Decree on Brazilian Summer time
Paul Eggert
eggert at twinsun.com
Fri Sep 26 07:12:36 UTC 2003
At Thu, 25 Sep 2003 18:07:07 -0300, Paulo Alexandre Pinto Pires <p at ppires.org> writes:
> The official decree was finally issued and can be get at
> <https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/decreto/2003/D4844.htm>.
Thanks. I also found it at
<http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm>.
Is the planalto.gov.br URL preferable for some reason?
> However, it contains a great infelicity: it clearly states that
> summer time is to end at 2004/02/14 00:00. That would be, for
> the strict reader, at midnight from Friday to Saturday. I am
> affraid that they really mean midnight from Saturday to Sunday,
> which is consistent with previous editions of summer time.
I agree.
> What are we to do?
Can you write to the office of the Presidency and ask them to clarify
the situation? I don't know if they need to issue a new decree to fix
the typo, or whether they can just "interpret" the existing the decree
to mean what it's obviously supposed to mean. Either way, it'd be
nice to have this clarified.
For now, I'm inclined to leave the data largely alone, but add comments
about the situation, as follows:
--- southamerica 2003/09/22 21:29:32 2003.1.0.3
+++ southamerica 2003/09/26 07:06:08 2003.1.0.4
@@ -443,8 +443,12 @@ Rule Brazil 2001 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00
# Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm"></a>
Rule Brazil 2002 only - Nov 3 0:00 1:00 S
-# Press release <http://www.mme.gov.br/noticias/2003/setembro/18.09.2003.htm>
-# repeals DST in BA, MT, TO.
+# Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO.
+# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm"></a>
+# From Paul Eggert (2003-09-25):
+# Decree 4,844 says that daylight savings ends on 2004-02-14 at 00:00.
+# For now we'll assume that is a typo, and that 2004-02-15 was meant.
+#
Rule Brazil 2003 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S
# The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST:
# DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.
@@ -493,7 +497,7 @@ Zone America/Recife -2:19:36 - LMT 1914
Zone America/Araguaina -3:12:48 - LMT 1914
-3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17
-3:00 - BRT 1995 Sep 14
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2003 Sep 18
+ -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2003 Sep 24
-3:00 - BRT
#
# Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE)
@@ -511,7 +515,7 @@ Zone America/Maceio -2:22:52 - LMT 1914
# There are too many Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/Bahia instead
# of America/Salvador.
Zone America/Bahia -2:34:04 - LMT 1914
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2003 Sep 18
+ -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2003 Sep 24
-3:00 - BRT
#
# Goias (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
@@ -528,7 +532,7 @@ Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 - LMT
#
# Mato Grosso (MT)
Zone America/Cuiaba -3:44:20 - LMT 1914
- -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 2003 Sep 18
+ -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 2003 Sep 24
-4:00 - AMT
#
# west Para (PA), Rondonia (RO)
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