1 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
   2 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
   3 
   4 # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
   5 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
   6 # tz@iana.org for general use in the future).  For more, please see
   7 # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
   8 
   9 # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31):
  10 #
  11 # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
  12 # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
  13 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
  14 # Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
  15 #
  16 # Gwillim Law writes that a good source
  17 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
  18 # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
  19 # published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
  20 # of the IATA's data after 1990.  Except where otherwise noted,
  21 # IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
  22 #
  23 # For data circa 1899, a common source is:
  24 # Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94.
  25 # http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359
  26 #
  27 # Earlier editions of these tables used the North American style (e.g. ARST and
  28 # ARDT for Argentine Standard and Daylight Time), but the following quote
  29 # suggests that it's better to use European style (e.g. ART and ARST).
  30 #       I suggest the use of _Summer time_ instead of the more cumbersome
  31 #       _daylight-saving time_.  _Summer time_ seems to be in general use
  32 #       in Europe and South America.
  33 #       -- E O Cutler, _New York Times_ (1937-02-14), quoted in
  34 #       H L Mencken, _The American Language: Supplement I_ (1960), p 466
  35 #
  36 # Earlier editions of these tables also used the North American style
  37 # for time zones in Brazil, but this was incorrect, as Brazilians say
  38 # "summer time".  Reinaldo Goulart, a São Paulo businessman active in
  39 # the railroad sector, writes (1999-07-06):
  40 #       The subject of time zones is currently a matter of discussion/debate in
  41 #       Brazil.  Let's say that "the Brasília time" is considered the
  42 #       "official time" because Brasília is the capital city.
  43 #       The other three time zones are called "Brasília time "minus one" or
  44 #       "plus one" or "plus two".  As far as I know there is no such
  45 #       name/designation as "Eastern Time" or "Central Time".
  46 # So I invented the following (English-language) abbreviations for now.
  47 # Corrections are welcome!
  48 #               std     dst
  49 #       -2:00   FNT     FNST    Fernando de Noronha
  50 #       -3:00   BRT     BRST    Brasília
  51 #       -4:00   AMT     AMST    Amazon
  52 #       -5:00   ACT     ACST    Acre
  53 
  54 ###############################################################################
  55 
  56 ###############################################################################
  57 
  58 # Argentina
  59 
  60 # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
  61 # Argentina: first Sunday in October to first Sunday in April since 1976.
  62 # Double Summer time from 1969 to 1974.  Switches at midnight.
  63 
  64 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1988-01-19):
  65 # ARGENTINA           3 H BEHIND   UTC
  66 
  67 # From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
  68 # I am sending modifications to the Argentine time zone table...
  69 # AR was chosen because they are the ISO letters that represent Argentina.
  70 
  71 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
  72 Rule    Arg     1930    only    -       Dec      1      0:00    1:00    S
  73 Rule    Arg     1931    only    -       Apr      1      0:00    0       -
  74 Rule    Arg     1931    only    -       Oct     15      0:00    1:00    S
  75 Rule    Arg     1932    1940    -       Mar      1      0:00    0       -
  76 Rule    Arg     1932    1939    -       Nov      1      0:00    1:00    S
  77 Rule    Arg     1940    only    -       Jul      1      0:00    1:00    S
  78 Rule    Arg     1941    only    -       Jun     15      0:00    0       -
  79 Rule    Arg     1941    only    -       Oct     15      0:00    1:00    S
  80 Rule    Arg     1943    only    -       Aug      1      0:00    0       -
  81 Rule    Arg     1943    only    -       Oct     15      0:00    1:00    S
  82 Rule    Arg     1946    only    -       Mar      1      0:00    0       -
  83 Rule    Arg     1946    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    1:00    S
  84 Rule    Arg     1963    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    0       -
  85 Rule    Arg     1963    only    -       Dec     15      0:00    1:00    S
  86 Rule    Arg     1964    1966    -       Mar      1      0:00    0       -
  87 Rule    Arg     1964    1966    -       Oct     15      0:00    1:00    S
  88 Rule    Arg     1967    only    -       Apr      2      0:00    0       -
  89 Rule    Arg     1967    1968    -       Oct     Sun>=1       0:00    1:00    S
  90 Rule    Arg     1968    1969    -       Apr     Sun>=1       0:00    0       -
  91 Rule    Arg     1974    only    -       Jan     23      0:00    1:00    S
  92 Rule    Arg     1974    only    -       May      1      0:00    0       -
  93 Rule    Arg     1988    only    -       Dec      1      0:00    1:00    S
  94 #
  95 # From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
  96 # These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A.,
  97 # obtaining the data from the:
  98 # Talleres de Hidrografía Naval Argentina
  99 # (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute)
 100 Rule    Arg     1989    1993    -       Mar     Sun>=1       0:00    0       -
 101 Rule    Arg     1989    1992    -       Oct     Sun>=15      0:00    1:00    S
 102 #
 103 # From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
 104 # From this moment on, the law that mandated the daylight saving
 105 # time corrections was derogated and no more modifications
 106 # to the time zones (for daylight saving) are now made.
 107 #
 108 # From Rives McDow (2000-01-10):
 109 # On October 3, 1999, 0:00 local, Argentina implemented daylight savings time,
 110 # which did not result in the switch of a time zone, as they stayed 9 hours
 111 # from the International Date Line.
 112 Rule    Arg     1999    only    -       Oct     Sun>=1       0:00    1:00    S
 113 # From Paul Eggert (2007-12-28):
 114 # DST was set to expire on March 5, not March 3, but since it was converted
 115 # to standard time on March 3 it's more convenient for us to pretend that
 116 # it ended on March 3.
 117 Rule    Arg     2000    only    -       Mar     3       0:00    0       -
 118 #
 119 # From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01):
 120 # We just checked with our São Paulo office and they say the government of
 121 # Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST.
 122 # So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times.
 123 #
 124 # From Fabián L. Arce Jofré (2000-04-04):
 125 # The law that claimed DST for Argentina was derogated by President Fernando
 126 # de la Rúa on March 2, 2000, because it would make people spend more energy
 127 # in the winter time, rather than less.  The change took effect on March 3.
 128 #
 129 # From Mariano Absatz (2001-06-06):
 130 # one of the major newspapers here in Argentina said that the 1999
 131 # Timezone Law (which never was effectively applied) will (would?) be
 132 # in effect.... The article is at
 133 # http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-06/e-01701.htm
 134 # ... The Law itself is "Ley No 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted
 135 # 1999-09-17, and published 1999-09-21.  The official publication is at:
 136 # http://www.boletin.jus.gov.ar/BON/Primera/1999/09-Septiembre/21/PDF/BO21-09-99LEG.PDF
 137 # Regretfully, you have to subscribe (and pay) for the on-line version....
 138 #
 139 # (2001-06-12):
 140 # the timezone for Argentina will not change next Sunday.
 141 # Apparently it will do so on Sunday 24th....
 142 # http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-12/s-03501.htm
 143 #
 144 # (2001-06-25):
 145 # Last Friday (yes, the last working day before the date of the change), the
 146 # Senate annulled the 1999 law that introduced the changes later postponed.
 147 # http://www.clarin.com.ar/diario/2001-06-22/s-03601.htm
 148 # It remains the vote of the Deputies..., but it will be the same....
 149 # This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina.
 150 # We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country.
 151 #
 152 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-12-21):
 153 # A user (Leonardo Chaim) reported that Argentina will adopt DST....
 154 # all of the country (all Zone-entries) are affected.  News reports like
 155 # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/nota.asp?nota_id=973037 indicate
 156 # that Argentina will use DST next year as well, from October to
 157 # March, although exact rules are not given.
 158 #
 159 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2007-12-26)
 160 # The last hurdle of Argentina DST is over, the proposal was approved in
 161 # the lower chamber too (Diputados) with a vote 192 for and 2 against.
 162 # By the way thanks to Mariano Absatz and Daniel Mario Vega for the link to
 163 # the original scanned proposal, where the dates and the zero hours are
 164 # clear and unambiguous...This is the article about final approval:
 165 # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996
 166 #
 167 # From Paul Eggert (2007-12-22):
 168 # For dates after mid-2008, the following rules are my guesses and
 169 # are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
 170 
 171 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-09-05):
 172 # As per message from Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz (Nicaragua),
 173 # Argentina will start DST on Sunday October 19, 2008.
 174 #
 175 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina03.html
 176 # http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 (in spanish)
 177 
 178 # From Rodrigo Severo (2008-10-06):
 179 # Here is some info available at a Gentoo bug related to TZ on Argentina's DST:
 180 # ...
 181 # ------- Comment #1 from [jmdocile]  2008-10-06 16:28 0000 -------
 182 # Hi, there is a problem with timezone-data-2008e and maybe with
 183 # timezone-data-2008f
 184 # Argentinian law [Number] 25.155 is no longer valid.
 185 # http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/60036/norma.htm
 186 # The new one is law [Number] 26.350
 187 # http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136191/norma.htm
 188 # So there is no summer time in Argentina for now.
 189 
 190 # From Mariano Absatz (2008-10-20):
 191 # Decree 1693/2008 applies Law 26.350 for the summer 2008/2009 establishing DST
 192 # in Argentina from 2008-10-19 until 2009-03-15.
 193 # http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=16102008&pi=3&pf=4&s=0&sec=01
 194 #
 195 
 196 # Decree 1705/2008 excepting 12 Provinces from applying DST in the summer
 197 # 2008/2009: Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, La
 198 # Pampa, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego
 199 # http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=17102008&pi=1&pf=1&s=0&sec=01
 200 #
 201 # Press release 235 dated Saturday October 18th, from the Government of the
 202 # Province of Jujuy saying it will not apply DST either (even when it was not
 203 # included in Decree 1705/2008).
 204 # http://www.jujuy.gov.ar/index2/partes_prensa/18_10_08/235-181008.doc
 205 
 206 # From fullinet (2009-10-18):
 207 # As announced in
 208 # http://www.argentina.gob.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=356
 209 # (an official .gob.ar) under title: "Sin Cambio de Hora"
 210 # (English: "No hour change").
 211 #
 212 # "Por el momento, el Gobierno Nacional resolvió no modificar la hora
 213 # oficial, decisión que estaba en estudio para su implementación el
 214 # domingo 18 de octubre. Desde el Ministerio de Planificación se anunció
 215 # que la Argentina hoy, en estas condiciones meteorológicas, no necesita
 216 # la modificación del huso horario, ya que 2009 nos encuentra con
 217 # crecimiento en la producción y distribución energética."
 218 
 219 Rule    Arg     2007    only    -       Dec     30      0:00    1:00    S
 220 Rule    Arg     2008    2009    -       Mar     Sun>=15      0:00    0       -
 221 Rule    Arg     2008    only    -       Oct     Sun>=15      0:00    1:00    S
 222 
 223 # From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21):
 224 # Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing
 225 # its timezone this winter... starting tomorrow night....
 226 # http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040521-27158-normas.pdf
 227 # From Paul Eggert (2004-05-24):
 228 # It's Law No. 7,210.  This change is due to a public power emergency, so for
 229 # now we'll assume it's for this year only.
 230 #
 231 # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-09):
 232 # Hora de verano para la República Argentina
 233 # http://buenasiembra.com.ar/esoterismo/astrologia/hora-de-verano-de-la-republica-argentina-27.html
 234 # says that standard time in Argentina from 1894-10-31
 235 # to 1920-05-01 was -4:16:48.25.  Go with this more-precise value
 236 # over Shanks & Pottenger.
 237 #
 238 # From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-05):
 239 # These media articles from a major newspaper mostly cover the current state:
 240 # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/27/de_604825.asp
 241 # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/28/de_605203.asp
 242 #
 243 # The following eight (8) provinces pulled clocks back to UTC-04:00 at
 244 # midnight Monday May 31st. (that is, the night between 05/31 and 06/01).
 245 # Apparently, all nine provinces would go back to UTC-03:00 at the same
 246 # time in October 17th.
 247 #
 248 # Catamarca, Chubut, La Rioja, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz,
 249 # Tierra del Fuego, Tucumán.
 250 #
 251 # From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-14):
 252 # ... this weekend, the Province of Tucumán decided it'd go back to UTC-03:00
 253 # yesterday midnight (that is, at 24:00 Saturday 12th), since the people's
 254 # annoyance with the change is much higher than the power savings obtained....
 255 #
 256 # From Gwillim Law (2004-06-14):
 257 # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/06/10/de_609078.asp ...
 258 #     "The time change in Tierra del Fuego was a conflicted decision from
 259 #   the start.  The government had decreed that the measure would take
 260 #   effect on June 1, but a normative error forced the new time to begin
 261 #   three days earlier, from a Saturday to a Sunday....
 262 # Our understanding was that the change was originally scheduled to take place
 263 # on June 1 at 00:00 in Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego (and some other
 264 # provinces).  Sunday was May 30, only two days earlier.  So the article
 265 # contains a contradiction.  I would give more credence to the Saturday/Sunday
 266 # date than the "three days earlier" phrase, and conclude that Tierra del
 267 # Fuego set its clocks back at 2004-05-30 00:00.
 268 #
 269 # From Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-05):
 270 # The previous law 7210 which changed the province of Mendoza's time zone
 271 # back in May have been modified slightly in a new law 7277, which set the
 272 # new end date to 2004-09-26 (original date was 2004-10-17).
 273 # http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040924-27244-normas.pdf
 274 #
 275 # From Mariano Absatz (2004-10-05):
 276 # San Juan changed from UTC-03:00 to UTC-04:00 at midnight between
 277 # Sunday, May 30th and Monday, May 31st.  It changed back to UTC-03:00
 278 # at midnight between Saturday, July 24th and Sunday, July 25th....
 279 # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000329.html
 280 # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000426.html
 281 # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000441.html
 282 
 283 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-01-17):
 284 # Here are articles that Argentina Province San Luis is planning to end DST
 285 # as earlier as upcoming Monday January 21, 2008 or February 2008:
 286 #
 287 # Provincia argentina retrasa reloj y marca diferencia con resto del país
 288 # (Argentine Province delayed clock and mark difference with the rest of the
 289 # country)
 290 # http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4373&idtel
 291 #
 292 # Es inminente que en San Luis atrasen una hora los relojes
 293 # (It is imminent in San Luis clocks one hour delay)
 294 # http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/253414/Economia/Es-inminente-que-en-San-Luis-atrasen-una-hora-los-relojes.html
 295 # http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html
 296 
 297 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-01-18):
 298 # The page of the San Luis provincial government
 299 # http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812
 300 # confirms what Alex Krivenyshev has earlier sent to the tz
 301 # emailing list about that San Luis plans to return to standard
 302 # time much earlier than the rest of the country. It also
 303 # confirms that upon request the provinces San Juan and Mendoza
 304 # refused to follow San Luis in this change.
 305 #
 306 # The change is supposed to take place Monday the 21st at 0:00
 307 # hours. As far as I understand it if this goes ahead, we need
 308 # a new timezone for San Luis (although there are also documented
 309 # independent changes in the southamerica file of San Luis in
 310 # 1990 and 1991 which has not been confirmed).
 311 
 312 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-01-25):
 313 # Unfortunately the below page has become defunct, about the San Luis
 314 # time change. Perhaps because it now is part of a group of pages "Most
 315 # important pages of 2008."
 316 #
 317 # You can use
 318 # http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834
 319 # instead it seems. Or use "Buscador" from the main page of the San Luis
 320 # government, and fill in "huso" and click OK, and you will get 3 pages
 321 # from which the first one is identical to the above.
 322 
 323 # From Mariano Absatz (2008-01-28):
 324 # I can confirm that the Province of San Luis (and so far only that
 325 # province) decided to go back to UTC-3 effective midnight Jan 20th 2008
 326 # (that is, Monday 21st at 0:00 is the time the clocks were delayed back
 327 # 1 hour), and they intend to keep UTC-3 as their timezone all year round
 328 # (that is, unless they change their mind any minute now).
 329 #
 330 # So we'll have to add yet another city to 'southamerica' (I think San
 331 # Luis city is the mos populated city in the Province, so it'd be
 332 # America/Argentina/San_Luis... of course I can't remember if San Luis's
 333 # history of particular changes goes along with Mendoza or San Juan :-(
 334 # (I only remember not being able to collect hard facts about San Luis
 335 # back in 2004, when these provinces changed to UTC-4 for a few days, I
 336 # mailed them personally and never got an answer).
 337 
 338 # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-12):
 339 # Unless otherwise specified, data entries are from Shanks & Pottenger through
 340 # 1992, from the IATA otherwise.  As noted below, Shanks & Pottenger say that
 341 # America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, one of which
 342 # was America/San_Luis, but we haven't verified this yet so for now we'll
 343 # keep America/Cordoba a single region rather than splitting it into the
 344 # other 5 subregions.
 345 
 346 # From Mariano Absatz (2009-03-13):
 347 # Yesterday (with our usual 2-day notice) the Province of San Luis
 348 # decided that next Sunday instead of "staying" @utc-03:00 they will go
 349 # to utc-04:00 until the second Saturday in October...
 350 #
 351 # The press release is at
 352 # http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/SL/Paginas/NoticiaDetalle.asp?TemaId=1&InfoPrensaId=3102
 353 # (I couldn't find the decree, but www.sanluis.gov.ar
 354 # is the official page for the Province Government.)
 355 #
 356 # There's also a note in only one of the major national papers ...
 357 # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1107912
 358 #
 359 # The press release says [quick and dirty translation]:
 360 # ... announced that next Sunday, at 00:00, Puntanos (the San Luis
 361 # inhabitants) will have to turn back one hour their clocks
 362 #
 363 # Since then, San Luis will establish its own Province timezone. Thus,
 364 # during 2009, this timezone change will run from 00:00 the third Sunday
 365 # in March until 24:00 of the second Saturday in October.
 366 
 367 # From Mariano Absatz (2009-10-16):
 368 # ...the Province of San Luis is a case in itself.
 369 #
 370 # The Law at
 371 # http://www.diputadossanluis.gov.ar/diputadosasp/paginas/verNorma.asp?NormaID=276
 372 # is ambiguous because establishes a calendar from the 2nd Sunday in
 373 # October at 0:00 thru the 2nd Saturday in March at 24:00 and the
 374 # complement of that starting on the 2nd Sunday of March at 0:00 and
 375 # ending on the 2nd Saturday of March at 24:00.
 376 #
 377 # This clearly breaks every time the 1st of March or October is a Sunday.
 378 #
 379 # IMHO, the "spirit of the Law" is to make the changes at 0:00 on the 2nd
 380 # Sunday of October and March.
 381 #
 382 # The problem is that the changes in the rest of the Provinces that did
 383 # change in 2007/2008, were made according to the Federal Law and Decrees
 384 # that did so on the 3rd Sunday of October and March.
 385 #
 386 # In fact, San Luis actually switched from UTC-4 to UTC-3 last Sunday
 387 # (October 11th) at 0:00.
 388 #
 389 # So I guess a new set of rules, besides "Arg", must be made and the last
 390 # America/Argentina/San_Luis entries should change to use these...
 391 #
 392 # I'm enclosing a patch that does what I say... regretfully, the San Luis
 393 # timezone must be called "WART/WARST" even when most of the time (like,
 394 # right now) WARST == ART... that is, since last Sunday, all the country
 395 # is using UTC-3, but in my patch, San Luis calls it "WARST" and the rest
 396 # of the country calls it "ART".
 397 # ...
 398 
 399 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-09):
 400 # According to news reports from El Diario de la República Province San
 401 # Luis, Argentina (standard time UTC-04) will keep Daylight Saving Time
 402 # after April 11, 2010 - will continue to have same time as rest of
 403 # Argentina (UTC-3) (no DST).
 404 #
 405 # Confirmaron la prórroga del huso horario de verano (Spanish)
 406 # http://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29383&Itemid=9
 407 # or (some English translation):
 408 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina08.html
 409 
 410 # From Mariano Absatz (2010-04-12):
 411 # yes...I can confirm this...and given that San Luis keeps calling
 412 # UTC-03:00 "summer time", we should't just let San Luis go back to "Arg"
 413 # rules...San Luis is still using "Western ARgentina Time" and it got
 414 # stuck on Summer daylight savings time even though the summer is over.
 415 
 416 # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-05):
 417 # Perhaps San Luis operates on the legal fiction that it is at UTC-4
 418 # with perpetual summer time, but ordinary usage typically seems to
 419 # just say it's at UTC-3; see, for example,
 420 # http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hora_oficial_argentina
 421 # We've documented similar situations as being plain changes to
 422 # standard time, so let's do that here too.  This does not change UTC
 423 # offsets, only tm_isdst and the time zone abbreviations.  One minor
 424 # plus is that this silences a zic complaint that there's no POSIX TZ
 425 # setting for time stamps past 2038.
 426 
 427 # From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
 428 # Milne says Córdoba time was -4:16:48.2.  Round to the nearest second.
 429 
 430 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 431 #
 432 # Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF),
 433 Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT      1894 Oct 31
 434                         -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May    # Córdoba Mean Time
 435                         -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
 436                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
 437                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
 438                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
 439                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT
 440 #
 441 # Córdoba (CB), Santa Fe (SF), Entre Ríos (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN),
 442 # Chaco (CC), Formosa (FM), Santiago del Estero (SE)
 443 #
 444 # Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we haven't verified:
 445 # - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
 446 # - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29.
 447 # - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04.
 448 # - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01,
 449 #   then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26.
 450 #
 451 Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT   1894 Oct 31
 452                         -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May
 453                         -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
 454                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
 455                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1991 Mar  3
 456                         -4:00   -       WART    1991 Oct 20
 457                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
 458                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
 459                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT
 460 #
 461 # Salta (SA), La Pampa (LP), Neuquén (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
 462 Zone America/Argentina/Salta -4:21:40 - LMT     1894 Oct 31
 463                         -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May
 464                         -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
 465                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
 466                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1991 Mar  3
 467                         -4:00   -       WART    1991 Oct 20
 468                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
 469                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
 470                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   2008 Oct 18
 471                         -3:00   -       ART
 472 #
 473 # Tucumán (TM)
 474 Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT   1894 Oct 31
 475                         -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May
 476                         -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
 477                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
 478                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1991 Mar  3
 479                         -4:00   -       WART    1991 Oct 20
 480                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
 481                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
 482                         -3:00   -       ART     2004 Jun  1
 483                         -4:00   -       WART    2004 Jun 13
 484                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT
 485 #
 486 # La Rioja (LR)
 487 Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - LMT  1894 Oct 31
 488                         -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May
 489                         -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
 490                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
 491                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1991 Mar  1
 492                         -4:00   -       WART    1991 May  7
 493                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
 494                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
 495                         -3:00   -       ART     2004 Jun  1
 496                         -4:00   -       WART    2004 Jun 20
 497                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   2008 Oct 18
 498                         -3:00   -       ART
 499 #
 500 # San Juan (SJ)
 501 Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT  1894 Oct 31
 502                         -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May
 503                         -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
 504                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
 505                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1991 Mar  1
 506                         -4:00   -       WART    1991 May  7
 507                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
 508                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
 509                         -3:00   -       ART     2004 May 31
 510                         -4:00   -       WART    2004 Jul 25
 511                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   2008 Oct 18
 512                         -3:00   -       ART
 513 #
 514 # Jujuy (JY)
 515 Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT     1894 Oct 31
 516                         -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May
 517                         -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
 518                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
 519                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1990 Mar  4
 520                         -4:00   -       WART    1990 Oct 28
 521                         -4:00   1:00    WARST   1991 Mar 17
 522                         -4:00   -       WART    1991 Oct  6
 523                         -3:00   1:00    ARST    1992
 524                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
 525                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
 526                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   2008 Oct 18
 527                         -3:00   -       ART
 528 #
 529 # Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
 530 Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
 531                         -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May
 532                         -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
 533                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
 534                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1991 Mar  3
 535                         -4:00   -       WART    1991 Oct 20
 536                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
 537                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
 538                         -3:00   -       ART     2004 Jun  1
 539                         -4:00   -       WART    2004 Jun 20
 540                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   2008 Oct 18
 541                         -3:00   -       ART
 542 #
 543 # Mendoza (MZ)
 544 Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT   1894 Oct 31
 545                         -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May
 546                         -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
 547                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
 548                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1990 Mar  4
 549                         -4:00   -       WART    1990 Oct 15
 550                         -4:00   1:00    WARST   1991 Mar  1
 551                         -4:00   -       WART    1991 Oct 15
 552                         -4:00   1:00    WARST   1992 Mar  1
 553                         -4:00   -       WART    1992 Oct 18
 554                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
 555                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
 556                         -3:00   -       ART     2004 May 23
 557                         -4:00   -       WART    2004 Sep 26
 558                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   2008 Oct 18
 559                         -3:00   -       ART
 560 #
 561 # San Luis (SL)
 562 
 563 Rule    SanLuis 2008    2009    -       Mar     Sun>=8       0:00    0       -
 564 Rule    SanLuis 2007    2008    -       Oct     Sun>=8       0:00    1:00    S
 565 
 566 Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT  1894 Oct 31
 567                         -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May
 568                         -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
 569                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
 570                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1990
 571                         -3:00   1:00    ARST    1990 Mar 14
 572                         -4:00   -       WART    1990 Oct 15
 573                         -4:00   1:00    WARST   1991 Mar  1
 574                         -4:00   -       WART    1991 Jun  1
 575                         -3:00   -       ART     1999 Oct  3
 576                         -4:00   1:00    WARST   2000 Mar  3
 577                         -3:00   -       ART     2004 May 31
 578                         -4:00   -       WART    2004 Jul 25
 579                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   2008 Jan 21
 580                         -4:00   SanLuis WAR%sT  2009 Oct 11
 581                         -3:00   -       ART
 582 #
 583 # Santa Cruz (SC)
 584 Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT      1894 Oct 31
 585                         -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May    # Córdoba Mean Time
 586                         -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
 587                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
 588                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
 589                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
 590                         -3:00   -       ART     2004 Jun  1
 591                         -4:00   -       WART    2004 Jun 20
 592                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   2008 Oct 18
 593                         -3:00   -       ART
 594 #
 595 # Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur (TF)
 596 Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT   1894 Oct 31
 597                         -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May    # Córdoba Mean Time
 598                         -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
 599                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
 600                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
 601                         -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
 602                         -3:00   -       ART     2004 May 30
 603                         -4:00   -       WART    2004 Jun 20
 604                         -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   2008 Oct 18
 605                         -3:00   -       ART
 606 
 607 # Aruba
 608 Link America/Curacao America/Aruba
 609 
 610 # Bolivia
 611 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 612 Zone    America/La_Paz  -4:32:36 -      LMT     1890
 613                         -4:32:36 -      CMT     1931 Oct 15 # Calamarca MT
 614                         -4:32:36 1:00   BOST    1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST
 615                         -4:00   -       BOT     # Bolivia Time
 616 
 617 # Brazil
 618 
 619 # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
 620 # The mayor of Rio recently attempted to change the time zone rules
 621 # just in his city, in order to leave more summer time for the tourist trade.
 622 # The rule change lasted only part of the day;
 623 # the federal government refused to follow the city's rules, and business
 624 # was in a chaos, so the mayor backed down that afternoon.
 625 
 626 # From IATA SSIM (1996-02):
 627 # _Only_ the following states in BR1 observe DST: Rio Grande do Sul (RS),
 628 # Santa Catarina (SC), Paraná (PR), São Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ),
 629 # Espírito Santo (ES), Minas Gerais (MG), Bahia (BA), Goiás (GO),
 630 # Distrito Federal (DF), Tocantins (TO), Sergipe [SE] and Alagoas [AL].
 631 # [The last three states are new to this issue of the IATA SSIM.]
 632 
 633 # From Gwillim Law (1996-10-07):
 634 # Geography, history (Tocantins was part of Goiás until 1989), and other
 635 # sources of time zone information lead me to believe that AL, SE, and TO were
 636 # always in BR1, and so the only change was whether or not they observed DST....
 637 # The earliest issue of the SSIM I have is 2/91.  Each issue from then until
 638 # 9/95 says that DST is observed only in the ten states I quoted from 9/95,
 639 # along with Mato Grosso (MT) and Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), which are in BR2
 640 # (UTC-4)....  The other two time zones given for Brazil are BR3, which is
 641 # UTC-5, no DST, and applies only in the state of Acre (AC); and BR4, which is
 642 # UTC-2, and applies to Fernando de Noronha (formerly FN, but I believe it's
 643 # become part of the state of Pernambuco).  The boundary between BR1 and BR2
 644 # has never been clearly stated.  They've simply been called East and West.
 645 # However, some conclusions can be drawn from another IATA manual: the Airline
 646 # Coding Directory, which lists close to 400 airports in Brazil.  For each
 647 # airport it gives a time zone which is coded to the SSIM.  From that
 648 # information, I'm led to conclude that the states of Amapá (AP), Ceará (CE),
 649 # Maranhão (MA), Paraíba (PR), Pernambuco (PE), Piauí (PI), and Rio Grande do
 650 # Norte (RN), and the eastern part of Pará (PA) are all in BR1 without DST.
 651 
 652 # From Marcos Tadeu (1998-09-27):
 653 # Brazilian official page <http://pcdsh01.on.br/verao1.html>
 654 
 655 # From Jesper Nørgaard (2000-11-03):
 656 # [For an official list of which regions in Brazil use which time zones, see:]
 657 # http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbr.htm
 658 # http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbrhv.htm
 659 
 660 # From Celso Doria via David Madeo (2002-10-09):
 661 # The reason for the delay this year has to do with elections in Brazil.
 662 #
 663 # Unlike in the United States, elections in Brazil are 100% computerized and
 664 # the results are known almost immediately.  Yesterday, it was the first
 665 # round of the elections when 115 million Brazilians voted for President,
 666 # Governor, Senators, Federal Deputies, and State Deputies.  Nobody is
 667 # counting (or re-counting) votes anymore and we know there will be a second
 668 # round for the Presidency and also for some Governors.  The 2nd round will
 669 # take place on October 27th.
 670 #
 671 # The reason why the DST will only begin November 3rd is that the thousands
 672 # of electoral machines used cannot have their time changed, and since the
 673 # Constitution says the elections must begin at 8:00 AM and end at 5:00 PM,
 674 # the Government decided to postpone DST, instead of changing the Constitution
 675 # (maybe, for the next elections, it will be possible to change the clock)...
 676 
 677 # From Rodrigo Severo (2004-10-04):
 678 # It's just the biannual change made necessary by the much hyped, supposedly
 679 # modern Brazilian eletronic voting machines which, apparently, can't deal
 680 # with a time change between the first and the second rounds of the elections.
 681 
 682 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-20):
 683 # Brazil will start DST on 2007-10-14 00:00 and end on 2008-02-17 00:00:
 684 # http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do;jsessionid=BBA06811AFCAAC28F0285210913513DA?newsId=13975
 685 
 686 # From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24):
 687 # ...by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 (published in the "Diario
 688 # Oficial da União"...) in Brazil there are changes in the timezones,
 689 # effective today (00:00am at June 24, 2008) as follows:
 690 #
 691 # a) The timezone UTC+5 is extinguished, with all the Acre state and the
 692 # part of the Amazonas state that had this timezone now being put to the
 693 # timezone UTC+4
 694 # b) The whole Pará state now is put at timezone UTC+3, instead of just
 695 # part of it, as was before.
 696 #
 697 # This change follows a proposal of senator Tiao Viana of Acre state, that
 698 # proposed it due to concerns about open television channels displaying
 699 # programs inappropriate to youths in the states that had the timezone
 700 # UTC+5 too early in the night. In the occasion, some more corrections
 701 # were proposed, trying to unify the timezones of any given state. This
 702 # change modifies timezone rules defined in decree 2.784 of 18 June,
 703 # 1913.
 704 
 705 # From Rodrigo Severo (2008-06-24):
 706 # Just correcting the URL:
 707 # https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=do&secao=1&pagina=1&data=25/04/2008
 708 #
 709 # As a result of the above Decree I believe the America/Rio_Branco
 710 # timezone shall be modified from UTC-5 to UTC-4 and a new timezone shall
 711 # be created to represent the...west side of the Pará State. I
 712 # suggest this new timezone be called Santarem as the most
 713 # important/populated city in the affected area.
 714 #
 715 # This new timezone would be the same as the Rio_Branco timezone up to
 716 # the 2008/06/24 change which would be to UTC-3 instead of UTC-4.
 717 
 718 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-24):
 719 # This is a quick reference page for New and Old Brazil Time Zones map.
 720 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php
 721 #
 722 # - 4 time zones replaced by 3 time zones - eliminating time zone UTC-05
 723 # (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT-04) - western
 724 # part of Par state is moving to one timezone UTC-03 (from UTC-04).
 725 
 726 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
 727 # The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
 728 # Decretos sobre o Horário de Verão no Brasil.
 729 # http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html
 730 
 731 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-29):
 732 # As announced by the government and many newspapers in Brazil late
 733 # yesterday, Brazil will start DST on 2008-10-19 (need to change rule) and
 734 # it will end on 2009-02-15 (current rule for Brazil is fine). Based on
 735 # past years experience with the elections, there was a good chance that
 736 # the start was postponed to November, but it did not happen this year.
 737 #
 738 # It has not yet been posted to http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html
 739 #
 740 # An official page about it:
 741 # http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do?newsId=16722
 742 # Note that this link does not always work directly, but must be accessed
 743 # by going to
 744 # http://www.mme.gov.br/first
 745 #
 746 # One example link that works directly:
 747 # http://jornale.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13530&Itemid=54
 748 # (Portuguese)
 749 #
 750 # We have a written a short article about it as well:
 751 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html
 752 #
 753 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-04):
 754 # State Bahia will return to Daylight savings time this year after 8 years off.
 755 # The announcement was made by Governor Jaques Wagner in an interview to a
 756 # television station in Salvador.
 757 
 758 # In Portuguese:
 759 # http://g1.globo.com/bahia/noticia/2011/10/governador-jaques-wagner-confirma-horario-de-verao-na-bahia.html
 760 # http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI5390887-EI8139,00-Bahia+volta+a+ter+horario+de+verao+apos+oito+anos.html
 761 
 762 # From Guilherme Bernardes Rodrigues (2011-10-07):
 763 # There is news in the media, however there is still no decree about it.
 764 # I just send a e-mail to Zulmira Brandao at http://pcdsh01.on.br/ the
 765 # official agency about time in Brazil, and she confirmed that the old rule is
 766 # still in force.
 767 
 768 # From Guilherme Bernardes Rodrigues (2011-10-14)
 769 # It's official, the President signed a decree that includes Bahia in summer
 770 # time.
 771 #        [ and in a second message (same day): ]
 772 # I found the decree.
 773 #
 774 # DECRETO No- 7.584, DE 13 DE OUTUBRO DE 2011
 775 # Link :
 776 # http://www.in.gov.br/visualiza/index.jsp?data=13/10/2011&jornal=1000&pagina=6&totalArquivos=6
 777 
 778 # From Kelley Cook (2012-10-16):
 779 # The governor of state of Bahia in Brazil announced on Thursday that
 780 # due to public pressure, he is reversing the DST policy they implemented
 781 # last year and will not be going to Summer Time on October 21st....
 782 # http://www.correio24horas.com.br/r/artigo/apos-pressoes-wagner-suspende-horario-de-verao-na-bahia
 783 
 784 # From Rodrigo Severo (2012-10-16):
 785 # Tocantins state will have DST.
 786 # http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI6232536-EI306.html
 787 
 788 # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-20):
 789 # Tocantins in Brazil is very likely not to observe DST from October....
 790 # http://conexaoto.com.br/2013/09/18/ministerio-confirma-que-tocantins-esta-fora-do-horario-de-verao-em-2013-mas-falta-publicacao-de-decreto
 791 # We will keep this article updated when this is confirmed:
 792 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-starts-dst-2013.html
 793 
 794 # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-10-17):
 795 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/acre-amazonas-change-time-zone.html
 796 # Senator Jorge Viana announced that Acre will change time zone on November 10.
 797 # He did not specify the time of the change, nor if western parts of Amazonas
 798 # will change as well.
 799 #
 800 # From Paul Eggert (2013-10-17):
 801 # For now, assume western Amazonas will change as well.
 802 
 803 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 804 # Decree 20,466 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm> (1931-10-01)
 805 # Decree 21,896 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm> (1932-01-10)
 806 Rule    Brazil  1931    only    -       Oct      3      11:00   1:00    S
 807 Rule    Brazil  1932    1933    -       Apr      1       0:00   0       -
 808 Rule    Brazil  1932    only    -       Oct      3       0:00   1:00    S
 809 # Decree 23,195 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV23195.htm> (1933-10-10)
 810 # revoked DST.
 811 # Decree 27,496 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27496.htm> (1949-11-24)
 812 # Decree 27,998 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27998.htm> (1950-04-13)
 813 Rule    Brazil  1949    1952    -       Dec      1       0:00   1:00    S
 814 Rule    Brazil  1950    only    -       Apr     16       1:00   0       -
 815 Rule    Brazil  1951    1952    -       Apr      1       0:00   0       -
 816 # Decree 32,308 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV32308.htm> (1953-02-24)
 817 Rule    Brazil  1953    only    -       Mar      1       0:00   0       -
 818 # Decree 34,724 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV34724.htm> (1953-11-30)
 819 # revoked DST.
 820 # Decree 52,700 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV52700.htm> (1963-10-18)
 821 # established DST from 1963-10-23 00:00 to 1964-02-29 00:00
 822 # in SP, RJ, GB, MG, ES, due to the prolongation of the drought.
 823 # Decree 53,071 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53071.htm> (1963-12-03)
 824 # extended the above decree to all of the national territory on 12-09.
 825 Rule    Brazil  1963    only    -       Dec      9       0:00   1:00    S
 826 # Decree 53,604 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53604.htm> (1964-02-25)
 827 # extended summer time by one day to 1964-03-01 00:00 (start of school).
 828 Rule    Brazil  1964    only    -       Mar      1       0:00   0       -
 829 # Decree 55,639 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV55639.htm> (1965-01-27)
 830 Rule    Brazil  1965    only    -       Jan     31       0:00   1:00    S
 831 Rule    Brazil  1965    only    -       Mar     31       0:00   0       -
 832 # Decree 57,303 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57303.htm> (1965-11-22)
 833 Rule    Brazil  1965    only    -       Dec      1       0:00   1:00    S
 834 # Decree 57,843 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57843.htm> (1966-02-18)
 835 Rule    Brazil  1966    1968    -       Mar      1       0:00   0       -
 836 Rule    Brazil  1966    1967    -       Nov      1       0:00   1:00    S
 837 # Decree 63,429 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV63429.htm> (1968-10-15)
 838 # revoked DST.
 839 # Decree 91,698 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV91698.htm> (1985-09-27)
 840 Rule    Brazil  1985    only    -       Nov      2       0:00   1:00    S
 841 # Decree 92,310 (1986-01-21)
 842 # Decree 92,463 (1986-03-13)
 843 Rule    Brazil  1986    only    -       Mar     15       0:00   0       -
 844 # Decree 93,316 (1986-10-01)
 845 Rule    Brazil  1986    only    -       Oct     25       0:00   1:00    S
 846 Rule    Brazil  1987    only    -       Feb     14       0:00   0       -
 847 # Decree 94,922 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV94922.htm> (1987-09-22)
 848 Rule    Brazil  1987    only    -       Oct     25       0:00   1:00    S
 849 Rule    Brazil  1988    only    -       Feb      7       0:00   0       -
 850 # Decree 96,676 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV96676.htm> (1988-09-12)
 851 # except for the states of AC, AM, PA, RR, RO, and AP (then a territory)
 852 Rule    Brazil  1988    only    -       Oct     16       0:00   1:00    S
 853 Rule    Brazil  1989    only    -       Jan     29       0:00   0       -
 854 # Decree 98,077 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV98077.htm> (1989-08-21)
 855 # with the same exceptions
 856 Rule    Brazil  1989    only    -       Oct     15       0:00   1:00    S
 857 Rule    Brazil  1990    only    -       Feb     11       0:00   0       -
 858 # Decree 99,530 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV99530.htm> (1990-09-17)
 859 # adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, GO, MS, DF.
 860 # Decree 99,629 (1990-10-19) adds BA, MT.
 861 Rule    Brazil  1990    only    -       Oct     21       0:00   1:00    S
 862 Rule    Brazil  1991    only    -       Feb     17       0:00   0       -
 863 # Unnumbered decree <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1991.htm> (1991-09-25)
 864 # adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, BA, GO, MT, MS, DF.
 865 Rule    Brazil  1991    only    -       Oct     20       0:00   1:00    S
 866 Rule    Brazil  1992    only    -       Feb      9       0:00   0       -
 867 # Unnumbered decree <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1992.htm> (1992-10-16)
 868 # adopted by same states.
 869 Rule    Brazil  1992    only    -       Oct     25       0:00   1:00    S
 870 Rule    Brazil  1993    only    -       Jan     31       0:00   0       -
 871 # Decree 942 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV942.htm> (1993-09-28)
 872 # adopted by same states, plus AM.
 873 # Decree 1,252 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1252.htm> (1994-09-22;
 874 # web page corrected 2004-01-07) adopted by same states, minus AM.
 875 # Decree 1,636 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1636.htm> (1995-09-14)
 876 # adopted by same states, plus MT and TO.
 877 # Decree 1,674 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1674.htm> (1995-10-13)
 878 # adds AL, SE.
 879 Rule    Brazil  1993    1995    -       Oct     Sun>=11       0:00   1:00    S
 880 Rule    Brazil  1994    1995    -       Feb     Sun>=15       0:00   0       -
 881 Rule    Brazil  1996    only    -       Feb     11       0:00   0       -
 882 # Decree 2,000 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV2000.htm> (1996-09-04)
 883 # adopted by same states, minus AL, SE.
 884 Rule    Brazil  1996    only    -       Oct      6       0:00   1:00    S
 885 Rule    Brazil  1997    only    -       Feb     16       0:00   0       -
 886 # From Daniel C. Sobral (1998-02-12):
 887 # In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that
 888 # because international television networks ignored Brazil's policy on DS,
 889 # they bought the wrong times on satellite for coverage of Pope's visit.
 890 # This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1
 891 # to help dealing with the shortages of electric power.
 892 #
 893 # Decree 2,317 (1997-09-04), adopted by same states.
 894 Rule    Brazil  1997    only    -       Oct      6       0:00   1:00    S
 895 # Decree 2,495 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV2495.JPG>
 896 # (1998-02-10)
 897 Rule    Brazil  1998    only    -       Mar      1       0:00   0       -
 898 # Decree 2,780 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/Hv98.jpg> (1998-09-11)
 899 # adopted by the same states as before.
 900 Rule    Brazil  1998    only    -       Oct     11       0:00   1:00    S
 901 Rule    Brazil  1999    only    -       Feb     21       0:00   0       -
 902 # Decree 3,150 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3150.gif>
 903 # (1999-08-23) adopted by same states.
 904 # Decree 3,188 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV99.gif> (1999-09-30)
 905 # adds SE, AL, PB, PE, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR.
 906 Rule    Brazil  1999    only    -       Oct      3       0:00   1:00    S
 907 Rule    Brazil  2000    only    -       Feb     27       0:00   0       -
 908 # Decree 3,592 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DEC3592.htm> (2000-09-06)
 909 # adopted by the same states as before.
 910 # Decree 3,630 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3630.jpg> (2000-10-13)
 911 # repeals DST in PE and RR, effective 2000-10-15 00:00.
 912 # Decree 3,632 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3632.jpg> (2000-10-17)
 913 # repeals DST in SE, AL, PB, RN, CE, PI and MA, effective 2000-10-22 00:00.
 914 # Decree 3,916 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3916.gif>
 915 # (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
 916 Rule    Brazil  2000    2001    -       Oct     Sun>=8        0:00   1:00    S
 917 Rule    Brazil  2001    2006    -       Feb     Sun>=15       0:00   0       -
 918 # Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
 919 # 4,399 <http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm>
 920 Rule    Brazil  2002    only    -       Nov      3       0:00   1:00    S
 921 # Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO.
 922 # 4,844 <http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm>
 923 Rule    Brazil  2003    only    -       Oct     19       0:00   1:00    S
 924 # Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT.
 925 # 5,223 <http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm>
 926 Rule    Brazil  2004    only    -       Nov      2       0:00   1:00    S
 927 # Decree 5,539 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif> (2005-09-19),
 928 # adopted by the same states as before.
 929 Rule    Brazil  2005    only    -       Oct     16       0:00   1:00    S
 930 # Decree 5,920 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5920.gif> (2006-10-03),
 931 # adopted by the same states as before.
 932 Rule    Brazil  2006    only    -       Nov      5       0:00   1:00    S
 933 Rule    Brazil  2007    only    -       Feb     25       0:00   0       -
 934 # Decree 6,212 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV6212.gif> (2007-09-26),
 935 # adopted by the same states as before.
 936 Rule    Brazil  2007    only    -       Oct     Sun>=8        0:00   1:00    S
 937 # From Frederico A. C. Neves (2008-09-10):
 938 # According to this decree
 939 # http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm
 940 # [t]he DST period in Brazil now on will be from the 3rd Oct Sunday to the
 941 # 3rd Feb Sunday. There is an exception on the return date when this is
 942 # the Carnival Sunday then the return date will be the next Sunday...
 943 Rule    Brazil  2008    max     -       Oct     Sun>=15      0:00    1:00    S
 944 Rule    Brazil  2008    2011    -       Feb     Sun>=15      0:00    0       -
 945 Rule    Brazil  2012    only    -       Feb     Sun>=22      0:00    0       -
 946 Rule    Brazil  2013    2014    -       Feb     Sun>=15      0:00    0       -
 947 Rule    Brazil  2015    only    -       Feb     Sun>=22      0:00    0       -
 948 Rule    Brazil  2016    2022    -       Feb     Sun>=15      0:00    0       -
 949 Rule    Brazil  2023    only    -       Feb     Sun>=22      0:00    0       -
 950 Rule    Brazil  2024    2025    -       Feb     Sun>=15      0:00    0       -
 951 Rule    Brazil  2026    only    -       Feb     Sun>=22      0:00    0       -
 952 Rule    Brazil  2027    2033    -       Feb     Sun>=15      0:00    0       -
 953 Rule    Brazil  2034    only    -       Feb     Sun>=22      0:00    0       -
 954 Rule    Brazil  2035    2036    -       Feb     Sun>=15      0:00    0       -
 955 Rule    Brazil  2037    only    -       Feb     Sun>=22      0:00    0       -
 956 # From Arthur David Olson (2008-09-29):
 957 # The next is wrong in some years but is better than nothing.
 958 Rule    Brazil  2038    max     -       Feb     Sun>=15      0:00    0       -
 959 
 960 # The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST:
 961 # DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.
 962 
 963 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 964 #
 965 # Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE)
 966 Zone America/Noronha    -2:09:40 -      LMT     1914
 967                         -2:00   Brazil  FN%sT   1990 Sep 17
 968                         -2:00   -       FNT     1999 Sep 30
 969                         -2:00   Brazil  FN%sT   2000 Oct 15
 970                         -2:00   -       FNT     2001 Sep 13
 971                         -2:00   Brazil  FN%sT   2002 Oct  1
 972                         -2:00   -       FNT
 973 # Other Atlantic islands have no permanent settlement.
 974 # These include Trindade and Martim Vaz (administratively part of ES),
 975 # Rocas Atoll (RN), and the St Peter and St Paul Archipelago (PE).
 976 # Fernando de Noronha was a separate territory from 1942-09-02 to 1989-01-01;
 977 # it also included the Penedos.
 978 #
 979 # Amapá (AP), east Pará (PA)
 980 # East Pará includes Belém, Marabá, Serra Norte, and São Félix do Xingu.
 981 # The division between east and west Pará is the river Xingu.
 982 # In the north a very small part from the river Javary (now Jari I guess,
 983 # the border with Amapá) to the Amazon, then to the Xingu.
 984 Zone America/Belem      -3:13:56 -      LMT     1914
 985                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   1988 Sep 12
 986                         -3:00   -       BRT
 987 #
 988 # west Pará (PA)
 989 # West Pará includes Altamira, Óbidos, Prainha, Oriximiná, and Santarém.
 990 Zone America/Santarem   -3:38:48 -      LMT     1914
 991                         -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   1988 Sep 12
 992                         -4:00   -       AMT     2008 Jun 24  0:00
 993                         -3:00   -       BRT
 994 #
 995 # Maranhão (MA), Piauí (PI), Ceará (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
 996 # Paraíba (PB)
 997 Zone America/Fortaleza  -2:34:00 -      LMT     1914
 998                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   1990 Sep 17
 999                         -3:00   -       BRT     1999 Sep 30
1000                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2000 Oct 22
1001                         -3:00   -       BRT     2001 Sep 13
1002                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2002 Oct  1
1003                         -3:00   -       BRT
1004 #
1005 # Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands)
1006 Zone America/Recife     -2:19:36 -      LMT     1914
1007                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   1990 Sep 17
1008                         -3:00   -       BRT     1999 Sep 30
1009                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2000 Oct 15
1010                         -3:00   -       BRT     2001 Sep 13
1011                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2002 Oct  1
1012                         -3:00   -       BRT
1013 #
1014 # Tocantins (TO)
1015 Zone America/Araguaina  -3:12:48 -      LMT     1914
1016                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   1990 Sep 17
1017                         -3:00   -       BRT     1995 Sep 14
1018                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2003 Sep 24
1019                         -3:00   -       BRT     2012 Oct 21
1020                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2013 Sep
1021                         -3:00   -       BRT
1022 #
1023 # Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE)
1024 Zone America/Maceio     -2:22:52 -      LMT     1914
1025                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   1990 Sep 17
1026                         -3:00   -       BRT     1995 Oct 13
1027                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   1996 Sep  4
1028                         -3:00   -       BRT     1999 Sep 30
1029                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2000 Oct 22
1030                         -3:00   -       BRT     2001 Sep 13
1031                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2002 Oct  1
1032                         -3:00   -       BRT
1033 #
1034 # Bahia (BA)
1035 # There are too many Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/Bahia instead
1036 # of America/Salvador.
1037 Zone America/Bahia      -2:34:04 -      LMT     1914
1038                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2003 Sep 24
1039                         -3:00   -       BRT     2011 Oct 16
1040                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2012 Oct 21
1041                         -3:00   -       BRT
1042 #
1043 # Goiás (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
1044 # Espírito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), São Paulo (SP), Paraná (PR),
1045 # Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
1046 Zone America/Sao_Paulo  -3:06:28 -      LMT     1914
1047                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   1963 Oct 23  0:00
1048                         -3:00   1:00    BRST    1964
1049                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT
1050 #
1051 # Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)
1052 Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 -    LMT     1914
1053                         -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT
1054 #
1055 # Mato Grosso (MT)
1056 Zone America/Cuiaba     -3:44:20 -      LMT     1914
1057                         -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   2003 Sep 24
1058                         -4:00   -       AMT     2004 Oct  1
1059                         -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT
1060 #
1061 # Rondônia (RO)
1062 Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 -     LMT     1914
1063                         -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   1988 Sep 12
1064                         -4:00   -       AMT
1065 #
1066 # Roraima (RR)
1067 Zone America/Boa_Vista  -4:02:40 -      LMT     1914
1068                         -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   1988 Sep 12
1069                         -4:00   -       AMT     1999 Sep 30
1070                         -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   2000 Oct 15
1071                         -4:00   -       AMT
1072 #
1073 # east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Jutaí, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto
1074 # The great circle line from Tabatinga to Porto Acre divides
1075 # east from west Amazonas.
1076 Zone America/Manaus     -4:00:04 -      LMT     1914
1077                         -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   1988 Sep 12
1078                         -4:00   -       AMT     1993 Sep 28
1079                         -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   1994 Sep 22
1080                         -4:00   -       AMT
1081 #
1082 # west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant,
1083 #       Eirunepé, Envira, Ipixuna
1084 Zone America/Eirunepe   -4:39:28 -      LMT     1914
1085                         -5:00   Brazil  AC%sT   1988 Sep 12
1086                         -5:00   -       ACT     1993 Sep 28
1087                         -5:00   Brazil  AC%sT   1994 Sep 22
1088                         -5:00   -       ACT     2008 Jun 24  0:00
1089                         -4:00   -       AMT     2013 Nov 10
1090                         -5:00   -       ACT
1091 #
1092 # Acre (AC)
1093 Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 -      LMT     1914
1094                         -5:00   Brazil  AC%sT   1988 Sep 12
1095                         -5:00   -       ACT     2008 Jun 24  0:00
1096                         -4:00   -       AMT     2013 Nov 10
1097                         -5:00   -       ACT
1098 
1099 # Chile
1100 
1101 # From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19):
1102 # The law says to switch to DST at midnight [24:00] on the second SATURDAY
1103 # of October....  The law is the same for March and October.
1104 # (1998-09-29):
1105 # Because of the drought this year, the government decided to go into
1106 # DST earlier (saturday 9/26 at 24:00). This is a one-time change only ...
1107 # (unless there's another dry season next year, I guess).
1108 
1109 # From Julio I. Pacheco Troncoso (1999-03-18):
1110 # Because of the same drought, the government decided to end DST later,
1111 # on April 3, (one-time change).
1112 
1113 # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2006-10-08):
1114 # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
1115 
1116 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-10-08):
1117 # I think that there are some obvious mistakes in the suggested link
1118 # from Oscar van Vlijmen,... for instance entry 66 says that GMT-4
1119 # ended 1990-09-12 while entry 67 only begins GMT-3 at 1990-09-15
1120 # (they should have been 1990-09-15 and 1990-09-16 respectively), but
1121 # anyhow it clears up some doubts too.
1122 
1123 # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-12):
1124 # The following data entries for Chile and America/Santiago are from
1125 # <http://www.horaoficial.cl/horaof.htm> (2006-09-20), transcribed by
1126 # Jesper Nørgaard Welen.  The data entries for Pacific/Easter are from Shanks
1127 # & Pottenger, except with DST transitions after 1932 cloned from
1128 # America/Santiago.  The pre-1980 Pacific/Easter data entries are dubious,
1129 # but we have no other source.
1130 
1131 # From Germán Poo-Caamaño (2008-03-03):
1132 # Due to drought, Chile extends Daylight Time in three weeks.  This
1133 # is one-time change (Saturday 3/29 at 24:00 for America/Santiago
1134 # and Saturday 3/29 at 22:00 for Pacific/Easter)
1135 # The Supreme Decree is located at
1136 # http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf
1137 # and the instructions for 2008 are located in:
1138 # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
1139 
1140 # From José Miguel Garrido (2008-03-05):
1141 # ...
1142 # You could see the announces of the change on
1143 # http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm
1144 
1145 # From Angel Chiang (2010-03-04):
1146 # Subject: DST in Chile exceptionally extended to 3 April due to earthquake
1147 # http://www.gobiernodechile.cl/viewNoticia.aspx?idArticulo=30098
1148 # (in Spanish, last paragraph).
1149 #
1150 # This is breaking news. There should be more information available later.
1151 
1152 # From Arthur David Olson (2010-03-06):
1153 # Angel Chiang's message confirmed by Julio Pacheco; Julio provided a patch.
1154 
1155 # From Glenn Eychaner (2011-03-02):
1156 # It appears that the Chilean government has decided to postpone the
1157 # change from summer time to winter time again, by three weeks to April
1158 # 2nd:
1159 # http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=467651
1160 #
1161 # This is not yet reflected in the official "cambio de hora" site, but
1162 # probably will be soon:
1163 # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
1164 
1165 # From Arthur David Olson (2011-03-02):
1166 # The emol.com article mentions a water shortage as the cause of the
1167 # postponement, which may mean that it's not a permanent change.
1168 
1169 # From Glenn Eychaner (2011-03-28):
1170 # The article:
1171 # http://diario.elmercurio.com/2011/03/28/_portada/_portada/noticias/7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E.htm?id=3D{7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E}
1172 #
1173 # In English:
1174 # Chile's clocks will go back an hour this year on the 7th of May instead
1175 # of this Saturday. They will go forward again the 3rd Saturday in
1176 # August, not in October as they have since 1968. This is a pilot plan
1177 # which will be reevaluated in 2012.
1178 
1179 # From Mauricio Parada (2012-02-22), translated by Glenn Eychaner (2012-02-23):
1180 # As stated in the website of the Chilean Energy Ministry
1181 # http://www.minenergia.cl/ministerio/noticias/generales/gobierno-anuncia-fechas-de-cambio-de.html
1182 # The Chilean Government has decided to postpone the entrance into winter time
1183 # (to leave DST) from March 11 2012 to April 28th 2012. The decision has not
1184 # been yet formalized but it will within the next days.
1185 # Quote from the website communication:
1186 #
1187 # 6. For the year 2012, the dates of entry into winter time will be as follows:
1188 # a. Saturday April 28, 2012, clocks should go back 60 minutes; that is, at
1189 # 23:59:59, instead of passing to 0:00, the time should be adjusted to be 23:00
1190 # of the same day.
1191 # b. Saturday, September 1, 2012, clocks should go forward 60 minutes; that is,
1192 # at 23:59:59, instead of passing to 0:00, the time should be adjusted to be
1193 # 01:00 on September 2.
1194 
1195 # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-02-15):
1196 # According to several news sources, Chile has extended DST this year,
1197 # they will end DST later and start DST earlier than planned.  They
1198 # hope to save energy.  The new end date is 2013-04-28 00:00 and new
1199 # start date is 2013-09-08 00:00....
1200 # http://www.gob.cl/informa/2013/02/15/gobierno-anuncia-fechas-de-cambio-de-hora-para-el-ano-2013.htm
1201 
1202 # From José Miguel Garrido (2014-02-19):
1203 # Today appeared in the Diario Oficial a decree amending the time change
1204 # dates to 2014.
1205 # DST End: last Saturday of April 2014 (Sun 27 Apr 2014 03:00 UTC)
1206 # DST Start: first Saturday of September 2014 (Sun 07 Sep 2014 04:00 UTC)
1207 # http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl//media/2014/02/19/do-20140219.pdf
1208 
1209 # From Juan Correa (2015-01-28):
1210 # ... today the Ministry of Energy announced that Chile will drop DST, will keep
1211 # "summer time" (UTC -3 / UTC -5) all year round....
1212 # http://www.minenergia.cl/ministerio/noticias/generales/ministerio-de-energia-anuncia.html
1213 
1214 # NOTE: ChileAQ rules for Antarctic bases are stored separately in the
1215 # 'antarctica' file.
1216 
1217 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1218 Rule    Chile   1927    1932    -       Sep      1      0:00    1:00    S
1219 Rule    Chile   1928    1932    -       Apr      1      0:00    0       -
1220 Rule    Chile   1942    only    -       Jun      1      4:00u   0       -
1221 Rule    Chile   1942    only    -       Aug      1      5:00u   1:00    S
1222 Rule    Chile   1946    only    -       Jul     15      4:00u   1:00    S
1223 Rule    Chile   1946    only    -       Sep      1      3:00u   0:00    -
1224 Rule    Chile   1947    only    -       Apr      1      4:00u   0       -
1225 Rule    Chile   1968    only    -       Nov      3      4:00u   1:00    S
1226 Rule    Chile   1969    only    -       Mar     30      3:00u   0       -
1227 Rule    Chile   1969    only    -       Nov     23      4:00u   1:00    S
1228 Rule    Chile   1970    only    -       Mar     29      3:00u   0       -
1229 Rule    Chile   1971    only    -       Mar     14      3:00u   0       -
1230 Rule    Chile   1970    1972    -       Oct     Sun>=9       4:00u   1:00    S
1231 Rule    Chile   1972    1986    -       Mar     Sun>=9       3:00u   0       -
1232 Rule    Chile   1973    only    -       Sep     30      4:00u   1:00    S
1233 Rule    Chile   1974    1987    -       Oct     Sun>=9       4:00u   1:00    S
1234 Rule    Chile   1987    only    -       Apr     12      3:00u   0       -
1235 Rule    Chile   1988    1989    -       Mar     Sun>=9       3:00u   0       -
1236 Rule    Chile   1988    only    -       Oct     Sun>=1       4:00u   1:00    S
1237 Rule    Chile   1989    only    -       Oct     Sun>=9       4:00u   1:00    S
1238 Rule    Chile   1990    only    -       Mar     18      3:00u   0       -
1239 Rule    Chile   1990    only    -       Sep     16      4:00u   1:00    S
1240 Rule    Chile   1991    1996    -       Mar     Sun>=9       3:00u   0       -
1241 Rule    Chile   1991    1997    -       Oct     Sun>=9       4:00u   1:00    S
1242 Rule    Chile   1997    only    -       Mar     30      3:00u   0       -
1243 Rule    Chile   1998    only    -       Mar     Sun>=9       3:00u   0       -
1244 Rule    Chile   1998    only    -       Sep     27      4:00u   1:00    S
1245 Rule    Chile   1999    only    -       Apr      4      3:00u   0       -
1246 Rule    Chile   1999    2010    -       Oct     Sun>=9       4:00u   1:00    S
1247 Rule    Chile   2000    2007    -       Mar     Sun>=9       3:00u   0       -
1248 # N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time,
1249 # which is used below in specifying the transition.
1250 Rule    Chile   2008    only    -       Mar     30      3:00u   0       -
1251 Rule    Chile   2009    only    -       Mar     Sun>=9       3:00u   0       -
1252 Rule    Chile   2010    only    -       Apr     Sun>=1       3:00u   0       -
1253 Rule    Chile   2011    only    -       May     Sun>=2       3:00u   0       -
1254 Rule    Chile   2011    only    -       Aug     Sun>=16      4:00u   1:00    S
1255 Rule    Chile   2012    2015    -       Apr     Sun>=23      3:00u   0       -
1256 Rule    Chile   2012    2014    -       Sep     Sun>=2       4:00u   1:00    S
1257 # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
1258 # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08.  Ignore these.
1259 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1260 Zone America/Santiago   -4:42:46 -      LMT     1890
1261                         -4:42:46 -      SMT     1910        # Santiago Mean Time
1262                         -5:00   -       CLT     1916 Jul  1 # Chile Time
1263                         -4:42:46 -      SMT     1918 Sep  1 # Santiago Mean Time
1264                         -4:00   -       CLT     1919 Jul  1 # Chile Time
1265                         -4:42:46 -      SMT     1927 Sep  1 # Santiago Mean Time
1266                         -5:00   Chile   CL%sT   1947 May 22 # Chile Time
1267                         -4:00   Chile   CL%sT   2015 Apr 26  3:00u
1268                         -3:00   -       CLT
1269 Zone Pacific/Easter     -7:17:44 -      LMT     1890
1270                         -7:17:28 -      EMT     1932 Sep    # Easter Mean Time
1271                         -7:00   Chile   EAS%sT  1982 Mar 13 3:00u # Easter Time
1272                         -6:00   Chile   EAS%sT  2015 Apr 26 3:00u
1273                         -5:00   -       EAST
1274 #
1275 # Salas y Gómez Island is uninhabited.
1276 # Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernández Is, Desventuradas Is,
1277 # and Antarctic bases, are like America/Santiago.
1278 
1279 # Colombia
1280 
1281 # Milne gives 4:56:16.4 for Bogotá time in 1899; round to nearest.  He writes,
1282 # "A variation of fifteen minutes in the public clocks of Bogota is not rare."
1283 
1284 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1285 Rule    CO      1992    only    -       May      3      0:00    1:00    S
1286 Rule    CO      1993    only    -       Apr      4      0:00    0       -
1287 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1288 Zone    America/Bogota  -4:56:16 -      LMT     1884 Mar 13
1289                         -4:56:16 -      BMT     1914 Nov 23 # Bogotá Mean Time
1290                         -5:00   CO      CO%sT   # Colombia Time
1291 # Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres
1292 # no information; probably like America/Bogota
1293 
1294 # Curaçao
1295 
1296 # Milne gives 4:35:46.9 for Curaçao mean time; round to nearest.
1297 #
1298 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1299 # Shanks & Pottenger say that The Bottom and Philipsburg have been at
1300 # -4:00 since standard time was introduced on 1912-03-02; and that
1301 # Kralendijk and Rincon used Kralendijk Mean Time (-4:33:08) from
1302 # 1912-02-02 to 1965-01-01.  The former is dubious, since S&P also say
1303 # Saba Island has been like Curaçao.
1304 # This all predates our 1970 cutoff, though.
1305 #
1306 # By July 2007 Curaçao and St Maarten are planned to become
1307 # associated states within the Netherlands, much like Aruba;
1308 # Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius would become directly part of the
1309 # Netherlands as Kingdom Islands.  This won't affect their time zones
1310 # though, as far as we know.
1311 #
1312 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1313 Zone    America/Curacao -4:35:47 -      LMT     1912 Feb 12 # Willemstad
1314                         -4:30   -       ANT     1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
1315                         -4:00   -       AST
1316 
1317 # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
1318 # use links for places with new iso3166 codes.
1319 # The name "Lower Prince's Quarter" is both longer than fourteen characters
1320 # and contains an apostrophe; use "Lower_Princes" below.
1321 
1322 Link    America/Curacao America/Lower_Princes   # Sint Maarten
1323 Link    America/Curacao America/Kralendijk      # Caribbean Netherlands
1324 
1325 # Ecuador
1326 #
1327 # Milne says the Central and South American Telegraph Company used -5:24:15.
1328 #
1329 # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-04):
1330 # Apparently Ecuador had a failed experiment with DST in 1992.
1331 # <http://midena.gov.ec/content/view/1261/208/> (2007-02-27) and
1332 # <http://www.hoy.com.ec/NoticiaNue.asp?row_id=249856> (2006-11-06) both
1333 # talk about "hora Sixto".  Leave this alone for now, as we have no data.
1334 #
1335 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1336 Zone America/Guayaquil  -5:19:20 -      LMT     1890
1337                         -5:14:00 -      QMT     1931 # Quito Mean Time
1338                         -5:00   -       ECT     # Ecuador Time
1339 Zone Pacific/Galapagos  -5:58:24 -      LMT     1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
1340                         -5:00   -       ECT     1986
1341                         -6:00   -       GALT    # Galápagos Time
1342 
1343 # Falklands
1344 
1345 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1346 # Between 1990 and 2000 inclusive, Shanks & Pottenger and the IATA agree except
1347 # the IATA gives 1996-09-08.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1348 
1349 # From Falkland Islands Government Office, London (2001-01-22)
1350 # via Jesper Nørgaard:
1351 # ... the clocks revert back to Local Mean Time at 2 am on Sunday 15
1352 # April 2001 and advance one hour to summer time at 2 am on Sunday 2
1353 # September.  It is anticipated that the clocks will revert back at 2
1354 # am on Sunday 21 April 2002 and advance to summer time at 2 am on
1355 # Sunday 1 September.
1356 
1357 # From Rives McDow (2001-02-13):
1358 #
1359 # I have communicated several times with people there, and the last
1360 # time I had communications that was helpful was in 1998.  Here is
1361 # what was said then:
1362 #
1363 # "The general rule was that Stanley used daylight saving and the Camp
1364 # did not. However for various reasons many people in the Camp have
1365 # started to use daylight saving (known locally as 'Stanley Time')
1366 # There is no rule as to who uses daylight saving - it is a matter of
1367 # personal choice and so it is impossible to draw a map showing who
1368 # uses it and who does not. Any list would be out of date as soon as
1369 # it was produced. This year daylight saving ended on April 18/19th
1370 # and started again on September 12/13th.  I do not know what the rule
1371 # is, but can find out if you like.  We do not change at the same time
1372 # as UK or Chile."
1373 #
1374 # I did have in my notes that the rule was "Second Saturday in Sep at
1375 # 0:00 until third Saturday in Apr at 0:00".  I think that this does
1376 # not agree in some cases with Shanks; is this true?
1377 #
1378 # Also, there is no mention in the list that some areas in the
1379 # Falklands do not use DST.  I have found in my communications there
1380 # that these areas are on the western half of East Falkland and all of
1381 # West Falkland.  Stanley is the only place that consistently observes
1382 # DST.  Again, as in other places in the world, the farmers don't like
1383 # it.  West Falkland is almost entirely sheep farmers.
1384 #
1385 # I know one lady there that keeps a list of which farm keeps DST and
1386 # which doesn't each year.  She runs a shop in Stanley, and says that
1387 # the list changes each year.  She uses it to communicate to her
1388 # customers, catching them when they are home for lunch or dinner.
1389 
1390 # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05):
1391 # For now, we'll just record the time in Stanley, since we have no
1392 # better info.
1393 
1394 # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-04-01):
1395 # The Falkland Islands will not turn back clocks this winter, but stay on
1396 # daylight saving time.
1397 #
1398 # One source:
1399 # http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=5914&source=3
1400 #
1401 # We have gotten this confirmed by a clerk of the legislative assembly:
1402 # Normally the clocks revert to Local Mean Time (UTC/GMT -4 hours) on the
1403 # third Sunday of April at 0200hrs and advance to Summer Time (UTC/GMT -3
1404 # hours) on the first Sunday of September at 0200hrs.
1405 #
1406 # IMPORTANT NOTE: During 2011, on a trial basis, the Falkland Islands
1407 # will not revert to local mean time, but clocks will remain on Summer
1408 # time (UTC/GMT - 3 hours) throughout the whole of 2011.  Any long term
1409 # change to local time following the trial period will be notified.
1410 #
1411 # From Andrew Newman (2012-02-24)
1412 # A letter from Justin McPhee, Chief Executive,
1413 # Cable & Wireless Falkland Islands (dated 2012-02-22)
1414 # states...
1415 #   The current Atlantic/Stanley entry under South America expects the
1416 #   clocks to go back to standard Falklands Time (FKT) on the 15th April.
1417 #   The database entry states that in 2011 Stanley was staying on fixed
1418 #   summer time on a trial basis only.  FIG need to contact IANA and/or
1419 #   the maintainers of the database to inform them we're adopting
1420 #   the same policy this year and suggest recommendations for future years.
1421 #
1422 # For now we will assume permanent summer time for the Falklands
1423 # until advised differently (to apply for 2012 and beyond, after the 2011
1424 # experiment was apparently successful.)
1425 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1426 Rule    Falk    1937    1938    -       Sep     lastSun 0:00    1:00    S
1427 Rule    Falk    1938    1942    -       Mar     Sun>=19      0:00    0       -
1428 Rule    Falk    1939    only    -       Oct     1       0:00    1:00    S
1429 Rule    Falk    1940    1942    -       Sep     lastSun 0:00    1:00    S
1430 Rule    Falk    1943    only    -       Jan     1       0:00    0       -
1431 Rule    Falk    1983    only    -       Sep     lastSun 0:00    1:00    S
1432 Rule    Falk    1984    1985    -       Apr     lastSun 0:00    0       -
1433 Rule    Falk    1984    only    -       Sep     16      0:00    1:00    S
1434 Rule    Falk    1985    2000    -       Sep     Sun>=9       0:00    1:00    S
1435 Rule    Falk    1986    2000    -       Apr     Sun>=16      0:00    0       -
1436 Rule    Falk    2001    2010    -       Apr     Sun>=15      2:00    0       -
1437 Rule    Falk    2001    2010    -       Sep     Sun>=1       2:00    1:00    S
1438 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1439 Zone Atlantic/Stanley   -3:51:24 -      LMT     1890
1440                         -3:51:24 -      SMT     1912 Mar 12 # Stanley Mean Time
1441                         -4:00   Falk    FK%sT   1983 May    # Falkland Is Time
1442                         -3:00   Falk    FK%sT   1985 Sep 15
1443                         -4:00   Falk    FK%sT   2010 Sep  5  2:00
1444                         -3:00   -       FKST
1445 
1446 # French Guiana
1447 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1448 Zone America/Cayenne    -3:29:20 -      LMT     1911 Jul
1449                         -4:00   -       GFT     1967 Oct # French Guiana Time
1450                         -3:00   -       GFT
1451 
1452 # Guyana
1453 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1454 Zone    America/Guyana  -3:52:40 -      LMT     1915 Mar    # Georgetown
1455                         -3:45   -       GBGT    1966 May 26 # Br Guiana Time
1456                         -3:45   -       GYT     1975 Jul 31 # Guyana Time
1457                         -3:00   -       GYT     1991
1458 # IATA SSIM (1996-06) says -4:00.  Assume a 1991 switch.
1459                         -4:00   -       GYT
1460 
1461 # Paraguay
1462 #
1463 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1464 # Shanks & Pottenger say that spring transitions are 01:00 -> 02:00,
1465 # and autumn transitions are 00:00 -> 23:00.  Go with pre-1999
1466 # editions of Shanks, and with the IATA, who say transitions occur at 00:00.
1467 #
1468 # From Waldemar Villamayor-Venialbo (2013-09-20):
1469 # No time of the day is established for the adjustment, so people normally
1470 # adjust their clocks at 0 hour of the given dates.
1471 #
1472 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1473 Rule    Para    1975    1988    -       Oct      1      0:00    1:00    S
1474 Rule    Para    1975    1978    -       Mar      1      0:00    0       -
1475 Rule    Para    1979    1991    -       Apr      1      0:00    0       -
1476 Rule    Para    1989    only    -       Oct     22      0:00    1:00    S
1477 Rule    Para    1990    only    -       Oct      1      0:00    1:00    S
1478 Rule    Para    1991    only    -       Oct      6      0:00    1:00    S
1479 Rule    Para    1992    only    -       Mar      1      0:00    0       -
1480 Rule    Para    1992    only    -       Oct      5      0:00    1:00    S
1481 Rule    Para    1993    only    -       Mar     31      0:00    0       -
1482 Rule    Para    1993    1995    -       Oct      1      0:00    1:00    S
1483 Rule    Para    1994    1995    -       Feb     lastSun 0:00    0       -
1484 Rule    Para    1996    only    -       Mar      1      0:00    0       -
1485 # IATA SSIM (2000-02) says 1999-10-10; ignore this for now.
1486 # From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-02):
1487 # I have three independent reports that Paraguay changed to DST this Sunday
1488 # (10-01).
1489 #
1490 # Translated by Gwillim Law (2001-02-27) from
1491 # Noticias, a daily paper in Asunción, Paraguay (2000-10-01):
1492 # http://www.diarionoticias.com.py/011000/nacional/naciona1.htm
1493 # Starting at 0:00 today, the clock will be set forward 60 minutes, in
1494 # fulfillment of Decree No. 7,273 of the Executive Power....  The time change
1495 # system has been operating for several years.  Formerly there was a separate
1496 # decree each year; the new law has the same effect, but permanently.  Every
1497 # year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the
1498 # clock will be set back on the first Sunday of March.
1499 #
1500 Rule    Para    1996    2001    -       Oct     Sun>=1       0:00    1:00    S
1501 # IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1502 Rule    Para    1997    only    -       Feb     lastSun 0:00    0       -
1503 # Shanks & Pottenger say 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but
1504 # (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27).
1505 Rule    Para    1998    2001    -       Mar     Sun>=1       0:00    0       -
1506 # From Rives McDow (2002-02-28):
1507 # A decree was issued in Paraguay (no. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the
1508 # dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in
1509 # April.
1510 Rule    Para    2002    2004    -       Apr     Sun>=1       0:00    0       -
1511 Rule    Para    2002    2003    -       Sep     Sun>=1       0:00    1:00    S
1512 #
1513 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-01-02):
1514 # There are several sources that claim that Paraguay made
1515 # a timezone rule change in autumn 2004.
1516 # From Steffen Thorsen (2005-01-05):
1517 # Decree 1,867 (2004-03-05)
1518 # From Carlos Raúl Perasso via Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-10-13)
1519 # http://www.presidencia.gov.py/decretos/D1867.pdf
1520 Rule    Para    2004    2009    -       Oct     Sun>=15      0:00    1:00    S
1521 Rule    Para    2005    2009    -       Mar     Sun>=8       0:00    0       -
1522 # From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2010-02-18):
1523 # By decree number 3958 issued yesterday
1524 # http://www.presidencia.gov.py/v1/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/decreto3958.pdf
1525 # Paraguay changes its DST schedule, postponing the March rule to April and
1526 # modifying the October date. The decree reads:
1527 # ...
1528 # Art. 1. It is hereby established that from the second Sunday of the month of
1529 # April of this year (2010), the official time is to be set back 60 minutes,
1530 # and that on the first Sunday of the month of October, it is to be set
1531 # forward 60 minutes, in all the territory of the Paraguayan Republic.
1532 # ...
1533 Rule    Para    2010    max     -       Oct     Sun>=1       0:00    1:00    S
1534 Rule    Para    2010    2012    -       Apr     Sun>=8       0:00    0       -
1535 #
1536 # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-07):
1537 # Paraguay will end DST on 2013-03-24 00:00....
1538 # http://www.ande.gov.py/interna.php?id=1075
1539 #
1540 # From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2013-03-15):
1541 # The change in Paraguay is now final.  Decree number 10780
1542 # http://www.presidencia.gov.py/uploads/pdf/presidencia-3b86ff4b691c79d4f5927ca964922ec74772ce857c02ca054a52a37b49afc7fb.pdf
1543 # From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2014-02-28):
1544 # Decree 1264 can be found at:
1545 # http://www.presidencia.gov.py/archivos/documentos/DECRETO1264_ey9r8zai.pdf
1546 Rule    Para    2013    max     -       Mar     Sun>=22      0:00    0       -
1547 
1548 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1549 Zone America/Asuncion   -3:50:40 -      LMT     1890
1550                         -3:50:40 -      AMT     1931 Oct 10 # Asunción Mean Time
1551                         -4:00   -       PYT     1972 Oct    # Paraguay Time
1552                         -3:00   -       PYT     1974 Apr
1553                         -4:00   Para    PY%sT
1554 
1555 # Peru
1556 #
1557 # From Evelyn C. Leeper via Mark Brader (2003-10-26)
1558 # <news:xrGmb.39935$gA1.13896113@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>:
1559 # When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they apparently switched over
1560 # sometime between December 29 and January 3 while we were on the Amazon.
1561 #
1562 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1563 # Shanks & Pottenger don't have this transition.  Assume 1986 was like 1987.
1564 
1565 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1566 Rule    Peru    1938    only    -       Jan      1      0:00    1:00    S
1567 Rule    Peru    1938    only    -       Apr      1      0:00    0       -
1568 Rule    Peru    1938    1939    -       Sep     lastSun 0:00    1:00    S
1569 Rule    Peru    1939    1940    -       Mar     Sun>=24      0:00    0       -
1570 Rule    Peru    1986    1987    -       Jan      1      0:00    1:00    S
1571 Rule    Peru    1986    1987    -       Apr      1      0:00    0       -
1572 Rule    Peru    1990    only    -       Jan      1      0:00    1:00    S
1573 Rule    Peru    1990    only    -       Apr      1      0:00    0       -
1574 # IATA is ambiguous for 1993/1995; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1575 Rule    Peru    1994    only    -       Jan      1      0:00    1:00    S
1576 Rule    Peru    1994    only    -       Apr      1      0:00    0       -
1577 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1578 Zone    America/Lima    -5:08:12 -      LMT     1890
1579                         -5:08:36 -      LMT     1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time?
1580                         -5:00   Peru    PE%sT   # Peru Time
1581 
1582 # South Georgia
1583 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1584 Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 -  LMT     1890 # Grytviken
1585                         -2:00   -       GST     # South Georgia Time
1586 
1587 # South Sandwich Is
1588 # uninhabited; scientific personnel have wintered
1589 
1590 # Suriname
1591 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1592 Zone America/Paramaribo -3:40:40 -      LMT     1911
1593                         -3:40:52 -      PMT     1935     # Paramaribo Mean Time
1594                         -3:40:36 -      PMT     1945 Oct    # The capital moved?
1595                         -3:30   -       NEGT    1975 Nov 20 # Dutch Guiana Time
1596                         -3:30   -       SRT     1984 Oct    # Suriname Time
1597                         -3:00   -       SRT
1598 
1599 # Trinidad and Tobago
1600 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1601 Zone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 -   LMT     1912 Mar 2
1602                         -4:00   -       AST
1603 
1604 # These all agree with Trinidad and Tobago since 1970.
1605 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Anguilla
1606 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Dominica
1607 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Grenada
1608 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Guadeloupe
1609 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Marigot      # St Martin (French part)
1610 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Montserrat
1611 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Barthelemy # St Barthélemy
1612 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Kitts     # St Kitts & Nevis
1613 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Lucia
1614 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Thomas    # Virgin Islands (US)
1615 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Vincent
1616 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Tortola      # Virgin Islands (UK)
1617 
1618 # Uruguay
1619 # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
1620 # Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules.
1621 # From Shanks & Pottenger:
1622 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
1623 # Whitman gives 1923 Oct 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1624 Rule    Uruguay 1923    only    -       Oct      2       0:00   0:30    HS
1625 Rule    Uruguay 1924    1926    -       Apr      1       0:00   0       -
1626 Rule    Uruguay 1924    1925    -       Oct      1       0:00   0:30    HS
1627 Rule    Uruguay 1933    1935    -       Oct     lastSun  0:00   0:30    HS
1628 # Shanks & Pottenger give 1935 Apr 1 0:00 & 1936 Mar 30 0:00; go with Whitman.
1629 Rule    Uruguay 1934    1936    -       Mar     Sat>=25      23:30s  0       -
1630 Rule    Uruguay 1936    only    -       Nov      1       0:00   0:30    HS
1631 Rule    Uruguay 1937    1941    -       Mar     lastSun  0:00   0       -
1632 # Whitman gives 1937 Oct 3; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1633 Rule    Uruguay 1937    1940    -       Oct     lastSun  0:00   0:30    HS
1634 # Whitman gives 1941 Oct 24 - 1942 Mar 27, 1942 Dec 14 - 1943 Apr 13,
1635 # and 1943 Apr 13 "to present time"; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
1636 Rule    Uruguay 1941    only    -       Aug      1       0:00   0:30    HS
1637 Rule    Uruguay 1942    only    -       Jan      1       0:00   0       -
1638 Rule    Uruguay 1942    only    -       Dec     14       0:00   1:00    S
1639 Rule    Uruguay 1943    only    -       Mar     14       0:00   0       -
1640 Rule    Uruguay 1959    only    -       May     24       0:00   1:00    S
1641 Rule    Uruguay 1959    only    -       Nov     15       0:00   0       -
1642 Rule    Uruguay 1960    only    -       Jan     17       0:00   1:00    S
1643 Rule    Uruguay 1960    only    -       Mar      6       0:00   0       -
1644 Rule    Uruguay 1965    1967    -       Apr     Sun>=1        0:00   1:00    S
1645 Rule    Uruguay 1965    only    -       Sep     26       0:00   0       -
1646 Rule    Uruguay 1966    1967    -       Oct     31       0:00   0       -
1647 Rule    Uruguay 1968    1970    -       May     27       0:00   0:30    HS
1648 Rule    Uruguay 1968    1970    -       Dec      2       0:00   0       -
1649 Rule    Uruguay 1972    only    -       Apr     24       0:00   1:00    S
1650 Rule    Uruguay 1972    only    -       Aug     15       0:00   0       -
1651 Rule    Uruguay 1974    only    -       Mar     10       0:00   0:30    HS
1652 Rule    Uruguay 1974    only    -       Dec     22       0:00   1:00    S
1653 Rule    Uruguay 1976    only    -       Oct      1       0:00   0       -
1654 Rule    Uruguay 1977    only    -       Dec      4       0:00   1:00    S
1655 Rule    Uruguay 1978    only    -       Apr      1       0:00   0       -
1656 Rule    Uruguay 1979    only    -       Oct      1       0:00   1:00    S
1657 Rule    Uruguay 1980    only    -       May      1       0:00   0       -
1658 Rule    Uruguay 1987    only    -       Dec     14       0:00   1:00    S
1659 Rule    Uruguay 1988    only    -       Mar     14       0:00   0       -
1660 Rule    Uruguay 1988    only    -       Dec     11       0:00   1:00    S
1661 Rule    Uruguay 1989    only    -       Mar     12       0:00   0       -
1662 Rule    Uruguay 1989    only    -       Oct     29       0:00   1:00    S
1663 # Shanks & Pottenger say no DST was observed in 1990/1 and 1991/2,
1664 # and that 1992/3's DST was from 10-25 to 03-01.  Go with IATA.
1665 Rule    Uruguay 1990    1992    -       Mar     Sun>=1        0:00   0       -
1666 Rule    Uruguay 1990    1991    -       Oct     Sun>=21       0:00   1:00    S
1667 Rule    Uruguay 1992    only    -       Oct     18       0:00   1:00    S
1668 Rule    Uruguay 1993    only    -       Feb     28       0:00   0       -
1669 # From Eduardo Cota (2004-09-20):
1670 # The Uruguayan government has decreed a change in the local time....
1671 # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/decretos/2004091502.htm
1672 Rule    Uruguay 2004    only    -       Sep     19       0:00   1:00    S
1673 # From Steffen Thorsen (2005-03-11):
1674 # Uruguay's DST was scheduled to end on Sunday, 2005-03-13, but in order to
1675 # save energy ... it was postponed two weeks....
1676 # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/noticias/2005/03/2005031005.htm
1677 Rule    Uruguay 2005    only    -       Mar     27       2:00   0       -
1678 # From Eduardo Cota (2005-09-27):
1679 # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/decretos/2005/09/CM%20119_09%2009%202005_00001.PDF
1680 # This means that from 2005-10-09 at 02:00 local time, until 2006-03-12 at
1681 # 02:00 local time, official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2.
1682 Rule    Uruguay 2005    only    -       Oct      9       2:00   1:00    S
1683 Rule    Uruguay 2006    only    -       Mar     12       2:00   0       -
1684 # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-09-06):
1685 # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/CM%20210_08%2006%202006_00001.PDF
1686 Rule    Uruguay 2006    max     -       Oct     Sun>=1        2:00   1:00    S
1687 Rule    Uruguay 2007    max     -       Mar     Sun>=8        2:00   0       -
1688 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1689 Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 -      LMT     1898 Jun 28
1690                         -3:44:44 -      MMT     1920 May  1 # Montevideo MT
1691                         -3:30   Uruguay UY%sT   1942 Dec 14 # Uruguay Time
1692                         -3:00   Uruguay UY%sT
1693 
1694 # Venezuela
1695 #
1696 # From John Stainforth (2007-11-28):
1697 # ... the change for Venezuela originally expected for 2007-12-31 has
1698 # been brought forward to 2007-12-09.  The official announcement was
1699 # published today in the "Gaceta Oficial de la República Bolivariana
1700 # de Venezuela, número 38.819" (official document for all laws or
1701 # resolution publication)
1702 # http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=72208
1703 
1704 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
1705 Zone    America/Caracas -4:27:44 -      LMT     1890
1706                         -4:27:40 -      CMT     1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time?
1707                         -4:30   -       VET     1965        # Venezuela Time
1708                         -4:00   -       VET     2007 Dec  9  3:00
1709                         -4:30   -       VET