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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=770331804-21012008>It turns out that
Microsoft has acted more proactively than even tz database or World Time
Explorer, in setting</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=770331804-21012008>up a page for the
San Luis inhabitants that by now will wake up Monday morning to a new schedule,
one hour behind</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=770331804-21012008>the rest of the
country.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=770331804-21012008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=770331804-21012008>The page about how
to change Windows operating systems to accomodate the San Luis change, however
they</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=770331804-21012008>don't specify a new
timezone, instead the rather more relaxed solution to go back to either the
timezones</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=770331804-21012008>"(GMT-3) Buenos
Aires, Georgetown" or the intermediate timezone "(GMT-3) Georgetown" which both
represents </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=770331804-21012008>GMT-3 without DST
implementation all year round:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=770331804-21012008></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=770331804-21012008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=770331804-21012008><A
href="http://www.microsoft.com/argentina/dst/sanluis.aspx">http://www.microsoft.com/argentina/dst/sanluis.aspx</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=770331804-21012008>The below page
recommends how to change the Argentina DST timezone properly to have the start
and end times for</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=770331804-21012008>the
Argentina-country-wide change effectuated the 30.th. of December
2007:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.microsoft.com/argentina/dst/actualizacion.aspx">http://www.microsoft.com/argentina/dst/actualizacion.aspx</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=770331804-21012008>At the time of
writing it is Sunday 2007-01-20 22:35 CST -0600 and so it should be
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=770331804-21012008>Monday 2007-01-21
02:35 ADT -0200 in most of Argentina and</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=770331804-21012008>Monday 2007-01-21
1:35 SLST -0300 in the San Luis province. (I invented SLST for San Luis Standard
Time,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=770331804-21012008>it is certainly not
an official abbreviation!)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=770331804-21012008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=770331804-21012008>Are there any news
"on the ground" in San Luis that the change is going ahead?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=770331804-21012008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=770331804-21012008>I'll take action
tomorrow for WTE if this is the case.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=770331804-21012008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=770331804-21012008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=770331804-21012008><FONT face=Arial size=2>-
Jesper</FONT></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/plain format -->
<P><FONT size=2>Jesper Nørgaard Welen<BR>Email:
jnorgard@Prodigy.Net.mx <BR>Project Leader (Líder de Proyecto)
Software<BR>CIMMYT - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y
Trigo<BR>Dirección: CIMMYT Int. c/o Jesper Nørgaard<BR>Km. 45, Carretera
México-Veracruz<BR>El Batán<BR>Texcoco, Edo. de México<BR>CP 56130
MEXICO<BR>Tel.: +52 (55) 58-04-20-04 ext.
1374<BR>Fax: +52 (55) 58-04-75-58<BR>Tel. Casa:
53-10-05-95 ó 53-10-97-78<BR>Download the shareware program World
Time Explorer, I made:<BR><A
href="http://www.worldtimeexplorer.com/index.html">http://www.worldtimeexplorer.com/index.html</A><BR></FONT></P>
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