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diff --git a/timezone/southamerica b/timezone/southamerica index b51e7cfd50..5cd58a6b17 100644 --- a/timezone/southamerica +++ b/timezone/southamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)southamerica 7.40 +# @(#)southamerica 7.41 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to @@ -493,16 +493,26 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914 # Because of the same drought, the government decided to end DST later, # on April 3, (one-time change). -# From Gwillim Law (2001-02-20): -# I came across a Chilean on-line newspaper, La Tercera. Its -# <a href="http://www.tercera.cl/diario/1998/03/13/extras.html"> -# 1998-03-13 issue -# </a>, says (my translation): -# "At 24:00 (midnight) tomorrow (Saturday) - 22:00 in the insular -# territory [Easter Island, Juan Fernandez, etc.] - winter time will -# begin in the entire country." - -# From Paul Eggert (2001-02-21): +# From Gwillim Law (2001-05-04): +# I came across another article in "La Tercera" about Chilean DST. +# <http://www.tercera.cl/diario/2000/10/13/t-extras.html> +# It clearly confirms my earlier suggestion, that DST begins at 22:00 +# on Easter Island.... But it also seems to be saying that the +# observance of DST in Chile began in 1966, rather than 1969 as +# ... [Shanks] has it.... +# +# My translation: +# +# "The Chilean Army has announced that summer time will begin tomorrow, +# Saturday, October 14 in continental Chile, insular Chile, and +# Antarctica, as provided by Supreme Decree 25 of January 11, 1966. +# By the preceding, official time in continental Chile and Chilean +# Antarctic, and official time in Western Insular Chile, which applies +# to Easter Island and Sala y Gomez Island, will be set forward at +# midnight and at 22:00, respectively, by 20 minutes." + +# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04): +# Go with this article in preference to Shanks's 1969 date for modern DST. # Assume this rule has been used since DST was introduced in the islands. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -510,8 +520,8 @@ Rule Chile 1918 only - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Chile 1919 only - Jul 2 0:00 0 - Rule Chile 1927 1931 - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S Rule Chile 1928 1932 - Apr 1 0:00 0 - -Rule Chile 1969 1997 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S -Rule Chile 1970 1998 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - +Rule Chile 1966 1997 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S +Rule Chile 1967 1998 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S Rule Chile 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 1999 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S @@ -528,10 +538,9 @@ Zone Pacific/Easter -7:17:28 - LMT 1890 # Mataveri -7:00 Chile EAS%sT 1982 Mar 14 # Easter I Time -6:00 Chile EAS%sT # -# Whitman says Juan Fernandez Is are like America/Santiago. -# San Ambrosio, San Felix -# no information; probably like America/Santiago - +# Sala y Gomez Island is like Pacific/Easter. +# Other Chilean locations, including Juan Fernandez Is, San Ambrosio, +# San Felix, and Antarctic bases, are like America/Santiago. # Colombia # Shanks specifies 24:00 for 1992 transition times; go with IATA, |