From c96ab4edfcc97dc9f7789d96d85c831fabc49593 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Parenti Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 11:11:44 -0400 Subject: Chile changes DST rules from 2019-04-06. * southamerica (Chile): Change DST dates to be observed from the first Saturday in September at 24:00 mainland time until the first Saturday in April at 24:00 mainland time, beginning with the change to Winter Time on 2019-04-06. * NEWS: Mention this. --- NEWS | 7 +++++++ southamerica | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index a3fc622..99040dc 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Briefly: Fiji ends DST 2019-01-13, not 2019-01-20. + Most of Chile changes DST dates, effective 2019-04-06. Changes to future timestamps @@ -11,6 +12,12 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes predicted. (Thanks to Raymond Kumar.) Adjust future predictions accordingly. + Most of Chile will end DST on the first Saturday in April at 24:00 mainland + time, and resume DST on the first Saturday in September at 24:00 mainland + time. The changes are effective from 2019-04-06, and do not affect the + Magallanes region modeled by America/Punta_Arenas. (Thanks to Juan Correa + and Tim Parenti.) Adjust future predictions accordingly. + Changes to past timestamps The 2018-05-05 North Korea 30-minute time zone change took place diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica index 67562f2..dedfb28 100644 --- a/southamerica +++ b/southamerica @@ -1233,6 +1233,24 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 # they will switch from -03 to -04 one hour after Santiago does that day. # For now, assume that they will not revert. +# From Juan Correa (2018-08-13): +# As of moments ago, the Ministry of Energy in Chile has announced the new +# schema for DST. ... Announcement in video (in Spanish): +# https://twitter.com/MinEnergia/status/1029000399129374720 +# From Yonathan Dossow (2018-08-13): +# The video says "first Saturday of September", we all know it means Sunday at +# midnight. +# From Tim Parenti (2018-08-13): +# Translating the captions on the video at 0:44-0:55, "We want to announce as +# Government that from 2019, Winter Time will be increased to 5 months, between +# the first Saturday of April and the first Saturday of September." +# At 2:08-2:20, "The Magallanes region will maintain its current time, as +# decided by the citizens during 2017, but our Government will promote a +# regional dialogue table to gather their opinion on this matter." +# https://twitter.com/MinEnergia/status/1029009354001973248 +# "We will keep the new time policy unchanged for at least the next 4 years." +# So we extend the new rules on Saturdays at 24:00 mainland time indefinitely. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Chile 1927 1931 - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 - Rule Chile 1928 1932 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - @@ -1266,8 +1284,10 @@ Rule Chile 2011 only - May Sun>=2 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2011 only - Aug Sun>=16 4:00u 1:00 - Rule Chile 2012 2014 - Apr Sun>=23 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2012 2014 - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 - -Rule Chile 2016 max - May Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - -Rule Chile 2016 max - Aug Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 - +Rule Chile 2016 2018 - May Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - +Rule Chile 2016 2018 - Aug Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 - +Rule Chile 2019 max - Apr Sun>=2 3:00u 0 - +Rule Chile 2019 max - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 - # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14; # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08. Ignore these. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -- 2.15.1