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-# @(#)southamerica	7.49
+# @(#)southamerica	7.52
 
 # 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
@@ -141,6 +141,13 @@ Rule	Arg	2000	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
 # This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina.
 # We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country.
 #
+# From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21):
+# Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing
+# its timezone this winter... starting tomorrow night....
+# 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 (2002-01-22):
 # <a href="http://www.spicasc.net/horvera.html">
@@ -148,17 +155,47 @@ Rule	Arg	2000	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
 # </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.
+#
+# From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-05):
+# These media articles from a major newspaper mostly cover the current state:
+# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/27/de_604825.asp
+# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/28/de_605203.asp
+#
+# The following eight (8) provinces pulled clocks back to UTC-04:00 at
+# 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 ...
+#     "The time change in Tierra del Fuego was a conflicted decision from
+#   the start.  The government had decreed that the measure would take
+#   effect on June 1, but a normative error forced the new time to begin
+#   three days earlier, from a Saturday to a Sunday....
+# Our understanding was that the change was originally scheduled to take place
+# on June 1 at 00:00 in Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego (and some other
+# provinces).  Sunday was May 30, only two days earlier.  So the article
+# contains a contradiction.  I would give more credence to the Saturday/Sunday
+# date than the "three days earlier" phrase, and conclude that Tierra del
+# Fuego set its clocks back at 2004-05-30 00:00.
 
 # Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks through 1992, from
 # the IATA otherwise.  As noted below, Shanks says that
-# America/Cordoba split into 7 subregions during 1991/1992, but we
+# 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.
 #
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 #
-# Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF), Santa Cruz (SC),
-# Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF)
-Zone America/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
+# 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
@@ -167,24 +204,30 @@ Zone America/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
 			-3:00	-	ART
 #
 # Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC),
-# Formosa (FM), Salta (SA), Tucuman (TM), Santiago del Estero (SE),
-# Cordoba (CB), La Rioja (LR), San Juan (SJ), San Luis (SL), La Pampa (LP),
-# Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN), Chubut (CH)
+# Formosa (FM), Salta (SA), Santiago del Estero (SE), Cordoba (CB),
+# San Luis (SL), La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
 #
 # Shanks also makes the following claims, which we haven't verified:
 # - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
-# - La Rioja and San Juan switched to -4:00 on 1991-03-01
-#   and then to -3:00 on 1991-05-07.
 # - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29.
 # - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04.
 # - San Luis switched to -4:00 on 1990-03-14, then to -3:00 on 1990-10-15,
 #   then to -4:00 on 1991-03-01, then to -3:00 on 1991-06-01.
 # - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01,
 #   then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26.
-# If we need to add Zones for these areas, we may need to have a subdirectory
-# for Argentina, as e.g. "America/San_Luis" is too ambiguious.
 #
-Zone America/Cordoba	-4:16:48 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
+Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - 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
+			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
+			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
+			-3:00	-	ART
+#
+# 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
@@ -192,10 +235,38 @@ Zone America/Cordoba	-4:16:48 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
 			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
+			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
+			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 13
+			-3:00	-	ART
+#
+# La Rioja (LR)
+Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - 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  1
+			-4:00	-	WART	1991 May  7
+			-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	-	ART
+#
+# San Juan (SJ)
+Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - 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  1
+			-4:00	-	WART	1991 May  7
+			-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 Oct 17
 			-3:00	-	ART
 #
 # Jujuy (JY)
-Zone America/Jujuy	-4:21:12 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
+Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
@@ -209,7 +280,7 @@ Zone America/Jujuy	-4:21:12 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
 			-3:00	-	ART
 #
 # Catamarca (CT)
-Zone America/Catamarca	-4:23:08 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
+Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
@@ -217,10 +288,12 @@ Zone America/Catamarca	-4:23:08 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
 			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
+			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
+			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
 			-3:00	-	ART
 #
 # Mendoza (MZ)
-Zone America/Mendoza	-4:35:16 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
+Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
@@ -232,6 +305,44 @@ Zone America/Mendoza	-4:35:16 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
 			-4:00	-	WART	1992 Oct 18
 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
+			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 23
+			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Oct 17
+			-3:00	-	ART
+#
+# Chubut (CH)
+# The name "Comodoro Rivadavia" exceeds the 14-byte POSIX limit.
+Zone America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia -4:30:00 - 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
+			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
+			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
+			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
+			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
+			-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	-	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
+			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
 			-3:00	-	ART
 
 # Aruba
@@ -389,10 +500,10 @@ 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)
-# adopted by same states, minus 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 TO.
+# 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
@@ -455,11 +566,19 @@ Rule	Brazil	2003	max	-	Oct	Sun>=15	 0:00	1:00	S
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 #
-# Atlantic islands: Fernando de Noronha, Trindade, Martin Vaz,
-# Atol das Rocas, and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo
+# Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE)
 Zone America/Noronha	-2:09:40 -	LMT	1914
 			-2:00	Brazil	FN%sT	1990 Sep 17
+			-2:00	-	FNT	1999 Sep 30
+			-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.
@@ -811,13 +930,22 @@ Zone America/Asuncion	-3:50:40 -	LMT	1890
 			-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 (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
 Rule	Peru	1938	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Peru	1938	1939	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Peru	1939	1940	-	Mar	Sun>=24	0:00	0	-
-Rule	Peru	1987	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Peru	1987	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
+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.