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@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-# @(#)southamerica	8.6
+# @(#)southamerica	8.1
 # <pre>
 
 # 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@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
 
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# From Paul Eggert (1999-07-07):
 # 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).
+# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
+# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
 #
 # Gwillim Law writes that a good source
 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 # published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
 # of the IATA's data after 1990.
 #
-# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
-# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
+# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
+# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
 #
 # Earlier editions of these tables used the North American style (e.g. ARST and
 # ARDT for Argentine Standard and Daylight Time), but the following quote
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ Rule	Arg	1988	only	-	Dec	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 # obtaining the data from the:
 # Talleres de Hidrografia Naval Argentina
 # (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute)
+#
+# Shanks stops after 1992-03-01; go with Otero.
 Rule	Arg	1989	1993	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Arg	1989	1992	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
 #
@@ -148,12 +150,12 @@ Rule	Arg	2000	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
 # 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):
+# From Paul Eggert (2002-01-22):
 # <a href="http://www.spicasc.net/horvera.html">
-# Hora de verano para la Republica Argentina (2003-06-08)
+# Hora de verano para la Republica Argentina (2000-10-01)
 # </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.
+# over Shanks.
 #
 # From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-05):
 # These media articles from a major newspaper mostly cover the current state:
@@ -200,8 +202,8 @@ Rule	Arg	2000	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
 # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000426.html
 # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000441.html
 
-# Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks & Pottenger through 1992,
-# from the IATA otherwise.  As noted below, Shanks & Pottenger say that
+# Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks through 1992, from
+# the IATA otherwise.  As noted below, Shanks says that
 # America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, but we
 # haven't verified this yet so for now we'll keep it a single region.
 #
@@ -220,7 +222,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
 # Formosa (FM), Salta (SA), Santiago del Estero (SE), Cordoba (CB),
 # San Luis (SL), La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
 #
-# Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we haven't verified:
+# Shanks also makes 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.
 # - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04.
@@ -428,7 +430,11 @@ Zone	America/La_Paz	-4:32:36 -	LMT	1890
 # 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>.
+# </a> (2001-09-20, in Portuguese).
+# The official site for all decrees, including those not related to time, is
+# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/principal_ano.htm">
+# Presidencia da Republica, Subchefia para Assuntos Juridicos, Decretos
+# </a> (in Portuguese).
 
 # 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)
@@ -544,7 +550,7 @@ Rule	Brazil	2000	only	-	Feb	27	 0:00	0	-
 # 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	-
+Rule	Brazil	2001	max	-	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"></a>
 Rule	Brazil	2002	only	-	Nov	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
@@ -556,14 +562,10 @@ Rule	Brazil	2003	only	-	Oct	19	 0:00	1:00	S
 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://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2006/Decreto/D5920.htm">5,920</a>
-# (2006-10-03), adopted by the same states as before.
-Rule	Brazil	2006	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	 0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Brazil	2007	max	-	Feb	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
+Rule	Brazil	2005	max	-	Oct	Sun>=15	 0:00	1:00	S
 # The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST:
 # DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.
-# For dates after mid-2007, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses
+# For dates after mid-2006, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses
 # and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
 
 
@@ -704,64 +706,53 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
 # Because of the same drought, the government decided to end DST later,
 # on April 3, (one-time change).
 
-# From Oscar van Vlijmen (2006-10-08):
-# http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
+# From Gwillim Law (2001-05-04):
+# I came across another article in "La Tercera" about Chilean DST.
+# <http://www.tercera.cl/diario/2000/10/13/t-extras.html>
+# It clearly confirms my earlier suggestion, that DST begins at 22:00
+# on Easter Island....  But it also seems to be saying that the
+# observance of DST in Chile began in 1966, rather than 1969 as
+# ... [Shanks] has it....
+#
+# My translation:
+#
+# "The Chilean Army has announced that summer time will begin tomorrow,
+# Saturday, October 14 in continental Chile, insular Chile, and
+# Antarctica, as provided by Supreme Decree 25 of January 11, 1966.
+# By the preceding, official time in continental Chile and Chilean
+# Antarctic, and official time in Western Insular Chile, which applies
+# to Easter Island and Sala y Gomez Island, will be set forward at
+# midnight and at 22:00, respectively, by 20 minutes."
 
-# 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 (2001-05-04):
+# Go with this article in preference to Shanks's 1969 date for modern DST.
+# Assume this rule has been used since DST was introduced in the islands.
 
-# The following data are from <http://www.horaoficial.cl/horaof.htm>
-# (2006-09-20), transcribed by Jesper Norgaard Welen.
+# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-24):
+# <http://www.shoa.cl/shoa/faqhoraoficial.htm> gives many details that
+# disagree with the following table, but we haven't had time to compare them.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Chile	1927	1932	-	Sep	 1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Chile	1918	only	-	Sep	 1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Chile	1919	only	-	Jul	 2	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Chile	1927	1931	-	Sep	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Chile	1928	1932	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
-Rule	Chile	1942	only	-	Jun	 1	4:00u	0	-
-Rule	Chile	1942	only	-	Aug	 1	5:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	Chile	1946	only	-	Jul	15	4:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	Chile	1946	only	-	Sep	 1	3:00u	0:00	-
-Rule	Chile	1947	only	-	Apr	 1	4:00u	0	-
-Rule	Chile	1968	only	-	Nov	 3	4:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	Chile	1969	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
-Rule	Chile	1969	only	-	Nov	23	4:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	Chile	1970	only	-	Mar	29	3:00u	0	-
-Rule	Chile	1971	only	-	Mar	14	3:00u	0	-
-Rule	Chile	1970	1972	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	Chile	1972	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
-Rule	Chile	1973	only	-	Sep	30	4:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	Chile	1974	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	Chile	1987	only	-	Apr	12	3:00u	0	-
-Rule	Chile	1988	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
-Rule	Chile	1988	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	4:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	Chile	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	Chile	1990	only	-	Mar	18	3:00u	0	-
-Rule	Chile	1990	only	-	Sep	16	4:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	Chile	1991	1996	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
-Rule	Chile	1991	1997	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
-Rule	Chile	1997	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
-Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
+Rule	Chile	1966	1997	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
+Rule	Chile	1967	1998	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
 Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Sep	27	4:00u	1:00	S
 Rule	Chile	1999	only	-	Apr	 4	3:00u	0	-
 Rule	Chile	1999	max	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
 Rule	Chile	2000	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
-# IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
+# IATA SSIM anomalies: (1990-09) says 1990-09-16; (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
 # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08.  Ignore these.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone America/Santiago	-4:42:46 -	LMT	1890
-			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1910 	    # Santiago Mean Time
-			-5:00	-	CLT	1916 Jul  1 # Chile Time
-			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1918 Sep  1 # Santiago Mean Time
-			-4:00	-	CLT	1919 Jul  1 # Chile Time
-			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1927 Sep  1 # Santiago Mean Time
-			-5:00	Chile	CL%sT	1947 May 22 # Chile Time
+Zone America/Santiago	-4:42:40 -	LMT	1890
+			-4:42:40 -	SMT	1910	    # Santiago Mean Time
+			-5:00	Chile	CL%sT	1932 Sep    # Chile Time
 			-4:00	Chile	CL%sT
 Zone Pacific/Easter	-7:17:28 -	LMT	1890	    # Mataveri
 			-7:17:28 -	MMT	1932 Sep    # Mataveri Mean Time
-			-7:00	Chile	EAS%sT	1982 Jan 18 21:00 # Easter I Time
+			-7:00	Chile	EAS%sT	1982 Mar 14 # Easter I Time
 			-6:00	Chile	EAS%sT
 #
 # Sala y Gomez Island is like Pacific/Easter.
@@ -769,9 +760,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Easter	-7:17:28 -	LMT	1890	    # Mataveri
 # San Felix, and Antarctic bases, are like America/Santiago.
 
 # Colombia
+# Shanks specifies 24:00 for 1992 transition times; go with IATA,
+# as it seems implausible to change clocks at midnight New Year's Eve.
 # 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	-
+Rule	CO	1992	only	-	May	 2	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	CO	1992	only	-	Dec	31	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	America/Bogota	-4:56:20 -	LMT	1884 Mar 13
 			-4:56:20 -	BMT	1914 Nov 23 # Bogota Mean Time
@@ -780,21 +773,10 @@ Zone	America/Bogota	-4:56:20 -	LMT	1884 Mar 13
 # no information; probably like America/Bogota
 
 # Curacao
-#
-# 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.
-# 
+# Shanks says that Bottom and Oranjestad 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.
+# This all predates our 1970 cutoff, though.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	America/Curacao	-4:35:44 -	LMT	1912 Feb 12	# Willemstad
 			-4:30	-	ANT	1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
@@ -811,9 +793,9 @@ Zone Pacific/Galapagos	-5:58:24 -	LMT	1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
 
 # 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 Paul Eggert (2001-03-05):
+# Between 1990 and 2000 inclusive, Shanks and the IATA agree except
+# the IATA gives 1996-09-08.  Go with Shanks.
 
 # From Falkland Islands Government Office, London (2001-01-22)
 # via Jesper Norgaard:
@@ -896,9 +878,9 @@ Zone	America/Guyana	-3:52:40 -	LMT	1915 Mar	# Georgetown
 			-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
+# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
+# Shanks (1999) says that spring transitions are from 01:00 -> 02:00,
+# and autumn transitions are from 00:00 -> 23:00.  Go with earlier
 # editions of Shanks, and with the IATA, who say transitions occur at 00:00.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Para	1975	1988	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
@@ -929,10 +911,13 @@ Rule	Para	1996	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
 # year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the
 # clock will be set back on the first Sunday of March.
 #
+# From Jesper Norgaard (2001-03-06) [an official URL saying similar things]:
+# http://gateway.abc.com.py:8000/pub/pag04.mbr/artic?FHA=2001-03-03-02.24.52.900592
+#
 Rule	Para	1996	2001	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
-# IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks.
 Rule	Para	1997	only	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
-# Shanks & Pottenger say 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but
+# Shanks says 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but
 # (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27).
 Rule	Para	1998	2001	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
 # From Rives McDow (2002-02-28):
@@ -946,9 +931,7 @@ Rule	Para	2002	2003	-	Sep	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
 # 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>
+# Decree 1,867 (2004-03-05) <http://www.labor.com.py/noticias.asp?id=27>
 Rule	Para	2004	max	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Para	2005	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
 
@@ -966,8 +949,8 @@ Zone America/Asuncion	-3:50:40 -	LMT	1890
 # 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.
+# From Paul Eggert (2003-11-02):
+# Shanks doesn't have this transition.  Assume 1986 was like 1987.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Peru	1938	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
@@ -978,7 +961,7 @@ Rule	Peru	1986	1987	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Peru	1986	1987	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Peru	1990	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Peru	1990	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
-# IATA is ambiguous for 1993/1995; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# IATA is ambiguous for 1993/1995; go with Shanks.
 Rule	Peru	1994	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Peru	1994	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -1011,23 +994,23 @@ Zone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
 # Uruguay
 # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
 # Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules.
-# From Shanks & Pottenger:
+# From Shanks:
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-# Whitman gives 1923 Oct 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# Whitman gives 1923 Oct 1; go with Shanks.
 Rule	Uruguay	1923	only	-	Oct	 2	 0:00	0:30	HS
 Rule	Uruguay	1924	1926	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Uruguay	1924	1925	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
 Rule	Uruguay	1933	1935	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0:30	HS
-# Shanks & Pottenger give 1935 Apr 1 0:00 & 1936 Mar 30 0:00; go with Whitman.
+# Shanks gives 1935 Apr 1 0:00 and 1936 Mar 30 0:00; go with Whitman.
 Rule	Uruguay	1934	1936	-	Mar	Sat>=25	23:30s	0	-
 Rule	Uruguay	1936	only	-	Nov	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
 Rule	Uruguay	1937	1941	-	Mar	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
-# Whitman gives 1937 Oct 3; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+# Whitman gives 1937 Oct 3; go with Shanks.
 Rule	Uruguay	1937	1940	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0:30	HS
 # Whitman gives 1941 Oct 24 - 1942 Mar 27, 1942 Dec 14 - 1943 Apr 13,
-# and 1943 Apr 13 ``to present time''; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
-Rule	Uruguay	1941	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
-Rule	Uruguay	1942	only	-	Jan	 1	 0:00	0	-
+# and 1943 Apr 13 ``to present time''; go with Shanks.
+Rule	Uruguay	1941	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0	-
+Rule	Uruguay	1942	only	-	Jan	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
 Rule	Uruguay	1942	only	-	Dec	14	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Uruguay	1943	only	-	Mar	14	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Uruguay	1959	only	-	May	24	 0:00	1:00	S
@@ -1053,7 +1036,7 @@ Rule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Mar	14	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Dec	11	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Mar	12	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Oct	29	 0:00	1:00	S
-# Shanks & Pottenger say no DST was observed in 1990/1 and 1991/2,
+# Shanks says no DST was observed in 1990/1 and 1991/2,
 # and that 1992/3's DST was from 10-25 to 03-01.  Go with IATA.
 Rule	Uruguay	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Uruguay	1990	1991	-	Oct	Sun>=21	 0:00	1:00	S
@@ -1074,10 +1057,6 @@ Rule	Uruguay	2005	only	-	Mar	27	 2:00	0	-
 # 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
 			-3:44:44 -	MMT	1920 May  1	# Montevideo MT