[tz] Error for Chile on September 2023

Doug Ewell doug at ewellic.org
Mon Nov 6 22:47:20 UTC 2023


Guy Harris wrote:

>> 2. Starting at midnight on the first Saturday of the month of
>> September 2023 and until midnight on the first Saturday of the month
>> of April 2024, the official time will be advanced by 60 minutes.
>
> Presumably meaning "Starting at midnight at the end of the first
> Saturday of the month of September 2023", as the last Rule entry for
> Chile is
>
> 	Rule    Chile   2023    max     -       Sep     Sun>=2  4:00u   1:00    -

Correct and understood; the decree’s “midnight on [viz. at the end of] Saturday” (here, the 2nd) is equivalent to my “midnight at the start of Sunday” (here, the 3rd). But it could not refer in any way to the 11th.

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