Acre (Brazil) would like to return to old time zone GMT-5
Alexander Krivenyshev
worldtimezone at yahoo.com
Mon Nov 1 23:11:41 UTC 2010
According to the media from Brazil, during recent referendum state Acre
rejected current time zone (GMT-4) and would like to return
to old time zone (pre-2008) - GMT-5.
The decision of Acre will be sent to the Congress to become law and to re-apply
the old time.
(in Portuguese):
Acreanos decidem pelo horário antigo
http://www.noticiasdahora.com/acre/4184-acreanos-decidem-voltar-ao-horario-
antig.html
Acreanos decidem voltar ao horário antigo em votação do referendo
http://portalamazonia.globo.com/pscript/noticias/noticias.php?pag=old&idN=114203
or
http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_brazil07.html
Quick reference page for current (2010) and old (pre-2008) Brazil Time Zones
map
http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php
Alexander Krivenyshev,
http://www.worldtimezone.com
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