Question regarding America/Manaus timezone
Brian Inglis
Brian.Inglis at Shaw.ca
Fri Dec 11 03:56:33 UTC 2009
Alain Petit wrote:
> From what I understand from the above, America/Manaus does not observe
> DST ever since Sep 22, 1994.
>
> However, looking at the Microsoft Timezone definition [Dec 2009 update]
> for (GMT -4:00) Manaus [Central Brazilian Standard Time]
> the timezone observe DST from 3rd Saturday of October 23:59:59 to 3rd
> Saturday of February, 23:59:59.
> So either
>
> a) I do not interpret the timezone rules properly for
> America/Manaus, and there is a DST being observed there.
> If so, please let me know how I should read the above rules/timezone
> information.
>
> b) Microsoft timezone is incorrect
>
> c) Olson data is incorrect
>
> d) The Microsoft timezone [(GMT -4:00) Manaus - Central Brazilian
> Standard Time] does not
> correspond to the Olson's America/Manaus timezone
On Windows systems you can select timezone for Manaus and uncheck
"Automatically adjust for Daylight Savings Time"
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