FW: Time zone changes in Brazil

[Petr Machata]

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:04:13AM -0300, Rodrigo Severo wrote:
> As a result of the above Decree I believe the America/Rio_Branco timezone
> shall be modified from UTC-5 to UTC-4 and a new timezone shall be created to
> represent the the west side of the Para State. I suggest this new timezone
> be called Santarem as the most important/populated city in the affected
> area.
>
> This new timezone would be the same as the Rio_Branco timezone up to the
> 2008/06/24 change which would be to UTC-3 instead of UTC-4.

Do you mean Porto_Velho?  That's the zone Para has shared history with
up until now.

Any comments on the attached patch?

Thanks,
Petr
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*** southamerica	2008-03-24 13:30:58.000000000 +0100
--- southamerica-new	2008-06-24 19:26:32.000000000 +0200
***************
*** 775,786 ****
  			-4:00	-	AMT	2004 Oct  1
  			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT
  #
! # west Para (PA), Rondonia (RO)
! # West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and Santarem.
  Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 -	LMT	1914
  			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
  			-4:00	-	AMT
  #
  # Roraima (RR)
  Zone America/Boa_Vista	-4:02:40 -	LMT	1914
  			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
--- 775,792 ----
  			-4:00	-	AMT	2004 Oct  1
  			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT
  #
! # Rondonia (RO)
  Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 -	LMT	1914
  			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
  			-4:00	-	AMT
  #
+ # west Para (PA)
+ # West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and Santarem.
+ Zone America/Santarem	-4:15:36 -	LMT	1914
+ 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
+ 			-4:00	-	AMT	2008 Jun 24 00:00
+ 			-3:00	-	AMT
+ #
  # Roraima (RR)
  Zone America/Boa_Vista	-4:02:40 -	LMT	1914
  			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
***************
*** 803,814 ****
  			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Sep 12
  			-5:00	-	ACT	1993 Sep 28
  			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1994 Sep 22
! 			-5:00	-	ACT
  #
  # Acre (AC)
  Zone America/Rio_Branco	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
  			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Sep 12
! 			-5:00	-	ACT
  
  
  # Chile
--- 809,822 ----
  			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Sep 12
  			-5:00	-	ACT	1993 Sep 28
  			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1994 Sep 22
! 			-5:00	-	ACT	2008 Jun 24 00:00
! 			-4:00	-	ACT
  #
  # Acre (AC)
  Zone America/Rio_Branco	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
  			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Sep 12
! 			-5:00	-	ACT	2008 Jun 24 00:00
! 			-4:00	-	ACT
  
  
  # Chile
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