Chile extends DST due to drought

[Sean Coffey]

Hi all,

This Chile DST extension/change would appear to be going ahead.

http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/chile-extends-daylight-saving-time.html 

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=232
http://www.gobiernodechile.cl/noticias_det/?which=10062

Are there plans to release a tzdata update soon?

regards,
Sean.
p.s Apologies if I've posted this multiple times. Wasn't sure of the 
correct mail alias.

Gunther Vermeir wrote:
> Hello,
> I received this information from a colleague in the Oracle office in 
> Chili:
>
> There is a announcement on 
> http://www.gobiernodechile.cl/noticias_det/?which=10062
> This article is published in the official page of the Government and 
> states that the Ministry of Energy announced the change in DST. Now, 
> in order for it to become completely official it has to be published 
> in 'Diario Official'. All decrees and resolutions become official when 
> are published here (www.diariooficial.cl).
>
> From the moment I have more information I will forward it.
>
> Regards,
> Gunther
>
> Paul Eggert wrote:
>> The Associated Press reports that yesterday Chile announced it will
>> extend DST this year due to a drought, until the last Saturday in
>> March.  Does anybody have details?  Here's the URL I used for the AP
>> report (though it may not work for you: AP Google URLs are unreliable
>> in my experience):
>>
>> http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gvriCVJJJ0RYvhGDq06v1nEykPDgD8ULKSI80
>>
>> Without further info, I guess I would assume that DST will end in
>> Chile and in Easter Island on March 30 at 03:00 UTC.
>>
>>   
>