Dear Tz, the DST period for Brazil 2002/2003 is: begin: 2002-11-03 00:00:00 end: 2003-02-16 00:00:00 the oficial annoucement can be found at: http://pcdsh01.on.br/HvInic02.htm []s, -- Otavio Exel /<\oo/>\ oexel at economatica.com.br