proposed changes for Chile, Brazil, historical time in Germany, etc.

Paul Eggert eggert at twinsun.com
Tue Sep 29 20:40:08 UTC 1998


Here are some more proposed changes to the tz data.  The Chilean and
Brazilian changes are relatively urgent, so I thought I'd send this
out now.

* Chile started observing DST this year on 09-26, due the the drought.
  Thanks to Ian Tragen for informing us of this, and to Eduardo Krell
  for providing the details.

* Brazil's 1998/1998 transitions will differ the values predicted in
  the current tz data; I sent out a draft of this change earlier.
  Thanks to Marcos Tadeu for the info and pointers.

* Adjust some historical data for Germany in 1945 and 1946 to better
  match the data at the official German web site for DST.  Also,
  change the suffix for continental-Europe double summer time from DST
  to MT (Midsummer Time), as per the PDB.  Thanks to Markus Kuhn for
  the pointer to this info.

===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/southamerica,v
retrieving revision 1998.8
retrieving revision 1998.8.0.4
diff -u -r1998.8 -r1998.8.0.4
--- southamerica	1998/09/24 14:46:11	1998.8
+++ southamerica	1998/09/29 19:46:53	1998.8.0.4
@@ -184,14 +184,6 @@
 
 # Brazil
 
-# From Guy Harris:
-# The OAG lists 1987-10-25 and 1988-02-12 as the starting and
-# ending dates, giving them as "estimated date(s) based on previous year".  We
-# infer a rule here from one example, always a dangerous practice....  Yes,
-# they really do switch on Saturday, according to the OAG.
-# "[America/Porto_Acre]" is for the [State] of Acre;
-# "[America/Noronha]" is for Fernando De Noronha.
-
 # From Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
 # The mayor of Rio recently attempted to change the time zone rules
 # just in his city, in order to leave more summer time for the tourist trade.
@@ -247,33 +239,78 @@
 # error. Line 193 say "Territory of Acre". It is not a territory anymore
 # but a state.
 
+# From Marcos Tadeu (1998-09-27):
+# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/verao1.html">
+# Brazilian official page
+# </a>
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (1998-09-28):
+# The official decrees referenced below are taken from
+# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html">
+# Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil
+# </a> (1998-09-25, in Portuguese).
+# I don't read Portuguese, and haven't been able to verify them against
+# the Shanks and IATA data; there do seem to be minor discrepancies.
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm">20.466</a> (1931-01-10)
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm">21.896</a> (1932-01-10)
 Rule	Brazil	1931	only	-	Oct	 3	11:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Brazil	1932	1933	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	S
 Rule	Brazil	1932	only	-	Oct	 3	 0:00	1:00	D
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV23195.htm">23.195</a> (1933-10-10)
+# revoked DST.
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27496.htm">27.496</a> (1949-11-24)
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27998.htm">27.998</a> (1950-04-13)
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV32308.htm">32.308</a> (1953-02-24)
 Rule	Brazil	1949	1952	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Brazil	1950	only	-	Apr	16	 0:00	0	S
 Rule	Brazil	1951	1953	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	S
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV34724.htm">34.724</a> (1953-11-30)
+# revoked DST.
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV52700.htm">52.700</a> (1963-10-18)
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53071.htm">53.071</a> (1963-12-03)
 Rule	Brazil	1963	only	-	Dec	 9	 0:00	1:00	D
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53604.htm">53.604</a> (1964-02-25)
 Rule	Brazil	1964	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	S
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV55639.htm">55.639</a> (1965-01-27)
 Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Jan	31	 0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	S
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57303.htm">57.303</a> (1965-11-22)
 Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	1:00	D
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57843.htm">57.843</a> (1966-02-18)
 Rule	Brazil	1966	1968	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	S
 Rule	Brazil	1966	1967	-	Nov	 1	 0:00	1:00	D
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV63429.htm">63.429</a> (1968-10-15)
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV91698.htm">91.698</a> (1985-09-27)
 Rule	Brazil	1985	only	-	Nov	 2	 0:00	1:00	D
+# Decree 92.310 (1986-01-21)
+# Decree 92.463 (1986-03-13)
 Rule	Brazil	1986	only	-	Mar	15	 0:00	0	S
+# Decree 93.316 (1986-10-01)
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV94922.htm">94.922</a> (1987-09-22)
 Rule	Brazil	1986	1987	-	Oct	Sat<=28	 0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Brazil	1987	only	-	Feb	14	 0:00	0	S
 Rule	Brazil	1988	only	-	Feb	 7	 0:00	0	S
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV96676.htm">96.676</a> (1988-09-12)
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV98077.htm">98.077</a> (1989-08-21)
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV99530.htm">99.530</a> (1990-09-17)
+# Decree 99.629 (1990-10-19)
+# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1991.htm">Unnumbered decree</a> (1991-09-25):
+# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1992.htm">Unnumbered decree</a> (1992-10-16):
 Rule	Brazil	1989	only	-	Jan	22	 0:00	0	S
 Rule	Brazil	1988	1989	-	Oct	Sun>=10	 0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Brazil	1990	1991	-	Feb	Sun>=11	 0:00	0	S
 Rule	Brazil	1990	1992	-	Oct	Sun>=20	 0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Brazil	1992	only	-	Feb	 9	 0:00	0	S
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV942.htm">942</a> (1993-09-28)
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1252.htm">1.252</a> (1994-09-22)
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1636.htm">1.636</a> (1995-09-14)
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1674.htm">1.674</a> (1995-10-13)
 Rule	Brazil	1993	1995	-	Oct	Sun>=11	 0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Brazil	1993	only	-	Jan	31	 0:00	0	S
 Rule	Brazil	1994	1995	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	S
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV2000.htm">2.000</a> (1996-09-04)
 Rule	Brazil	1996	only	-	Feb	Sun>=11	 0:00	0	S
 Rule	Brazil	1996	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 0:00	1:00	D
 # From Daniel C. Sobral <dcs at gns.com.br> (1998-02-12):
@@ -284,15 +321,23 @@
 # to help dealing with the shortages of electric power.
 #
 # From Paul Eggert (1998-02-25):
-# Reference for 1997-10-06 change:
 # <a href="http://churchnet.ucsm.ac.uk/news/files2/news165.htm">
 # Brazil Prepares for Papal Visit
 # </a>,
 # Church Net UK (1997-10-02).
+#
+# Decree 2.317 (1997-09-04)
 Rule	Brazil	1997	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	1:00	D
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV2495.JPG">2.495</a>
+# (1998-02-10)
 Rule	Brazil	1998	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	S
-Rule	Brazil	1998	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Brazil	1999	max	-	Feb	Sun>=11	 0:00	0	S
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/Hv98.jpg">2.780</a> (1998-09-11)
+# specifies only the 1998-10-11 and 1999-02-21 transitions;
+# after that, these rules are guesses and are quite possibly wrong,
+# but they are more likely than no DST at all.
+Rule	Brazil	1998	max	-	Oct	Sun>=11	 0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Brazil	1999	max	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	S
+
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 #
@@ -349,14 +394,20 @@
 # From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19):
 # The law says to switch to DST at midnight [24:00] on the second SATURDAY
 # of October....  The law is the same for March and October.
+# (1998-09-29):
+# Because of the drought this year, the government decided to go into
+# DST earlier (saturday 9/26 at 24:00). This is a one-time change only ...
+# (unless there's another dry season next year, I guess).
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Chile	1918	only	-	Sep	1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Chile	1919	only	-	Jul	2	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Chile	1927	1931	-	Sep	1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Chile	1928	1932	-	Apr	1	0:00	0	-
-Rule	Chile	1969	max	-	Oct	Sun>=9	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Chile	1969	1997	-	Oct	Sun>=9	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Chile	1970	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Sep	27	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Chile	1999	max	-	Oct	Sun>=9	0:00	1:00	S
 # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1990-09) says 1990-09-16; (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
 # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08.  Ignore these for now.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/europe,v
retrieving revision 1998.8
retrieving revision 1998.8.0.1
diff -u -r1998.8 -r1998.8.0.1
--- europe	1998/09/24 14:46:11	1998.8
+++ europe	1998/09/29 19:47:13	1998.8.0.1
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@
 # Shanks gives 1921 Mar 21 for the following transition.
 # From Andrey A. Chernov <ache at astral.msk.su> (1993-11-12):
 # My sources says, that it is Mar 20, not 21.
-Rule	Russia	1921	only	-	Mar	20	23:00	2:00	DS
+Rule	Russia	1921	only	-	Mar	20	23:00	2:00	M # Midsummer
 Rule	Russia	1921	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Russia	1921	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
 # Act No.925 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1980-10-24):
@@ -1313,19 +1313,19 @@
 Rule	France	1940	only	-	Feb	25	 2:00	1:00	S
 # The French rules for 1941-1944 were not used in Paris,
 # but were used in other places (e.g. Monaco).
-Rule	France	1941	only	-	May	 5	 0:00	2:00	DS
+Rule	France	1941	only	-	May	 5	 0:00	2:00	M # Midsummer
 # Shanks says this transition occurred at Oct 6 1:00,
 # but go with Denis.Excoffier at ens.fr (1997-12-12),
 # who quotes the Ephemerides Astronomiques for 1998 from Bureau des Longitudes
 # as saying 5/10/41 22hUT.
 Rule	France	1941	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	France	1942	only	-	Mar	 9	 0:00	2:00	DS
+Rule	France	1942	only	-	Mar	 9	 0:00	2:00	M
 Rule	France	1942	only	-	Nov	 2	 3:00	1:00	S
-Rule	France	1943	only	-	Mar	29	 2:00	2:00	DS
+Rule	France	1943	only	-	Mar	29	 2:00	2:00	M
 Rule	France	1943	only	-	Oct	 4	 3:00	1:00	S
-Rule	France	1944	only	-	Apr	 3	 2:00	2:00	DS
+Rule	France	1944	only	-	Apr	 3	 2:00	2:00	M
 Rule	France	1944	only	-	Oct	 8	 1:00	1:00	S
-Rule	France	1945	only	-	Apr	 2	 2:00	2:00	DS
+Rule	France	1945	only	-	Apr	 2	 2:00	2:00	M
 Rule	France	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 3:00	0	-
 # Shanks gives Mar 28 2:00 and Sep 26 3:00;
 # go with Excoffier's 28/3/76 0hUT and 25/9/76 23hUT.
@@ -1347,16 +1347,30 @@
 
 # Germany
 
+# From Markus Kuhn <Markus.Kuhn at cl.cam.ac.uk> (1998-09-29):
+# The German time zone web site by the Physikalisch-Technische
+# Bundesanstalt contains DST information back to 1916.
+#
+#	<a href="http://www.ptb.de/english/org/4/43/432/lega.htm">
+#	Realisation of Legal Time in Germany
+#	</a>
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Germany	1945	only	-	Apr	 2	2:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Germany	1945	only	-	May	24	2:00	2:00	DS
-Rule	Germany	1945	only	-	Sep	24	3:00	1:00	S
+# Shanks says 05-24 2:00 to 09-24 3:00 for DDST; go with the PTB, who quotes
+# the Archiv fuer publizist. Arbeit (Munzinger-Archiv) 652 (Zeitsystem)
+# (1961-11-25), which gives dates only.  Guess 3:00 transition times.
+Rule	Germany	1945	only	-	May	31	3:00	2:00	M # Midsummer
+Rule	Germany	1945	only	-	Sep	23	3:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Germany	1945	only	-	Nov	18	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	Germany	1946	only	-	Apr	14	2:00s	1:00	S
-# Whitman gives 1948 Oct 31; go with Shanks.
-Rule	Germany	1946	1949	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
+# Shanks gives 1946-10-06; go with the PTB.
+Rule	Germany	1946	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00s	0	-
+Rule	Germany	1947	1949	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	Germany	1947	only	-	Apr	 6	2:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Germany	1947	only	-	May	11	2:00s	2:00	DS
+# The PTB gives 3:00 CET and 3:00 CEST for the midsummer transition times;
+# go with Shanks.
+Rule	Germany	1947	only	-	May	11	2:00s	2:00	M
 Rule	Germany	1947	only	-	Jun	29	3:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Germany	1948	only	-	Apr	18	2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Germany	1949	only	-	Apr	10	2:00s	1:00	S
@@ -1898,12 +1912,12 @@
 Rule	Port	1940	1941	-	Oct	 5	23:00s	0	-
 Rule	Port	1941	only	-	Apr	 5	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Port	1942	1945	-	Mar	Sat>=8	23:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Port	1942	only	-	Apr	25	22:00s	2:00	DS
+Rule	Port	1942	only	-	Apr	25	22:00s	2:00	M # Midsummer
 Rule	Port	1942	only	-	Aug	15	22:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Port	1942	1945	-	Oct	Sat>=24	23:00s	0	-
-Rule	Port	1943	only	-	Apr	17	22:00s	2:00	DS
+Rule	Port	1943	only	-	Apr	17	22:00s	2:00	M
 Rule	Port	1943	1945	-	Aug	Sat>=25	22:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Port	1944	1945	-	Apr	Sat>=21	22:00s	2:00	DS
+Rule	Port	1944	1945	-	Apr	Sat>=21	22:00s	2:00	M
 Rule	Port	1946	only	-	Apr	Sat>=1	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Port	1946	only	-	Oct	Sat>=1	23:00s	0	-
 Rule	Port	1947	1949	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 2:00s	1:00	S
@@ -2115,9 +2129,9 @@
 Rule	Spain	1939	only	-	Apr	15	23:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Spain	1940	only	-	Mar	16	23:00s	1:00	S
 # Whitman says no DST 1942-1945; go with Shanks.
-Rule	Spain	1942	only	-	May	 2	22:00s	2:00	DS
+Rule	Spain	1942	only	-	May	 2	22:00s	2:00	M # Midsummer
 Rule	Spain	1942	only	-	Sep	 1	22:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Spain	1943	1946	-	Apr	Sat>=13	22:00s	2:00	DS
+Rule	Spain	1943	1946	-	Apr	Sat>=13	22:00s	2:00	M
 Rule	Spain	1943	only	-	Oct	 3	22:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Spain	1944	only	-	Oct	10	22:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Spain	1945	only	-	Sep	30	 1:00	1:00	S



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