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1# tzdb data for South America and environs
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3# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
4# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
984263bc 5
48afb8ac 6# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
984263bc 7# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
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8# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
9# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
984263bc 10
83b0991f 11# From Paul Eggert (2016-12-05):
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12#
13# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
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14# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
15# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
03b0b587 16# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
80e7e01d 17#
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18# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source
19# for time zone data was the International Air Transport
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20# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
21# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
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22# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted,
23# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
984263bc 24#
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25# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
26# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94.
e4ac9488 27# https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359
984263bc 28#
83b0991f 29# These tables use numeric abbreviations like -03 and -0330 for
a3b9d54d 30# integer hour and minute UT offsets. Although earlier editions used
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31# alphabetic time zone abbreviations, these abbreviations were
32# invented and did not reflect common practice.
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34###############################################################################
35
36###############################################################################
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
48afb8ac 44# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1988-01-19):
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45# ARGENTINA 3 H BEHIND UTC
46
9ffe4b14 47# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
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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
b858e488 51# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
574756e4 52Rule Arg 1930 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 53Rule Arg 1931 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
574756e4 54Rule Arg 1931 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 55Rule Arg 1932 1940 - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
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56Rule Arg 1932 1939 - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 -
57Rule Arg 1940 only - Jul 1 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 58Rule Arg 1941 only - Jun 15 0:00 0 -
574756e4 59Rule Arg 1941 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 60Rule Arg 1943 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
574756e4 61Rule Arg 1943 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 62Rule Arg 1946 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
574756e4 63Rule Arg 1946 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 64Rule Arg 1963 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
574756e4 65Rule Arg 1963 only - Dec 15 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 66Rule Arg 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
574756e4 67Rule Arg 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 68Rule Arg 1967 only - Apr 2 0:00 0 -
574756e4 69Rule Arg 1967 1968 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 70Rule Arg 1968 1969 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
574756e4 71Rule Arg 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 72Rule Arg 1974 only - May 1 0:00 0 -
574756e4 73Rule Arg 1988 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 74#
9ffe4b14 75# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
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76# These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A.,
77# obtaining the data from the:
48afb8ac 78# Talleres de Hidrografía Naval Argentina
984263bc 79# (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute)
984263bc 80Rule Arg 1989 1993 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
574756e4 81Rule Arg 1989 1992 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 82#
9ffe4b14 83# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
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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.
574756e4 92Rule Arg 1999 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 -
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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 -
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98#
99# From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01):
48afb8ac 100# We just checked with our São Paulo office and they say the government of
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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#
48afb8ac 104# From Fabián L. Arce Jofré (2000-04-04):
984263bc 105# The law that claimed DST for Argentina was derogated by President Fernando
48afb8ac 106# de la Rúa on March 2, 2000, because it would make people spend more energy
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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
32e0bed6 114# ... The Law itself is "Ley No. 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted
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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#
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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#
48afb8ac 139# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2007-12-26)
cd57c7c2 140# The last hurdle of Argentina DST is over, the proposal was approved in
48afb8ac 141# the lower chamber too (Diputados) with a vote 192 for and 2 against.
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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:
cd57c7c2 145# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996
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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.
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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#
234dfcd0 155# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina03.html
234dfcd0 156# http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 (in spanish)
234dfcd0 157
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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.
0fbb2fac 161# http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/60036/norma.htm
32e0bed6 162# The new one is law No. 26.350
0fbb2fac 163# http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136191/norma.htm
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164# So there is no summer time in Argentina for now.
165
7b7bc5bd 166# From Mariano Absatz (2008-10-20):
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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.
7b7bc5bd 169# http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=16102008&pi=3&pf=4&s=0&sec=01
7b7bc5bd 170#
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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
7b7bc5bd 175# http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=17102008&pi=1&pf=1&s=0&sec=01
7b7bc5bd 176#
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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).
7b7bc5bd 180# http://www.jujuy.gov.ar/index2/partes_prensa/18_10_08/235-181008.doc
7b7bc5bd 181
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182# From fullinet (2009-10-18):
183# As announced in
ddd6bafc 184# http://www.argentina.gob.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=356
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185# (an official .gob.ar) under title: "Sin Cambio de Hora"
186# (English: "No hour change").
ddd6bafc 187#
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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."
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574756e4 195Rule Arg 2007 only - Dec 30 0:00 1:00 -
ddd6bafc 196Rule Arg 2008 2009 - Mar Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
574756e4 197Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 -
63562808 198
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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.
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574756e4 207# From Paul Eggert (2018-01-31):
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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
984263bc 211# to 1920-05-01 was -4:16:48.25. Go with this more-precise value
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212# over Shanks & Pottenger. It is upward compatible with Milne, who
213# says Córdoba time was -4:16:48.2.
214
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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,
48afb8ac 227# Tierra del Fuego, Tucumán.
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229# From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-14):
48afb8ac 230# ... this weekend, the Province of Tucumán decided it'd go back to UTC-03:00
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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.
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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
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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#
48afb8ac 265# Provincia argentina retrasa reloj y marca diferencia con resto del país
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266# (Argentine Province delayed clock and mark difference with the rest of the
267# country)
e4a74243 268# http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4373&idtel
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270# Es inminente que en San Luis atrasen una hora los relojes
271# (It is imminent in San Luis clocks one hour delay)
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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
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48afb8ac 275# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-01-18):
e4a74243 276# The page of the San Luis provincial government
e4a74243 277# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812
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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
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281# confirms that upon request the provinces San Juan and Mendoza
282# refused to follow San Luis in this change.
283#
48afb8ac 284# The change is supposed to take place Monday the 21st at 0:00
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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).
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48afb8ac 290# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-01-25):
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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
e4a74243 296# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
63562808 330# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/SL/Paginas/NoticiaDetalle.asp?TemaId=1&InfoPrensaId=3102
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331# (I couldn't find the decree, but www.sanluis.gov.ar
332# is the official page for the Province Government.)
63562808 333#
80e7e01d 334# There's also a note in only one of the major national papers ...
63562808 335# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1107912
63562808 336#
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337# The press release says [quick and dirty translation]:
338# ... announced that next Sunday, at 00:00, Puntanos (the San Luis
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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
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345# From Mariano Absatz (2009-10-16):
346# ...the Province of San Luis is a case in itself.
0d01c093 347#
ddd6bafc 348# The Law at
ddd6bafc 349# http://www.diputadossanluis.gov.ar/diputadosasp/paginas/verNorma.asp?NormaID=276
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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.
984263bc 354#
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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...
ddd6bafc 369# ...
0d01c093 370
72a17f7b 371# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-09):
48afb8ac 372# According to news reports from El Diario de la República Province San
72a17f7b 373# Luis, Argentina (standard time UTC-04) will keep Daylight Saving Time
48afb8ac 374# after April 11, 2010 - will continue to have same time as rest of
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375# Argentina (UTC-3) (no DST).
376#
48afb8ac 377# Confirmaron la prórroga del huso horario de verano (Spanish)
72a17f7b 378# http://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29383&Itemid=9
72a17f7b 379# or (some English translation):
72a17f7b 380# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina08.html
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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
574756e4 388# From Paul Eggert (2018-01-23):
c7dd9e99 389# Perhaps San Luis operates on the legal fiction that it is at -04
574756e4 390# with perpetual daylight saving time, but ordinary usage typically seems to
c7dd9e99 391# just say it's at -03; see, for example,
e4ac9488 392# https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hora_oficial_argentina
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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
8cb73418 397# setting for timestamps past 2038.
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21152149 399# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
984263bc 400#
ba5ba9da 401# Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF),
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402Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
403 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Córdoba Mean Time
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404 -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
405 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
406 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
407 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
408 -3:00 Arg -03/-02
984263bc 409#
48afb8ac 410# Córdoba (CB), Santa Fe (SF), Entre Ríos (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN),
7b7bc5bd 411# Chaco (CC), Formosa (FM), Santiago del Estero (SE)
984263bc 412#
bd7414aa 413# Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we haven't verified:
984263bc 414# - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
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415# - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29.
416# - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04.
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418# then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26.
984263bc 419#
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420Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
421 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
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422 -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
423 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
424 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3
425 -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20
426 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
427 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
428 -3:00 Arg -03/-02
ba5ba9da 429#
48afb8ac 430# Salta (SA), La Pampa (LP), Neuquén (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
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431Zone America/Argentina/Salta -4:21:40 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
432 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
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433 -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
434 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
435 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3
436 -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20
437 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
438 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
439 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
440 -3:00 - -03
7b7bc5bd 441#
48afb8ac 442# Tucumán (TM)
ba5ba9da 443Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
984263bc 444 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
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445 -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
446 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
447 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3
448 -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20
449 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
450 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
451 -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1
452 -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 13
453 -3:00 Arg -03/-02
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455# La Rioja (LR)
456Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
457 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
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458 -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
459 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
460 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 1
461 -4:00 - -04 1991 May 7
462 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
463 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
464 -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1
465 -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20
466 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
467 -3:00 - -03
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469# San Juan (SJ)
470Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
471 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
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472 -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
473 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
474 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 1
475 -4:00 - -04 1991 May 7
476 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
477 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
478 -3:00 - -03 2004 May 31
479 -4:00 - -04 2004 Jul 25
480 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
481 -3:00 - -03
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483# Jujuy (JY)
ba5ba9da 484Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
984263bc 485 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
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486 -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
487 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
488 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1990 Mar 4
489 -4:00 - -04 1990 Oct 28
490 -4:00 1:00 -03 1991 Mar 17
491 -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 6
492 -3:00 1:00 -02 1992
493 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
494 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
495 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
496 -3:00 - -03
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9ffe4b14 498# Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
ba5ba9da 499Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
984263bc 500 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
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501 -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
502 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
503 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3
504 -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20
505 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
506 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
507 -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1
508 -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20
509 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
510 -3:00 - -03
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512# Mendoza (MZ)
ba5ba9da 513Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
984263bc 514 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
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515 -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
516 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
517 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1990 Mar 4
518 -4:00 - -04 1990 Oct 15
519 -4:00 1:00 -03 1991 Mar 1
520 -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 15
521 -4:00 1:00 -03 1992 Mar 1
522 -4:00 - -04 1992 Oct 18
523 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
524 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
525 -3:00 - -03 2004 May 23
526 -4:00 - -04 2004 Sep 26
527 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
528 -3:00 - -03
ba5ba9da 529#
e4a74243 530# San Luis (SL)
ddd6bafc 531
72a17f7b 532Rule SanLuis 2008 2009 - Mar Sun>=8 0:00 0 -
574756e4 533Rule SanLuis 2007 2008 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 -
ddd6bafc 534
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535Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
536 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
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537 -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
538 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
539 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1990
540 -3:00 1:00 -02 1990 Mar 14
541 -4:00 - -04 1990 Oct 15
542 -4:00 1:00 -03 1991 Mar 1
543 -4:00 - -04 1991 Jun 1
544 -3:00 - -03 1999 Oct 3
545 -4:00 1:00 -03 2000 Mar 3
546 -3:00 - -03 2004 May 31
547 -4:00 - -04 2004 Jul 25
548 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Jan 21
549 -4:00 SanLuis -04/-03 2009 Oct 11
550 -3:00 - -03
e4a74243 551#
ba5ba9da 552# Santa Cruz (SC)
48afb8ac 553Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
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554 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
555 -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
556 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
557 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
558 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
559 -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1
560 -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20
561 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
562 -3:00 - -03
ba5ba9da 563#
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564# Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur (TF)
565Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
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566 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
567 -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
568 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
569 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
570 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
571 -3:00 - -03 2004 May 30
572 -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20
573 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
574 -3:00 - -03
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576# Aruba
65adea1d 577# See America/Puerto_Rico.
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579# Bolivia
21152149 580# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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582 -4:32:36 - CMT 1931 Oct 15 # Calamarca MT
a3b9d54d 583 -4:32:36 1:00 BST 1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST
83b0991f 584 -4:00 - -04
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586# Brazil
587
9ffe4b14 588# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
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589# The mayor of Rio recently attempted to change the time zone rules
590# just in his city, in order to leave more summer time for the tourist trade.
591# The rule change lasted only part of the day;
592# the federal government refused to follow the city's rules, and business
593# was in a chaos, so the mayor backed down that afternoon.
594
595# From IATA SSIM (1996-02):
596# _Only_ the following states in BR1 observe DST: Rio Grande do Sul (RS),
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597# Santa Catarina (SC), Paraná (PR), São Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ),
598# Espírito Santo (ES), Minas Gerais (MG), Bahia (BA), Goiás (GO),
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599# Distrito Federal (DF), Tocantins (TO), Sergipe [SE] and Alagoas [AL].
600# [The last three states are new to this issue of the IATA SSIM.]
601
602# From Gwillim Law (1996-10-07):
48afb8ac 603# Geography, history (Tocantins was part of Goiás until 1989), and other
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604# sources of time zone information lead me to believe that AL, SE, and TO were
605# always in BR1, and so the only change was whether or not they observed DST....
606# The earliest issue of the SSIM I have is 2/91. Each issue from then until
607# 9/95 says that DST is observed only in the ten states I quoted from 9/95,
608# along with Mato Grosso (MT) and Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), which are in BR2
609# (UTC-4).... The other two time zones given for Brazil are BR3, which is
610# UTC-5, no DST, and applies only in the state of Acre (AC); and BR4, which is
611# UTC-2, and applies to Fernando de Noronha (formerly FN, but I believe it's
612# become part of the state of Pernambuco). The boundary between BR1 and BR2
613# has never been clearly stated. They've simply been called East and West.
614# However, some conclusions can be drawn from another IATA manual: the Airline
615# Coding Directory, which lists close to 400 airports in Brazil. For each
616# airport it gives a time zone which is coded to the SSIM. From that
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617# information, I'm led to conclude that the states of Amapá (AP), Ceará (CE),
618# Maranhão (MA), Paraíba (PR), Pernambuco (PE), Piauí (PI), and Rio Grande do
619# Norte (RN), and the eastern part of Pará (PA) are all in BR1 without DST.
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621# From Marcos Tadeu (1998-09-27):
48afb8ac 622# Brazilian official page <http://pcdsh01.on.br/verao1.html>
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48afb8ac 624# From Jesper Nørgaard (2000-11-03):
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625# [For an official list of which regions in Brazil use which time zones, see:]
626# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbr.htm
627# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbrhv.htm
628
629# From Celso Doria via David Madeo (2002-10-09):
630# The reason for the delay this year has to do with elections in Brazil.
631#
632# Unlike in the United States, elections in Brazil are 100% computerized and
633# the results are known almost immediately. Yesterday, it was the first
634# round of the elections when 115 million Brazilians voted for President,
635# Governor, Senators, Federal Deputies, and State Deputies. Nobody is
636# counting (or re-counting) votes anymore and we know there will be a second
637# round for the Presidency and also for some Governors. The 2nd round will
638# take place on October 27th.
639#
640# The reason why the DST will only begin November 3rd is that the thousands
641# of electoral machines used cannot have their time changed, and since the
642# Constitution says the elections must begin at 8:00 AM and end at 5:00 PM,
643# the Government decided to postpone DST, instead of changing the Constitution
644# (maybe, for the next elections, it will be possible to change the clock)...
645
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646# From Rodrigo Severo (2004-10-04):
647# It's just the biannual change made necessary by the much hyped, supposedly
648# modern Brazilian eletronic voting machines which, apparently, can't deal
649# with a time change between the first and the second rounds of the elections.
650
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651# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-20):
652# Brazil will start DST on 2007-10-14 00:00 and end on 2008-02-17 00:00:
653# http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do;jsessionid=BBA06811AFCAAC28F0285210913513DA?newsId=13975
654
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655# From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24):
656# ...by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 (published in the "Diario
48afb8ac 657# Oficial da União"...) in Brazil there are changes in the timezones,
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658# effective today (00:00am at June 24, 2008) as follows:
659#
48afb8ac 660# a) The timezone UTC+5 is extinguished, with all the Acre state and the
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661# part of the Amazonas state that had this timezone now being put to the
662# timezone UTC+4
48afb8ac 663# b) The whole Pará state now is put at timezone UTC+3, instead of just
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664# part of it, as was before.
665#
666# This change follows a proposal of senator Tiao Viana of Acre state, that
667# proposed it due to concerns about open television channels displaying
668# programs inappropriate to youths in the states that had the timezone
669# UTC+5 too early in the night. In the occasion, some more corrections
670# were proposed, trying to unify the timezones of any given state. This
671# change modifies timezone rules defined in decree 2.784 of 18 June,
672# 1913.
673
674# From Rodrigo Severo (2008-06-24):
675# Just correcting the URL:
3dbe7164 676# https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=do&secao=1&pagina=1&data=25/04/2008
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677#
678# As a result of the above Decree I believe the America/Rio_Branco
679# timezone shall be modified from UTC-5 to UTC-4 and a new timezone shall
48afb8ac 680# be created to represent the...west side of the Pará State. I
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681# suggest this new timezone be called Santarem as the most
682# important/populated city in the affected area.
683#
684# This new timezone would be the same as the Rio_Branco timezone up to
685# the 2008/06/24 change which would be to UTC-3 instead of UTC-4.
686
687# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-24):
688# This is a quick reference page for New and Old Brazil Time Zones map.
a36b983e 689# http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php
a36b983e 690#
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691# - 4 time zones replaced by 3 time zones - eliminating time zone UTC-05
692# (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT-04) - western
693# part of Par state is moving to one timezone UTC-03 (from UTC-04).
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695# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
696# The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
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697# Decretos sobre o Horário de Verão no Brasil.
698# http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html
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700# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-29):
701# As announced by the government and many newspapers in Brazil late
702# yesterday, Brazil will start DST on 2008-10-19 (need to change rule) and
703# it will end on 2009-02-15 (current rule for Brazil is fine). Based on
704# past years experience with the elections, there was a good chance that
705# the start was postponed to November, but it did not happen this year.
706#
707# It has not yet been posted to http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html
708#
709# An official page about it:
234dfcd0 710# http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do?newsId=16722
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712# by going to
234dfcd0 713# http://www.mme.gov.br/first
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714#
715# One example link that works directly:
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716# http://jornale.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13530&Itemid=54
717# (Portuguese)
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719# We have a written a short article about it as well:
e4ac9488 720# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html
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721#
722# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-04):
723# State Bahia will return to Daylight savings time this year after 8 years off.
724# The announcement was made by Governor Jaques Wagner in an interview to a
725# television station in Salvador.
726
727# In Portuguese:
7f2a8808 728# http://g1.globo.com/bahia/noticia/2011/10/governador-jaques-wagner-confirma-horario-de-verao-na-bahia.html
e4ac9488 729# https://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI5390887-EI8139,00-Bahia+volta+a+ter+horario+de+verao+apos+oito+anos.html
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731# From Guilherme Bernardes Rodrigues (2011-10-07):
732# There is news in the media, however there is still no decree about it.
48afb8ac 733# I just send a e-mail to Zulmira Brandao at http://pcdsh01.on.br/ the
80e7e01d 734# official agency about time in Brazil, and she confirmed that the old rule is
7f2a8808 735# still in force.
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737# From Guilherme Bernardes Rodrigues (2011-10-14)
738# It's official, the President signed a decree that includes Bahia in summer
739# time.
740# [ and in a second message (same day): ]
741# I found the decree.
742#
32e0bed6 743# DECRETO No. 7.584, DE 13 DE OUTUBRO DE 2011
e9ad9bde 744# Link :
e9ad9bde 745# http://www.in.gov.br/visualiza/index.jsp?data=13/10/2011&jornal=1000&pagina=6&totalArquivos=6
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747# From Kelley Cook (2012-10-16):
748# The governor of state of Bahia in Brazil announced on Thursday that
749# due to public pressure, he is reversing the DST policy they implemented
750# last year and will not be going to Summer Time on October 21st....
751# http://www.correio24horas.com.br/r/artigo/apos-pressoes-wagner-suspende-horario-de-verao-na-bahia
752
753# From Rodrigo Severo (2012-10-16):
754# Tocantins state will have DST.
e4ac9488 755# https://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI6232536-EI306.html
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757# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-20):
758# Tocantins in Brazil is very likely not to observe DST from October....
759# http://conexaoto.com.br/2013/09/18/ministerio-confirma-que-tocantins-esta-fora-do-horario-de-verao-em-2013-mas-falta-publicacao-de-decreto
760# We will keep this article updated when this is confirmed:
e4ac9488 761# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-starts-dst-2013.html
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763# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-10-17):
e4ac9488 764# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/acre-amazonas-change-time-zone.html
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765# Senator Jorge Viana announced that Acre will change time zone on November 10.
766# He did not specify the time of the change, nor if western parts of Amazonas
767# will change as well.
768#
769# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-17):
770# For now, assume western Amazonas will change as well.
771
b858e488 772# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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773# Decree 20,466 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm> (1931-10-01)
774# Decree 21,896 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm> (1932-01-10)
574756e4 775Rule Brazil 1931 only - Oct 3 11:00 1:00 -
984263bc 776Rule Brazil 1932 1933 - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
574756e4 777Rule Brazil 1932 only - Oct 3 0:00 1:00 -
48afb8ac 778# Decree 23,195 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV23195.htm> (1933-10-10)
984263bc 779# revoked DST.
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780# Decree 27,496 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27496.htm> (1949-11-24)
781# Decree 27,998 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27998.htm> (1950-04-13)
574756e4 782Rule Brazil 1949 1952 - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 -
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783Rule Brazil 1950 only - Apr 16 1:00 0 -
784Rule Brazil 1951 1952 - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
48afb8ac 785# Decree 32,308 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV32308.htm> (1953-02-24)
984263bc 786Rule Brazil 1953 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
48afb8ac 787# Decree 34,724 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV34724.htm> (1953-11-30)
984263bc 788# revoked DST.
48afb8ac 789# Decree 52,700 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV52700.htm> (1963-10-18)
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790# established DST from 1963-10-23 00:00 to 1964-02-29 00:00
791# in SP, RJ, GB, MG, ES, due to the prolongation of the drought.
48afb8ac 792# Decree 53,071 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53071.htm> (1963-12-03)
984263bc 793# extended the above decree to all of the national territory on 12-09.
574756e4 794Rule Brazil 1963 only - Dec 9 0:00 1:00 -
48afb8ac 795# Decree 53,604 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53604.htm> (1964-02-25)
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796# extended summer time by one day to 1964-03-01 00:00 (start of school).
797Rule Brazil 1964 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
48afb8ac 798# Decree 55,639 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV55639.htm> (1965-01-27)
574756e4 799Rule Brazil 1965 only - Jan 31 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 800Rule Brazil 1965 only - Mar 31 0:00 0 -
48afb8ac 801# Decree 57,303 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57303.htm> (1965-11-22)
574756e4 802Rule Brazil 1965 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 -
48afb8ac 803# Decree 57,843 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57843.htm> (1966-02-18)
984263bc 804Rule Brazil 1966 1968 - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
574756e4 805Rule Brazil 1966 1967 - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 -
48afb8ac 806# Decree 63,429 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV63429.htm> (1968-10-15)
984263bc 807# revoked DST.
48afb8ac 808# Decree 91,698 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV91698.htm> (1985-09-27)
574756e4 809Rule Brazil 1985 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 -
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810# Decree 92,310 (1986-01-21)
811# Decree 92,463 (1986-03-13)
812Rule Brazil 1986 only - Mar 15 0:00 0 -
813# Decree 93,316 (1986-10-01)
574756e4 814Rule Brazil 1986 only - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 815Rule Brazil 1987 only - Feb 14 0:00 0 -
48afb8ac 816# Decree 94,922 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV94922.htm> (1987-09-22)
574756e4 817Rule Brazil 1987 only - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 818Rule Brazil 1988 only - Feb 7 0:00 0 -
48afb8ac 819# Decree 96,676 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV96676.htm> (1988-09-12)
984263bc 820# except for the states of AC, AM, PA, RR, RO, and AP (then a territory)
574756e4 821Rule Brazil 1988 only - Oct 16 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 822Rule Brazil 1989 only - Jan 29 0:00 0 -
48afb8ac 823# Decree 98,077 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV98077.htm> (1989-08-21)
984263bc 824# with the same exceptions
574756e4 825Rule Brazil 1989 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 826Rule Brazil 1990 only - Feb 11 0:00 0 -
48afb8ac 827# Decree 99,530 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV99530.htm> (1990-09-17)
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828# adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, GO, MS, DF.
829# Decree 99,629 (1990-10-19) adds BA, MT.
574756e4 830Rule Brazil 1990 only - Oct 21 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 831Rule Brazil 1991 only - Feb 17 0:00 0 -
48afb8ac 832# Unnumbered decree <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1991.htm> (1991-09-25)
984263bc 833# adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, BA, GO, MT, MS, DF.
574756e4 834Rule Brazil 1991 only - Oct 20 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 835Rule Brazil 1992 only - Feb 9 0:00 0 -
48afb8ac 836# Unnumbered decree <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1992.htm> (1992-10-16)
984263bc 837# adopted by same states.
574756e4 838Rule Brazil 1992 only - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 839Rule Brazil 1993 only - Jan 31 0:00 0 -
48afb8ac 840# Decree 942 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV942.htm> (1993-09-28)
984263bc 841# adopted by same states, plus AM.
48afb8ac 842# Decree 1,252 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1252.htm> (1994-09-22;
ba5ba9da 843# web page corrected 2004-01-07) adopted by same states, minus AM.
48afb8ac 844# Decree 1,636 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1636.htm> (1995-09-14)
ba5ba9da 845# adopted by same states, plus MT and TO.
48afb8ac 846# Decree 1,674 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1674.htm> (1995-10-13)
984263bc 847# adds AL, SE.
574756e4 848Rule Brazil 1993 1995 - Oct Sun>=11 0:00 1:00 -
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849Rule Brazil 1994 1995 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
850Rule Brazil 1996 only - Feb 11 0:00 0 -
48afb8ac 851# Decree 2,000 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV2000.htm> (1996-09-04)
984263bc 852# adopted by same states, minus AL, SE.
574756e4 853Rule Brazil 1996 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 854Rule Brazil 1997 only - Feb 16 0:00 0 -
9ffe4b14 855# From Daniel C. Sobral (1998-02-12):
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856# In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that
857# because international television networks ignored Brazil's policy on DS,
858# they bought the wrong times on satellite for coverage of Pope's visit.
859# This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1
860# to help dealing with the shortages of electric power.
861#
984263bc 862# Decree 2,317 (1997-09-04), adopted by same states.
574756e4 863Rule Brazil 1997 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 -
48afb8ac 864# Decree 2,495 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV2495.JPG>
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865# (1998-02-10)
866Rule Brazil 1998 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
48afb8ac 867# Decree 2,780 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/Hv98.jpg> (1998-09-11)
984263bc 868# adopted by the same states as before.
574756e4 869Rule Brazil 1998 only - Oct 11 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 870Rule Brazil 1999 only - Feb 21 0:00 0 -
48afb8ac 871# Decree 3,150 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3150.gif>
984263bc 872# (1999-08-23) adopted by same states.
48afb8ac 873# Decree 3,188 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV99.gif> (1999-09-30)
984263bc 874# adds SE, AL, PB, PE, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR.
574756e4 875Rule Brazil 1999 only - Oct 3 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 876Rule Brazil 2000 only - Feb 27 0:00 0 -
48afb8ac 877# Decree 3,592 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DEC3592.htm> (2000-09-06)
984263bc 878# adopted by the same states as before.
48afb8ac 879# Decree 3,630 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3630.jpg> (2000-10-13)
984263bc 880# repeals DST in PE and RR, effective 2000-10-15 00:00.
48afb8ac 881# Decree 3,632 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3632.jpg> (2000-10-17)
984263bc 882# repeals DST in SE, AL, PB, RN, CE, PI and MA, effective 2000-10-22 00:00.
48afb8ac 883# Decree 3,916 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3916.gif>
984263bc 884# (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
574756e4 885Rule Brazil 2000 2001 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 -
17f48456 886Rule Brazil 2001 2006 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
984263bc 887# Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
48afb8ac 888# 4,399 <http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm>
574756e4 889Rule Brazil 2002 only - Nov 3 0:00 1:00 -
ba5ba9da 890# Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO.
48afb8ac 891# 4,844 <http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm>
574756e4 892Rule Brazil 2003 only - Oct 19 0:00 1:00 -
bc95ec93 893# Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT.
48afb8ac 894# 5,223 <http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm>
574756e4 895Rule Brazil 2004 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 -
48afb8ac 896# Decree 5,539 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif> (2005-09-19),
aa65d21a 897# adopted by the same states as before.
574756e4 898Rule Brazil 2005 only - Oct 16 0:00 1:00 -
48afb8ac 899# Decree 5,920 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5920.gif> (2006-10-03),
bbe9957d 900# adopted by the same states as before.
574756e4 901Rule Brazil 2006 only - Nov 5 0:00 1:00 -
bbe9957d 902Rule Brazil 2007 only - Feb 25 0:00 0 -
48afb8ac 903# Decree 6,212 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV6212.gif> (2007-09-26),
a36b983e 904# adopted by the same states as before.
574756e4 905Rule Brazil 2007 only - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 -
bfd634de 906# From Frederico A. C. Neves (2008-09-10):
96e83414 907# According to this decree
bfd634de 908# http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm
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909# [t]he DST period in Brazil now on will be from the 3rd Oct Sunday to the
910# 3rd Feb Sunday. There is an exception on the return date when this is
911# the Carnival Sunday then the return date will be the next Sunday...
574756e4 912Rule Brazil 2008 2017 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 -
bfd634de 913Rule Brazil 2008 2011 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
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914# Decree 7,584 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HVdecreto7584_20111013.jpg> (2011-10-13)
915# added Bahia.
bfd634de 916Rule Brazil 2012 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 -
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917# Decree 7,826 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HVdecreto7826_20121015.jpg> (2012-10-15)
918# removed Bahia and added Tocantins.
919# Decree 8,112 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HVdecreto8112_20130930.JPG> (2013-09-30)
920# removed Tocantins.
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921Rule Brazil 2013 2014 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
922Rule Brazil 2015 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 -
21152149 923Rule Brazil 2016 2019 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
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924# From Steffen Thorsen (2017-12-18):
925# According to many media sources, next year's DST start in Brazil will move to
21152149 926# the first Sunday of November
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927# ... https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-delays-dst-2018.html
928# From Steffen Thorsen (2017-12-20):
929# http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2015-2018/2017/decreto/D9242.htm
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930# From Fábio Gomes (2018-10-04):
931# The Brazilian president just announced a new change on this year DST.
932# It was scheduled to start on November 4th and it was changed to November 18th.
933# From Rodrigo Brüning Wessler (2018-10-15):
934# The Brazilian government just announced that the change in DST was
935# canceled.... Maybe the president Michel Temer also woke up one hour
936# earlier today. :)
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937Rule Brazil 2018 only - Nov Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 -
938# The last ruleset listed above says that the following states observed DST:
bc95ec93 939# DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.
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940#
941# From Steffen Thorsen (2019-04-05):
942# According to multiple sources the Brazilian president wants to get rid of DST.
943# https://gmconline.com.br/noticias/politica/bolsonaro-horario-de-verao-deve-acabar-este-ano
944# https://g1.globo.com/economia/noticia/2019/04/05/governo-anuncia-fim-do-horario-de-verao.ghtml
945# From Marcus Diniz (2019-04-25):
946# Brazil no longer has DST changes - decree signed today
947# https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2019/04/25/bolsonaro-assina-decreto-que-acaba-com-o-horario-de-verao.ghtml
948# From Daniel Soares de Oliveira (2019-04-26):
949# http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2019-2022/2019/Decreto/D9772.htm
984263bc 950
21152149 951# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
984263bc 952#
ba5ba9da 953# Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE)
984263bc 954Zone America/Noronha -2:09:40 - LMT 1914
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955 -2:00 Brazil -02/-01 1990 Sep 17
956 -2:00 - -02 1999 Sep 30
957 -2:00 Brazil -02/-01 2000 Oct 15
958 -2:00 - -02 2001 Sep 13
959 -2:00 Brazil -02/-01 2002 Oct 1
960 -2:00 - -02
ba5ba9da 961# Other Atlantic islands have no permanent settlement.
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962# These include Trindade and Martim Vaz (administratively part of ES),
963# Rocas Atoll (RN), and the St Peter and St Paul Archipelago (PE).
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964# Fernando de Noronha was a separate territory from 1942-09-02 to 1989-01-01;
965# it also included the Penedos.
984263bc 966#
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967# Amapá (AP), east Pará (PA)
968# East Pará includes Belém, Marabá, Serra Norte, and São Félix do Xingu.
969# The division between east and west Pará is the river Xingu.
ba5ba9da 970# In the north a very small part from the river Javary (now Jari I guess,
48afb8ac 971# the border with Amapá) to the Amazon, then to the Xingu.
984263bc 972Zone America/Belem -3:13:56 - LMT 1914
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973 -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1988 Sep 12
974 -3:00 - -03
984263bc 975#
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976# west Pará (PA)
977# West Pará includes Altamira, Óbidos, Prainha, Oriximiná, and Santarém.
a36b983e 978Zone America/Santarem -3:38:48 - LMT 1914
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979 -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12
980 -4:00 - -04 2008 Jun 24 0:00
981 -3:00 - -03
a36b983e 982#
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983# Maranhão (MA), Piauí (PI), Ceará (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
984# Paraíba (PB)
984263bc 985Zone America/Fortaleza -2:34:00 - LMT 1914
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986 -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17
987 -3:00 - -03 1999 Sep 30
988 -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2000 Oct 22
989 -3:00 - -03 2001 Sep 13
990 -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2002 Oct 1
991 -3:00 - -03
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992#
993# Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands)
994Zone America/Recife -2:19:36 - LMT 1914
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995 -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17
996 -3:00 - -03 1999 Sep 30
997 -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2000 Oct 15
998 -3:00 - -03 2001 Sep 13
999 -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2002 Oct 1
1000 -3:00 - -03
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1001#
1002# Tocantins (TO)
1003Zone America/Araguaina -3:12:48 - LMT 1914
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1004 -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17
1005 -3:00 - -03 1995 Sep 14
1006 -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2003 Sep 24
1007 -3:00 - -03 2012 Oct 21
1008 -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2013 Sep
1009 -3:00 - -03
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1010#
1011# Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE)
1012Zone America/Maceio -2:22:52 - LMT 1914
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1013 -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17
1014 -3:00 - -03 1995 Oct 13
1015 -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1996 Sep 4
1016 -3:00 - -03 1999 Sep 30
1017 -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2000 Oct 22
1018 -3:00 - -03 2001 Sep 13
1019 -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2002 Oct 1
1020 -3:00 - -03
984263bc 1021#
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1022# Bahia (BA)
1023# There are too many Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/Bahia instead
1024# of America/Salvador.
1025Zone America/Bahia -2:34:04 - LMT 1914
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1026 -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2003 Sep 24
1027 -3:00 - -03 2011 Oct 16
1028 -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2012 Oct 21
1029 -3:00 - -03
ba5ba9da 1030#
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1031# Goiás (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
1032# Espírito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), São Paulo (SP), Paraná (PR),
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1033# Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
1034Zone America/Sao_Paulo -3:06:28 - LMT 1914
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1035 -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1963 Oct 23 0:00
1036 -3:00 1:00 -02 1964
1037 -3:00 Brazil -03/-02
984263bc 1038#
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1039# Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)
1040Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 - LMT 1914
83b0991f 1041 -4:00 Brazil -04/-03
984263bc 1042#
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1043# Mato Grosso (MT)
1044Zone America/Cuiaba -3:44:20 - LMT 1914
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1045 -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 2003 Sep 24
1046 -4:00 - -04 2004 Oct 1
1047 -4:00 Brazil -04/-03
ba5ba9da 1048#
48afb8ac 1049# Rondônia (RO)
984263bc 1050Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 - LMT 1914
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1051 -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12
1052 -4:00 - -04
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1053#
1054# Roraima (RR)
1055Zone America/Boa_Vista -4:02:40 - LMT 1914
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1056 -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12
1057 -4:00 - -04 1999 Sep 30
1058 -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 2000 Oct 15
1059 -4:00 - -04
984263bc 1060#
48afb8ac 1061# east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Jutaí, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto
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1062# The great circle line from Tabatinga to Porto Acre divides
1063# east from west Amazonas.
984263bc 1064Zone America/Manaus -4:00:04 - LMT 1914
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1065 -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12
1066 -4:00 - -04 1993 Sep 28
1067 -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1994 Sep 22
1068 -4:00 - -04
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1069#
1070# west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant,
48afb8ac 1071# Eirunepé, Envira, Ipixuna
984263bc 1072Zone America/Eirunepe -4:39:28 - LMT 1914
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1073 -5:00 Brazil -05/-04 1988 Sep 12
1074 -5:00 - -05 1993 Sep 28
1075 -5:00 Brazil -05/-04 1994 Sep 22
1076 -5:00 - -05 2008 Jun 24 0:00
1077 -4:00 - -04 2013 Nov 10
1078 -5:00 - -05
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1079#
1080# Acre (AC)
1081Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914
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1082 -5:00 Brazil -05/-04 1988 Sep 12
1083 -5:00 - -05 2008 Jun 24 0:00
1084 -4:00 - -04 2013 Nov 10
1085 -5:00 - -05
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1086
1087# Chile
1088
63f64d79 1089# From Paul Eggert (2022-03-15):
fced0463 1090# Shanks & Pottenger says America/Santiago introduced standard time in
a3b9d54d 1091# 1890 and rounds its UT offset to 70W40; guess that in practice this
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1092# was the same offset as in 1916-1919. It also says Pacific/Easter
1093# standardized on 109W22 in 1890; assume this didn't change the clocks.
1094#
1095# Dates for America/Santiago from 1910 to 2004 are primarily from
1096# the following source, cited by Oscar van Vlijmen (2006-10-08):
1097# [1] Chile Law
1098# http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/chile.html
e4ac9488 1099# This contains a copy of this official table:
fced0463 1100# Cambios en la hora oficial de Chile desde 1900 (retrieved 2008-03-30)
e4ac9488 1101# https://web.archive.org/web/20080330200901/http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
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1102# [1] needs several corrections, though.
1103#
1104# The first set of corrections is from:
1105# [2] History of the Official Time of Chile
1106# http://www.horaoficial.cl/ing/horaof_ing.html (retrieved 2012-03-06). See:
e4ac9488 1107# https://web.archive.org/web/20120306042032/http://www.horaoficial.cl/ing/horaof_ing.html
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1108# This is an English translation of:
1109# Historia de la hora oficial de Chile (retrieved 2012-10-24). See:
e4ac9488 1110# https://web.archive.org/web/20121024234627/http://www.horaoficial.cl/horaof.htm
fced0463 1111# A fancier Spanish version (requiring mouse-clicking) is at:
63f64d79 1112# http://www.horaoficial.cl/historia_hora.php
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1113# Conflicts between [1] and [2] were resolved as follows:
1114#
1115# - [1] says the 1910 transition was Jan 1, [2] says Jan 10 and cites
32e0bed6 1116# Boletín No. 1, Aviso No. 1 (1910). Go with [2].
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1117#
1118# - [1] says SMT was -4:42:45, [2] says Chile's official time from
1119# 1916 to 1919 was -4:42:46.3, the meridian of Chile's National
1120# Astronomical Observatory (OAN), then located in what is now
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1121# Quinta Normal in Santiago. Go with [1], as this matches the meridian
1122# referred to by the relevant Chilean laws to this day.
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1123#
1124# - [1] says the 1918 transition was Sep 1, [2] says Sep 10 and cites
32e0bed6 1125# Boletín No. 22, Aviso No. 129/1918 (1918-08-23). Go with [2].
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1126#
1127# - [1] does not give times for transitions; assume they occur
1128# at midnight mainland time, the current common practice. However,
1129# go with [2]'s specification of 23:00 for the 1947-05-21 transition.
1130#
1131# Another correction to [1] is from Jesper Nørgaard Welen, who
1132# wrote (2006-10-08), "I think that there are some obvious mistakes in
1133# the suggested link from Oscar van Vlijmen,... for instance entry 66
1134# says that GMT-4 ended 1990-09-12 while entry 67 only begins GMT-3 at
1135# 1990-09-15 (they should have been 1990-09-15 and 1990-09-16
1136# respectively), but anyhow it clears up some doubts too."
1137#
1138# Data for Pacific/Easter from 1910 through 1967 come from Shanks &
1139# Pottenger. After that, for lack of better info assume
1140# Pacific/Easter is always two hours behind America/Santiago;
1141# this is known to work for DST transitions starting in 2008 and
1142# may well be true for earlier transitions.
1143
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1144# From Tim Parenti (2022-03-15):
1145# For a brief period of roughly six weeks in 1946, DST was only observed on an
1146# emergency basis in specific regions of central Chile; namely, "the national
1147# territory between the provinces of Coquimbo and Concepción, inclusive".
1148# This was enacted by Decree 3,891, dated 1946-07-13, and took effect
1149# 1946-07-14 24:00, advancing these central regions to -03.
1150# https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/versiones-anteriores/do-h/19460715/#page/1
1151# The decree contemplated "[t]hat this advancement of the Official Time, even
1152# though it has been proposed for the cities of Santiago and Valparaíso only,
1153# must be agreed with that of other cities, due to the connection of various
1154# activities that require it, such as, for example, the operation of rail
1155# services". It was originally set to expire after 30 days but was extended
1156# through 1946-08-31 by Decree 4,506, dated 1946-08-13.
1157# https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/versiones-anteriores/do-h/19460814/#page/1
1158#
1159# Law Number 8,522, promulgated 1946-08-27, reunified Chilean clocks at their
1160# new "Summer Time" of -04, reckoned as that of "the meridian of the
1161# Astronomical Observatory of Lo Espejo, advanced by 42 minutes and 45
1162# seconds".
1163# https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/versiones-anteriores/do-h/19460828/#page/1
1164# After a brief "Winter Time" stint at -05 beginning 1947-04-01, Law Number
1165# 8,777, promulgated 1947-05-17, established year-round -04 "from 23:00 on the
1166# second day after it is published in the 'Diario Oficial'." It was published
1167# on Monday 1947-05-19 and so took effect from Wednesday 1947-05-21 23:00.
1168# https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/versiones-anteriores/do-h/19470519/#page/1
1169
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1170# From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19):
1171# The law says to switch to DST at midnight [24:00] on the second SATURDAY
1172# of October.... The law is the same for March and October.
1173# (1998-09-29):
1174# Because of the drought this year, the government decided to go into
1175# DST earlier (saturday 9/26 at 24:00). This is a one-time change only ...
1176# (unless there's another dry season next year, I guess).
1177
1178# From Julio I. Pacheco Troncoso (1999-03-18):
1179# Because of the same drought, the government decided to end DST later,
1180# on April 3, (one-time change).
1181
48afb8ac 1182# From Germán Poo-Caamaño (2008-03-03):
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1184# is one-time change (Saturday 3/29 at 24:00 for America/Santiago
1185# and Saturday 3/29 at 22:00 for Pacific/Easter)
63562808 1186# The Supreme Decree is located at
a6282357 1187# http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf
fced0463 1188#
48afb8ac 1189# From José Miguel Garrido (2008-03-05):
a6282357 1190# http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm
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1192# From Angel Chiang (2010-03-04):
1193# Subject: DST in Chile exceptionally extended to 3 April due to earthquake
5a0c5ddc 1194# http://www.gobiernodechile.cl/viewNoticia.aspx?idArticulo=30098
5a0c5ddc 1195#
48afb8ac 1196# From Arthur David Olson (2010-03-06):
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1197# Angel Chiang's message confirmed by Julio Pacheco; Julio provided a patch.
1198
f891a7e1 1199# From Glenn Eychaner (2011-03-28):
f891a7e1 1200# http://diario.elmercurio.com/2011/03/28/_portada/_portada/noticias/7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E.htm?id=3D{7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E}
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1201# In English:
1202# Chile's clocks will go back an hour this year on the 7th of May instead
1203# of this Saturday. They will go forward again the 3rd Saturday in
fced0463 1204# August, not in October as they have since 1968.
f891a7e1 1205
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1206# From Mauricio Parada (2012-02-22), translated by Glenn Eychaner (2012-02-23):
1207# As stated in the website of the Chilean Energy Ministry
1208# http://www.minenergia.cl/ministerio/noticias/generales/gobierno-anuncia-fechas-de-cambio-de.html
1209# The Chilean Government has decided to postpone the entrance into winter time
fced0463 1210# (to leave DST) from March 11 2012 to April 28th 2012....
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1211# Quote from the website communication:
1212#
1213# 6. For the year 2012, the dates of entry into winter time will be as follows:
1214# a. Saturday April 28, 2012, clocks should go back 60 minutes; that is, at
1215# 23:59:59, instead of passing to 0:00, the time should be adjusted to be 23:00
1216# of the same day.
1217# b. Saturday, September 1, 2012, clocks should go forward 60 minutes; that is,
1218# at 23:59:59, instead of passing to 0:00, the time should be adjusted to be
1219# 01:00 on September 2.
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1220
1221# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-02-15):
1222# According to several news sources, Chile has extended DST this year,
1223# they will end DST later and start DST earlier than planned. They
1224# hope to save energy. The new end date is 2013-04-28 00:00 and new
1225# start date is 2013-09-08 00:00....
1226# http://www.gob.cl/informa/2013/02/15/gobierno-anuncia-fechas-de-cambio-de-hora-para-el-ano-2013.htm
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48afb8ac 1228# From José Miguel Garrido (2014-02-19):
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1229# Today appeared in the Diario Oficial a decree amending the time change
1230# dates to 2014.
1231# DST End: last Saturday of April 2014 (Sun 27 Apr 2014 03:00 UTC)
1232# DST Start: first Saturday of September 2014 (Sun 07 Sep 2014 04:00 UTC)
1233# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl//media/2014/02/19/do-20140219.pdf
1234
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1235# From Eduardo Romero Urra (2015-03-03):
1236# Today has been published officially that Chile will use the DST time
1237# permanently until March 25 of 2017
1238# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/media/2015/03/03/1-large.jpg
1239#
1240# From Paul Eggert (2015-03-03):
1241# For now, assume that the extension will persist indefinitely.
30d1d955 1242
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1243# From Juan Correa (2016-03-18):
1244# The decree regarding DST has been published in today's Official Gazette:
1245# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/versiones-anteriores/do/20160318/
1246# http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=1088502
1247# It does consider the second Saturday of May and August as the dates
1248# for the transition; and it lists DST dates until 2019, but I think
1249# this scheme will stick.
1250#
1251# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
1252# For now, assume the pattern holds for the indefinite future.
1253# The decree says transitions occur at 24:00; in practice this appears
1254# to mean 24:00 mainland time, not 24:00 local time, so that Easter
1255# Island is always two hours behind the mainland.
1256
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1257# From Juan Correa (2016-12-04):
1258# Magallanes region ... will keep DST (UTC -3) all year round....
1259# 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
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1260# From Deborah Goldsmith (2017-01-19):
1261# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2017/01/17/41660/01/1169626.pdf
83b0991f 1262
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1263# From Juan Correa (2018-08-13):
1264# As of moments ago, the Ministry of Energy in Chile has announced the new
1265# schema for DST. ... Announcement in video (in Spanish):
1266# https://twitter.com/MinEnergia/status/1029000399129374720
1267# From Yonathan Dossow (2018-08-13):
1268# The video says "first Saturday of September", we all know it means Sunday at
1269# midnight.
1270# From Tim Parenti (2018-08-13):
1271# Translating the captions on the video at 0:44-0:55, "We want to announce as
1272# Government that from 2019, Winter Time will be increased to 5 months, between
1273# the first Saturday of April and the first Saturday of September."
1274# At 2:08-2:20, "The Magallanes region will maintain its current time, as
1275# decided by the citizens during 2017, but our Government will promote a
1276# regional dialogue table to gather their opinion on this matter."
1277# https://twitter.com/MinEnergia/status/1029009354001973248
1278# "We will keep the new time policy unchanged for at least the next 4 years."
1279# So we extend the new rules on Saturdays at 24:00 mainland time indefinitely.
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1280# From Juan Correa (2019-02-04):
1281# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2018/11/23/42212/01/1498738.pdf
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1282# From Paul Eggert (2019-09-01):
1283# The above says the Magallanes exception expires 2022-04-02 at 24:00,
1284# so in theory, they will revert to -04/-03 after that.
1285# For now, assume that they will not revert,
1286# since they have extended the expiration date once already.
8cb73418 1287
b858e488 1288# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
574756e4 1289Rule Chile 1927 1931 - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 1290Rule Chile 1928 1932 - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
574756e4 1291Rule Chile 1968 only - Nov 3 4:00u 1:00 -
ff8424c5 1292Rule Chile 1969 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 -
574756e4 1293Rule Chile 1969 only - Nov 23 4:00u 1:00 -
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1294Rule Chile 1970 only - Mar 29 3:00u 0 -
1295Rule Chile 1971 only - Mar 14 3:00u 0 -
574756e4 1296Rule Chile 1970 1972 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 -
ff8424c5 1297Rule Chile 1972 1986 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
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1298Rule Chile 1973 only - Sep 30 4:00u 1:00 -
1299Rule Chile 1974 1987 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 -
ff8424c5 1300Rule Chile 1987 only - Apr 12 3:00u 0 -
fced0463 1301Rule Chile 1988 1990 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
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1302Rule Chile 1988 1989 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 -
1303Rule Chile 1990 only - Sep 16 4:00u 1:00 -
ff8424c5 1304Rule Chile 1991 1996 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
574756e4 1305Rule Chile 1991 1997 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 -
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1306Rule Chile 1997 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 -
1307Rule Chile 1998 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
574756e4 1308Rule Chile 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 -
984263bc 1309Rule Chile 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 -
574756e4 1310Rule Chile 1999 2010 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 -
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1311Rule Chile 2000 2007 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
1312# N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time,
1313# which is used below in specifying the transition.
1314Rule Chile 2008 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 -
5a0c5ddc 1315Rule Chile 2009 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
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1316Rule Chile 2010 only - Apr Sun>=1 3:00u 0 -
1317Rule Chile 2011 only - May Sun>=2 3:00u 0 -
574756e4 1318Rule Chile 2011 only - Aug Sun>=16 4:00u 1:00 -
88ab7310 1319Rule Chile 2012 2014 - Apr Sun>=23 3:00u 0 -
574756e4 1320Rule Chile 2012 2014 - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 -
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1321Rule Chile 2016 2018 - May Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
1322Rule Chile 2016 2018 - Aug Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 -
1323Rule Chile 2019 max - Apr Sun>=2 3:00u 0 -
1324Rule Chile 2019 max - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 -
ff8424c5 1325# IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
984263bc 1326# (1996-09) says 1998-03-08. Ignore these.
21152149 1327# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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1328Zone America/Santiago -4:42:45 - LMT 1890
1329 -4:42:45 - SMT 1910 Jan 10 # Santiago Mean Time
83b0991f 1330 -5:00 - -05 1916 Jul 1
63f64d79 1331 -4:42:45 - SMT 1918 Sep 10
83b0991f 1332 -4:00 - -04 1919 Jul 1
63f64d79 1333 -4:42:45 - SMT 1927 Sep 1
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1334 -5:00 Chile -05/-04 1932 Sep 1
1335 -4:00 - -04 1942 Jun 1
1336 -5:00 - -05 1942 Aug 1
1337 -4:00 - -04 1946 Jul 15
1338 -4:00 1:00 -03 1946 Sep 1 # central Chile
1339 -4:00 - -04 1947 Apr 1
1340 -5:00 - -05 1947 May 21 23:00
1341 -4:00 Chile -04/-03
1342Zone America/Punta_Arenas -4:43:40 - LMT 1890
63f64d79 1343 -4:42:45 - SMT 1910 Jan 10
83b0991f 1344 -5:00 - -05 1916 Jul 1
63f64d79 1345 -4:42:45 - SMT 1918 Sep 10
83b0991f 1346 -4:00 - -04 1919 Jul 1
63f64d79 1347 -4:42:45 - SMT 1927 Sep 1
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1348 -5:00 Chile -05/-04 1932 Sep 1
1349 -4:00 - -04 1942 Jun 1
1350 -5:00 - -05 1942 Aug 1
1351 -4:00 - -04 1947 Apr 1
1352 -5:00 - -05 1947 May 21 23:00
1353 -4:00 Chile -04/-03 2016 Dec 4
1354 -3:00 - -03
fced0463 1355Zone Pacific/Easter -7:17:28 - LMT 1890
70fc4940 1356 -7:17:28 - EMT 1932 Sep # Easter Mean Time
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1357 -7:00 Chile -07/-06 1982 Mar 14 3:00u # Easter Time
1358 -6:00 Chile -06/-05
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1360# Salas y Gómez Island is uninhabited.
1361# Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernández Is, Desventuradas Is,
1362# and Antarctic bases, are like America/Santiago.
984263bc 1363
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1364# Antarctic base using South American rules
1365# (See the file 'antarctica' for more.)
1366#
1367# Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
1368#
1369# From Ethan Dicks (1996-10-06):
1370# It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us
1371# and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line....
1372# I verified with someone who was there that since 1980,
1373# Palmer has followed Chile. Prior to that, before the Falklands War,
1374# Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina.
1375#
21152149 1376# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
a1b6a6c6 1377Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - -00 1965
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1378 -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
1379 -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1982 May
1380 -4:00 Chile -04/-03 2016 Dec 4
1381 -3:00 - -03
fced0463 1382
984263bc 1383# Colombia
80e7e01d 1384
48afb8ac 1385# Milne gives 4:56:16.4 for Bogotá time in 1899; round to nearest. He writes,
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1386# "A variation of fifteen minutes in the public clocks of Bogota is not rare."
1387
b858e488 1388# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
574756e4 1389Rule CO 1992 only - May 3 0:00 1:00 -
bd7414aa 1390Rule CO 1993 only - Apr 4 0:00 0 -
21152149 1391# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
80e7e01d 1392Zone America/Bogota -4:56:16 - LMT 1884 Mar 13
48afb8ac 1393 -4:56:16 - BMT 1914 Nov 23 # Bogotá Mean Time
83b0991f 1394 -5:00 CO -05/-04
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1395# Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres
1396# no information; probably like America/Bogota
1397
48afb8ac 1398# Curaçao
65adea1d 1399# See America/Puerto_Rico.
8393cd87 1400#
ffa9a577 1401# From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
d1bcb6be 1402# use links for places with new iso3166 codes.
48afb8ac 1403# The name "Lower Prince's Quarter" is both longer than fourteen characters
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1404# and contains an apostrophe; use "Lower_Princes"....
1405# From Paul Eggert (2021-09-29):
1406# These backward-compatibility links now are in the 'northamerica' file.
ffa9a577 1407
984263bc 1408# Ecuador
8393cd87 1409#
48afb8ac 1410# Milne says the Central and South American Telegraph Company used -5:24:15.
80e7e01d 1411#
83b0991f 1412# From Alois Treindl (2016-12-15):
e4ac9488 1413# https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/hora-sixto-1993.html
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1414# ... Whether the law applied also to Galápagos, I do not know.
1415# From Paul Eggert (2016-12-15):
e4ac9488 1416# https://www.elcomercio.com/afull/modificacion-husohorario-ecuador-presidentes-decreto.html
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1417# This says President Sixto Durán Ballén signed decree No. 285, which
1418# established DST from 1992-11-28 to 1993-02-05; it does not give transition
1419# times. The people called it "hora de Sixto" ("Sixto hour"). The change did
1420# not go over well; a popular song "Qué hora es" by Jaime Guevara had lyrics
1421# that included "Amanecía en mitad de la noche, los guaguas iban a clase sin
1422# sol" ("It was dawning in the middle of the night, the buses went to class
1423# without sun"). Although Ballén's campaign slogan was "Ni un paso atrás"
1424# (Not one step back), the clocks went back in 1993 and the experiment was not
1425# repeated. For now, assume transitions were at 00:00 local time country-wide.
1426#
b858e488 1427# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
574756e4 1428Rule Ecuador 1992 only - Nov 28 0:00 1:00 -
83b0991f 1429Rule Ecuador 1993 only - Feb 5 0:00 0 -
8393cd87 1430#
21152149 1431# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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1432Zone America/Guayaquil -5:19:20 - LMT 1890
1433 -5:14:00 - QMT 1931 # Quito Mean Time
83b0991f 1434 -5:00 Ecuador -05/-04
984263bc 1435Zone Pacific/Galapagos -5:58:24 - LMT 1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
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1436 -5:00 - -05 1986
1437 -6:00 Ecuador -06/-05
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1438
1439# Falklands
1440
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1441# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1442# Between 1990 and 2000 inclusive, Shanks & Pottenger and the IATA agree except
1443# the IATA gives 1996-09-08. Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
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1444
1445# From Falkland Islands Government Office, London (2001-01-22)
48afb8ac 1446# via Jesper Nørgaard:
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1447# ... the clocks revert back to Local Mean Time at 2 am on Sunday 15
1448# April 2001 and advance one hour to summer time at 2 am on Sunday 2
1449# September. It is anticipated that the clocks will revert back at 2
1450# am on Sunday 21 April 2002 and advance to summer time at 2 am on
1451# Sunday 1 September.
1452
1453# From Rives McDow (2001-02-13):
1454#
1455# I have communicated several times with people there, and the last
1456# time I had communications that was helpful was in 1998. Here is
1457# what was said then:
1458#
1459# "The general rule was that Stanley used daylight saving and the Camp
1460# did not. However for various reasons many people in the Camp have
1461# started to use daylight saving (known locally as 'Stanley Time')
1462# There is no rule as to who uses daylight saving - it is a matter of
1463# personal choice and so it is impossible to draw a map showing who
1464# uses it and who does not. Any list would be out of date as soon as
1465# it was produced. This year daylight saving ended on April 18/19th
1466# and started again on September 12/13th. I do not know what the rule
1467# is, but can find out if you like. We do not change at the same time
1468# as UK or Chile."
1469#
1470# I did have in my notes that the rule was "Second Saturday in Sep at
1471# 0:00 until third Saturday in Apr at 0:00". I think that this does
1472# not agree in some cases with Shanks; is this true?
1473#
1474# Also, there is no mention in the list that some areas in the
1475# Falklands do not use DST. I have found in my communications there
1476# that these areas are on the western half of East Falkland and all of
1477# West Falkland. Stanley is the only place that consistently observes
1478# DST. Again, as in other places in the world, the farmers don't like
1479# it. West Falkland is almost entirely sheep farmers.
1480#
1481# I know one lady there that keeps a list of which farm keeps DST and
1482# which doesn't each year. She runs a shop in Stanley, and says that
1483# the list changes each year. She uses it to communicate to her
1484# customers, catching them when they are home for lunch or dinner.
1485
1486# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05):
1487# For now, we'll just record the time in Stanley, since we have no
1488# better info.
1489
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1490# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-04-01):
1491# The Falkland Islands will not turn back clocks this winter, but stay on
1492# daylight saving time.
1493#
1494# One source:
e01e21dd 1495# http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=5914&source=3
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1496#
1497# We have gotten this confirmed by a clerk of the legislative assembly:
1498# Normally the clocks revert to Local Mean Time (UTC/GMT -4 hours) on the
1499# third Sunday of April at 0200hrs and advance to Summer Time (UTC/GMT -3
1500# hours) on the first Sunday of September at 0200hrs.
1501#
1502# IMPORTANT NOTE: During 2011, on a trial basis, the Falkland Islands
1503# will not revert to local mean time, but clocks will remain on Summer
1504# time (UTC/GMT - 3 hours) throughout the whole of 2011. Any long term
1505# change to local time following the trial period will be notified.
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1506#
1507# From Andrew Newman (2012-02-24)
1508# A letter from Justin McPhee, Chief Executive,
1509# Cable & Wireless Falkland Islands (dated 2012-02-22)
1510# states...
1511# The current Atlantic/Stanley entry under South America expects the
1512# clocks to go back to standard Falklands Time (FKT) on the 15th April.
1513# The database entry states that in 2011 Stanley was staying on fixed
1514# summer time on a trial basis only. FIG need to contact IANA and/or
1515# the maintainers of the database to inform them we're adopting
1516# the same policy this year and suggest recommendations for future years.
1517#
574756e4 1518# For now we will assume permanent -03 for the Falklands
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1519# until advised differently (to apply for 2012 and beyond, after the 2011
1520# experiment was apparently successful.)
b858e488 1521# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
574756e4 1522Rule Falk 1937 1938 - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 1523Rule Falk 1938 1942 - Mar Sun>=19 0:00 0 -
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1524Rule Falk 1939 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 -
1525Rule Falk 1940 1942 - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 1526Rule Falk 1943 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
574756e4 1527Rule Falk 1983 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 1528Rule Falk 1984 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 0 -
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1529Rule Falk 1984 only - Sep 16 0:00 1:00 -
1530Rule Falk 1985 2000 - Sep Sun>=9 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 1531Rule Falk 1986 2000 - Apr Sun>=16 0:00 0 -
e01e21dd 1532Rule Falk 2001 2010 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
574756e4 1533Rule Falk 2001 2010 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 -
21152149 1534# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
984263bc 1535Zone Atlantic/Stanley -3:51:24 - LMT 1890
48afb8ac 1536 -3:51:24 - SMT 1912 Mar 12 # Stanley Mean Time
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1537 -4:00 Falk -04/-03 1983 May
1538 -3:00 Falk -03/-02 1985 Sep 15
1539 -4:00 Falk -04/-03 2010 Sep 5 2:00
1540 -3:00 - -03
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1541
1542# French Guiana
21152149 1543# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
984263bc 1544Zone America/Cayenne -3:29:20 - LMT 1911 Jul
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1545 -4:00 - -04 1967 Oct
1546 -3:00 - -03
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1547
1548# Guyana
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1549
1550# From P Chan (2020-11-27):
1551# https://books.google.com/books?id=5-5CAQAAMAAJ&pg=SA1-PA547
1552# The Official Gazette of British Guiana. (New Series.) Vol. XL. July to
1553# December, 1915, p 1547, lists as several notes:
1554# "Local Mean Time 3 hours 52 mins. 39 secs. slow of Greenwich Mean Time
1555# (Georgetown.) From 1st August, 1911, British Guiana Standard Mean Time 4
1556# hours slow of Greenwich Mean Time, by notice in Official Gazette on 1st July,
1557# 1911. From 1st March, 1915, British Guiana Standard Mean Time 3 hours 45
1558# mins. 0 secs. slow of Greenwich Mean Time, by notice in Official Gazette on
1559# 23rd January, 1915."
1560#
1561# https://parliament.gov.gy/documents/acts/10923-act_no._27_of_1975_-_interpretation_and_general_clauses_(amendment)_act_1975.pdf
1562# Interpretation and general clauses (Amendment) Act 1975 (Act No. 27 of 1975)
1563# [dated 1975-07-31]
1564# "This Act...shall come into operation on 1st August, 1975."
1565# "...where any expression of time occurs...the time referred to shall signify
1566# the standard time of Guyana which shall be three hours behind Greenwich Mean
1567# Time."
1568#
1569# Circular No. 10/1992 dated 1992-03-20
1570# https://dps.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1992-03-20-Circular-010.pdf
1571# "...cabinet has decided that with effect from Sunday 29th March, 1992, Guyana
1572# Standard Time would be re-established at 01:00 hours by adjusting the hands
1573# of the clock back to 24:00 hours."
1574# Legislated in the Interpretation and general clauses (Amendment) Act 1992
1575# (Act No. 6 of 1992) [passed 1992-03-27, published 1992-04-18]
1576# https://parliament.gov.gy/documents/acts/5885-6_of_1992_interpretation_and_general_clauses_(amendment)_act_1992.pdf
1577
21152149 1578# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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1579Zone America/Guyana -3:52:39 - LMT 1911 Aug 1 # Georgetown
1580 -4:00 - -04 1915 Mar 1
1581 -3:45 - -0345 1975 Aug 1
1582 -3:00 - -03 1992 Mar 29 1:00
83b0991f 1583 -4:00 - -04
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1584
1585# Paraguay
d1bcb6be 1586#
bd7414aa 1587# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
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1588# Shanks & Pottenger say that spring transitions are 01:00 -> 02:00,
1589# and autumn transitions are 00:00 -> 23:00. Go with pre-1999
984263bc 1590# editions of Shanks, and with the IATA, who say transitions occur at 00:00.
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1591#
1592# From Waldemar Villamayor-Venialbo (2013-09-20):
1593# No time of the day is established for the adjustment, so people normally
1594# adjust their clocks at 0 hour of the given dates.
1595#
b858e488 1596# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
574756e4 1597Rule Para 1975 1988 - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 -
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1598Rule Para 1975 1978 - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
1599Rule Para 1979 1991 - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
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1600Rule Para 1989 only - Oct 22 0:00 1:00 -
1601Rule Para 1990 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 -
1602Rule Para 1991 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 1603Rule Para 1992 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
574756e4 1604Rule Para 1992 only - Oct 5 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 1605Rule Para 1993 only - Mar 31 0:00 0 -
574756e4 1606Rule Para 1993 1995 - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 -
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1607Rule Para 1994 1995 - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 -
1608Rule Para 1996 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
1609# IATA SSIM (2000-02) says 1999-10-10; ignore this for now.
1610# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-02):
1611# I have three independent reports that Paraguay changed to DST this Sunday
1612# (10-01).
1613#
1614# Translated by Gwillim Law (2001-02-27) from
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1615# Noticias, a daily paper in Asunción, Paraguay (2000-10-01):
1616# http://www.diarionoticias.com.py/011000/nacional/naciona1.htm
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1617# Starting at 0:00 today, the clock will be set forward 60 minutes, in
1618# fulfillment of Decree No. 7,273 of the Executive Power.... The time change
1619# system has been operating for several years. Formerly there was a separate
1620# decree each year; the new law has the same effect, but permanently. Every
1621# year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the
1622# clock will be set back on the first Sunday of March.
1623#
574756e4 1624Rule Para 1996 2001 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 -
bd7414aa 1625# IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
984263bc 1626Rule Para 1997 only - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 -
bd7414aa 1627# Shanks & Pottenger say 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but
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1628# (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27).
1629Rule Para 1998 2001 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
1630# From Rives McDow (2002-02-28):
32e0bed6 1631# A decree was issued in Paraguay (No. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the
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1632# dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in
1633# April.
bc95ec93 1634Rule Para 2002 2004 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
574756e4 1635Rule Para 2002 2003 - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 -
bc95ec93 1636#
48afb8ac 1637# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-01-02):
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1638# There are several sources that claim that Paraguay made
1639# a timezone rule change in autumn 2004.
1640# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-01-05):
ff8424c5 1641# Decree 1,867 (2004-03-05)
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1642# From Carlos Raúl Perasso via Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-10-13)
1643# http://www.presidencia.gov.py/decretos/D1867.pdf
574756e4 1644Rule Para 2004 2009 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 -
d9609dfd 1645Rule Para 2005 2009 - Mar Sun>=8 0:00 0 -
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1646# From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2010-02-18):
1647# By decree number 3958 issued yesterday
d9609dfd 1648# http://www.presidencia.gov.py/v1/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/decreto3958.pdf
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1649# Paraguay changes its DST schedule, postponing the March rule to April and
1650# modifying the October date. The decree reads:
1651# ...
1652# Art. 1. It is hereby established that from the second Sunday of the month of
1653# April of this year (2010), the official time is to be set back 60 minutes,
1654# and that on the first Sunday of the month of October, it is to be set
1655# forward 60 minutes, in all the territory of the Paraguayan Republic.
1656# ...
574756e4 1657Rule Para 2010 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 -
aee0b81b 1658Rule Para 2010 2012 - Apr Sun>=8 0:00 0 -
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1659#
1660# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-07):
1661# Paraguay will end DST on 2013-03-24 00:00....
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1662# http://www.ande.gov.py/interna.php?id=1075
1663#
48afb8ac 1664# From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2013-03-15):
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1665# The change in Paraguay is now final. Decree number 10780
1666# http://www.presidencia.gov.py/uploads/pdf/presidencia-3b86ff4b691c79d4f5927ca964922ec74772ce857c02ca054a52a37b49afc7fb.pdf
48afb8ac 1667# From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2014-02-28):
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1668# Decree 1264 can be found at:
1669# http://www.presidencia.gov.py/archivos/documentos/DECRETO1264_ey9r8zai.pdf
aee0b81b 1670Rule Para 2013 max - Mar Sun>=22 0:00 0 -
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21152149 1672# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
984263bc 1673Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890
48afb8ac 1674 -3:50:40 - AMT 1931 Oct 10 # Asunción Mean Time
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1675 -4:00 - -04 1972 Oct
1676 -3:00 - -03 1974 Apr
1677 -4:00 Para -04/-03
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1678
1679# Peru
ba5ba9da 1680#
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1681# From Evelyn C. Leeper via Mark Brader (2003-10-26)
1682# <news:xrGmb.39935$gA1.13896113@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>:
bc95ec93 1683# When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they apparently switched over
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1684# sometime between December 29 and January 3 while we were on the Amazon.
1685#
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1686# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1687# Shanks & Pottenger don't have this transition. Assume 1986 was like 1987.
ba5ba9da 1688
b858e488 1689# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
574756e4 1690Rule Peru 1938 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 1691Rule Peru 1938 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
574756e4 1692Rule Peru 1938 1939 - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 1693Rule Peru 1939 1940 - Mar Sun>=24 0:00 0 -
574756e4 1694Rule Peru 1986 1987 - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 -
ba5ba9da 1695Rule Peru 1986 1987 - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
574756e4 1696Rule Peru 1990 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 1697Rule Peru 1990 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
bd7414aa 1698# IATA is ambiguous for 1993/1995; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
574756e4 1699Rule Peru 1994 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 1700Rule Peru 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
21152149 1701# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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1702Zone America/Lima -5:08:12 - LMT 1890
1703 -5:08:36 - LMT 1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time?
83b0991f 1704 -5:00 Peru -05/-04
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1706# South Georgia
21152149 1707# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
48afb8ac 1708Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 - LMT 1890 # Grytviken
83b0991f 1709 -2:00 - -02
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1711# South Sandwich Is
1712# uninhabited; scientific personnel have wintered
1713
1714# Suriname
21152149 1715# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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1716Zone America/Paramaribo -3:40:40 - LMT 1911
1717 -3:40:52 - PMT 1935 # Paramaribo Mean Time
48afb8ac 1718 -3:40:36 - PMT 1945 Oct # The capital moved?
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1719 -3:30 - -0330 1984 Oct
1720 -3:00 - -03
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1721
1722# Trinidad and Tobago
65adea1d 1723# See America/Puerto_Rico.
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984263bc 1725# Uruguay
9ffe4b14 1726# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
984263bc 1727# Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules.
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1728#
1729# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-20), per Jeremie Bonjour (2018-01-31) and Michael
1730# Deckers (2018-02-20):
1731# ... At least they kept good records...
1732#
1733# http://www.armada.mil.uy/ContenidosPDFs/sohma/web/almanaque/almanaque_2018.pdf#page=36
1734# Page 36 of Almanaque 2018, published by the Oceanography, Hydrography, and
1735# Meteorology Service of the Uruguayan Navy, seems to give many transitions
1736# with greater clarity than we've had before. It directly references many laws
1737# and decrees which are, in turn, referenced below. They can be viewed in the
1738# public archives of the Diario Oficial (in Spanish) at
1739# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/
1740#
1741# Ley No. 3920 of 1908-06-10 placed the determination of legal time under the
1742# auspices of the National Institute for the Prediction of Time. It is unclear
1743# exactly what offset was used during this period, though Ley No. 7200 of
1744# 1920-04-23 used the Observatory of the National Meteorological Institute in
1745# Montevideo (34° 54' 33" S, 56° 12' 45" W) as its reference meridian,
1746# retarding legal time by 15 minutes 9 seconds from 1920-04-30 24:00,
1747# resulting in UT-04. Assume the corresponding LMT of UT-03:44:51 (given on
1748# page 725 of the Proceedings of the Second Pan-American Scientific Congress,
1749# 1915-1916) was in use, and merely became official from 1908-06-10.
1750# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1908/06/18/12
1751# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1920/04/27/9
1752#
1753# Ley No. 7594 of 1923-06-28 specified legal time as Observatory time advanced
1754# by 44 minutes 51 seconds (UT-03) "from 30 September to 31 March", and by 14
1755# minutes 51 seconds (UT-03:30) "the rest of the year"; a message from the
1756# National Council of Administration the same day, published directly below the
1757# law in the Diario Oficial, specified the first transition to be 1923-09-30
1758# 24:00. This effectively established standard time at UT-03:30 with 30
1759# minutes DST. Assume transitions at 24:00 on the specified days until Ley No.
1760# 7919 of 1926-03-05 ended this arrangement, repealing all "laws and other
1761# provisions which oppose" it, resulting in year-round UT-03:30; a Resolución
1762# of 1926-03-11 puts the final transition at 1926-03-31 24:00, the same as it
1763# would have been under the previous law.
1764# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1923/07/02/2
1765# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1926/03/10/2
1766# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1926/03/18/2
1767#
b858e488 1768# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
574756e4 1769Rule Uruguay 1923 1925 - Oct 1 0:00 0:30 -
984263bc 1770Rule Uruguay 1924 1926 - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
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1771# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1772# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1933/10/27/6
1773#
1774# It appears Ley No. 9122 of 1933 was never published as such in the Diario
1775# Oficial, but instead appeared as Document 26 in the Diario on Friday
1776# 1933-10-27 as a decree made Monday 1933-10-23 and filed under the Ministry of
1777# National Defense. It reinstituted a DST of 30 minutes (to UT-03) "from the
1778# last Sunday of October...until the last Saturday of March." In accordance
1779# with this provision, the first transition was explicitly specified in Article
1780# 2 of the decree as Saturday 1933-10-28 at 24:00; that is, Sunday 1933-10-29
1781# at 00:00. Assume transitions at 00:00 Sunday throughout.
1782#
1783# Departing from the matter-of-fact nature of previous timekeeping laws, the
1784# 1933 decree "consider[s] the advantages of...the advance of legal time":
1785#
1786# "Whereas: The measure adopted by almost all nations at the time of the last
1787# World War still persists in North America and Europe, precisely because of
1788# the economic, hygienic, and social advantages derived from such an
1789# emergency measure...
1790#
1791# Whereas: The advance of the legal time during the summer seasons, by
1792# displacing social activity near sunrise, favors the citizen populations
1793# and especially the society that creates and works..."
1794#
1795# It further specified that "necessary measures" be taken to ensure that
1796# "public spectacles finish, in general, before [01:00]."
1797Rule Uruguay 1933 1938 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 -
1798Rule Uruguay 1934 1941 - Mar lastSat 24:00 0 -
1799# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1800# Most of the Rules below, and their contemporaneous Zone lines, have been
1801# updated simply to match the Almanaque 2018. Although the document does not
1802# list exact transition times, midnight transitions were already present in our
1803# data here for all transitions through 2004-09, and this is both consistent
1804# with prior transitions and verified in several decrees marked below between
1805# 1939-09 and 2004-09, wherein the relevant text was typically of the form:
1806#
1807# "From 0 hours on [date], the legal time of the entire Republic will be...
1808#
1809# In accordance with [the preceding], on [previous date] at 24 hours, all
1810# clocks throughout the Republic will be [advanced/retarded] by..."
1811#
1812# It is possible that there is greater specificity to be found for the Rules
1813# below, but it is buried in no fewer than 40 different decrees individually
1814# referenced by the Almanaque for the period from 1939-09 to 2014-09.
1815# Four-fifths of these were promulgated less than two weeks before taking
1816# effect; more than half within a week and none more than 5 weeks. Only the
1817# handful with comments below have been checked with any thoroughness.
1818Rule Uruguay 1939 only - Oct 1 0:00 0:30 -
1819Rule Uruguay 1940 only - Oct 27 0:00 0:30 -
1820# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1821# Decreto 1145 of the Ministry of National Defense, dated 1941-07-26, specified
1822# UT-03 from Friday 1941-08-01 00:00, citing an "urgent...need to save fuel".
1823# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1941/08/04/1
1824Rule Uruguay 1941 only - Aug 1 0:00 0:30 -
1825# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1826# Decreto 1866 of the Ministry of National Defense, dated 1942-12-09, specified
1827# further advancement (to UT-02:30) from Sunday 1942-12-13 24:00. Since clocks
1828# never went back to UT-03:30 thereafter, this is modeled as advancing standard
1829# time by 30 minutes to UT-03, while retaining 30 minutes of DST.
1830# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1942/12/16/3
1831Rule Uruguay 1942 only - Dec 14 0:00 0:30 -
984263bc 1832Rule Uruguay 1943 only - Mar 14 0:00 0 -
574756e4 1833Rule Uruguay 1959 only - May 24 0:00 0:30 -
984263bc 1834Rule Uruguay 1959 only - Nov 15 0:00 0 -
574756e4 1835Rule Uruguay 1960 only - Jan 17 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 1836Rule Uruguay 1960 only - Mar 6 0:00 0 -
574756e4 1837Rule Uruguay 1965 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 1838Rule Uruguay 1965 only - Sep 26 0:00 0 -
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1839# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1840# Decreto 321/968 of 1968-05-25, citing emergency drought measures decreed the
1841# day before, brought clocks forward 30 minutes from Monday 1968-05-27 00:00.
1842# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1968/05/30/5
1843Rule Uruguay 1968 only - May 27 0:00 0:30 -
1844Rule Uruguay 1968 only - Dec 1 0:00 0 -
1845# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1846# Decreto 188/970 of 1970-04-23 instituted restrictions on electricity
1847# consumption "as a consequence of the current rainfall regime in the country".
1848# Articles 13 and 14 advanced clocks by an hour from Saturday 1970-04-25 00:00.
1849# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1970/04/29/4
1850Rule Uruguay 1970 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 -
1851Rule Uruguay 1970 only - Jun 14 0:00 0 -
1852Rule Uruguay 1972 only - Apr 23 0:00 1:00 -
1853Rule Uruguay 1972 only - Jul 16 0:00 0 -
1854# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1855# Decreto 29/974 of 1974-01-11, citing "the international rise in the price of
1856# oil", advanced clocks by 90 minutes (to UT-01:30). Decreto 163/974 of
1857# 1974-03-04 returned 60 of those minutes (to UT-02:30), and the remaining 30
1858# minutes followed in Decreto 679/974 of 1974-08-29.
1859# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1974/01/22/11
1860# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1974/03/14/3
1861# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1974/09/04/6
1862Rule Uruguay 1974 only - Jan 13 0:00 1:30 -
1863Rule Uruguay 1974 only - Mar 10 0:00 0:30 -
1864Rule Uruguay 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
1865Rule Uruguay 1974 only - Dec 22 0:00 1:00 -
1866Rule Uruguay 1975 only - Mar 30 0:00 0 -
1867Rule Uruguay 1976 only - Dec 19 0:00 1:00 -
1868Rule Uruguay 1977 only - Mar 6 0:00 0 -
1869Rule Uruguay 1977 only - Dec 4 0:00 1:00 -
1870Rule Uruguay 1978 1979 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
1871Rule Uruguay 1978 only - Dec 17 0:00 1:00 -
1872Rule Uruguay 1979 only - Apr 29 0:00 1:00 -
1873Rule Uruguay 1980 only - Mar 16 0:00 0 -
1874# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1875# Decreto 725/987 of 1987-12-04 cited "better use of national tourist
1876# attractions" to advance clocks one hour from Monday 1987-12-14 00:00.
1877# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1988/01/25/1
1878Rule Uruguay 1987 only - Dec 14 0:00 1:00 -
1879Rule Uruguay 1988 only - Feb 28 0:00 0 -
1880Rule Uruguay 1988 only - Dec 11 0:00 1:00 -
1881Rule Uruguay 1989 only - Mar 5 0:00 0 -
1882Rule Uruguay 1989 only - Oct 29 0:00 1:00 -
1883Rule Uruguay 1990 only - Feb 25 0:00 0 -
1884# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15), per Paul Eggert (1999-11-04):
1885# IATA agrees as below for 1990-10 through 1993-02. Per Almanaque 2018, the
1886# 1992/1993 season appears to be the first in over half a century where DST
1887# both began and ended pursuant to the same decree.
1888Rule Uruguay 1990 1991 - Oct Sun>=21 0:00 1:00 -
1889Rule Uruguay 1991 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
1890Rule Uruguay 1992 only - Oct 18 0:00 1:00 -
984263bc 1891Rule Uruguay 1993 only - Feb 28 0:00 0 -
bc95ec93 1892# From Eduardo Cota (2004-09-20):
48afb8ac 1893# The Uruguayan government has decreed a change in the local time....
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1894# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1895# Decreto 328/004 of 2004-09-15.
1896# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2004/09/23/documentos.pdf#page=1
1897Rule Uruguay 2004 only - Sep 19 0:00 1:00 -
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1898# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-03-11):
1899# Uruguay's DST was scheduled to end on Sunday, 2005-03-13, but in order to
1900# save energy ... it was postponed two weeks....
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1901# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1902# This 2005 postponement is not in Almanaque 2018. Go with the contemporaneous
1903# reporting, which is confirmed by Decreto 107/005 of 2005-03-10 amending
1904# Decreto 328/004:
1905# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2005/03/15/documentos.pdf#page=1
1906# The original decree specified a transition of 2005-03-12 24:00, but the new
1907# one specified 2005-03-27 02:00.
bc95ec93 1908Rule Uruguay 2005 only - Mar 27 2:00 0 -
e1e23b59 1909# From Eduardo Cota (2005-09-27):
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1910# ...from 2005-10-09 at 02:00 local time, until 2006-03-12 at 02:00 local time,
1911# official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2.
1912# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1913# Decreto 318/005 of 2005-09-19.
1914# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2005/09/23/documentos.pdf#page=1
1915Rule Uruguay 2005 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 -
1916Rule Uruguay 2006 2015 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 0 -
1917# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15), per Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-09-06):
1918# Decreto 311/006 of 2006-09-04 established regular DST from the first Sunday
1919# of October at 02:00 through the second Sunday of March at 02:00. Almanaque
1920# 2018 appears to have a few typoed dates through this period; ignore them.
1921# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2006/09/08/documentos.pdf#page=1
1922Rule Uruguay 2006 2014 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 -
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1923# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-06-30):
1924# ... it looks like they will not be using DST the coming summer:
1925# http://www.elobservador.com.uy/gobierno-resolvio-que-no-habra-cambio-horario-verano-n656787
1926# http://www.republica.com.uy/este-ano-no-se-modificara-el-huso-horario-en-uruguay/523760/
1927# From Paul Eggert (2015-06-30):
1928# Apparently restaurateurs complained that DST caused people to go to the beach
1929# instead of out to dinner.
1930# From Pablo Camargo (2015-07-13):
1931# http://archivo.presidencia.gub.uy/sci/decretos/2015/06/cons_min_201.pdf
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1932# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
1933# Decreto 178/015 of 2015-06-29; repeals Decreto 311/006.
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1934
1935# This Zone can be simplified once we assume zic %z.
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1936Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:51 - LMT 1908 Jun 10
1937 -3:44:51 - MMT 1920 May 1 # Montevideo MT
1938 -4:00 - -04 1923 Oct 1
83b0991f 1939 -3:30 Uruguay -0330/-03 1942 Dec 14
574756e4 1940 -3:00 Uruguay -03/-0230 1960
83b0991f 1941 -3:00 Uruguay -03/-02 1968
574756e4 1942 -3:00 Uruguay -03/-0230 1970
83b0991f 1943 -3:00 Uruguay -03/-02 1974
574756e4 1944 -3:00 Uruguay -03/-0130 1974 Mar 10
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1945 -3:00 Uruguay -03/-0230 1974 Dec 22
1946 -3:00 Uruguay -03/-02
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1947
1948# Venezuela
bbe9957d 1949#
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1950# From Paul Eggert (2015-07-28):
1951# For the 1965 transition see Gaceta Oficial No. 27.619 (1964-12-15), p 205.533
1952# http://www.pgr.gob.ve/dmdocuments/1964/27619.pdf
1953#
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1954# From John Stainforth (2007-11-28):
1955# ... the change for Venezuela originally expected for 2007-12-31 has
1956# been brought forward to 2007-12-09. The official announcement was
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1957# published today in the "Gaceta Oficial de la República Bolivariana
1958# de Venezuela, número 38.819" (official document for all laws or
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1959# resolution publication)
1960# http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=72208
bbe9957d 1961
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1962# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-04-15):
1963# https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/204758-venezuela-modificar-huso-horario-sequia-elnino
1964#
1965# From Paul Eggert (2016-04-15):
a1b6a6c6 1966# Clocks advance 30 minutes on 2016-05-01 at 02:30....
d6c80b25 1967# "'Venezuela's new time-zone: hours without light, hours without water,
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1968# hours of presidential broadcasts, hours of lines,' quipped comedian
1969# Jean Mary Curró ...". See: Cawthorne A, Kai D. Venezuela scraps
d6c80b25 1970# half-hour time difference set by Chavez. Reuters 2016-04-15 14:50 -0400
e4ac9488 1971# https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-timezone-idUSKCN0XC2BE
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1972#
1973# From Matt Johnson (2016-04-20):
1974# ... published in the official Gazette [2016-04-18], here:
1975# http://historico.tsj.gob.ve/gaceta_ext/abril/1842016/E-1842016-4551.pdf
d6c80b25 1976
21152149 1977# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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1978Zone America/Caracas -4:27:44 - LMT 1890
1979 -4:27:40 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time?
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1980 -4:30 - -0430 1965 Jan 1 0:00
1981 -4:00 - -04 2007 Dec 9 3:00
1982 -4:30 - -0430 2016 May 1 2:30
1983 -4:00 - -04