proposed changes to "southamerica" file
Arthur David Olson
olsona at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Mon Sep 29 15:20:53 UTC 2008
Here are proposed changes to the "southamerica" file to reflect changes in Brazilian DST and to fix a bad bit of HTML.
If there are no problems, expect an update to the ftp files on 2008-10-06.
--ado
------- southamerica -------
*** /tmp/geta21140 Mon Sep 29 11:12:40 2008
--- /tmp/getb21140 Mon Sep 29 11:12:40 2008
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*** 1,4 ****
! # @(#)southamerica 8.27
# <pre>
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)southamerica 8.29
# <pre>
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
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*** 619,625 ****
# </a>
# Note that this link does not always work directly, but must be accessed
# by going to
! # <a href="http://www.mme.gov.br/first>"
# http://www.mme.gov.br/first
# </a>
#
--- 619,625 ----
# </a>
# Note that this link does not always work directly, but must be accessed
# by going to
! # <a href="http://www.mme.gov.br/first">
# http://www.mme.gov.br/first
# </a>
#
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*** 768,779 ****
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV6212.gif">6,212</a> (2007-09-26),
# adopted by the same states as before.
Rule Brazil 2007 only - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S
! Rule Brazil 2008 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
! Rule Brazil 2008 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S
# The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST:
# DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.
- # For dates after mid-2008, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses
- # and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
#
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# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV6212.gif">6,212</a> (2007-09-26),
# adopted by the same states as before.
Rule Brazil 2007 only - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S
! # From Frederico A. C. Neves (2008-09-10):
! # Acording to this decree
! # <a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm">
! # http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm
! # </a>
! # [t]he DST period in Brazil now on will be from the 3rd Oct Sunday to the
! # 3rd Feb Sunday. There is an exception on the return date when this is
! # the Carnival Sunday then the return date will be the next Sunday...
! Rule Brazil 2008 max - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S
! Rule Brazil 2008 2011 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
! Rule Brazil 2012 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 -
! Rule Brazil 2013 2014 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
! Rule Brazil 2015 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 -
! Rule Brazil 2016 2022 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
! Rule Brazil 2023 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 -
! Rule Brazil 2024 2025 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
! Rule Brazil 2026 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 -
! Rule Brazil 2027 2033 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
! Rule Brazil 2034 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 -
! Rule Brazil 2035 2036 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
! Rule Brazil 2037 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 -
! # From Arthur David Olson (2008-09-29):
! # The next is wrong in some years but is better than nothing.
! Rule Brazil 2038 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
!
# The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST:
# DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
#
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