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      1 # tzdb data for South America and environs
      2 
      3 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
      4 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
      5 
      6 # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
      7 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
      8 # tz (a] iana.org for general use in the future).  For more, please see
      9 # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
     10 
     11 # From Paul Eggert (2016-12-05):
     12 #
     13 # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
     14 # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
     15 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
     16 # Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
     17 #
     18 # Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source
     19 # for time zone data was the International Air Transport
     20 # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
     21 # published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
     22 # of the IATA's data after 1990.  Except where otherwise noted,
     23 # IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
     24 #
     25 # For data circa 1899, a common source is:
     26 # Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94.
     27 # https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359
     28 #
     29 # These tables use numeric abbreviations like -03 and -0330 for
     30 # integer hour and minute UT offsets.  Although earlier editions used
     31 # alphabetic time zone abbreviations, these abbreviations were
     32 # invented and did not reflect common practice.
     33 
     34 ###############################################################################
     35 
     36 ###############################################################################
     37 
     38 # Argentina
     39 
     40 # From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
     41 # Argentina: first Sunday in October to first Sunday in April since 1976.
     42 # Double Summer time from 1969 to 1974.  Switches at midnight.
     43 
     44 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (1988-01-19):
     45 # ARGENTINA           3 H BEHIND   UTC
     46 
     47 # From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
     48 # I am sending modifications to the Argentine time zone table...
     49 # AR was chosen because they are the ISO letters that represent Argentina.
     50 
     51 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
     52 Rule	Arg	1930	only	-	Dec	 1	0:00	1:00	-
     53 Rule	Arg	1931	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
     54 Rule	Arg	1931	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	-
     55 Rule	Arg	1932	1940	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
     56 Rule	Arg	1932	1939	-	Nov	 1	0:00	1:00	-
     57 Rule	Arg	1940	only	-	Jul	 1	0:00	1:00	-
     58 Rule	Arg	1941	only	-	Jun	15	0:00	0	-
     59 Rule	Arg	1941	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	-
     60 Rule	Arg	1943	only	-	Aug	 1	0:00	0	-
     61 Rule	Arg	1943	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	-
     62 Rule	Arg	1946	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
     63 Rule	Arg	1946	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	-
     64 Rule	Arg	1963	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
     65 Rule	Arg	1963	only	-	Dec	15	0:00	1:00	-
     66 Rule	Arg	1964	1966	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
     67 Rule	Arg	1964	1966	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	-
     68 Rule	Arg	1967	only	-	Apr	 2	0:00	0	-
     69 Rule	Arg	1967	1968	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
     70 Rule	Arg	1968	1969	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
     71 Rule	Arg	1974	only	-	Jan	23	0:00	1:00	-
     72 Rule	Arg	1974	only	-	May	 1	0:00	0	-
     73 Rule	Arg	1988	only	-	Dec	 1	0:00	1:00	-
     74 #
     75 # From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
     76 # These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A.,
     77 # obtaining the data from the:
     78 # Talleres de Hidrografa Naval Argentina
     79 # (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute)
     80 Rule	Arg	1989	1993	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
     81 Rule	Arg	1989	1992	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	-
     82 #
     83 # From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
     84 # From this moment on, the law that mandated the daylight saving
     85 # time corrections was derogated and no more modifications
     86 # to the time zones (for daylight saving) are now made.
     87 #
     88 # From Rives McDow (2000-01-10):
     89 # On October 3, 1999, 0:00 local, Argentina implemented daylight savings time,
     90 # which did not result in the switch of a time zone, as they stayed 9 hours
     91 # from the International Date Line.
     92 Rule	Arg	1999	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
     93 # From Paul Eggert (2007-12-28):
     94 # DST was set to expire on March 5, not March 3, but since it was converted
     95 # to standard time on March 3 it's more convenient for us to pretend that
     96 # it ended on March 3.
     97 Rule	Arg	2000	only	-	Mar	3	0:00	0	-
     98 #
     99 # From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01):
    100 # We just checked with our So Paulo office and they say the government of
    101 # Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST.
    102 # So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times.
    103 #
    104 # From Fabin L. Arce Jofr (2000-04-04):
    105 # The law that claimed DST for Argentina was derogated by President Fernando
    106 # de la Ra on March 2, 2000, because it would make people spend more energy
    107 # in the winter time, rather than less.  The change took effect on March 3.
    108 #
    109 # From Mariano Absatz (2001-06-06):
    110 # one of the major newspapers here in Argentina said that the 1999
    111 # Timezone Law (which never was effectively applied) will (would?) be
    112 # in effect.... The article is at
    113 # http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-06/e-01701.htm
    114 # ... The Law itself is "Ley No. 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted
    115 # 1999-09-17, and published 1999-09-21.  The official publication is at:
    116 # http://www.boletin.jus.gov.ar/BON/Primera/1999/09-Septiembre/21/PDF/BO21-09-99LEG.PDF
    117 # Regretfully, you have to subscribe (and pay) for the on-line version....
    118 #
    119 # (2001-06-12):
    120 # the timezone for Argentina will not change next Sunday.
    121 # Apparently it will do so on Sunday 24th....
    122 # http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-12/s-03501.htm
    123 #
    124 # (2001-06-25):
    125 # Last Friday (yes, the last working day before the date of the change), the
    126 # Senate annulled the 1999 law that introduced the changes later postponed.
    127 # http://www.clarin.com.ar/diario/2001-06-22/s-03601.htm
    128 # It remains the vote of the Deputies..., but it will be the same....
    129 # This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina.
    130 # We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country.
    131 #
    132 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-12-21):
    133 # A user (Leonardo Chaim) reported that Argentina will adopt DST....
    134 # all of the country (all Zone-entries) are affected.  News reports like
    135 # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/nota.asp?nota_id=973037 indicate
    136 # that Argentina will use DST next year as well, from October to
    137 # March, although exact rules are not given.
    138 #
    139 # From Jesper Nrgaard Welen (2007-12-26)
    140 # The last hurdle of Argentina DST is over, the proposal was approved in
    141 # the lower chamber too (Diputados) with a vote 192 for and 2 against.
    142 # By the way thanks to Mariano Absatz and Daniel Mario Vega for the link to
    143 # the original scanned proposal, where the dates and the zero hours are
    144 # clear and unambiguous...This is the article about final approval:
    145 # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996
    146 #
    147 # From Paul Eggert (2007-12-22):
    148 # For dates after mid-2008, the following rules are my guesses and
    149 # are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
    150 
    151 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-09-05):
    152 # As per message from Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz (Nicaragua),
    153 # Argentina will start DST on Sunday October 19, 2008.
    154 #
    155 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina03.html
    156 # http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 (in spanish)
    157 
    158 # From Juan Manuel Docile in https://bugs.gentoo.org/240339 (2008-10-07)
    159 # via Rodrigo Severo:
    160 # Argentinian law No. 25.155 is no longer valid.
    161 # http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/60036/norma.htm
    162 # The new one is law No. 26.350
    163 # http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136191/norma.htm
    164 # So there is no summer time in Argentina for now.
    165 
    166 # From Mariano Absatz (2008-10-20):
    167 # Decree 1693/2008 applies Law 26.350 for the summer 2008/2009 establishing DST
    168 # in Argentina from 2008-10-19 until 2009-03-15.
    169 # http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=16102008&pi=3&pf=4&s=0&sec=01
    170 #
    171 
    172 # Decree 1705/2008 excepting 12 Provinces from applying DST in the summer
    173 # 2008/2009: Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, La
    174 # Pampa, Neuqun, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego
    175 # http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=17102008&pi=1&pf=1&s=0&sec=01
    176 #
    177 # Press release 235 dated Saturday October 18th, from the Government of the
    178 # Province of Jujuy saying it will not apply DST either (even when it was not
    179 # included in Decree 1705/2008).
    180 # http://www.jujuy.gov.ar/index2/partes_prensa/18_10_08/235-181008.doc
    181 
    182 # From fullinet (2009-10-18):
    183 # As announced in
    184 # http://www.argentina.gob.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=356
    185 # (an official .gob.ar) under title: "Sin Cambio de Hora"
    186 # (English: "No hour change").
    187 #
    188 # "Por el momento, el Gobierno Nacional resolvi no modificar la hora
    189 # oficial, decisin que estaba en estudio para su implementacin el
    190 # domingo 18 de octubre. Desde el Ministerio de Planificacin se anunci
    191 # que la Argentina hoy, en estas condiciones meteorolgicas, no necesita
    192 # la modificacin del huso horario, ya que 2009 nos encuentra con
    193 # crecimiento en la produccin y distribucin energtica."
    194 
    195 Rule	Arg	2007	only	-	Dec	30	0:00	1:00	-
    196 Rule	Arg	2008	2009	-	Mar	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
    197 Rule	Arg	2008	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	-
    198 
    199 # From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21):
    200 # Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing
    201 # its timezone this winter... starting tomorrow night....
    202 # http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040521-27158-normas.pdf
    203 # From Paul Eggert (2004-05-24):
    204 # It's Law No. 7,210.  This change is due to a public power emergency, so for
    205 # now we'll assume it's for this year only.
    206 #
    207 # From Paul Eggert (2018-01-31):
    208 # Hora de verano para la Repblica Argentina
    209 # http://buenasiembra.com.ar/esoterismo/astrologia/hora-de-verano-de-la-republica-argentina-27.html
    210 # says that standard time in Argentina from 1894-10-31
    211 # to 1920-05-01 was -4:16:48.25.  Go with this more-precise value
    212 # over Shanks & Pottenger.  It is upward compatible with Milne, who
    213 # says Crdoba time was -4:16:48.2.
    214 
    215 #
    216 # From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-05):
    217 # These media articles from a major newspaper mostly cover the current state:
    218 # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/27/de_604825.asp
    219 # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/28/de_605203.asp
    220 #
    221 # The following eight (8) provinces pulled clocks back to UTC-04:00 at
    222 # midnight Monday May 31st. (that is, the night between 05/31 and 06/01).
    223 # Apparently, all nine provinces would go back to UTC-03:00 at the same
    224 # time in October 17th.
    225 #
    226 # Catamarca, Chubut, La Rioja, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz,
    227 # Tierra del Fuego, Tucumn.
    228 #
    229 # From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-14):
    230 # ... this weekend, the Province of Tucumn decided it'd go back to UTC-03:00
    231 # yesterday midnight (that is, at 24:00 Saturday 12th), since the people's
    232 # annoyance with the change is much higher than the power savings obtained....
    233 #
    234 # From Gwillim Law (2004-06-14):
    235 # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/06/10/de_609078.asp ...
    236 #     "The time change in Tierra del Fuego was a conflicted decision from
    237 #   the start.  The government had decreed that the measure would take
    238 #   effect on June 1, but a normative error forced the new time to begin
    239 #   three days earlier, from a Saturday to a Sunday....
    240 # Our understanding was that the change was originally scheduled to take place
    241 # on June 1 at 00:00 in Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego (and some other
    242 # provinces).  Sunday was May 30, only two days earlier.  So the article
    243 # contains a contradiction.  I would give more credence to the Saturday/Sunday
    244 # date than the "three days earlier" phrase, and conclude that Tierra del
    245 # Fuego set its clocks back at 2004-05-30 00:00.
    246 #
    247 # From Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-05):
    248 # The previous law 7210 which changed the province of Mendoza's time zone
    249 # back in May have been modified slightly in a new law 7277, which set the
    250 # new end date to 2004-09-26 (original date was 2004-10-17).
    251 # http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040924-27244-normas.pdf
    252 #
    253 # From Mariano Absatz (2004-10-05):
    254 # San Juan changed from UTC-03:00 to UTC-04:00 at midnight between
    255 # Sunday, May 30th and Monday, May 31st.  It changed back to UTC-03:00
    256 # at midnight between Saturday, July 24th and Sunday, July 25th....
    257 # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000329.html
    258 # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000426.html
    259 # http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000441.html
    260 
    261 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-01-17):
    262 # Here are articles that Argentina Province San Luis is planning to end DST
    263 # as earlier as upcoming Monday January 21, 2008 or February 2008:
    264 #
    265 # Provincia argentina retrasa reloj y marca diferencia con resto del pas
    266 # (Argentine Province delayed clock and mark difference with the rest of the
    267 # country)
    268 # http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4373&idtel
    269 #
    270 # Es inminente que en San Luis atrasen una hora los relojes
    271 # (It is imminent in San Luis clocks one hour delay)
    272 # https://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/253414/Economia/Es-inminente-que-en-San-Luis-atrasen-una-hora-los-relojes.html
    273 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html
    274 
    275 # From Jesper Nrgaard Welen (2008-01-18):
    276 # The page of the San Luis provincial government
    277 # http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812
    278 # confirms what Alex Krivenyshev has earlier sent to the tz
    279 # emailing list about that San Luis plans to return to standard
    280 # time much earlier than the rest of the country. It also
    281 # confirms that upon request the provinces San Juan and Mendoza
    282 # refused to follow San Luis in this change.
    283 #
    284 # The change is supposed to take place Monday the 21st at 0:00
    285 # hours. As far as I understand it if this goes ahead, we need
    286 # a new timezone for San Luis (although there are also documented
    287 # independent changes in the southamerica file of San Luis in
    288 # 1990 and 1991 which has not been confirmed).
    289 
    290 # From Jesper Nrgaard Welen (2008-01-25):
    291 # Unfortunately the below page has become defunct, about the San Luis
    292 # time change. Perhaps because it now is part of a group of pages "Most
    293 # important pages of 2008."
    294 #
    295 # You can use
    296 # http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834
    297 # instead it seems. Or use "Buscador" from the main page of the San Luis
    298 # government, and fill in "huso" and click OK, and you will get 3 pages
    299 # from which the first one is identical to the above.
    300 
    301 # From Mariano Absatz (2008-01-28):
    302 # I can confirm that the Province of San Luis (and so far only that
    303 # province) decided to go back to UTC-3 effective midnight Jan 20th 2008
    304 # (that is, Monday 21st at 0:00 is the time the clocks were delayed back
    305 # 1 hour), and they intend to keep UTC-3 as their timezone all year round
    306 # (that is, unless they change their mind any minute now).
    307 #
    308 # So we'll have to add yet another city to 'southamerica' (I think San
    309 # Luis city is the mos populated city in the Province, so it'd be
    310 # America/Argentina/San_Luis... of course I can't remember if San Luis's
    311 # history of particular changes goes along with Mendoza or San Juan :-(
    312 # (I only remember not being able to collect hard facts about San Luis
    313 # back in 2004, when these provinces changed to UTC-4 for a few days, I
    314 # mailed them personally and never got an answer).
    315 
    316 # From Paul Eggert (2014-08-12):
    317 # Unless otherwise specified, data entries are from Shanks & Pottenger through
    318 # 1992, from the IATA otherwise.  As noted below, Shanks & Pottenger say that
    319 # America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, one of which
    320 # was America/San_Luis, but we haven't verified this yet so for now we'll
    321 # keep America/Cordoba a single region rather than splitting it into the
    322 # other 5 subregions.
    323 
    324 # From Mariano Absatz (2009-03-13):
    325 # Yesterday (with our usual 2-day notice) the Province of San Luis
    326 # decided that next Sunday instead of "staying" @utc-03:00 they will go
    327 # to utc-04:00 until the second Saturday in October...
    328 #
    329 # The press release is at
    330 # http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/SL/Paginas/NoticiaDetalle.asp?TemaId=1&InfoPrensaId=3102
    331 # (I couldn't find the decree, but www.sanluis.gov.ar
    332 # is the official page for the Province Government.)
    333 #
    334 # There's also a note in only one of the major national papers ...
    335 # http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1107912
    336 #
    337 # The press release says [quick and dirty translation]:
    338 # ... announced that next Sunday, at 00:00, Puntanos (the San Luis
    339 # inhabitants) will have to turn back one hour their clocks
    340 #
    341 # Since then, San Luis will establish its own Province timezone. Thus,
    342 # during 2009, this timezone change will run from 00:00 the third Sunday
    343 # in March until 24:00 of the second Saturday in October.
    344 
    345 # From Mariano Absatz (2009-10-16):
    346 # ...the Province of San Luis is a case in itself.
    347 #
    348 # The Law at
    349 # http://www.diputadossanluis.gov.ar/diputadosasp/paginas/verNorma.asp?NormaID=276
    350 # is ambiguous because establishes a calendar from the 2nd Sunday in
    351 # October at 0:00 thru the 2nd Saturday in March at 24:00 and the
    352 # complement of that starting on the 2nd Sunday of March at 0:00 and
    353 # ending on the 2nd Saturday of March at 24:00.
    354 #
    355 # This clearly breaks every time the 1st of March or October is a Sunday.
    356 #
    357 # IMHO, the "spirit of the Law" is to make the changes at 0:00 on the 2nd
    358 # Sunday of October and March.
    359 #
    360 # The problem is that the changes in the rest of the Provinces that did
    361 # change in 2007/2008, were made according to the Federal Law and Decrees
    362 # that did so on the 3rd Sunday of October and March.
    363 #
    364 # In fact, San Luis actually switched from UTC-4 to UTC-3 last Sunday
    365 # (October 11th) at 0:00.
    366 #
    367 # So I guess a new set of rules, besides "Arg", must be made and the last
    368 # America/Argentina/San_Luis entries should change to use these...
    369 # ...
    370 
    371 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-09):
    372 # According to news reports from El Diario de la Repblica Province San
    373 # Luis, Argentina (standard time UTC-04) will keep Daylight Saving Time
    374 # after April 11, 2010 - will continue to have same time as rest of
    375 # Argentina (UTC-3) (no DST).
    376 #
    377 # Confirmaron la prrroga del huso horario de verano (Spanish)
    378 # http://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29383&Itemid=9
    379 # or (some English translation):
    380 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina08.html
    381 
    382 # From Mariano Absatz (2010-04-12):
    383 # yes...I can confirm this...and given that San Luis keeps calling
    384 # UTC-03:00 "summer time", we should't just let San Luis go back to "Arg"
    385 # rules...San Luis is still using "Western ARgentina Time" and it got
    386 # stuck on Summer daylight savings time even though the summer is over.
    387 
    388 # From Paul Eggert (2018-01-23):
    389 # Perhaps San Luis operates on the legal fiction that it is at -04
    390 # with perpetual daylight saving time, but ordinary usage typically seems to
    391 # just say it's at -03; see, for example,
    392 # https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hora_oficial_argentina
    393 # We've documented similar situations as being plain changes to
    394 # standard time, so let's do that here too.  This does not change UTC
    395 # offsets, only tm_isdst and the time zone abbreviations.  One minor
    396 # plus is that this silences a zic complaint that there's no POSIX TZ
    397 # setting for timestamps past 2038.
    398 
    399 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    400 #
    401 # Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF),
    402 Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
    403 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May    # Crdoba Mean Time
    404 			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
    405 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
    406 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
    407 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
    408 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02
    409 #
    410 # Crdoba (CB), Santa Fe (SF), Entre Ros (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN),
    411 # Chaco (CC), Formosa (FM), Santiago del Estero (SE)
    412 #
    413 # Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we haven't verified:
    414 # - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
    415 # - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29.
    416 # - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04.
    417 # - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01,
    418 #   then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26.
    419 #
    420 Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
    421 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    422 			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
    423 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
    424 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Mar  3
    425 			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Oct 20
    426 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
    427 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
    428 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02
    429 #
    430 # Salta (SA), La Pampa (LP), Neuqun (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
    431 Zone America/Argentina/Salta -4:21:40 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
    432 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    433 			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
    434 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
    435 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Mar  3
    436 			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Oct 20
    437 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
    438 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
    439 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
    440 			-3:00	-	-03
    441 #
    442 # Tucumn (TM)
    443 Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
    444 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    445 			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
    446 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
    447 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Mar  3
    448 			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Oct 20
    449 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
    450 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
    451 			-3:00	-	-03	2004 Jun  1
    452 			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jun 13
    453 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02
    454 #
    455 # La Rioja (LR)
    456 Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
    457 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    458 			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
    459 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
    460 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Mar  1
    461 			-4:00	-	-04	1991 May  7
    462 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
    463 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
    464 			-3:00	-	-03	2004 Jun  1
    465 			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jun 20
    466 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
    467 			-3:00	-	-03
    468 #
    469 # San Juan (SJ)
    470 Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
    471 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    472 			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
    473 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
    474 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Mar  1
    475 			-4:00	-	-04	1991 May  7
    476 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
    477 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
    478 			-3:00	-	-03	2004 May 31
    479 			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jul 25
    480 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
    481 			-3:00	-	-03
    482 #
    483 # Jujuy (JY)
    484 Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 -	LMT	1894 Oct 31
    485 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    486 			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
    487 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
    488 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1990 Mar  4
    489 			-4:00	-	-04	1990 Oct 28
    490 			-4:00	1:00	-03	1991 Mar 17
    491 			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Oct  6
    492 			-3:00	1:00	-02	1992
    493 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
    494 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
    495 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
    496 			-3:00	-	-03
    497 #
    498 # Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
    499 Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
    500 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    501 			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
    502 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
    503 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1991 Mar  3
    504 			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Oct 20
    505 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
    506 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
    507 			-3:00	-	-03	2004 Jun  1
    508 			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jun 20
    509 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
    510 			-3:00	-	-03
    511 #
    512 # Mendoza (MZ)
    513 Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
    514 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    515 			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
    516 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
    517 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1990 Mar  4
    518 			-4:00	-	-04	1990 Oct 15
    519 			-4:00	1:00	-03	1991 Mar  1
    520 			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Oct 15
    521 			-4:00	1:00	-03	1992 Mar  1
    522 			-4:00	-	-04	1992 Oct 18
    523 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
    524 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
    525 			-3:00	-	-03	2004 May 23
    526 			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Sep 26
    527 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
    528 			-3:00	-	-03
    529 #
    530 # San Luis (SL)
    531 
    532 Rule	SanLuis	2008	2009	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
    533 Rule	SanLuis	2007	2008	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00	1:00	-
    534 
    535 Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
    536 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    537 			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
    538 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
    539 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1990
    540 			-3:00	1:00	-02	1990 Mar 14
    541 			-4:00	-	-04	1990 Oct 15
    542 			-4:00	1:00	-03	1991 Mar  1
    543 			-4:00	-	-04	1991 Jun  1
    544 			-3:00	-	-03	1999 Oct  3
    545 			-4:00	1:00	-03	2000 Mar  3
    546 			-3:00	-	-03	2004 May 31
    547 			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jul 25
    548 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Jan 21
    549 			-4:00	SanLuis	-04/-03	2009 Oct 11
    550 			-3:00	-	-03
    551 #
    552 # Santa Cruz (SC)
    553 Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
    554 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    555 			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
    556 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
    557 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
    558 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
    559 			-3:00	-	-03	2004 Jun  1
    560 			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jun 20
    561 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
    562 			-3:00	-	-03
    563 #
    564 # Tierra del Fuego, Antrtida e Islas del Atlntico Sur (TF)
    565 Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
    566 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
    567 			-4:00	-	-04	1930 Dec
    568 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
    569 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1999 Oct  3
    570 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	2000 Mar  3
    571 			-3:00	-	-03	2004 May 30
    572 			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Jun 20
    573 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	2008 Oct 18
    574 			-3:00	-	-03
    575 
    576 # Aruba
    577 Link America/Curacao America/Aruba
    578 
    579 # Bolivia
    580 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    581 Zone	America/La_Paz	-4:32:36 -	LMT	1890
    582 			-4:32:36 -	CMT	1931 Oct 15 # Calamarca MT
    583 			-4:32:36 1:00	BST	1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST
    584 			-4:00	-	-04
    585 
    586 # Brazil
    587 
    588 # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
    589 # The mayor of Rio recently attempted to change the time zone rules
    590 # just in his city, in order to leave more summer time for the tourist trade.
    591 # The rule change lasted only part of the day;
    592 # the federal government refused to follow the city's rules, and business
    593 # was in a chaos, so the mayor backed down that afternoon.
    594 
    595 # From IATA SSIM (1996-02):
    596 # _Only_ the following states in BR1 observe DST: Rio Grande do Sul (RS),
    597 # Santa Catarina (SC), Paran (PR), So Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ),
    598 # Esprito Santo (ES), Minas Gerais (MG), Bahia (BA), Gois (GO),
    599 # Distrito Federal (DF), Tocantins (TO), Sergipe [SE] and Alagoas [AL].
    600 # [The last three states are new to this issue of the IATA SSIM.]
    601 
    602 # From Gwillim Law (1996-10-07):
    603 # Geography, history (Tocantins was part of Gois until 1989), and other
    604 # sources of time zone information lead me to believe that AL, SE, and TO were
    605 # always in BR1, and so the only change was whether or not they observed DST....
    606 # The earliest issue of the SSIM I have is 2/91.  Each issue from then until
    607 # 9/95 says that DST is observed only in the ten states I quoted from 9/95,
    608 # along with Mato Grosso (MT) and Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), which are in BR2
    609 # (UTC-4)....  The other two time zones given for Brazil are BR3, which is
    610 # UTC-5, no DST, and applies only in the state of Acre (AC); and BR4, which is
    611 # UTC-2, and applies to Fernando de Noronha (formerly FN, but I believe it's
    612 # become part of the state of Pernambuco).  The boundary between BR1 and BR2
    613 # has never been clearly stated.  They've simply been called East and West.
    614 # However, some conclusions can be drawn from another IATA manual: the Airline
    615 # Coding Directory, which lists close to 400 airports in Brazil.  For each
    616 # airport it gives a time zone which is coded to the SSIM.  From that
    617 # information, I'm led to conclude that the states of Amap (AP), Cear (CE),
    618 # Maranho (MA), Paraba (PR), Pernambuco (PE), Piau (PI), and Rio Grande do
    619 # Norte (RN), and the eastern part of Par (PA) are all in BR1 without DST.
    620 
    621 # From Marcos Tadeu (1998-09-27):
    622 # Brazilian official page <http://pcdsh01.on.br/verao1.html>
    623 
    624 # From Jesper Nrgaard (2000-11-03):
    625 # [For an official list of which regions in Brazil use which time zones, see:]
    626 # http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbr.htm
    627 # http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbrhv.htm
    628 
    629 # From Celso Doria via David Madeo (2002-10-09):
    630 # The reason for the delay this year has to do with elections in Brazil.
    631 #
    632 # Unlike in the United States, elections in Brazil are 100% computerized and
    633 # the results are known almost immediately.  Yesterday, it was the first
    634 # round of the elections when 115 million Brazilians voted for President,
    635 # Governor, Senators, Federal Deputies, and State Deputies.  Nobody is
    636 # counting (or re-counting) votes anymore and we know there will be a second
    637 # round for the Presidency and also for some Governors.  The 2nd round will
    638 # take place on October 27th.
    639 #
    640 # The reason why the DST will only begin November 3rd is that the thousands
    641 # of electoral machines used cannot have their time changed, and since the
    642 # Constitution says the elections must begin at 8:00 AM and end at 5:00 PM,
    643 # the Government decided to postpone DST, instead of changing the Constitution
    644 # (maybe, for the next elections, it will be possible to change the clock)...
    645 
    646 # From Rodrigo Severo (2004-10-04):
    647 # It's just the biannual change made necessary by the much hyped, supposedly
    648 # modern Brazilian eletronic voting machines which, apparently, can't deal
    649 # with a time change between the first and the second rounds of the elections.
    650 
    651 # From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-20):
    652 # Brazil will start DST on 2007-10-14 00:00 and end on 2008-02-17 00:00:
    653 # http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do;jsessionid=BBA06811AFCAAC28F0285210913513DA?newsId=13975
    654 
    655 # From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24):
    656 # ...by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 (published in the "Diario
    657 # Oficial da Unio"...) in Brazil there are changes in the timezones,
    658 # effective today (00:00am at June 24, 2008) as follows:
    659 #
    660 # a) The timezone UTC+5 is extinguished, with all the Acre state and the
    661 # part of the Amazonas state that had this timezone now being put to the
    662 # timezone UTC+4
    663 # b) The whole Par state now is put at timezone UTC+3, instead of just
    664 # part of it, as was before.
    665 #
    666 # This change follows a proposal of senator Tiao Viana of Acre state, that
    667 # proposed it due to concerns about open television channels displaying
    668 # programs inappropriate to youths in the states that had the timezone
    669 # UTC+5 too early in the night. In the occasion, some more corrections
    670 # were proposed, trying to unify the timezones of any given state. This
    671 # change modifies timezone rules defined in decree 2.784 of 18 June,
    672 # 1913.
    673 
    674 # From Rodrigo Severo (2008-06-24):
    675 # Just correcting the URL:
    676 # https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=do&secao=1&pagina=1&data=25/04/2008
    677 #
    678 # As a result of the above Decree I believe the America/Rio_Branco
    679 # timezone shall be modified from UTC-5 to UTC-4 and a new timezone shall
    680 # be created to represent the...west side of the Par State. I
    681 # suggest this new timezone be called Santarem as the most
    682 # important/populated city in the affected area.
    683 #
    684 # This new timezone would be the same as the Rio_Branco timezone up to
    685 # the 2008/06/24 change which would be to UTC-3 instead of UTC-4.
    686 
    687 # From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-24):
    688 # This is a quick reference page for New and Old Brazil Time Zones map.
    689 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php
    690 #
    691 # - 4 time zones replaced by 3 time zones - eliminating time zone UTC-05
    692 # (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT-04) - western
    693 # part of Par state is moving to one timezone UTC-03 (from UTC-04).
    694 
    695 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
    696 # The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
    697 # Decretos sobre o Horrio de Vero no Brasil.
    698 # http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html
    699 
    700 # From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-29):
    701 # As announced by the government and many newspapers in Brazil late
    702 # yesterday, Brazil will start DST on 2008-10-19 (need to change rule) and
    703 # it will end on 2009-02-15 (current rule for Brazil is fine). Based on
    704 # past years experience with the elections, there was a good chance that
    705 # the start was postponed to November, but it did not happen this year.
    706 #
    707 # It has not yet been posted to http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html
    708 #
    709 # An official page about it:
    710 # http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do?newsId=16722
    711 # Note that this link does not always work directly, but must be accessed
    712 # by going to
    713 # http://www.mme.gov.br/first
    714 #
    715 # One example link that works directly:
    716 # http://jornale.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13530&Itemid=54
    717 # (Portuguese)
    718 #
    719 # We have a written a short article about it as well:
    720 # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html
    721 #
    722 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-04):
    723 # State Bahia will return to Daylight savings time this year after 8 years off.
    724 # The announcement was made by Governor Jaques Wagner in an interview to a
    725 # television station in Salvador.
    726 
    727 # In Portuguese:
    728 # http://g1.globo.com/bahia/noticia/2011/10/governador-jaques-wagner-confirma-horario-de-verao-na-bahia.html
    729 # https://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI5390887-EI8139,00-Bahia+volta+a+ter+horario+de+verao+apos+oito+anos.html
    730 
    731 # From Guilherme Bernardes Rodrigues (2011-10-07):
    732 # There is news in the media, however there is still no decree about it.
    733 # I just send a e-mail to Zulmira Brandao at http://pcdsh01.on.br/ the
    734 # official agency about time in Brazil, and she confirmed that the old rule is
    735 # still in force.
    736 
    737 # From Guilherme Bernardes Rodrigues (2011-10-14)
    738 # It's official, the President signed a decree that includes Bahia in summer
    739 # time.
    740 #	 [ and in a second message (same day): ]
    741 # I found the decree.
    742 #
    743 # DECRETO No. 7.584, DE 13 DE OUTUBRO DE 2011
    744 # Link :
    745 # http://www.in.gov.br/visualiza/index.jsp?data=13/10/2011&jornal=1000&pagina=6&totalArquivos=6
    746 
    747 # From Kelley Cook (2012-10-16):
    748 # The governor of state of Bahia in Brazil announced on Thursday that
    749 # due to public pressure, he is reversing the DST policy they implemented
    750 # last year and will not be going to Summer Time on October 21st....
    751 # http://www.correio24horas.com.br/r/artigo/apos-pressoes-wagner-suspende-horario-de-verao-na-bahia
    752 
    753 # From Rodrigo Severo (2012-10-16):
    754 # Tocantins state will have DST.
    755 # https://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI6232536-EI306.html
    756 
    757 # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-20):
    758 # Tocantins in Brazil is very likely not to observe DST from October....
    759 # http://conexaoto.com.br/2013/09/18/ministerio-confirma-que-tocantins-esta-fora-do-horario-de-verao-em-2013-mas-falta-publicacao-de-decreto
    760 # We will keep this article updated when this is confirmed:
    761 # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-starts-dst-2013.html
    762 
    763 # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-10-17):
    764 # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/acre-amazonas-change-time-zone.html
    765 # Senator Jorge Viana announced that Acre will change time zone on November 10.
    766 # He did not specify the time of the change, nor if western parts of Amazonas
    767 # will change as well.
    768 #
    769 # From Paul Eggert (2013-10-17):
    770 # For now, assume western Amazonas will change as well.
    771 
    772 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
    773 # Decree 20,466 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm> (1931-10-01)
    774 # Decree 21,896 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm> (1932-01-10)
    775 Rule	Brazil	1931	only	-	Oct	 3	11:00	1:00	-
    776 Rule	Brazil	1932	1933	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
    777 Rule	Brazil	1932	only	-	Oct	 3	 0:00	1:00	-
    778 # Decree 23,195 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV23195.htm> (1933-10-10)
    779 # revoked DST.
    780 # Decree 27,496 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27496.htm> (1949-11-24)
    781 # Decree 27,998 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27998.htm> (1950-04-13)
    782 Rule	Brazil	1949	1952	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
    783 Rule	Brazil	1950	only	-	Apr	16	 1:00	0	-
    784 Rule	Brazil	1951	1952	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
    785 # Decree 32,308 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV32308.htm> (1953-02-24)
    786 Rule	Brazil	1953	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
    787 # Decree 34,724 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV34724.htm> (1953-11-30)
    788 # revoked DST.
    789 # Decree 52,700 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV52700.htm> (1963-10-18)
    790 # established DST from 1963-10-23 00:00 to 1964-02-29 00:00
    791 # in SP, RJ, GB, MG, ES, due to the prolongation of the drought.
    792 # Decree 53,071 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53071.htm> (1963-12-03)
    793 # extended the above decree to all of the national territory on 12-09.
    794 Rule	Brazil	1963	only	-	Dec	 9	 0:00	1:00	-
    795 # Decree 53,604 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53604.htm> (1964-02-25)
    796 # extended summer time by one day to 1964-03-01 00:00 (start of school).
    797 Rule	Brazil	1964	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
    798 # Decree 55,639 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV55639.htm> (1965-01-27)
    799 Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Jan	31	 0:00	1:00	-
    800 Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Mar	31	 0:00	0	-
    801 # Decree 57,303 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57303.htm> (1965-11-22)
    802 Rule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
    803 # Decree 57,843 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57843.htm> (1966-02-18)
    804 Rule	Brazil	1966	1968	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
    805 Rule	Brazil	1966	1967	-	Nov	 1	 0:00	1:00	-
    806 # Decree 63,429 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV63429.htm> (1968-10-15)
    807 # revoked DST.
    808 # Decree 91,698 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV91698.htm> (1985-09-27)
    809 Rule	Brazil	1985	only	-	Nov	 2	 0:00	1:00	-
    810 # Decree 92,310 (1986-01-21)
    811 # Decree 92,463 (1986-03-13)
    812 Rule	Brazil	1986	only	-	Mar	15	 0:00	0	-
    813 # Decree 93,316 (1986-10-01)
    814 Rule	Brazil	1986	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	-
    815 Rule	Brazil	1987	only	-	Feb	14	 0:00	0	-
    816 # Decree 94,922 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV94922.htm> (1987-09-22)
    817 Rule	Brazil	1987	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	-
    818 Rule	Brazil	1988	only	-	Feb	 7	 0:00	0	-
    819 # Decree 96,676 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV96676.htm> (1988-09-12)
    820 # except for the states of AC, AM, PA, RR, RO, and AP (then a territory)
    821 Rule	Brazil	1988	only	-	Oct	16	 0:00	1:00	-
    822 Rule	Brazil	1989	only	-	Jan	29	 0:00	0	-
    823 # Decree 98,077 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV98077.htm> (1989-08-21)
    824 # with the same exceptions
    825 Rule	Brazil	1989	only	-	Oct	15	 0:00	1:00	-
    826 Rule	Brazil	1990	only	-	Feb	11	 0:00	0	-
    827 # Decree 99,530 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV99530.htm> (1990-09-17)
    828 # adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, GO, MS, DF.
    829 # Decree 99,629 (1990-10-19) adds BA, MT.
    830 Rule	Brazil	1990	only	-	Oct	21	 0:00	1:00	-
    831 Rule	Brazil	1991	only	-	Feb	17	 0:00	0	-
    832 # Unnumbered decree <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1991.htm> (1991-09-25)
    833 # adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, BA, GO, MT, MS, DF.
    834 Rule	Brazil	1991	only	-	Oct	20	 0:00	1:00	-
    835 Rule	Brazil	1992	only	-	Feb	 9	 0:00	0	-
    836 # Unnumbered decree <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1992.htm> (1992-10-16)
    837 # adopted by same states.
    838 Rule	Brazil	1992	only	-	Oct	25	 0:00	1:00	-
    839 Rule	Brazil	1993	only	-	Jan	31	 0:00	0	-
    840 # Decree 942 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV942.htm> (1993-09-28)
    841 # adopted by same states, plus AM.
    842 # Decree 1,252 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1252.htm> (1994-09-22;
    843 # web page corrected 2004-01-07) adopted by same states, minus AM.
    844 # Decree 1,636 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1636.htm> (1995-09-14)
    845 # adopted by same states, plus MT and TO.
    846 # Decree 1,674 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1674.htm> (1995-10-13)
    847 # adds AL, SE.
    848 Rule	Brazil	1993	1995	-	Oct	Sun>=11	 0:00	1:00	-
    849 Rule	Brazil	1994	1995	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
    850 Rule	Brazil	1996	only	-	Feb	11	 0:00	0	-
    851 # Decree 2,000 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV2000.htm> (1996-09-04)
    852 # adopted by same states, minus AL, SE.
    853 Rule	Brazil	1996	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	1:00	-
    854 Rule	Brazil	1997	only	-	Feb	16	 0:00	0	-
    855 # From Daniel C. Sobral (1998-02-12):
    856 # In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that
    857 # because international television networks ignored Brazil's policy on DS,
    858 # they bought the wrong times on satellite for coverage of Pope's visit.
    859 # This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1
    860 # to help dealing with the shortages of electric power.
    861 #
    862 # Decree 2,317 (1997-09-04), adopted by same states.
    863 Rule	Brazil	1997	only	-	Oct	 6	 0:00	1:00	-
    864 # Decree 2,495 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV2495.JPG>
    865 # (1998-02-10)
    866 Rule	Brazil	1998	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	-
    867 # Decree 2,780 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/Hv98.jpg> (1998-09-11)
    868 # adopted by the same states as before.
    869 Rule	Brazil	1998	only	-	Oct	11	 0:00	1:00	-
    870 Rule	Brazil	1999	only	-	Feb	21	 0:00	0	-
    871 # Decree 3,150 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3150.gif>
    872 # (1999-08-23) adopted by same states.
    873 # Decree 3,188 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV99.gif> (1999-09-30)
    874 # adds SE, AL, PB, PE, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR.
    875 Rule	Brazil	1999	only	-	Oct	 3	 0:00	1:00	-
    876 Rule	Brazil	2000	only	-	Feb	27	 0:00	0	-
    877 # Decree 3,592 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DEC3592.htm> (2000-09-06)
    878 # adopted by the same states as before.
    879 # Decree 3,630 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3630.jpg> (2000-10-13)
    880 # repeals DST in PE and RR, effective 2000-10-15 00:00.
    881 # Decree 3,632 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3632.jpg> (2000-10-17)
    882 # repeals DST in SE, AL, PB, RN, CE, PI and MA, effective 2000-10-22 00:00.
    883 # Decree 3,916 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3916.gif>
    884 # (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
    885 Rule	Brazil	2000	2001	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	-
    886 Rule	Brazil	2001	2006	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
    887 # Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
    888 # 4,399 <http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm>
    889 Rule	Brazil	2002	only	-	Nov	 3	 0:00	1:00	-
    890 # Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO.
    891 # 4,844 <http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm>
    892 Rule	Brazil	2003	only	-	Oct	19	 0:00	1:00	-
    893 # Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT.
    894 # 5,223 <http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm>
    895 Rule	Brazil	2004	only	-	Nov	 2	 0:00	1:00	-
    896 # Decree 5,539 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif> (2005-09-19),
    897 # adopted by the same states as before.
    898 Rule	Brazil	2005	only	-	Oct	16	 0:00	1:00	-
    899 # Decree 5,920 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5920.gif> (2006-10-03),
    900 # adopted by the same states as before.
    901 Rule	Brazil	2006	only	-	Nov	 5	 0:00	1:00	-
    902 Rule	Brazil	2007	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	0	-
    903 # Decree 6,212 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV6212.gif> (2007-09-26),
    904 # adopted by the same states as before.
    905 Rule	Brazil	2007	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	-
    906 # From Frederico A. C. Neves (2008-09-10):
    907 # According to this decree
    908 # http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm
    909 # [t]he DST period in Brazil now on will be from the 3rd Oct Sunday to the
    910 # 3rd Feb Sunday. There is an exception on the return date when this is
    911 # the Carnival Sunday then the return date will be the next Sunday...
    912 Rule	Brazil	2008	2017	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	-
    913 Rule	Brazil	2008	2011	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
    914 # Decree 7,584 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HVdecreto7584_20111013.jpg> (2011-10-13)
    915 # added Bahia.
    916 Rule	Brazil	2012	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
    917 # Decree 7,826 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HVdecreto7826_20121015.jpg> (2012-10-15)
    918 # removed Bahia and added Tocantins.
    919 # Decree 8,112 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HVdecreto8112_20130930.JPG> (2013-09-30)
    920 # removed Tocantins.
    921 Rule	Brazil	2013	2014	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
    922 Rule	Brazil	2015	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
    923 Rule	Brazil	2016	2022	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
    924 # From Steffen Thorsen (2017-12-18):
    925 # According to many media sources, next year's DST start in Brazil will move to
    926 # the first Sunday of November, and it will stay like that for the years after.
    927 # ... https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-delays-dst-2018.html
    928 # From Steffen Thorsen (2017-12-20):
    929 # http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2015-2018/2017/decreto/D9242.htm
    930 #
    931 # From Fbio Gomes (2018-10-04):
    932 # The Brazilian president just announced a new change on this year DST.
    933 # It was scheduled to start on November 4th and it was changed to November 18th.
    934 # From Rodrigo Brning Wessler (2018-10-15):
    935 # The Brazilian government just announced that the change in DST was
    936 # canceled....  Maybe the president Michel Temer also woke up one hour
    937 # earlier today. :)
    938 Rule	Brazil	2018	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
    939 Rule	Brazil	2023	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
    940 Rule	Brazil	2024	2025	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
    941 Rule	Brazil	2026	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
    942 Rule	Brazil	2027	2033	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
    943 Rule	Brazil	2034	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
    944 Rule	Brazil	2035	2036	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
    945 Rule	Brazil	2037	only	-	Feb	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
    946 # From Arthur David Olson (2008-09-29):
    947 # The next is wrong in some years but is better than nothing.
    948 Rule	Brazil	2038	max	-	Feb	Sun>=15	0:00	0	-
    949 
    950 # The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST:
    951 # DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.
    952 
    953 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    954 #
    955 # Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE)
    956 Zone America/Noronha	-2:09:40 -	LMT	1914
    957 			-2:00	Brazil	-02/-01	1990 Sep 17
    958 			-2:00	-	-02	1999 Sep 30
    959 			-2:00	Brazil	-02/-01	2000 Oct 15
    960 			-2:00	-	-02	2001 Sep 13
    961 			-2:00	Brazil	-02/-01	2002 Oct  1
    962 			-2:00	-	-02
    963 # Other Atlantic islands have no permanent settlement.
    964 # These include Trindade and Martim Vaz (administratively part of ES),
    965 # Rocas Atoll (RN), and the St Peter and St Paul Archipelago (PE).
    966 # Fernando de Noronha was a separate territory from 1942-09-02 to 1989-01-01;
    967 # it also included the Penedos.
    968 #
    969 # Amap (AP), east Par (PA)
    970 # East Par includes Belm, Marab, Serra Norte, and So Flix do Xingu.
    971 # The division between east and west Par is the river Xingu.
    972 # In the north a very small part from the river Javary (now Jari I guess,
    973 # the border with Amap) to the Amazon, then to the Xingu.
    974 Zone America/Belem	-3:13:56 -	LMT	1914
    975 			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1988 Sep 12
    976 			-3:00	-	-03
    977 #
    978 # west Par (PA)
    979 # West Par includes Altamira, bidos, Prainha, Oriximin, and Santarm.
    980 Zone America/Santarem	-3:38:48 -	LMT	1914
    981 			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	1988 Sep 12
    982 			-4:00	-	-04	2008 Jun 24  0:00
    983 			-3:00	-	-03
    984 #
    985 # Maranho (MA), Piau (PI), Cear (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
    986 # Paraba (PB)
    987 Zone America/Fortaleza	-2:34:00 -	LMT	1914
    988 			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1990 Sep 17
    989 			-3:00	-	-03	1999 Sep 30
    990 			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2000 Oct 22
    991 			-3:00	-	-03	2001 Sep 13
    992 			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2002 Oct  1
    993 			-3:00	-	-03
    994 #
    995 # Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands)
    996 Zone America/Recife	-2:19:36 -	LMT	1914
    997 			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1990 Sep 17
    998 			-3:00	-	-03	1999 Sep 30
    999 			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2000 Oct 15
   1000 			-3:00	-	-03	2001 Sep 13
   1001 			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2002 Oct  1
   1002 			-3:00	-	-03
   1003 #
   1004 # Tocantins (TO)
   1005 Zone America/Araguaina	-3:12:48 -	LMT	1914
   1006 			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1990 Sep 17
   1007 			-3:00	-	-03	1995 Sep 14
   1008 			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2003 Sep 24
   1009 			-3:00	-	-03	2012 Oct 21
   1010 			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2013 Sep
   1011 			-3:00	-	-03
   1012 #
   1013 # Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE)
   1014 Zone America/Maceio	-2:22:52 -	LMT	1914
   1015 			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1990 Sep 17
   1016 			-3:00	-	-03	1995 Oct 13
   1017 			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1996 Sep  4
   1018 			-3:00	-	-03	1999 Sep 30
   1019 			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2000 Oct 22
   1020 			-3:00	-	-03	2001 Sep 13
   1021 			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2002 Oct  1
   1022 			-3:00	-	-03
   1023 #
   1024 # Bahia (BA)
   1025 # There are too many Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/Bahia instead
   1026 # of America/Salvador.
   1027 Zone America/Bahia	-2:34:04 -	LMT	1914
   1028 			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2003 Sep 24
   1029 			-3:00	-	-03	2011 Oct 16
   1030 			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	2012 Oct 21
   1031 			-3:00	-	-03
   1032 #
   1033 # Gois (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
   1034 # Esprito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), So Paulo (SP), Paran (PR),
   1035 # Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
   1036 Zone America/Sao_Paulo	-3:06:28 -	LMT	1914
   1037 			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02	1963 Oct 23  0:00
   1038 			-3:00	1:00	-02	1964
   1039 			-3:00	Brazil	-03/-02
   1040 #
   1041 # Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)
   1042 Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 -	LMT	1914
   1043 			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03
   1044 #
   1045 # Mato Grosso (MT)
   1046 Zone America/Cuiaba	-3:44:20 -	LMT	1914
   1047 			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	2003 Sep 24
   1048 			-4:00	-	-04	2004 Oct  1
   1049 			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03
   1050 #
   1051 # Rondnia (RO)
   1052 Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 -	LMT	1914
   1053 			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	1988 Sep 12
   1054 			-4:00	-	-04
   1055 #
   1056 # Roraima (RR)
   1057 Zone America/Boa_Vista	-4:02:40 -	LMT	1914
   1058 			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	1988 Sep 12
   1059 			-4:00	-	-04	1999 Sep 30
   1060 			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	2000 Oct 15
   1061 			-4:00	-	-04
   1062 #
   1063 # east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Juta, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto
   1064 # The great circle line from Tabatinga to Porto Acre divides
   1065 # east from west Amazonas.
   1066 Zone America/Manaus	-4:00:04 -	LMT	1914
   1067 			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	1988 Sep 12
   1068 			-4:00	-	-04	1993 Sep 28
   1069 			-4:00	Brazil	-04/-03	1994 Sep 22
   1070 			-4:00	-	-04
   1071 #
   1072 # west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant,
   1073 #	Eirunep, Envira, Ipixuna
   1074 Zone America/Eirunepe	-4:39:28 -	LMT	1914
   1075 			-5:00	Brazil	-05/-04	1988 Sep 12
   1076 			-5:00	-	-05	1993 Sep 28
   1077 			-5:00	Brazil	-05/-04	1994 Sep 22
   1078 			-5:00	-	-05	2008 Jun 24  0:00
   1079 			-4:00	-	-04	2013 Nov 10
   1080 			-5:00	-	-05
   1081 #
   1082 # Acre (AC)
   1083 Zone America/Rio_Branco	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
   1084 			-5:00	Brazil	-05/-04	1988 Sep 12
   1085 			-5:00	-	-05	2008 Jun 24  0:00
   1086 			-4:00	-	-04	2013 Nov 10
   1087 			-5:00	-	-05
   1088 
   1089 # Chile
   1090 
   1091 # From Paul Eggert (2015-04-03):
   1092 # Shanks & Pottenger says America/Santiago introduced standard time in
   1093 # 1890 and rounds its UT offset to 70W40; guess that in practice this
   1094 # was the same offset as in 1916-1919.  It also says Pacific/Easter
   1095 # standardized on 109W22 in 1890; assume this didn't change the clocks.
   1096 #
   1097 # Dates for America/Santiago from 1910 to 2004 are primarily from
   1098 # the following source, cited by Oscar van Vlijmen (2006-10-08):
   1099 # [1] Chile Law
   1100 # http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/chile.html
   1101 # This contains a copy of this official table:
   1102 # Cambios en la hora oficial de Chile desde 1900 (retrieved 2008-03-30)
   1103 # https://web.archive.org/web/20080330200901/http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
   1104 # [1] needs several corrections, though.
   1105 #
   1106 # The first set of corrections is from:
   1107 # [2] History of the Official Time of Chile
   1108 # http://www.horaoficial.cl/ing/horaof_ing.html (retrieved 2012-03-06).  See:
   1109 # https://web.archive.org/web/20120306042032/http://www.horaoficial.cl/ing/horaof_ing.html
   1110 # This is an English translation of:
   1111 # Historia de la hora oficial de Chile (retrieved 2012-10-24).  See:
   1112 # https://web.archive.org/web/20121024234627/http://www.horaoficial.cl/horaof.htm
   1113 # A fancier Spanish version (requiring mouse-clicking) is at:
   1114 # http://www.horaoficial.cl/historia_hora.html
   1115 # Conflicts between [1] and [2] were resolved as follows:
   1116 #
   1117 #  - [1] says the 1910 transition was Jan 1, [2] says Jan 10 and cites
   1118 #    Boletn No. 1, Aviso No. 1 (1910).  Go with [2].
   1119 #
   1120 #  - [1] says SMT was -4:42:45, [2] says Chile's official time from
   1121 #    1916 to 1919 was -4:42:46.3, the meridian of Chile's National
   1122 #    Astronomical Observatory (OAN), then located in what is now
   1123 #    Quinta Normal in Santiago.  Go with [2], rounding it to -4:42:46.
   1124 #
   1125 #  - [1] says the 1918 transition was Sep 1, [2] says Sep 10 and cites
   1126 #    Boletn No. 22, Aviso No. 129/1918 (1918-08-23).  Go with [2].
   1127 #
   1128 #  - [1] does not give times for transitions; assume they occur
   1129 #    at midnight mainland time, the current common practice.  However,
   1130 #    go with [2]'s specification of 23:00 for the 1947-05-21 transition.
   1131 #
   1132 # Another correction to [1] is from Jesper Nrgaard Welen, who
   1133 # wrote (2006-10-08), "I think that there are some obvious mistakes in
   1134 # the suggested link from Oscar van Vlijmen,... for instance entry 66
   1135 # says that GMT-4 ended 1990-09-12 while entry 67 only begins GMT-3 at
   1136 # 1990-09-15 (they should have been 1990-09-15 and 1990-09-16
   1137 # respectively), but anyhow it clears up some doubts too."
   1138 #
   1139 # Data for Pacific/Easter from 1910 through 1967 come from Shanks &
   1140 # Pottenger.  After that, for lack of better info assume
   1141 # Pacific/Easter is always two hours behind America/Santiago;
   1142 # this is known to work for DST transitions starting in 2008 and
   1143 # may well be true for earlier transitions.
   1144 
   1145 # From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19):
   1146 # The law says to switch to DST at midnight [24:00] on the second SATURDAY
   1147 # of October....  The law is the same for March and October.
   1148 # (1998-09-29):
   1149 # Because of the drought this year, the government decided to go into
   1150 # DST earlier (saturday 9/26 at 24:00). This is a one-time change only ...
   1151 # (unless there's another dry season next year, I guess).
   1152 
   1153 # From Julio I. Pacheco Troncoso (1999-03-18):
   1154 # Because of the same drought, the government decided to end DST later,
   1155 # on April 3, (one-time change).
   1156 
   1157 # From Germn Poo-Caamao (2008-03-03):
   1158 # Due to drought, Chile extends Daylight Time in three weeks.  This
   1159 # is one-time change (Saturday 3/29 at 24:00 for America/Santiago
   1160 # and Saturday 3/29 at 22:00 for Pacific/Easter)
   1161 # The Supreme Decree is located at
   1162 # http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf
   1163 #
   1164 # From Jos Miguel Garrido (2008-03-05):
   1165 # http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm
   1166 
   1167 # From Angel Chiang (2010-03-04):
   1168 # Subject: DST in Chile exceptionally extended to 3 April due to earthquake
   1169 # http://www.gobiernodechile.cl/viewNoticia.aspx?idArticulo=30098
   1170 #
   1171 # From Arthur David Olson (2010-03-06):
   1172 # Angel Chiang's message confirmed by Julio Pacheco; Julio provided a patch.
   1173 
   1174 # From Glenn Eychaner (2011-03-28):
   1175 # http://diario.elmercurio.com/2011/03/28/_portada/_portada/noticias/7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E.htm?id=3D{7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E}
   1176 # In English:
   1177 # Chile's clocks will go back an hour this year on the 7th of May instead
   1178 # of this Saturday. They will go forward again the 3rd Saturday in
   1179 # August, not in October as they have since 1968.
   1180 
   1181 # From Mauricio Parada (2012-02-22), translated by Glenn Eychaner (2012-02-23):
   1182 # As stated in the website of the Chilean Energy Ministry
   1183 # http://www.minenergia.cl/ministerio/noticias/generales/gobierno-anuncia-fechas-de-cambio-de.html
   1184 # The Chilean Government has decided to postpone the entrance into winter time
   1185 # (to leave DST) from March 11 2012 to April 28th 2012....
   1186 # Quote from the website communication:
   1187 #
   1188 # 6. For the year 2012, the dates of entry into winter time will be as follows:
   1189 # a. Saturday April 28, 2012, clocks should go back 60 minutes; that is, at
   1190 # 23:59:59, instead of passing to 0:00, the time should be adjusted to be 23:00
   1191 # of the same day.
   1192 # b. Saturday, September 1, 2012, clocks should go forward 60 minutes; that is,
   1193 # at 23:59:59, instead of passing to 0:00, the time should be adjusted to be
   1194 # 01:00 on September 2.
   1195 
   1196 # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-02-15):
   1197 # According to several news sources, Chile has extended DST this year,
   1198 # they will end DST later and start DST earlier than planned.  They
   1199 # hope to save energy.  The new end date is 2013-04-28 00:00 and new
   1200 # start date is 2013-09-08 00:00....
   1201 # http://www.gob.cl/informa/2013/02/15/gobierno-anuncia-fechas-de-cambio-de-hora-para-el-ano-2013.htm
   1202 
   1203 # From Jos Miguel Garrido (2014-02-19):
   1204 # Today appeared in the Diario Oficial a decree amending the time change
   1205 # dates to 2014.
   1206 # DST End: last Saturday of April 2014 (Sun 27 Apr 2014 03:00 UTC)
   1207 # DST Start: first Saturday of September 2014 (Sun 07 Sep 2014 04:00 UTC)
   1208 # http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl//media/2014/02/19/do-20140219.pdf
   1209 
   1210 # From Eduardo Romero Urra (2015-03-03):
   1211 # Today has been published officially that Chile will use the DST time
   1212 # permanently until March 25 of 2017
   1213 # http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/media/2015/03/03/1-large.jpg
   1214 #
   1215 # From Paul Eggert (2015-03-03):
   1216 # For now, assume that the extension will persist indefinitely.
   1217 
   1218 # From Juan Correa (2016-03-18):
   1219 # The decree regarding DST has been published in today's Official Gazette:
   1220 # http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/versiones-anteriores/do/20160318/
   1221 # http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=1088502
   1222 # It does consider the second Saturday of May and August as the dates
   1223 # for the transition; and it lists DST dates until 2019, but I think
   1224 # this scheme will stick.
   1225 #
   1226 # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
   1227 # For now, assume the pattern holds for the indefinite future.
   1228 # The decree says transitions occur at 24:00; in practice this appears
   1229 # to mean 24:00 mainland time, not 24:00 local time, so that Easter
   1230 # Island is always two hours behind the mainland.
   1231 
   1232 # From Juan Correa (2016-12-04):
   1233 # Magallanes region ... will keep DST (UTC -3) all year round....
   1234 # http://www.soychile.cl/Santiago/Sociedad/2016/12/04/433428/Bachelet-firmo-el-decreto-para-establecer-un-horario-unico-para-la-Region-de-Magallanes.aspx
   1235 #
   1236 # From Deborah Goldsmith (2017-01-19):
   1237 # http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2017/01/17/41660/01/1169626.pdf
   1238 # From Paul Eggert (2017-01-19):
   1239 # The above says the Magallanes change expires 2019-05-11 at 24:00,
   1240 # so in theory, they will revert to -04/-03 after that, which means
   1241 # they will switch from -03 to -04 one hour after Santiago does that day.
   1242 # For now, assume that they will not revert.
   1243 
   1244 # From Juan Correa (2018-08-13):
   1245 # As of moments ago, the Ministry of Energy in Chile has announced the new
   1246 # schema for DST. ...  Announcement in video (in Spanish):
   1247 # https://twitter.com/MinEnergia/status/1029000399129374720
   1248 # From Yonathan Dossow (2018-08-13):
   1249 # The video says "first Saturday of September", we all know it means Sunday at
   1250 # midnight.
   1251 # From Tim Parenti (2018-08-13):
   1252 # Translating the captions on the video at 0:44-0:55, "We want to announce as
   1253 # Government that from 2019, Winter Time will be increased to 5 months, between
   1254 # the first Saturday of April and the first Saturday of September."
   1255 # At 2:08-2:20, "The Magallanes region will maintain its current time, as
   1256 # decided by the citizens during 2017, but our Government will promote a
   1257 # regional dialogue table to gather their opinion on this matter."
   1258 # https://twitter.com/MinEnergia/status/1029009354001973248
   1259 # "We will keep the new time policy unchanged for at least the next 4 years."
   1260 # So we extend the new rules on Saturdays at 24:00 mainland time indefinitely.
   1261 
   1262 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
   1263 Rule	Chile	1927	1931	-	Sep	 1	0:00	1:00	-
   1264 Rule	Chile	1928	1932	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
   1265 Rule	Chile	1968	only	-	Nov	 3	4:00u	1:00	-
   1266 Rule	Chile	1969	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
   1267 Rule	Chile	1969	only	-	Nov	23	4:00u	1:00	-
   1268 Rule	Chile	1970	only	-	Mar	29	3:00u	0	-
   1269 Rule	Chile	1971	only	-	Mar	14	3:00u	0	-
   1270 Rule	Chile	1970	1972	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	-
   1271 Rule	Chile	1972	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
   1272 Rule	Chile	1973	only	-	Sep	30	4:00u	1:00	-
   1273 Rule	Chile	1974	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	-
   1274 Rule	Chile	1987	only	-	Apr	12	3:00u	0	-
   1275 Rule	Chile	1988	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
   1276 Rule	Chile	1988	1989	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	-
   1277 Rule	Chile	1990	only	-	Sep	16	4:00u	1:00	-
   1278 Rule	Chile	1991	1996	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
   1279 Rule	Chile	1991	1997	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	-
   1280 Rule	Chile	1997	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
   1281 Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
   1282 Rule	Chile	1998	only	-	Sep	27	4:00u	1:00	-
   1283 Rule	Chile	1999	only	-	Apr	 4	3:00u	0	-
   1284 Rule	Chile	1999	2010	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	-
   1285 Rule	Chile	2000	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
   1286 # N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time,
   1287 # which is used below in specifying the transition.
   1288 Rule	Chile	2008	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
   1289 Rule	Chile	2009	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
   1290 Rule	Chile	2010	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	3:00u	0	-
   1291 Rule	Chile	2011	only	-	May	Sun>=2	3:00u	0	-
   1292 Rule	Chile	2011	only	-	Aug	Sun>=16	4:00u	1:00	-
   1293 Rule	Chile	2012	2014	-	Apr	Sun>=23	3:00u	0	-
   1294 Rule	Chile	2012	2014	-	Sep	Sun>=2	4:00u	1:00	-
   1295 Rule	Chile	2016	2018	-	May	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
   1296 Rule	Chile	2016	2018	-	Aug	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	-
   1297 Rule	Chile	2019	max	-	Apr	Sun>=2	3:00u	0	-
   1298 Rule	Chile	2019	max	-	Sep	Sun>=2	4:00u	1:00	-
   1299 # IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
   1300 # (1996-09) says 1998-03-08.  Ignore these.
   1301 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1302 Zone America/Santiago	-4:42:46 -	LMT	1890
   1303 			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1910 Jan 10 # Santiago Mean Time
   1304 			-5:00	-	-05	1916 Jul  1
   1305 			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1918 Sep 10
   1306 			-4:00	-	-04	1919 Jul  1
   1307 			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1927 Sep  1
   1308 			-5:00	Chile	-05/-04	1932 Sep  1
   1309 			-4:00	-	-04	1942 Jun  1
   1310 			-5:00	-	-05	1942 Aug  1
   1311 			-4:00	-	-04	1946 Jul 15
   1312 			-4:00	1:00	-03	1946 Sep  1 # central Chile
   1313 			-4:00	-	-04	1947 Apr  1
   1314 			-5:00	-	-05	1947 May 21 23:00
   1315 			-4:00	Chile	-04/-03
   1316 Zone America/Punta_Arenas -4:43:40 -	LMT	1890
   1317 			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1910 Jan 10
   1318 			-5:00	-	-05	1916 Jul  1
   1319 			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1918 Sep 10
   1320 			-4:00	-	-04	1919 Jul  1
   1321 			-4:42:46 -	SMT	1927 Sep  1
   1322 			-5:00	Chile	-05/-04	1932 Sep  1
   1323 			-4:00	-	-04	1942 Jun  1
   1324 			-5:00	-	-05	1942 Aug  1
   1325 			-4:00	-	-04	1947 Apr  1
   1326 			-5:00	-	-05	1947 May 21 23:00
   1327 			-4:00	Chile	-04/-03	2016 Dec  4
   1328 			-3:00	-	-03
   1329 Zone Pacific/Easter	-7:17:28 -	LMT	1890
   1330 			-7:17:28 -	EMT	1932 Sep    # Easter Mean Time
   1331 			-7:00	Chile	-07/-06	1982 Mar 14 3:00u # Easter Time
   1332 			-6:00	Chile	-06/-05
   1333 #
   1334 # Salas y Gmez Island is uninhabited.
   1335 # Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernndez Is, Desventuradas Is,
   1336 # and Antarctic bases, are like America/Santiago.
   1337 
   1338 # Antarctic base using South American rules
   1339 # (See the file 'antarctica' for more.)
   1340 #
   1341 # Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
   1342 #
   1343 # From Ethan Dicks (1996-10-06):
   1344 # It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us
   1345 # and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line....
   1346 # I verified with someone who was there that since 1980,
   1347 # Palmer has followed Chile.  Prior to that, before the Falklands War,
   1348 # Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina.
   1349 #
   1350 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1351 Zone Antarctica/Palmer	0	-	-00	1965
   1352 			-4:00	Arg	-04/-03	1969 Oct  5
   1353 			-3:00	Arg	-03/-02	1982 May
   1354 			-4:00	Chile	-04/-03	2016 Dec  4
   1355 			-3:00	-	-03
   1356 
   1357 # Colombia
   1358 
   1359 # Milne gives 4:56:16.4 for Bogot time in 1899; round to nearest.  He writes,
   1360 # "A variation of fifteen minutes in the public clocks of Bogota is not rare."
   1361 
   1362 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
   1363 Rule	CO	1992	only	-	May	 3	0:00	1:00	-
   1364 Rule	CO	1993	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	0	-
   1365 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1366 Zone	America/Bogota	-4:56:16 -	LMT	1884 Mar 13
   1367 			-4:56:16 -	BMT	1914 Nov 23 # Bogot Mean Time
   1368 			-5:00	CO	-05/-04
   1369 # Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres
   1370 # no information; probably like America/Bogota
   1371 
   1372 # Curaao
   1373 
   1374 # Milne gives 4:35:46.9 for Curaao mean time; round to nearest.
   1375 #
   1376 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
   1377 # Shanks & Pottenger say that The Bottom and Philipsburg have been at
   1378 # -4:00 since standard time was introduced on 1912-03-02; and that
   1379 # Kralendijk and Rincon used Kralendijk Mean Time (-4:33:08) from
   1380 # 1912-02-02 to 1965-01-01.  The former is dubious, since S&P also say
   1381 # Saba Island has been like Curaao.
   1382 # This all predates our 1970 cutoff, though.
   1383 #
   1384 # By July 2007 Curaao and St Maarten are planned to become
   1385 # associated states within the Netherlands, much like Aruba;
   1386 # Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius would become directly part of the
   1387 # Netherlands as Kingdom Islands.  This won't affect their time zones
   1388 # though, as far as we know.
   1389 #
   1390 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1391 Zone	America/Curacao	-4:35:47 -	LMT	1912 Feb 12 # Willemstad
   1392 			-4:30	-	-0430	1965
   1393 			-4:00	-	AST
   1394 
   1395 # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15):
   1396 # use links for places with new iso3166 codes.
   1397 # The name "Lower Prince's Quarter" is both longer than fourteen characters
   1398 # and contains an apostrophe; use "Lower_Princes" below.
   1399 
   1400 Link	America/Curacao	America/Lower_Princes	# Sint Maarten
   1401 Link	America/Curacao	America/Kralendijk	# Caribbean Netherlands
   1402 
   1403 # Ecuador
   1404 #
   1405 # Milne says the Central and South American Telegraph Company used -5:24:15.
   1406 #
   1407 # From Alois Treindl (2016-12-15):
   1408 # https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/hora-sixto-1993.html
   1409 # ... Whether the law applied also to Galpagos, I do not know.
   1410 # From Paul Eggert (2016-12-15):
   1411 # https://www.elcomercio.com/afull/modificacion-husohorario-ecuador-presidentes-decreto.html
   1412 # This says President Sixto Durn Balln signed decree No. 285, which
   1413 # established DST from 1992-11-28 to 1993-02-05; it does not give transition
   1414 # times.  The people called it "hora de Sixto" ("Sixto hour").  The change did
   1415 # not go over well; a popular song "Qu hora es" by Jaime Guevara had lyrics
   1416 # that included "Amaneca en mitad de la noche, los guaguas iban a clase sin
   1417 # sol" ("It was dawning in the middle of the night, the buses went to class
   1418 # without sun").  Although Balln's campaign slogan was "Ni un paso atrs"
   1419 # (Not one step back), the clocks went back in 1993 and the experiment was not
   1420 # repeated.  For now, assume transitions were at 00:00 local time country-wide.
   1421 #
   1422 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
   1423 Rule	Ecuador	1992	only	-	Nov	28	0:00	1:00	-
   1424 Rule	Ecuador	1993	only	-	Feb	 5	0:00	0	-
   1425 #
   1426 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1427 Zone America/Guayaquil	-5:19:20 -	LMT	1890
   1428 			-5:14:00 -	QMT	1931 # Quito Mean Time
   1429 			-5:00	Ecuador	-05/-04
   1430 Zone Pacific/Galapagos	-5:58:24 -	LMT	1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
   1431 			-5:00	-	-05	1986
   1432 			-6:00	Ecuador	-06/-05
   1433 
   1434 # Falklands
   1435 
   1436 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
   1437 # Between 1990 and 2000 inclusive, Shanks & Pottenger and the IATA agree except
   1438 # the IATA gives 1996-09-08.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
   1439 
   1440 # From Falkland Islands Government Office, London (2001-01-22)
   1441 # via Jesper Nrgaard:
   1442 # ... the clocks revert back to Local Mean Time at 2 am on Sunday 15
   1443 # April 2001 and advance one hour to summer time at 2 am on Sunday 2
   1444 # September.  It is anticipated that the clocks will revert back at 2
   1445 # am on Sunday 21 April 2002 and advance to summer time at 2 am on
   1446 # Sunday 1 September.
   1447 
   1448 # From Rives McDow (2001-02-13):
   1449 #
   1450 # I have communicated several times with people there, and the last
   1451 # time I had communications that was helpful was in 1998.  Here is
   1452 # what was said then:
   1453 #
   1454 # "The general rule was that Stanley used daylight saving and the Camp
   1455 # did not. However for various reasons many people in the Camp have
   1456 # started to use daylight saving (known locally as 'Stanley Time')
   1457 # There is no rule as to who uses daylight saving - it is a matter of
   1458 # personal choice and so it is impossible to draw a map showing who
   1459 # uses it and who does not. Any list would be out of date as soon as
   1460 # it was produced. This year daylight saving ended on April 18/19th
   1461 # and started again on September 12/13th.  I do not know what the rule
   1462 # is, but can find out if you like.  We do not change at the same time
   1463 # as UK or Chile."
   1464 #
   1465 # I did have in my notes that the rule was "Second Saturday in Sep at
   1466 # 0:00 until third Saturday in Apr at 0:00".  I think that this does
   1467 # not agree in some cases with Shanks; is this true?
   1468 #
   1469 # Also, there is no mention in the list that some areas in the
   1470 # Falklands do not use DST.  I have found in my communications there
   1471 # that these areas are on the western half of East Falkland and all of
   1472 # West Falkland.  Stanley is the only place that consistently observes
   1473 # DST.  Again, as in other places in the world, the farmers don't like
   1474 # it.  West Falkland is almost entirely sheep farmers.
   1475 #
   1476 # I know one lady there that keeps a list of which farm keeps DST and
   1477 # which doesn't each year.  She runs a shop in Stanley, and says that
   1478 # the list changes each year.  She uses it to communicate to her
   1479 # customers, catching them when they are home for lunch or dinner.
   1480 
   1481 # From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05):
   1482 # For now, we'll just record the time in Stanley, since we have no
   1483 # better info.
   1484 
   1485 # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-04-01):
   1486 # The Falkland Islands will not turn back clocks this winter, but stay on
   1487 # daylight saving time.
   1488 #
   1489 # One source:
   1490 # http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=5914&source=3
   1491 #
   1492 # We have gotten this confirmed by a clerk of the legislative assembly:
   1493 # Normally the clocks revert to Local Mean Time (UTC/GMT -4 hours) on the
   1494 # third Sunday of April at 0200hrs and advance to Summer Time (UTC/GMT -3
   1495 # hours) on the first Sunday of September at 0200hrs.
   1496 #
   1497 # IMPORTANT NOTE: During 2011, on a trial basis, the Falkland Islands
   1498 # will not revert to local mean time, but clocks will remain on Summer
   1499 # time (UTC/GMT - 3 hours) throughout the whole of 2011.  Any long term
   1500 # change to local time following the trial period will be notified.
   1501 #
   1502 # From Andrew Newman (2012-02-24)
   1503 # A letter from Justin McPhee, Chief Executive,
   1504 # Cable & Wireless Falkland Islands (dated 2012-02-22)
   1505 # states...
   1506 #   The current Atlantic/Stanley entry under South America expects the
   1507 #   clocks to go back to standard Falklands Time (FKT) on the 15th April.
   1508 #   The database entry states that in 2011 Stanley was staying on fixed
   1509 #   summer time on a trial basis only.  FIG need to contact IANA and/or
   1510 #   the maintainers of the database to inform them we're adopting
   1511 #   the same policy this year and suggest recommendations for future years.
   1512 #
   1513 # For now we will assume permanent -03 for the Falklands
   1514 # until advised differently (to apply for 2012 and beyond, after the 2011
   1515 # experiment was apparently successful.)
   1516 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
   1517 Rule	Falk	1937	1938	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	-
   1518 Rule	Falk	1938	1942	-	Mar	Sun>=19	0:00	0	-
   1519 Rule	Falk	1939	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	1:00	-
   1520 Rule	Falk	1940	1942	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	-
   1521 Rule	Falk	1943	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	-
   1522 Rule	Falk	1983	only	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	-
   1523 Rule	Falk	1984	1985	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	0	-
   1524 Rule	Falk	1984	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	1:00	-
   1525 Rule	Falk	1985	2000	-	Sep	Sun>=9	0:00	1:00	-
   1526 Rule	Falk	1986	2000	-	Apr	Sun>=16	0:00	0	-
   1527 Rule	Falk	2001	2010	-	Apr	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
   1528 Rule	Falk	2001	2010	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
   1529 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1530 Zone Atlantic/Stanley	-3:51:24 -	LMT	1890
   1531 			-3:51:24 -	SMT	1912 Mar 12 # Stanley Mean Time
   1532 			-4:00	Falk	-04/-03	1983 May
   1533 			-3:00	Falk	-03/-02	1985 Sep 15
   1534 			-4:00	Falk	-04/-03	2010 Sep  5  2:00
   1535 			-3:00	-	-03
   1536 
   1537 # French Guiana
   1538 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1539 Zone America/Cayenne	-3:29:20 -	LMT	1911 Jul
   1540 			-4:00	-	-04	1967 Oct
   1541 			-3:00	-	-03
   1542 
   1543 # Guyana
   1544 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1545 Zone	America/Guyana	-3:52:40 -	LMT	1915 Mar    # Georgetown
   1546 			-3:45	-	-0345	1975 Jul 31
   1547 			-3:00	-	-03	1991
   1548 # IATA SSIM (1996-06) says -4:00.  Assume a 1991 switch.
   1549 			-4:00	-	-04
   1550 
   1551 # Paraguay
   1552 #
   1553 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
   1554 # Shanks & Pottenger say that spring transitions are 01:00 -> 02:00,
   1555 # and autumn transitions are 00:00 -> 23:00.  Go with pre-1999
   1556 # editions of Shanks, and with the IATA, who say transitions occur at 00:00.
   1557 #
   1558 # From Waldemar Villamayor-Venialbo (2013-09-20):
   1559 # No time of the day is established for the adjustment, so people normally
   1560 # adjust their clocks at 0 hour of the given dates.
   1561 #
   1562 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
   1563 Rule	Para	1975	1988	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	-
   1564 Rule	Para	1975	1978	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
   1565 Rule	Para	1979	1991	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
   1566 Rule	Para	1989	only	-	Oct	22	0:00	1:00	-
   1567 Rule	Para	1990	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	-
   1568 Rule	Para	1991	only	-	Oct	 6	0:00	1:00	-
   1569 Rule	Para	1992	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
   1570 Rule	Para	1992	only	-	Oct	 5	0:00	1:00	-
   1571 Rule	Para	1993	only	-	Mar	31	0:00	0	-
   1572 Rule	Para	1993	1995	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	-
   1573 Rule	Para	1994	1995	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
   1574 Rule	Para	1996	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
   1575 # IATA SSIM (2000-02) says 1999-10-10; ignore this for now.
   1576 # From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-02):
   1577 # I have three independent reports that Paraguay changed to DST this Sunday
   1578 # (10-01).
   1579 #
   1580 # Translated by Gwillim Law (2001-02-27) from
   1581 # Noticias, a daily paper in Asuncin, Paraguay (2000-10-01):
   1582 # http://www.diarionoticias.com.py/011000/nacional/naciona1.htm
   1583 # Starting at 0:00 today, the clock will be set forward 60 minutes, in
   1584 # fulfillment of Decree No. 7,273 of the Executive Power....  The time change
   1585 # system has been operating for several years.  Formerly there was a separate
   1586 # decree each year; the new law has the same effect, but permanently.  Every
   1587 # year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the
   1588 # clock will be set back on the first Sunday of March.
   1589 #
   1590 Rule	Para	1996	2001	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
   1591 # IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
   1592 Rule	Para	1997	only	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
   1593 # Shanks & Pottenger say 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but
   1594 # (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27).
   1595 Rule	Para	1998	2001	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
   1596 # From Rives McDow (2002-02-28):
   1597 # A decree was issued in Paraguay (No. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the
   1598 # dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in
   1599 # April.
   1600 Rule	Para	2002	2004	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
   1601 Rule	Para	2002	2003	-	Sep	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
   1602 #
   1603 # From Jesper Nrgaard Welen (2005-01-02):
   1604 # There are several sources that claim that Paraguay made
   1605 # a timezone rule change in autumn 2004.
   1606 # From Steffen Thorsen (2005-01-05):
   1607 # Decree 1,867 (2004-03-05)
   1608 # From Carlos Ral Perasso via Jesper Nrgaard Welen (2006-10-13)
   1609 # http://www.presidencia.gov.py/decretos/D1867.pdf
   1610 Rule	Para	2004	2009	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	-
   1611 Rule	Para	2005	2009	-	Mar	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
   1612 # From Carlos Ral Perasso (2010-02-18):
   1613 # By decree number 3958 issued yesterday
   1614 # http://www.presidencia.gov.py/v1/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/decreto3958.pdf
   1615 # Paraguay changes its DST schedule, postponing the March rule to April and
   1616 # modifying the October date. The decree reads:
   1617 # ...
   1618 # Art. 1. It is hereby established that from the second Sunday of the month of
   1619 # April of this year (2010), the official time is to be set back 60 minutes,
   1620 # and that on the first Sunday of the month of October, it is to be set
   1621 # forward 60 minutes, in all the territory of the Paraguayan Republic.
   1622 # ...
   1623 Rule	Para	2010	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
   1624 Rule	Para	2010	2012	-	Apr	Sun>=8	0:00	0	-
   1625 #
   1626 # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-07):
   1627 # Paraguay will end DST on 2013-03-24 00:00....
   1628 # http://www.ande.gov.py/interna.php?id=1075
   1629 #
   1630 # From Carlos Ral Perasso (2013-03-15):
   1631 # The change in Paraguay is now final.  Decree number 10780
   1632 # http://www.presidencia.gov.py/uploads/pdf/presidencia-3b86ff4b691c79d4f5927ca964922ec74772ce857c02ca054a52a37b49afc7fb.pdf
   1633 # From Carlos Ral Perasso (2014-02-28):
   1634 # Decree 1264 can be found at:
   1635 # http://www.presidencia.gov.py/archivos/documentos/DECRETO1264_ey9r8zai.pdf
   1636 Rule	Para	2013	max	-	Mar	Sun>=22	0:00	0	-
   1637 
   1638 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1639 Zone America/Asuncion	-3:50:40 -	LMT	1890
   1640 			-3:50:40 -	AMT	1931 Oct 10 # Asuncin Mean Time
   1641 			-4:00	-	-04	1972 Oct
   1642 			-3:00	-	-03	1974 Apr
   1643 			-4:00	Para	-04/-03
   1644 
   1645 # Peru
   1646 #
   1647 # From Evelyn C. Leeper via Mark Brader (2003-10-26)
   1648 # <news:xrGmb.39935$gA1.13896113 (a] news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>:
   1649 # When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they apparently switched over
   1650 # sometime between December 29 and January 3 while we were on the Amazon.
   1651 #
   1652 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
   1653 # Shanks & Pottenger don't have this transition.  Assume 1986 was like 1987.
   1654 
   1655 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
   1656 Rule	Peru	1938	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	-
   1657 Rule	Peru	1938	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
   1658 Rule	Peru	1938	1939	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	-
   1659 Rule	Peru	1939	1940	-	Mar	Sun>=24	0:00	0	-
   1660 Rule	Peru	1986	1987	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	-
   1661 Rule	Peru	1986	1987	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
   1662 Rule	Peru	1990	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	-
   1663 Rule	Peru	1990	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
   1664 # IATA is ambiguous for 1993/1995; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
   1665 Rule	Peru	1994	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	-
   1666 Rule	Peru	1994	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
   1667 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1668 Zone	America/Lima	-5:08:12 -	LMT	1890
   1669 			-5:08:36 -	LMT	1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time?
   1670 			-5:00	Peru	-05/-04
   1671 
   1672 # South Georgia
   1673 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1674 Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 -	LMT	1890 # Grytviken
   1675 			-2:00	-	-02
   1676 
   1677 # South Sandwich Is
   1678 # uninhabited; scientific personnel have wintered
   1679 
   1680 # Suriname
   1681 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1682 Zone America/Paramaribo	-3:40:40 -	LMT	1911
   1683 			-3:40:52 -	PMT	1935     # Paramaribo Mean Time
   1684 			-3:40:36 -	PMT	1945 Oct    # The capital moved?
   1685 			-3:30	-	-0330	1984 Oct
   1686 			-3:00	-	-03
   1687 
   1688 # Trinidad and Tobago
   1689 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1690 Zone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
   1691 			-4:00	-	AST
   1692 
   1693 # These all agree with Trinidad and Tobago since 1970.
   1694 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Anguilla
   1695 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Antigua
   1696 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Dominica
   1697 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Grenada
   1698 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Guadeloupe
   1699 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Marigot	# St Martin (French part)
   1700 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Montserrat
   1701 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Barthelemy # St Barthlemy
   1702 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Kitts	# St Kitts & Nevis
   1703 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Lucia
   1704 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Thomas	# Virgin Islands (US)
   1705 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Vincent
   1706 Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Tortola	# Virgin Islands (UK)
   1707 
   1708 # Uruguay
   1709 # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
   1710 # Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules.
   1711 #
   1712 # From Tim Parenti (2018-02-20), per Jeremie Bonjour (2018-01-31) and Michael
   1713 # Deckers (2018-02-20):
   1714 # ... At least they kept good records...
   1715 #
   1716 # http://www.armada.mil.uy/ContenidosPDFs/sohma/web/almanaque/almanaque_2018.pdf#page=36
   1717 # Page 36 of Almanaque 2018, published by the Oceanography, Hydrography, and
   1718 # Meteorology Service of the Uruguayan Navy, seems to give many transitions
   1719 # with greater clarity than we've had before.  It directly references many laws
   1720 # and decrees which are, in turn, referenced below.  They can be viewed in the
   1721 # public archives of the Diario Oficial (in Spanish) at
   1722 # http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/
   1723 #
   1724 # Ley No. 3920 of 1908-06-10 placed the determination of legal time under the
   1725 # auspices of the National Institute for the Prediction of Time.  It is unclear
   1726 # exactly what offset was used during this period, though Ley No. 7200 of
   1727 # 1920-04-23 used the Observatory of the National Meteorological Institute in
   1728 # Montevideo (34 54' 33" S, 56 12' 45" W) as its reference meridian,
   1729 # retarding legal time by 15 minutes 9 seconds from 1920-04-30 24:00,
   1730 # resulting in UT-04.  Assume the corresponding LMT of UT-03:44:51 (given on
   1731 # page 725 of the Proceedings of the Second Pan-American Scientific Congress,
   1732 # 1915-1916) was in use, and merely became official from 1908-06-10.
   1733 # https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1908/06/18/12
   1734 # https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1920/04/27/9
   1735 #
   1736 # Ley No. 7594 of 1923-06-28 specified legal time as Observatory time advanced
   1737 # by 44 minutes 51 seconds (UT-03) "from 30 September to 31 March", and by 14
   1738 # minutes 51 seconds (UT-03:30) "the rest of the year"; a message from the
   1739 # National Council of Administration the same day, published directly below the
   1740 # law in the Diario Oficial, specified the first transition to be 1923-09-30
   1741 # 24:00.  This effectively established standard time at UT-03:30 with 30
   1742 # minutes DST.  Assume transitions at 24:00 on the specified days until Ley No.
   1743 # 7919 of 1926-03-05 ended this arrangement, repealing all "laws and other
   1744 # provisions which oppose" it, resulting in year-round UT-03:30; a Resolucin
   1745 # of 1926-03-11 puts the final transition at 1926-03-31 24:00, the same as it
   1746 # would have been under the previous law.
   1747 # https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1923/07/02/2
   1748 # https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1926/03/10/2
   1749 # https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1926/03/18/2
   1750 #
   1751 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
   1752 Rule	Uruguay	1923	1925	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0:30	-
   1753 Rule	Uruguay	1924	1926	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
   1754 # From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
   1755 # http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1933/10/27/6
   1756 #
   1757 # It appears Ley No. 9122 of 1933 was never published as such in the Diario
   1758 # Oficial, but instead appeared as Document 26 in the Diario on Friday
   1759 # 1933-10-27 as a decree made Monday 1933-10-23 and filed under the Ministry of
   1760 # National Defense.  It reinstituted a DST of 30 minutes (to UT-03) "from the
   1761 # last Sunday of October...until the last Saturday of March."  In accordance
   1762 # with this provision, the first transition was explicitly specified in Article
   1763 # 2 of the decree as Saturday 1933-10-28 at 24:00; that is, Sunday 1933-10-29
   1764 # at 00:00.  Assume transitions at 00:00 Sunday throughout.
   1765 #
   1766 # Departing from the matter-of-fact nature of previous timekeeping laws, the
   1767 # 1933 decree "consider[s] the advantages of...the advance of legal time":
   1768 #
   1769 #   "Whereas: The measure adopted by almost all nations at the time of the last
   1770 #    World War still persists in North America and Europe, precisely because of
   1771 #    the economic, hygienic, and social advantages derived from such an
   1772 #    emergency measure...
   1773 #
   1774 #    Whereas: The advance of the legal time during the summer seasons, by
   1775 #    displacing social activity near sunrise, favors the citizen populations
   1776 #    and especially the society that creates and works..."
   1777 #
   1778 # It further specified that "necessary measures" be taken to ensure that
   1779 # "public spectacles finish, in general, before [01:00]."
   1780 Rule	Uruguay	1933	1938	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0:30	-
   1781 Rule	Uruguay	1934	1941	-	Mar	lastSat	24:00	0	-
   1782 # From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
   1783 # Most of the Rules below, and their contemporaneous Zone lines, have been
   1784 # updated simply to match the Almanaque 2018.  Although the document does not
   1785 # list exact transition times, midnight transitions were already present in our
   1786 # data here for all transitions through 2004-09, and this is both consistent
   1787 # with prior transitions and verified in several decrees marked below between
   1788 # 1939-09 and 2004-09, wherein the relevant text was typically of the form:
   1789 #
   1790 #   "From 0 hours on [date], the legal time of the entire Republic will be...
   1791 #
   1792 #    In accordance with [the preceding], on [previous date] at 24 hours, all
   1793 #    clocks throughout the Republic will be [advanced/retarded] by..."
   1794 #
   1795 # It is possible that there is greater specificity to be found for the Rules
   1796 # below, but it is buried in no fewer than 40 different decrees individually
   1797 # referenced by the Almanaque for the period from 1939-09 to 2014-09.
   1798 # Four-fifths of these were promulgated less than two weeks before taking
   1799 # effect; more than half within a week and none more than 5 weeks.  Only the
   1800 # handful with comments below have been checked with any thoroughness.
   1801 Rule	Uruguay	1939	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0:30	-
   1802 Rule	Uruguay	1940	only	-	Oct	27	 0:00	0:30	-
   1803 # From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
   1804 # Decreto 1145 of the Ministry of National Defense, dated 1941-07-26, specified
   1805 # UT-03 from Friday 1941-08-01 00:00, citing an "urgent...need to save fuel".
   1806 # http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1941/08/04/1
   1807 Rule	Uruguay	1941	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0:30	-
   1808 # From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
   1809 # Decreto 1866 of the Ministry of National Defense, dated 1942-12-09, specified
   1810 # further advancement (to UT-02:30) from Sunday 1942-12-13 24:00.  Since clocks
   1811 # never went back to UT-03:30 thereafter, this is modeled as advancing standard
   1812 # time by 30 minutes to UT-03, while retaining 30 minutes of DST.
   1813 # http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1942/12/16/3
   1814 Rule	Uruguay	1942	only	-	Dec	14	 0:00	0:30	-
   1815 Rule	Uruguay	1943	only	-	Mar	14	 0:00	0	-
   1816 Rule	Uruguay	1959	only	-	May	24	 0:00	0:30	-
   1817 Rule	Uruguay	1959	only	-	Nov	15	 0:00	0	-
   1818 Rule	Uruguay	1960	only	-	Jan	17	 0:00	1:00	-
   1819 Rule	Uruguay	1960	only	-	Mar	 6	 0:00	0	-
   1820 Rule	Uruguay	1965	only	-	Apr	 4	 0:00	1:00	-
   1821 Rule	Uruguay	1965	only	-	Sep	26	 0:00	0	-
   1822 # From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
   1823 # Decreto 321/968 of 1968-05-25, citing emergency drought measures decreed the
   1824 # day before, brought clocks forward 30 minutes from Monday 1968-05-27 00:00.
   1825 # http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1968/05/30/5
   1826 Rule	Uruguay	1968	only	-	May	27	 0:00	0:30	-
   1827 Rule	Uruguay	1968	only	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	0	-
   1828 # From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
   1829 # Decreto 188/970 of 1970-04-23 instituted restrictions on electricity
   1830 # consumption "as a consequence of the current rainfall regime in the country".
   1831 # Articles 13 and 14 advanced clocks by an hour from Saturday 1970-04-25 00:00.
   1832 # http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1970/04/29/4
   1833 Rule	Uruguay	1970	only	-	Apr	25	 0:00	1:00	-
   1834 Rule	Uruguay	1970	only	-	Jun	14	 0:00	0	-
   1835 Rule	Uruguay	1972	only	-	Apr	23	 0:00	1:00	-
   1836 Rule	Uruguay	1972	only	-	Jul	16	 0:00	0	-
   1837 # From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
   1838 # Decreto 29/974 of 1974-01-11, citing "the international rise in the price of
   1839 # oil", advanced clocks by 90 minutes (to UT-01:30).  Decreto 163/974 of
   1840 # 1974-03-04 returned 60 of those minutes (to UT-02:30), and the remaining 30
   1841 # minutes followed in Decreto 679/974 of 1974-08-29.
   1842 # http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1974/01/22/11
   1843 # http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1974/03/14/3
   1844 # http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1974/09/04/6
   1845 Rule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Jan	13	 0:00	1:30	-
   1846 Rule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Mar	10	 0:00	0:30	-
   1847 Rule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Sep	 1	 0:00	0	-
   1848 Rule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Dec	22	 0:00	1:00	-
   1849 Rule	Uruguay	1975	only	-	Mar	30	 0:00	0	-
   1850 Rule	Uruguay	1976	only	-	Dec	19	 0:00	1:00	-
   1851 Rule	Uruguay	1977	only	-	Mar	 6	 0:00	0	-
   1852 Rule	Uruguay	1977	only	-	Dec	 4	 0:00	1:00	-
   1853 Rule	Uruguay	1978	1979	-	Mar	Sun>=1	 0:00	0	-
   1854 Rule	Uruguay	1978	only	-	Dec	17	 0:00	1:00	-
   1855 Rule	Uruguay	1979	only	-	Apr	29	 0:00	1:00	-
   1856 Rule	Uruguay	1980	only	-	Mar	16	 0:00	0	-
   1857 # From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
   1858 # Decreto 725/987 of 1987-12-04 cited "better use of national tourist
   1859 # attractions" to advance clocks one hour from Monday 1987-12-14 00:00.
   1860 # http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1988/01/25/1
   1861 Rule	Uruguay	1987	only	-	Dec	14	 0:00	1:00	-
   1862 Rule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Feb	28	 0:00	0	-
   1863 Rule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Dec	11	 0:00	1:00	-
   1864 Rule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Mar	 5	 0:00	0	-
   1865 Rule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Oct	29	 0:00	1:00	-
   1866 Rule	Uruguay	1990	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	0	-
   1867 # From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15), per Paul Eggert (1999-11-04):
   1868 # IATA agrees as below for 1990-10 through 1993-02.  Per Almanaque 2018, the
   1869 # 1992/1993 season appears to be the first in over half a century where DST
   1870 # both began and ended pursuant to the same decree.
   1871 Rule	Uruguay	1990	1991	-	Oct	Sun>=21	 0:00	1:00	-
   1872 Rule	Uruguay	1991	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	 0:00	0	-
   1873 Rule	Uruguay	1992	only	-	Oct	18	 0:00	1:00	-
   1874 Rule	Uruguay	1993	only	-	Feb	28	 0:00	0	-
   1875 # From Eduardo Cota (2004-09-20):
   1876 # The Uruguayan government has decreed a change in the local time....
   1877 # From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
   1878 # Decreto 328/004 of 2004-09-15.
   1879 # http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2004/09/23/documentos.pdf#page=1
   1880 Rule	Uruguay	2004	only	-	Sep	19	 0:00	1:00	-
   1881 # From Steffen Thorsen (2005-03-11):
   1882 # Uruguay's DST was scheduled to end on Sunday, 2005-03-13, but in order to
   1883 # save energy ... it was postponed two weeks....
   1884 # From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
   1885 # This 2005 postponement is not in Almanaque 2018.  Go with the contemporaneous
   1886 # reporting, which is confirmed by Decreto 107/005 of 2005-03-10 amending
   1887 # Decreto 328/004:
   1888 # http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2005/03/15/documentos.pdf#page=1
   1889 # The original decree specified a transition of 2005-03-12 24:00, but the new
   1890 # one specified 2005-03-27 02:00.
   1891 Rule	Uruguay	2005	only	-	Mar	27	 2:00	0	-
   1892 # From Eduardo Cota (2005-09-27):
   1893 # ...from 2005-10-09 at 02:00 local time, until 2006-03-12 at 02:00 local time,
   1894 # official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2.
   1895 # From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
   1896 # Decreto 318/005 of 2005-09-19.
   1897 # http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2005/09/23/documentos.pdf#page=1
   1898 Rule	Uruguay	2005	only	-	Oct	 9	 2:00	1:00	-
   1899 Rule	Uruguay	2006	2015	-	Mar	Sun>=8	 2:00	0	-
   1900 # From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15), per Jesper Nrgaard Welen (2006-09-06):
   1901 # Decreto 311/006 of 2006-09-04 established regular DST from the first Sunday
   1902 # of October at 02:00 through the second Sunday of March at 02:00.  Almanaque
   1903 # 2018 appears to have a few typoed dates through this period; ignore them.
   1904 # http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2006/09/08/documentos.pdf#page=1
   1905 Rule	Uruguay	2006	2014	-	Oct	Sun>=1	 2:00	1:00	-
   1906 # From Steffen Thorsen (2015-06-30):
   1907 # ... it looks like they will not be using DST the coming summer:
   1908 # http://www.elobservador.com.uy/gobierno-resolvio-que-no-habra-cambio-horario-verano-n656787
   1909 # http://www.republica.com.uy/este-ano-no-se-modificara-el-huso-horario-en-uruguay/523760/
   1910 # From Paul Eggert (2015-06-30):
   1911 # Apparently restaurateurs complained that DST caused people to go to the beach
   1912 # instead of out to dinner.
   1913 # From Pablo Camargo (2015-07-13):
   1914 # http://archivo.presidencia.gub.uy/sci/decretos/2015/06/cons_min_201.pdf
   1915 # From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
   1916 # Decreto 178/015 of 2015-06-29; repeals Decreto 311/006.
   1917 
   1918 # This Zone can be simplified once we assume zic %z.
   1919 Zone America/Montevideo	-3:44:51 -	LMT	1908 Jun 10
   1920 			-3:44:51 -	MMT	1920 May  1 # Montevideo MT
   1921 			-4:00	-	-04	1923 Oct  1
   1922 			-3:30	Uruguay	-0330/-03 1942 Dec 14
   1923 			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-0230 1960
   1924 			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-02	1968
   1925 			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-0230 1970
   1926 			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-02	1974
   1927 			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-0130 1974 Mar 10
   1928 			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-0230 1974 Dec 22
   1929 			-3:00	Uruguay	-03/-02
   1930 
   1931 # Venezuela
   1932 #
   1933 # From Paul Eggert (2015-07-28):
   1934 # For the 1965 transition see Gaceta Oficial No. 27.619 (1964-12-15), p 205.533
   1935 # http://www.pgr.gob.ve/dmdocuments/1964/27619.pdf
   1936 #
   1937 # From John Stainforth (2007-11-28):
   1938 # ... the change for Venezuela originally expected for 2007-12-31 has
   1939 # been brought forward to 2007-12-09.  The official announcement was
   1940 # published today in the "Gaceta Oficial de la Repblica Bolivariana
   1941 # de Venezuela, nmero 38.819" (official document for all laws or
   1942 # resolution publication)
   1943 # http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=72208
   1944 
   1945 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-04-15):
   1946 # https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/204758-venezuela-modificar-huso-horario-sequia-elnino
   1947 #
   1948 # From Paul Eggert (2016-04-15):
   1949 # Clocks advance 30 minutes on 2016-05-01 at 02:30....
   1950 # "'Venezuela's new time-zone: hours without light, hours without water,
   1951 # hours of presidential broadcasts, hours of lines,' quipped comedian
   1952 # Jean Mary Curr ...". See: Cawthorne A, Kai D. Venezuela scraps
   1953 # half-hour time difference set by Chavez. Reuters 2016-04-15 14:50 -0400
   1954 # https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-timezone-idUSKCN0XC2BE
   1955 #
   1956 # From Matt Johnson (2016-04-20):
   1957 # ... published in the official Gazette [2016-04-18], here:
   1958 # http://historico.tsj.gob.ve/gaceta_ext/abril/1842016/E-1842016-4551.pdf
   1959 
   1960 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
   1961 Zone	America/Caracas	-4:27:44 -	LMT	1890
   1962 			-4:27:40 -	CMT	1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time?
   1963 			-4:30	-	-0430	1965 Jan  1  0:00
   1964 			-4:00	-	-04	2007 Dec  9  3:00
   1965 			-4:30	-	-0430	2016 May  1  2:30
   1966 			-4:00	-	-04
   1967