Argentina's timezone blues... aftermath

[Mariano Absatz]

Gee...

they keep changing things.

First, this weekend, the Province of Tucumán decided it'd go back to 
UTC-03:00 yesterday midnight (that is, at 24:00 Saturday 12th), since the 
people's annoyance with the change is much higher than the power savings 
obtained (originally estimated in about 5% and apparently yelding only 
about 1% of I don't quite know what measure).
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/06/12/de_609614.asp

So, oficially, Tucumán went back last weekend.

What's more, Tierra del Fuego is studying also the possibility of going 
back to UTC-03:00 earlier than originally stated, since the short 
afternoons would also affect the upcoming ski season, although it's not 
clear when will that happen (if it will).
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/06/10/de_609078.asp

I'll try to keep you posted :-/

El 14 Jun 2004 a las 0:53, Paul Eggert escribió:

> Thanks for reporting the news about the 8 other provinces in
> Argentina that just moved their clocks.  I'll submit a proposed
> patch to the tz list shortly.
> 
> For now, I'll assume that this is a special year due to a power
> shortage, and that next year the 9 provinces plan to revert to UTC+3
> all year.  If this isn't correct, please let me know.
> 


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