--- southamerica Thu Aug 10 10:31:37 2000
+++ southamerica.new Tue Oct 3 19:09:35 2000
@@ -365,10 +365,13 @@
# (1999-08-23) adopted by same states.
# Decree 3,188 (1999-09-30)
# adds SE, AL, PE, PR, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR.
-# These give only one year's rules. After that, the rules are guesses
-# and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
-Rule Brazil 1999 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Brazil 2000 max - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 -
+Rule Brazil 1999 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Brazil 2000 only - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 3,592 (2000-09-06)
+# addopted by the same stats of 3,188 but with different start date.
+# After that, the rules are guesses and are quite possibly wrong.
+Rule Brazil 2000 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Brazil 2001 max - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]