FW: New rules for summer time in Brazil

[Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI)]

 Paulo is not on the time zone mailing list (at least not at the address
below); direct replies appropriately.

				--ado

-----Original Message-----
From: Paulo Alexandre Pinto Pires [mailto:p at ppires.org] 
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 11:58 AM
To: tz at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Subject: Re: New rules for summer time in Brazil

On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 12:46:41PM -0300, Paulo Alexandre Pinto Pires wrote:
> Dear folks,
> 
> At last, Brazilian decree on summer time for 2004/2005 is out (it can 
> be retrieved from Presidency website at 
> <https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D522
> 3.htm>
> and National Press web site at
> <http://www.in.gov.br/materias/xml/do/secao1/1187435.xml>).
> 
> Innovations for this year include begining of summer time on a Tuesday 
> (2004/11/02, that happens to be a religious holiday for mourning the 
> dead).  I *really* don't believe that this starting on Tuesday will 
> last.  States are the same as last year.

Oops!  Bad phrasing and serious confusion.  I actually wanted to say that I
don't really believe that starting of summer time on this holiday will be a
practice for the years to come.

> If you have doubts, contact me.
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> 	Pappires
> 
> ... Qui habet aurem audiat quid Spiritus dicat ecclesiis.

-- 
	Pappires

... Qui habet aurem audiat quid Spiritus dicat ecclesiis.