On Argentina DST

Aurelien Jarno aurelien at aurel32.net
Tue Oct 7 11:56:31 UTC 2008


On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 01:43:21PM -0300, Rodrigo Severo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> Here is some info available at a Gentoo bug related to TZ on Argentina's DST:
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------- Comment #1 from jmdocile at gmail.com  2008-10-06 16:28 0000 -------
> Hi, there is a problem with timezone-data-2008e and maybe with
> timezone-data-2008f
> Argentinian law N° 25.155 is no longer valid.
> http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/60036/norma.htm
> The new one is law N° 26.350
> http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136191/norma.htm
> 
> So there is no summer time in Argentina for now.
> 

Exactly, that's why tzdata should simply remove every guess of possible
DST change until a new law is out.

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