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     1 # @(#)southamerica	8.6
       
     2 # <pre>
       
     3 
       
     4 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
       
     5 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
       
     6 # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
       
     7 
       
     8 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
       
     9 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
       
    10 # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
       
    11 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
       
    12 #
       
    13 # Gwillim Law writes that a good source
       
    14 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
       
    15 # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
       
    16 # published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
       
    17 # of the IATA's data after 1990.
       
    18 #
       
    19 # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
       
    20 # entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
       
    21 #
       
    22 # Earlier editions of these tables used the North American style (e.g. ARST and
       
    23 # ARDT for Argentine Standard and Daylight Time), but the following quote
       
    24 # suggests that it's better to use European style (e.g. ART and ARST).
       
    25 #	I suggest the use of _Summer time_ instead of the more cumbersome
       
    26 #	_daylight-saving time_.  _Summer time_ seems to be in general use
       
    27 #	in Europe and South America.
       
    28 #	-- E O Cutler, _New York Times_ (1937-02-14), quoted in
       
    29 #	H L Mencken, _The American Language: Supplement I_ (1960), p 466
       
    30 #
       
    31 # Earlier editions of these tables also used the North American style
       
    32 # for time zones in Brazil, but this was incorrect, as Brazilians say
       
    33 # "summer time".  Reinaldo Goulart, a Sao Paulo businessman active in
       
    34 # the railroad sector, writes (1999-07-06):
       
    35 #	The subject of time zones is currently a matter of discussion/debate in
       
    36 #	Brazil.  Let's say that "the Brasilia time" is considered the
       
    37 #	"official time" because Brasilia is the capital city.
       
    38 #	The other three time zones are called "Brasilia time "minus one" or
       
    39 #	"plus one" or "plus two".  As far as I know there is no such
       
    40 #	name/designation as "Eastern Time" or "Central Time".
       
    41 # So I invented the following (English-language) abbreviations for now.
       
    42 # Corrections are welcome!
       
    43 #		std	dst
       
    44 #	-2:00	FNT	FNST	Fernando de Noronha
       
    45 #	-3:00	BRT	BRST	Brasilia
       
    46 #	-4:00	AMT	AMST	Amazon
       
    47 #	-5:00	ACT	ACST	Acre
       
    48 
       
    49 ###############################################################################
       
    50 
       
    51 ###############################################################################
       
    52 
       
    53 # Argentina
       
    54 
       
    55 # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
       
    56 # Argentina: first Sunday in October to first Sunday in April since 1976.
       
    57 # Double Summer time from 1969 to 1974.  Switches at midnight.
       
    58 
       
    59 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1988-01-199):
       
    60 # ARGENTINA           3 H BEHIND   UTC
       
    61 
       
    62 # From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
       
    63 # I am sending modifications to the Argentine time zone table...
       
    64 # AR was chosen because they are the ISO letters that represent Argentina.
       
    65 
       
    66 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
    67 Rule	Arg	1930	only	-	Dec	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
    68 Rule	Arg	1931	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
       
    69 Rule	Arg	1931	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
       
    70 Rule	Arg	1932	1940	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
       
    71 Rule	Arg	1932	1939	-	Nov	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
    72 Rule	Arg	1940	only	-	Jul	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
    73 Rule	Arg	1941	only	-	Jun	15	0:00	0	-
       
    74 Rule	Arg	1941	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
       
    75 Rule	Arg	1943	only	-	Aug	 1	0:00	0	-
       
    76 Rule	Arg	1943	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
       
    77 Rule	Arg	1946	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
       
    78 Rule	Arg	1946	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
    79 Rule	Arg	1963	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
       
    80 Rule	Arg	1963	only	-	Dec	15	0:00	1:00	S
       
    81 Rule	Arg	1964	1966	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
       
    82 Rule	Arg	1964	1966	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
       
    83 Rule	Arg	1967	only	-	Apr	 2	0:00	0	-
       
    84 Rule	Arg	1967	1968	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
       
    85 Rule	Arg	1968	1969	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
       
    86 Rule	Arg	1974	only	-	Jan	23	0:00	1:00	S
       
    87 Rule	Arg	1974	only	-	May	 1	0:00	0	-
       
    88 Rule	Arg	1988	only	-	Dec	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
    89 #
       
    90 # From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
       
    91 # These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A.,
       
    92 # obtaining the data from the:
       
    93 # Talleres de Hidrografia Naval Argentina
       
    94 # (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute)
       
    95 Rule	Arg	1989	1993	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
       
    96 Rule	Arg	1989	1992	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
       
    97 #
       
    98 # From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
       
    99 # From this moment on, the law that mandated the daylight saving
       
   100 # time corrections was derogated and no more modifications
       
   101 # to the time zones (for daylight saving) are now made.
       
   102 #
       
   103 # From Rives McDow (2000-01-10):
       
   104 # On October 3, 1999, 0:00 local, Argentina implemented daylight savings time,
       
   105 # which did not result in the switch of a time zone, as they stayed 9 hours
       
   106 # from the International Date Line.
       
   107 Rule	Arg	1999	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
       
   108 Rule	Arg	2000	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
       
   109 #
       
   110 # From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01):
       
   111 # We just checked with our Sao Paulo office and they say the government of
       
   112 # Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST.
       
   113 # So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times.
       
   114 #
       
   115 # From Fabian L. Arce Jofre (2000-04-04):
       
   116 # The law that claimed DST for Argentina was derogated by President Fernando
       
   117 # de la Rua on March 2, 2000, because it would make people spend more energy
       
   118 # in the winter time, rather than less.  The change took effect on March 3.
       
   119 #
       
   120 # From Mariano Absatz (2001-06-06):
       
   121 # one of the major newspapers here in Argentina said that the 1999
       
   122 # Timezone Law (which never was effectively applied) will (would?) be
       
   123 # in effect.... The article is at
       
   124 # http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-06/e-01701.htm
       
   125 # ... The Law itself is "Ley No 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted
       
   126 # 1999-09-17, and published 1999-09-21.  The official publication is at:
       
   127 # http://www.boletin.jus.gov.ar/BON/Primera/1999/09-Septiembre/21/PDF/BO21-09-99LEG.PDF
       
   128 # Regretfully, you have to subscribe (and pay) for the on-line version....
       
   129 #
       
   130 # (2001-06-12):
       
   131 # the timezone for Argentina will not change next Sunday.
       
   132 # Apparently it will do so on Sunday 24th....
       
   133 # http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-12/s-03501.htm
       
   134 #
       
   135 # (2001-06-25):
       
   136 # Last Friday (yes, the last working day before the date of the change), the
       
   137 # Senate annulled the 1999 law that introduced the changes later postponed.
       
   138 # http://www.clarin.com.ar/diario/2001-06-22/s-03601.htm
       
   139 # It remains the vote of the Deputies..., but it will be the same....
       
   140 # This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina.
       
   141 # We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country.
       
   142 #
       
   143 # From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21):
       
   144 # Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing
       
   145 # its timezone this winter... starting tomorrow night....
       
   146 # http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040521-27158-normas.pdf
       
   147 # From Paul Eggert (2004-05-24):
       
   148 # It's Law No. 7,210.  This change is due to a public power emergency, so for
       
   149 # now we'll assume it's for this year only.
       
   150 #
       
   151 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
       
   152 # <a href="http://www.spicasc.net/horvera.html">
       
   153 # Hora de verano para la Republica Argentina (2003-06-08)
       
   154 # </a> says that standard time in Argentina from 1894-10-31
       
   155 # to 1920-05-01 was -4:16:48.25.  Go with this more-precise value
       
   156 # over Shanks & Pottenger.
       
   157 #
       
   158 # From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-05):
       
   159 # These media articles from a major newspaper mostly cover the current state:
       
   160 # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/27/de_604825.asp
       
   161 # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/28/de_605203.asp
       
   162 #
       
   163 # The following eight (8) provinces pulled clocks back to UTC-04:00 at
       
   164 # midnight Monday May 31st. (that is, the night between 05/31 and 06/01).
       
   165 # Apparently, all nine provinces would go back to UTC-03:00 at the same
       
   166 # time in October 17th.
       
   167 #
       
   168 # Catamarca, Chubut, La Rioja, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz,
       
   169 # Tierra del Fuego, Tucuman.
       
   170 #
       
   171 # From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-14):
       
   172 # ... this weekend, the Province of Tucuman decided it'd go back to UTC-03:00
       
   173 # yesterday midnight (that is, at 24:00 Saturday 12th), since the people's
       
   174 # annoyance with the change is much higher than the power savings obtained....
       
   175 #
       
   176 # From Gwillim Law (2004-06-14):
       
   177 # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/06/10/de_609078.asp ...
       
   178 #     "The time change in Tierra del Fuego was a conflicted decision from
       
   179 #   the start.  The government had decreed that the measure would take
       
   180 #   effect on June 1, but a normative error forced the new time to begin
       
   181 #   three days earlier, from a Saturday to a Sunday....
       
   182 # Our understanding was that the change was originally scheduled to take place
       
   183 # on June 1 at 00:00 in Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego (and some other
       
   184 # provinces).  Sunday was May 30, only two days earlier.  So the article
       
   185 # contains a contradiction.  I would give more credence to the Saturday/Sunday
       
   186 # date than the "three days earlier" phrase, and conclude that Tierra del
       
   187 # Fuego set its clocks back at 2004-05-30 00:00.
       
   188 #
       
   189 # From Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-05):
       
   190 # The previous law 7210 which changed the province of Mendoza's time zone
       
   191 # back in May have been modified slightly in a new law 7277, which set the
       
   192 # new end date to 2004-09-26 (original date was 2004-10-17).
       
   193 # http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040924-27244-normas.pdf
       
   194 #
       
   195 # From Mariano Absatz (2004-10-05):
       
   196 # San Juan changed from UTC-03:00 to UTC-04:00 at midnight between
       
   197 # Sunday, May 30th and Monday, May 31st.  It changed back to UTC-03:00
       
   198 # at midnight between Saturday, July 24th and Sunday, July 25th....
       
   199 # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000329.html
       
   200 # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000426.html
       
   201 # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000441.html
       
   202 
       
   203 # Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks & Pottenger through 1992,
       
   204 # from the IATA otherwise.  As noted below, Shanks & Pottenger say that
       
   205 # America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, but we
       
   206 # haven't verified this yet so for now we'll keep it a single region.
       
   207 #
       
   208 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   209 #
       
   210 # Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF),
       
   211 Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
       
   212 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
       
   213 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
       
   214 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
       
   215 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
       
   216 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
       
   217 			-3:00	-	ART
       
   218 #
       
   219 # Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC),
       
   220 # Formosa (FM), Salta (SA), Santiago del Estero (SE), Cordoba (CB),
       
   221 # San Luis (SL), La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
       
   222 #
       
   223 # Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we haven't verified:
       
   224 # - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
       
   225 # - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29.
       
   226 # - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04.
       
   227 # - San Luis switched to -4:00 on 1990-03-14, then to -3:00 on 1990-10-15,
       
   228 #   then to -4:00 on 1991-03-01, then to -3:00 on 1991-06-01.
       
   229 # - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01,
       
   230 #   then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26.
       
   231 #
       
   232 Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
       
   233 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
       
   234 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
       
   235 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
       
   236 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  3
       
   237 			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
       
   238 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
       
   239 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
       
   240 			-3:00	-	ART
       
   241 #
       
   242 # Tucuman (TM)
       
   243 Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
       
   244 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
       
   245 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
       
   246 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
       
   247 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  3
       
   248 			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
       
   249 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
       
   250 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
       
   251 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
       
   252 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 13
       
   253 			-3:00	-	ART
       
   254 #
       
   255 # La Rioja (LR)
       
   256 Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
       
   257 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
       
   258 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
       
   259 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
       
   260 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  1
       
   261 			-4:00	-	WART	1991 May  7
       
   262 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
       
   263 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
       
   264 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
       
   265 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
       
   266 			-3:00	-	ART
       
   267 #
       
   268 # San Juan (SJ)
       
   269 Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
       
   270 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
       
   271 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
       
   272 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
       
   273 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  1
       
   274 			-4:00	-	WART	1991 May  7
       
   275 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
       
   276 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
       
   277 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 31
       
   278 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jul 25
       
   279 			-3:00	-	ART
       
   280 #
       
   281 # Jujuy (JY)
       
   282 Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
       
   283 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
       
   284 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
       
   285 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
       
   286 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1990 Mar  4
       
   287 			-4:00	-	WART	1990 Oct 28
       
   288 			-4:00	1:00	WARST	1991 Mar 17
       
   289 			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct  6
       
   290 			-3:00	1:00	ARST	1992
       
   291 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
       
   292 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
       
   293 			-3:00	-	ART
       
   294 #
       
   295 # Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
       
   296 Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
       
   297 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
       
   298 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
       
   299 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
       
   300 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  3
       
   301 			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 20
       
   302 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
       
   303 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
       
   304 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
       
   305 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
       
   306 			-3:00	-	ART
       
   307 #
       
   308 # Mendoza (MZ)
       
   309 Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
       
   310 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
       
   311 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
       
   312 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
       
   313 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1990 Mar  4
       
   314 			-4:00	-	WART	1990 Oct 15
       
   315 			-4:00	1:00	WARST	1991 Mar  1
       
   316 			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 15
       
   317 			-4:00	1:00	WARST	1992 Mar  1
       
   318 			-4:00	-	WART	1992 Oct 18
       
   319 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
       
   320 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
       
   321 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 23
       
   322 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Sep 26
       
   323 			-3:00	-	ART
       
   324 #
       
   325 # Santa Cruz (SC)
       
   326 Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
       
   327 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
       
   328 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
       
   329 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
       
   330 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
       
   331 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
       
   332 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 Jun  1
       
   333 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
       
   334 			-3:00	-	ART
       
   335 #
       
   336 # Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF)
       
   337 Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
       
   338 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
       
   339 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
       
   340 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
       
   341 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
       
   342 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
       
   343 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 30
       
   344 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jun 20
       
   345 			-3:00	-	ART
       
   346 
       
   347 # Aruba
       
   348 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   349 Zone	America/Aruba	-4:40:24 -	LMT	1912 Feb 12	# Oranjestad
       
   350 			-4:30	-	ANT	1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
       
   351 			-4:00	-	AST
       
   352 
       
   353 # Bolivia
       
   354 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   355 Zone	America/La_Paz	-4:32:36 -	LMT	1890
       
   356 			-4:32:36 -	CMT	1931 Oct 15 # Calamarca MT
       
   357 			-4:32:36 1:00	BOST	1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST
       
   358 			-4:00	-	BOT	# Bolivia Time
       
   359 
       
   360 # Brazil
       
   361 
       
   362 # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
       
   363 # The mayor of Rio recently attempted to change the time zone rules
       
   364 # just in his city, in order to leave more summer time for the tourist trade.
       
   365 # The rule change lasted only part of the day;
       
   366 # the federal government refused to follow the city's rules, and business
       
   367 # was in a chaos, so the mayor backed down that afternoon.
       
   368 
       
   369 # From IATA SSIM (1996-02):
       
   370 # _Only_ the following states in BR1 observe DST: Rio Grande do Sul (RS),
       
   371 # Santa Catarina (SC), Parana (PR), Sao Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ),
       
   372 # Espirito Santo (ES), Minas Gerais (MG), Bahia (BA), Goias (GO),
       
   373 # Distrito Federal (DF), Tocantins (TO), Sergipe [SE] and Alagoas [AL].
       
   374 # [The last three states are new to this issue of the IATA SSIM.]
       
   375 
       
   376 # From Gwillim Law (1996-10-07):
       
   377 # Geography, history (Tocantins was part of Goias until 1989), and other
       
   378 # sources of time zone information lead me to believe that AL, SE, and TO were
       
   379 # always in BR1, and so the only change was whether or not they observed DST....
       
   380 # The earliest issue of the SSIM I have is 2/91.  Each issue from then until
       
   381 # 9/95 says that DST is observed only in the ten states I quoted from 9/95,
       
   382 # along with Mato Grosso (MT) and Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), which are in BR2
       
   383 # (UTC-4)....  The other two time zones given for Brazil are BR3, which is
       
   384 # UTC-5, no DST, and applies only in the state of Acre (AC); and BR4, which is
       
   385 # UTC-2, and applies to Fernando de Noronha (formerly FN, but I believe it's
       
   386 # become part of the state of Pernambuco).  The boundary between BR1 and BR2
       
   387 # has never been clearly stated.  They've simply been called East and West.
       
   388 # However, some conclusions can be drawn from another IATA manual: the Airline
       
   389 # Coding Directory, which lists close to 400 airports in Brazil.  For each
       
   390 # airport it gives a time zone which is coded to the SSIM.  From that
       
   391 # information, I'm led to conclude that the states of Amapa (AP), Ceara (CE),
       
   392 # Maranhao (MA), Paraiba (PR), Pernambuco (PE), Piaui (PI), and Rio Grande do
       
   393 # Norte (RN), and the eastern part of Para (PA) are all in BR1 without DST.
       
   394 
       
   395 # From Marcos Tadeu (1998-09-27):
       
   396 # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/verao1.html">
       
   397 # Brazilian official page
       
   398 # </a>
       
   399 
       
   400 # From Jesper Norgaard (2000-11-03):
       
   401 # [For an official list of which regions in Brazil use which time zones, see:]
       
   402 # http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbr.htm
       
   403 # http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbrhv.htm
       
   404 
       
   405 # From Celso Doria via David Madeo (2002-10-09):
       
   406 # The reason for the delay this year has to do with elections in Brazil.
       
   407 #
       
   408 # Unlike in the United States, elections in Brazil are 100% computerized and
       
   409 # the results are known almost immediately.  Yesterday, it was the first
       
   410 # round of the elections when 115 million Brazilians voted for President,
       
   411 # Governor, Senators, Federal Deputies, and State Deputies.  Nobody is
       
   412 # counting (or re-counting) votes anymore and we know there will be a second
       
   413 # round for the Presidency and also for some Governors.  The 2nd round will
       
   414 # take place on October 27th.
       
   415 #
       
   416 # The reason why the DST will only begin November 3rd is that the thousands
       
   417 # of electoral machines used cannot have their time changed, and since the
       
   418 # Constitution says the elections must begin at 8:00 AM and end at 5:00 PM,
       
   419 # the Government decided to postpone DST, instead of changing the Constitution
       
   420 # (maybe, for the next elections, it will be possible to change the clock)...
       
   421 
       
   422 # From Rodrigo Severo (2004-10-04):
       
   423 # It's just the biannual change made necessary by the much hyped, supposedly
       
   424 # modern Brazilian eletronic voting machines which, apparently, can't deal
       
   425 # with a time change between the first and the second rounds of the elections.
       
   426 
       
   427 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
       
   428 # The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
       
   429 # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html">
       
   430 # Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil
       
   431 # </a>.
       
   432 
       
   433 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
   434 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm">20,466</a> (1931-10-01)
       
   435 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm">21,896</a> (1932-01-10)
       
   436 Rule	Brazil	1931	only	-	Oct	 3	11:00	1:00	S
       
   437 Rule	Brazil	1932	1933	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
       
   438 Rule	Brazil	1932	only	-	Oct	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   439 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV23195.htm">23,195</a> (1933-10-10)
       
   440 # revoked DST.
       
   441 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27496.htm">27,496</a> (1949-11-24)
       
   442 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27998.htm">27,998</a> (1950-04-13)
       
   443 Rule	Brazil	1949	1952	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   444 Rule	Brazil	1950	only	-	Apr	16	 1:00	0	-
       
   445 Rule	Brazil	1951	1952	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
       
   446 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV32308.htm">32,308</a> (1953-02-24)
       
   447 Rule	Brazil	1953	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
       
   448 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV34724.htm">34,724</a> (1953-11-30)
       
   449 # revoked DST.
       
   450 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV52700.htm">52,700</a> (1963-10-18)
       
   451 # established DST from 1963-10-23 00:00 to 1964-02-29 00:00
       
   452 # in SP, RJ, GB, MG, ES, due to the prolongation of the drought.
       
   453 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53071.htm">53,071</a> (1963-12-03)
       
   454 # extended the above decree to all of the national territory on 12-09.
       
   455 Rule	Brazil	1963	only	-	Dec	 9	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   456 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53604.htm">53,604</a> (1964-02-25)
       
   457 # extended summer time by one day to 1964-03-01 00:00 (start of school).
       
   458 Rule	Brazil	1964	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
       
   459 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV55639.htm">55,639</a> (1965-01-27)
       
   460 Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Jan	31	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   461 Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Mar	31	 0:00	0	-
       
   462 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57303.htm">57,303</a> (1965-11-22)
       
   463 Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   464 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57843.htm">57,843</a> (1966-02-18)
       
   465 Rule	Brazil	1966	1968	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
       
   466 Rule	Brazil	1966	1967	-	Nov	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   467 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV63429.htm">63,429</a> (1968-10-15)
       
   468 # revoked DST.
       
   469 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV91698.htm">91,698</a> (1985-09-27)
       
   470 Rule	Brazil	1985	only	-	Nov	 2	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   471 # Decree 92,310 (1986-01-21)
       
   472 # Decree 92,463 (1986-03-13)
       
   473 Rule	Brazil	1986	only	-	Mar	15	 0:00	0	-
       
   474 # Decree 93,316 (1986-10-01)
       
   475 Rule	Brazil	1986	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   476 Rule	Brazil	1987	only	-	Feb	14	 0:00	0	-
       
   477 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV94922.htm">94,922</a> (1987-09-22)
       
   478 Rule	Brazil	1987	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   479 Rule	Brazil	1988	only	-	Feb	 7	 0:00	0	-
       
   480 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV96676.htm">96,676</a> (1988-09-12)
       
   481 # except for the states of AC, AM, PA, RR, RO, and AP (then a territory)
       
   482 Rule	Brazil	1988	only	-	Oct	16	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   483 Rule	Brazil	1989	only	-	Jan	29	 0:00	0	-
       
   484 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV98077.htm">98,077</a> (1989-08-21)
       
   485 # with the same exceptions
       
   486 Rule	Brazil	1989	only	-	Oct	15	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   487 Rule	Brazil	1990	only	-	Feb	11	 0:00	0	-
       
   488 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV99530.htm">99,530</a> (1990-09-17)
       
   489 # adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, GO, MS, DF.
       
   490 # Decree 99,629 (1990-10-19) adds BA, MT.
       
   491 Rule	Brazil	1990	only	-	Oct	21	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   492 Rule	Brazil	1991	only	-	Feb	17	 0:00	0	-
       
   493 # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1991.htm">Unnumbered decree</a> (1991-09-25)
       
   494 # adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, BA, GO, MT, MS, DF.
       
   495 Rule	Brazil	1991	only	-	Oct	20	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   496 Rule	Brazil	1992	only	-	Feb	 9	 0:00	0	-
       
   497 # <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1992.htm">Unnumbered decree</a> (1992-10-16)
       
   498 # adopted by same states.
       
   499 Rule	Brazil	1992	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   500 Rule	Brazil	1993	only	-	Jan	31	 0:00	0	-
       
   501 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV942.htm">942</a> (1993-09-28)
       
   502 # adopted by same states, plus AM.
       
   503 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1252.htm">1,252</a> (1994-09-22;
       
   504 # web page corrected 2004-01-07) adopted by same states, minus AM.
       
   505 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1636.htm">1,636</a> (1995-09-14)
       
   506 # adopted by same states, plus MT and TO.
       
   507 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1674.htm">1,674</a> (1995-10-13)
       
   508 # adds AL, SE.
       
   509 Rule	Brazil	1993	1995	-	Oct	Sun>=11	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   510 Rule	Brazil	1994	1995	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
       
   511 Rule	Brazil	1996	only	-	Feb	11	 0:00	0	-
       
   512 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV2000.htm">2,000</a> (1996-09-04)
       
   513 # adopted by same states, minus AL, SE.
       
   514 Rule	Brazil	1996	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   515 Rule	Brazil	1997	only	-	Feb	16	 0:00	0	-
       
   516 # From Daniel C. Sobral (1998-02-12):
       
   517 # In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that
       
   518 # because international television networks ignored Brazil's policy on DS,
       
   519 # they bought the wrong times on satellite for coverage of Pope's visit.
       
   520 # This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1
       
   521 # to help dealing with the shortages of electric power.
       
   522 #
       
   523 # Decree 2,317 (1997-09-04), adopted by same states.
       
   524 Rule	Brazil	1997	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   525 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV2495.JPG">2,495</a>
       
   526 # (1998-02-10)
       
   527 Rule	Brazil	1998	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
       
   528 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/Hv98.jpg">2,780</a> (1998-09-11)
       
   529 # adopted by the same states as before.
       
   530 Rule	Brazil	1998	only	-	Oct	11	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   531 Rule	Brazil	1999	only	-	Feb	21	 0:00	0	-
       
   532 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3150.gif">3,150</a>
       
   533 # (1999-08-23) adopted by same states.
       
   534 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV99.gif">3,188</a> (1999-09-30)
       
   535 # adds SE, AL, PB, PE, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR.
       
   536 Rule	Brazil	1999	only	-	Oct	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   537 Rule	Brazil	2000	only	-	Feb	27	 0:00	0	-
       
   538 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DEC3592.htm">3,592</a> (2000-09-06)
       
   539 # adopted by the same states as before.
       
   540 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3630.jpg">3,630</a> (2000-10-13)
       
   541 # repeals DST in PE and RR, effective 2000-10-15 00:00.
       
   542 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3632.jpg">3,632</a> (2000-10-17)
       
   543 # repeals DST in SE, AL, PB, RN, CE, PI and MA, effective 2000-10-22 00:00.
       
   544 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3916.gif">3,916</a>
       
   545 # (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
       
   546 Rule	Brazil	2000	2001	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   547 Rule	Brazil	2001	2006	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
       
   548 # Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
       
   549 # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm"></a>
       
   550 Rule	Brazil	2002	only	-	Nov	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   551 # Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO.
       
   552 # <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm"></a>
       
   553 Rule	Brazil	2003	only	-	Oct	19	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   554 # Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT.
       
   555 # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm"></a>
       
   556 Rule	Brazil	2004	only	-	Nov	 2	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   557 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif">5,539</a> (2005-09-19),
       
   558 # adopted by the same states as before.
       
   559 Rule	Brazil	2005	only	-	Oct	16	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   560 # Decree <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2006/Decreto/D5920.htm">5,920</a>
       
   561 # (2006-10-03), adopted by the same states as before.
       
   562 Rule	Brazil	2006	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	 0:00	1:00	S
       
   563 Rule	Brazil	2007	max	-	Feb	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
       
   564 # The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST:
       
   565 # DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.
       
   566 # For dates after mid-2007, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses
       
   567 # and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
       
   568 
       
   569 
       
   570 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   571 #
       
   572 # Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE)
       
   573 Zone America/Noronha	-2:09:40 -	LMT	1914
       
   574 			-2:00	Brazil	FN%sT	1990 Sep 17
       
   575 			-2:00	-	FNT	1999 Sep 30
       
   576 			-2:00	Brazil	FN%sT	2000 Oct 15
       
   577 			-2:00	-	FNT	2001 Sep 13
       
   578 			-2:00	Brazil	FN%sT	2002 Oct  1
       
   579 			-2:00	-	FNT
       
   580 # Other Atlantic islands have no permanent settlement.
       
   581 # These include Trindade and Martin Vaz (administratively part of ES),
       
   582 # Atol das Rocas (RN), and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo (PE).
       
   583 # Fernando de Noronha was a separate territory from 1942-09-02 to 1989-01-01;
       
   584 # it also included the Penedos.
       
   585 #
       
   586 # Amapa (AP), east Para (PA)
       
   587 # East Para includes Belem, Maraba, Serra Norte, and Sao Felix do Xingu.
       
   588 # The division between east and west Para is the river Xingu.
       
   589 # In the north a very small part from the river Javary (now Jari I guess,
       
   590 # the border with Amapa) to the Amazon, then to the Xingu.
       
   591 Zone America/Belem	-3:13:56 -	LMT	1914
       
   592 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1988 Sep 12
       
   593 			-3:00	-	BRT
       
   594 #
       
   595 # Maranhao (MA), Piaui (PI), Ceara (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
       
   596 # Paraiba (PB)
       
   597 Zone America/Fortaleza	-2:34:00 -	LMT	1914
       
   598 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
       
   599 			-3:00	-	BRT	1999 Sep 30
       
   600 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2000 Oct 22
       
   601 			-3:00	-	BRT	2001 Sep 13
       
   602 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2002 Oct  1
       
   603 			-3:00	-	BRT
       
   604 #
       
   605 # Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands)
       
   606 Zone America/Recife	-2:19:36 -	LMT	1914
       
   607 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
       
   608 			-3:00	-	BRT	1999 Sep 30
       
   609 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2000 Oct 15
       
   610 			-3:00	-	BRT	2001 Sep 13
       
   611 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2002 Oct  1
       
   612 			-3:00	-	BRT
       
   613 #
       
   614 # Tocantins (TO)
       
   615 Zone America/Araguaina	-3:12:48 -	LMT	1914
       
   616 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
       
   617 			-3:00	-	BRT	1995 Sep 14
       
   618 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2003 Sep 24
       
   619 			-3:00	-	BRT
       
   620 #
       
   621 # Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE)
       
   622 Zone America/Maceio	-2:22:52 -	LMT	1914
       
   623 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1990 Sep 17
       
   624 			-3:00	-	BRT	1995 Oct 13
       
   625 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1996 Sep  4
       
   626 			-3:00	-	BRT	1999 Sep 30
       
   627 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2000 Oct 22
       
   628 			-3:00	-	BRT	2001 Sep 13
       
   629 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2002 Oct  1
       
   630 			-3:00	-	BRT
       
   631 #
       
   632 # Bahia (BA)
       
   633 # There are too many Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/Bahia instead
       
   634 # of America/Salvador.
       
   635 Zone America/Bahia	-2:34:04 -	LMT	1914
       
   636 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2003 Sep 24
       
   637 			-3:00	-	BRT
       
   638 #
       
   639 # Goias (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
       
   640 # Espirito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Sao Paulo (SP), Parana (PR),
       
   641 # Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
       
   642 Zone America/Sao_Paulo	-3:06:28 -	LMT	1914
       
   643 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1963 Oct 23 00:00
       
   644 			-3:00	1:00	BRST	1964
       
   645 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT
       
   646 #
       
   647 # Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)
       
   648 Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 -	LMT	1914
       
   649 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT
       
   650 #
       
   651 # Mato Grosso (MT)
       
   652 Zone America/Cuiaba	-3:44:20 -	LMT	1914
       
   653 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	2003 Sep 24
       
   654 			-4:00	-	AMT	2004 Oct  1
       
   655 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT
       
   656 #
       
   657 # west Para (PA), Rondonia (RO)
       
   658 # West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and Santarem.
       
   659 Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 -	LMT	1914
       
   660 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
       
   661 			-4:00	-	AMT
       
   662 #
       
   663 # Roraima (RR)
       
   664 Zone America/Boa_Vista	-4:02:40 -	LMT	1914
       
   665 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
       
   666 			-4:00	-	AMT	1999 Sep 30
       
   667 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	2000 Oct 15
       
   668 			-4:00	-	AMT
       
   669 #
       
   670 # east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Jutai, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto
       
   671 # The great circle line from Tabatinga to Porto Acre divides
       
   672 # east from west Amazonas.
       
   673 Zone America/Manaus	-4:00:04 -	LMT	1914
       
   674 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
       
   675 			-4:00	-	AMT	1993 Sep 28
       
   676 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1994 Sep 22
       
   677 			-4:00	-	AMT
       
   678 #
       
   679 # west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant,
       
   680 #	Eirunepe, Envira, Ipixuna
       
   681 Zone America/Eirunepe	-4:39:28 -	LMT	1914
       
   682 			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Sep 12
       
   683 			-5:00	-	ACT	1993 Sep 28
       
   684 			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1994 Sep 22
       
   685 			-5:00	-	ACT
       
   686 #
       
   687 # Acre (AC)
       
   688 Zone America/Rio_Branco	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
       
   689 			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Sep 12
       
   690 			-5:00	-	ACT
       
   691 
       
   692 
       
   693 # Chile
       
   694 
       
   695 # From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19):
       
   696 # The law says to switch to DST at midnight [24:00] on the second SATURDAY
       
   697 # of October....  The law is the same for March and October.
       
   698 # (1998-09-29):
       
   699 # Because of the drought this year, the government decided to go into
       
   700 # DST earlier (saturday 9/26 at 24:00). This is a one-time change only ...
       
   701 # (unless there's another dry season next year, I guess).
       
   702 
       
   703 # From Julio I. Pacheco Troncoso (1999-03-18):
       
   704 # Because of the same drought, the government decided to end DST later,
       
   705 # on April 3, (one-time change).
       
   706 
       
   707 # From Oscar van Vlijmen (2006-10-08):
       
   708 # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
       
   709 
       
   710 # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-10-08):
       
   711 # I think that there are some obvious mistakes in the suggested link
       
   712 # from Oscar van Vlijmen,... for instance entry 66 says that GMT-4
       
   713 # ended 1990-09-12 while entry 67 only begins GMT-3 at 1990-09-15
       
   714 # (they should have been 1990-09-15 and 1990-09-16 respectively), but
       
   715 # anyhow it clears up some doubts too.
       
   716 
       
   717 # The following data are from <http://www.horaoficial.cl/horaof.htm>
       
   718 # (2006-09-20), transcribed by Jesper Norgaard Welen.
       
   719 
       
   720 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
   721 Rule	Chile	1927	1932	-	Sep	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
   722 Rule	Chile	1928	1932	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
       
   723 Rule	Chile	1942	only	-	Jun	 1	4:00u	0	-
       
   724 Rule	Chile	1942	only	-	Aug	 1	5:00u	1:00	S
       
   725 Rule	Chile	1946	only	-	Jul	15	4:00u	1:00	S
       
   726 Rule	Chile	1946	only	-	Sep	 1	3:00u	0:00	-
       
   727 Rule	Chile	1947	only	-	Apr	 1	4:00u	0	-
       
   728 Rule	Chile	1968	only	-	Nov	 3	4:00u	1:00	S
       
   729 Rule	Chile	1969	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
       
   730 Rule	Chile	1969	only	-	Nov	23	4:00u	1:00	S
       
   731 Rule	Chile	1970	only	-	Mar	29	3:00u	0	-
       
   732 Rule	Chile	1971	only	-	Mar	14	3:00u	0	-
       
   733 Rule	Chile	1970	1972	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
       
   734 Rule	Chile	1972	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
       
   735 Rule	Chile	1973	only	-	Sep	30	4:00u	1:00	S
       
   736 Rule	Chile	1974	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
       
   737 Rule	Chile	1987	only	-	Apr	12	3:00u	0	-
       
   738 Rule	Chile	1988	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
       
   739 Rule	Chile	1988	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	4:00u	1:00	S
       
   740 Rule	Chile	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
       
   741 Rule	Chile	1990	only	-	Mar	18	3:00u	0	-
       
   742 Rule	Chile	1990	only	-	Sep	16	4:00u	1:00	S
       
   743 Rule	Chile	1991	1996	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
       
   744 Rule	Chile	1991	1997	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
       
   745 Rule	Chile	1997	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
       
   746 Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
       
   747 Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Sep	27	4:00u	1:00	S
       
   748 Rule	Chile	1999	only	-	Apr	 4	3:00u	0	-
       
   749 Rule	Chile	1999	max	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
       
   750 Rule	Chile	2000	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
       
   751 # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
       
   752 # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08.  Ignore these.
       
   753 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   754 Zone America/Santiago	-4:42:46 -	LMT	1890
       
   755 			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1910 	    # Santiago Mean Time
       
   756 			-5:00	-	CLT	1916 Jul  1 # Chile Time
       
   757 			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1918 Sep  1 # Santiago Mean Time
       
   758 			-4:00	-	CLT	1919 Jul  1 # Chile Time
       
   759 			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1927 Sep  1 # Santiago Mean Time
       
   760 			-5:00	Chile	CL%sT	1947 May 22 # Chile Time
       
   761 			-4:00	Chile	CL%sT
       
   762 Zone Pacific/Easter	-7:17:28 -	LMT	1890	    # Mataveri
       
   763 			-7:17:28 -	MMT	1932 Sep    # Mataveri Mean Time
       
   764 			-7:00	Chile	EAS%sT	1982 Jan 18 21:00 # Easter I Time
       
   765 			-6:00	Chile	EAS%sT
       
   766 #
       
   767 # Sala y Gomez Island is like Pacific/Easter.
       
   768 # Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernandez Is, San Ambrosio,
       
   769 # San Felix, and Antarctic bases, are like America/Santiago.
       
   770 
       
   771 # Colombia
       
   772 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
   773 Rule	CO	1992	only	-	May	 3	0:00	1:00	S
       
   774 Rule	CO	1993	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	0	-
       
   775 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   776 Zone	America/Bogota	-4:56:20 -	LMT	1884 Mar 13
       
   777 			-4:56:20 -	BMT	1914 Nov 23 # Bogota Mean Time
       
   778 			-5:00	CO	CO%sT	# Colombia Time
       
   779 # Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres
       
   780 # no information; probably like America/Bogota
       
   781 
       
   782 # Curacao
       
   783 #
       
   784 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 
       
   785 # Shanks & Pottenger say that The Bottom and Philipsburg have been at
       
   786 # -4:00 since standard time was introduced on 1912-03-02; and that
       
   787 # Kralendijk and Rincon used Kralendijk Mean Time (-4:33:08) from
       
   788 # 1912-02-02 to 1965-01-01.  The former is dubious, since S&P also say
       
   789 # Saba Island has been like Curacao.
       
   790 # This all predates our 1970 cutoff, though.  
       
   791 #
       
   792 # By July 2007 Curacao and St Maarten are planned to become
       
   793 # associated states within the Netherlands, much like Aruba;
       
   794 # Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius would become directly part of the
       
   795 # Netherlands as Kingdom Islands.  This won't affect their time zones
       
   796 # though, as far as we know.
       
   797 # 
       
   798 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   799 Zone	America/Curacao	-4:35:44 -	LMT	1912 Feb 12	# Willemstad
       
   800 			-4:30	-	ANT	1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
       
   801 			-4:00	-	AST
       
   802 
       
   803 # Ecuador
       
   804 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   805 Zone America/Guayaquil	-5:19:20 -	LMT	1890
       
   806 			-5:14:00 -	QMT	1931 # Quito Mean Time
       
   807 			-5:00	-	ECT	     # Ecuador Time
       
   808 Zone Pacific/Galapagos	-5:58:24 -	LMT	1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
       
   809 			-5:00	-	ECT	1986
       
   810 			-6:00	-	GALT	     # Galapagos Time
       
   811 
       
   812 # Falklands
       
   813 
       
   814 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
       
   815 # Between 1990 and 2000 inclusive, Shanks & Pottenger and the IATA agree except
       
   816 # the IATA gives 1996-09-08.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
   817 
       
   818 # From Falkland Islands Government Office, London (2001-01-22)
       
   819 # via Jesper Norgaard:
       
   820 # ... the clocks revert back to Local Mean Time at 2 am on Sunday 15
       
   821 # April 2001 and advance one hour to summer time at 2 am on Sunday 2
       
   822 # September.  It is anticipated that the clocks will revert back at 2
       
   823 # am on Sunday 21 April 2002 and advance to summer time at 2 am on
       
   824 # Sunday 1 September.
       
   825 
       
   826 # From Rives McDow (2001-02-13):
       
   827 #
       
   828 # I have communicated several times with people there, and the last
       
   829 # time I had communications that was helpful was in 1998.  Here is
       
   830 # what was said then:
       
   831 #
       
   832 # "The general rule was that Stanley used daylight saving and the Camp
       
   833 # did not. However for various reasons many people in the Camp have
       
   834 # started to use daylight saving (known locally as 'Stanley Time')
       
   835 # There is no rule as to who uses daylight saving - it is a matter of
       
   836 # personal choice and so it is impossible to draw a map showing who
       
   837 # uses it and who does not. Any list would be out of date as soon as
       
   838 # it was produced. This year daylight saving ended on April 18/19th
       
   839 # and started again on September 12/13th.  I do not know what the rule
       
   840 # is, but can find out if you like.  We do not change at the same time
       
   841 # as UK or Chile."
       
   842 #
       
   843 # I did have in my notes that the rule was "Second Saturday in Sep at
       
   844 # 0:00 until third Saturday in Apr at 0:00".  I think that this does
       
   845 # not agree in some cases with Shanks; is this true?
       
   846 #
       
   847 # Also, there is no mention in the list that some areas in the
       
   848 # Falklands do not use DST.  I have found in my communications there
       
   849 # that these areas are on the western half of East Falkland and all of
       
   850 # West Falkland.  Stanley is the only place that consistently observes
       
   851 # DST.  Again, as in other places in the world, the farmers don't like
       
   852 # it.  West Falkland is almost entirely sheep farmers.
       
   853 #
       
   854 # I know one lady there that keeps a list of which farm keeps DST and
       
   855 # which doesn't each year.  She runs a shop in Stanley, and says that
       
   856 # the list changes each year.  She uses it to communicate to her
       
   857 # customers, catching them when they are home for lunch or dinner.
       
   858 
       
   859 # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05):
       
   860 # For now, we'll just record the time in Stanley, since we have no
       
   861 # better info.
       
   862 
       
   863 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
   864 Rule	Falk	1937	1938	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
       
   865 Rule	Falk	1938	1942	-	Mar	Sun>=19	0:00	0	-
       
   866 Rule	Falk	1939	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	1:00	S
       
   867 Rule	Falk	1940	1942	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
       
   868 Rule	Falk	1943	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	-
       
   869 Rule	Falk	1983	only	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
       
   870 Rule	Falk	1984	1985	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	0	-
       
   871 Rule	Falk	1984	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	1:00	S
       
   872 Rule	Falk	1985	2000	-	Sep	Sun>=9	0:00	1:00	S
       
   873 Rule	Falk	1986	2000	-	Apr	Sun>=16	0:00	0	-
       
   874 Rule	Falk	2001	max	-	Apr	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
       
   875 Rule	Falk	2001	max	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
       
   876 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   877 Zone Atlantic/Stanley	-3:51:24 -	LMT	1890
       
   878 			-3:51:24 -	SMT	1912 Mar 12  # Stanley Mean Time
       
   879 			-4:00	Falk	FK%sT	1983 May     # Falkland Is Time
       
   880 			-3:00	Falk	FK%sT	1985 Sep 15
       
   881 			-4:00	Falk	FK%sT
       
   882 
       
   883 # French Guiana
       
   884 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   885 Zone America/Cayenne	-3:29:20 -	LMT	1911 Jul
       
   886 			-4:00	-	GFT	1967 Oct # French Guiana Time
       
   887 			-3:00	-	GFT
       
   888 
       
   889 # Guyana
       
   890 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   891 Zone	America/Guyana	-3:52:40 -	LMT	1915 Mar	# Georgetown
       
   892 			-3:45	-	GBGT	1966 May 26 # Br Guiana Time
       
   893 			-3:45	-	GYT	1975 Jul 31 # Guyana Time
       
   894 			-3:00	-	GYT	1991
       
   895 # IATA SSIM (1996-06) says -4:00.  Assume a 1991 switch.
       
   896 			-4:00	-	GYT
       
   897 
       
   898 # Paraguay
       
   899 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
       
   900 # Shanks & Pottenger say that spring transitions are from 01:00 -> 02:00,
       
   901 # and autumn transitions are from 00:00 -> 23:00.  Go with pre-1999
       
   902 # editions of Shanks, and with the IATA, who say transitions occur at 00:00.
       
   903 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
   904 Rule	Para	1975	1988	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
   905 Rule	Para	1975	1978	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
       
   906 Rule	Para	1979	1991	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
       
   907 Rule	Para	1989	only	-	Oct	22	0:00	1:00	S
       
   908 Rule	Para	1990	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
   909 Rule	Para	1991	only	-	Oct	 6	0:00	1:00	S
       
   910 Rule	Para	1992	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
       
   911 Rule	Para	1992	only	-	Oct	 5	0:00	1:00	S
       
   912 Rule	Para	1993	only	-	Mar	31	0:00	0	-
       
   913 Rule	Para	1993	1995	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
   914 Rule	Para	1994	1995	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
       
   915 Rule	Para	1996	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
       
   916 # IATA SSIM (2000-02) says 1999-10-10; ignore this for now.
       
   917 # From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-02):
       
   918 # I have three independent reports that Paraguay changed to DST this Sunday
       
   919 # (10-01).
       
   920 #
       
   921 # Translated by Gwillim Law (2001-02-27) from
       
   922 # <a href="http://www.diarionoticias.com.py/011000/nacional/naciona1.htm">
       
   923 # Noticias, a daily paper in Asuncion, Paraguay (2000-10-01)
       
   924 # </a>:
       
   925 # Starting at 0:00 today, the clock will be set forward 60 minutes, in
       
   926 # fulfillment of Decree No. 7,273 of the Executive Power....  The time change
       
   927 # system has been operating for several years.  Formerly there was a separate
       
   928 # decree each year; the new law has the same effect, but permanently.  Every
       
   929 # year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the
       
   930 # clock will be set back on the first Sunday of March.
       
   931 #
       
   932 Rule	Para	1996	2001	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
       
   933 # IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
   934 Rule	Para	1997	only	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
       
   935 # Shanks & Pottenger say 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but
       
   936 # (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27).
       
   937 Rule	Para	1998	2001	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
       
   938 # From Rives McDow (2002-02-28):
       
   939 # A decree was issued in Paraguay (no. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the
       
   940 # dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in
       
   941 # April.
       
   942 Rule	Para	2002	2004	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
       
   943 Rule	Para	2002	2003	-	Sep	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
       
   944 #
       
   945 # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2005-01-02):
       
   946 # There are several sources that claim that Paraguay made
       
   947 # a timezone rule change in autumn 2004.
       
   948 # From Steffen Thorsen (2005-01-05):
       
   949 # Decree 1,867 (2004-03-05)
       
   950 # From Carlos Raul Perasso via Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-10-13)
       
   951 # <http://www.presidencia.gov.py/decretos/D1867.pdf>
       
   952 Rule	Para	2004	max	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
       
   953 Rule	Para	2005	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
       
   954 
       
   955 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   956 Zone America/Asuncion	-3:50:40 -	LMT	1890
       
   957 			-3:50:40 -	AMT	1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time
       
   958 			-4:00	-	PYT	1972 Oct # Paraguay Time
       
   959 			-3:00	-	PYT	1974 Apr
       
   960 			-4:00	Para	PY%sT
       
   961 
       
   962 # Peru
       
   963 #
       
   964 # <a href="news:xrGmb.39935$gA1.13896113@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net">
       
   965 # From Evelyn C. Leeper via Mark Brader (2003-10-26):</a>
       
   966 # When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they apparently switched over
       
   967 # sometime between December 29 and January 3 while we were on the Amazon.
       
   968 #
       
   969 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
       
   970 # Shanks & Pottenger don't have this transition.  Assume 1986 was like 1987.
       
   971 
       
   972 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
   973 Rule	Peru	1938	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
   974 Rule	Peru	1938	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
       
   975 Rule	Peru	1938	1939	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
       
   976 Rule	Peru	1939	1940	-	Mar	Sun>=24	0:00	0	-
       
   977 Rule	Peru	1986	1987	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
   978 Rule	Peru	1986	1987	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
       
   979 Rule	Peru	1990	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
   980 Rule	Peru	1990	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
       
   981 # IATA is ambiguous for 1993/1995; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
   982 Rule	Peru	1994	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
       
   983 Rule	Peru	1994	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
       
   984 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   985 Zone	America/Lima	-5:08:12 -	LMT	1890
       
   986 			-5:08:36 -	LMT	1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time?
       
   987 			-5:00	Peru	PE%sT	# Peru Time
       
   988 
       
   989 # South Georgia
       
   990 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   991 Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 -	LMT	1890		# Grytviken
       
   992 			-2:00	-	GST	# South Georgia Time
       
   993 
       
   994 # South Sandwich Is
       
   995 # uninhabited; scientific personnel have wintered
       
   996 
       
   997 # Suriname
       
   998 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
   999 Zone America/Paramaribo	-3:40:40 -	LMT	1911
       
  1000 			-3:40:52 -	PMT	1935     # Paramaribo Mean Time
       
  1001 			-3:40:36 -	PMT	1945 Oct # The capital moved?
       
  1002 			-3:30	-	NEGT	1975 Nov 20 # Dutch Guiana Time
       
  1003 			-3:30	-	SRT	1984 Oct # Suriname Time
       
  1004 			-3:00	-	SRT
       
  1005 
       
  1006 # Trinidad and Tobago
       
  1007 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1008 Zone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
       
  1009 			-4:00	-	AST
       
  1010 
       
  1011 # Uruguay
       
  1012 # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
       
  1013 # Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules.
       
  1014 # From Shanks & Pottenger:
       
  1015 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
       
  1016 # Whitman gives 1923 Oct 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  1017 Rule	Uruguay	1923	only	-	Oct	 2	 0:00	0:30	HS
       
  1018 Rule	Uruguay	1924	1926	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
       
  1019 Rule	Uruguay	1924	1925	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
       
  1020 Rule	Uruguay	1933	1935	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0:30	HS
       
  1021 # Shanks & Pottenger give 1935 Apr 1 0:00 & 1936 Mar 30 0:00; go with Whitman.
       
  1022 Rule	Uruguay	1934	1936	-	Mar	Sat>=25	23:30s	0	-
       
  1023 Rule	Uruguay	1936	only	-	Nov	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
       
  1024 Rule	Uruguay	1937	1941	-	Mar	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
       
  1025 # Whitman gives 1937 Oct 3; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  1026 Rule	Uruguay	1937	1940	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0:30	HS
       
  1027 # Whitman gives 1941 Oct 24 - 1942 Mar 27, 1942 Dec 14 - 1943 Apr 13,
       
  1028 # and 1943 Apr 13 ``to present time''; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
       
  1029 Rule	Uruguay	1941	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
       
  1030 Rule	Uruguay	1942	only	-	Jan	 1	 0:00	0	-
       
  1031 Rule	Uruguay	1942	only	-	Dec	14	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  1032 Rule	Uruguay	1943	only	-	Mar	14	 0:00	0	-
       
  1033 Rule	Uruguay	1959	only	-	May	24	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  1034 Rule	Uruguay	1959	only	-	Nov	15	 0:00	0	-
       
  1035 Rule	Uruguay	1960	only	-	Jan	17	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  1036 Rule	Uruguay	1960	only	-	Mar	 6	 0:00	0	-
       
  1037 Rule	Uruguay	1965	1967	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  1038 Rule	Uruguay	1965	only	-	Sep	26	 0:00	0	-
       
  1039 Rule	Uruguay	1966	1967	-	Oct	31	 0:00	0	-
       
  1040 Rule	Uruguay	1968	1970	-	May	27	 0:00	0:30	HS
       
  1041 Rule	Uruguay	1968	1970	-	Dec	 2	 0:00	0	-
       
  1042 Rule	Uruguay	1972	only	-	Apr	24	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  1043 Rule	Uruguay	1972	only	-	Aug	15	 0:00	0	-
       
  1044 Rule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Mar	10	 0:00	0:30	HS
       
  1045 Rule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Dec	22	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  1046 Rule	Uruguay	1976	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
       
  1047 Rule	Uruguay	1977	only	-	Dec	 4	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  1048 Rule	Uruguay	1978	only	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
       
  1049 Rule	Uruguay	1979	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  1050 Rule	Uruguay	1980	only	-	May	 1	 0:00	0	-
       
  1051 Rule	Uruguay	1987	only	-	Dec	14	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  1052 Rule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Mar	14	 0:00	0	-
       
  1053 Rule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Dec	11	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  1054 Rule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Mar	12	 0:00	0	-
       
  1055 Rule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Oct	29	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  1056 # Shanks & Pottenger say no DST was observed in 1990/1 and 1991/2,
       
  1057 # and that 1992/3's DST was from 10-25 to 03-01.  Go with IATA.
       
  1058 Rule	Uruguay	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	 0:00	0	-
       
  1059 Rule	Uruguay	1990	1991	-	Oct	Sun>=21	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  1060 Rule	Uruguay	1992	only	-	Oct	18	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  1061 Rule	Uruguay	1993	only	-	Feb	28	 0:00	0	-
       
  1062 # From Eduardo Cota (2004-09-20):
       
  1063 # The uruguayan government has decreed a change in the local time....
       
  1064 # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/decretos/2004091502.htm
       
  1065 Rule	Uruguay	2004	only	-	Sep	19	 0:00	1:00	S
       
  1066 # From Steffen Thorsen (2005-03-11):
       
  1067 # Uruguay's DST was scheduled to end on Sunday, 2005-03-13, but in order to
       
  1068 # save energy ... it was postponed two weeks....
       
  1069 # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/noticias/2005/03/2005031005.htm
       
  1070 Rule	Uruguay	2005	only	-	Mar	27	 2:00	0	-
       
  1071 # From Eduardo Cota (2005-09-27):
       
  1072 # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/decretos/2005/09/CM%20119_09%2009%202005_00001.PDF
       
  1073 # This means that from 2005-10-09 at 02:00 local time, until 2006-03-12 at
       
  1074 # 02:00 local time, official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2.
       
  1075 Rule	Uruguay	2005	only	-	Oct	 9	 2:00	1:00	S
       
  1076 Rule	Uruguay	2006	only	-	Mar	12	 2:00	0	-
       
  1077 # From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-09-06):
       
  1078 # http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2006/09/CM%20210_08%2006%202006_00001.PDF
       
  1079 Rule	Uruguay	2006	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 2:00	1:00	S
       
  1080 Rule	Uruguay	2007	max	-	Mar	Sun>=8	 2:00	0	-
       
  1081 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1082 Zone America/Montevideo	-3:44:44 -	LMT	1898 Jun 28
       
  1083 			-3:44:44 -	MMT	1920 May  1	# Montevideo MT
       
  1084 			-3:30	Uruguay	UY%sT	1942 Dec 14	# Uruguay Time
       
  1085 			-3:00	Uruguay	UY%sT
       
  1086 
       
  1087 # Venezuela
       
  1088 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
       
  1089 Zone	America/Caracas	-4:27:44 -	LMT	1890
       
  1090 			-4:27:40 -	CMT	1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time?
       
  1091 			-4:30	-	VET	1965	     # Venezuela Time
       
  1092 			-4:00	-	VET