
751#
752# DECRETO No. 7.584, DE 13 DE OUTUBRO DE 2011
753# Link :
754# http://www.in.gov.br/visualiza/index.jsp?data=13/10/2011&jornal=1000&pagina=6&totalArquivos=6
755
756# From Kelley Cook (2012-10-16):
757# The governor of state of Bahia in Brazil announced on Thursday that
758# due to public pressure, he is reversing the DST policy they implemented
759# last year and will not be going to Summer Time on October 21st....
760# http://www.correio24horas.com.br/r/artigo/apos-pressoes-wagner-suspende-horario-de-verao-na-bahia
761
762# From Rodrigo Severo (2012-10-16):
763# Tocantins state will have DST.
764# https://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI6232536-EI306.html
765
766# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-20):
767# Tocantins in Brazil is very likely not to observe DST from October....
768# http://conexaoto.com.br/2013/09/18/ministerio-confirma-que-tocantins-esta-fora-do-horario-de-verao-em-2013-mas-falta-publicacao-de-decreto
769# We will keep this article updated when this is confirmed:
770# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-starts-dst-2013.html
771
772# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-10-17):
773# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/acre-amazonas-change-time-zone.html
774# Senator Jorge Viana announced that Acre will change time zone on November 10.
775# He did not specify the time of the change, nor if western parts of Amazonas
776# will change as well.
777#
778# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-17):
779# For now, assume western Amazonas will change as well.
780
781# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
782# Decree 20,466 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm> (1931-10-01)
783# Decree 21,896 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm> (1932-01-10)
784Rule	Brazil	1931	only	-	Oct	 3	11:00	1:00	-
785Rule	Brazil	1932	1933	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
786Rule	Brazil	1932	only	-	Oct	 3	 0:00	1:00	-
787# Decree 23,195 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV23195.htm> (1933-10-10)
788# revoked DST.
789# Decree 27,496 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27496.htm> (1949-11-24)
790# Decree 27,998 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27998.htm> (1950-04-13)
791Rule	Brazil	1949	1952	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
792Rule	Brazil	1950	only	-	Apr	16	 1:00	0	-
793Rule	Brazil	1951	1952	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
794# Decree 32,308 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV32308.htm> (1953-02-24)
795Rule	Brazil	1953	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
796# Decree 34,724 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV34724.htm> (1953-11-30)
797# revoked DST.
798# Decree 52,700 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV52700.htm> (1963-10-18)
799# established DST from 1963-10-23 00:00 to 1964-02-29 00:00
800# in SP, RJ, GB, MG, ES, due to the prolongation of the drought.
801# Decree 53,071 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53071.htm> (1963-12-03)
802# extended the above decree to all of the national territory on 12-09.
803Rule	Brazil	1963	only	-	Dec	 9	 0:00	1:00	-
804# Decree 53,604 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53604.htm> (1964-02-25)
805# extended summer time by one day to 1964-03-01 00:00 (start of school).
806Rule	Brazil	1964	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
807# Decree 55,639 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV55639.htm> (1965-01-27)
808Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Jan	31	 0:00	1:00	-
809Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Mar	31	 0:00	0	-
810# Decree 57,303 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57303.htm> (1965-11-22)
811Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
812# Decree 57,843 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57843.htm> (1966-02-18)
813Rule	Brazil	1966	1968	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
814Rule	Brazil	1966	1967	-	Nov	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
815# Decree 63,429 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV63429.htm> (1968-10-15)
816# revoked DST.
817# Decree 91,698 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV91698.htm> (1985-09-27)
818Rule	Brazil	1985	only	-	Nov	 2	 0:00	1:00	-
819# Decree 92,310 (1986-01-21)
820# Decree 92,463 (1986-03-13)
821Rule	Brazil	1986	only	-	Mar	15	 0:00	0	-
822# Decree 93,316 (1986-10-01)
823Rule	Brazil	1986	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	-
824Rule	Brazil	1987	only	-	Feb	14	 0:00	0	-
825# Decree 94,922 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV94922.htm> (1987-09-22)
826Rule	Brazil	1987	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	-
827Rule	Brazil	1988	only	-	Feb	 7	 0:00	0	-
828# Decree 96,676 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV96676.htm> (1988-09-12)
829# except for the states of AC, AM, PA, RR, RO, and AP (then a territory)
830Rule	Brazil	1988	only	-	Oct	16	 0:00	1:00	-
831Rule	Brazil	1989	only	-	Jan	29	 0:00	0	-
832# Decree 98,077 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV98077.htm> (1989-08-21)
833# with the same exceptions
834Rule	Brazil	1989	only	-	Oct	15	 0:00	1:00	-
835Rule	Brazil	1990	only	-	Feb	11	 0:00	0	-
836# Decree 99,530 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV99530.htm> (1990-09-17)
837# adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, GO, MS, DF.
838# Decree 99,629 (1990-10-19) adds BA, MT.
839Rule	Brazil	1990	only	-	Oct	21	 0:00	1:00	-
840Rule	Brazil	1991	only	-	Feb	17	 0:00	0	-
841# Unnumbered decree <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1991.htm> (1991-09-25)
842# adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, BA, GO, MT, MS, DF.
843Rule	Brazil	1991	only	-	Oct	20	 0:00	1:00	-
844Rule	Brazil	1992	only	-	Feb	 9	 0:00	0	-
845# Unnumbered decree <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1992.htm> (1992-10-16)
846# adopted by same states.
847Rule	Brazil	1992	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	-
848Rule	Brazil	1993	only	-	Jan	31	 0:00	0	-
849# Decree 942 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV942.htm> (1993-09-28)
850# adopted by same states, plus AM.
851# Decree 1,252 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1252.htm> (1994-09-22;
852# web page corrected 2004-01-07) adopted by same states, minus AM.
853# Decree 1,636 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1636.htm> (1995-09-14)
854# adopted by same states, plus MT and TO.
855# Decree 1,674 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1674.htm> (1995-10-13)
856# adds AL, SE.
857Rule	Brazil	1993	1995	-	Oct	Sun>=11	 0:00	1:00	-
858Rule	Brazil	1994	1995	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
859Rule	Brazil	1996	only	-	Feb	11	 0:00	0	-
860# Decree 2,000 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV2000.htm> (1996-09-04)
861# adopted by same states, minus AL, SE.
862Rule	Brazil	1996	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	1:00	-
863Rule	Brazil	1997	only	-	Feb	16	 0:00	0	-
864# From Daniel C. Sobral (1998-02-12):
865# In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that
866# because international television networks ignored Brazil's policy on DS,
867# they bought the wrong times on satellite for coverage of Pope's visit.
868# This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1
869# to help dealing with the shortages of electric power.
870#
871# Decree 2,317 (1997-09-04), adopted by same states.
872Rule	Brazil	1997	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	1:00	-
873# Decree 2,495 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV2495.JPG>
874# (1998-02-10)
875Rule	Brazil	1998	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
876# Decree 2,780 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/Hv98.jpg> (1998-09-11)
877# adopted by the same states as before.
878Rule	Brazil	1998	only	-	Oct	11	 0:00	1:00	-
879Rule	Brazil	1999	only	-	Feb	21	 0:00	0	-
880# Decree 3,150 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3150.gif>
881# (1999-08-23) adopted by same states.
882# Decree 3,188 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV99.gif> (1999-09-30)
883# adds SE, AL, PB, PE, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR.
884Rule	Brazil	1999	only	-	Oct	 3	 0:00	1:00	-
885Rule	Brazil	2000	only	-	Feb	27	 0:00	0	-
886# Decree 3,592 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DEC3592.htm> (2000-09-06)
887# adopted by the same states as before.
888# Decree 3,630 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3630.jpg> (2000-10-13)
889# repeals DST in PE and RR, effective 2000-10-15 00:00.
890# Decree 3,632 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3632.jpg> (2000-10-17)
891# repeals DST in SE, AL, PB, RN, CE, PI and MA, effective 2000-10-22 00:00.
892# Decree 3,916 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3916.gif>
893# (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
894Rule	Brazil	2000	2001	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	-
895Rule	Brazil	2001	2006	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
896# Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
897# 4,399 <http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm>
898Rule	Brazil	2002	only	-	Nov	 3	 0:00	1:00	-
899# Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO.
900# 4,844 <http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm>
901Rule	Brazil	2003	only	-	Oct	19	 0:00	1:00	-
902# Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT.
903# 5,223 <http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm>
904Rule	Brazil	2004	only	-	Nov	 2	 0:00	1:00	-
905# Decree 5,539 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif> (2005-09-19),
906# adopted by the same states as before.
907Rule	Brazil	2005	only	-	Oct	16	 0:00	1:00	-
908# Decree 5,920 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5920.gif> (2006-10-03),
909# adopted by the same states as before.
910Rule	Brazil	2006	only	-	Nov	 5	 0:00	1:00	-
911Rule	Brazil	2007	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	0	-
912# Decree 6,212 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV6212.gif> (2007-09-26),
913# adopted by the same states as before.
914Rule	Brazil	2007	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	-
915# From Frederico A. C. Neves (2008-09-10):
916# According to this decree
917# http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm
918# [t]he DST period in Brazil now on will be from the 3rd Oct Sunday to the
919# 3rd Feb Sunday. There is an exception on the return date when this is
920# the Carnival Sunday then the return date will be the next Sunday...
921Rule	Brazil	2008	2017	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	-
922Rule	Brazil	2008	2011	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
923# Decree 7,584 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HVdecreto7584_20111013.jpg> (2011-10-13)
924# added Bahia.
925Rule	Brazil	2012	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
926# Decree 7,826 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HVdecreto7826_20121015.jpg> (2012-10-15)
927# removed Bahia and added Tocantins.
928# Decree 8,112 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HVdecreto8112_20130930.JPG> (2013-09-30)
929# removed Tocantins.
930Rule	Brazil	2013	2014	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
931Rule	Brazil	2015	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
932Rule	Brazil	2016	2019	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
933# From Steffen Thorsen (2017-12-18):
934# According to many media sources, next year's DST start in Brazil will move to
935# the first Sunday of November
936# ... https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-delays-dst-2018.html
937# From Steffen Thorsen (2017-12-20):
938# http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2015-2018/2017/decreto/D9242.htm
939# From Fábio Gomes (2018-10-04):
940# The Brazilian president just announced a new change on this year DST.
941# It was scheduled to start on November 4th and it was changed to November 18th.
942# From Rodrigo Brüning Wessler (2018-10-15):
943# The Brazilian government just announced that the change in DST was
944# canceled....  Maybe the president Michel Temer also woke up one hour
945# earlier today. :)
946Rule	Brazil	2018	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
947# The last ruleset listed above says that the following states observed DST:
948# DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.
949#
950# From Steffen Thorsen (2019-04-05):
951# According to multiple sources the Brazilian president wants to get rid of DST.
952# https://gmconline.com.br/noticias/politica/bolsonaro-horario-de-verao-deve-acabar-este-ano
953# https://g1.globo.com/economia/noticia/2019/04/05/governo-anuncia-fim-do-horario-de-verao.ghtml
954# From Marcus Diniz (2019-04-25):
955# Brazil no longer has DST changes - decree signed today
956# https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2019/04/25/bolsonaro-assina-decreto-que-acaba-com-o-horario-de-verao.ghtml
957# From Daniel Soares de Oliveira (2019-04-26):
958# http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2019-2022/2019/Decreto/D9772.htm
959
960# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
961#
962# Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE)
963Zone America/Noronha	-2:09:40 -	LMT	1914
964			-2:00	Brazil	-02/-01	1990 Sep 17
965			-2:00	-	-02	1999 Sep 30
966			-2:00	Brazil	-02/-01	2000 Oct 15
967			-2:00	-	-02	2001 Sep 13
968			-2:00	Brazil	-02/-01	2002 Oct  1
969			-2:00	-	-02
970# Other Atlantic islands have no permanent settlement.
971# These include Trindade and Martim Vaz (administratively part of ES),
972# Rocas Atoll (RN), and the St Peter and St Paul Archipelago (PE).
973# Fernando de Noronha was a separate territory from 1942-09-02 to 1989-01-01;
974# it also included the Penedos.
975#
976# Amapá (AP), east Pará (PA)
977# East Pará includes Belém, Marabá, Serra Norte, and São Félix do Xingu.
978# The division between east and west Pará is the river Xingu.
979# In the north a very small part from the river Javary (now Jari I guess,
980# the border with Amapá) to the Amazon, then to the Xingu.
981Zone America/Belem	-3:13:56 -	LMT	1914
982			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1988 Sep 12
983			-3:00	-	-03
984#
985# west Pará (PA)
986# West Pará includes Altamira, Óbidos, Prainha, Oriximiná, and Santarém.
987Zone America/Santarem	-3:38:48 -	LMT	1914
988			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	1988 Sep 12
989			-4:00	-	-04	2008 Jun 24  0:00
990			-3:00	-	-03
991#
992# Maranhão (MA), Piauí (PI), Ceará (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
993# Paraíba (PB)
994Zone America/Fortaleza	-2:34:00 -	LMT	1914
995			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1990 Sep 17
996			-3:00	-	-03	1999 Sep 30
997			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2000 Oct 22
998			-3:00	-	-03	2001 Sep 13
999			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2002 Oct  1
1000			-3:00	-	-03
1001#
1002# Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands)
1003Zone America/Recife	-2:19:36 -	LMT	1914
1004			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1990 Sep 17
1005			-3:00	-	-03	1999 Sep 30
1006			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2000 Oct 15
1007			-3:00	-	-03	2001 Sep 13
1008			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2002 Oct  1
1009			-3:00	-	-03
1010#
1011# Tocantins (TO)
1012Zone America/Araguaina	-3:12:48 -	LMT	1914
1013			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1990 Sep 17
1014			-3:00	-	-03	1995 Sep 14
1015			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2003 Sep 24
1016			-3:00	-	-03	2012 Oct 21
1017			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2013 Sep
1018			-3:00	-	-03
1019#
1020# Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE)
1021Zone America/Maceio	-2:22:52 -	LMT	1914
1022			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1990 Sep 17
1023			-3:00	-	-03	1995 Oct 13
1024			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1996 Sep  4
1025			-3:00	-	-03	1999 Sep 30
1026			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2000 Oct 22
1027			-3:00	-	-03	2001 Sep 13
1028			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2002 Oct  1
1029			-3:00	-	-03
1030#
1031# Bahia (BA)
1032# There are too many Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/Bahia instead
1033# of America/Salvador.
1034Zone America/Bahia	-2:34:04 -	LMT	1914
1035			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2003 Sep 24
1036			-3:00	-	-03	2011 Oct 16
1037			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2012 Oct 21
1038			-3:00	-	-03
1039#
1040# Goiás (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
1041# Espírito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), São Paulo (SP), Paraná (PR),
1042# Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
1043Zone America/Sao_Paulo	-3:06:28 -	LMT	1914
1044			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1963 Oct 23  0:00
1045			-3:00	1:00	-02	1964
1046			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02
1047#
1048# Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)
1049Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 -	LMT	1914
1050			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03
1051#
1052# Mato Grosso (MT)
1053Zone America/Cuiaba	-3:44:20 -	LMT	1914
1054			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	2003 Sep 24
1055			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Oct  1
1056			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03
1057#
1058# Rondônia (RO)
1059Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 -	LMT	1914
1060			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	1988 Sep 12
1061			-4:00	-	-04
1062#
1063# Roraima (RR)
1064Zone America/Boa_Vista	-4:02:40 -	LMT	1914
1065			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	1988 Sep 12
1066			-4:00	-	-04	1999 Sep 30
1067			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	2000 Oct 15
1068			-4:00	-	-04
1069#
1070# east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Jutaí, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto
1071# The great circle line from Tabatinga to Porto Acre divides
1072# east from west Amazonas.
1073Zone America/Manaus	-4:00:04 -	LMT	1914
1074			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	1988 Sep 12
1075			-4:00	-	-04	1993 Sep 28
1076			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	1994 Sep 22
1077			-4:00	-	-04
1078#
1079# west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant,
1080#	Eirunepé, Envira, Ipixuna
1081Zone America/Eirunepe	-4:39:28 -	LMT	1914
1082			-5:00	Brazil	-05/-04	1988 Sep 12
1083			-5:00	-	-05	1993 Sep 28
1084			-5:00	Brazil	-05/-04	1994 Sep 22
1085			-5:00	-	-05	2008 Jun 24  0:00
1086			-4:00	-	-04	2013 Nov 10
1087			-5:00	-	-05
1088#
1089# Acre (AC)
1090Zone America/Rio_Branco	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
1091			-5:00	Brazil	-05/-04	1988 Sep 12
1092			-5:00	-	-05	2008 Jun 24  0:00
1093			-4:00	-	-04	2013 Nov 10
1094			-5:00	-	-05
1095
1096# Chile
1097
1098# From Paul Eggert (2022-03-15):
1099# Shanks & Pottenger says America/Santiago introduced standard time in
1100# 1890 and rounds its UT offset to 70W40; guess that in practice this
1101# was the same offset as in 1916-1919.  It also says Pacific/Easter
1102# standardized on 109W22 in 1890; assume this didn't change the clocks.
1103#
1104# Dates for America/Santiago from 1910 to 2004 are primarily from
1105# the following source, cited by Oscar van Vlijmen (2006-10-08):
1106# [1] Chile Law
1107# http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/chile.html
1108# This contains a copy of this official table:
1109# Cambios en la hora oficial de Chile desde 1900 (retrieved 2008-03-30)
1110# https://web.archive.org/web/20080330200901/http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
1111# [1] needs several corrections, though.
1112#
1113# The first set of corrections is from:
1114# [2] History of the Official Time of Chile
1115# http://www.horaoficial.cl/ing/horaof_ing.html (retrieved 2012-03-06).  See:
1116# https://web.archive.org/web/20120306042032/http://www.horaoficial.cl/ing/horaof_ing.html
1117# This is an English translation of:
1118# Historia de la hora oficial de Chile (retrieved 2012-10-24).  See:
1119# https://web.archive.org/web/20121024234627/http://www.horaoficial.cl/horaof.htm
1120# A fancier Spanish version (requiring mouse-clicking) is at:
1121# http://www.horaoficial.cl/historia_hora.php
1122# Conflicts between [1] and [2] were resolved as follows:
1123#
1124#  - [1] says the 1910 transition was Jan 1, [2] says Jan 10 and cites
1125#    Boletín No. 1, Aviso No. 1 (1910).  Go with [2].
1126#
1127#  - [1] says SMT was -4:42:45, [2] says Chile's official time from
1128#    1916 to 1919 was -4:42:46.3, the meridian of Chile's National
1129#    Astronomical Observatory (OAN), then located in what is now
1130#    Quinta Normal in Santiago.  Go with [1], as this matches the meridian
1131#    referred to by the relevant Chilean laws to this day.
1132#
1133#  - [1] says the 1918 transition was Sep 1, [2] says Sep 10 and cites
1134#    Boletín No. 22, Aviso No. 129/1918 (1918-08-23).  Go with [2].
1135#
1136#  - [1] does not give times for transitions; assume they occur
1137#    at midnight mainland time, the current common practice.  However,
1138#    go with [2]'s specification of 23:00 for the 1947-05-21 transition.
1139#
1140# Another correction to [1] is from Jesper Nørgaard Welen, who
1141# wrote (2006-10-08), "I think that there are some obvious mistakes in
1142# the suggested link from Oscar van Vlijmen,... for instance entry 66
1143# says that GMT-4 ended 1990-09-12 while entry 67 only begins GMT-3 at
1144# 1990-09-15 (they should have been 1990-09-15 and 1990-09-16
1145# respectively), but anyhow it clears up some doubts too."
1146#
1147# Data for Pacific/Easter from 1910 through 1967 come from Shanks &
1148# Pottenger.  After that, for lack of better info assume
1149# Pacific/Easter is always two hours behind America/Santiago;
1150# this is known to work for DST transitions starting in 2008 and
1151# may well be true for earlier transitions.
1152
1153# From Tim Parenti (2022-07-06):
1154# For a brief period of roughly six weeks in 1946, DST was only observed on an
1155# emergency basis in specific regions of central Chile; namely, "the national
1156# territory between the provinces of Coquimbo and Concepción, inclusive".
1157# This was enacted by Decree 3,891, dated 1946-07-13, and took effect
1158# 1946-07-14 24:00, advancing these central regions to -03.
1159# https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/versiones-anteriores/do-h/19460715/#page/1
1160# The decree contemplated "[t]hat this advancement of the Official Time, even
1161# though it has been proposed for the cities of Santiago and Valparaíso only,
1162# must be agreed with that of other cities, due to the connection of various
1163# activities that require it, such as, for example, the operation of rail
1164# services".  It was originally set to expire after 30 days but was extended
1165# through 1946-08-31 by Decree 4,506, dated 1946-08-13.
1166# https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/versiones-anteriores/do-h/19460814/#page/1
1167#
1168# Law Number 8,522, promulgated 1946-08-27, reunified Chilean clocks at their
1169# new "Summer Time" of -04, reckoned as that of "the meridian of the
1170# Astronomical Observatory of Lo Espejo, advanced by 42 minutes and 45
1171# seconds".  Although this law specified the new Summer Time to start on 1
1172# September each year, a special "transitional article" started it a few days
1173# early, as soon as the law took effect.  As the law was to take force "from
1174# the date of its publication in the 'Diario Oficial', which happened the
1175# following day, presume the change took place in Santiago and its environs
1176# from 24:00 -03 to 23:00 -04 on Wednesday 1946-08-28.  Although this was a
1177# no-op for wall clocks in the north and south of the country, put their formal
1178# start to DST an hour later when they reached 24:00 -04.
1179# https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/versiones-anteriores/do-h/19460828/#page/1
1180# After a brief "Winter Time" stint at -05 beginning 1947-04-01, Law Number
1181# 8,777, promulgated 1947-05-17, established year-round -04 "from 23:00 on the
1182# second day after it is published in the 'Diario Oficial'."  It was published
1183# on Monday 1947-05-19 and so took effect from Wednesday 1947-05-21 23:00.
1184# https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/versiones-anteriores/do-h/19470519/#page/1
1185
1186# From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19):
1187# The law says to switch to DST at midnight [24:00] on the second SATURDAY
1188# of October....  The law is the same for March and October.
1189# (1998-09-29):
1190# Because of the drought this year, the government decided to go into
1191# DST earlier (saturday 9/26 at 24:00). This is a one-time change only ...
1192# (unless there's another dry season next year, I guess).
1193
1194# From Julio I. Pacheco Troncoso (1999-03-18):
1195# Because of the same drought, the government decided to end DST later,
1196# on April 3, (one-time change).
1197
1198# From Germán Poo-Caamaño (2008-03-03):
1199# Due to drought, Chile extends Daylight Time in three weeks.  This
1200# is one-time change (Saturday 3/29 at 24:00 for America/Santiago
1201# and Saturday 3/29 at 22:00 for Pacific/Easter)
1202# The Supreme Decree is located at
1203# http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf
1204#
1205# From José Miguel Garrido (2008-03-05):
1206# http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm
1207
1208# From Angel Chiang (2010-03-04):
1209# Subject: DST in Chile exceptionally extended to 3 April due to earthquake
1210# http://www.gobiernodechile.cl/viewNoticia.aspx?idArticulo=30098
1211#
1212# From Arthur David Olson (2010-03-06):
1213# Angel Chiang's message confirmed by Julio Pacheco; Julio provided a patch.
1214
1215# From Glenn Eychaner (2011-03-28):
1216# http://diario.elmercurio.com/2011/03/28/_portada/_portada/noticias/7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E.htm?id=3D{7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E}
1217# In English:
1218# Chile's clocks will go back an hour this year on the 7th of May instead
1219# of this Saturday. They will go forward again the 3rd Saturday in
1220# August, not in October as they have since 1968.
1221
1222# From Mauricio Parada (2012-02-22), translated by Glenn Eychaner (2012-02-23):
1223# As stated in the website of the Chilean Energy Ministry
1224# http://www.minenergia.cl/ministerio/noticias/generales/gobierno-anuncia-fechas-de-cambio-de.html
1225# The Chilean Government has decided to postpone the entrance into winter time
1226# (to leave DST) from March 11 2012 to April 28th 2012....
1227# Quote from the website communication:
1228#
1229# 6. For the year 2012, the dates of entry into winter time will be as follows:
1230# a. Saturday April 28, 2012, clocks should go back 60 minutes; that is, at
1231# 23:59:59, instead of passing to 0:00, the time should be adjusted to be 23:00
1232# of the same day.
1233# b. Saturday, September 1, 2012, clocks should go forward 60 minutes; that is,
1234# at 23:59:59, instead of passing to 0:00, the time should be adjusted to be
1235# 01:00 on September 2.
1236
1237# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-02-15):
1238# According to several news sources, Chile has extended DST this year,
1239# they will end DST later and start DST earlier than planned.  They
1240# hope to save energy.  The new end date is 2013-04-28 00:00 and new
1241# start date is 2013-09-08 00:00....
1242# http://www.gob.cl/informa/2013/02/15/gobierno-anuncia-fechas-de-cambio-de-hora-para-el-ano-2013.htm
1243
1244# From José Miguel Garrido (2014-02-19):
1245# Today appeared in the Diario Oficial a decree amending the time change
1246# dates to 2014.
1247# DST End: last Saturday of April 2014 (Sun 27 Apr 2014 03:00 UTC)
1248# DST Start: first Saturday of September 2014 (Sun 07 Sep 2014 04:00 UTC)
1249# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl//media/2014/02/19/do-20140219.pdf
1250
1251# From Eduardo Romero Urra (2015-03-03):
1252# Today has been published officially that Chile will use the DST time
1253# permanently until March 25 of 2017
1254# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/media/2015/03/03/1-large.jpg
1255#
1256# From Paul Eggert (2015-03-03):
1257# For now, assume that the extension will persist indefinitely.
1258
1259# From Juan Correa (2016-03-18):
1260# The decree regarding DST has been published in today's Official Gazette:
1261# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/versiones-anteriores/do/20160318/
1262# http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=1088502
1263# It does consider the second Saturday of May and August as the dates
1264# for the transition; and it lists DST dates until 2019, but I think
1265# this scheme will stick.
1266#
1267# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
1268# For now, assume the pattern holds for the indefinite future.
1269# The decree says transitions occur at 24:00; in practice this appears
1270# to mean 24:00 mainland time, not 24:00 local time, so that Easter
1271# Island is always two hours behind the mainland.
1272
1273# From Juan Correa (2016-12-04):
1274# Magallanes region ... will keep DST (UTC -3) all year round....
1275# 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
1276# From Deborah Goldsmith (2017-01-19):
1277# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2017/01/17/41660/01/1169626.pdf
1278
1279# From Juan Correa (2018-08-13):
1280# As of moments ago, the Ministry of Energy in Chile has announced the new
1281# schema for DST. ...  Announcement in video (in Spanish):
1282# https://twitter.com/MinEnergia/status/1029000399129374720
1283# From Yonathan Dossow (2018-08-13):
1284# The video says "first Saturday of September", we all know it means Sunday at
1285# midnight.
1286# From Tim Parenti (2018-08-13):
1287# Translating the captions on the video at 0:44-0:55, "We want to announce as
1288# Government that from 2019, Winter Time will be increased to 5 months, between
1289# the first Saturday of April and the first Saturday of September."
1290# At 2:08-2:20, "The Magallanes region will maintain its current time, as
1291# decided by the citizens during 2017, but our Government will promote a
1292# regional dialogue table to gather their opinion on this matter."
1293# https://twitter.com/MinEnergia/status/1029009354001973248
1294# "We will keep the new time policy unchanged for at least the next 4 years."
1295# So we extend the new rules on Saturdays at 24:00 mainland time indefinitely.
1296# From Juan Correa (2019-02-04):
1297# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2018/11/23/42212/01/1498738.pdf
1298
1299# From Juan Correa (2022-04-02):
1300# I found there was a decree published last Thursday that will keep
1301# Magallanes region to UTC -3 "indefinitely". The decree is available at
1302# https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2022/03/31/43217-B/01/2108910.pdf
1303
1304# From Juan Correa (2022-08-09):
1305# the Internal Affairs Ministry (Ministerio del Interior) informed DST
1306# for America/Santiago will start on midnight of September 11th;
1307# and will end on April 1st, 2023. Magallanes region (America/Punta_Arenas)
1308# will keep UTC -3 "indefinitely"...  This is because on September 4th
1309# we will have a voting whether to approve a new Constitution.
1310#
1311# From Eduardo Romero Urra (2022-08-17):
1312# https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2022/08/13/43327/01/2172567.pdf
1313#
1314# From Paul Eggert (2022-08-17):
1315# Although the presidential decree stops at fall 2026, assume that
1316# similar DST rules will continue thereafter.
1317
1318# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1319Rule	Chile	1927	1931	-	Sep	 1	0:00	1:00	-
1320Rule	Chile	1928	1932	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
1321Rule	Chile	1968	only	-	Nov	 3	4:00u	1:00	-
1322Rule	Chile	1969	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
1323Rule	Chile	1969	only	-	Nov	23	4:00u	1:00	-
1324Rule	Chile	1970	only	-	Mar	29	3:00u	0	-
1325Rule	Chile	1971	only	-	Mar	14	3:00u	0	-
1326Rule	Chile	1970	1972	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	-
1327Rule	Chile	1972	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1328Rule	Chile	1973	only	-	Sep	30	4:00u	1:00	-
1329Rule	Chile	1974	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	-
1330Rule	Chile	1987	only	-	Apr	12	3:00u	0	-
1331Rule	Chile	1988	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1332Rule	Chile	1988	1989	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	-
1333Rule	Chile	1990	only	-	Sep	16	4:00u	1:00	-
1334Rule	Chile	1991	1996	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1335Rule	Chile	1991	1997	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	-
1336Rule	Chile	1997	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
1337Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1338Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Sep	27	4:00u	1:00	-
1339Rule	Chile	1999	only	-	Apr	 4	3:00u	0	-
1340Rule	Chile	1999	2010	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	-
1341Rule	Chile	2000	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1342# N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time,
1343# which is used below in specifying the transition.
1344Rule	Chile	2008	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
1345Rule	Chile	2009	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1346Rule	Chile	2010	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	3:00u	0	-
1347Rule	Chile	2011	only	-	May	Sun>=2	3:00u	0	-
1348Rule	Chile	2011	only	-	Aug	Sun>=16	4:00u	1:00	-
1349Rule	Chile	2012	2014	-	Apr	Sun>=23	3:00u	0	-
1350Rule	Chile	2012	2014	-	Sep	Sun>=2	4:00u	1:00	-
1351Rule	Chile	2016	2018	-	May	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
1352Rule	Chile	2016	2018	-	Aug	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	-
1353Rule	Chile	2019	max	-	Apr	Sun>=2	3:00u	0	-
1354Rule	Chile	2019	2021	-	Sep	Sun>=2	4:00u	1:00	-
1355Rule	Chile	2022	only	-	Sep	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	-
1356Rule	Chile	2023	max	-	Sep	Sun>=2	4:00u	1:00	-
1357# IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
1358# (1996-09) says 1998-03-08.  Ignore these.
1359# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1360Zone America/Santiago	-4:42:45 -	LMT	1890
1361			-4:42:45 -	SMT	1910 Jan 10 # Santiago Mean Time
1362			-5:00	-	-05	1916 Jul  1
1363			-4:42:45 -	SMT	1918 Sep 10
1364			-4:00	-	-04	1919 Jul  1
1365			-4:42:45 -	SMT	1927 Sep  1
1366			-5:00	Chile	-05/-04	1932 Sep  1
1367			-4:00	-	-04	1942 Jun  1
1368			-5:00	-	-05	1942 Aug  1
1369			-4:00	-	-04	1946 Jul 14 24:00
1370			-4:00	1:00	-03	1946 Aug 28 24:00 # central CL
1371			-5:00	1:00	-04	1947 Mar 31 24:00
1372			-5:00	-	-05	1947 May 21 23:00
1373			-4:00	Chile	-04/-03
1374Zone America/Punta_Arenas -4:43:40 -	LMT	1890
1375			-4:42:45 -	SMT	1910 Jan 10
1376			-5:00	-	-05	1916 Jul  1
1377			-4:42:45 -	SMT	1918 Sep 10
1378			-4:00	-	-04	1919 Jul  1
1379			-4:42:45 -	SMT	1927 Sep  1
1380			-5:00	Chile	-05/-04	1932 Sep  1
1381			-4:00	-	-04	1942 Jun  1
1382			-5:00	-	-05	1942 Aug  1
1383			-4:00	-	-04	1946 Aug 28 24:00
1384			-5:00	1:00	-04	1947 Mar 31 24:00
1385			-5:00	-	-05	1947 May 21 23:00
1386			-4:00	Chile	-04/-03	2016 Dec  4
1387			-3:00	-	-03
1388Zone Pacific/Easter	-7:17:28 -	LMT	1890
1389			-7:17:28 -	EMT	1932 Sep    # Easter Mean Time
1390			-7:00	Chile	-07/-06	1982 Mar 14 3:00u # Easter Time
1391			-6:00	Chile	-06/-05
1392#
1393# Salas y Gómez Island is uninhabited.
1394# Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernández Is, Desventuradas Is,
1395# and Antarctic bases, are like America/Santiago.
1396
1397# Antarctic base using South American rules
1398# (See the file 'antarctica' for more.)
1399#
1400# Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
1401#
1402# From Ethan Dicks (1996-10-06):
1403# It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us
1404# and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line....
1405# I verified with someone who was there that since 1980,
1406# Palmer has followed Chile.  Prior to that, before the Falklands War,
1407# Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina.
1408#
1409# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1410Zone Antarctica/Palmer	0	-	-00	1965
1411			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
1412			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1982 May
1413			-4:00	Chile	-04/-03	2016 Dec  4
1414			-3:00	-	-03
1415
1416# Colombia
1417
1418# Milne gives 4:56:16.4 for Bogotá time in 1899.  He writes,
1419# "A variation of fifteen minutes in the public clocks of Bogota is not rare."
1420
1421# From Alois Treindl (2022-11-10):
1422# End of time change in Colombia 1993 ... should be 6 February 24h ...
1423# DECRETO 267 DE 1993
1424# https://www.suin-juriscol.gov.co/viewDocument.asp?ruta=Decretos/1061335
1425
1426# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1427Rule	CO	1992	only	-	May	 3	 0:00	1:00	-
1428Rule	CO	1993	only	-	Feb	 6	24:00	0	-
1429# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1430		#STDOFF	-4:56:16.4
1431Zone	America/Bogota	-4:56:16 -	LMT	1884 Mar 13
1432			-4:56:16 -	BMT	1914 Nov 23 # Bogotá Mean Time
1433			-5:00	CO	-05/-04
1434# Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres
1435# no information; probably like America/Bogota
1436
1437
1438# Ecuador
1439#
1440# Milne says the Central and South American Telegraph Company used -5:24:15.
1441#
1442# From Alois Treindl (2016-12-15):
1443# https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/hora-sixto-1993.html
1444# ... Whether the law applied also to Galápagos, I do not know.
1445# From Paul Eggert (2016-12-15):
1446# https://www.elcomercio.com/afull/modificacion-husohorario-ecuador-presidentes-decreto.html
1447# This says President Sixto Durán Ballén signed decree No. 285, which
1448# established DST from 1992-11-28 to 1993-02-05; it does not give transition
1449# times.  The people called it "hora de Sixto" ("Sixto hour").  The change did
1450# not go over well; a popular song "Qué hora es" by Jaime Guevara had lyrics
1451# that included "Amanecía en mitad de la noche, los guaguas iban a clase sin
1452# sol" ("It was dawning in the middle of the night, the buses went to class
1453# without sun").  Although Ballén's campaign slogan was "Ni un paso atrás"
1454# (Not one step back), the clocks went back in 1993 and the experiment was not
1455# repeated.  For now, assume transitions were at 00:00 local time country-wide.
1456#
1457# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1458Rule	Ecuador	1992	only	-	Nov	28	0:00	1:00	-
1459Rule	Ecuador	1993	only	-	Feb	 5	0:00	0	-
1460#
1461# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1462Zone America/Guayaquil	-5:19:20 -	LMT	1890
1463			-5:14:00 -	QMT	1931 # Quito Mean Time
1464			-5:00	Ecuador	-05/-04
1465Zone Pacific/Galapagos	-5:58:24 -	LMT	1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
1466			-5:00	-	-05	1986
1467			-6:00	Ecuador	-06/-05
1468
1469# Falklands
1470
1471# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1472# Between 1990 and 2000 inclusive, Shanks & Pottenger and the IATA agree except
1473# the IATA gives 1996-09-08.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1474
1475# From Falkland Islands Government Office, London (2001-01-22)
1476# via Jesper Nørgaard:
1477# ... the clocks revert back to Local Mean Time at 2 am on Sunday 15
1478# April 2001 and advance one hour to summer time at 2 am on Sunday 2
1479# September.  It is anticipated that the clocks will revert back at 2
1480# am on Sunday 21 April 2002 and advance to summer time at 2 am on
1481# Sunday 1 September.
1482
1483# From Rives McDow (2001-02-13):
1484#
1485# I have communicated several times with people there, and the last
1486# time I had communications that was helpful was in 1998.  Here is
1487# what was said then:
1488#
1489# "The general rule was that Stanley used daylight saving and the Camp
1490# did not. However for various reasons many people in the Camp have
1491# started to use daylight saving (known locally as 'Stanley Time')
1492# There is no rule as to who uses daylight saving - it is a matter of
1493# personal choice and so it is impossible to draw a map showing who
1494# uses it and who does not. Any list would be out of date as soon as
1495# it was produced. This year daylight saving ended on April 18/19th
1496# and started again on September 12/13th.  I do not know what the rule
1497# is, but can find out if you like.  We do not change at the same time
1498# as UK or Chile."
1499#
1500# I did have in my notes that the rule was "Second Saturday in Sep at
1501# 0:00 until third Saturday in Apr at 0:00".  I think that this does
1502# not agree in some cases with Shanks; is this true?
1503#
1504# Also, there is no mention in the list that some areas in the
1505# Falklands do not use DST.  I have found in my communications there
1506# that these areas are on the western half of East Falkland and all of
1507# West Falkland.  Stanley is the only place that consistently observes
1508# DST.  Again, as in other places in the world, the farmers don't like
1509# it.  West Falkland is almost entirely sheep farmers.
1510#
1511# I know one lady there that keeps a list of which farm keeps DST and
1512# which doesn't each year.  She runs a shop in Stanley, and says that
1513# the list changes each year.  She uses it to communicate to her
1514# customers, catching them when they are home for lunch or dinner.
1515
1516# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05):
1517# For now, we'll just record the time in Stanley, since we have no
1518# better info.
1519
1520# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-04-01):
1521# The Falkland Islands will not turn back clocks this winter, but stay on
1522# daylight saving time.
1523#
1524# One source:
1525# http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=5914&source=3
1526#
1527# We have gotten this confirmed by a clerk of the legislative assembly:
1528# Normally the clocks revert to Local Mean Time (UTC/GMT -4 hours) on the
1529# third Sunday of April at 0200hrs and advance to Summer Time (UTC/GMT -3
1530# hours) on the first Sunday of September at 0200hrs.
1531#
1532# IMPORTANT NOTE: During 2011, on a trial basis, the Falkland Islands
1533# will not revert to local mean time, but clocks will remain on Summer
1534# time (UTC/GMT - 3 hours) throughout the whole of 2011.  Any long term
1535# change to local time following the trial period will be notified.
1536#
1537# From Andrew Newman (2012-02-24)
1538# A letter from Justin McPhee, Chief Executive,
1539# Cable & Wireless Falkland Islands (dated 2012-02-22)
1540# states...
1541#   The current Atlantic/Stanley entry under South America expects the
1542#   clocks to go back to standard Falklands Time (FKT) on the 15th April.
1543#   The database entry states that in 2011 Stanley was staying on fixed
1544#   summer time on a trial basis only.  FIG need to contact IANA and/or
1545#   the maintainers of the database to inform them we're adopting
1546#   the same policy this year and suggest recommendations for future years.
1547#
1548# For now we will assume permanent -03 for the Falklands
1549# until advised differently (to apply for 2012 and beyond, after the 2011
1550# experiment was apparently successful.)
1551# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1552Rule	Falk	1937	1938	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	-
1553Rule	Falk	1938	1942	-	Mar	Sun>=19	0:00	0	-
1554Rule	Falk	1939	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	1:00	-
1555Rule	Falk	1940	1942	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	-
1556Rule	Falk	1943	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	-
1557Rule	Falk	1983	only	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	-
1558Rule	Falk	1984	1985	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	0	-
1559Rule	Falk	1984	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	1:00	-
1560Rule	Falk	1985	2000	-	Sep	Sun>=9	0:00	1:00	-
1561Rule	Falk	1986	2000	-	Apr	Sun>=16	0:00	0	-
1562Rule	Falk	2001	2010	-	Apr	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
1563Rule	Falk	2001	2010	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
1564# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1565Zone Atlantic/Stanley	-3:51:24 -	LMT	1890
1566			-3:51:24 -	SMT	1912 Mar 12 # Stanley Mean Time
1567			-4:00	Falk	-04/-03	1983 May
1568			-3:00	Falk	-03/-02	1985 Sep 15
1569			-4:00	Falk	-04/-03	2010 Sep  5  2:00
1570			-3:00	-	-03
1571
1572# French Guiana
1573# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1574Zone America/Cayenne	-3:29:20 -	LMT	1911 Jul
1575			-4:00	-	-04	1967 Oct
1576			-3:00	-	-03
1577
1578# Guyana
1579
1580# From P Chan (2020-11-27):
1581# https://books.google.com/books?id=5-5CAQAAMAAJ&pg=SA1-PA547
1582# The Official Gazette of British Guiana. (New Series.) Vol. XL. July to
1583# December, 1915, p 1547, lists as several notes:
1584# "Local Mean Time 3 hours 52 mins. 39 secs. slow of Greenwich Mean Time
1585# (Georgetown.) From 1st August, 1911, British Guiana Standard Mean Time 4
1586# hours slow of Greenwich Mean Time, by notice in Official Gazette on 1st July,
1587# 1911.  From 1st March, 1915, British Guiana Standard Mean Time 3 hours 45
1588# mins. 0 secs. slow of Greenwich Mean Time, by notice in Official Gazette on
1589# 23rd January, 1915."
1590#
1591# https://parliament.gov.gy/documents/acts/10923-act_no._27_of_1975_-_interpretation_and_general_clauses_(amendment)_act_1975.pdf
1592# Interpretation and general clauses (Amendment) Act 1975 (Act No. 27 of 1975)
1593# [dated 1975-07-31]
1594# "This Act...shall come into operation on 1st August, 1975."
1595# "...where any expression of time occurs...the time referred to shall signify
1596# the standard time of Guyana which shall be three hours behind Greenwich Mean
1597# Time."
1598#
1599# Circular No. 10/1992 dated 1992-03-20
1600# https://dps.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1992-03-20-Circular-010.pdf
1601# "...cabinet has decided that with effect from Sunday 29th March, 1992, Guyana
1602# Standard Time would be re-established at 01:00 hours by adjusting the hands
1603# of the clock back to 24:00 hours."
1604# Legislated in the Interpretation and general clauses (Amendment) Act 1992
1605# (Act No. 6 of 1992) [passed 1992-03-27, published 1992-04-18]
1606# https://parliament.gov.gy/documents/acts/5885-6_of_1992_interpretation_and_general_clauses_(amendment)_act_1992.pdf
1607
1608# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1609Zone	America/Guyana	-3:52:39 -	LMT	1911 Aug  1 # Georgetown
1610			-4:00	-	-04	1915 Mar  1
1611			-3:45	-	-0345	1975 Aug  1
1612			-3:00	-	-03	1992 Mar 29  1:00
1613			-4:00	-	-04
1614
1615# Paraguay
1616#
1617# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1618# Shanks & Pottenger say that spring transitions are 01:00 -> 02:00,
1619# and autumn transitions are 00:00 -> 23:00.  Go with pre-1999
1620# editions of Shanks, and with the IATA, who say transitions occur at 00:00.
1621#
1622# From Waldemar Villamayor-Venialbo (2013-09-20):
1623# No time of the day is established for the adjustment, so people normally
1624# adjust their clocks at 0 hour of the given dates.
1625#
1626# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1627Rule	Para	1975	1988	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	-
1628Rule	Para	1975	1978	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
1629Rule	Para	1979	1991	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
1630Rule	Para	1989	only	-	Oct	22	0:00	1:00	-
1631Rule	Para	1990	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	-
1632Rule	Para	1991	only	-	Oct	 6	0:00	1:00	-
1633Rule	Para	1992	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
1634Rule	Para	1992	only	-	Oct	 5	0:00	1:00	-
1635Rule	Para	1993	only	-	Mar	31	0:00	0	-
1636Rule	Para	1993	1995	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	-
1637Rule	Para	1994	1995	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
1638Rule	Para	1996	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
1639# IATA SSIM (2000-02) says 1999-10-10; ignore this for now.
1640# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-02):
1641# I have three independent reports that Paraguay changed to DST this Sunday
1642# (10-01).
1643#
1644# Translated by Gwillim Law (2001-02-27) from
1645# Noticias, a daily paper in Asunción, Paraguay (2000-10-01):
1646# http://www.diarionoticias.com.py/011000/nacional/naciona1.htm
1647# Starting at 0:00 today, the clock will be set forward 60 minutes, in
1648# fulfillment of Decree No. 7,273 of the Executive Power....  The time change
1649# system has been operating for several years.  Formerly there was a separate
1650# decree each year; the new law has the same effect, but permanently.  Every
1651# year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the
1652# clock will be set back on the first Sunday of March.
1653#
1654Rule	Para	1996	2001	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
1655# IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1656Rule	Para	1997	only	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
1657# Shanks & Pottenger say 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but
1658# (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27).
1659Rule	Para	1998	2001	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
1660# From Rives McDow (2002-02-28):
1661# A decree was issued in Paraguay (No. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the
1662# dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in
1663# April.
1664Rule	Para	2002	2004	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
1665Rule	Para	2002	2003	-	Sep	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
1666#
1667# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-01-02):
1668# There are several sources that claim that Paraguay made
1669# a timezone rule change in autumn 2004.
1670# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-01-05):
1671# Decree 1,867 (2004-03-05)
1672# From Carlos Raúl Perasso via Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-10-13)
1673# http://www.presidencia.gov.py/decretos/D1867.pdf
1674Rule	Para	2004	2009	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	-
1675Rule	Para	2005	2009	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
1676# From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2010-02-18):
1677# By decree number 3958 issued yesterday
1678# http://www.presidencia.gov.py/v1/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/decreto3958.pdf
1679# Paraguay changes its DST schedule, postponing the March rule to April and
1680# modifying the October date. The decree reads:
1681# ...
1682# Art. 1. It is hereby established that from the second Sunday of the month of
1683# April of this year (2010), the official time is to be set back 60 minutes,
1684# and that on the first Sunday of the month of October, it is to be set
1685# forward 60 minutes, in all the territory of the Paraguayan Republic.
1686# ...
1687Rule	Para	2010	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
1688Rule	Para	2010	2012	-	Apr	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
1689#
1690# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-07):
1691# Paraguay will end DST on 2013-03-24 00:00....
1692# http://www.ande.gov.py/interna.php?id=1075
1693#
1694# From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2013-03-15):
1695# The change in Paraguay is now final.  Decree number 10780
1696# http://www.presidencia.gov.py/uploads/pdf/presidencia-3b86ff4b691c79d4f5927ca964922ec74772ce857c02ca054a52a37b49afc7fb.pdf
1697# From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2014-02-28):
1698# Decree 1264 can be found at:
1699# http://www.presidencia.gov.py/archivos/documentos/DECRETO1264_ey9r8zai.pdf
1700#
1701# From Paul Eggert (2023-07-26):
1702# Transition dates are now set by Law No. 7115, not by presidential decree.
1703# https://www.abc.com.py/politica/2023/07/12/promulgacion-el-cambio-de-hora-sera-por-ley/
1704# From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2023-07-27):
1705# http://silpy.congreso.gov.py/descarga/ley-144138
1706Rule	Para	2013	max	-	Mar	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
1707
1708# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1709Zone America/Asuncion	-3:50:40 -	LMT	1890
1710			-3:50:40 -	AMT	1931 Oct 10 # Asunción Mean Time
1711			-4:00	-	-04	1972 Oct
1712			-3:00	-	-03	1974 Apr
1713			-4:00	Para	-04/-03
1714
1715# Peru
1716#
1717# From Evelyn C. Leeper via Mark Brader (2003-10-26)
1718# <news:xrGmb.39935$gA1.13896113@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>:
1719# When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they apparently switched over
1720# sometime between December 29 and January 3 while we were on the Amazon.
1721#
1722# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1723# Shanks & Pottenger don't have this transition.  Assume 1986 was like 1987.
1724
1725# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1726Rule	Peru	1938	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	-
1727Rule	Peru	1938	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
1728Rule	Peru	1938	1939	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	-
1729Rule	Peru	1939	1940	-	Mar	Sun>=24	0:00	0	-
1730Rule	Peru	1986	1987	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	-
1731Rule	Peru	1986	1987	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
1732Rule	Peru	1990	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	-
1733Rule	Peru	1990	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
1734# IATA is ambiguous for 1993/1995; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1735Rule	Peru	1994	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	-
1736Rule	Peru	1994	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
1737# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1738Zone	America/Lima	-5:08:12 -	LMT	1890
1739			-5:08:36 -	LMT	1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time?
1740			-5:00	Peru	-05/-04
1741
1742# South Georgia
1743# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1744Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 -	LMT	1890 # Grytviken
1745			-2:00	-	-02
1746
1747# South Sandwich Is
1748# uninhabited; scientific personnel have wintered
1749
1750# Suriname
1751# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1752Zone America/Paramaribo	-3:40:40 -	LMT	1911
1753			-3:40:52 -	PMT	1935     # Paramaribo Mean Time
1754			-3:40:36 -	PMT	1945 Oct    # The capital moved?
1755			-3:30	-	-0330	1984 Oct
1756			-3:00	-	-03
1757
1758# Uruguay
1759# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
1760# Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules.
1761#
1762# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-20), per Jeremie Bonjour (2018-01-31) and Michael
1763# Deckers (2018-02-20):
1764# ... At least they kept good records...
1765#
1766# http://www.armada.mil.uy/ContenidosPDFs/sohma/web/almanaque/almanaque_2018.pdf#page=36
1767# Page 36 of Almanaque 2018, published by the Oceanography, Hydrography, and
1768# Meteorology Service of the Uruguayan Navy, seems to give many transitions
1769# with greater clarity than we've had before.  It directly references many laws
1770# and decrees which are, in turn, referenced below.  They can be viewed in the
1771# public archives of the Diario Oficial (in Spanish) at
1772# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/
1773#
1774# Ley No. 3920 of 1908-06-10 placed the determination of legal time under the
1775# auspices of the National Institute for the Prediction of Time.  It is unclear
1776# exactly what offset was used during this period, though Ley No. 7200 of
1777# 1920-04-23 used the Observatory of the National Meteorological Institute in
1778# Montevideo (34° 54' 33" S, 56° 12' 45" W) as its reference meridian,
1779# retarding legal time by 15 minutes 9 seconds from 1920-04-30 24:00,
1780# resulting in UT-04.  Assume the corresponding LMT of UT-03:44:51 (given on
1781# page 725 of the Proceedings of the Second Pan-American Scientific Congress,
1782# 1915-1916) was in use, and merely became official from 1908-06-10.
1783# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1908/06/18/12
1784# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1920/04/27/9
1785#
1786# Ley No. 7594 of 1923-06-28 specified legal time as Observatory time advanced
1787# by 44 minutes 51 seconds (UT-03) "from 30 September to 31 March", and by 14
1788# minutes 51 seconds (UT-03:30) "the rest of the year"; a message from the
1789# National Council of Administration the same day, published directly below the
1790# law in the Diario Oficial, specified the first transition to be 1923-09-30
1791# 24:00.  This effectively established standard time at UT-03:30 with 30
1792# minutes DST.  Assume transitions at 24:00 on the specified days until Ley No.
1793# 7919 of 1926-03-05 ended this arrangement, repealing all "laws and other
1794# provisions which oppose" it, resulting in year-round UT-03:30; a Resolución
1795# of 1926-03-11 puts the final transition at 1926-03-31 24:00, the same as it
1796# would have been under the previous law.
1797# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1923/07/02/2
1798# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1926/03/10/2
1799# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1926/03/18/2
1800#
1801# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1802Rule	Uruguay	1923	1925	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0:30	-
1803Rule	Uruguay	1924	1926	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
1804# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1805# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1933/10/27/6
1806#
1807# It appears Ley No. 9122 of 1933 was never published as such in the Diario
1808# Oficial, but instead appeared as Document 26 in the Diario on Friday
1809# 1933-10-27 as a decree made Monday 1933-10-23 and filed under the Ministry of
1810# National Defense.  It reinstituted a DST of 30 minutes (to UT-03) "from the
1811# last Sunday of October...until the last Saturday of March."  In accordance
1812# with this provision, the first transition was explicitly specified in Article
1813# 2 of the decree as Saturday 1933-10-28 at 24:00; that is, Sunday 1933-10-29
1814# at 00:00.  Assume transitions at 00:00 Sunday throughout.
1815#
1816# Departing from the matter-of-fact nature of previous timekeeping laws, the
1817# 1933 decree "consider[s] the advantages of...the advance of legal time":
1818#
1819#   "Whereas: The measure adopted by almost all nations at the time of the last
1820#    World War still persists in North America and Europe, precisely because of
1821#    the economic, hygienic, and social advantages derived from such an
1822#    emergency measure...
1823#
1824#    Whereas: The advance of the legal time during the summer seasons, by
1825#    displacing social activity near sunrise, favors the citizen populations
1826#    and especially the society that creates and works..."
1827#
1828# It further specified that "necessary measures" be taken to ensure that
1829# "public spectacles finish, in general, before [01:00]."
1830Rule	Uruguay	1933	1938	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0:30	-
1831Rule	Uruguay	1934	1941	-	Mar	lastSat	24:00	0	-
1832# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1833# Most of the Rules below, and their contemporaneous Zone lines, have been
1834# updated simply to match the Almanaque 2018.  Although the document does not
1835# list exact transition times, midnight transitions were already present in our
1836# data here for all transitions through 2004-09, and this is both consistent
1837# with prior transitions and verified in several decrees marked below between
1838# 1939-09 and 2004-09, wherein the relevant text was typically of the form:
1839#
1840#   "From 0 hours on [date], the legal time of the entire Republic will be...
1841#
1842#    In accordance with [the preceding], on [previous date] at 24 hours, all
1843#    clocks throughout the Republic will be [advanced/retarded] by..."
1844#
1845# It is possible that there is greater specificity to be found for the Rules
1846# below, but it is buried in no fewer than 40 different decrees individually
1847# referenced by the Almanaque for the period from 1939-09 to 2014-09.
1848# Four-fifths of these were promulgated less than two weeks before taking
1849# effect; more than half within a week and none more than 5 weeks.  Only the
1850# handful with comments below have been checked with any thoroughness.
1851Rule	Uruguay	1939	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0:30	-
1852Rule	Uruguay	1940	only	-	Oct	27	 0:00	0:30	-
1853# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1854# Decreto 1145 of the Ministry of National Defense, dated 1941-07-26, specified
1855# UT-03 from Friday 1941-08-01 00:00, citing an "urgent...need to save fuel".
1856# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1941/08/04/1
1857Rule	Uruguay	1941	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0:30	-
1858# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1859# Decreto 1866 of the Ministry of National Defense, dated 1942-12-09, specified
1860# further advancement (to UT-02:30) from Sunday 1942-12-13 24:00.  Since clocks
1861# never went back to UT-03:30 thereafter, this is modeled as advancing standard
1862# time by 30 minutes to UT-03, while retaining 30 minutes of DST.
1863# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1942/12/16/3
1864Rule	Uruguay	1942	only	-	Dec	14	 0:00	0:30	-
1865Rule	Uruguay	1943	only	-	Mar	14	 0:00	0	-
1866Rule	Uruguay	1959	only	-	May	24	 0:00	0:30	-
1867Rule	Uruguay	1959	only	-	Nov	15	 0:00	0	-
1868Rule	Uruguay	1960	only	-	Jan	17	 0:00	1:00	-
1869Rule	Uruguay	1960	only	-	Mar	 6	 0:00	0	-
1870Rule	Uruguay	1965	only	-	Apr	 4	 0:00	1:00	-
1871Rule	Uruguay	1965	only	-	Sep	26	 0:00	0	-
1872# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1873# Decreto 321/968 of 1968-05-25, citing emergency drought measures decreed the
1874# day before, brought clocks forward 30 minutes from Monday 1968-05-27 00:00.
1875# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1968/05/30/5
1876Rule	Uruguay	1968	only	-	May	27	 0:00	0:30	-
1877Rule	Uruguay	1968	only	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	0	-
1878# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1879# Decreto 188/970 of 1970-04-23 instituted restrictions on electricity
1880# consumption "as a consequence of the current rainfall regime in the country".
1881# Articles 13 and 14 advanced clocks by an hour from Saturday 1970-04-25 00:00.
1882# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1970/04/29/4
1883Rule	Uruguay	1970	only	-	Apr	25	 0:00	1:00	-
1884Rule	Uruguay	1970	only	-	Jun	14	 0:00	0	-
1885Rule	Uruguay	1972	only	-	Apr	23	 0:00	1:00	-
1886Rule	Uruguay	1972	only	-	Jul	16	 0:00	0	-
1887# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1888# Decreto 29/974 of 1974-01-11, citing "the international rise in the price of
1889# oil", advanced clocks by 90 minutes (to UT-01:30).  Decreto 163/974 of
1890# 1974-03-04 returned 60 of those minutes (to UT-02:30), and the remaining 30
1891# minutes followed in Decreto 679/974 of 1974-08-29.
1892# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1974/01/22/11
1893# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1974/03/14/3
1894# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1974/09/04/6
1895Rule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Jan	13	 0:00	1:30	-
1896Rule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Mar	10	 0:00	0:30	-
1897Rule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	0	-
1898Rule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Dec	22	 0:00	1:00	-
1899Rule	Uruguay	1975	only	-	Mar	30	 0:00	0	-
1900Rule	Uruguay	1976	only	-	Dec	19	 0:00	1:00	-
1901Rule	Uruguay	1977	only	-	Mar	 6	 0:00	0	-
1902Rule	Uruguay	1977	only	-	Dec	 4	 0:00	1:00	-
1903Rule	Uruguay	1978	1979	-	Mar	Sun>=1	 0:00	0	-
1904Rule	Uruguay	1978	only	-	Dec	17	 0:00	1:00	-
1905Rule	Uruguay	1979	only	-	Apr	29	 0:00	1:00	-
1906Rule	Uruguay	1980	only	-	Mar	16	 0:00	0	-
1907# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1908# Decreto 725/987 of 1987-12-04 cited "better use of national tourist
1909# attractions" to advance clocks one hour from Monday 1987-12-14 00:00.
1910# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1988/01/25/1
1911Rule	Uruguay	1987	only	-	Dec	14	 0:00	1:00	-
1912Rule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Feb	28	 0:00	0	-
1913Rule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Dec	11	 0:00	1:00	-
1914Rule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Mar	 5	 0:00	0	-
1915Rule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Oct	29	 0:00	1:00	-
1916Rule	Uruguay	1990	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	0	-
1917# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15), per Paul Eggert (1999-11-04):
1918# IATA agrees as below for 1990-10 through 1993-02.  Per Almanaque 2018, the
1919# 1992/1993 season appears to be the first in over half a century where DST
1920# both began and ended pursuant to the same decree.
1921Rule	Uruguay	1990	1991	-	Oct	Sun>=21	 0:00	1:00	-
1922Rule	Uruguay	1991	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	 0:00	0	-
1923Rule	Uruguay	1992	only	-	Oct	18	 0:00	1:00	-
1924Rule	Uruguay	1993	only	-	Feb	28	 0:00	0	-
1925# From Eduardo Cota (2004-09-20):
1926# The Uruguayan government has decreed a change in the local time....
1927# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1928# Decreto 328/004 of 2004-09-15.
1929# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2004/09/23/documentos.pdf#page=1
1930Rule	Uruguay	2004	only	-	Sep	19	 0:00	1:00	-
1931# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-03-11):
1932# Uruguay's DST was scheduled to end on Sunday, 2005-03-13, but in order to
1933# save energy ... it was postponed two weeks....
1934# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1935# This 2005 postponement is not in Almanaque 2018.  Go with the contemporaneous
1936# reporting, which is confirmed by Decreto 107/005 of 2005-03-10 amending
1937# Decreto 328/004:
1938# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2005/03/15/documentos.pdf#page=1
1939# The original decree specified a transition of 2005-03-12 24:00, but the new
1940# one specified 2005-03-27 02:00.
1941Rule	Uruguay	2005	only	-	Mar	27	 2:00	0	-
1942# From Eduardo Cota (2005-09-27):
1943# ...from 2005-10-09 at 02:00 local time, until 2006-03-12 at 02:00 local time,
1944# official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2.
1945# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1946# Decreto 318/005 of 2005-09-19.
1947# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2005/09/23/documentos.pdf#page=1
1948Rule	Uruguay	2005	only	-	Oct	 9	 2:00	1:00	-
1949Rule	Uruguay	2006	2015	-	Mar	Sun>=8	 2:00	0	-
1950# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15), per Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-09-06):
1951# Decreto 311/006 of 2006-09-04 established regular DST from the first Sunday
1952# of October at 02:00 through the second Sunday of March at 02:00.  Almanaque
1953# 2018 appears to have a few typoed dates through this period; ignore them.
1954# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2006/09/08/documentos.pdf#page=1
1955Rule	Uruguay	2006	2014	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 2:00	1:00	-
1956# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-06-30):
1957# ... it looks like they will not be using DST the coming summer:
1958# http://www.elobservador.com.uy/gobierno-resolvio-que-no-habra-cambio-horario-verano-n656787
1959# http://www.republica.com.uy/este-ano-no-se-modificara-el-huso-horario-en-uruguay/523760/
1960# From Paul Eggert (2015-06-30):
1961# Apparently restaurateurs complained that DST caused people to go to the beach
1962# instead of out to dinner.
1963# From Pablo Camargo (2015-07-13):
1964# http://archivo.presidencia.gub.uy/sci/decretos/2015/06/cons_min_201.pdf
1965# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1966# Decreto 178/015 of 2015-06-29; repeals Decreto 311/006.
1967
1968# This Zone can be simplified once we assume zic %z.
1969Zone America/Montevideo	-3:44:51 -	LMT	1908 Jun 10
1970			-3:44:51 -	MMT	1920 May  1 # Montevideo MT
1971			-4:00	-	-04	1923 Oct  1
1972			-3:30	Uruguay	-0330/-03 1942 Dec 14
1973			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-0230 1960
1974			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-02	1968
1975			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-0230 1970
1976			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-02	1974
1977			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-0130 1974 Mar 10
1978			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-0230 1974 Dec 22
1979			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-02
1980
1981# Venezuela
1982#
1983# From Paul Eggert (2015-07-28):
1984# For the 1965 transition see Gaceta Oficial No. 27.619 (1964-12-15), p 205.533
1985# http://www.pgr.gob.ve/dmdocuments/1964/27619.pdf
1986#
1987# From John Stainforth (2007-11-28):
1988# ... the change for Venezuela originally expected for 2007-12-31 has
1989# been brought forward to 2007-12-09.  The official announcement was
1990# published today in the "Gaceta Oficial de la República Bolivariana
1991# de Venezuela, número 38.819" (official document for all laws or
1992# resolution publication)
1993# http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=72208
1994
1995# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-04-15):
1996# https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/204758-venezuela-modificar-huso-horario-sequia-elnino
1997#
1998# From Paul Eggert (2016-04-15):
1999# Clocks advance 30 minutes on 2016-05-01 at 02:30....
2000# "'Venezuela's new time-zone: hours without light, hours without water,
2001# hours of presidential broadcasts, hours of lines,' quipped comedian
2002# Jean Mary Curró ...". See: Cawthorne A, Kai D. Venezuela scraps
2003# half-hour time difference set by Chavez. Reuters 2016-04-15 14:50 -0400
2004# https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-timezone-idUSKCN0XC2BE
2005#
2006# From Matt Johnson (2016-04-20):
2007# ... published in the official Gazette [2016-04-18], here:
2008# http://historico.tsj.gob.ve/gaceta_ext/abril/1842016/E-1842016-4551.pdf
2009
2010# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2011Zone	America/Caracas	-4:27:44 -	LMT	1890
2012			-4:27:40 -	CMT	1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time?
2013			-4:30	-	-0430	1965 Jan  1  0:00
2014			-4:00	-	-04	2007 Dec  9  3:00
2015			-4:30	-	-0430	2016 May  1  2:30
2016			-4:00	-	-04
2017