From 4babf4137392383d33f63a00a24e67f2592acf80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Parenti Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 09:55:50 -0500 Subject: Adjust 1926 transition for Uruguay. Year-round UT-03:30 took effect from 1926-03-31 24:00, not 1926-03-05 24:00. (Thanks to Michael Deckers.) * southamerica (Uruguay): Make this change, and update commentary. * NEWS: Update attribution. --- NEWS | 2 +- southamerica | 14 +++++++------- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 4975468..c4bc1dc 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes adjusted westward by 7 seconds, from UT-03:44:44 to UT-03:44:51, to match the location of the Observatory of the National Meteorological Institute in Montevideo. - (Thanks to Jeremie Bonjour and Tim Parenti.) + (Thanks to Jeremie Bonjour, Tim Parenti, and Michael Deckers.) Enderbury and Kiritimati skipped New Year's Eve 1994, not New Year's Day 1995. (Thanks to Kerry Shetline.) diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index c6c461c..9784044 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -1679,7 +1679,8 @@ Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Tortola # Virgin Islands (UK) # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18): # Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules. # -# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15), per Jeremie Bonjour (2018-01-31): +# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-20), per Jeremie Bonjour (2018-01-31) and Michael +# Deckers (2018-02-20): # ... At least they kept good records... # # http://www.armada.mil.uy/ContenidosPDFs/sohma/web/almanaque/almanaque_2018.pdf#page=36 @@ -1710,17 +1711,16 @@ Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Tortola # Virgin Islands (UK) # 24:00. This effectively established standard time at UT-03:30 with 30 # minutes DST. Assume transitions at 24:00 on the specified days until Ley No. # 7919 of 1926-03-05 ended this arrangement, repealing all "laws and other -# provisions which oppose" it, resulting immediately in year-round UT-03:30. -# (Since we don't know the time at which the change became law, assume clocks -# were changed at 24:00 that evening. Almanaque 2018 is a bit hand-wavey here, -# anyway.) +# provisions which oppose" it, resulting in year-round UT-03:30; a Resolución +# of 1926-03-11 puts the final transition at 1926-03-31 24:00, the same as it +# would have been under the previous law. # https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1923/07/02/2 # https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1926/03/10/2 +# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1926/03/18/2 # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Uruguay 1923 1925 - Oct 1 0:00 0:30 - -Rule Uruguay 1924 1925 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Uruguay 1926 only - Mar 5 24:00 0 - +Rule Uruguay 1924 1926 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - # From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15): # http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1933/10/27/6 # -- 2.15.1