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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Mariano Absatz <baby@baby.com.ar></font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Re: Proposed changes for Argentina,
Jan Mayen, worldtimeengine.com, etc.</font></table>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Mariano Absatz <baby@baby.com.ar> writes:<br>
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> Don't we have to change those also? (see the patch I posted in<br>
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/2012 )<br>
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Oops, yes, sorry, I missed that part of it. However, the change can<br>
be made a bit more compact by adjusting the Rule line. Here's a<br>
revised patch, just for 'southamerica'. We've seen a lot of patches<br>
fly by; to avoid confusion, this 'southamerica' patch is relative to<br>
tzdata2007j,<br>
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===================================================================<br>
RCS file: RCS/southamerica,v<br>
retrieving revision 2007.10<br>
retrieving revision 2007.10.0.4<br>
diff -pu -r2007.10 -r2007.10.0.4<br>
--- southamerica
2007/12/03 14:50:41
2007.10<br>
+++ southamerica
2007/12/29 00:53:25
2007.10.0.4<br>
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@<br>
-# @(#)southamerica
8.13<br>
+# @(#)southamerica
8.14<br>
# <pre><br>
<br>
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,<br>
@@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ Rule
Arg
1989
1992
-
Oct
Sun>=15
0:00
1:<br>
# which did not result in the switch of a time zone, as they stayed 9
hours<br>
# from the International Date Line.<br>
Rule
Arg
1999
only
-
Oct
Sun>=1
0:00
1:00
S<br>
-Rule
Arg
2000
only
-
Mar
Sun>=1
0:00
0
-<br>
+# From Paul Eggert (2007-12-28):<br>
+# DST was set to expire on March 5, not March 3, but since it was converted<br>
+# to standard time on March 3 it's more convenient for us to pretend that<br>
+# it ended on March 3.<br>
+Rule
Arg
2000
only
-
Mar
3
0:00
0
-<br>
#<br>
# From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01):<br>
# We just checked with our Sao Paulo office and they say the government
of<br>
@@ -140,6 +144,30 @@ Rule
Arg
2000
only
-
Mar
Sun>=1
0:00
0
-<br>
# This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina.<br>
# We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country.<br>
#<br>
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-12-21):<br>
+# A user (Leonardo Chaim) reported that Argentina will adopt DST....<br>
+# all of the country (all Zone-entries) are affected. News reports
like<br>
+# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/nota.asp?nota_id=973037 indicate<br>
+# that Argentina will use DST next year as well, from October to<br>
+# March, although exact rules are not given.<br>
+#<br>
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2007-12-26)<br>
+# The last hurdle of Argentina DST is over, the proposal was approved
in<br>
+# the lower chamber too (Deputados) with a vote 192 for and 2 against.<br>
+# By the way thanks to Mariano Absatz and Daniel Mario Vega for the link
to<br>
+# the original scanned proposal, where the dates and the zero hours are<br>
+# clear and unambiguous...This is the article about final approval:<br>
+# <a href="http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996"><br>
+# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996<br>
+# </a><br>
+#<br>
+# From Paul Eggert (2007-12-22):<br>
+# For dates after mid-2008, the following rules are my guesses and<br>
+# are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.<br>
+Rule
Arg
2007
only
-
Dec
30
0:00
1:00
S<br>
+Rule
Arg
2008
max
-
Mar
Sun>=15
0:00
0
-<br>
+Rule
Arg
2008
max
-
Oct
Sun>=1
0:00
1:00
S<br>
+ <br>
# From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21):<br>
# Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing<br>
# its timezone this winter... starting tomorrow night....<br>
@@ -214,7 +242,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:5<br>
-4:00
Arg
AR%sT
1969 Oct 5<br>
-3:00
Arg
AR%sT
1999 Oct 3<br>
-4:00
Arg
AR%sT
2000 Mar 3<br>
-
-3:00
-
ART<br>
+
-3:00
Arg
AR%sT<br>
#<br>
# Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco
(CC),<br>
# Formosa (FM), Salta (SA), Santiago del Estero (SE), Cordoba (CB),<br>
@@ -237,7 +265,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 <br>
-4:00
-
WART
1991 Oct 20<br>
-3:00
Arg
AR%sT
1999 Oct 3<br>
-4:00
Arg
AR%sT
2000 Mar 3<br>
-
-3:00
-
ART<br>
+
-3:00
Arg
AR%sT<br>
#<br>
# Tucuman (TM)<br>
Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT
1894 Oct 31<br>
@@ -250,7 +278,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 <br>
-4:00
Arg
AR%sT
2000 Mar 3<br>
-3:00
-
ART
2004 Jun 1<br>
-4:00
-
WART
2004 Jun 13<br>
-
-3:00
-
ART<br>
+
-3:00
Arg
AR%sT<br>
#<br>
# La Rioja (LR)<br>
Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - LMT
1894 Oct 31<br>
@@ -263,7 +291,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24<br>
-4:00
Arg
AR%sT
2000 Mar 3<br>
-3:00
-
ART
2004 Jun 1<br>
-4:00
-
WART
2004 Jun 20<br>
-
-3:00
-
ART<br>
+
-3:00
Arg
AR%sT<br>
#<br>
# San Juan (SJ)<br>
Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT
1894 Oct 31<br>
@@ -276,7 +304,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04<br>
-4:00
Arg
AR%sT
2000 Mar 3<br>
-3:00
-
ART
2004 May 31<br>
-4:00
-
WART
2004 Jul 25<br>
-
-3:00
-
ART<br>
+
-3:00
Arg
AR%sT<br>
#<br>
# Jujuy (JY)<br>
Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 -
LMT
1894 Oct 31<br>
@@ -290,7 +318,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 -
<br>
-3:00
1:00
ARST
1992<br>
-3:00
Arg
AR%sT
1999 Oct 3<br>
-4:00
Arg
AR%sT
2000 Mar 3<br>
-
-3:00
-
ART<br>
+
-3:00
Arg
AR%sT<br>
#<br>
# Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)<br>
Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT
1894 Oct 31<br>
@@ -303,7 +331,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:0<br>
-4:00
Arg
AR%sT
2000 Mar 3<br>
-3:00
-
ART
2004 Jun 1<br>
-4:00
-
WART
2004 Jun 20<br>
-
-3:00
-
ART<br>
+
-3:00
Arg
AR%sT<br>
#<br>
# Mendoza (MZ)<br>
Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT
1894 Oct 31<br>
@@ -320,7 +348,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 <br>
-4:00
Arg
AR%sT
2000 Mar 3<br>
-3:00
-
ART
2004 May 23<br>
-4:00
-
WART
2004 Sep 26<br>
-
-3:00
-
ART<br>
+
-3:00
Arg
AR%sT<br>
#<br>
# Santa Cruz (SC)<br>
Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31<br>
@@ -331,7 +359,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:3<br>
-4:00
Arg
AR%sT
2000 Mar 3<br>
-3:00
-
ART
2004 Jun 1<br>
-4:00
-
WART
2004 Jun 20<br>
-
-3:00
-
ART<br>
+
-3:00
Arg
AR%sT<br>
#<br>
# Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF)<br>
Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31<br>
@@ -342,7 +370,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 <br>
-4:00
Arg
AR%sT
2000 Mar 3<br>
-3:00
-
ART
2004 May 30<br>
-4:00
-
WART
2004 Jun 20<br>
-
-3:00
-
ART<br>
+
-3:00
Arg
AR%sT<br>
<br>
# Aruba<br>
# Zone
NAME
GMTOFF
RULES
FORMAT
[UNTIL]<br>
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