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diff --git a/timezone/southamerica b/timezone/southamerica index 35678b9027..bb3ae36dd1 100644 --- a/timezone/southamerica +++ b/timezone/southamerica @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -# @(#)southamerica 7.27 +# @(#)southamerica 7.28 # 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 <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22): +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-07-07): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (4th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1995). @@ -18,16 +18,6 @@ # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, # and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # -# The following abbreviations are used in this file. -# Corrections are welcome! -# std dst -# LMT Local Mean Time -# -2:00 FST FDT Fernando de Noronha -# -3:00 EST EDT Eastern Brazil -# -4:00 WST WDT Western Brazil -# -4:00 AST ADT Atlantic -# -5:00 AST ADT Acre -# # 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 # suggests that it's better to use European style (e.g. ART and ARST). @@ -36,15 +26,24 @@ # 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 - - -# From Guy Harris: -# From Official Airline Guide - Worldwide Edition (1987). Countries not -# listed here do not observe DST, according to the OAG. Time zone names -# are pure inventions, and none are supplied for countries not observing -# DST; updates from natives would be appreciated. The times that DST -# starts and ends are based on the assumption that they switch a 2AM just -# as everybody else does. +# +# 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 ############################################################################### @@ -253,18 +252,18 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 # 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 D -Rule Brazil 1932 1933 - Apr 1 0:00 0 S -Rule Brazil 1932 only - Oct 3 0:00 1:00 D +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 D -Rule Brazil 1950 only - Apr 16 1:00 0 S -Rule Brazil 1951 1952 - Apr 1 0:00 0 S +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 S +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) @@ -272,52 +271,52 @@ Rule Brazil 1953 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 S # 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 D +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 S +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 D -Rule Brazil 1965 only - Mar 31 0:00 0 S +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 D +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 S -Rule Brazil 1966 1967 - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 D +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 D +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 S +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 D -Rule Brazil 1987 only - Feb 14 0:00 0 S +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 D -Rule Brazil 1988 only - Feb 7 0:00 0 S +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 D -Rule Brazil 1989 only - Jan 29 0:00 0 S +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 D -Rule Brazil 1990 only - Feb 11 0:00 0 S +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 D -Rule Brazil 1991 only - Feb 17 0:00 0 S +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 D -Rule Brazil 1992 only - Feb 9 0:00 0 S +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 D -Rule Brazil 1993 only - Jan 31 0:00 0 S +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) @@ -326,13 +325,13 @@ Rule Brazil 1993 only - Jan 31 0:00 0 S # adopted by same states, plus 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 D -Rule Brazil 1994 1995 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 S -Rule Brazil 1996 only - Feb 11 0:00 0 S +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 D -Rule Brazil 1997 only - Feb 16 0:00 0 S +Rule Brazil 1996 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Brazil 1997 only - Feb 16 0:00 0 - # From Daniel C. Sobral <dcs@gns.com.br> (1998-02-12): # In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that # because international television networks ignored Brazil's policy on DS, @@ -347,79 +346,79 @@ Rule Brazil 1997 only - Feb 16 0:00 0 S # Church Net UK (1997-10-02). # # Decree 2,317 (1997-09-04), adopted by same states. -Rule Brazil 1997 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 D +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 S +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, # specifies only the 1998-10-11 and 1999-02-21 transitions; # after that, these rules are guesses and are quite possibly wrong, # but they are more likely than no DST at all. -Rule Brazil 1998 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Brazil 1999 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 S +Rule Brazil 1998 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Brazil 1999 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # # Fernando de Noronha Zone America/Noronha -2:09:40 - LMT 1914 - -2:00 Brazil F%sT 1990 Jul - -2:00 - FST + -2:00 Brazil FN%sT 1990 Jul + -2:00 - FNT # # Amapa, east Para Zone America/Belem -3:13:56 - LMT 1914 - -3:00 Brazil E%sT 1988 Jul - -3:00 - EST + -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1988 Jul + -3:00 - BRT # # Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, # Pernambuco (except Fernando de Noronha) Zone America/Fortaleza -2:34:00 - LMT 1914 - -3:00 Brazil E%sT 1990 Jul - -3:00 - EST + -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Jul + -3:00 - BRT # # Tocantins Zone America/Araguaina -3:12:48 - LMT 1914 - -3:00 Brazil E%sT 1990 Jul - -3:00 - EST 1995 Jul - -3:00 Brazil E%sT + -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Jul + -3:00 - BRT 1995 Jul + -3:00 Brazil BR%sT # # Alagoas, Sergipe Zone America/Maceio -2:22:52 - LMT 1914 - -3:00 Brazil E%sT 1990 Jul - -3:00 - EST 1995 Jul - -3:00 Brazil E%sT 1996 Jul - -3:00 - EST + -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Jul + -3:00 - BRT 1995 Jul + -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1996 Jul + -3:00 - BRT # # Bahia, Goias, Distrito Federal, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, # Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul Zone America/Sao_Paulo -3:06:28 - LMT 1914 - -3:00 Brazil E%sT 1963 Oct 23 00:00 - -3:00 - EDT 1964 - -3:00 Brazil E%sT + -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1963 Oct 23 00:00 + -3:00 - BRST 1964 + -3:00 Brazil BR%sT # # Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul Zone America/Cuiaba -3:44:20 - LMT 1914 - -4:00 Brazil W%sT 1990 Jul - -4:00 - WST + -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1990 Jul + -4:00 - AMT # # Roraima, west Para, Rondonia Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 - LMT 1914 - -4:00 Brazil W%sT 1988 Jul - -4:00 - WST + -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Jul + -4:00 - AMT # # Amazonas Zone America/Manaus -4:00:04 - LMT 1914 - -4:00 Brazil W%sT 1988 Jul - -4:00 - WST 1993 Jul - -4:00 Brazil W%sT 1994 Jul - -4:00 - WST + -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Jul + -4:00 - AMT 1993 Jul + -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1994 Jul + -4:00 - AMT # # Acre # Rio_Branco is too ambiguous, since there's a Rio Branco in Uruguay too. Zone America/Porto_Acre -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 - -5:00 Brazil A%sT 1988 Jul - -5:00 - AST + -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1988 Jul + -5:00 - ACT # # Martin Vaz and Trinidade are like America/Noronha. |