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+# tzdb data for South America and environs
+
+# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
+# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
+
+# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
+# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
+# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
+# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2016-12-05):
+#
+# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
+# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
+# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
+# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
+#
+# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source
+# for time zone data was the International Air Transport
+# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
+# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
+# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted,
+# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
+#
+# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
+# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94.
+# https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359
+#
+# These tables use numeric abbreviations like -03 and -0330 for
+# integer hour and minute UT offsets. Although earlier editions used
+# alphabetic time zone abbreviations, these abbreviations were
+# invented and did not reflect common practice.
+
+###############################################################################
+
+###############################################################################
+
+# Argentina
+
+# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
+# Argentina: first Sunday in October to first Sunday in April since 1976.
+# Double Summer time from 1969 to 1974. Switches at midnight.
+
+# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1988-01-19):
+# ARGENTINA 3 H BEHIND UTC
+
+# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
+# I am sending modifications to the Argentine time zone table...
+# AR was chosen because they are the ISO letters that represent Argentina.
+
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+Rule Arg 1930 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Arg 1931 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Arg 1931 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Arg 1932 1940 - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Arg 1932 1939 - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Arg 1940 only - Jul 1 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Arg 1941 only - Jun 15 0:00 0 -
+Rule Arg 1941 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Arg 1943 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Arg 1943 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Arg 1946 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Arg 1946 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Arg 1963 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Arg 1963 only - Dec 15 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Arg 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Arg 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Arg 1967 only - Apr 2 0:00 0 -
+Rule Arg 1967 1968 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Arg 1968 1969 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Arg 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Arg 1974 only - May 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Arg 1988 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 -
+#
+# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
+# These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A.,
+# obtaining the data from the:
+# Talleres de Hidrografía Naval Argentina
+# (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute)
+Rule Arg 1989 1993 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Arg 1989 1992 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 -
+#
+# From Hernan G. Otero (1995-06-26):
+# From this moment on, the law that mandated the daylight saving
+# time corrections was derogated and no more modifications
+# to the time zones (for daylight saving) are now made.
+#
+# From Rives McDow (2000-01-10):
+# On October 3, 1999, 0:00 local, Argentina implemented daylight savings time,
+# which did not result in the switch of a time zone, as they stayed 9 hours
+# from the International Date Line.
+Rule Arg 1999 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 -
+# From Paul Eggert (2007-12-28):
+# DST was set to expire on March 5, not March 3, but since it was converted
+# to standard time on March 3 it's more convenient for us to pretend that
+# it ended on March 3.
+Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar 3 0:00 0 -
+#
+# From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01):
+# We just checked with our São Paulo office and they say the government of
+# Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST.
+# So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times.
+#
+# From Fabián L. Arce Jofré (2000-04-04):
+# The law that claimed DST for Argentina was derogated by President Fernando
+# de la Rúa on March 2, 2000, because it would make people spend more energy
+# in the winter time, rather than less. The change took effect on March 3.
+#
+# From Mariano Absatz (2001-06-06):
+# one of the major newspapers here in Argentina said that the 1999
+# Timezone Law (which never was effectively applied) will (would?) be
+# in effect.... The article is at
+# http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-06/e-01701.htm
+# ... The Law itself is "Ley No. 25155", sanctioned on 1999-08-25, enacted
+# 1999-09-17, and published 1999-09-21. The official publication is at:
+# http://www.boletin.jus.gov.ar/BON/Primera/1999/09-Septiembre/21/PDF/BO21-09-99LEG.PDF
+# Regretfully, you have to subscribe (and pay) for the on-line version....
+#
+# (2001-06-12):
+# the timezone for Argentina will not change next Sunday.
+# Apparently it will do so on Sunday 24th....
+# http://ar.clarin.com/diario/2001-06-12/s-03501.htm
+#
+# (2001-06-25):
+# Last Friday (yes, the last working day before the date of the change), the
+# Senate annulled the 1999 law that introduced the changes later postponed.
+# http://www.clarin.com.ar/diario/2001-06-22/s-03601.htm
+# It remains the vote of the Deputies..., but it will be the same....
+# This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina.
+# We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country.
+#
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-12-21):
+# A user (Leonardo Chaim) reported that Argentina will adopt DST....
+# all of the country (all Zone-entries) are affected. News reports like
+# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/nota.asp?nota_id=973037 indicate
+# that Argentina will use DST next year as well, from October to
+# March, although exact rules are not given.
+#
+# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2007-12-26)
+# The last hurdle of Argentina DST is over, the proposal was approved in
+# the lower chamber too (Diputados) with a vote 192 for and 2 against.
+# By the way thanks to Mariano Absatz and Daniel Mario Vega for the link to
+# the original scanned proposal, where the dates and the zero hours are
+# clear and unambiguous...This is the article about final approval:
+# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=973996
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2007-12-22):
+# For dates after mid-2008, the following rules are my guesses and
+# are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
+
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-09-05):
+# As per message from Carlos Alberto Fonseca Arauz (Nicaragua),
+# Argentina will start DST on Sunday October 19, 2008.
+#
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina03.html
+# http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 (in spanish)
+
+# From Juan Manuel Docile in https://bugs.gentoo.org/240339 (2008-10-07)
+# via Rodrigo Severo:
+# Argentinian law No. 25.155 is no longer valid.
+# http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/60036/norma.htm
+# The new one is law No. 26.350
+# http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136191/norma.htm
+# So there is no summer time in Argentina for now.
+
+# From Mariano Absatz (2008-10-20):
+# Decree 1693/2008 applies Law 26.350 for the summer 2008/2009 establishing DST
+# in Argentina from 2008-10-19 until 2009-03-15.
+# http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=16102008&pi=3&pf=4&s=0&sec=01
+#
+
+# Decree 1705/2008 excepting 12 Provinces from applying DST in the summer
+# 2008/2009: Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, La
+# Pampa, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego
+# http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=17102008&pi=1&pf=1&s=0&sec=01
+#
+# Press release 235 dated Saturday October 18th, from the Government of the
+# Province of Jujuy saying it will not apply DST either (even when it was not
+# included in Decree 1705/2008).
+# http://www.jujuy.gov.ar/index2/partes_prensa/18_10_08/235-181008.doc
+
+# From fullinet (2009-10-18):
+# As announced in
+# http://www.argentina.gob.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=356
+# (an official .gob.ar) under title: "Sin Cambio de Hora"
+# (English: "No hour change").
+#
+# "Por el momento, el Gobierno Nacional resolvió no modificar la hora
+# oficial, decisión que estaba en estudio para su implementación el
+# domingo 18 de octubre. Desde el Ministerio de Planificación se anunció
+# que la Argentina hoy, en estas condiciones meteorológicas, no necesita
+# la modificación del huso horario, ya que 2009 nos encuentra con
+# crecimiento en la producción y distribución energética."
+
+Rule Arg 2007 only - Dec 30 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Arg 2008 2009 - Mar Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
+Rule Arg 2008 only - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 -
+
+# From Mariano Absatz (2004-05-21):
+# Today it was officially published that the Province of Mendoza is changing
+# its timezone this winter... starting tomorrow night....
+# http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040521-27158-normas.pdf
+# From Paul Eggert (2004-05-24):
+# It's Law No. 7,210. This change is due to a public power emergency, so for
+# now we'll assume it's for this year only.
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2018-01-31):
+# Hora de verano para la República Argentina
+# http://buenasiembra.com.ar/esoterismo/astrologia/hora-de-verano-de-la-republica-argentina-27.html
+# says that standard time in Argentina from 1894-10-31
+# to 1920-05-01 was -4:16:48.25. Go with this more precise value
+# over Shanks & Pottenger. It is upward compatible with Milne, who
+# says Córdoba time was -4:16:48.2.
+
+#
+# From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-05):
+# These media articles from a major newspaper mostly cover the current state:
+# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/27/de_604825.asp
+# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/05/28/de_605203.asp
+#
+# The following eight (8) provinces pulled clocks back to UTC-04:00 at
+# midnight Monday May 31st. (that is, the night between 05/31 and 06/01).
+# Apparently, all nine provinces would go back to UTC-03:00 at the same
+# time in October 17th.
+#
+# Catamarca, Chubut, La Rioja, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz,
+# Tierra del Fuego, Tucumán.
+#
+# From Mariano Absatz (2004-06-14):
+# ... this weekend, the Province of Tucumán decided it'd go back to UTC-03:00
+# yesterday midnight (that is, at 24:00 Saturday 12th), since the people's
+# annoyance with the change is much higher than the power savings obtained....
+#
+# From Gwillim Law (2004-06-14):
+# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/04/06/10/de_609078.asp ...
+# "The time change in Tierra del Fuego was a conflicted decision from
+# the start. The government had decreed that the measure would take
+# effect on June 1, but a normative error forced the new time to begin
+# three days earlier, from a Saturday to a Sunday....
+# Our understanding was that the change was originally scheduled to take place
+# on June 1 at 00:00 in Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego (and some other
+# provinces). Sunday was May 30, only two days earlier. So the article
+# contains a contradiction. I would give more credence to the Saturday/Sunday
+# date than the "three days earlier" phrase, and conclude that Tierra del
+# Fuego set its clocks back at 2004-05-30 00:00.
+#
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2004-10-05):
+# The previous law 7210 which changed the province of Mendoza's time zone
+# back in May have been modified slightly in a new law 7277, which set the
+# new end date to 2004-09-26 (original date was 2004-10-17).
+# http://www.gobernac.mendoza.gov.ar/boletin/pdf/20040924-27244-normas.pdf
+#
+# From Mariano Absatz (2004-10-05):
+# San Juan changed from UTC-03:00 to UTC-04:00 at midnight between
+# Sunday, May 30th and Monday, May 31st. It changed back to UTC-03:00
+# at midnight between Saturday, July 24th and Sunday, July 25th....
+# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000329.html
+# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000426.html
+# http://www.sanjuan.gov.ar/prensa/archivo/000441.html
+
+# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-01-17):
+# Here are articles that Argentina Province San Luis is planning to end DST
+# as earlier as upcoming Monday January 21, 2008 or February 2008:
+#
+# Provincia argentina retrasa reloj y marca diferencia con resto del país
+# (Argentine Province delayed clock and mark difference with the rest of the
+# country)
+# http://cl.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200801171849_EFE_ET4373&idtel
+#
+# Es inminente que en San Luis atrasen una hora los relojes
+# (It is imminent in San Luis clocks one hour delay)
+# https://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/253414/Economia/Es-inminente-que-en-San-Luis-atrasen-una-hora-los-relojes.html
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina02.html
+
+# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-01-18):
+# The page of the San Luis provincial government
+# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=0&id=22812
+# confirms what Alex Krivenyshev has earlier sent to the tz
+# emailing list about that San Luis plans to return to standard
+# time much earlier than the rest of the country. It also
+# confirms that upon request the provinces San Juan and Mendoza
+# refused to follow San Luis in this change.
+#
+# The change is supposed to take place Monday the 21st at 0:00
+# hours. As far as I understand it if this goes ahead, we need
+# a new timezone for San Luis (although there are also documented
+# independent changes in the southamerica file of San Luis in
+# 1990 and 1991 which has not been confirmed).
+
+# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2008-01-25):
+# Unfortunately the below page has become defunct, about the San Luis
+# time change. Perhaps because it now is part of a group of pages "Most
+# important pages of 2008."
+#
+# You can use
+# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/notas.asp?idCanal=8141&id=22834
+# instead it seems. Or use "Buscador" from the main page of the San Luis
+# government, and fill in "huso" and click OK, and you will get 3 pages
+# from which the first one is identical to the above.
+
+# From Mariano Absatz (2008-01-28):
+# I can confirm that the Province of San Luis (and so far only that
+# province) decided to go back to UTC-3 effective midnight Jan 20th 2008
+# (that is, Monday 21st at 0:00 is the time the clocks were delayed back
+# 1 hour), and they intend to keep UTC-3 as their timezone all year round
+# (that is, unless they change their mind any minute now).
+#
+# So we'll have to add yet another city to 'southamerica' (I think San
+# Luis city is the mos populated city in the Province, so it'd be
+# America/Argentina/San_Luis... of course I can't remember if San Luis's
+# history of particular changes goes along with Mendoza or San Juan :-(
+# (I only remember not being able to collect hard facts about San Luis
+# back in 2004, when these provinces changed to UTC-4 for a few days, I
+# mailed them personally and never got an answer).
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2014-08-12):
+# Unless otherwise specified, data entries are from Shanks & Pottenger through
+# 1992, from the IATA otherwise. As noted below, Shanks & Pottenger say that
+# America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, one of which
+# was America/San_Luis, but we haven't verified this yet so for now we'll
+# keep America/Cordoba a single region rather than splitting it into the
+# other 5 subregions.
+
+# From Mariano Absatz (2009-03-13):
+# Yesterday (with our usual 2-day notice) the Province of San Luis
+# decided that next Sunday instead of "staying" @utc-03:00 they will go
+# to utc-04:00 until the second Saturday in October...
+#
+# The press release is at
+# http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/SL/Paginas/NoticiaDetalle.asp?TemaId=1&InfoPrensaId=3102
+# (I couldn't find the decree, but www.sanluis.gov.ar
+# is the official page for the Province Government.)
+#
+# There's also a note in only one of the major national papers ...
+# http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1107912
+#
+# The press release says [quick and dirty translation]:
+# ... announced that next Sunday, at 00:00, Puntanos (the San Luis
+# inhabitants) will have to turn back one hour their clocks
+#
+# Since then, San Luis will establish its own Province timezone. Thus,
+# during 2009, this timezone change will run from 00:00 the third Sunday
+# in March until 24:00 of the second Saturday in October.
+
+# From Mariano Absatz (2009-10-16):
+# ...the Province of San Luis is a case in itself.
+#
+# The Law at
+# http://www.diputadossanluis.gov.ar/diputadosasp/paginas/verNorma.asp?NormaID=276
+# is ambiguous because establishes a calendar from the 2nd Sunday in
+# October at 0:00 thru the 2nd Saturday in March at 24:00 and the
+# complement of that starting on the 2nd Sunday of March at 0:00 and
+# ending on the 2nd Saturday of March at 24:00.
+#
+# This clearly breaks every time the 1st of March or October is a Sunday.
+#
+# IMHO, the "spirit of the Law" is to make the changes at 0:00 on the 2nd
+# Sunday of October and March.
+#
+# The problem is that the changes in the rest of the Provinces that did
+# change in 2007/2008, were made according to the Federal Law and Decrees
+# that did so on the 3rd Sunday of October and March.
+#
+# In fact, San Luis actually switched from UTC-4 to UTC-3 last Sunday
+# (October 11th) at 0:00.
+#
+# So I guess a new set of rules, besides "Arg", must be made and the last
+# America/Argentina/San_Luis entries should change to use these...
+# ...
+
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-04-09):
+# According to news reports from El Diario de la República Province San
+# Luis, Argentina (standard time UTC-04) will keep Daylight Saving Time
+# after April 11, 2010 - will continue to have same time as rest of
+# Argentina (UTC-3) (no DST).
+#
+# Confirmaron la prórroga del huso horario de verano (Spanish)
+# http://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29383&Itemid=9
+# or (some English translation):
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_argentina08.html
+
+# From Mariano Absatz (2010-04-12):
+# yes...I can confirm this...and given that San Luis keeps calling
+# UTC-03:00 "summer time", we should't just let San Luis go back to "Arg"
+# rules...San Luis is still using "Western ARgentina Time" and it got
+# stuck on Summer daylight savings time even though the summer is over.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2018-01-23):
+# Perhaps San Luis operates on the legal fiction that it is at -04
+# with perpetual daylight saving time, but ordinary usage typically seems to
+# just say it's at -03; see, for example,
+# https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hora_oficial_argentina
+# We've documented similar situations as being plain changes to
+# standard time, so let's do that here too. This does not change UTC
+# offsets, only tm_isdst and the time zone abbreviations. One minor
+# plus is that this silences a zic complaint that there's no POSIX TZ
+# setting for timestamps past 2038.
+
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+#
+# Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF),
+Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
+ #STDOFF -4:16:48.25
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Córdoba Mean Time
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02
+#
+# Córdoba (CB), Santa Fe (SF), Entre Ríos (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN),
+# Chaco (CC), Formosa (FM), Santiago del Estero (SE)
+#
+# Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we haven't verified:
+# - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
+# - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29.
+# - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04.
+# - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01,
+# then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26.
+#
+ #STDOFF -4:16:48.25
+Zone America/Argentina/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02
+#
+# Salta (SA), La Pampa (LP), Neuquén (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
+Zone America/Argentina/Salta -4:21:40 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
+ #STDOFF -4:16:48.25
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
+#
+# Tucumán (TM)
+Zone America/Argentina/Tucuman -4:20:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
+ #STDOFF -4:16:48.25
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 13
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02
+#
+# La Rioja (LR)
+Zone America/Argentina/La_Rioja -4:27:24 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
+ #STDOFF -4:16:48.25
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 May 7
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
+#
+# San Juan (SJ)
+Zone America/Argentina/San_Juan -4:34:04 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
+ #STDOFF -4:16:48.25
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 May 7
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 May 31
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jul 25
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
+#
+# Jujuy (JY)
+Zone America/Argentina/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
+ #STDOFF -4:16:48.25
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1990 Mar 4
+ -4:00 - -04 1990 Oct 28
+ -4:00 1:00 -03 1991 Mar 17
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 6
+ -3:00 1:00 -02 1992
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
+#
+# Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH)
+Zone America/Argentina/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
+ #STDOFF -4:16:48.25
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1991 Mar 3
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
+#
+# Mendoza (MZ)
+Zone America/Argentina/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
+ #STDOFF -4:16:48.25
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1990 Mar 4
+ -4:00 - -04 1990 Oct 15
+ -4:00 1:00 -03 1991 Mar 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Oct 15
+ -4:00 1:00 -03 1992 Mar 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1992 Oct 18
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 May 23
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Sep 26
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
+#
+# San Luis (SL)
+
+Rule SanLuis 2008 2009 - Mar Sun>=8 0:00 0 -
+Rule SanLuis 2007 2008 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 -
+
+Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
+ #STDOFF -4:16:48.25
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1990
+ -3:00 1:00 -02 1990 Mar 14
+ -4:00 - -04 1990 Oct 15
+ -4:00 1:00 -03 1991 Mar 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1991 Jun 1
+ -3:00 - -03 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 1:00 -03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 May 31
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jul 25
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Jan 21
+ -4:00 SanLuis -04/-03 2009 Oct 11
+ -3:00 - -03
+#
+# Santa Cruz (SC)
+Zone America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos -4:36:52 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
+ #STDOFF -4:16:48.25
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 Jun 1
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
+#
+# Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur (TF)
+Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
+ #STDOFF -4:16:48.25
+ -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May
+ -4:00 - -04 1930 Dec
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1999 Oct 3
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 2000 Mar 3
+ -3:00 - -03 2004 May 30
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Jun 20
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 2008 Oct 18
+ -3:00 - -03
+
+# Bolivia
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890
+ -4:32:36 - CMT 1931 Oct 15 # Calamarca MT
+ -4:32:36 1:00 BST 1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST
+ -4:00 - -04
+
+# Brazil
+
+# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
+# The mayor of Rio recently attempted to change the time zone rules
+# just in his city, in order to leave more summer time for the tourist trade.
+# The rule change lasted only part of the day;
+# the federal government refused to follow the city's rules, and business
+# was in a chaos, so the mayor backed down that afternoon.
+
+# From IATA SSIM (1996-02):
+# _Only_ the following states in BR1 observe DST: Rio Grande do Sul (RS),
+# Santa Catarina (SC), Paraná (PR), São Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ),
+# Espírito Santo (ES), Minas Gerais (MG), Bahia (BA), Goiás (GO),
+# Distrito Federal (DF), Tocantins (TO), Sergipe [SE] and Alagoas [AL].
+# [The last three states are new to this issue of the IATA SSIM.]
+
+# From Gwillim Law (1996-10-07):
+# Geography, history (Tocantins was part of Goiás until 1989), and other
+# sources of time zone information lead me to believe that AL, SE, and TO were
+# always in BR1, and so the only change was whether or not they observed DST....
+# The earliest issue of the SSIM I have is 2/91. Each issue from then until
+# 9/95 says that DST is observed only in the ten states I quoted from 9/95,
+# along with Mato Grosso (MT) and Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), which are in BR2
+# (UTC-4).... The other two time zones given for Brazil are BR3, which is
+# UTC-5, no DST, and applies only in the state of Acre (AC); and BR4, which is
+# UTC-2, and applies to Fernando de Noronha (formerly FN, but I believe it's
+# become part of the state of Pernambuco). The boundary between BR1 and BR2
+# has never been clearly stated. They've simply been called East and West.
+# However, some conclusions can be drawn from another IATA manual: the Airline
+# Coding Directory, which lists close to 400 airports in Brazil. For each
+# airport it gives a time zone which is coded to the SSIM. From that
+# information, I'm led to conclude that the states of Amapá (AP), Ceará (CE),
+# Maranhão (MA), Paraíba (PR), Pernambuco (PE), Piauí (PI), and Rio Grande do
+# Norte (RN), and the eastern part of Pará (PA) are all in BR1 without DST.
+
+# From Marcos Tadeu (1998-09-27):
+# Brazilian official page <http://pcdsh01.on.br/verao1.html>
+
+# From Jesper Nørgaard (2000-11-03):
+# [For an official list of which regions in Brazil use which time zones, see:]
+# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbr.htm
+# http://pcdsh01.on.br/Fusbrhv.htm
+
+# From Celso Doria via David Madeo (2002-10-09):
+# The reason for the delay this year has to do with elections in Brazil.
+#
+# Unlike in the United States, elections in Brazil are 100% computerized and
+# the results are known almost immediately. Yesterday, it was the first
+# round of the elections when 115 million Brazilians voted for President,
+# Governor, Senators, Federal Deputies, and State Deputies. Nobody is
+# counting (or re-counting) votes anymore and we know there will be a second
+# round for the Presidency and also for some Governors. The 2nd round will
+# take place on October 27th.
+#
+# The reason why the DST will only begin November 3rd is that the thousands
+# of electoral machines used cannot have their time changed, and since the
+# Constitution says the elections must begin at 8:00 AM and end at 5:00 PM,
+# the Government decided to postpone DST, instead of changing the Constitution
+# (maybe, for the next elections, it will be possible to change the clock)...
+
+# From Rodrigo Severo (2004-10-04):
+# It's just the biannual change made necessary by the much hyped, supposedly
+# modern Brazilian ... voting machines which, apparently, can't deal
+# with a time change between the first and the second rounds of the elections.
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2007-09-20):
+# Brazil will start DST on 2007-10-14 00:00 and end on 2008-02-17 00:00:
+# http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do;jsessionid=BBA06811AFCAAC28F0285210913513DA?newsId=13975
+
+# From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24):
+# ...by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 (published in the "Diario
+# Oficial da União"...) in Brazil there are changes in the timezones,
+# effective today (00:00am at June 24, 2008) as follows:
+#
+# a) The timezone UTC+5 is extinguished, with all the Acre state and the
+# part of the Amazonas state that had this timezone now being put to the
+# timezone UTC+4
+# b) The whole Pará state now is put at timezone UTC+3, instead of just
+# part of it, as was before.
+#
+# This change follows a proposal of senator Tiao Viana of Acre state, that
+# proposed it due to concerns about open television channels displaying
+# programs inappropriate to youths in the states that had the timezone
+# UTC+5 too early in the night. In the occasion, some more corrections
+# were proposed, trying to unify the timezones of any given state. This
+# change modifies timezone rules defined in decree 2.784 of 18 June,
+# 1913.
+
+# From Rodrigo Severo (2008-06-24):
+# Just correcting the URL:
+# https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=do&secao=1&pagina=1&data=25/04/2008
+#
+# As a result of the above Decree I believe the America/Rio_Branco
+# timezone shall be modified from UTC-5 to UTC-4 and a new timezone shall
+# be created to represent the...west side of the Pará State. I
+# suggest this new timezone be called Santarem as the most
+# important/populated city in the affected area.
+#
+# This new timezone would be the same as the Rio_Branco timezone up to
+# the 2008/06/24 change which would be to UTC-3 instead of UTC-4.
+
+# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-24):
+# This is a quick reference page for New and Old Brazil Time Zones map.
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php
+#
+# - 4 time zones replaced by 3 time zones - eliminating time zone UTC-05
+# (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT-04) - western
+# part of Par state is moving to one timezone UTC-03 (from UTC-04).
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
+# The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
+# Decretos sobre o Horário de Verão no Brasil.
+# http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-08-29):
+# As announced by the government and many newspapers in Brazil late
+# yesterday, Brazil will start DST on 2008-10-19 (need to change rule) and
+# it will end on 2009-02-15 (current rule for Brazil is fine). Based on
+# past years experience with the elections, there was a good chance that
+# the start was postponed to November, but it did not happen this year.
+#
+# It has not yet been posted to http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html
+#
+# An official page about it:
+# http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do?newsId=16722
+# Note that this link does not always work directly, but must be accessed
+# by going to
+# http://www.mme.gov.br/first
+#
+# One example link that works directly:
+# http://jornale.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13530&Itemid=54
+# (Portuguese)
+#
+# We have a written a short article about it as well:
+# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html
+#
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-04):
+# State Bahia will return to Daylight savings time this year after 8 years off.
+# The announcement was made by Governor Jaques Wagner in an interview to a
+# television station in Salvador.
+
+# In Portuguese:
+# http://g1.globo.com/bahia/noticia/2011/10/governador-jaques-wagner-confirma-horario-de-verao-na-bahia.html
+# https://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI5390887-EI8139,00-Bahia+volta+a+ter+horario+de+verao+apos+oito+anos.html
+
+# From Guilherme Bernardes Rodrigues (2011-10-07):
+# There is news in the media, however there is still no decree about it.
+# I just send a e-mail to Zulmira Brandao at http://pcdsh01.on.br/ the
+# official agency about time in Brazil, and she confirmed that the old rule is
+# still in force.
+
+# From Guilherme Bernardes Rodrigues (2011-10-14)
+# It's official, the President signed a decree that includes Bahia in summer
+# time.
+# [ and in a second message (same day): ]
+# I found the decree.
+#
+# DECRETO No. 7.584, DE 13 DE OUTUBRO DE 2011
+# Link :
+# http://www.in.gov.br/visualiza/index.jsp?data=13/10/2011&jornal=1000&pagina=6&totalArquivos=6
+
+# From Kelley Cook (2012-10-16):
+# The governor of state of Bahia in Brazil announced on Thursday that
+# due to public pressure, he is reversing the DST policy they implemented
+# last year and will not be going to Summer Time on October 21st....
+# http://www.correio24horas.com.br/r/artigo/apos-pressoes-wagner-suspende-horario-de-verao-na-bahia
+
+# From Rodrigo Severo (2012-10-16):
+# Tocantins state will have DST.
+# https://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI6232536-EI306.html
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-09-20):
+# Tocantins in Brazil is very likely not to observe DST from October....
+# http://conexaoto.com.br/2013/09/18/ministerio-confirma-que-tocantins-esta-fora-do-horario-de-verao-em-2013-mas-falta-publicacao-de-decreto
+# We will keep this article updated when this is confirmed:
+# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-starts-dst-2013.html
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-10-17):
+# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/acre-amazonas-change-time-zone.html
+# Senator Jorge Viana announced that Acre will change time zone on November 10.
+# He did not specify the time of the change, nor if western parts of Amazonas
+# will change as well.
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2013-10-17):
+# For now, assume western Amazonas will change as well.
+
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# Decree 20,466 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm> (1931-10-01)
+# Decree 21,896 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV21896.htm> (1932-01-10)
+Rule Brazil 1931 only - Oct 3 11:00 1:00 -
+Rule Brazil 1932 1933 - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Brazil 1932 only - Oct 3 0:00 1:00 -
+# Decree 23,195 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV23195.htm> (1933-10-10)
+# revoked DST.
+# Decree 27,496 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27496.htm> (1949-11-24)
+# Decree 27,998 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV27998.htm> (1950-04-13)
+Rule Brazil 1949 1952 - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Brazil 1950 only - Apr 16 1:00 0 -
+Rule Brazil 1951 1952 - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 32,308 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV32308.htm> (1953-02-24)
+Rule Brazil 1953 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 34,724 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV34724.htm> (1953-11-30)
+# revoked DST.
+# Decree 52,700 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV52700.htm> (1963-10-18)
+# established DST from 1963-10-23 00:00 to 1964-02-29 00:00
+# in SP, RJ, GB, MG, ES, due to the prolongation of the drought.
+# Decree 53,071 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53071.htm> (1963-12-03)
+# extended the above decree to all of the national territory on 12-09.
+Rule Brazil 1963 only - Dec 9 0:00 1:00 -
+# Decree 53,604 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV53604.htm> (1964-02-25)
+# extended summer time by one day to 1964-03-01 00:00 (start of school).
+Rule Brazil 1964 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 55,639 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV55639.htm> (1965-01-27)
+Rule Brazil 1965 only - Jan 31 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Brazil 1965 only - Mar 31 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 57,303 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57303.htm> (1965-11-22)
+Rule Brazil 1965 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 -
+# Decree 57,843 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV57843.htm> (1966-02-18)
+Rule Brazil 1966 1968 - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Brazil 1966 1967 - Nov 1 0:00 1:00 -
+# Decree 63,429 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV63429.htm> (1968-10-15)
+# revoked DST.
+# Decree 91,698 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV91698.htm> (1985-09-27)
+Rule Brazil 1985 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 -
+# Decree 92,310 (1986-01-21)
+# Decree 92,463 (1986-03-13)
+Rule Brazil 1986 only - Mar 15 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 93,316 (1986-10-01)
+Rule Brazil 1986 only - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Brazil 1987 only - Feb 14 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 94,922 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV94922.htm> (1987-09-22)
+Rule Brazil 1987 only - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Brazil 1988 only - Feb 7 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 96,676 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV96676.htm> (1988-09-12)
+# except for the states of AC, AM, PA, RR, RO, and AP (then a territory)
+Rule Brazil 1988 only - Oct 16 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Brazil 1989 only - Jan 29 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 98,077 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV98077.htm> (1989-08-21)
+# with the same exceptions
+Rule Brazil 1989 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Brazil 1990 only - Feb 11 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 99,530 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV99530.htm> (1990-09-17)
+# adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, GO, MS, DF.
+# Decree 99,629 (1990-10-19) adds BA, MT.
+Rule Brazil 1990 only - Oct 21 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Brazil 1991 only - Feb 17 0:00 0 -
+# Unnumbered decree <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1991.htm> (1991-09-25)
+# adopted by RS, SC, PR, SP, RJ, ES, MG, BA, GO, MT, MS, DF.
+Rule Brazil 1991 only - Oct 20 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Brazil 1992 only - Feb 9 0:00 0 -
+# Unnumbered decree <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1992.htm> (1992-10-16)
+# adopted by same states.
+Rule Brazil 1992 only - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Brazil 1993 only - Jan 31 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 942 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV942.htm> (1993-09-28)
+# adopted by same states, plus AM.
+# Decree 1,252 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1252.htm> (1994-09-22;
+# web page corrected 2004-01-07) adopted by same states, minus AM.
+# Decree 1,636 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1636.htm> (1995-09-14)
+# adopted by same states, plus MT and TO.
+# Decree 1,674 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV1674.htm> (1995-10-13)
+# adds AL, SE.
+Rule Brazil 1993 1995 - Oct Sun>=11 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Brazil 1994 1995 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
+Rule Brazil 1996 only - Feb 11 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 2,000 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV2000.htm> (1996-09-04)
+# adopted by same states, minus AL, SE.
+Rule Brazil 1996 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Brazil 1997 only - Feb 16 0:00 0 -
+# From Daniel C. Sobral (1998-02-12):
+# In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that
+# because international television networks ignored Brazil's policy on DS,
+# they bought the wrong times on satellite for coverage of Pope's visit.
+# This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1
+# to help dealing with the shortages of electric power.
+#
+# Decree 2,317 (1997-09-04), adopted by same states.
+Rule Brazil 1997 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 -
+# Decree 2,495 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV2495.JPG>
+# (1998-02-10)
+Rule Brazil 1998 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 2,780 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/Hv98.jpg> (1998-09-11)
+# adopted by the same states as before.
+Rule Brazil 1998 only - Oct 11 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Brazil 1999 only - Feb 21 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 3,150 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3150.gif>
+# (1999-08-23) adopted by same states.
+# Decree 3,188 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV99.gif> (1999-09-30)
+# adds SE, AL, PB, PE, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR.
+Rule Brazil 1999 only - Oct 3 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Brazil 2000 only - Feb 27 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 3,592 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DEC3592.htm> (2000-09-06)
+# adopted by the same states as before.
+# Decree 3,630 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3630.jpg> (2000-10-13)
+# repeals DST in PE and RR, effective 2000-10-15 00:00.
+# Decree 3,632 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/Dec3632.jpg> (2000-10-17)
+# repeals DST in SE, AL, PB, RN, CE, PI and MA, effective 2000-10-22 00:00.
+# Decree 3,916 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3916.gif>
+# (2001-09-13) reestablishes DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
+Rule Brazil 2000 2001 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Brazil 2001 2006 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
+# 4,399 <http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2002/D4399.htm>
+Rule Brazil 2002 only - Nov 3 0:00 1:00 -
+# Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO.
+# 4,844 <http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/2003/D4844.htm>
+Rule Brazil 2003 only - Oct 19 0:00 1:00 -
+# Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT.
+# 5,223 <http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2004-2006/2004/Decreto/D5223.htm>
+Rule Brazil 2004 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 -
+# Decree 5,539 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5539.gif> (2005-09-19),
+# adopted by the same states as before.
+Rule Brazil 2005 only - Oct 16 0:00 1:00 -
+# Decree 5,920 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV5920.gif> (2006-10-03),
+# adopted by the same states as before.
+Rule Brazil 2006 only - Nov 5 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Brazil 2007 only - Feb 25 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 6,212 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV6212.gif> (2007-09-26),
+# adopted by the same states as before.
+Rule Brazil 2007 only - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 -
+# From Frederico A. C. Neves (2008-09-10):
+# According to this decree
+# http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Decreto/D6558.htm
+# [t]he DST period in Brazil now on will be from the 3rd Oct Sunday to the
+# 3rd Feb Sunday. There is an exception on the return date when this is
+# the Carnival Sunday then the return date will be the next Sunday...
+Rule Brazil 2008 2017 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Brazil 2008 2011 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 7,584 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HVdecreto7584_20111013.jpg> (2011-10-13)
+# added Bahia.
+Rule Brazil 2012 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 -
+# Decree 7,826 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HVdecreto7826_20121015.jpg> (2012-10-15)
+# removed Bahia and added Tocantins.
+# Decree 8,112 <http://pcdsh01.on.br/HVdecreto8112_20130930.JPG> (2013-09-30)
+# removed Tocantins.
+Rule Brazil 2013 2014 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
+Rule Brazil 2015 only - Feb Sun>=22 0:00 0 -
+Rule Brazil 2016 2019 - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2017-12-18):
+# According to many media sources, next year's DST start in Brazil will move to
+# the first Sunday of November
+# ... https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-delays-dst-2018.html
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2017-12-20):
+# http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2015-2018/2017/decreto/D9242.htm
+# From Fábio Gomes (2018-10-04):
+# The Brazilian president just announced a new change on this year DST.
+# It was scheduled to start on November 4th and it was changed to November 18th.
+# From Rodrigo Brüning Wessler (2018-10-15):
+# The Brazilian government just announced that the change in DST was
+# canceled.... Maybe the president Michel Temer also woke up one hour
+# earlier today. :)
+Rule Brazil 2018 only - Nov Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 -
+# The last ruleset listed above says that the following states observed DST:
+# DF, ES, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RJ, RS, SC, SP.
+#
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2019-04-05):
+# According to multiple sources the Brazilian president wants to get rid of DST.
+# https://gmconline.com.br/noticias/politica/bolsonaro-horario-de-verao-deve-acabar-este-ano
+# https://g1.globo.com/economia/noticia/2019/04/05/governo-anuncia-fim-do-horario-de-verao.ghtml
+# From Marcus Diniz (2019-04-25):
+# Brazil no longer has DST changes - decree signed today
+# https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2019/04/25/bolsonaro-assina-decreto-que-acaba-com-o-horario-de-verao.ghtml
+# From Daniel Soares de Oliveira (2019-04-26):
+# http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2019-2022/2019/Decreto/D9772.htm
+
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+#
+# Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE)
+Zone America/Noronha -2:09:40 - LMT 1914
+ -2:00 Brazil -02/-01 1990 Sep 17
+ -2:00 - -02 1999 Sep 30
+ -2:00 Brazil -02/-01 2000 Oct 15
+ -2:00 - -02 2001 Sep 13
+ -2:00 Brazil -02/-01 2002 Oct 1
+ -2:00 - -02
+# Other Atlantic islands have no permanent settlement.
+# These include Trindade and Martim Vaz (administratively part of ES),
+# Rocas Atoll (RN), and the St Peter and St Paul Archipelago (PE).
+# Fernando de Noronha was a separate territory from 1942-09-02 to 1989-01-01;
+# it also included the Penedos.
+#
+# Amapá (AP), east Pará (PA)
+# East Pará includes Belém, Marabá, Serra Norte, and São Félix do Xingu.
+# The division between east and west Pará is the river Xingu.
+# In the north a very small part from the river Javary (now Jari I guess,
+# the border with Amapá) to the Amazon, then to the Xingu.
+Zone America/Belem -3:13:56 - LMT 1914
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1988 Sep 12
+ -3:00 - -03
+#
+# west Pará (PA)
+# West Pará includes Altamira, Óbidos, Prainha, Oriximiná, and Santarém.
+Zone America/Santarem -3:38:48 - LMT 1914
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12
+ -4:00 - -04 2008 Jun 24 0:00
+ -3:00 - -03
+#
+# Maranhão (MA), Piauí (PI), Ceará (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
+# Paraíba (PB)
+Zone America/Fortaleza -2:34:00 - LMT 1914
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17
+ -3:00 - -03 1999 Sep 30
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2000 Oct 22
+ -3:00 - -03 2001 Sep 13
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2002 Oct 1
+ -3:00 - -03
+#
+# Pernambuco (PE) (except Atlantic islands)
+Zone America/Recife -2:19:36 - LMT 1914
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17
+ -3:00 - -03 1999 Sep 30
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2000 Oct 15
+ -3:00 - -03 2001 Sep 13
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2002 Oct 1
+ -3:00 - -03
+#
+# Tocantins (TO)
+Zone America/Araguaina -3:12:48 - LMT 1914
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17
+ -3:00 - -03 1995 Sep 14
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2003 Sep 24
+ -3:00 - -03 2012 Oct 21
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2013 Sep
+ -3:00 - -03
+#
+# Alagoas (AL), Sergipe (SE)
+Zone America/Maceio -2:22:52 - LMT 1914
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1990 Sep 17
+ -3:00 - -03 1995 Oct 13
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1996 Sep 4
+ -3:00 - -03 1999 Sep 30
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2000 Oct 22
+ -3:00 - -03 2001 Sep 13
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2002 Oct 1
+ -3:00 - -03
+#
+# Bahia (BA)
+# There are too many Salvadors elsewhere, so use America/Bahia instead
+# of America/Salvador.
+Zone America/Bahia -2:34:04 - LMT 1914
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2003 Sep 24
+ -3:00 - -03 2011 Oct 16
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 2012 Oct 21
+ -3:00 - -03
+#
+# Goiás (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
+# Espírito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), São Paulo (SP), Paraná (PR),
+# Santa Catarina (SC), Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
+Zone America/Sao_Paulo -3:06:28 - LMT 1914
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02 1963 Oct 23 0:00
+ -3:00 1:00 -02 1964
+ -3:00 Brazil -03/-02
+#
+# Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)
+Zone America/Campo_Grande -3:38:28 - LMT 1914
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03
+#
+# Mato Grosso (MT)
+Zone America/Cuiaba -3:44:20 - LMT 1914
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 2003 Sep 24
+ -4:00 - -04 2004 Oct 1
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03
+#
+# Rondônia (RO)
+Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 - LMT 1914
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12
+ -4:00 - -04
+#
+# Roraima (RR)
+Zone America/Boa_Vista -4:02:40 - LMT 1914
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12
+ -4:00 - -04 1999 Sep 30
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 2000 Oct 15
+ -4:00 - -04
+#
+# east Amazonas (AM): Boca do Acre, Jutaí, Manaus, Floriano Peixoto
+# The great circle line from Tabatinga to Porto Acre divides
+# east from west Amazonas.
+Zone America/Manaus -4:00:04 - LMT 1914
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1988 Sep 12
+ -4:00 - -04 1993 Sep 28
+ -4:00 Brazil -04/-03 1994 Sep 22
+ -4:00 - -04
+#
+# west Amazonas (AM): Atalaia do Norte, Boca do Maoco, Benjamin Constant,
+# Eirunepé, Envira, Ipixuna
+Zone America/Eirunepe -4:39:28 - LMT 1914
+ -5:00 Brazil -05/-04 1988 Sep 12
+ -5:00 - -05 1993 Sep 28
+ -5:00 Brazil -05/-04 1994 Sep 22
+ -5:00 - -05 2008 Jun 24 0:00
+ -4:00 - -04 2013 Nov 10
+ -5:00 - -05
+#
+# Acre (AC)
+Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914
+ -5:00 Brazil -05/-04 1988 Sep 12
+ -5:00 - -05 2008 Jun 24 0:00
+ -4:00 - -04 2013 Nov 10
+ -5:00 - -05
+
+# Chile
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2022-03-15):
+# Shanks & Pottenger says America/Santiago introduced standard time in
+# 1890 and rounds its UT offset to 70W40; guess that in practice this
+# was the same offset as in 1916-1919. It also says Pacific/Easter
+# standardized on 109W22 in 1890; assume this didn't change the clocks.
+#
+# Dates for America/Santiago from 1910 to 2004 are primarily from
+# the following source, cited by Oscar van Vlijmen (2006-10-08):
+# [1] Chile Law
+# http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/chile.html
+# This contains a copy of this official table:
+# Cambios en la hora oficial de Chile desde 1900 (retrieved 2008-03-30)
+# https://web.archive.org/web/20080330200901/http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
+# [1] needs several corrections, though.
+#
+# The first set of corrections is from:
+# [2] History of the Official Time of Chile
+# http://www.horaoficial.cl/ing/horaof_ing.html (retrieved 2012-03-06). See:
+# https://web.archive.org/web/20120306042032/http://www.horaoficial.cl/ing/horaof_ing.html
+# This is an English translation of:
+# Historia de la hora oficial de Chile (retrieved 2012-10-24). See:
+# https://web.archive.org/web/20121024234627/http://www.horaoficial.cl/horaof.htm
+# A fancier Spanish version (requiring mouse-clicking) is at:
+# http://www.horaoficial.cl/historia_hora.php
+# Conflicts between [1] and [2] were resolved as follows:
+#
+# - [1] says the 1910 transition was Jan 1, [2] says Jan 10 and cites
+# Boletín No. 1, Aviso No. 1 (1910). Go with [2].
+#
+# - [1] says SMT was -4:42:45, [2] says Chile's official time from
+# 1916 to 1919 was -4:42:46.3, the meridian of Chile's National
+# Astronomical Observatory (OAN), then located in what is now
+# Quinta Normal in Santiago. Go with [1], as this matches the meridian
+# referred to by the relevant Chilean laws to this day.
+#
+# - [1] says the 1918 transition was Sep 1, [2] says Sep 10 and cites
+# Boletín No. 22, Aviso No. 129/1918 (1918-08-23). Go with [2].
+#
+# - [1] does not give times for transitions; assume they occur
+# at midnight mainland time, the current common practice. However,
+# go with [2]'s specification of 23:00 for the 1947-05-21 transition.
+#
+# Another correction to [1] is from Jesper Nørgaard Welen, who
+# wrote (2006-10-08), "I think that there are some obvious mistakes in
+# the suggested link from Oscar van Vlijmen,... for instance entry 66
+# says that GMT-4 ended 1990-09-12 while entry 67 only begins GMT-3 at
+# 1990-09-15 (they should have been 1990-09-15 and 1990-09-16
+# respectively), but anyhow it clears up some doubts too."
+#
+# Data for Pacific/Easter from 1910 through 1967 come from Shanks &
+# Pottenger. After that, for lack of better info assume
+# Pacific/Easter is always two hours behind America/Santiago;
+# this is known to work for DST transitions starting in 2008 and
+# may well be true for earlier transitions.
+
+# From Tim Parenti (2022-07-06):
+# For a brief period of roughly six weeks in 1946, DST was only observed on an
+# emergency basis in specific regions of central Chile; namely, "the national
+# territory between the provinces of Coquimbo and Concepción, inclusive".
+# This was enacted by Decree 3,891, dated 1946-07-13, and took effect
+# 1946-07-14 24:00, advancing these central regions to -03.
+# https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/versiones-anteriores/do-h/19460715/#page/1
+# The decree contemplated "[t]hat this advancement of the Official Time, even
+# though it has been proposed for the cities of Santiago and Valparaíso only,
+# must be agreed with that of other cities, due to the connection of various
+# activities that require it, such as, for example, the operation of rail
+# services". It was originally set to expire after 30 days but was extended
+# through 1946-08-31 by Decree 4,506, dated 1946-08-13.
+# https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/versiones-anteriores/do-h/19460814/#page/1
+#
+# Law Number 8,522, promulgated 1946-08-27, reunified Chilean clocks at their
+# new "Summer Time" of -04, reckoned as that of "the meridian of the
+# Astronomical Observatory of Lo Espejo, advanced by 42 minutes and 45
+# seconds". Although this law specified the new Summer Time to start on 1
+# September each year, a special "transitional article" started it a few days
+# early, as soon as the law took effect. As the law was to take force "from
+# the date of its publication in the 'Diario Oficial', which happened the
+# following day, presume the change took place in Santiago and its environs
+# from 24:00 -03 to 23:00 -04 on Wednesday 1946-08-28. Although this was a
+# no-op for wall clocks in the north and south of the country, put their formal
+# start to DST an hour later when they reached 24:00 -04.
+# https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/versiones-anteriores/do-h/19460828/#page/1
+# After a brief "Winter Time" stint at -05 beginning 1947-04-01, Law Number
+# 8,777, promulgated 1947-05-17, established year-round -04 "from 23:00 on the
+# second day after it is published in the 'Diario Oficial'." It was published
+# on Monday 1947-05-19 and so took effect from Wednesday 1947-05-21 23:00.
+# https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/versiones-anteriores/do-h/19470519/#page/1
+
+# From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19):
+# The law says to switch to DST at midnight [24:00] on the second SATURDAY
+# of October.... The law is the same for March and October.
+# (1998-09-29):
+# Because of the drought this year, the government decided to go into
+# DST earlier (saturday 9/26 at 24:00). This is a one-time change only ...
+# (unless there's another dry season next year, I guess).
+
+# From Julio I. Pacheco Troncoso (1999-03-18):
+# Because of the same drought, the government decided to end DST later,
+# on April 3, (one-time change).
+
+# From Germán Poo-Caamaño (2008-03-03):
+# Due to drought, Chile extends Daylight Time in three weeks. This
+# is one-time change (Saturday 3/29 at 24:00 for America/Santiago
+# and Saturday 3/29 at 22:00 for Pacific/Easter)
+# The Supreme Decree is located at
+# http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf
+#
+# From José Miguel Garrido (2008-03-05):
+# http://www.shoa.cl/noticias/2008/04hora/hora.htm
+
+# From Angel Chiang (2010-03-04):
+# Subject: DST in Chile exceptionally extended to 3 April due to earthquake
+# http://www.gobiernodechile.cl/viewNoticia.aspx?idArticulo=30098
+#
+# From Arthur David Olson (2010-03-06):
+# Angel Chiang's message confirmed by Julio Pacheco; Julio provided a patch.
+
+# From Glenn Eychaner (2011-03-28):
+# http://diario.elmercurio.com/2011/03/28/_portada/_portada/noticias/7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E.htm?id=3D{7565897A-CA86-49E6-9E03-660B21A4883E}
+# In English:
+# Chile's clocks will go back an hour this year on the 7th of May instead
+# of this Saturday. They will go forward again the 3rd Saturday in
+# August, not in October as they have since 1968.
+
+# From Mauricio Parada (2012-02-22), translated by Glenn Eychaner (2012-02-23):
+# As stated in the website of the Chilean Energy Ministry
+# http://www.minenergia.cl/ministerio/noticias/generales/gobierno-anuncia-fechas-de-cambio-de.html
+# The Chilean Government has decided to postpone the entrance into winter time
+# (to leave DST) from March 11 2012 to April 28th 2012....
+# Quote from the website communication:
+#
+# 6. For the year 2012, the dates of entry into winter time will be as follows:
+# a. Saturday April 28, 2012, clocks should go back 60 minutes; that is, at
+# 23:59:59, instead of passing to 0:00, the time should be adjusted to be 23:00
+# of the same day.
+# b. Saturday, September 1, 2012, clocks should go forward 60 minutes; that is,
+# at 23:59:59, instead of passing to 0:00, the time should be adjusted to be
+# 01:00 on September 2.
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-02-15):
+# According to several news sources, Chile has extended DST this year,
+# they will end DST later and start DST earlier than planned. They
+# hope to save energy. The new end date is 2013-04-28 00:00 and new
+# start date is 2013-09-08 00:00....
+# http://www.gob.cl/informa/2013/02/15/gobierno-anuncia-fechas-de-cambio-de-hora-para-el-ano-2013.htm
+
+# From José Miguel Garrido (2014-02-19):
+# Today appeared in the Diario Oficial a decree amending the time change
+# dates to 2014.
+# DST End: last Saturday of April 2014 (Sun 27 Apr 2014 03:00 UTC)
+# DST Start: first Saturday of September 2014 (Sun 07 Sep 2014 04:00 UTC)
+# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl//media/2014/02/19/do-20140219.pdf
+
+# From Eduardo Romero Urra (2015-03-03):
+# Today has been published officially that Chile will use the DST time
+# permanently until March 25 of 2017
+# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/media/2015/03/03/1-large.jpg
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-03-03):
+# For now, assume that the extension will persist indefinitely.
+
+# From Juan Correa (2016-03-18):
+# The decree regarding DST has been published in today's Official Gazette:
+# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/versiones-anteriores/do/20160318/
+# http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=1088502
+# It does consider the second Saturday of May and August as the dates
+# for the transition; and it lists DST dates until 2019, but I think
+# this scheme will stick.
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18):
+# For now, assume the pattern holds for the indefinite future.
+# The decree says transitions occur at 24:00; in practice this appears
+# to mean 24:00 mainland time, not 24:00 local time, so that Easter
+# Island is always two hours behind the mainland.
+
+# From Juan Correa (2016-12-04):
+# Magallanes region ... will keep DST (UTC -3) all year round....
+# 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
+# From Deborah Goldsmith (2017-01-19):
+# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2017/01/17/41660/01/1169626.pdf
+
+# From Juan Correa (2018-08-13):
+# As of moments ago, the Ministry of Energy in Chile has announced the new
+# schema for DST. ... Announcement in video (in Spanish):
+# https://twitter.com/MinEnergia/status/1029000399129374720
+# From Yonathan Dossow (2018-08-13):
+# The video says "first Saturday of September", we all know it means Sunday at
+# midnight.
+# From Tim Parenti (2018-08-13):
+# Translating the captions on the video at 0:44-0:55, "We want to announce as
+# Government that from 2019, Winter Time will be increased to 5 months, between
+# the first Saturday of April and the first Saturday of September."
+# At 2:08-2:20, "The Magallanes region will maintain its current time, as
+# decided by the citizens during 2017, but our Government will promote a
+# regional dialogue table to gather their opinion on this matter."
+# https://twitter.com/MinEnergia/status/1029009354001973248
+# "We will keep the new time policy unchanged for at least the next 4 years."
+# So we extend the new rules on Saturdays at 24:00 mainland time indefinitely.
+# From Juan Correa (2019-02-04):
+# http://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2018/11/23/42212/01/1498738.pdf
+
+# From Juan Correa (2022-04-02):
+# I found there was a decree published last Thursday that will keep
+# Magallanes region to UTC -3 "indefinitely". The decree is available at
+# https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2022/03/31/43217-B/01/2108910.pdf
+
+# From Juan Correa (2022-08-09):
+# the Internal Affairs Ministry (Ministerio del Interior) informed DST
+# for America/Santiago will start on midnight of September 11th;
+# and will end on April 1st, 2023. Magallanes region (America/Punta_Arenas)
+# will keep UTC -3 "indefinitely"... This is because on September 4th
+# we will have a voting whether to approve a new Constitution.
+#
+# From Eduardo Romero Urra (2022-08-17):
+# https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2022/08/13/43327/01/2172567.pdf
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2022-08-17):
+# Although the presidential decree stops at fall 2026, assume that
+# similar DST rules will continue thereafter.
+
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+Rule Chile 1927 1931 - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Chile 1928 1932 - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Chile 1968 only - Nov 3 4:00u 1:00 -
+Rule Chile 1969 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 1969 only - Nov 23 4:00u 1:00 -
+Rule Chile 1970 only - Mar 29 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 1971 only - Mar 14 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 1970 1972 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 -
+Rule Chile 1972 1986 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 1973 only - Sep 30 4:00u 1:00 -
+Rule Chile 1974 1987 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 -
+Rule Chile 1987 only - Apr 12 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 1988 1990 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 1988 1989 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 -
+Rule Chile 1990 only - Sep 16 4:00u 1:00 -
+Rule Chile 1991 1996 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 1991 1997 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 -
+Rule Chile 1997 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 1998 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 -
+Rule Chile 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 1999 2010 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 -
+Rule Chile 2000 2007 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
+# N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time,
+# which is used below in specifying the transition.
+Rule Chile 2008 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 2009 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 2010 only - Apr Sun>=1 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 2011 only - May Sun>=2 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 2011 only - Aug Sun>=16 4:00u 1:00 -
+Rule Chile 2012 2014 - Apr Sun>=23 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 2012 2014 - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 -
+Rule Chile 2016 2018 - May Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 2016 2018 - Aug Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 -
+Rule Chile 2019 max - Apr Sun>=2 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 2019 2021 - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 -
+Rule Chile 2022 only - Sep Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 -
+Rule Chile 2023 max - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 -
+# IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
+# (1996-09) says 1998-03-08. Ignore these.
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone America/Santiago -4:42:45 - LMT 1890
+ -4:42:45 - SMT 1910 Jan 10 # Santiago Mean Time
+ -5:00 - -05 1916 Jul 1
+ -4:42:45 - SMT 1918 Sep 10
+ -4:00 - -04 1919 Jul 1
+ -4:42:45 - SMT 1927 Sep 1
+ -5:00 Chile -05/-04 1932 Sep 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1942 Jun 1
+ -5:00 - -05 1942 Aug 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1946 Jul 14 24:00
+ -4:00 1:00 -03 1946 Aug 28 24:00 # central CL
+ -5:00 1:00 -04 1947 Mar 31 24:00
+ -5:00 - -05 1947 May 21 23:00
+ -4:00 Chile -04/-03
+Zone America/Punta_Arenas -4:43:40 - LMT 1890
+ -4:42:45 - SMT 1910 Jan 10
+ -5:00 - -05 1916 Jul 1
+ -4:42:45 - SMT 1918 Sep 10
+ -4:00 - -04 1919 Jul 1
+ -4:42:45 - SMT 1927 Sep 1
+ -5:00 Chile -05/-04 1932 Sep 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1942 Jun 1
+ -5:00 - -05 1942 Aug 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1946 Aug 28 24:00
+ -5:00 1:00 -04 1947 Mar 31 24:00
+ -5:00 - -05 1947 May 21 23:00
+ -4:00 Chile -04/-03 2016 Dec 4
+ -3:00 - -03
+Zone Pacific/Easter -7:17:28 - LMT 1890
+ -7:17:28 - EMT 1932 Sep # Easter Mean Time
+ -7:00 Chile -07/-06 1982 Mar 14 3:00u # Easter Time
+ -6:00 Chile -06/-05
+#
+# Salas y Gómez Island is uninhabited.
+# Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernández Is, Desventuradas Is,
+# and Antarctic bases, are like America/Santiago.
+
+# Antarctic base using South American rules
+# (See the file 'antarctica' for more.)
+#
+# Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
+#
+# From Ethan Dicks (1996-10-06):
+# It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us
+# and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line....
+# I verified with someone who was there that since 1980,
+# Palmer has followed Chile. Prior to that, before the Falklands War,
+# Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina.
+#
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - -00 1965
+ -4:00 Arg -04/-03 1969 Oct 5
+ -3:00 Arg -03/-02 1982 May
+ -4:00 Chile -04/-03 2016 Dec 4
+ -3:00 - -03
+
+# Colombia
+
+# Milne gives 4:56:16.4 for Bogotá time in 1899. He writes,
+# "A variation of fifteen minutes in the public clocks of Bogota is not rare."
+
+# From Alois Treindl (2022-11-10):
+# End of time change in Colombia 1993 ... should be 6 February 24h ...
+# DECRETO 267 DE 1993
+# https://www.suin-juriscol.gov.co/viewDocument.asp?ruta=Decretos/1061335
+
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+Rule CO 1992 only - May 3 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule CO 1993 only - Feb 6 24:00 0 -
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+ #STDOFF -4:56:16.4
+Zone America/Bogota -4:56:16 - LMT 1884 Mar 13
+ -4:56:16 - BMT 1914 Nov 23 # Bogotá Mean Time
+ -5:00 CO -05/-04
+# Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres
+# no information; probably like America/Bogota
+
+
+# Ecuador
+#
+# Milne says the Central and South American Telegraph Company used -5:24:15.
+#
+# From Alois Treindl (2016-12-15):
+# https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/hora-sixto-1993.html
+# ... Whether the law applied also to Galápagos, I do not know.
+# From Paul Eggert (2016-12-15):
+# https://www.elcomercio.com/afull/modificacion-husohorario-ecuador-presidentes-decreto.html
+# This says President Sixto Durán Ballén signed decree No. 285, which
+# established DST from 1992-11-28 to 1993-02-05; it does not give transition
+# times. The people called it "hora de Sixto" ("Sixto hour"). The change did
+# not go over well; a popular song "Qué hora es" by Jaime Guevara had lyrics
+# that included "Amanecía en mitad de la noche, los guaguas iban a clase sin
+# sol" ("It was dawning in the middle of the night, the buses went to class
+# without sun"). Although Ballén's campaign slogan was "Ni un paso atrás"
+# (Not one step back), the clocks went back in 1993 and the experiment was not
+# repeated. For now, assume transitions were at 00:00 local time country-wide.
+#
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+Rule Ecuador 1992 only - Nov 28 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Ecuador 1993 only - Feb 5 0:00 0 -
+#
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone America/Guayaquil -5:19:20 - LMT 1890
+ -5:14:00 - QMT 1931 # Quito Mean Time
+ -5:00 Ecuador -05/-04
+Zone Pacific/Galapagos -5:58:24 - LMT 1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
+ -5:00 - -05 1986
+ -6:00 Ecuador -06/-05
+
+# Falklands
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# Between 1990 and 2000 inclusive, Shanks & Pottenger and the IATA agree except
+# the IATA gives 1996-09-08. Go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+
+# From Falkland Islands Government Office, London (2001-01-22)
+# via Jesper Nørgaard:
+# ... the clocks revert back to Local Mean Time at 2 am on Sunday 15
+# April 2001 and advance one hour to summer time at 2 am on Sunday 2
+# September. It is anticipated that the clocks will revert back at 2
+# am on Sunday 21 April 2002 and advance to summer time at 2 am on
+# Sunday 1 September.
+
+# From Rives McDow (2001-02-13):
+#
+# I have communicated several times with people there, and the last
+# time I had communications that was helpful was in 1998. Here is
+# what was said then:
+#
+# "The general rule was that Stanley used daylight saving and the Camp
+# did not. However for various reasons many people in the Camp have
+# started to use daylight saving (known locally as 'Stanley Time')
+# There is no rule as to who uses daylight saving - it is a matter of
+# personal choice and so it is impossible to draw a map showing who
+# uses it and who does not. Any list would be out of date as soon as
+# it was produced. This year daylight saving ended on April 18/19th
+# and started again on September 12/13th. I do not know what the rule
+# is, but can find out if you like. We do not change at the same time
+# as UK or Chile."
+#
+# I did have in my notes that the rule was "Second Saturday in Sep at
+# 0:00 until third Saturday in Apr at 0:00". I think that this does
+# not agree in some cases with Shanks; is this true?
+#
+# Also, there is no mention in the list that some areas in the
+# Falklands do not use DST. I have found in my communications there
+# that these areas are on the western half of East Falkland and all of
+# West Falkland. Stanley is the only place that consistently observes
+# DST. Again, as in other places in the world, the farmers don't like
+# it. West Falkland is almost entirely sheep farmers.
+#
+# I know one lady there that keeps a list of which farm keeps DST and
+# which doesn't each year. She runs a shop in Stanley, and says that
+# the list changes each year. She uses it to communicate to her
+# customers, catching them when they are home for lunch or dinner.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2001-03-05):
+# For now, we'll just record the time in Stanley, since we have no
+# better info.
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-04-01):
+# The Falkland Islands will not turn back clocks this winter, but stay on
+# daylight saving time.
+#
+# One source:
+# http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=5914&source=3
+#
+# We have gotten this confirmed by a clerk of the legislative assembly:
+# Normally the clocks revert to Local Mean Time (UTC/GMT -4 hours) on the
+# third Sunday of April at 0200hrs and advance to Summer Time (UTC/GMT -3
+# hours) on the first Sunday of September at 0200hrs.
+#
+# IMPORTANT NOTE: During 2011, on a trial basis, the Falkland Islands
+# will not revert to local mean time, but clocks will remain on Summer
+# time (UTC/GMT - 3 hours) throughout the whole of 2011. Any long term
+# change to local time following the trial period will be notified.
+#
+# From Andrew Newman (2012-02-24)
+# A letter from Justin McPhee, Chief Executive,
+# Cable & Wireless Falkland Islands (dated 2012-02-22)
+# states...
+# The current Atlantic/Stanley entry under South America expects the
+# clocks to go back to standard Falklands Time (FKT) on the 15th April.
+# The database entry states that in 2011 Stanley was staying on fixed
+# summer time on a trial basis only. FIG need to contact IANA and/or
+# the maintainers of the database to inform them we're adopting
+# the same policy this year and suggest recommendations for future years.
+#
+# For now we will assume permanent -03 for the Falklands
+# until advised differently (to apply for 2012 and beyond, after the 2011
+# experiment was apparently successful.)
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+Rule Falk 1937 1938 - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Falk 1938 1942 - Mar Sun>=19 0:00 0 -
+Rule Falk 1939 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Falk 1940 1942 - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Falk 1943 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Falk 1983 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Falk 1984 1985 - Apr lastSun 0:00 0 -
+Rule Falk 1984 only - Sep 16 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Falk 1985 2000 - Sep Sun>=9 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Falk 1986 2000 - Apr Sun>=16 0:00 0 -
+Rule Falk 2001 2010 - Apr Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
+Rule Falk 2001 2010 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 -
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone Atlantic/Stanley -3:51:24 - LMT 1890
+ -3:51:24 - SMT 1912 Mar 12 # Stanley Mean Time
+ -4:00 Falk -04/-03 1983 May
+ -3:00 Falk -03/-02 1985 Sep 15
+ -4:00 Falk -04/-03 2010 Sep 5 2:00
+ -3:00 - -03
+
+# French Guiana
+# For the 1911/1912 establishment of standard time in French possessions, see:
+# Société Française de Physique, Recueil de constantes physiques (1913),
+# page 752, 18b.
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone America/Cayenne -3:29:20 - LMT 1911 Jul 1
+ -4:00 - -04 1967 Oct
+ -3:00 - -03
+
+# Guyana
+
+# From P Chan (2020-11-27):
+# https://books.google.com/books?id=5-5CAQAAMAAJ&pg=SA1-PA547
+# The Official Gazette of British Guiana. (New Series.) Vol. XL. July to
+# December, 1915, p 1547, lists as several notes:
+# "Local Mean Time 3 hours 52 mins. 39 secs. slow of Greenwich Mean Time
+# (Georgetown.) From 1st August, 1911, British Guiana Standard Mean Time 4
+# hours slow of Greenwich Mean Time, by notice in Official Gazette on 1st July,
+# 1911. From 1st March, 1915, British Guiana Standard Mean Time 3 hours 45
+# mins. 0 secs. slow of Greenwich Mean Time, by notice in Official Gazette on
+# 23rd January, 1915."
+#
+# https://parliament.gov.gy/documents/acts/10923-act_no._27_of_1975_-_interpretation_and_general_clauses_(amendment)_act_1975.pdf
+# Interpretation and general clauses (Amendment) Act 1975 (Act No. 27 of 1975)
+# [dated 1975-07-31]
+# "This Act...shall come into operation on 1st August, 1975."
+# "...where any expression of time occurs...the time referred to shall signify
+# the standard time of Guyana which shall be three hours behind Greenwich Mean
+# Time."
+#
+# Circular No. 10/1992 dated 1992-03-20
+# https://dps.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1992-03-20-Circular-010.pdf
+# "...cabinet has decided that with effect from Sunday 29th March, 1992, Guyana
+# Standard Time would be re-established at 01:00 hours by adjusting the hands
+# of the clock back to 24:00 hours."
+# Legislated in the Interpretation and general clauses (Amendment) Act 1992
+# (Act No. 6 of 1992) [passed 1992-03-27, published 1992-04-18]
+# https://parliament.gov.gy/documents/acts/5885-6_of_1992_interpretation_and_general_clauses_(amendment)_act_1992.pdf
+
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone America/Guyana -3:52:39 - LMT 1911 Aug 1 # Georgetown
+ -4:00 - -04 1915 Mar 1
+ -3:45 - -0345 1975 Aug 1
+ -3:00 - -03 1992 Mar 29 1:00
+ -4:00 - -04
+
+# Paraguay
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# Shanks & Pottenger say that spring transitions are 01:00 -> 02:00,
+# and autumn transitions are 00:00 -> 23:00. Go with pre-1999
+# editions of Shanks, and with the IATA, who say transitions occur at 00:00.
+#
+# From Waldemar Villamayor-Venialbo (2013-09-20):
+# No time of the day is established for the adjustment, so people normally
+# adjust their clocks at 0 hour of the given dates.
+#
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+Rule Para 1975 1988 - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Para 1975 1978 - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Para 1979 1991 - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Para 1989 only - Oct 22 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Para 1990 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Para 1991 only - Oct 6 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Para 1992 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Para 1992 only - Oct 5 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Para 1993 only - Mar 31 0:00 0 -
+Rule Para 1993 1995 - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Para 1994 1995 - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 -
+Rule Para 1996 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
+# IATA SSIM (2000-02) says 1999-10-10; ignore this for now.
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-02):
+# I have three independent reports that Paraguay changed to DST this Sunday
+# (10-01).
+#
+# Translated by Gwillim Law (2001-02-27) from
+# Noticias, a daily paper in Asunción, Paraguay (2000-10-01):
+# http://www.diarionoticias.com.py/011000/nacional/naciona1.htm
+# Starting at 0:00 today, the clock will be set forward 60 minutes, in
+# fulfillment of Decree No. 7,273 of the Executive Power.... The time change
+# system has been operating for several years. Formerly there was a separate
+# decree each year; the new law has the same effect, but permanently. Every
+# year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the
+# clock will be set back on the first Sunday of March.
+#
+Rule Para 1996 2001 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 -
+# IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+Rule Para 1997 only - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 -
+# Shanks & Pottenger say 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but
+# (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27).
+Rule Para 1998 2001 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
+# From Rives McDow (2002-02-28):
+# A decree was issued in Paraguay (No. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the
+# dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in
+# April.
+Rule Para 2002 2004 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Para 2002 2003 - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 -
+#
+# From Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2005-01-02):
+# There are several sources that claim that Paraguay made
+# a timezone rule change in autumn 2004.
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-01-05):
+# Decree 1,867 (2004-03-05)
+# From Carlos Raúl Perasso via Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-10-13)
+# http://www.presidencia.gov.py/decretos/D1867.pdf
+Rule Para 2004 2009 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Para 2005 2009 - Mar Sun>=8 0:00 0 -
+# From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2010-02-18):
+# By decree number 3958 issued yesterday
+# http://www.presidencia.gov.py/v1/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/decreto3958.pdf
+# Paraguay changes its DST schedule, postponing the March rule to April and
+# modifying the October date. The decree reads:
+# ...
+# Art. 1. It is hereby established that from the second Sunday of the month of
+# April of this year (2010), the official time is to be set back 60 minutes,
+# and that on the first Sunday of the month of October, it is to be set
+# forward 60 minutes, in all the territory of the Paraguayan Republic.
+# ...
+Rule Para 2010 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Para 2010 2012 - Apr Sun>=8 0:00 0 -
+#
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-03-07):
+# Paraguay will end DST on 2013-03-24 00:00....
+# http://www.ande.gov.py/interna.php?id=1075
+#
+# From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2013-03-15):
+# The change in Paraguay is now final. Decree number 10780
+# http://www.presidencia.gov.py/uploads/pdf/presidencia-3b86ff4b691c79d4f5927ca964922ec74772ce857c02ca054a52a37b49afc7fb.pdf
+# From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2014-02-28):
+# Decree 1264 can be found at:
+# http://www.presidencia.gov.py/archivos/documentos/DECRETO1264_ey9r8zai.pdf
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2023-07-26):
+# Transition dates are now set by Law No. 7115, not by presidential decree.
+# https://www.abc.com.py/politica/2023/07/12/promulgacion-el-cambio-de-hora-sera-por-ley/
+# From Carlos Raúl Perasso (2023-07-27):
+# http://silpy.congreso.gov.py/descarga/ley-144138
+Rule Para 2013 max - Mar Sun>=22 0:00 0 -
+
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890
+ -3:50:40 - AMT 1931 Oct 10 # Asunción Mean Time
+ -4:00 - -04 1972 Oct
+ -3:00 - -03 1974 Apr
+ -4:00 Para -04/-03
+
+# Peru
+#
+# From Evelyn C. Leeper via Mark Brader (2003-10-26)
+# <news:xrGmb.39935$gA1.13896113@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>:
+# When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they apparently switched over
+# sometime between December 29 and January 3 while we were on the Amazon.
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# Shanks & Pottenger don't have this transition. Assume 1986 was like 1987.
+
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+Rule Peru 1938 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Peru 1938 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Peru 1938 1939 - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Peru 1939 1940 - Mar Sun>=24 0:00 0 -
+Rule Peru 1986 1987 - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Peru 1986 1987 - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Peru 1990 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Peru 1990 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
+# IATA is ambiguous for 1993/1995; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
+Rule Peru 1994 only - Jan 1 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Peru 1994 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone America/Lima -5:08:12 - LMT 1890
+ -5:08:36 - LMT 1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time?
+ -5:00 Peru -05/-04
+
+# South Georgia
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 - LMT 1890 # Grytviken
+ -2:00 - -02
+
+# South Sandwich Is
+# uninhabited; scientific personnel have wintered
+
+# Suriname
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone America/Paramaribo -3:40:40 - LMT 1911
+ -3:40:52 - PMT 1935 # Paramaribo Mean Time
+ -3:40:36 - PMT 1945 Oct # The capital moved?
+ -3:30 - -0330 1984 Oct
+ -3:00 - -03
+
+# Uruguay
+# From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
+# Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules.
+#
+# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-20), per Jeremie Bonjour (2018-01-31) and Michael
+# Deckers (2018-02-20):
+# ... At least they kept good records...
+#
+# http://www.armada.mil.uy/ContenidosPDFs/sohma/web/almanaque/almanaque_2018.pdf#page=36
+# Page 36 of Almanaque 2018, published by the Oceanography, Hydrography, and
+# Meteorology Service of the Uruguayan Navy, seems to give many transitions
+# with greater clarity than we've had before. It directly references many laws
+# and decrees which are, in turn, referenced below. They can be viewed in the
+# public archives of the Diario Oficial (in Spanish) at
+# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/
+#
+# Ley No. 3920 of 1908-06-10 placed the determination of legal time under the
+# auspices of the National Institute for the Prediction of Time. It is unclear
+# exactly what offset was used during this period, though Ley No. 7200 of
+# 1920-04-23 used the Observatory of the National Meteorological Institute in
+# Montevideo (34° 54' 33" S, 56° 12' 45" W) as its reference meridian,
+# retarding legal time by 15 minutes 9 seconds from 1920-04-30 24:00,
+# resulting in UT-04. Assume the corresponding LMT of UT-03:44:51 (given on
+# page 725 of the Proceedings of the Second Pan-American Scientific Congress,
+# 1915-1916) was in use, and merely became official from 1908-06-10.
+# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1908/06/18/12
+# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1920/04/27/9
+#
+# Ley No. 7594 of 1923-06-28 specified legal time as Observatory time advanced
+# by 44 minutes 51 seconds (UT-03) "from 30 September to 31 March", and by 14
+# minutes 51 seconds (UT-03:30) "the rest of the year"; a message from the
+# National Council of Administration the same day, published directly below the
+# law in the Diario Oficial, specified the first transition to be 1923-09-30
+# 24:00. This effectively established standard time at UT-03:30 with 30
+# minutes DST. Assume transitions at 24:00 on the specified days until Ley No.
+# 7919 of 1926-03-05 ended this arrangement, repealing all "laws and other
+# provisions which oppose" it, resulting in year-round UT-03:30; a Resolución
+# of 1926-03-11 puts the final transition at 1926-03-31 24:00, the same as it
+# would have been under the previous law.
+# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1923/07/02/2
+# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1926/03/10/2
+# https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1926/03/18/2
+#
+# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+Rule Uruguay 1923 1925 - Oct 1 0:00 0:30 -
+Rule Uruguay 1924 1926 - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
+# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
+# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1933/10/27/6
+#
+# It appears Ley No. 9122 of 1933 was never published as such in the Diario
+# Oficial, but instead appeared as Document 26 in the Diario on Friday
+# 1933-10-27 as a decree made Monday 1933-10-23 and filed under the Ministry of
+# National Defense. It reinstituted a DST of 30 minutes (to UT-03) "from the
+# last Sunday of October...until the last Saturday of March." In accordance
+# with this provision, the first transition was explicitly specified in Article
+# 2 of the decree as Saturday 1933-10-28 at 24:00; that is, Sunday 1933-10-29
+# at 00:00. Assume transitions at 00:00 Sunday throughout.
+#
+# Departing from the matter-of-fact nature of previous timekeeping laws, the
+# 1933 decree "consider[s] the advantages of...the advance of legal time":
+#
+# "Whereas: The measure adopted by almost all nations at the time of the last
+# World War still persists in North America and Europe, precisely because of
+# the economic, hygienic, and social advantages derived from such an
+# emergency measure...
+#
+# Whereas: The advance of the legal time during the summer seasons, by
+# displacing social activity near sunrise, favors the citizen populations
+# and especially the society that creates and works..."
+#
+# It further specified that "necessary measures" be taken to ensure that
+# "public spectacles finish, in general, before [01:00]."
+Rule Uruguay 1933 1938 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 -
+Rule Uruguay 1934 1941 - Mar lastSat 24:00 0 -
+# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
+# Most of the Rules below, and their contemporaneous Zone lines, have been
+# updated simply to match the Almanaque 2018. Although the document does not
+# list exact transition times, midnight transitions were already present in our
+# data here for all transitions through 2004-09, and this is both consistent
+# with prior transitions and verified in several decrees marked below between
+# 1939-09 and 2004-09, wherein the relevant text was typically of the form:
+#
+# "From 0 hours on [date], the legal time of the entire Republic will be...
+#
+# In accordance with [the preceding], on [previous date] at 24 hours, all
+# clocks throughout the Republic will be [advanced/retarded] by..."
+#
+# It is possible that there is greater specificity to be found for the Rules
+# below, but it is buried in no fewer than 40 different decrees individually
+# referenced by the Almanaque for the period from 1939-09 to 2014-09.
+# Four-fifths of these were promulgated less than two weeks before taking
+# effect; more than half within a week and none more than 5 weeks. Only the
+# handful with comments below have been checked with any thoroughness.
+Rule Uruguay 1939 only - Oct 1 0:00 0:30 -
+Rule Uruguay 1940 only - Oct 27 0:00 0:30 -
+# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
+# Decreto 1145 of the Ministry of National Defense, dated 1941-07-26, specified
+# UT-03 from Friday 1941-08-01 00:00, citing an "urgent...need to save fuel".
+# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1941/08/04/1
+Rule Uruguay 1941 only - Aug 1 0:00 0:30 -
+# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
+# Decreto 1866 of the Ministry of National Defense, dated 1942-12-09, specified
+# further advancement (to UT-02:30) from Sunday 1942-12-13 24:00. Since clocks
+# never went back to UT-03:30 thereafter, this is modeled as advancing standard
+# time by 30 minutes to UT-03, while retaining 30 minutes of DST.
+# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1942/12/16/3
+Rule Uruguay 1942 only - Dec 14 0:00 0:30 -
+Rule Uruguay 1943 only - Mar 14 0:00 0 -
+Rule Uruguay 1959 only - May 24 0:00 0:30 -
+Rule Uruguay 1959 only - Nov 15 0:00 0 -
+Rule Uruguay 1960 only - Jan 17 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Uruguay 1960 only - Mar 6 0:00 0 -
+Rule Uruguay 1965 only - Apr 4 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Uruguay 1965 only - Sep 26 0:00 0 -
+# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
+# Decreto 321/968 of 1968-05-25, citing emergency drought measures decreed the
+# day before, brought clocks forward 30 minutes from Monday 1968-05-27 00:00.
+# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1968/05/30/5
+Rule Uruguay 1968 only - May 27 0:00 0:30 -
+Rule Uruguay 1968 only - Dec 1 0:00 0 -
+# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
+# Decreto 188/970 of 1970-04-23 instituted restrictions on electricity
+# consumption "as a consequence of the current rainfall regime in the country".
+# Articles 13 and 14 advanced clocks by an hour from Saturday 1970-04-25 00:00.
+# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1970/04/29/4
+Rule Uruguay 1970 only - Apr 25 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Uruguay 1970 only - Jun 14 0:00 0 -
+Rule Uruguay 1972 only - Apr 23 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Uruguay 1972 only - Jul 16 0:00 0 -
+# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
+# Decreto 29/974 of 1974-01-11, citing "the international rise in the price of
+# oil", advanced clocks by 90 minutes (to UT-01:30). Decreto 163/974 of
+# 1974-03-04 returned 60 of those minutes (to UT-02:30), and the remaining 30
+# minutes followed in Decreto 679/974 of 1974-08-29.
+# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1974/01/22/11
+# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1974/03/14/3
+# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1974/09/04/6
+Rule Uruguay 1974 only - Jan 13 0:00 1:30 -
+Rule Uruguay 1974 only - Mar 10 0:00 0:30 -
+Rule Uruguay 1974 only - Sep 1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Uruguay 1974 only - Dec 22 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Uruguay 1975 only - Mar 30 0:00 0 -
+Rule Uruguay 1976 only - Dec 19 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Uruguay 1977 only - Mar 6 0:00 0 -
+Rule Uruguay 1977 only - Dec 4 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Uruguay 1978 1979 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Uruguay 1978 only - Dec 17 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Uruguay 1979 only - Apr 29 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Uruguay 1980 only - Mar 16 0:00 0 -
+# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
+# Decreto 725/987 of 1987-12-04 cited "better use of national tourist
+# attractions" to advance clocks one hour from Monday 1987-12-14 00:00.
+# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/1988/01/25/1
+Rule Uruguay 1987 only - Dec 14 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Uruguay 1988 only - Feb 28 0:00 0 -
+Rule Uruguay 1988 only - Dec 11 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Uruguay 1989 only - Mar 5 0:00 0 -
+Rule Uruguay 1989 only - Oct 29 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Uruguay 1990 only - Feb 25 0:00 0 -
+# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15), per Paul Eggert (1999-11-04):
+# IATA agrees as below for 1990-10 through 1993-02. Per Almanaque 2018, the
+# 1992/1993 season appears to be the first in over half a century where DST
+# both began and ended pursuant to the same decree.
+Rule Uruguay 1990 1991 - Oct Sun>=21 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Uruguay 1991 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
+Rule Uruguay 1992 only - Oct 18 0:00 1:00 -
+Rule Uruguay 1993 only - Feb 28 0:00 0 -
+# From Eduardo Cota (2004-09-20):
+# The Uruguayan government has decreed a change in the local time....
+# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
+# Decreto 328/004 of 2004-09-15.
+# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2004/09/23/documentos.pdf#page=1
+Rule Uruguay 2004 only - Sep 19 0:00 1:00 -
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-03-11):
+# Uruguay's DST was scheduled to end on Sunday, 2005-03-13, but in order to
+# save energy ... it was postponed two weeks....
+# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
+# This 2005 postponement is not in Almanaque 2018. Go with the contemporaneous
+# reporting, which is confirmed by Decreto 107/005 of 2005-03-10 amending
+# Decreto 328/004:
+# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2005/03/15/documentos.pdf#page=1
+# The original decree specified a transition of 2005-03-12 24:00, but the new
+# one specified 2005-03-27 02:00.
+Rule Uruguay 2005 only - Mar 27 2:00 0 -
+# From Eduardo Cota (2005-09-27):
+# ...from 2005-10-09 at 02:00 local time, until 2006-03-12 at 02:00 local time,
+# official time in Uruguay will be at GMT -2.
+# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
+# Decreto 318/005 of 2005-09-19.
+# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2005/09/23/documentos.pdf#page=1
+Rule Uruguay 2005 only - Oct 9 2:00 1:00 -
+Rule Uruguay 2006 2015 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00 0 -
+# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15), per Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-09-06):
+# Decreto 311/006 of 2006-09-04 established regular DST from the first Sunday
+# of October at 02:00 through the second Sunday of March at 02:00. Almanaque
+# 2018 appears to have a few typoed dates through this period; ignore them.
+# http://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2006/09/08/documentos.pdf#page=1
+Rule Uruguay 2006 2014 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 -
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2015-06-30):
+# ... it looks like they will not be using DST the coming summer:
+# http://www.elobservador.com.uy/gobierno-resolvio-que-no-habra-cambio-horario-verano-n656787
+# http://www.republica.com.uy/este-ano-no-se-modificara-el-huso-horario-en-uruguay/523760/
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-06-30):
+# Apparently restaurateurs complained that DST caused people to go to the beach
+# instead of out to dinner.
+# From Pablo Camargo (2015-07-13):
+# http://archivo.presidencia.gub.uy/sci/decretos/2015/06/cons_min_201.pdf
+# From Tim Parenti (2018-02-15):
+# Decreto 178/015 of 2015-06-29; repeals Decreto 311/006.
+
+# This Zone can be simplified once we assume zic %z.
+Zone America/Montevideo -3:44:51 - LMT 1908 Jun 10
+ -3:44:51 - MMT 1920 May 1 # Montevideo MT
+ -4:00 - -04 1923 Oct 1
+ -3:30 Uruguay -0330/-03 1942 Dec 14
+ -3:00 Uruguay -03/-0230 1960
+ -3:00 Uruguay -03/-02 1968
+ -3:00 Uruguay -03/-0230 1970
+ -3:00 Uruguay -03/-02 1974
+ -3:00 Uruguay -03/-0130 1974 Mar 10
+ -3:00 Uruguay -03/-0230 1974 Dec 22
+ -3:00 Uruguay -03/-02
+
+# Venezuela
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2015-07-28):
+# For the 1965 transition see Gaceta Oficial No. 27.619 (1964-12-15), p 205.533
+# http://www.pgr.gob.ve/dmdocuments/1964/27619.pdf
+#
+# From John Stainforth (2007-11-28):
+# ... the change for Venezuela originally expected for 2007-12-31 has
+# been brought forward to 2007-12-09. The official announcement was
+# published today in the "Gaceta Oficial de la República Bolivariana
+# de Venezuela, número 38.819" (official document for all laws or
+# resolution publication)
+# http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=72208
+
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2016-04-15):
+# https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/204758-venezuela-modificar-huso-horario-sequia-elnino
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2016-04-15):
+# Clocks advance 30 minutes on 2016-05-01 at 02:30....
+# "'Venezuela's new time-zone: hours without light, hours without water,
+# hours of presidential broadcasts, hours of lines,' quipped comedian
+# Jean Mary Curró ...". See: Cawthorne A, Kai D. Venezuela scraps
+# half-hour time difference set by Chavez. Reuters 2016-04-15 14:50 -0400
+# https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-timezone-idUSKCN0XC2BE
+#
+# From Matt Johnson (2016-04-20):
+# ... published in the official Gazette [2016-04-18], here:
+# http://historico.tsj.gob.ve/gaceta_ext/abril/1842016/E-1842016-4551.pdf
+
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone America/Caracas -4:27:44 - LMT 1890
+ -4:27:40 - CMT 1912 Feb 12 # Caracas Mean Time?
+ -4:30 - -0430 1965 Jan 1 0:00
+ -4:00 - -04 2007 Dec 9 3:00
+ -4:30 - -0430 2016 May 1 2:30
+ -4:00 - -04