[tz] [PROPOSED] Use numeric abbrs for South American zones
Paul Eggert
eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Tue Dec 6 07:15:50 UTC 2016
Among other things, this treats Argentina (and Palmer) more
consistently with respect to Chile.
* NEWS: Document this.
* southamerica (America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires)
(America/Argentina/Cordoba, America/Argentina/Salta)
(America/Argentina/Tucuman, America/Argentina/La_Rioja)
(America/Argentina/San_Juan, America/Argentina/Jujuy)
(America/Argentina/Catamarca, America/Argentina/Mendoza)
(America/Argentina/San_Luis, America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos)
(America/Argentina/Ushuaia, America/La_Paz, America/Noronha)
(America/Belem, America/Santarem, America/Fortaleza)
(America/Recife, America/Araguaina, America/Maceio, America/Bahia)
(America/Sao_Paulo, America/Campo_Grande, America/Cuiaba)
(America/Porto_Velho, America/Boa_Vista, America/Manaus)
(America/Eirunepe, America/Rio_Branco, America/Bogota)
(America/Curacao, America/Guayaquil, Pacific/Galapagos)
(Atlantic/Stanley, America/Cayenne, America/Guyana)
(America/Asuncion, America/Lima, Atlantic/South_Georgia)
(America/Paramaribo, America/Montevideo, America/Caracas):
Use numeric rather than invented time zone abbreviations for
integer-minutes UT offsets.
---
NEWS | 25 +++-
southamerica | 472 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------
2 files changed, 244 insertions(+), 253 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 144a34b..31d96e8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,11 +11,28 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
23:00, hiving off a new zone America/Punta_Arenas. (Thanks to
Juan Correa.) This also affects Antarctica/Palmer.
- Changes to current and future time zone abbreviations
+ Changes to past and future time zone abbreviations
- Switch to numeric time zones for Chile, so as to not invent an
- abbreviation for its new zone. This affects America/Santiago,
- Pacific/Easter, and Antarctica/Palmer.
+ Switch to numeric time zone abbreviations for South America, as
+ part of the ongoing project of removing invented abbreviations.
+ This avoids the need to invent an abbreviation for the new Chilean
+ new zone. This change affects America/Araguaina,
+ America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires, America/Argentina/Catamarca,
+ America/Argentina/Cordoba, America/Argentina/Jujuy,
+ America/Argentina/La_Rioja, America/Argentina/Mendoza,
+ America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos, America/Argentina/Salta,
+ America/Argentina/San_Juan, America/Argentina/San_Luis,
+ America/Argentina/Tucuman, America/Argentina/Ushuaia,
+ America/Asuncion, America/Bahia, America/Belem, America/Boa_Vista,
+ America/Bogota, America/Campo_Grande, America/Caracas,
+ America/Cayenne, America/Cuiaba, America/Curacao,
+ America/Eirunepe, America/Fortaleza, America/Guayaquil,
+ America/Guyana, America/La_Paz, America/Lima, America/Maceio,
+ America/Manaus, America/Montevideo, America/Noronha,
+ America/Paramaribo, America/Porto_Velho, America/Recife,
+ America/Rio_Branco, America/Santarem, America/Santiago,
+ America/Sao_Paulo, Antarctica/Palmer, Atlantic/South_Georgia,
+ Atlantic/Stanley, Pacific/Easter, and Pacific/Galapagos.
Changes to documentation and commentary
diff --git a/southamerica b/southamerica
index 43bc67e..a6820ac 100644
--- a/southamerica
+++ b/southamerica
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
# tz at iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
-# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31):
+# From Paul Eggert (2016-12-05):
#
# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
#
-# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
-# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
+# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source
+# for time zone data was the International Air Transport
# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted,
@@ -24,32 +24,10 @@
# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94.
# http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359
#
-# Earlier editions of these tables used the North American style (e.g. ARST and
-# ARDT for Argentine Standard and Daylight Time), but the following quote
-# suggests that it's better to use European style (e.g. ART and ARST).
-# I suggest the use of _Summer time_ instead of the more cumbersome
-# _daylight-saving time_. _Summer time_ seems to be in general use
-# in Europe and South America.
-# -- E O Cutler, _New York Times_ (1937-02-14), quoted in
-# H L Mencken, _The American Language: Supplement I_ (1960), p 466
-#
-# Earlier editions of these tables also used the North American style
-# for time zones in Brazil, but this was incorrect, as Brazilians say
-# "summer time". Reinaldo Goulart, a São Paulo businessman active in
-# the railroad sector, writes (1999-07-06):
-# The subject of time zones is currently a matter of discussion/debate in
-# Brazil. Let's say that "the Brasília time" is considered the
-# "official time" because Brasília is the capital city.
-# The other three time zones are called "Brasília time "minus one" or
-# "plus one" or "plus two". As far as I know there is no such
-# name/designation as "Eastern Time" or "Central Time".
-# So I invented the following (English-language) abbreviations for now.
-# Corrections are welcome!
-# std dst
-# -2:00 FNT FNST Fernando de Noronha
-# -3:00 BRT BRST Brasília
-# -4:00 AMT AMST Amazon
-# -5:00 ACT ACST Acre
+# These tables use numeric abbreviations like -03 and -0330 for
+# integer hour and minute UTC offsets. Although earlier editions used
+# alphabetic time zone abbreviations, these abbreviations were
+# invented and did not reflect common practice.
###############################################################################
@@ -384,12 +362,6 @@ Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S
#
# So I guess a new set of rules, besides "Arg", must be made and the last
# America/Argentina/San_Luis entries should change to use these...
-#
-# I'm enclosing a patch that does what I say... regretfully, the San Luis
-# timezone must be called "WART/WARST" even when most of the time (like,
-# right now) WARST == ART... that is, since last Sunday, all the country
-# is using UTC-3, but in my patch, San Luis calls it "WARST" and the rest
-# of the country calls it "ART".
# ...
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-09):
@@ -428,11 +400,11 @@ Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 S
# Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF),
Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Córdoba Mean Time
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02
#
# Córdoba (CB), Santa Fe (SF), Entre Ríos (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN),
# Chaco (CC), Formosa (FM), Santiago del Estero (SE)
@@ -446,113 +418,113 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
#
Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3
- -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02
#
# Salta (SA), La Pampa (LP), Neuquén (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
Zone America/Argentina/Salta -4:21:40 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3
- -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18
- -3:00 - ART
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Tucumán (TM)
Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3
- -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1
- -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 13
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 13
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02
#
# La Rioja (LR)
Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 1
- -4:00 - WART 1991 May 7
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1
- -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18
- -3:00 - ART
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 May 7
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# San Juan (SJ)
Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 1
- -4:00 - WART 1991 May 7
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 - ART 2004 May 31
- -4:00 - WART 2004 Jul 25
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18
- -3:00 - ART
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 May 7
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 May 31
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jul 25
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Jujuy (JY)
Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Mar 4
- -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 28
- -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 17
- -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 6
- -3:00 1:00 ARST 1992
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18
- -3:00 - ART
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1990 Mar 4
+ -4:00 - -04 1990 Oct 28
+ -4:00 1:00 -03 1991 Mar 17
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 6
+ -3:00 1:00 -02 1992
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3
- -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1
- -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18
- -3:00 - ART
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Mendoza (MZ)
Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Mar 4
- -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 15
- -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 1
- -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 15
- -4:00 1:00 WARST 1992 Mar 1
- -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 - ART 2004 May 23
- -4:00 - WART 2004 Sep 26
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18
- -3:00 - ART
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1990 Mar 4
+ -4:00 - -04 1990 Oct 15
+ -4:00 1:00 -03 1991 Mar 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 15
+ -4:00 1:00 -03 1992 Mar 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1992 Oct 18
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 May 23
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Sep 26
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# San Luis (SL)
@@ -561,44 +533,44 @@ Rule SanLuis 2007 2008 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S
Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
-4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990
- -3:00 1:00 ARST 1990 Mar 14
- -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 15
- -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 1
- -4:00 - WART 1991 Jun 1
- -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 1:00 WARST 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 - ART 2004 May 31
- -4:00 - WART 2004 Jul 25
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Jan 21
- -4:00 SanLuis WAR%sT 2009 Oct 11
- -3:00 - ART
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1990
+ -3:00 1:00 -02 1990 Mar 14
+ -4:00 - -04 1990 Oct 15
+ -4:00 1:00 -03 1991 Mar 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Jun 1
+ -3:00 - -03 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 1:00 -03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 May 31
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jul 25
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Jan 21
+ -4:00 SanLuis -04/-03 2009 Oct 11
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Santa Cruz (SC)
Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
- -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Córdoba Mean Time
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 - ART 2004 Jun 1
- -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18
- -3:00 - ART
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur (TF)
Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
- -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Córdoba Mean Time
- -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3
- -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3
- -3:00 - ART 2004 May 30
- -4:00 - WART 2004 Jun 20
- -3:00 Arg AR%sT 2008 Oct 18
- -3:00 - ART
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 May 30
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
# Aruba
Link America/Curacao America/Aruba
@@ -608,7 +580,7 @@ Link America/Curacao America/Aruba
Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890
-4:32:36 - CMT 1931 Oct 15 # Calamarca MT
-4:32:36 1:00 BOST 1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST
- -4:00 - BOT # Bolivia Time
+ -4:00 - -04
# Brazil
@@ -960,12 +932,12 @@ Rule Brazil 2038 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
#
# Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE)
Zone America/Noronha -2:09:40 - LMT 1914
- -2:00 Brazil FN%sT 1990 Sep 17
- -2:00 - FNT 1999 Sep 30
- -2:00 Brazil FN%sT 2000 Oct 15
- -2:00 - FNT 2001 Sep 13
- -2:00 Brazil FN%sT 2002 Oct 1
- -2:00 - FNT
+ -2:00 Brazil -02/-01 1990 Sep 17
+ -2:00 - -02 1999 Sep 30
+ -2:00 Brazil -02/-01 2000 Oct 15
+ -2:00 - -02 2001 Sep 13
+ -2:00 Brazil -02/-01 2002 Oct 1
+ -2:00 - -02
# Other Atlantic islands have no permanent settlement.
# These include Trindade and Martim Vaz (administratively part of ES),
# Rocas Atoll (RN), and the St Peter and St Paul Archipelago (PE).
@@ -978,119 +950,119 @@ Zone America/Noronha -2:09:40 - LMT 1914
# In the north a very small part from the river Javary (now Jari I guess,
# the border with Amapá) to the Amazon, then to the Xingu.
Zone America/Belem -3:13:56 - LMT 1914
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1988 Sep 12
- -3:00 - BRT
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1988 Sep 12
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# west Pará (PA)
# West Pará includes Altamira, Óbidos, Prainha, Oriximiná, and Santarém.
Zone America/Santarem -3:38:48 - LMT 1914
- -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12
- -4:00 - AMT 2008 Jun 24 0:00
- -3:00 - BRT
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12
+ -4:00 - -04 2008 Jun 24 0:00
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Maranhão (MA), Piauí (PI), Ceará (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
# Paraíba (PB)
Zone America/Fortaleza -2:34:00 - LMT 1914
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17
- -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 22
- -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1
- -3:00 - BRT
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17
+ -3:00 - -03 1999 Sep 30
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2000 Oct 22
+ -3:00 - -03 2001 Sep 13
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2002 Oct 1
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands)
Zone America/Recife -2:19:36 - LMT 1914
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17
- -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 15
- -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1
- -3:00 - BRT
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17
+ -3:00 - -03 1999 Sep 30
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2000 Oct 15
+ -3:00 - -03 2001 Sep 13
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2002 Oct 1
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Tocantins (TO)
Zone America/Araguaina -3:12:48 - LMT 1914
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17
- -3:00 - BRT 1995 Sep 14
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2003 Sep 24
- -3:00 - BRT 2012 Oct 21
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2013 Sep
- -3:00 - BRT
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17
+ -3:00 - -03 1995 Sep 14
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2003 Sep 24
+ -3:00 - -03 2012 Oct 21
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2013 Sep
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE)
Zone America/Maceio -2:22:52 - LMT 1914
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1990 Sep 17
- -3:00 - BRT 1995 Oct 13
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1996 Sep 4
- -3:00 - BRT 1999 Sep 30
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2000 Oct 22
- -3:00 - BRT 2001 Sep 13
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2002 Oct 1
- -3:00 - BRT
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17
+ -3:00 - -03 1995 Oct 13
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1996 Sep 4
+ -3:00 - -03 1999 Sep 30
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2000 Oct 22
+ -3:00 - -03 2001 Sep 13
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2002 Oct 1
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Bahia (BA)
# There are too many Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/Bahia instead
# of America/Salvador.
Zone America/Bahia -2:34:04 - LMT 1914
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2003 Sep 24
- -3:00 - BRT 2011 Oct 16
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 2012 Oct 21
- -3:00 - BRT
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2003 Sep 24
+ -3:00 - -03 2011 Oct 16
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2012 Oct 21
+ -3:00 - -03
#
# Goiás (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
# Espírito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), São Paulo (SP), Paraná (PR),
# Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
Zone America/Sao_Paulo -3:06:28 - LMT 1914
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT 1963 Oct 23 0:00
- -3:00 1:00 BRST 1964
- -3:00 Brazil BR%sT
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1963 Oct 23 0:00
+ -3:00 1:00 -02 1964
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02
#
# Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)
Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 - LMT 1914
- -4:00 Brazil AM%sT
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03
#
# Mato Grosso (MT)
Zone America/Cuiaba -3:44:20 - LMT 1914
- -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 2003 Sep 24
- -4:00 - AMT 2004 Oct 1
- -4:00 Brazil AM%sT
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 2003 Sep 24
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Oct 1
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03
#
# Rondônia (RO)
Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 - LMT 1914
- -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12
- -4:00 - AMT
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12
+ -4:00 - -04
#
# Roraima (RR)
Zone America/Boa_Vista -4:02:40 - LMT 1914
- -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12
- -4:00 - AMT 1999 Sep 30
- -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 2000 Oct 15
- -4:00 - AMT
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12
+ -4:00 - -04 1999 Sep 30
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 2000 Oct 15
+ -4:00 - -04
#
# east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Jutaí, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto
# The great circle line from Tabatinga to Porto Acre divides
# east from west Amazonas.
Zone America/Manaus -4:00:04 - LMT 1914
- -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1988 Sep 12
- -4:00 - AMT 1993 Sep 28
- -4:00 Brazil AM%sT 1994 Sep 22
- -4:00 - AMT
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12
+ -4:00 - -04 1993 Sep 28
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1994 Sep 22
+ -4:00 - -04
#
# west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant,
# Eirunepé, Envira, Ipixuna
Zone America/Eirunepe -4:39:28 - LMT 1914
- -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1988 Sep 12
- -5:00 - ACT 1993 Sep 28
- -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1994 Sep 22
- -5:00 - ACT 2008 Jun 24 0:00
- -4:00 - AMT 2013 Nov 10
- -5:00 - ACT
+ -5:00 Brazil -05/-04 1988 Sep 12
+ -5:00 - -05 1993 Sep 28
+ -5:00 Brazil -05/-04 1994 Sep 22
+ -5:00 - -05 2008 Jun 24 0:00
+ -4:00 - -04 2013 Nov 10
+ -5:00 - -05
#
# Acre (AC)
Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914
- -5:00 Brazil AC%sT 1988 Sep 12
- -5:00 - ACT 2008 Jun 24 0:00
- -4:00 - AMT 2013 Nov 10
- -5:00 - ACT
+ -5:00 Brazil -05/-04 1988 Sep 12
+ -5:00 - -05 2008 Jun 24 0:00
+ -4:00 - -04 2013 Nov 10
+ -5:00 - -05
# Chile
@@ -1343,7 +1315,7 @@ Rule CO 1993 only - Apr 4 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Bogota -4:56:16 - LMT 1884 Mar 13
-4:56:16 - BMT 1914 Nov 23 # Bogotá Mean Time
- -5:00 CO CO%sT # Colombia Time
+ -5:00 CO -05/-04
# Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres
# no information; probably like America/Bogota
@@ -1367,7 +1339,7 @@ Zone America/Bogota -4:56:16 - LMT 1884 Mar 13
#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Curacao -4:35:47 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Willemstad
- -4:30 - ANT 1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
+ -4:30 - -0430 1965
-4:00 - AST
# From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
@@ -1391,10 +1363,10 @@ Link America/Curacao America/Kralendijk # Caribbean Netherlands
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Guayaquil -5:19:20 - LMT 1890
-5:14:00 - QMT 1931 # Quito Mean Time
- -5:00 - ECT # Ecuador Time
+ -5:00 - -05
Zone Pacific/Galapagos -5:58:24 - LMT 1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
- -5:00 - ECT 1986
- -6:00 - GALT # Galápagos Time
+ -5:00 - -05 1986
+ -6:00 - -06
# Falklands
@@ -1494,25 +1466,24 @@ Rule Falk 2001 2010 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Atlantic/Stanley -3:51:24 - LMT 1890
-3:51:24 - SMT 1912 Mar 12 # Stanley Mean Time
- -4:00 Falk FK%sT 1983 May # Falkland Is Time
- -3:00 Falk FK%sT 1985 Sep 15
- -4:00 Falk FK%sT 2010 Sep 5 2:00
- -3:00 - FKST
+ -4:00 Falk -04/-03 1983 May # Falkland Is Time
+ -3:00 Falk -03/-02 1985 Sep 15
+ -4:00 Falk -04/-03 2010 Sep 5 2:00
+ -3:00 - -03
# French Guiana
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Cayenne -3:29:20 - LMT 1911 Jul
- -4:00 - GFT 1967 Oct # French Guiana Time
- -3:00 - GFT
+ -4:00 - -04 1967 Oct
+ -3:00 - -03
# Guyana
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Guyana -3:52:40 - LMT 1915 Mar # Georgetown
- -3:45 - GBGT 1966 May 26 # Br Guiana Time
- -3:45 - GYT 1975 Jul 31 # Guyana Time
- -3:00 - GYT 1991
+ -3:45 - -0345 1975 Jul 31
+ -3:00 - -03 1991
# IATA SSIM (1996-06) says -4:00. Assume a 1991 switch.
- -4:00 - GYT
+ -4:00 - -04
# Paraguay
#
@@ -1604,9 +1575,9 @@ Rule Para 2013 max - Mar Sun>=22 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890
-3:50:40 - AMT 1931 Oct 10 # Asunción Mean Time
- -4:00 - PYT 1972 Oct # Paraguay Time
- -3:00 - PYT 1974 Apr
- -4:00 Para PY%sT
+ -4:00 - -04 1972 Oct
+ -3:00 - -03 1974 Apr
+ -4:00 Para -04/-03
# Peru
#
@@ -1633,12 +1604,12 @@ Rule Peru 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Lima -5:08:12 - LMT 1890
-5:08:36 - LMT 1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time?
- -5:00 Peru PE%sT # Peru Time
+ -5:00 Peru -05/-04
# South Georgia
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 - LMT 1890 # Grytviken
- -2:00 - GST # South Georgia Time
+ -2:00 - -02
# South Sandwich Is
# uninhabited; scientific personnel have wintered
@@ -1648,9 +1619,8 @@ Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 - LMT 1890 # Grytviken
Zone America/Paramaribo -3:40:40 - LMT 1911
-3:40:52 - PMT 1935 # Paramaribo Mean Time
-3:40:36 - PMT 1945 Oct # The capital moved?
- -3:30 - NEGT 1975 Nov 20 # Dutch Guiana Time
- -3:30 - SRT 1984 Oct # Suriname Time
- -3:00 - SRT
+ -3:30 - -0330 1984 Oct
+ -3:00 - -03
# Trinidad and Tobago
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -1756,8 +1726,12 @@ Rule Uruguay 2007 2015 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 - LMT 1898 Jun 28
-3:44:44 - MMT 1920 May 1 # Montevideo MT
- -3:30 Uruguay UY%sT 1942 Dec 14 # Uruguay Time
- -3:00 Uruguay UY%sT
+ -3:30 Uruguay -0330/-03 1942 Dec 14
+ -3:00 Uruguay -03/-02 1968
+ -3:00 Uruguay -03/-0230 1971
+ -3:00 Uruguay -03/-02 1974
+ -3:00 Uruguay -03/-0230 1974 Dec 22
+ -3:00 Uruguay -03/-02
# Venezuela
#
@@ -1791,7 +1765,7 @@ Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:44 - LMT 1898 Jun 28
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Caracas -4:27:44 - LMT 1890
-4:27:40 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time?
- -4:30 - VET 1965 Jan 1 0:00 # Venezuela T.
- -4:00 - VET 2007 Dec 9 3:00
- -4:30 - VET 2016 May 1 2:30
- -4:00 - VET
+ -4:30 - -0430 1965 Jan 1 0:00
+ -4:00 - -04 2007 Dec 9 3:00
+ -4:30 - -0430 2016 May 1 2:30
+ -4:00 - -04
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