From f7ba213e8cd24e1deeddaaeb5bbebaa2bd34817c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wollman Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 16:23:09 +0000 Subject: Merge timzeone data changes from vendor branch. Most significant change is 1996 EC harmonization. Also, the following timezones have been renamed: Asia/Frunze -> Asia/Bishkek Pacific/Cocos -> Indian/Cocos Pacific/Belau -> Pacific/Palau America/Navajo -> America/Shiprock and one new timezone has been added: Australia/Canberra --- share/zoneinfo/southamerica | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) (limited to 'share/zoneinfo/southamerica') diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/southamerica b/share/zoneinfo/southamerica index e93505b..70f6b25 100644 --- a/share/zoneinfo/southamerica +++ b/share/zoneinfo/southamerica @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)southamerica 7.6 +# @(#)southamerica 7.8 # 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 @@ -14,17 +14,18 @@ # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. # Some of these are just plausible excuses for common English abbreviations. # Corrections are welcome! -# std dst -# LMT Local Mean Time -# -2:00 FST FDT Fernando de Noronha -# -3:00 EST EDT Eastern South America (conflicts with -5:00) -# -4:00 AST ADT Andes*, Antilles*, Asuncion*, Atlantic -# -4:00 CST CDT Chile (conflicts with -6:00) -# -4:00 WST WDT Western Brazil -# -5:00 AST ADT Acre (conflicts with -4:00) -# -5:00 EST EDT Eastern, Ecuador* -# -6:00 CST CDT Archipelago of Columbus*, Central -# -7:00 MST MDT Mataveri*, Mountain +# std dst +# LMT Local Mean Time +# -2:00 FST FDT Fernando de Noronha +# -3:00 EST EDT Eastern South America (conflicts with -5:00) +# -3:00 ARST ARDT Argentina +# -4:00 AST ADT Andes*, Antilles*, Asuncion*, Atlantic +# -4:00 CST CDT Chile (conflicts with -6:00) +# -4:00 WST WDT Western Brazil +# -5:00 AST ADT Acre (conflicts with -4:00) +# -5:00 EST EDT Eastern, Ecuador* +# -6:00 CST CDT Archipelago of Columbus*, Central +# -7:00 MST MDT Mataveri*, Mountain # # See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions. @@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ # From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 19889): # ARGENTINA 3 H BEHIND UTC +# From Hernan G. Otero (June 26, 1995): +# I am sending modifications to the Argentinian time zone table... +# AR was chosen because they are the ISO letters that represent Argentina. + # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Arg 1930 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 D Rule Arg 1931 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 S @@ -79,19 +84,28 @@ Rule Arg 1986 1987 - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 D Rule Arg 1987 only - Feb 13 0:00 0 S Rule Arg 1988 only - Feb 7 0:00 0 S Rule Arg 1988 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Arg 1989 only - Mar 16 0:00 0 S -Rule Arg 1989 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Arg 1990 only - Mar 4 0:00 0 S -# _The Economist_ (8 Jan 1994, p 42) reports that Argentina -# had DST in 1991-2 and 1992-3, but not in 1990-1 or in 1993-4. -# It has something to do with electricity companies meeting demand in summer. -# We don't know the 1991-3 transition times, unfortunately. +# +# From Hernan G. Otero (June 26, 1995): +# These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A., +# obtaining the data from the: +# Talleres de Hidrografia Naval Argentina +# (Argentinian Naval Hydrography Institute) +# +# Shanks gives 1989 Mar 16 and stops after 1990 Mar 4; go with Otero. +Rule Arg 1989 1993 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 S +Rule Arg 1989 1992 - Oct Sun>=15 0:00 1:00 D +# +# From Hernan G. Otero (June 26, 1995): +# 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. +# # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Nov -4:17 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time -4:00 - AST 1930 Dec -4:00 Arg A%sT 1969 Oct 5 - -3:00 Arg E%sT + -3:00 Arg AR%sT # ZONE-DESCR America Buenos_Aires Argentina All points -- cgit v1.1