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@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@ +2008-04-10 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> + + * timzeone/asia: Update from tzdata2008b. + * timezone/backward: Likewise. + * timezone/europe: Likewise. + * timezone/northamerica: Likewise. + * timezone/southamerica: Likewise. + * timezone/iso3166.tab: Likewise. + * timezone/leapseconds: Likewise. + * timezone/zone.tab: Likewise. + * timezone/private.h: Update from tzcode2008a. + * timezone/zdump.c: Likewise. + * timezone/zic.c: Likewise. + 2008-01-24 Steven Munroe <sjmunroe@us.ibm.com> [BZ #5741] diff --git a/timezone/asia b/timezone/asia index 3007414a7f..70f1515321 100644 --- a/timezone/asia +++ b/timezone/asia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)asia 8.12 +# @(#)asia 8.18 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -446,13 +446,13 @@ Zone Asia/Dili 8:22:20 - LMT 1912 # India # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Calcutta 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata +Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1880 # Kolkata 5:53:20 - HMT 1941 Oct # Howrah Mean Time? 6:30 - BURT 1942 May 15 # Burma Time 5:30 - IST 1942 Sep 5:30 1:00 IST 1945 Oct 15 5:30 - IST -# The following are like Asia/Calcutta: +# The following are like Asia/Kolkata: # Andaman Is # Lakshadweep (Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Is) # Nicobar Is @@ -577,6 +577,15 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura 9:22:48 - LMT 1932 Nov # daylight saving time ... # http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKBLA65048420070916 # +# From Roozbeh Pournader (2007-11-05): +# This is quoted from Official Gazette of the Islamic Republic of +# Iran, Volume 63, Number 18242, dated Tuesday 1386/6/24 +# [2007-10-16]. I am doing the best translation I can:... +# The official time of the country will be moved forward for one hour +# on the 24 hours of the first day of the month of Farvardin and will +# be changed back to its previous state on the 24 hours of the +# thirtieth day of Shahrivar. +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Iran 1978 1980 - Mar 21 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iran 1978 only - Oct 21 0:00 0 S @@ -651,6 +660,21 @@ Zone Asia/Tehran 3:25:44 - LMT 1916 # # So we'll ignore the Economist's claim. +# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-10): +# The cabinet in Iraq abolished DST last week, according to the following +# news sources (in Arabic): +# <a href="http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html"> +# http://www.aljeeran.net/wesima_articles/news-20080305-98602.html +# </a> +# <a href="http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10"> +# http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/article.tpl?id=2047&IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=71743&NrIssue=1&NrSection=10 +# </a> +# +# We have published a short article in English about the change: +# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html"> +# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html +# </a> + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Iraq 1982 only - May 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Iraq 1982 1984 - Oct 1 0:00 0 S @@ -661,8 +685,8 @@ Rule Iraq 1986 1990 - Mar lastSun 1:00s 1:00 D # IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo. # Shanks & Pottenger say Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997; ignore this. # -Rule Iraq 1991 max - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D -Rule Iraq 1991 max - Oct 1 3:00s 0 S +Rule Iraq 1991 2007 - Apr 1 3:00s 1:00 D +Rule Iraq 1991 2007 - Oct 1 3:00s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 2:57:36 - BMT 1918 # Baghdad Mean Time? @@ -1678,7 +1702,7 @@ Zone Asia/Singapore 6:55:25 - LMT 1901 Jan 1 # kept their clocks set five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean # Time (GMT), in line with neighbor India. # From Paul Eggert (2006-04-18): -# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use TZ='Asia/Calcutta', +# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use [TZ='Asia/Kolkata'], # as that zone has agreed with the Tamil areas since our cutoff date of 1970. # From K Sethu (2006-04-25): @@ -1768,10 +1792,62 @@ Rule Syria 2006 only - Sep 22 0:00 0 - # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-29): # Today the AP reported "Syria will switch to summertime at midnight Thursday." # http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/29/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Time-Change.php -# For lack of better info, assume the rule changed to "last Friday in March" -# this year. -Rule Syria 2007 max - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Syria 2007 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 - +Rule Syria 2007 only - Mar lastFri 0:00 1:00 S +# From Jesper Norgard (2007-10-27): +# The sister center ICARDA of my work CIMMYT is confirming that Syria DST will +# not take place 1.st November at 0:00 o'clock but 1.st November at 24:00 or +# rather Midnight between Thursday and Friday. This does make more sence than +# having it between Wednesday and Thursday (two workdays in Syria) since the +# weekend in Syria is not Saturday and Sunday, but Friday and Saturday. So now +# it is implemented at midnight of the last workday before weekend... +# +# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-10-27): +# Jesper Norgaard Welen wrote: +# +# > "Winter local time in Syria will be observed at midnight of Thursday 1 +# > November 2007, and the clock will be put back 1 hour." +# +# I found confirmation on this in this gov.sy-article (Arabic): +# http://wehda.alwehda.gov.sy/_print_veiw.asp?FileName=12521710520070926111247 +# +# which using Google's translate tools says: +# Council of Ministers also approved the commencement of work on +# identifying the winter time as of Friday, 2/11/2007 where the 60th +# minute delay at midnight Thursday 1/11/2007. +Rule Syria 2007 only - Nov Fri>=1 0:00 0 - + +# From Stephen Colebourne (2008-03-17): +# For everyone's info, I saw an IATA time zone change for [Syria] for +# this month (March 2008) in the last day or so...This is the data IATA +# are now using: +# Country Time Standard --- DST Start --- --- DST End --- DST +# Name Zone Variation Time Date Time Date +# Variation +# Syrian Arab +# Republic SY +0200 2200 03APR08 2100 30SEP08 +0300 +# 2200 02APR09 2100 30SEP09 +0300 +# 2200 01APR10 2100 30SEP10 +0300 + +# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-17): +# Here's a link to English-language coverage by the Syrian Arab News +# Agency (SANA)... +# <a href="http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm"> +# http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2008/03/11/165173.htm +# </a>...which reads (in part) "The Cabinet approved the suggestion of the +# Ministry of Electricity to begin daylight savings time on Friday April +# 4th, advancing clocks one hour ahead on midnight of Thursday April 3rd." +# Since Syria is two hours east of UTC, the 2200 and 2100 transition times +# shown above match up with midnight in Syria. + +# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18): +# My buest guess at a Syrian rule is "the Friday nearest April 1"; +# coding that involves either using a "Mar Fri>=29" construct that old time zone +# compilers can't handle or having multiple Rules (a la Israel). +# For now, use "Apr Fri>=1", and go with IATA on a uniform Sep 30 end. + +Rule Syria 2008 max - Apr Fri>=1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Syria 2008 max - Oct 1 0:00 0 - + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Asia/Damascus 2:25:12 - LMT 1920 # Dimashq 2:00 Syria EE%sT @@ -1825,13 +1901,13 @@ Zone Asia/Tashkent 4:37:12 - LMT 1924 May 2 # Vietnam -# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18): -# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long. -# We'll stick with the traditional name for now. +# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-18): +# The English-language name of Vietnam's most populous city is "Ho Chi Min City"; +# we use Ho_Chi_Minh below to avoid a name of more than 14 characters. # From Shanks & Pottenger: # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Saigon 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 +Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh 7:06:40 - LMT 1906 Jun 9 7:06:20 - SMT 1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT? 7:00 - ICT 1912 May 8:00 - ICT 1931 May diff --git a/timezone/backward b/timezone/backward index 7c922604e2..a65991c2dd 100644 --- a/timezone/backward +++ b/timezone/backward @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)backward 8.3 +# @(#)backward 8.6 # This file provides links between current names for time zones # and their old names. Many names changed in late 1993. @@ -24,12 +24,15 @@ Link America/St_Thomas America/Virgin Link Asia/Ashgabat Asia/Ashkhabad Link Asia/Chongqing Asia/Chungking Link Asia/Dhaka Asia/Dacca +Link Asia/Kolkata Asia/Calcutta Link Asia/Macau Asia/Macao Link Asia/Jerusalem Asia/Tel_Aviv +Link Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh Asia/Saigon Link Asia/Thimphu Asia/Thimbu Link Asia/Makassar Asia/Ujung_Pandang Link Asia/Ulaanbaatar Asia/Ulan_Bator Link Atlantic/Faroe Atlantic/Faeroe +Link Europe/Oslo Atlantic/Jan_Mayen Link Australia/Sydney Australia/ACT Link Australia/Sydney Australia/Canberra Link Australia/Lord_Howe Australia/LHI diff --git a/timezone/europe b/timezone/europe index 60290ddc5a..73eed00fc2 100644 --- a/timezone/europe +++ b/timezone/europe @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)europe 8.11 +# @(#)europe 8.12 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -1714,7 +1714,6 @@ Zone Europe/Oslo 0:43:00 - LMT 1895 Jan 1 # come up with more definitive info about the timekeeping during the # war years it's probably best just do do the following for now: Link Europe/Oslo Arctic/Longyearbyen -Link Europe/Oslo Atlantic/Jan_Mayen # Poland # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S diff --git a/timezone/iso3166.tab b/timezone/iso3166.tab index 0e985e95b4..8d62399580 100644 --- a/timezone/iso3166.tab +++ b/timezone/iso3166.tab @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ # ISO 3166 alpha-2 country codes # -# @(#)iso3166.tab 8.4 +# @(#)iso3166.tab 8.5 # # From Paul Eggert (2006-09-27): # # This file contains a table with the following columns: # 1. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, current as of -# ISO 3166-1 Newsletter No. V-12 (2006-09-26). See: +# ISO 3166-1 Newsletter VI-1 (2007-09-21). See: # <a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html"> # ISO 3166 Maintenance agency (ISO 3166/MA) # </a>. @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ BG Bulgaria BH Bahrain BI Burundi BJ Benin +BL St Barthelemy BM Bermuda BN Brunei BO Bolivia @@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ MA Morocco MC Monaco MD Moldova ME Montenegro +MF St Martin (French part) MG Madagascar MH Marshall Islands MK Macedonia diff --git a/timezone/leapseconds b/timezone/leapseconds index 583451e49e..35df858d79 100644 --- a/timezone/leapseconds +++ b/timezone/leapseconds @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)leapseconds 8.4 +# @(#)leapseconds 8.5 # Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file. @@ -46,26 +46,27 @@ Leap 1998 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 2005 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S # INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS) +# # SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE # # SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE -# OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS +# OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS # 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France) # Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26 # FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91 # Internet : services.iers@obspm.fr # -# Paris, 28 June 2007 +# Paris, 18 January 2008 # -# Bulletin C 34 +# Bulletin C 35 # -# To authorities responsible +# To authorities responsible # for the measurement and -# distribution of time +# distribution of time # # INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI # -# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2007. +# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2008. # The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the # International Atomic Time TAI is : # @@ -77,6 +78,6 @@ Leap 2005 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S # will be no time step at the next possible date. # # Daniel GAMBIS -# Director -# Earth Orientation Center of IERS +# Head +# Earth Orientation Center of the IERS # Observatoire de Paris, France diff --git a/timezone/northamerica b/timezone/northamerica index 73e13a5200..60e5d51e00 100644 --- a/timezone/northamerica +++ b/timezone/northamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)northamerica 8.18 +# @(#)northamerica 8.23 # <pre> # also includes Central America and the Caribbean @@ -2187,6 +2187,69 @@ Zone America/Costa_Rica -5:36:20 - LMT 1890 # San Jose # says Cuban clocks will advance at midnight on March 10. # For lack of better information, assume Cuba will use US rules, # except that it switches at midnight standard time as usual. +# +# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-10-25): +# Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz informed me that Cuba will end DST one week +# earlier - on the last Sunday of October, just like in 2006. +# +# He supplied these references: +# +# http://www.prensalatina.com.mx/article.asp?ID=%7B4CC32C1B-A9F7-42FB-8A07-8631AFC923AF%7D&language=ES +# http://actualidad.terra.es/sociedad/articulo/cuba_llama_ahorrar_energia_cambio_1957044.htm +# +# From Alex Kryvenishev (2007-10-25): +# Here is also article from Granma (Cuba): +# +# [Regira] el Horario Normal desde el [proximo] domingo 28 de octubre +# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2007/10/24/nacional/artic07.html +# +# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_cuba03.html + +# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-09): +# I'm in Maryland which is now observing United States Eastern Daylight +# Time. At 9:44 local time I used RealPlayer to listen to +# <a href="http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj"> +# http://media.enet.cu/radioreloj +# </a>, a Cuban information station, and heard +# the time announced as "ocho cuarenta y cuatro" ("eight forty-four"), +# indicating that Cuba is still on standard time. + +# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-12): +# It seems that Cuba will start DST on Sunday, 2007-03-16... +# It was announced yesterday, according to this source (in Spanish): +# <a href="http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm"> +# http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/marzo-2008/cien-1-11-3-08.htm +# </a> +# +# Some more background information is posted here: +# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html"> +# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html +# </a> +# +# The article also says that Cuba has been observing DST since 1963, +# while Shanks (and tzdata) has 1965 as the first date (except in the +# 1940's). Many other web pages in Cuba also claim that it has been +# observed since 1963, but with the exception of 1970 - an exception +# which is not present in tzdata/Shanks. So there is a chance we need to +# change some historic records as well. +# +# One example: +# <a href="http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm"> +# http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/noticias/mar07/11mar/hor.htm +# </a> + +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-03-13): +# The Cuban time change has just been confirmed on the most authoritative +# web site, the Granma. Please check out +# <a href="http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html"> +# http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/03/13/nacional/artic10.html +# </a> +# +# Basically as expected after Steffen Thorsens information, the change +# will take place midnight between Saturday and Sunday. + +# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-12): +# Assume Sun>=15 (third Sunday) going forward. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Cuba 1928 only - Jun 10 0:00 1:00 D @@ -2218,9 +2281,9 @@ Rule Cuba 1997 only - Oct 12 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 1998 1999 - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D Rule Cuba 1998 2003 - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S Rule Cuba 2000 2006 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D -Rule Cuba 2006 only - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S -Rule Cuba 2007 max - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D -Rule Cuba 2007 max - Nov Sun>=1 0:00s 0 S +Rule Cuba 2006 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S +Rule Cuba 2007 only - Mar Sun>=8 0:00s 1:00 D +Rule Cuba 2008 max - Mar Sun>=15 0:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890 @@ -2287,6 +2350,10 @@ Zone America/Grenada -4:07:00 - LMT 1911 Jul # St George's # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Guadeloupe -4:06:08 - LMT 1911 Jun 8 # Pointe a Pitre -4:00 - AST +# St Barthelemy +Link America/Guadeloupe America/St_Barthelemy +# St Martin (French part) +Link America/Guadeloupe America/Marigot # Guatemala # diff --git a/timezone/southamerica b/timezone/southamerica index bfda827649..43f73d3238 100644 --- a/timezone/southamerica +++ b/timezone/southamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)southamerica 8.12 +# @(#)southamerica 8.19 # <pre> # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, @@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ Rule Arg 1989 1992 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S # which did not result in the switch of a time zone, as they stayed 9 hours # from the International Date Line. Rule Arg 1999 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S -Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - +# From Paul Eggert (2007-12-28): +# DST was set to expire on March 5, not March 3, but since it was converted +# to standard time on March 3 it's more convenient for us to pretend that +# it ended on March 3. +Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar 3 0:00 0 - # # From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01): # We just checked with our Sao Paulo office and they say the government of @@ -140,6 +144,30 @@ Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - # This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina. # We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country. # +# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-12-21): +# A user (Leonardo Chaim) reported that Argentina will adopt DST.... +# all of the country (all Zone-entries) are affected. News reports like +# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/nota.asp?nota_id=973037 indicate +# that Argentina will use DST next year as well, from October to +# March, although exact rules are not given. +# +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-12-26) +# The last hurdle of Argentina DST is over, the proposal was approved in +# the lower chamber too (Deputados) with a vote 192 for and 2 against. +# By the way thanks to Mariano Absatz and Daniel Mario Vega for the link to +# the original scanned proposal, where the dates and the zero hours are +# clear and unambiguous...This is the article about final approval: +# <a href="http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996"> +# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996 +# </a> +# +# From Paul Eggert (2007-12-22): +# For dates after mid-2008, the following rules are my guesses and +# are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all. +Rule Arg 2007 only - Dec 30 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Arg 2008 max - Mar Sun>=15 0:00 0 - +Rule Arg 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S + # From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21): # Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing # its timezone this winter... starting tomorrow night.... @@ -200,6 +228,76 @@ Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000426.html # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000441.html +# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-01-17): +# Here are articles that Argentina Province San Luis is planning to end DST +# as earlier as upcoming Monday January 21, 2008 or February 2008: +# +# Provincia argentina retrasa reloj y marca diferencia con resto del pais +# (Argentine Province delayed clock and mark difference with the rest of the +# country) +# <a href="http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4373&idtel"> +# http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4373&idtel +# </a> +# +# Es inminente que en San Luis atrasen una hora los relojes +# (It is imminent in San Luis clocks one hour delay) +# <a href="http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/vernotae.asp?id_nota=253414"> +# http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/vernotae.asp?id_nota=253414 +# </a> +# +# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html"> +# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html +# </a> + +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-01-18): +# The page of the San Luis provincial government +# <a href="http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812"> +# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812 +# </a> +# confirms what Alex Krivenyshev has earlier sent to the tz +# emailing list about that San Luis plans to return to standard +# time much earlier than the rest of the country. It also +# confirms that upon request the provinces San Juan and Mendoza +# refused to follow San Luis in this change. +# +# The change is supposed to take place Monday the 21.st at 0:00 +# hours. As far as I understand it if this goes ahead, we need +# a new timezone for San Luis (although there are also documented +# independent changes in the southamerica file of San Luis in +# 1990 and 1991 which has not been confirmed). + +# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-01-25): +# Unfortunately the below page has become defunct, about the San Luis +# time change. Perhaps because it now is part of a group of pages "Most +# important pages of 2008." +# +# You can use +# <a href="http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834"> +# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834 +# </a> +# instead it seems. Or use "Buscador" from the main page of the San Luis +# government, and fill in "huso" and click OK, and you will get 3 pages +# from which the first one is identical to the above. + +# From Mariano Absatz (2008-01-28): +# I can confirm that the Province of San Luis (and so far only that +# province) decided to go back to UTC-3 effective midnight Jan 20th 2008 +# (that is, Monday 21st at 0:00 is the time the clocks were delayed back +# 1 hour), and they intend to keep UTC-3 as their timezone all year round +# (that is, unless they change their mind any minute now). +# +# So we'll have to add yet another city to 'southamerica' (I think San +# Luis city is the mos populated city in the Province, so it'd be +# America/Argentina/San_Luis... of course I can't remember if San Luis's +# history of particular changes goes along with Mendoza or San Juan :-( +# (I only remember not being able to collect hard facts about San Luis +# back in 2004, when these provinces changed to UTC-4 for a few days, I +# mailed them personally and never got an answer). + +# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-15): +# Until there's better information, asssume San Luis was like San Juan +# rather than Mendoza (since San Juan has a simpler DST history). + # Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks & Pottenger through 1992, # from the IATA otherwise. As noted below, Shanks & Pottenger say that # America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, but we @@ -214,7 +312,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 - -3:00 - ART + -3:00 Arg AR%sT # # Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC), # Formosa (FM), Salta (SA), Santiago del Estero (SE), Cordoba (CB), @@ -237,7 +335,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 - -3:00 - ART + -3:00 Arg AR%sT # # Tucuman (TM) Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 @@ -250,7 +348,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1 -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 13 |