# @(#)southamerica 7.13 # 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> (1996-09-03): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). # Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below. # # 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 # # See the `africa' file for time zone naming and abbreviation conventions. # 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). # 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 # 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. ############################################################################### ############################################################################### # Argentina # From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): # 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 (January 19, 19889): # ARGENTINA 3 H BEHIND UTC # From Hernan G. Otero <hernan@isoft.com.ar> (June 26, 1995): # I am sending modifications to the Argentinian time zone table... # AR was chosen because they are the ISO letters that represent Argentina. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Arg 1930 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1931 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1931 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1932 1940 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1932 1939 - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1940 only - Jul 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1941 only - Jun 15 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1941 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1943 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1943 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1946 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1946 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1963 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1963 only - Dec 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1967 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1967 1968 - Oct Sun<=7 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1968 1969 - Apr Sun<=7 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1974 only - May 1 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1974 1976 - Oct Sun<=7 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1975 1977 - Apr Sun<=7 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1985 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1986 only - Mar 14 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1986 1987 - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 S Rule Arg 1987 only - Feb 13 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1988 only - Feb 7 0:00 0 - Rule Arg 1988 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S # # From Hernan G. Otero <hernan@isoft.com.ar> (June 26, 1995): # These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A., # obtaining the data from the: # Talleres de Hidrografia Naval Argentina # (Argentinian Naval Hydrography Institute) # # Shanks gives 1989 Mar 16 and stops after 1990 Mar 4; 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 # # From Hernan G. Otero <hernan@isoft.com.ar> (June 26, 1995): # From this moment on, the law that mandated the daylight saving # time corrections was derogated and no more modifications # to the time zones (for daylight saving) are now made. # # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Nov -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 -3:00 Arg AR%sT # Aruba # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Aruba -4:40:24 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Oranjestad -4:30 - ANT 1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time -4:00 - AST # Bolivia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890 -4:32:36 - LPMT 1931 Oct 15 # La Paz Mean Time -4:32:36 1:00 BOST 1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST -4:00 - BOT # Bolivia Time # Brazil # From Guy Harris: # The OAG lists October 25, 1987 and February 12, 1988 as the starting and # ending dates, giving them as "estimated date(s) based on previous year". We # infer a rule here from one example, always a dangerous practice.... Yes, # they really do switch on Saturday, according to the OAG. # "[America/Porto_Acre]" is for the Territory of Acre; # "[America/Noronha]" is for Fernando De Noronha. # From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): # The only information I found is that there was no DST up to 1985. # But there was some before 1952! # From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 16, 1989): # BRAZIL WEST 5 H BEHIND UTC TERRITORY OF ACRE # BRAZIL WEST 4 H BEHIND UTC ACRE OCT 23, '88-FEB 11, # BRAZIL '89 (ESTIMATED) # BRAZIL CENTRAL 4 H BEHIND UTC MANAUS # BRAZIL CENTRAL 3 H BEHIND UTC MANAUS OCT 23, '88-FEB 11, # BRAZIL CENTRAL '89 (ESTIMATED) # BRAZIL EAST 3 H BEHIND UTC COASTAL STATES, RIO, SAO # BRAZIL EAST PAULO, BRASILIA # BRAZIL EAST 2 H BEHIND UTC COASTAL STATES, RIO, SAO # BRAZIL PAULO, BRASILIA OCT 23, # BRAZIL '88-FEB 11, '89 # BRAZIL (ESTIMATED) # BRAZIL 2 H BEHIND UTC ATLANTIC ISLANDS, FERNANDO # BRAZIL DE NORONHA # BRAZIL 1 H BEHIND UTC OCT 23, '88-FEB 11, '89 # BRAZIL (ESTIMATED) # BRAZIL 3 H BEHIND UTC FOR MOST MAJOR AIRPORTS. # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): # The mayor of Rio recently attempted to change the time zone rules # just in his city, in order to leave more summer time for the tourist trade. # The rule change lasted only part of the day; # the federal government refused to follow the city's rules, and business # was in a chaos, so the mayor backed down that afternoon. # Shanks claims Acre stopped observing DST after 1988 Feb 7, but it # could just be that his table ran out of room. We're extrapolating # about time zone changes after 1990 Feb 11. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 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 1949 1952 - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Brazil 1950 only - Apr 16 0:00 0 S Rule Brazil 1951 1953 - Apr 1 0:00 0 S Rule Brazil 1963 only - Dec 9 0:00 1:00 D Rule Brazil 1964 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 S Rule Brazil 1965 only - Jan 31 0:00 1:00 D Rule Brazil 1965 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 S Rule Brazil 1965 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Brazil 1966 1968 - Mar 1 0:00 0 S Rule Brazil 1966 1967 - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Brazil 1985 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 D Rule Brazil 1986 only - Mar 15 0:00 0 S Rule Brazil 1986 1987 - Oct Sat<=28 0:00 1:00 D Rule Brazil 1987 only - Feb 14 0:00 0 S Rule Brazil 1988 only - Feb 7 0:00 0 S Rule Brazil 1989 only - Jan 22 0:00 0 S Rule Brazil 1988 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D Rule Brazil 1990 max - Feb Sun>=8 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Noronha -2:09:40 - LMT 1914 -2:00 - FST 1963 Dec 9 -2:00 Brazil F%sT Zone America/Sao_Paulo -3:06:28 - LMT 1914 -3:00 Brazil E%sT Zone America/Manaus -4:00:04 - LMT 1914 -4:00 - WST 1963 Dec 9 -4:00 Brazil W%sT # 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 - AST 1963 Dec 9 -5:00 Brazil A%sT # # Martin Vaz and Trinidade are like America/Noronha. # Chile # From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19): # The law says to switch to DST at midnight [24:00] on the second SATURDAY # of October.... The law is the same for March and October. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/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 1969 max - Oct Sun>=9 0:00 1:00 S Rule Chile 1970 max - Mar Sun>=9 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 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 Mar 14 # Easter I Time -6:00 Chile EAS%sT # # Whitman says Juan Fernandez Is are like America/Santiago. # San Ambrosio, San Felix # no information; probably like America/Santiago # Colombia # 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 -5:00 - COT # Colombia Time # Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres # no information; probably like America/Bogota # Curacao # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Curacao -4:35:44 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Willemstad -4:30 - ANT 1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time -4:00 - AST # Ecuador # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 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 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Falk 1937 1938 - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1938 1942 - Mar Sun>=19 0:00 0 - Rule Falk 1939 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1940 1942 - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1943 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - Rule Falk 1983 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1984 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 0 - Rule Falk 1984 only - Sep 16 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1985 max - Sep Sun>=9 0:00 1:00 S Rule Falk 1986 max - Apr Sun>=16 0:00 0 - # 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 # French Guiana # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Cayenne -3:29:20 - LMT 1911 Jul -4:00 - GFT 1967 Oct # French Guiana Time -3:00 - GFT # Guyana # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Guyana -3:52:40 - LMT 1915 Mar # Georgetown -3:45 - GBGT 1966 May 26 # Br Guiana Time -3:45 - GYT 1975 Jul 31 # Guyana Time -3:00 - GYT # Paraguay # From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): # Paraguay: First day in October to last in March. Midnight switch?? # Since 1980. # From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989): # PARAGUAY 4 H BEHIND UTC # PARAGUAY 3 H BEHIND UTC OCT 1, '88-MAR 31, '89 # From Shanks (1991): # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Para 1975 1978 - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Para 1975 1978 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - # Shanks says 1979 was all DST. Rule Para 1980 max - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Para 1980 1988 - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Para 1989 only - Oct 22 0:00 1:00 S Rule Para 1990 max - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S # 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 # 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 1990 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Peru 1990 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Lima -5:08:12 - LMT 1890 -5:09 - LMT 1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time -5:00 Peru PE%sT # Peru Time # South Georgia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 - LMT 1890 # Grytviken -2:00 - GST # South Georgia Time # South Sandwich Is # uninhabited # Suriname # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Paramaribo -3:40:40 - LMT 1911 -3:40:52 - PMT 1935 # Paramaribo Mean Time -3:40:36 - PMT 1945 Oct # The capital moved? -3:30 - NEGT 1975 Nov 20 # Dutch Guiana Time -3:30 - SRT 1984 Oct # Suriname Time -3:00 - SRT # Trinidad and Tobago # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 -4:00 - AST # Uruguay # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): # Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules. # From Shanks (1991): # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # 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 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. 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. 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 Rule Uruguay 1959 only - Nov 15 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1960 only - Jan 17 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1960 only - Mar 6 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1965 1967 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1965 only - Sep 26 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1966 1967 - Oct 31 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1968 1970 - May 27 0:00 0:30 HS Rule Uruguay 1968 1970 - Dec 2 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1972 only - Apr 24 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1972 only - Aug 15 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1974 only - Mar 10 0:00 0:30 HS Rule Uruguay 1974 only - Dec 22 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1976 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1977 only - Dec 4 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1978 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1979 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Uruguay 1980 only - May 1 0:00 0 - Rule Uruguay 1987 only - Dec 14 0:00 1:00 S 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 Rule Uruguay 1990 only - Mar 4 0:00 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 -3:30 Uruguay UY%sT 1942 Dec 14 # Uruguay Time -3:00 Uruguay UY%sT # Venezuela # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Caracas -4:27:44 - LMT 1890 -4:27:44 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time -4:30 - VET 1965 # Venezuela Time -4:00 - VET