Decree on Brazilian Summer time
Paul Eggert
eggert at twinsun.com
Fri Sep 26 19:48:59 UTC 2003
At Fri, 26 Sep 2003 14:45:20 -0400, "Gwillim Law" <RLAW at nc.rr.com> writes:
> I just checked the URLs given, and they both say 00:00 on February 15.
> Probably someone has reported the error.
Thanks for reporting that. Apparently the web page was corrected this
morning. Here's another patch to 'southamerica' comments to reflect this.
Sorry about the flurry of patches; I guess I jumped the gun a little
bit on Brazil, in my eagerness to get the tz database updated as
quickly as possible.
--- southamerica 2003/09/26 07:06:08 2003.1.0.4
+++ southamerica 2003/09/26 19:45:03 2003.1.0.5
@@ -443,12 +443,8 @@ 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
-# Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO.
+# Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) 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.
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