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- # <pre>
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
! # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
  # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
! # tz@iana.org for general use in the future).
  
  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
  # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
  # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
  # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
  #
  # For data circa 1899, a common source is:
! # Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
! # <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
  #
  # Gwillim Law writes that a good source
  # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
  # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
  # published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
--- 1,21 ----
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
  
! # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
  # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
! # tz@iana.org for general use in the future).  For more, please see
! # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
  
  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
  # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
  # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
  # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
  #
  # For data circa 1899, a common source is:
! # Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94.
! # http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359
  #
  # Gwillim Law writes that a good source
  # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
  # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
  # published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
*** 28,55 ****
  # ARDT for Argentine Standard and Daylight Time), but the following quote
  # suggests that it's better to use European style (e.g. ART and ARST).
  #       I suggest the use of _Summer time_ instead of the more cumbersome
  #       _daylight-saving time_.  _Summer time_ seems to be in general use
  #       in Europe and South America.
! #       -- E O Cutler, _New York Times_ (1937-02-14), quoted in
  #       H L Mencken, _The American Language: Supplement I_ (1960), p 466
  #
  # Earlier editions of these tables also used the North American style
  # for time zones in Brazil, but this was incorrect, as Brazilians say
! # "summer time".  Reinaldo Goulart, a Sao Paulo businessman active in
  # the railroad sector, writes (1999-07-06):
  #       The subject of time zones is currently a matter of discussion/debate in
! #       Brazil.  Let's say that "the Brasilia time" is considered the
! #       "official time" because Brasilia is the capital city.
! #       The other three time zones are called "Brasilia time "minus one" or
  #       "plus one" or "plus two".  As far as I know there is no such
  #       name/designation as "Eastern Time" or "Central Time".
  # So I invented the following (English-language) abbreviations for now.
  # Corrections are welcome!
  #               std     dst
  #       -2:00   FNT     FNST    Fernando de Noronha
! #       -3:00   BRT     BRST    Brasilia
  #       -4:00   AMT     AMST    Amazon
  #       -5:00   ACT     ACST    Acre
  
  ###############################################################################
  
--- 28,55 ----
  # ARDT for Argentine Standard and Daylight Time), but the following quote
  # suggests that it's better to use European style (e.g. ART and ARST).
  #       I suggest the use of _Summer time_ instead of the more cumbersome
  #       _daylight-saving time_.  _Summer time_ seems to be in general use
  #       in Europe and South America.
! #       -- E O Cutler, _New York Times_ (1937-02-14), quoted in
  #       H L Mencken, _The American Language: Supplement I_ (1960), p 466
  #
  # Earlier editions of these tables also used the North American style
  # for time zones in Brazil, but this was incorrect, as Brazilians say
! # "summer time".  Reinaldo Goulart, a São Paulo businessman active in
  # the railroad sector, writes (1999-07-06):
  #       The subject of time zones is currently a matter of discussion/debate in
! #       Brazil.  Let's say that "the Brasília time" is considered the
! #       "official time" because Brasília is the capital city.
! #       The other three time zones are called "Brasília time "minus one" or
  #       "plus one" or "plus two".  As far as I know there is no such
  #       name/designation as "Eastern Time" or "Central Time".
  # So I invented the following (English-language) abbreviations for now.
  # Corrections are welcome!
  #               std     dst
  #       -2:00   FNT     FNST    Fernando de Noronha
! #       -3:00   BRT     BRST    Brasília
  #       -4:00   AMT     AMST    Amazon
  #       -5:00   ACT     ACST    Acre
  
  ###############################################################################
  
*** 59,69 ****
  
  # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
  # Argentina: first Sunday in October to first Sunday in April since 1976.
  # Double Summer time from 1969 to 1974.  Switches at midnight.
  
! # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1988-01-199):
  # ARGENTINA           3 H BEHIND   UTC
  
  # From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
  # I am sending modifications to the Argentine time zone table...
  # AR was chosen because they are the ISO letters that represent Argentina.
--- 59,69 ----
  
  # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
  # Argentina: first Sunday in October to first Sunday in April since 1976.
  # Double Summer time from 1969 to 1974.  Switches at midnight.
  
! # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1988-01-19):
  # ARGENTINA           3 H BEHIND   UTC
  
  # From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
  # I am sending modifications to the Argentine time zone table...
  # AR was chosen because they are the ISO letters that represent Argentina.
*** 93,103 ****
  Rule    Arg     1988    only    -       Dec      1      0:00    1:00    S
  #
  # From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
  # These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A.,
  # obtaining the data from the:
! # Talleres de Hidrografia Naval Argentina
  # (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute)
  Rule    Arg     1989    1993    -       Mar     Sun>=1  0:00    0       -
  Rule    Arg     1989    1992    -       Oct     Sun>=15 0:00    1:00    S
  #
  # From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
--- 93,103 ----
  Rule    Arg     1988    only    -       Dec      1      0:00    1:00    S
  #
  # From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
  # These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A.,
  # obtaining the data from the:
! # Talleres de Hidrografía Naval Argentina
  # (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute)
  Rule    Arg     1989    1993    -       Mar     Sun>=1  0:00    0       -
  Rule    Arg     1989    1992    -       Oct     Sun>=15 0:00    1:00    S
  #
  # From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
*** 115,131 ****
  # to standard time on March 3 it's more convenient for us to pretend that
  # it ended on March 3.
  Rule    Arg     2000    only    -       Mar     3       0:00    0       -
  #
  # From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01):
! # We just checked with our Sao Paulo office and they say the government of
  # Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST.
  # So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times.
  #
! # From Fabian L. Arce Jofre (2000-04-04):
  # The law that claimed DST for Argentina was derogated by President Fernando
! # de la Rua on March 2, 2000, because it would make people spend more energy
  # in the winter time, rather than less.  The change took effect on March 3.
  #
  # From Mariano Absatz (2001-06-06):
  # one of the major newspapers here in Argentina said that the 1999
  # Timezone Law (which never was effectively applied) will (would?) be
--- 115,131 ----
  # to standard time on March 3 it's more convenient for us to pretend that
  # it ended on March 3.
  Rule    Arg     2000    only    -       Mar     3       0:00    0       -
  #
  # From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01):
! # We just checked with our São Paulo office and they say the government of
  # Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST.
  # So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times.
  #
! # From Fabián L. Arce Jofré (2000-04-04):
  # The law that claimed DST for Argentina was derogated by President Fernando
! # de la Rúa on March 2, 2000, because it would make people spend more energy
  # in the winter time, rather than less.  The change took effect on March 3.
  #
  # From Mariano Absatz (2001-06-06):
  # one of the major newspapers here in Argentina said that the 1999
  # Timezone Law (which never was effectively applied) will (would?) be
*** 154,238 ****
  # all of the country (all Zone-entries) are affected.  News reports like
  # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/nota.asp?nota_id=973037 indicate
  # that Argentina will use DST next year as well, from October to
  # March, although exact rules are not given.
  #
! # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-12-26)
  # The last hurdle of Argentina DST is over, the proposal was approved in
! # the lower chamber too (Deputados) with a vote 192 for and 2 against.
  # By the way thanks to Mariano Absatz and Daniel Mario Vega for the link to
  # the original scanned proposal, where the dates and the zero hours are
  # clear and unambiguous...This is the article about final approval:
- # <a href="http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996">
  # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996
- # </a>
  #
  # From Paul Eggert (2007-12-22):
  # For dates after mid-2008, the following rules are my guesses and
  # are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
  
  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-09-05):
  # As per message from Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz (Nicaragua),
  # Argentina will start DST on Sunday October 19, 2008.
  #
- # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina03.html">
  # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina03.html
- # </a>
- # OR
- # <a href="http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 (in spanish)">
  # http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 (in spanish)
- # </a>
  
  # From Rodrigo Severo (2008-10-06):
  # Here is some info available at a Gentoo bug related to TZ on Argentina's DST:
  # ...
  # ------- Comment #1 from [jmdocile]  2008-10-06 16:28 0000 -------
  # Hi, there is a problem with timezone-data-2008e and maybe with
  # timezone-data-2008f
  # Argentinian law [Number] 25.155 is no longer valid.
- # <a href="http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/60036/norma.htm">
  # http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/60036/norma.htm
- # </a>
  # The new one is law [Number] 26.350
- # <a href="http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136191/norma.htm">
  # http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136191/norma.htm
- # </a>
  # So there is no summer time in Argentina for now.
  
  # From Mariano Absatz (2008-10-20):
! # Decree 1693/2008 applies Law 26.350 for the summer 2008/2009 establishing DST in Argentina
! # From 2008-10-19 until 2009-03-15
! # <a href="http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=16102008&pi=3&pf=4&s=0&sec=01">
  # http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=16102008&pi=3&pf=4&s=0&sec=01
- # </a>
  #
! # Decree 1705/2008 excepting 12 Provinces from applying DST in the summer 2008/2009:
! # Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, La Pampa, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz
! # and Tierra del Fuego
! # <a href="http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=17102008&pi=1&pf=1&s=0&sec=01">
  # http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=17102008&pi=1&pf=1&s=0&sec=01
- # </a>
  #
! # Press release 235 dated Saturday October 18th, from the Government of the Province of Jujuy saying
! # it will not apply DST either (even when it was not included in Decree 1705/2008)
! # <a href="http://www.jujuy.gov.ar/index2/partes_prensa/18_10_08/235-181008.doc">
  # http://www.jujuy.gov.ar/index2/partes_prensa/18_10_08/235-181008.doc
- # </a>
  
  # From fullinet (2009-10-18):
  # As announced in
- # <a hef="http://www.argentina.gob.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=356">
  # http://www.argentina.gob.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=356
! # </a>
! # (an official .gob.ar) under title: "Sin Cambio de Hora" (english: "No hour change")
  #
! # "Por el momento, el Gobierno Nacional resolvio no modificar la hora
! # oficial, decision que estaba en estudio para su implementacion el
! # domingo 18 de octubre. Desde el Ministerio de Planificacion se anuncio
! # que la Argentina hoy, en estas condiciones meteorologicas, no necesita
! # la modificacion del huso horario, ya que 2009 nos encuentra con
! # crecimiento en la produccion y distribucion energetica."
  
  Rule    Arg     2007    only    -       Dec     30      0:00    1:00    S
  Rule    Arg     2008    2009    -       Mar     Sun>=15 0:00    0       -
  Rule    Arg     2008    only    -       Oct     Sun>=15 0:00    1:00    S
  
--- 154,222 ----
  # all of the country (all Zone-entries) are affected.  News reports like
  # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/nota.asp?nota_id=973037 indicate
  # that Argentina will use DST next year as well, from October to
  # March, although exact rules are not given.
  #
! # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2007-12-26)
  # The last hurdle of Argentina DST is over, the proposal was approved in
! # the lower chamber too (Diputados) with a vote 192 for and 2 against.
  # By the way thanks to Mariano Absatz and Daniel Mario Vega for the link to
  # the original scanned proposal, where the dates and the zero hours are
  # clear and unambiguous...This is the article about final approval:
  # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996
  #
  # From Paul Eggert (2007-12-22):
  # For dates after mid-2008, the following rules are my guesses and
  # are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
  
  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-09-05):
  # As per message from Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz (Nicaragua),
  # Argentina will start DST on Sunday October 19, 2008.
  #
  # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina03.html
  # http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 (in spanish)
  
  # From Rodrigo Severo (2008-10-06):
  # Here is some info available at a Gentoo bug related to TZ on Argentina's DST:
  # ...
  # ------- Comment #1 from [jmdocile]  2008-10-06 16:28 0000 -------
  # Hi, there is a problem with timezone-data-2008e and maybe with
  # timezone-data-2008f
  # Argentinian law [Number] 25.155 is no longer valid.
  # http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/60036/norma.htm
  # The new one is law [Number] 26.350
  # http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136191/norma.htm
  # So there is no summer time in Argentina for now.
  
  # From Mariano Absatz (2008-10-20):
! # Decree 1693/2008 applies Law 26.350 for the summer 2008/2009 establishing DST
! # in Argentina from 2008-10-19 until 2009-03-15.
  # http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=16102008&pi=3&pf=4&s=0&sec=01
  #
! 
! # Decree 1705/2008 excepting 12 Provinces from applying DST in the summer
! # 2008/2009: Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, La
! # Pampa, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego
  # http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=17102008&pi=1&pf=1&s=0&sec=01
  #
! # Press release 235 dated Saturday October 18th, from the Government of the
! # Province of Jujuy saying it will not apply DST either (even when it was not
! # included in Decree 1705/2008).
  # http://www.jujuy.gov.ar/index2/partes_prensa/18_10_08/235-181008.doc
  
  # From fullinet (2009-10-18):
  # As announced in
  # http://www.argentina.gob.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=356
! # (an official .gob.ar) under title: "Sin Cambio de Hora"
! # (English: "No hour change").
  #
! # "Por el momento, el Gobierno Nacional resolvió no modificar la hora
! # oficial, decisión que estaba en estudio para su implementación el
! # domingo 18 de octubre. Desde el Ministerio de Planificación se anunció
! # que la Argentina hoy, en estas condiciones meteorológicas, no necesita
! # la modificación del huso horario, ya que 2009 nos encuentra con
! # crecimiento en la producción y distribución energética."
  
  Rule    Arg     2007    only    -       Dec     30      0:00    1:00    S
  Rule    Arg     2008    2009    -       Mar     Sun>=15 0:00    0       -
  Rule    Arg     2008    only    -       Oct     Sun>=15 0:00    1:00    S
  
*** 242,255 ****
  # http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040521-27158-normas.pdf
  # From Paul Eggert (2004-05-24):
  # It's Law No. 7,210.  This change is due to a public power emergency, so for
  # now we'll assume it's for this year only.
  #
! # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
! # <a href="http://www.spicasc.net/horvera.html">
! # Hora de verano para la Republica Argentina (2003-06-08)
! # </a> says that standard time in Argentina from 1894-10-31
  # to 1920-05-01 was -4:16:48.25.  Go with this more-precise value
  # over Shanks & Pottenger.
  #
  # From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-05):
  # These media articles from a major newspaper mostly cover the current state:
--- 226,239 ----
  # http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040521-27158-normas.pdf
  # From Paul Eggert (2004-05-24):
  # It's Law No. 7,210.  This change is due to a public power emergency, so for
  # now we'll assume it's for this year only.
  #
! # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-09):
! # Hora de verano para la República Argentina
! # http://buenasiembra.com.ar/esoterismo/astrologia/hora-de-verano-de-la-republica-argentina-27.html
! # says that standard time in Argentina from 1894-10-31
  # to 1920-05-01 was -4:16:48.25.  Go with this more-precise value
  # over Shanks & Pottenger.
  #
  # From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-05):
  # These media articles from a major newspaper mostly cover the current state:
*** 260,273 ****
  # midnight Monday May 31st. (that is, the night between 05/31 and 06/01).
  # Apparently, all nine provinces would go back to UTC-03:00 at the same
  # time in October 17th.
  #
  # Catamarca, Chubut, La Rioja, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz,
! # Tierra del Fuego, Tucuman.
  #
  # From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-14):
! # ... this weekend, the Province of Tucuman decided it'd go back to UTC-03:00
  # yesterday midnight (that is, at 24:00 Saturday 12th), since the people's
  # annoyance with the change is much higher than the power savings obtained....
  #
  # From Gwillim Law (2004-06-14):
  # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/06/10/de_609078.asp ...
--- 244,257 ----
  # midnight Monday May 31st. (that is, the night between 05/31 and 06/01).
  # Apparently, all nine provinces would go back to UTC-03:00 at the same
  # time in October 17th.
  #
  # Catamarca, Chubut, La Rioja, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz,
! # Tierra del Fuego, Tucumán.
  #
  # From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-14):
! # ... this weekend, the Province of Tucumán decided it'd go back to UTC-03:00
  # yesterday midnight (that is, at 24:00 Saturday 12th), since the people's
  # annoyance with the change is much higher than the power savings obtained....
  #
  # From Gwillim Law (2004-06-14):
  # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/06/10/de_609078.asp ...
*** 298,350 ****
  
  # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-01-17):
  # Here are articles that Argentina Province San Luis is planning to end DST
  # as earlier as upcoming Monday January 21, 2008 or February 2008:
  #
! # Provincia argentina retrasa reloj y marca diferencia con resto del pais
  # (Argentine Province delayed clock and mark difference with the rest of the
  # country)
- # <a href="http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4373&idtel">
  # http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4373&idtel
- # </a>
  #
  # Es inminente que en San Luis atrasen una hora los relojes
  # (It is imminent in San Luis clocks one hour delay)
! # <a href="http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/vernotae.asp?id_nota=253414">
! # http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/vernotae.asp?id_nota=253414
! # </a>
! #
! # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html">
  # http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html
- # </a>
  
! # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-01-18):
  # The page of the San Luis provincial government
- # <a href="http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812">
  # http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812
- # </a>
  # confirms what Alex Krivenyshev has earlier sent to the tz
  # emailing list about that San Luis plans to return to standard
  # time much earlier than the rest of the country. It also
  # confirms that upon request the provinces San Juan and Mendoza
  # refused to follow San Luis in this change.
  #
! # The change is supposed to take place Monday the 21.st at 0:00
  # hours. As far as I understand it if this goes ahead, we need
  # a new timezone for San Luis (although there are also documented
  # independent changes in the southamerica file of San Luis in
  # 1990 and 1991 which has not been confirmed).
  
! # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2008-01-25):
  # Unfortunately the below page has become defunct, about the San Luis
  # time change. Perhaps because it now is part of a group of pages "Most
  # important pages of 2008."
  #
  # You can use
- # <a href="http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834">
  # http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834
- # </a>
  # instead it seems. Or use "Buscador" from the main page of the San Luis
  # government, and fill in "huso" and click OK, and you will get 3 pages
  # from which the first one is identical to the above.
  
  # From Mariano Absatz (2008-01-28):
--- 282,323 ----
  
  # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-01-17):
  # Here are articles that Argentina Province San Luis is planning to end DST
  # as earlier as upcoming Monday January 21, 2008 or February 2008:
  #
! # Provincia argentina retrasa reloj y marca diferencia con resto del país
  # (Argentine Province delayed clock and mark difference with the rest of the
  # country)
  # http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4373&idtel
  #
  # Es inminente que en San Luis atrasen una hora los relojes
  # (It is imminent in San Luis clocks one hour delay)
! # http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/253414/Economia/Es-inminente-que-en-San-Luis-atrasen-una-hora-los-relojes.html
  # http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html
  
! # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-01-18):
  # The page of the San Luis provincial government
  # http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812
  # confirms what Alex Krivenyshev has earlier sent to the tz
  # emailing list about that San Luis plans to return to standard
  # time much earlier than the rest of the country. It also
  # confirms that upon request the provinces San Juan and Mendoza
  # refused to follow San Luis in this change.
  #
! # The change is supposed to take place Monday the 21st at 0:00
  # hours. As far as I understand it if this goes ahead, we need
  # a new timezone for San Luis (although there are also documented
  # independent changes in the southamerica file of San Luis in
  # 1990 and 1991 which has not been confirmed).
  
! # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-01-25):
  # Unfortunately the below page has become defunct, about the San Luis
  # time change. Perhaps because it now is part of a group of pages "Most
  # important pages of 2008."
  #
  # You can use
  # http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834
  # instead it seems. Or use "Buscador" from the main page of the San Luis
  # government, and fill in "huso" and click OK, and you will get 3 pages
  # from which the first one is identical to the above.
  
  # From Mariano Absatz (2008-01-28):
*** 360,372 ****
  # history of particular changes goes along with Mendoza or San Juan :-(
  # (I only remember not being able to collect hard facts about San Luis
  # back in 2004, when these provinces changed to UTC-4 for a few days, I
  # mailed them personally and never got an answer).
  
! # From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
! # Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks & Pottenger through 1992,
! # from the IATA otherwise.  As noted below, Shanks & Pottenger say that
  # America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, one of which
  # was America/San_Luis, but we haven't verified this yet so for now we'll
  # keep America/Cordoba a single region rather than splitting it into the
  # other 5 subregions.
  
--- 333,345 ----
  # history of particular changes goes along with Mendoza or San Juan :-(
  # (I only remember not being able to collect hard facts about San Luis
  # back in 2004, when these provinces changed to UTC-4 for a few days, I
  # mailed them personally and never got an answer).
  
! # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-12):
! # Unless otherwise specified, data entries are from Shanks & Pottenger through
! # 1992, from the IATA otherwise.  As noted below, Shanks & Pottenger say that
  # America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, one of which
  # was America/San_Luis, but we haven't verified this yet so for now we'll
  # keep America/Cordoba a single region rather than splitting it into the
  # other 5 subregions.
  
*** 374,391 ****
  # Yesterday (with our usual 2-day notice) the Province of San Luis
  # decided that next Sunday instead of "staying" @utc-03:00 they will go
  # to utc-04:00 until the second Saturday in October...
  #
  # The press release is at
- # <a href="http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/SL/Paginas/NoticiaDetalle.asp?TemaId=1&InfoPrensaId=3102">
  # http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/SL/Paginas/NoticiaDetalle.asp?TemaId=1&InfoPrensaId=3102
! # </a>
! # (I couldn't find the decree, but
! # <a href="http://www.sanluis.gov.ar">
! # www.sanluis.gov.ar
! # <a/>
! # is the official page for the Province Government).
  #
  # There's also a note in only one of the major national papers ...
  # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1107912
  #
  # The press release says [quick and dirty translation]:
--- 347,359 ----
  # Yesterday (with our usual 2-day notice) the Province of San Luis
  # decided that next Sunday instead of "staying" @utc-03:00 they will go
  # to utc-04:00 until the second Saturday in October...
  #
  # The press release is at
  # http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/SL/Paginas/NoticiaDetalle.asp?TemaId=1&InfoPrensaId=3102
! # (I couldn't find the decree, but www.sanluis.gov.ar
! # is the official page for the Province Government.)
  #
  # There's also a note in only one of the major national papers ...
  # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1107912
  #
  # The press release says [quick and dirty translation]:
*** 398,410 ****
  
  # From Mariano Absatz (2009-10-16):
  # ...the Province of San Luis is a case in itself.
  #
  # The Law at
- # <a href="http://www.diputadossanluis.gov.ar/diputadosasp/paginas/verNorma.asp?NormaID=276>"
  # http://www.diputadossanluis.gov.ar/diputadosasp/paginas/verNorma.asp?NormaID=276
- # </a>
  # is ambiguous because establishes a calendar from the 2nd Sunday in
  # October at 0:00 thru the 2nd Saturday in March at 24:00 and the
  # complement of that starting on the 2nd Sunday of March at 0:00 and
  # ending on the 2nd Saturday of March at 24:00.
  #
--- 366,376 ----
*** 429,451 ****
  # is using UTC-3, but in my patch, San Luis calls it "WARST" and the rest
  # of the country calls it "ART".
  # ...
  
  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-09):
! # According to news reports from El Diario de la Republica Province San
  # Luis, Argentina (standard time UTC-04) will keep Daylight Saving Time
! # after April 11, 2010--will continue to have same time as rest of
  # Argentina (UTC-3) (no DST).
  #
! # Confirmaron la prórroga del huso horario de verano (Spanish)
! # <a href="http://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29383&Itemid=9">
  # http://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29383&Itemid=9
- # </a>
  # or (some English translation):
- # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina08.html">
  # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina08.html
- # </a>
  
  # From Mariano Absatz (2010-04-12):
  # yes...I can confirm this...and given that San Luis keeps calling
  # UTC-03:00 "summer time", we should't just let San Luis go back to "Arg"
  # rules...San Luis is still using "Western ARgentina Time" and it got
--- 395,413 ----
  # is using UTC-3, but in my patch, San Luis calls it "WARST" and the rest
  # of the country calls it "ART".
  # ...
  
  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-09):
! # According to news reports from El Diario de la República Province San
  # Luis, Argentina (standard time UTC-04) will keep Daylight Saving Time
! # after April 11, 2010 - will continue to have same time as rest of
  # Argentina (UTC-3) (no DST).
  #
! # Confirmaron la prórroga del huso horario de verano (Spanish)
  # http://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29383&Itemid=9
  # or (some English translation):
  # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina08.html
  
  # From Mariano Absatz (2010-04-12):
  # yes...I can confirm this...and given that San Luis keeps calling
  # UTC-03:00 "summer time", we should't just let San Luis go back to "Arg"
  # rules...San Luis is still using "Western ARgentina Time" and it got
*** 453,484 ****
  
  # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-05):
  # Perhaps San Luis operates on the legal fiction that it is at UTC-4
  # with perpetual summer time, but ordinary usage typically seems to
  # just say it's at UTC-3; see, for example,
! # <http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hora_oficial_argentina>.
  # We've documented similar situations as being plain changes to
  # standard time, so let's do that here too.  This does not change UTC
  # offsets, only tm_isdst and the time zone abbreviations.  One minor
  # plus is that this silences a zic complaint that there's no POSIX TZ
  # setting for time stamps past 2038.
  
  # From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
! # Milne says Cordoba time was -4:16:48.2.  Round to the nearest second.
  
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  #
  # Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF),
  Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
!                         -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
                          -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT
  #
! # Cordoba (CB), Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN),
  # Chaco (CC), Formosa (FM), Santiago del Estero (SE)
  #
  # Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we haven't verified:
  # - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
  # - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29.
--- 415,446 ----
  
  # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-05):
  # Perhaps San Luis operates on the legal fiction that it is at UTC-4
  # with perpetual summer time, but ordinary usage typically seems to
  # just say it's at UTC-3; see, for example,
! # http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hora_oficial_argentina
  # We've documented similar situations as being plain changes to
  # standard time, so let's do that here too.  This does not change UTC
  # offsets, only tm_isdst and the time zone abbreviations.  One minor
  # plus is that this silences a zic complaint that there's no POSIX TZ
  # setting for time stamps past 2038.
  
  # From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
! # Milne says Córdoba time was -4:16:48.2.  Round to the nearest second.
  
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  #
  # Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF),
  Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT      1894 Oct 31
!                         -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May    # Córdoba Mean Time
                          -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT
  #
! # Córdoba (CB), Santa Fe (SF), Entre Ríos (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN),
  # Chaco (CC), Formosa (FM), Santiago del Estero (SE)
  #
  # Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we haven't verified:
  # - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
  # - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29.
*** 494,504 ****
                          -4:00   -       WART    1991 Oct 20
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT
  #
! # Salta (SA), La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
  Zone America/Argentina/Salta -4:21:40 - LMT     1894 Oct 31
                          -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May
                          -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1991 Mar  3
--- 456,466 ----
                          -4:00   -       WART    1991 Oct 20
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT
  #
! # Salta (SA), La Pampa (LP), Neuquén (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
  Zone America/Argentina/Salta -4:21:40 - LMT     1894 Oct 31
                          -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May
                          -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1991 Mar  3
*** 506,516 ****
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   2008 Oct 18
                          -3:00   -       ART
  #
! # Tucuman (TM)
  Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT   1894 Oct 31
                          -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May
                          -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1991 Mar  3
--- 468,478 ----
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   2008 Oct 18
                          -3:00   -       ART
  #
! # Tucumán (TM)
  Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT   1894 Oct 31
                          -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May
                          -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1991 Mar  3
*** 618,640 ****
                          -4:00   SanLuis WAR%sT  2009 Oct 11
                          -3:00   -       ART
  #
  # Santa Cruz (SC)
  Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
!                         -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
                          -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
                          -3:00   -       ART     2004 Jun  1
                          -4:00   -       WART    2004 Jun 20
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   2008 Oct 18
                          -3:00   -       ART
  #
! # Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF)
  Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
!                         -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
                          -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
                          -3:00   -       ART     2004 May 30
--- 580,602 ----
                          -4:00   SanLuis WAR%sT  2009 Oct 11
                          -3:00   -       ART
  #
  # Santa Cruz (SC)
  Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT      1894 Oct 31
!                         -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May    # Córdoba Mean Time
                          -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
                          -3:00   -       ART     2004 Jun  1
                          -4:00   -       WART    2004 Jun 20
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   2008 Oct 18
                          -3:00   -       ART
  #
! # Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur (TF)
  Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT   1894 Oct 31
!                         -4:16:48 -      CMT     1920 May    # Córdoba Mean Time
                          -4:00   -       ART     1930 Dec
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
                          -3:00   Arg     AR%sT   1999 Oct  3
                          -4:00   Arg     AR%sT   2000 Mar  3
                          -3:00   -       ART     2004 May 30
*** 661,677 ****
  # the federal government refused to follow the city's rules, and business
  # was in a chaos, so the mayor backed down that afternoon.
  
  # From IATA SSIM (1996-02):
  # _Only_ the following states in BR1 observe DST: Rio Grande do Sul (RS),
! # Santa Catarina (SC), Parana (PR), Sao Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ),
! # Espirito Santo (ES), Minas Gerais (MG), Bahia (BA), Goias (GO),
  # Distrito Federal (DF), Tocantins (TO), Sergipe [SE] and Alagoas [AL].
  # [The last three states are new to this issue of the IATA SSIM.]
  
  # From Gwillim Law (1996-10-07):
! # Geography, history (Tocantins was part of Goias until 1989), and other
  # sources of time zone information lead me to believe that AL, SE, and TO were
  # always in BR1, and so the only change was whether or not they observed DST....
  # The earliest issue of the SSIM I have is 2/91.  Each issue from then until
  # 9/95 says that DST is observed only in the ten states I quoted from 9/95,
  # along with Mato Grosso (MT) and Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), which are in BR2
--- 623,639 ----
  # the federal government refused to follow the city's rules, and business
  # was in a chaos, so the mayor backed down that afternoon.
  
  # From IATA SSIM (1996-02):
  # _Only_ the following states in BR1 observe DST: Rio Grande do Sul (RS),
! # Santa Catarina (SC), Paraná (PR), São Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ),
! # Espírito Santo (ES), Minas Gerais (MG), Bahia (BA), Goiás (GO),
  # Distrito Federal (DF), Tocantins (TO), Sergipe [SE] and Alagoas [AL].
  # [The last three states are new to this issue of the IATA SSIM.]
  
  # From Gwillim Law (1996-10-07):
! # Geography, history (Tocantins was part of Goiás until 1989), and other
  # sources of time zone information lead me to believe that AL, SE, and TO were
  # always in BR1, and so the only change was whether or not they observed DST....
  # The earliest issue of the SSIM I have is 2/91.  Each issue from then until
  # 9/95 says that DST is observed only in the ten states I quoted from 9/95,
  # along with Mato Grosso (MT) and Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), which are in BR2
*** 681,700 ****
  # become part of the state of Pernambuco).  The boundary between BR1 and BR2
  # has never been clearly stated.  They've simply been called East and West.
  # However, some conclusions can be drawn from another IATA manual: the Airline
  # Coding Directory, which lists close to 400 airports in Brazil.  For each
  # airport it gives a time zone which is coded to the SSIM.  From that
! # information, I'm led to conclude that the states of Amapa (AP), Ceara (CE),
! # Maranhao (MA), Paraiba (PR), Pernambuco (PE), Piaui (PI), and Rio Grande do
! # Norte (RN), and the eastern part of Para (PA) are all in BR1 without DST.
  
  # From Marcos Tadeu (1998-09-27):
! # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/verao1.html">
! # Brazilian official page
! # </a>
  
! # From Jesper Norgaard (2000-11-03):
  # [For an official list of which regions in Brazil use which time zones, see:]
  # http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbr.htm
  # http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbrhv.htm
  
  # From Celso Doria via David Madeo (2002-10-09):
--- 643,660 ----
  # become part of the state of Pernambuco).  The boundary between BR1 and BR2
  # has never been clearly stated.  They've simply been called East and West.
  # However, some conclusions can be drawn from another IATA manual: the Airline
  # Coding Directory, which lists close to 400 airports in Brazil.  For each
  # airport it gives a time zone which is coded to the SSIM.  From that
! # information, I'm led to conclude that the states of Amapá (AP), Ceará (CE),
! # Maranhão (MA), Paraíba (PR), Pernambuco (PE), Piauí (PI), and Rio Grande do
! # Norte (RN), and the eastern part of Pará (PA) are all in BR1 without DST.
  
  # From Marcos Tadeu (1998-09-27):
! # Brazilian official page <http://pcdsh01.on.br/verao1.html>
  
! # From Jesper Nørgaard (2000-11-03):
  # [For an official list of which regions in Brazil use which time zones, see:]
  # http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbr.htm
  # http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbrhv.htm
  
  # From Celso Doria via David Madeo (2002-10-09):
*** 723,739 ****
  # Brazil will start DST on 2007-10-14 00:00 and end on 2008-02-17 00:00:
  # http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do;jsessionid=BBA06811AFCAAC28F0285210913513DA?newsId=13975
  
  # From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24):
  # ...by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 (published in the "Diario
! # Oficial da Uniao"...) in Brazil there are changes in the timezones,
  # effective today (00:00am at June 24, 2008) as follows:
  #
! # a) The timezone UTC+5 is e[x]tinguished, with all the Acre state and the
  # part of the Amazonas state that had this timezone now being put to the
  # timezone UTC+4
! # b) The whole Para state now is put at timezone UTC+3, instead of just
  # part of it, as was before.
  #
  # This change follows a proposal of senator Tiao Viana of Acre state, that
  # proposed it due to concerns about open television channels displaying
  # programs inappropriate to youths in the states that had the timezone
--- 683,699 ----
  # Brazil will start DST on 2007-10-14 00:00 and end on 2008-02-17 00:00:
  # http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do;jsessionid=BBA06811AFCAAC28F0285210913513DA?newsId=13975
  
  # From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24):
  # ...by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 (published in the "Diario
! # Oficial da União"...) in Brazil there are changes in the timezones,
  # effective today (00:00am at June 24, 2008) as follows:
  #
! # a) The timezone UTC+5 is extinguished, with all the Acre state and the
  # part of the Amazonas state that had this timezone now being put to the
  # timezone UTC+4
! # b) The whole Pará state now is put at timezone UTC+3, instead of just
  # part of it, as was before.
  #
  # This change follows a proposal of senator Tiao Viana of Acre state, that
  # proposed it due to concerns about open television channels displaying
  # programs inappropriate to youths in the states that had the timezone
*** 742,779 ****
  # change modifies timezone rules defined in decree 2.784 of 18 June,
  # 1913.
  
  # From Rodrigo Severo (2008-06-24):
  # Just correcting the URL:
- # <a href="https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=do&secao=1&pagina=1&data=25/04/2008">
  # https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=do&secao=1&pagina=1&data=25/04/2008
- # </a>
  #
  # As a result of the above Decree I believe the America/Rio_Branco
  # timezone shall be modified from UTC-5 to UTC-4 and a new timezone shall
! # be created to represent the...west side of the Para State. I
  # suggest this new timezone be called Santarem as the most
  # important/populated city in the affected area.
  #
  # This new timezone would be the same as the Rio_Branco timezone up to
  # the 2008/06/24 change which would be to UTC-3 instead of UTC-4.
  
  # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-24):
  # This is a quick reference page for New and Old Brazil Time Zones map.
- # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php">
  # http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php
- # </a>
  #
! # - 4 time zones replaced by 3 time zones-eliminating time zone UTC- 05
! # (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT- 04) - western
! # part of Par state is moving to one timezone UTC- 03 (from UTC -04).
  
  # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
  # The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
! # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html">
! # Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil
! # </a>.
  
  # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-29):
  # As announced by the government and many newspapers in Brazil late
  # yesterday, Brazil will start DST on 2008-10-19 (need to change rule) and
  # it will end on 2009-02-15 (current rule for Brazil is fine). Based on
--- 702,734 ----
  # change modifies timezone rules defined in decree 2.784 of 18 June,
  # 1913.
  
  # From Rodrigo Severo (2008-06-24):
  # Just correcting the URL:
  # https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=do&secao=1&pagina=1&data=25/04/2008
  #
  # As a result of the above Decree I believe the America/Rio_Branco
  # timezone shall be modified from UTC-5 to UTC-4 and a new timezone shall
! # be created to represent the...west side of the Pará State. I
  # suggest this new timezone be called Santarem as the most
  # important/populated city in the affected area.
  #
  # This new timezone would be the same as the Rio_Branco timezone up to
  # the 2008/06/24 change which would be to UTC-3 instead of UTC-4.
  
  # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-24):
  # This is a quick reference page for New and Old Brazil Time Zones map.
  # http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php
  #
! # - 4 time zones replaced by 3 time zones - eliminating time zone UTC-05
! # (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT-04) - western
! # part of Par state is moving to one timezone UTC-03 (from UTC-04).
  
  # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
  # The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
! # Decretos sobre o Horário de Verão no Brasil.
! # http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html
  
  # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-29):
  # As announced by the government and many newspapers in Brazil late
  # yesterday, Brazil will start DST on 2008-10-19 (need to change rule) and
  # it will end on 2009-02-15 (current rule for Brazil is fine). Based on
*** 781,827 ****
  # the start was postponed to November, but it did not happen this year.
  #
  # It has not yet been posted to http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html
  #
  # An official page about it:
- # <a href="http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do?newsId=16722">
  # http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do?newsId=16722
- # </a>
  # Note that this link does not always work directly, but must be accessed
  # by going to
- # <a href="http://www.mme.gov.br/first">
  # http://www.mme.gov.br/first
- # </a>
  #
  # One example link that works directly:
- # <a href="http://jornale.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13530&Itemid=54">
  # http://jornale.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13530&Itemid=54
  # (Portuguese)
- # </a>
  #
  # We have a written a short article about it as well:
- # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html">
  # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html
- # </a>
  #
  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-04):
  # State Bahia will return to Daylight savings time this year after 8 years off.
  # The announcement was made by Governor Jaques Wagner in an interview to a
  # television station in Salvador.
  
  # In Portuguese:
- # <a href="http://g1.globo.com/bahia/noticia/2011/10/governador-jaques-wagner-confirma-horario-de-verao-na-bahia.html">
  # http://g1.globo.com/bahia/noticia/2011/10/governador-jaques-wagner-confirma-horario-de-verao-na-bahia.html
- # </a> and
- # <a href="http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI5390887-EI8139,00-Bahia+volta+a+ter+horario+de+verao+apos+oito+anos.html">
  # http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI5390887-EI8139,00-Bahia+volta+a+ter+horario+de+verao+apos+oito+anos.html
- # </a>
  
  # From Guilherme Bernardes Rodrigues (2011-10-07):
  # There is news in the media, however there is still no decree about it.
! # I just send a e-mail to Zulmira Brandao at
! # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/">http://pcdsh01.on.br/</a> the
  # official agency about time in Brazil, and she confirmed that the old rule is
  # still in force.
  
  # From Guilherme Bernardes Rodrigues (2011-10-14)
  # It's official, the President signed a decree that includes Bahia in summer
--- 736,769 ----
  # the start was postponed to November, but it did not happen this year.
  #
  # It has not yet been posted to http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html
  #
  # An official page about it:
  # http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do?newsId=16722
  # Note that this link does not always work directly, but must be accessed
  # by going to
  # http://www.mme.gov.br/first
  #
  # One example link that works directly:
  # http://jornale.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13530&Itemid=54
  # (Portuguese)
  #
  # We have a written a short article about it as well:
  # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html
  #
  # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-04):
  # State Bahia will return to Daylight savings time this year after 8 years off.
  # The announcement was made by Governor Jaques Wagner in an interview to a
  # television station in Salvador.
  
  # In Portuguese:
  # http://g1.globo.com/bahia/noticia/2011/10/governador-jaques-wagner-confirma-horario-de-verao-na-bahia.html
  # http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI5390887-EI8139,00-Bahia+volta+a+ter+horario+de+verao+apos+oito+anos.html
  
  # From Guilherme Bernardes Rodrigues (2011-10-07):
  # There is news in the media, however there is still no decree about it.
! # I just send a e-mail to Zulmira Brandao at http://pcdsh01.on.br/ the
  # official agency about time in Brazil, and she confirmed that the old rule is
  # still in force.
  
  # From Guilherme Bernardes Rodrigues (2011-10-14)
  # It's official, the President signed a decree that includes Bahia in summer
*** 829,841 ****
  #        [ and in a second message (same day): ]
  # I found the decree.
  #
  # DECRETO No- 7.584, DE 13 DE OUTUBRO DE 2011
  # Link :
- # <a href="http://www.in.gov.br/visualiza/index.jsp?data=13/10/2011&jornal=1000&pagina=6&totalArquivos=6">
  # http://www.in.gov.br/visualiza/index.jsp?data=13/10/2011&jornal=1000&pagina=6&totalArquivos=6
- # </a>
  
  # From Kelley Cook (2012-10-16):
  # The governor of state of Bahia in Brazil announced on Thursday that
  # due to public pressure, he is reversing the DST policy they implemented
  # last year and will not be going to Summer Time on October 21st....
--- 771,781 ----
*** 859,947 ****
  #
  # From Paul Eggert (2013-10-17):
  # For now, assume western Amazonas will change as well.
  
  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm">20,466</a> (1931-10-01)
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm">21,896</a> (1932-01-10)
  Rule    Brazil  1931    only    -       Oct      3      11:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1932    1933    -       Apr      1       0:00   0       -
  Rule    Brazil  1932    only    -       Oct      3       0:00   1:00    S
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV23195.htm">23,195</a> (1933-10-10)
  # revoked DST.
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27496.htm">27,496</a> (1949-11-24)
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27998.htm">27,998</a> (1950-04-13)
  Rule    Brazil  1949    1952    -       Dec      1       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1950    only    -       Apr     16       1:00   0       -
  Rule    Brazil  1951    1952    -       Apr      1       0:00   0       -
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV32308.htm">32,308</a> (1953-02-24)
  Rule    Brazil  1953    only    -       Mar      1       0:00   0       -
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV34724.htm">34,724</a> (1953-11-30)
  # revoked DST.
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV52700.htm">52,700</a> (1963-10-18)
  # established DST from 1963-10-23 00:00 to 1964-02-29 00:00
  # in SP, RJ, GB, MG, ES, due to the prolongation of the drought.
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53071.htm">53,071</a> (1963-12-03)
  # extended the above decree to all of the national territory on 12-09.
  Rule    Brazil  1963    only    -       Dec      9       0:00   1:00    S
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53604.htm">53,604</a> (1964-02-25)
  # extended summer time by one day to 1964-03-01 00:00 (start of school).
  Rule    Brazil  1964    only    -       Mar      1       0:00   0       -
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV55639.htm">55,639</a> (1965-01-27)
  Rule    Brazil  1965    only    -       Jan     31       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1965    only    -       Mar     31       0:00   0       -
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57303.htm">57,303</a> (1965-11-22)
  Rule    Brazil  1965    only    -       Dec      1       0:00   1:00    S
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57843.htm">57,843</a> (1966-02-18)
  Rule    Brazil  1966    1968    -       Mar      1       0:00   0       -
  Rule    Brazil  1966    1967    -       Nov      1       0:00   1:00    S
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV63429.htm">63,429</a> (1968-10-15)
  # revoked DST.
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV91698.htm">91,698</a> (1985-09-27)
  Rule    Brazil  1985    only    -       Nov      2       0:00   1:00    S
  # Decree 92,310 (1986-01-21)
  # Decree 92,463 (1986-03-13)
  Rule    Brazil  1986    only    -       Mar     15       0:00   0       -
  # Decree 93,316 (1986-10-01)
  Rule    Brazil  1986    only    -       Oct     25       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1987    only    -       Feb     14       0:00   0       -
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV94922.htm">94,922</a> (1987-09-22)
  Rule    Brazil  1987    only    -       Oct     25       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1988    only    -       Feb      7       0:00   0       -
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV96676.htm">96,676</a> (1988-09-12)
  # except for the states of AC, AM, PA, RR, RO, and AP (then a territory)
  Rule    Brazil  1988    only    -       Oct     16       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1989    only    -       Jan     29       0:00   0       -
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV98077.htm">98,077</a> (1989-08-21)
  # with the same exceptions
  Rule    Brazil  1989    only    -       Oct     15       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1990    only    -       Feb     11       0:00   0       -
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV99530.htm">99,530</a> (1990-09-17)
  # adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, GO, MS, DF.
  # Decree 99,629 (1990-10-19) adds BA, MT.
  Rule    Brazil  1990    only    -       Oct     21       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1991    only    -       Feb     17       0:00   0       -
! # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1991.htm">Unnumbered decree</a> (1991-09-25)
  # adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, BA, GO, MT, MS, DF.
  Rule    Brazil  1991    only    -       Oct     20       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1992    only    -       Feb      9       0:00   0       -
! # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1992.htm">Unnumbered decree</a> (1992-10-16)
  # adopted by same states.
  Rule    Brazil  1992    only    -       Oct     25       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1993    only    -       Jan     31       0:00   0       -
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV942.htm">942</a> (1993-09-28)
  # adopted by same states, plus AM.
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1252.htm">1,252</a> (1994-09-22;
  # web page corrected 2004-01-07) adopted by same states, minus AM.
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1636.htm">1,636</a> (1995-09-14)
  # adopted by same states, plus MT and TO.
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1674.htm">1,674</a> (1995-10-13)
  # adds AL, SE.
  Rule    Brazil  1993    1995    -       Oct     Sun>=11  0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1994    1995    -       Feb     Sun>=15  0:00   0       -
  Rule    Brazil  1996    only    -       Feb     11       0:00   0       -
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV2000.htm">2,000</a> (1996-09-04)
  # adopted by same states, minus AL, SE.
  Rule    Brazil  1996    only    -       Oct      6       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1997    only    -       Feb     16       0:00   0       -
  # From Daniel C. Sobral (1998-02-12):
  # In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that
--- 799,887 ----
  #
  # From Paul Eggert (2013-10-17):
  # For now, assume western Amazonas will change as well.
  
  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
! # Decree 20,466 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm> (1931-10-01)
! # Decree 21,896 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm> (1932-01-10)
  Rule    Brazil  1931    only    -       Oct      3      11:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1932    1933    -       Apr      1       0:00   0       -
  Rule    Brazil  1932    only    -       Oct      3       0:00   1:00    S
! # Decree 23,195 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV23195.htm> (1933-10-10)
  # revoked DST.
! # Decree 27,496 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27496.htm> (1949-11-24)
! # Decree 27,998 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27998.htm> (1950-04-13)
  Rule    Brazil  1949    1952    -       Dec      1       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1950    only    -       Apr     16       1:00   0       -
  Rule    Brazil  1951    1952    -       Apr      1       0:00   0       -
! # Decree 32,308 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV32308.htm> (1953-02-24)
  Rule    Brazil  1953    only    -       Mar      1       0:00   0       -
! # Decree 34,724 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV34724.htm> (1953-11-30)
  # revoked DST.
! # Decree 52,700 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV52700.htm> (1963-10-18)
  # established DST from 1963-10-23 00:00 to 1964-02-29 00:00
  # in SP, RJ, GB, MG, ES, due to the prolongation of the drought.
! # Decree 53,071 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53071.htm> (1963-12-03)
  # extended the above decree to all of the national territory on 12-09.
  Rule    Brazil  1963    only    -       Dec      9       0:00   1:00    S
! # Decree 53,604 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53604.htm> (1964-02-25)
  # extended summer time by one day to 1964-03-01 00:00 (start of school).
  Rule    Brazil  1964    only    -       Mar      1       0:00   0       -
! # Decree 55,639 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV55639.htm> (1965-01-27)
  Rule    Brazil  1965    only    -       Jan     31       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1965    only    -       Mar     31       0:00   0       -
! # Decree 57,303 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57303.htm> (1965-11-22)
  Rule    Brazil  1965    only    -       Dec      1       0:00   1:00    S
! # Decree 57,843 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57843.htm> (1966-02-18)
  Rule    Brazil  1966    1968    -       Mar      1       0:00   0       -
  Rule    Brazil  1966    1967    -       Nov      1       0:00   1:00    S
! # Decree 63,429 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV63429.htm> (1968-10-15)
  # revoked DST.
! # Decree 91,698 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV91698.htm> (1985-09-27)
  Rule    Brazil  1985    only    -       Nov      2       0:00   1:00    S
  # Decree 92,310 (1986-01-21)
  # Decree 92,463 (1986-03-13)
  Rule    Brazil  1986    only    -       Mar     15       0:00   0       -
  # Decree 93,316 (1986-10-01)
  Rule    Brazil  1986    only    -       Oct     25       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1987    only    -       Feb     14       0:00   0       -
! # Decree 94,922 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV94922.htm> (1987-09-22)
  Rule    Brazil  1987    only    -       Oct     25       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1988    only    -       Feb      7       0:00   0       -
! # Decree 96,676 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV96676.htm> (1988-09-12)
  # except for the states of AC, AM, PA, RR, RO, and AP (then a territory)
  Rule    Brazil  1988    only    -       Oct     16       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1989    only    -       Jan     29       0:00   0       -
! # Decree 98,077 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV98077.htm> (1989-08-21)
  # with the same exceptions
  Rule    Brazil  1989    only    -       Oct     15       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1990    only    -       Feb     11       0:00   0       -
! # Decree 99,530 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV99530.htm> (1990-09-17)
  # adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, GO, MS, DF.
  # Decree 99,629 (1990-10-19) adds BA, MT.
  Rule    Brazil  1990    only    -       Oct     21       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1991    only    -       Feb     17       0:00   0       -
! # Unnumbered decree <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1991.htm> (1991-09-25)
  # adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, BA, GO, MT, MS, DF.
  Rule    Brazil  1991    only    -       Oct     20       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1992    only    -       Feb      9       0:00   0       -
! # Unnumbered decree <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1992.htm> (1992-10-16)
  # adopted by same states.
  Rule    Brazil  1992    only    -       Oct     25       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1993    only    -       Jan     31       0:00   0       -
! # Decree 942 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV942.htm> (1993-09-28)
  # adopted by same states, plus AM.
! # Decree 1,252 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1252.htm> (1994-09-22;
  # web page corrected 2004-01-07) adopted by same states, minus AM.
! # Decree 1,636 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1636.htm> (1995-09-14)
  # adopted by same states, plus MT and TO.
! # Decree 1,674 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1674.htm> (1995-10-13)
  # adds AL, SE.
  Rule    Brazil  1993    1995    -       Oct     Sun>=11  0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1994    1995    -       Feb     Sun>=15  0:00   0       -
  Rule    Brazil  1996    only    -       Feb     11       0:00   0       -
! # Decree 2,000 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV2000.htm> (1996-09-04)
  # adopted by same states, minus AL, SE.
  Rule    Brazil  1996    only    -       Oct      6       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1997    only    -       Feb     16       0:00   0       -
  # From Daniel C. Sobral (1998-02-12):
  # In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that
*** 950,1006 ****
  # This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1
  # to help dealing with the shortages of electric power.
  #
  # Decree 2,317 (1997-09-04), adopted by same states.
  Rule    Brazil  1997    only    -       Oct      6       0:00   1:00    S
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV2495.JPG">2,495</a>
  # (1998-02-10)
  Rule    Brazil  1998    only    -       Mar      1       0:00   0       -
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/Hv98.jpg">2,780</a> (1998-09-11)
  # adopted by the same states as before.
  Rule    Brazil  1998    only    -       Oct     11       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1999    only    -       Feb     21       0:00   0       -
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3150.gif">3,150</a>
  # (1999-08-23) adopted by same states.
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV99.gif">3,188</a> (1999-09-30)
  # adds SE, AL, PB, PE, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR.
  Rule    Brazil  1999    only    -       Oct      3       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  2000    only    -       Feb     27       0:00   0       -
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DEC3592.htm">3,592</a> (2000-09-06)
  # adopted by the same states as before.
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3630.jpg">3,630</a> (2000-10-13)
  # repeals DST in PE and RR, effective 2000-10-15 00:00.
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3632.jpg">3,632</a> (2000-10-17)
  # repeals DST in SE, AL, PB, RN, CE, PI and MA, effective 2000-10-22 00:00.
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3916.gif">3,916</a>
  # (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
  Rule    Brazil  2000    2001    -       Oct     Sun>=8   0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  2001    2006    -       Feb     Sun>=15  0:00   0       -
  # Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
! # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm">4,399</a>
  Rule    Brazil  2002    only    -       Nov      3       0:00   1:00    S
  # Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO.
! # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm">4,844</a>
  Rule    Brazil  2003    only    -       Oct     19       0:00   1:00    S
  # Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT.
! # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm">5,223</a>
  Rule    Brazil  2004    only    -       Nov      2       0:00   1:00    S
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif">5,539</a> (2005-09-19),
  # adopted by the same states as before.
  Rule    Brazil  2005    only    -       Oct     16       0:00   1:00    S
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5920.gif">5,920</a> (2006-10-03),
  # adopted by the same states as before.
  Rule    Brazil  2006    only    -       Nov      5       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  2007    only    -       Feb     25       0:00   0       -
! # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV6212.gif">6,212</a> (2007-09-26),
  # adopted by the same states as before.
  Rule    Brazil  2007    only    -       Oct     Sun>=8   0:00   1:00    S
  # From Frederico A. C. Neves (2008-09-10):
  # According to this decree
- # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm">
  # http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm
- # </a>
  # [t]he DST period in Brazil now on will be from the 3rd Oct Sunday to the
  # 3rd Feb Sunday. There is an exception on the return date when this is
  # the Carnival Sunday then the return date will be the next Sunday...
  Rule    Brazil  2008    max     -       Oct     Sun>=15 0:00    1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  2008    2011    -       Feb     Sun>=15 0:00    0       -
--- 890,944 ----
  # This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1
  # to help dealing with the shortages of electric power.
  #
  # Decree 2,317 (1997-09-04), adopted by same states.
  Rule    Brazil  1997    only    -       Oct      6       0:00   1:00    S
! # Decree 2,495 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV2495.JPG>
  # (1998-02-10)
  Rule    Brazil  1998    only    -       Mar      1       0:00   0       -
! # Decree 2,780 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/Hv98.jpg> (1998-09-11)
  # adopted by the same states as before.
  Rule    Brazil  1998    only    -       Oct     11       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  1999    only    -       Feb     21       0:00   0       -
! # Decree 3,150 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3150.gif>
  # (1999-08-23) adopted by same states.
! # Decree 3,188 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV99.gif> (1999-09-30)
  # adds SE, AL, PB, PE, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR.
  Rule    Brazil  1999    only    -       Oct      3       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  2000    only    -       Feb     27       0:00   0       -
! # Decree 3,592 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DEC3592.htm> (2000-09-06)
  # adopted by the same states as before.
! # Decree 3,630 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3630.jpg> (2000-10-13)
  # repeals DST in PE and RR, effective 2000-10-15 00:00.
! # Decree 3,632 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3632.jpg> (2000-10-17)
  # repeals DST in SE, AL, PB, RN, CE, PI and MA, effective 2000-10-22 00:00.
! # Decree 3,916 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3916.gif>
  # (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
  Rule    Brazil  2000    2001    -       Oct     Sun>=8   0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  2001    2006    -       Feb     Sun>=15  0:00   0       -
  # Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
! # 4,399 <http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm>
  Rule    Brazil  2002    only    -       Nov      3       0:00   1:00    S
  # Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO.
! # 4,844 <http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm>
  Rule    Brazil  2003    only    -       Oct     19       0:00   1:00    S
  # Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT.
! # 5,223 <http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm>
  Rule    Brazil  2004    only    -       Nov      2       0:00   1:00    S
! # Decree 5,539 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif> (2005-09-19),
  # adopted by the same states as before.
  Rule    Brazil  2005    only    -       Oct     16       0:00   1:00    S
! # Decree 5,920 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5920.gif> (2006-10-03),
  # adopted by the same states as before.
  Rule    Brazil  2006    only    -       Nov      5       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  2007    only    -       Feb     25       0:00   0       -
! # Decree 6,212 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV6212.gif> (2007-09-26),
  # adopted by the same states as before.
  Rule    Brazil  2007    only    -       Oct     Sun>=8   0:00   1:00    S
  # From Frederico A. C. Neves (2008-09-10):
  # According to this decree
  # http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm
  # [t]he DST period in Brazil now on will be from the 3rd Oct Sunday to the
  # 3rd Feb Sunday. There is an exception on the return date when this is
  # the Carnival Sunday then the return date will be the next Sunday...
  Rule    Brazil  2008    max     -       Oct     Sun>=15 0:00    1:00    S
  Rule    Brazil  2008    2011    -       Feb     Sun>=15 0:00    0       -
*** 1031,1063 ****
                          -2:00   Brazil  FN%sT   2000 Oct 15
                          -2:00   -       FNT     2001 Sep 13
                          -2:00   Brazil  FN%sT   2002 Oct  1
                          -2:00   -       FNT
  # Other Atlantic islands have no permanent settlement.
! # These include Trindade and Martin Vaz (administratively part of ES),
! # Atol das Rocas (RN), and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo (PE).
  # Fernando de Noronha was a separate territory from 1942-09-02 to 1989-01-01;
  # it also included the Penedos.
  #
! # Amapa (AP), east Para (PA)
! # East Para includes Belem, Maraba, Serra Norte, and Sao Felix do Xingu.
! # The division between east and west Para is the river Xingu.
  # In the north a very small part from the river Javary (now Jari I guess,
! # the border with Amapa) to the Amazon, then to the Xingu.
  Zone America/Belem      -3:13:56 -      LMT     1914
                          -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   1988 Sep 12
                          -3:00   -       BRT
  #
! # west Para (PA)
! # West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and Santarem.
  Zone America/Santarem   -3:38:48 -      LMT     1914
                          -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   1988 Sep 12
!                         -4:00   -       AMT     2008 Jun 24 00:00
                          -3:00   -       BRT
  #
! # Maranhao (MA), Piaui (PI), Ceara (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
! # Paraiba (PB)
  Zone America/Fortaleza  -2:34:00 -      LMT     1914
                          -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   1990 Sep 17
                          -3:00   -       BRT     1999 Sep 30
                          -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2000 Oct 22
                          -3:00   -       BRT     2001 Sep 13
--- 969,1001 ----
                          -2:00   Brazil  FN%sT   2000 Oct 15
                          -2:00   -       FNT     2001 Sep 13
                          -2:00   Brazil  FN%sT   2002 Oct  1
                          -2:00   -       FNT
  # Other Atlantic islands have no permanent settlement.
! # These include Trindade and Martim Vaz (administratively part of ES),
! # Rocas Atoll (RN), and the St Peter and St Paul Archipelago (PE).
  # Fernando de Noronha was a separate territory from 1942-09-02 to 1989-01-01;
  # it also included the Penedos.
  #
! # Amapá (AP), east Pará (PA)
! # East Pará includes Belém, Marabá, Serra Norte, and São Félix do Xingu.
! # The division between east and west Pará is the river Xingu.
  # In the north a very small part from the river Javary (now Jari I guess,
! # the border with Amapá) to the Amazon, then to the Xingu.
  Zone America/Belem      -3:13:56 -      LMT     1914
                          -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   1988 Sep 12
                          -3:00   -       BRT
  #
! # west Pará (PA)
! # West Pará includes Altamira, Óbidos, Prainha, Oriximiná, and Santarém.
  Zone America/Santarem   -3:38:48 -      LMT     1914
                          -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   1988 Sep 12
!                         -4:00   -       AMT     2008 Jun 24  0:00
                          -3:00   -       BRT
  #
! # Maranhão (MA), Piauí (PI), Ceará (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
! # Paraíba (PB)
  Zone America/Fortaleza  -2:34:00 -      LMT     1914
                          -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   1990 Sep 17
                          -3:00   -       BRT     1999 Sep 30
                          -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2000 Oct 22
                          -3:00   -       BRT     2001 Sep 13
*** 1100,1114 ****
                          -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2003 Sep 24
                          -3:00   -       BRT     2011 Oct 16
                          -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2012 Oct 21
                          -3:00   -       BRT
  #
! # Goias (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
! # Espirito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Sao Paulo (SP), Parana (PR),
  # Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
  Zone America/Sao_Paulo  -3:06:28 -      LMT     1914
!                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   1963 Oct 23 00:00
                          -3:00   1:00    BRST    1964
                          -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT
  #
  # Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)
  Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 -    LMT     1914
--- 1038,1052 ----
                          -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2003 Sep 24
                          -3:00   -       BRT     2011 Oct 16
                          -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   2012 Oct 21
                          -3:00   -       BRT
  #
! # Goiás (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
! # Espírito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), São Paulo (SP), Paraná (PR),
  # Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
  Zone America/Sao_Paulo  -3:06:28 -      LMT     1914
!                         -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT   1963 Oct 23  0:00
                          -3:00   1:00    BRST    1964
                          -3:00   Brazil  BR%sT
  #
  # Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)
  Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 -    LMT     1914
*** 1118,1128 ****
  Zone America/Cuiaba     -3:44:20 -      LMT     1914
                          -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   2003 Sep 24
                          -4:00   -       AMT     2004 Oct  1
                          -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT
  #
! # Rondonia (RO)
  Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 -     LMT     1914
                          -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   1988 Sep 12
                          -4:00   -       AMT
  #
  # Roraima (RR)
--- 1056,1066 ----
  Zone America/Cuiaba     -3:44:20 -      LMT     1914
                          -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   2003 Sep 24
                          -4:00   -       AMT     2004 Oct  1
                          -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT
  #
! # Rondônia (RO)
  Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 -     LMT     1914
                          -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   1988 Sep 12
                          -4:00   -       AMT
  #
  # Roraima (RR)
*** 1130,1162 ****
                          -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   1988 Sep 12
                          -4:00   -       AMT     1999 Sep 30
                          -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   2000 Oct 15
                          -4:00   -       AMT
  #
! # east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Jutai, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto
  # The great circle line from Tabatinga to Porto Acre divides
  # east from west Amazonas.
  Zone America/Manaus     -4:00:04 -      LMT     1914
                          -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   1988 Sep 12
                          -4:00   -       AMT     1993 Sep 28
                          -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   1994 Sep 22
                          -4:00   -       AMT
  #
  # west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant,
! #       Eirunepe, Envira, Ipixuna
  Zone America/Eirunepe   -4:39:28 -      LMT     1914
                          -5:00   Brazil  AC%sT   1988 Sep 12
                          -5:00   -       ACT     1993 Sep 28
                          -5:00   Brazil  AC%sT   1994 Sep 22
!                         -5:00   -       ACT     2008 Jun 24 00:00
                          -4:00   -       AMT     2013 Nov 10
                          -5:00   -       ACT
  #
  # Acre (AC)
  Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 -      LMT     1914
                          -5:00   Brazil  AC%sT   1988 Sep 12
!                         -5:00   -       ACT     2008 Jun 24 00:00
                          -4:00   -       AMT     2013 Nov 10
                          -5:00   -       ACT
  
  # Chile
  
--- 1068,1100 ----
                          -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   1988 Sep 12
                          -4:00   -       AMT     1999 Sep 30
                          -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   2000 Oct 15
                          -4:00   -       AMT
  #
! # east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Jutaí, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto
  # The great circle line from Tabatinga to Porto Acre divides
  # east from west Amazonas.
  Zone America/Manaus     -4:00:04 -      LMT     1914
                          -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   1988 Sep 12
                          -4:00   -       AMT     1993 Sep 28
                          -4:00   Brazil  AM%sT   1994 Sep 22
                          -4:00   -       AMT
  #
  # west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant,
! #       Eirunepé, Envira, Ipixuna
  Zone America/Eirunepe   -4:39:28 -      LMT     1914
                          -5:00   Brazil  AC%sT   1988 Sep 12
                          -5:00   -       ACT     1993 Sep 28
                          -5:00   Brazil  AC%sT   1994 Sep 22
!                         -5:00   -       ACT     2008 Jun 24  0:00
                          -4:00   -       AMT     2013 Nov 10
                          -5:00   -       ACT
  #
  # Acre (AC)
  Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 -      LMT     1914
                          -5:00   Brazil  AC%sT   1988 Sep 12
!                         -5:00   -       ACT     2008 Jun 24  0:00
                          -4:00   -       AMT     2013 Nov 10
                          -5:00   -       ACT
  
  # Chile
  
*** 1173,1252 ****
  # on April 3, (one-time change).
  
  # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2006-10-08):
  # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
  
! # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-10-08):
  # I think that there are some obvious mistakes in the suggested link
  # from Oscar van Vlijmen,... for instance entry 66 says that GMT-4
  # ended 1990-09-12 while entry 67 only begins GMT-3 at 1990-09-15
  # (they should have been 1990-09-15 and 1990-09-16 respectively), but
  # anyhow it clears up some doubts too.
  
! # From Paul Eggert (2006-12-27):
! # The following data for Chile and America/Santiago are from
  # <http://www.horaoficial.cl/horaof.htm> (2006-09-20), transcribed by
! # Jesper Norgaard Welen.  The data for Pacific/Easter are from Shanks
  # & Pottenger, except with DST transitions after 1932 cloned from
! # America/Santiago.  The pre-1980 Pacific/Easter data are dubious,
  # but we have no other source.
  
! # From German Poo-Caaman~o (2008-03-03):
  # Due to drought, Chile extends Daylight Time in three weeks.  This
  # is one-time change (Saturday 3/29 at 24:00 for America/Santiago
  # and Saturday 3/29 at 22:00 for Pacific/Easter)
  # The Supreme Decree is located at
- # <a href="http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf">
  # http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf
- # </a>
  # and the instructions for 2008 are located in:
- # <a href="http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm">
  # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
- # </a>.
  
! # From Jose Miguel Garrido (2008-03-05):
  # ...
  # You could see the announces of the change on
- # <a href="http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm">
  # http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm
- # </a>.
  
  # From Angel Chiang (2010-03-04):
  # Subject: DST in Chile exceptionally extended to 3 April due to earthquake
- # <a href="http://www.gobiernodechile.cl/viewNoticia.aspx?idArticulo=30098">
  # http://www.gobiernodechile.cl/viewNoticia.aspx?idArticulo=30098
- # </a>
  # (in Spanish, last paragraph).
  #
  # This is breaking news. There should be more information available later.
  
! # From Arthur Daivd Olson (2010-03-06):
  # Angel Chiang's message confirmed by Julio Pacheco; Julio provided a patch.
  
! # From Glenn Eychaner (2011-03-02): [geychaner@mac.com]
  # It appears that the Chilean government has decided to postpone the
  # change from summer time to winter time again, by three weeks to April
  # 2nd:
- # <a href="http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=467651">
  # http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=467651
- # </a>
  #
  # This is not yet reflected in the official "cambio de hora" site, but
  # probably will be soon:
- # <a href="http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm">
  # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
- # </a>
  
  # From Arthur David Olson (2011-03-02):
  # The emol.com article mentions a water shortage as the cause of the
  # postponement, which may mean that it's not a permanent change.
  
  # From Glenn Eychaner (2011-03-28):
  # The article:
- # <a href="http://diario.elmercurio.com/2011/03/28/_portada/_portada/noticias/7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E.htm?id=3D{7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E}">
  # http://diario.elmercurio.com/2011/03/28/_portada/_portada/noticias/7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E.htm?id=3D{7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E}
- # </a>
  #
  # In English:
  # Chile's clocks will go back an hour this year on the 7th of May instead
  # of this Saturday. They will go forward again the 3rd Saturday in
  # August, not in October as they have since 1968. This is a pilot plan
--- 1111,1176 ----
  # on April 3, (one-time change).
  
  # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2006-10-08):
  # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
  
! # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-10-08):
  # I think that there are some obvious mistakes in the suggested link
  # from Oscar van Vlijmen,... for instance entry 66 says that GMT-4
  # ended 1990-09-12 while entry 67 only begins GMT-3 at 1990-09-15
  # (they should have been 1990-09-15 and 1990-09-16 respectively), but
  # anyhow it clears up some doubts too.
  
! # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-12):
! # The following data entries for Chile and America/Santiago are from
  # <http://www.horaoficial.cl/horaof.htm> (2006-09-20), transcribed by
! # Jesper Nørgaard Welen.  The data entries for Pacific/Easter are from Shanks
  # & Pottenger, except with DST transitions after 1932 cloned from
! # America/Santiago.  The pre-1980 Pacific/Easter data entries are dubious,
  # but we have no other source.
  
! # From Germán Poo-Caamaño (2008-03-03):
  # Due to drought, Chile extends Daylight Time in three weeks.  This
  # is one-time change (Saturday 3/29 at 24:00 for America/Santiago
  # and Saturday 3/29 at 22:00 for Pacific/Easter)
  # The Supreme Decree is located at
  # http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf
  # and the instructions for 2008 are located in:
  # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
  
! # From José Miguel Garrido (2008-03-05):
  # ...
  # You could see the announces of the change on
  # http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm
  
  # From Angel Chiang (2010-03-04):
  # Subject: DST in Chile exceptionally extended to 3 April due to earthquake
  # http://www.gobiernodechile.cl/viewNoticia.aspx?idArticulo=30098
  # (in Spanish, last paragraph).
  #
  # This is breaking news. There should be more information available later.
  
! # From Arthur David Olson (2010-03-06):
  # Angel Chiang's message confirmed by Julio Pacheco; Julio provided a patch.
  
! # From Glenn Eychaner (2011-03-02):
  # It appears that the Chilean government has decided to postpone the
  # change from summer time to winter time again, by three weeks to April
  # 2nd:
  # http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=467651
  #
  # This is not yet reflected in the official "cambio de hora" site, but
  # probably will be soon:
  # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
  
  # From Arthur David Olson (2011-03-02):
  # The emol.com article mentions a water shortage as the cause of the
  # postponement, which may mean that it's not a permanent change.
  
  # From Glenn Eychaner (2011-03-28):
  # The article:
  # http://diario.elmercurio.com/2011/03/28/_portada/_portada/noticias/7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E.htm?id=3D{7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E}
  #
  # In English:
  # Chile's clocks will go back an hour this year on the 7th of May instead
  # of this Saturday. They will go forward again the 3rd Saturday in
  # August, not in October as they have since 1968. This is a pilot plan
*** 1273,1282 ****
--- 1197,1213 ----
  # they will end DST later and start DST earlier than planned.  They
  # hope to save energy.  The new end date is 2013-04-28 00:00 and new
  # start date is 2013-09-08 00:00....
  # http://www.gob.cl/informa/2013/02/15/gobierno-anuncia-fechas-de-cambio-de-hora-para-el-ano-2013.htm
  
+ # From José Miguel Garrido (2014-02-19):
+ # Today appeared in the Diario Oficial a decree amending the time change
+ # dates to 2014.
+ # DST End: last Saturday of April 2014 (Sun 27 Apr 2014 03:00 UTC)
+ # DST Start: first Saturday of September 2014 (Sun 07 Sep 2014 04:00 UTC)
+ # http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl//media/2014/02/19/do-20140219.pdf
+ 
  # NOTE: ChileAQ rules for Antarctic bases are stored separately in the
  # 'antarctica' file.
  
  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
  Rule    Chile   1927    1932    -       Sep      1      0:00    1:00    S
*** 1329,1373 ****
                          -4:42:46 -      SMT     1927 Sep  1 # Santiago Mean Time
                          -5:00   Chile   CL%sT   1947 May 22 # Chile Time
                          -4:00   Chile   CL%sT
  Zone Pacific/Easter     -7:17:44 -      LMT     1890
                          -7:17:28 -      EMT     1932 Sep    # Easter Mean Time
!                         -7:00   Chile   EAS%sT  1982 Mar 13 21:00 # Easter I Time
                          -6:00   Chile   EAS%sT
  #
! # Sala y Gomez Island is like Pacific/Easter.
! # Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernandez Is, San Ambrosio,
! # San Felix, and Antarctic bases, are like America/Santiago.
  
  # Colombia
  
! # Milne gives 4:56:16.4 for Bogota time in 1899; round to nearest.  He writes,
  # "A variation of fifteen minutes in the public clocks of Bogota is not rare."
  
  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
  Rule    CO      1992    only    -       May      3      0:00    1:00    S
  Rule    CO      1993    only    -       Apr      4      0:00    0       -
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone    America/Bogota  -4:56:16 -      LMT     1884 Mar 13
!                         -4:56:16 -      BMT     1914 Nov 23 # Bogota Mean Time
                          -5:00   CO      CO%sT   # Colombia Time
  # Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres
  # no information; probably like America/Bogota
  
! # Curacao
  
! # Milne gives 4:35:46.9 for Curacao mean time; round to nearest.
  #
  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
  # Shanks & Pottenger say that The Bottom and Philipsburg have been at
  # -4:00 since standard time was introduced on 1912-03-02; and that
  # Kralendijk and Rincon used Kralendijk Mean Time (-4:33:08) from
  # 1912-02-02 to 1965-01-01.  The former is dubious, since S&P also say
! # Saba Island has been like Curacao.
  # This all predates our 1970 cutoff, though.
  #
! # By July 2007 Curacao and St Maarten are planned to become
  # associated states within the Netherlands, much like Aruba;
  # Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius would become directly part of the
  # Netherlands as Kingdom Islands.  This won't affect their time zones
  # though, as far as we know.
  #
--- 1260,1304 ----
                          -4:42:46 -      SMT     1927 Sep  1 # Santiago Mean Time
                          -5:00   Chile   CL%sT   1947 May 22 # Chile Time
                          -4:00   Chile   CL%sT
  Zone Pacific/Easter     -7:17:44 -      LMT     1890
                          -7:17:28 -      EMT     1932 Sep    # Easter Mean Time
!                         -7:00   Chile   EAS%sT  1982 Mar 13 21:00 # Easter Time
                          -6:00   Chile   EAS%sT
  #
! # Salas y Gómez Island is uninhabited.
! # Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernández Is, Desventuradas Is,
! # and Antarctic bases, are like America/Santiago.
  
  # Colombia
  
! # Milne gives 4:56:16.4 for Bogotá time in 1899; round to nearest.  He writes,
  # "A variation of fifteen minutes in the public clocks of Bogota is not rare."
  
  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
  Rule    CO      1992    only    -       May      3      0:00    1:00    S
  Rule    CO      1993    only    -       Apr      4      0:00    0       -
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone    America/Bogota  -4:56:16 -      LMT     1884 Mar 13
!                         -4:56:16 -      BMT     1914 Nov 23 # Bogotá Mean Time
                          -5:00   CO      CO%sT   # Colombia Time
  # Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres
  # no information; probably like America/Bogota
  
! # Curaçao
  
! # Milne gives 4:35:46.9 for Curaçao mean time; round to nearest.
  #
  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
  # Shanks & Pottenger say that The Bottom and Philipsburg have been at
  # -4:00 since standard time was introduced on 1912-03-02; and that
  # Kralendijk and Rincon used Kralendijk Mean Time (-4:33:08) from
  # 1912-02-02 to 1965-01-01.  The former is dubious, since S&P also say
! # Saba Island has been like Curaçao.
  # This all predates our 1970 cutoff, though.
  #
! # By July 2007 Curaçao and St Maarten are planned to become
  # associated states within the Netherlands, much like Aruba;
  # Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius would become directly part of the
  # Netherlands as Kingdom Islands.  This won't affect their time zones
  # though, as far as we know.
  #
*** 1376,1394 ****
                          -4:30   -       ANT     1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
                          -4:00   -       AST
  
  # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
  # use links for places with new iso3166 codes.
! # The name "Lower Prince's Quarter" is both longer than fourteen charaters
  # and contains an apostrophe; use "Lower_Princes" below.
  
  Link    America/Curacao America/Lower_Princes   # Sint Maarten
  Link    America/Curacao America/Kralendijk      # Caribbean Netherlands
  
  # Ecuador
  #
! # Milne says the Sentral and South American Telegraph Company used -5:24:15.
  #
  # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-04):
  # Apparently Ecuador had a failed experiment with DST in 1992.
  # <http://midena.gov.ec/content/view/1261/208/> (2007-02-27) and
  # <http://www.hoy.com.ec/NoticiaNue.asp?row_id=249856> (2006-11-06) both
--- 1307,1325 ----
                          -4:30   -       ANT     1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
                          -4:00   -       AST
  
  # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
  # use links for places with new iso3166 codes.
! # The name "Lower Prince's Quarter" is both longer than fourteen characters
  # and contains an apostrophe; use "Lower_Princes" below.
  
  Link    America/Curacao America/Lower_Princes   # Sint Maarten
  Link    America/Curacao America/Kralendijk      # Caribbean Netherlands
  
  # Ecuador
  #
! # Milne says the Central and South American Telegraph Company used -5:24:15.
  #
  # From Paul Eggert (2007-03-04):
  # Apparently Ecuador had a failed experiment with DST in 1992.
  # <http://midena.gov.ec/content/view/1261/208/> (2007-02-27) and
  # <http://www.hoy.com.ec/NoticiaNue.asp?row_id=249856> (2006-11-06) both
*** 1398,1417 ****
  Zone America/Guayaquil  -5:19:20 -      LMT     1890
                          -5:14:00 -      QMT     1931 # Quito Mean Time
                          -5:00   -       ECT          # Ecuador Time
  Zone Pacific/Galapagos  -5:58:24 -      LMT     1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
                          -5:00   -       ECT     1986
!                         -6:00   -       GALT         # Galapagos Time
  
  # Falklands
  
  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
  # Between 1990 and 2000 inclusive, Shanks & Pottenger and the IATA agree except
  # the IATA gives 1996-09-08.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
  
  # From Falkland Islands Government Office, London (2001-01-22)
! # via Jesper Norgaard:
  # ... the clocks revert back to Local Mean Time at 2 am on Sunday 15
  # April 2001 and advance one hour to summer time at 2 am on Sunday 2
  # September.  It is anticipated that the clocks will revert back at 2
  # am on Sunday 21 April 2002 and advance to summer time at 2 am on
  # Sunday 1 September.
--- 1329,1348 ----
  Zone America/Guayaquil  -5:19:20 -      LMT     1890
                          -5:14:00 -      QMT     1931 # Quito Mean Time
                          -5:00   -       ECT     # Ecuador Time
  Zone Pacific/Galapagos  -5:58:24 -      LMT     1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
                          -5:00   -       ECT     1986
!                         -6:00   -       GALT    # Galápagos Time
  
  # Falklands
  
  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
  # Between 1990 and 2000 inclusive, Shanks & Pottenger and the IATA agree except
  # the IATA gives 1996-09-08.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
  
  # From Falkland Islands Government Office, London (2001-01-22)
! # via Jesper Nørgaard:
  # ... the clocks revert back to Local Mean Time at 2 am on Sunday 15
  # April 2001 and advance one hour to summer time at 2 am on Sunday 2
  # September.  It is anticipated that the clocks will revert back at 2
  # am on Sunday 21 April 2002 and advance to summer time at 2 am on
  # Sunday 1 September.
*** 1456,1468 ****
  # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-04-01):
  # The Falkland Islands will not turn back clocks this winter, but stay on
  # daylight saving time.
  #
  # One source:
- # <a href="http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=5914&source=3">
  # http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=5914&source=3
- # </a>
  #
  # We have gotten this confirmed by a clerk of the legislative assembly:
  # Normally the clocks revert to Local Mean Time (UTC/GMT -4 hours) on the
  # third Sunday of April at 0200hrs and advance to Summer Time (UTC/GMT -3
  # hours) on the first Sunday of September at 0200hrs.
--- 1387,1397 ----
*** 1502,1512 ****
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone Atlantic/Stanley   -3:51:24 -      LMT     1890
                          -3:51:24 -      SMT     1912 Mar 12  # Stanley Mean Time
                          -4:00   Falk    FK%sT   1983 May     # Falkland Is Time
                          -3:00   Falk    FK%sT   1985 Sep 15
!                         -4:00   Falk    FK%sT   2010 Sep 5 02:00
                          -3:00   -       FKST
  
  # French Guiana
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone America/Cayenne    -3:29:20 -      LMT     1911 Jul
--- 1431,1441 ----
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone Atlantic/Stanley   -3:51:24 -      LMT     1890
                          -3:51:24 -      SMT     1912 Mar 12 # Stanley Mean Time
                          -4:00   Falk    FK%sT   1983 May    # Falkland Is Time
                          -3:00   Falk    FK%sT   1985 Sep 15
!                         -4:00   Falk    FK%sT   2010 Sep  5  2:00
                          -3:00   -       FKST
  
  # French Guiana
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone America/Cayenne    -3:29:20 -      LMT     1911 Jul
*** 1523,1534 ****
                          -4:00   -       GYT
  
  # Paraguay
  #
  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
! # Shanks & Pottenger say that spring transitions are from 01:00 -> 02:00,
! # and autumn transitions are from 00:00 -> 23:00.  Go with pre-1999
  # editions of Shanks, and with the IATA, who say transitions occur at 00:00.
  #
  # From Waldemar Villamayor-Venialbo (2013-09-20):
  # No time of the day is established for the adjustment, so people normally
  # adjust their clocks at 0 hour of the given dates.
--- 1452,1463 ----
                          -4:00   -       GYT
  
  # Paraguay
  #
  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
! # Shanks & Pottenger say that spring transitions are 01:00 -> 02:00,
! # and autumn transitions are 00:00 -> 23:00.  Go with pre-1999
  # editions of Shanks, and with the IATA, who say transitions occur at 00:00.
  #
  # From Waldemar Villamayor-Venialbo (2013-09-20):
  # No time of the day is established for the adjustment, so people normally
  # adjust their clocks at 0 hour of the given dates.
*** 1550,1562 ****
  # From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-02):
  # I have three independent reports that Paraguay changed to DST this Sunday
  # (10-01).
  #
  # Translated by Gwillim Law (2001-02-27) from
! # <a href="http://www.diarionoticias.com.py/011000/nacional/naciona1.htm">
! # Noticias, a daily paper in Asuncion, Paraguay (2000-10-01)
! # </a>:
  # Starting at 0:00 today, the clock will be set forward 60 minutes, in
  # fulfillment of Decree No. 7,273 of the Executive Power....  The time change
  # system has been operating for several years.  Formerly there was a separate
  # decree each year; the new law has the same effect, but permanently.  Every
  # year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the
--- 1479,1490 ----
  # From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-02):
  # I have three independent reports that Paraguay changed to DST this Sunday
  # (10-01).
  #
  # Translated by Gwillim Law (2001-02-27) from
! # Noticias, a daily paper in Asunción, Paraguay (2000-10-01):
! # http://www.diarionoticias.com.py/011000/nacional/naciona1.htm
  # Starting at 0:00 today, the clock will be set forward 60 minutes, in
  # fulfillment of Decree No. 7,273 of the Executive Power....  The time change
  # system has been operating for several years.  Formerly there was a separate
  # decree each year; the new law has the same effect, but permanently.  Every
  # year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the
*** 1573,1597 ****
  # dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in
  # April.
  Rule    Para    2002    2004    -       Apr     Sun>=1  0:00    0       -
  Rule    Para    2002    2003    -       Sep     Sun>=1  0:00    1:00    S
  #
! # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-01-02):
  # There are several sources that claim that Paraguay made
  # a timezone rule change in autumn 2004.
  # From Steffen Thorsen (2005-01-05):
  # Decree 1,867 (2004-03-05)
! # From Carlos Raul Perasso via Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-10-13)
! # <http://www.presidencia.gov.py/decretos/D1867.pdf>
  Rule    Para    2004    2009    -       Oct     Sun>=15 0:00    1:00    S
  Rule    Para    2005    2009    -       Mar     Sun>=8  0:00    0       -
! # From Carlos Raul Perasso (2010-02-18):
! # By decree number 3958 issued yesterday (
! # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.py/v1/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/decreto3958.pdf">
  # http://www.presidencia.gov.py/v1/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/decreto3958.pdf
- # </a>
- # )
  # Paraguay changes its DST schedule, postponing the March rule to April and
  # modifying the October date. The decree reads:
  # ...
  # Art. 1. It is hereby established that from the second Sunday of the month of
  # April of this year (2010), the official time is to be set back 60 minutes,
--- 1501,1522 ----
  # dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in
  # April.
  Rule    Para    2002    2004    -       Apr     Sun>=1  0:00    0       -
  Rule    Para    2002    2003    -       Sep     Sun>=1  0:00    1:00    S
  #
! # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-01-02):
  # There are several sources that claim that Paraguay made
  # a timezone rule change in autumn 2004.
  # From Steffen Thorsen (2005-01-05):
  # Decree 1,867 (2004-03-05)
! # From Carlos Raúl Perasso via Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-10-13)
! # http://www.presidencia.gov.py/decretos/D1867.pdf
  Rule    Para    2004    2009    -       Oct     Sun>=15 0:00    1:00    S
  Rule    Para    2005    2009    -       Mar     Sun>=8  0:00    0       -
! # From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2010-02-18):
! # By decree number 3958 issued yesterday
  # http://www.presidencia.gov.py/v1/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/decreto3958.pdf
  # Paraguay changes its DST schedule, postponing the March rule to April and
  # modifying the October date. The decree reads:
  # ...
  # Art. 1. It is hereby established that from the second Sunday of the month of
  # April of this year (2010), the official time is to be set back 60 minutes,
*** 1603,1628 ****
  #
  # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-07):
  # Paraguay will end DST on 2013-03-24 00:00....
  # http://www.ande.gov.py/interna.php?id=1075
  #
! # From Carlos Raul Perasso (2013-03-15):
  # The change in Paraguay is now final.  Decree number 10780
  # http://www.presidencia.gov.py/uploads/pdf/presidencia-3b86ff4b691c79d4f5927ca964922ec74772ce857c02ca054a52a37b49afc7fb.pdf
  Rule    Para    2013    max     -       Mar     Sun>=22 0:00    0       -
  
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone America/Asuncion   -3:50:40 -      LMT     1890
!                         -3:50:40 -      AMT     1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time
                          -4:00   -       PYT     1972 Oct # Paraguay Time
                          -3:00   -       PYT     1974 Apr
                          -4:00   Para    PY%sT
  
  # Peru
  #
! # <a href="news:xrGmb.39935$gA1.13896113@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net">
! # From Evelyn C. Leeper via Mark Brader (2003-10-26):</a>
  # When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they apparently switched over
  # sometime between December 29 and January 3 while we were on the Amazon.
  #
  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
  # Shanks & Pottenger don't have this transition.  Assume 1986 was like 1987.
--- 1528,1556 ----
  #
  # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-07):
  # Paraguay will end DST on 2013-03-24 00:00....
  # http://www.ande.gov.py/interna.php?id=1075
  #
! # From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2013-03-15):
  # The change in Paraguay is now final.  Decree number 10780
  # http://www.presidencia.gov.py/uploads/pdf/presidencia-3b86ff4b691c79d4f5927ca964922ec74772ce857c02ca054a52a37b49afc7fb.pdf
+ # From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2014-02-28):
+ # Decree 1264 can be found at:
+ # http://www.presidencia.gov.py/archivos/documentos/DECRETO1264_ey9r8zai.pdf
  Rule    Para    2013    max     -       Mar     Sun>=22 0:00    0       -
  
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone America/Asuncion   -3:50:40 -      LMT     1890
!                         -3:50:40 -      AMT     1931 Oct 10 # Asunción Mean Time
                          -4:00   -       PYT     1972 Oct    # Paraguay Time
                          -3:00   -       PYT     1974 Apr
                          -4:00   Para    PY%sT
  
  # Peru
  #
! # From Evelyn C. Leeper via Mark Brader (2003-10-26)
! # <news:xrGmb.39935$gA1.13896113@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>:
  # When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they apparently switched over
  # sometime between December 29 and January 3 while we were on the Amazon.
  #
  # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
  # Shanks & Pottenger don't have this transition.  Assume 1986 was like 1987.
*** 1664,1685 ****
  # Trinidad and Tobago
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 -   LMT     1912 Mar 2
                          -4:00   -       AST
  
  Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Anguilla
  Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Dominica
  Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Grenada
  Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Guadeloupe
! Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Marigot
  Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Montserrat
! Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Barthelemy
! Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Kitts
  Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Lucia
! Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Thomas
  Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Vincent
! Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Tortola
  
  # Uruguay
  # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
  # Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules.
  # From Shanks & Pottenger:
--- 1592,1614 ----
  # Trinidad and Tobago
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 -   LMT     1912 Mar 2
                          -4:00   -       AST
  
+ # These all agree with Trinidad and Tobago since 1970.
  Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Anguilla
  Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Dominica
  Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Grenada
  Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Guadeloupe
! Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Marigot      # St Martin (French part)
  Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Montserrat
! Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Barthelemy # St Barthélemy
! Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Kitts     # St Kitts & Nevis
  Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Lucia
! Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Thomas    # Virgin Islands (US)
  Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Vincent
! Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Tortola      # Virgin Islands (UK)
  
  # Uruguay
  # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
  # Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules.
  # From Shanks & Pottenger:
*** 1729,1739 ****
  Rule    Uruguay 1990    1992    -       Mar     Sun>=1   0:00   0       -
  Rule    Uruguay 1990    1991    -       Oct     Sun>=21  0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Uruguay 1992    only    -       Oct     18       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Uruguay 1993    only    -       Feb     28       0:00   0       -
  # From Eduardo Cota (2004-09-20):
! # The uruguayan government has decreed a change in the local time....
  # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/decretos/2004091502.htm
  Rule    Uruguay 2004    only    -       Sep     19       0:00   1:00    S
  # From Steffen Thorsen (2005-03-11):
  # Uruguay's DST was scheduled to end on Sunday, 2005-03-13, but in order to
  # save energy ... it was postponed two weeks....
--- 1658,1668 ----
  Rule    Uruguay 1990    1992    -       Mar     Sun>=1   0:00   0       -
  Rule    Uruguay 1990    1991    -       Oct     Sun>=21  0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Uruguay 1992    only    -       Oct     18       0:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Uruguay 1993    only    -       Feb     28       0:00   0       -
  # From Eduardo Cota (2004-09-20):
! # The Uruguayan government has decreed a change in the local time....
  # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/decretos/2004091502.htm
  Rule    Uruguay 2004    only    -       Sep     19       0:00   1:00    S
  # From Steffen Thorsen (2005-03-11):
  # Uruguay's DST was scheduled to end on Sunday, 2005-03-13, but in order to
  # save energy ... it was postponed two weeks....
*** 1743,1753 ****
  # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/decretos/2005/09/CM%20119_09%2009%202005_00001.PDF
  # This means that from 2005-10-09 at 02:00 local time, until 2006-03-12 at
  # 02:00 local time, official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2.
  Rule    Uruguay 2005    only    -       Oct      9       2:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Uruguay 2006    only    -       Mar     12       2:00   0       -
! # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-09-06):
  # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/CM%20210_08%2006%202006_00001.PDF
  Rule    Uruguay 2006    max     -       Oct     Sun>=1   2:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Uruguay 2007    max     -       Mar     Sun>=8   2:00   0       -
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 -      LMT     1898 Jun 28
--- 1672,1682 ----
  # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/decretos/2005/09/CM%20119_09%2009%202005_00001.PDF
  # This means that from 2005-10-09 at 02:00 local time, until 2006-03-12 at
  # 02:00 local time, official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2.
  Rule    Uruguay 2005    only    -       Oct      9       2:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Uruguay 2006    only    -       Mar     12       2:00   0       -
! # From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-09-06):
  # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/CM%20210_08%2006%202006_00001.PDF
  Rule    Uruguay 2006    max     -       Oct     Sun>=1   2:00   1:00    S
  Rule    Uruguay 2007    max     -       Mar     Sun>=8   2:00   0       -
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 -      LMT     1898 Jun 28
*** 1758,1773 ****
  # Venezuela
  #
  # From John Stainforth (2007-11-28):
  # ... the change for Venezuela originally expected for 2007-12-31 has
  # been brought forward to 2007-12-09.  The official announcement was
! # published today in the "Gaceta Oficial de la Republica Bolivariana
! # de Venezuela, numero 38.819" (official document for all laws or
  # resolution publication)
  # http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=72208
  
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone    America/Caracas -4:27:44 -      LMT     1890
                          -4:27:40 -      CMT     1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time?
                          -4:30   -       VET     1965         # Venezuela Time
!                         -4:00   -       VET     2007 Dec  9 03:00
                          -4:30   -       VET
--- 1687,1702 ----
  # Venezuela
  #
  # From John Stainforth (2007-11-28):
  # ... the change for Venezuela originally expected for 2007-12-31 has
  # been brought forward to 2007-12-09.  The official announcement was
! # published today in the "Gaceta Oficial de la República Bolivariana
! # de Venezuela, número 38.819" (official document for all laws or
  # resolution publication)
  # http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=72208
  
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone    America/Caracas -4:27:44 -      LMT     1890
                          -4:27:40 -      CMT     1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time?
                          -4:30   -       VET     1965        # Venezuela Time
!                         -4:00   -       VET     2007 Dec  9  3:00
                          -4:30   -       VET