1# @(#)southamerica 7.42
2
3# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
4# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
5# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
6
7# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-07-07):
8# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
9# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
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74Rule Arg 1943 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
75Rule Arg 1943 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S
76Rule Arg 1946 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
77Rule Arg 1946 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S
78Rule Arg 1963 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
79Rule Arg 1963 only - Dec 15 0:00 1:00 S
80Rule Arg 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
81Rule Arg 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S
82Rule Arg 1967 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
83Rule Arg 1967 1968 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
84Rule Arg 1968 1969 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
85Rule Arg 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S
86Rule Arg 1974 only - May 1 0:00 0 -
87Rule Arg 1974 1976 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
88Rule Arg 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
89Rule Arg 1985 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S
90Rule Arg 1986 only - Mar 14 0:00 0 -
91Rule Arg 1986 1987 - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 S
92Rule Arg 1987 only - Feb 13 0:00 0 -
93Rule Arg 1988 only - Feb 7 0:00 0 -
94Rule Arg 1988 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S
95#
96# From Hernan G. Otero <hernan@isoft.com.ar> (1995-06-26):
97# These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A.,
98# obtaining the data from the:
99# Talleres de Hidrografia Naval Argentina
100# (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute)
101#
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143# (2001-06-25):
144# Last Friday (yes, the last working day before the date of the change), the
145# Senate annulled the 1999 law that introduced the changes later postponed.
146# http://www.clarin.com.ar/diario/2001-06-22/s-03601.htm
147# It remains the vote of the Deputies..., but it will be the same....
148# This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina.
149# We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country.
150#
151# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
152#
153# Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF), Santa Cruz (SC),
154# Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF)
155Zone America/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Nov
156 -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
157 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
158 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
159 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 0:00
160 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00
161 -3:00 - ART
162#
163# Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC),
164# Formosa (FM), La Pampa (LP), Chubut (CH)
165Zone America/Rosario -4:02:40 - LMT 1894 Nov
166 -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May
167 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
168 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
169 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Jul
170 -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00
171 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00
172 -3:00 - ART
173#
174# Cordoba (CB), Santiago del Estero (SE), Salta (SA), Tucuman (TM), La Rioja (LR), San Juan (SJ), San Luis (SL),
175# Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
176Zone America/Cordoba -4:16:44 - LMT 1894 Nov
177 -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May
178 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
179 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
180 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Jul
181 -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00
182 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00
183 -3:00 - ART
184#
185# Jujuy (JY)
186Zone America/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 Nov
187 -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May
188 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
189 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
190 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3
191 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 6
192 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1992 Mar 15
193 -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18
194 -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00
195 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00
196 -3:00 - ART
197#
198# Catamarca (CT)
199Zone America/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 1894 Nov
200 -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May
201 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
202 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
203 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Jul
204 -3:00 - ART 1991 Jul
205 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1992 Jul
206 -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00
207 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00
208 -3:00 - ART
209#
210# Mendoza (MZ)
211Zone America/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 Nov
212 -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May
213 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
214 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
215 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3
216 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 15
217 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1992 Mar 1
218 -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18
219 -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00
220 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00
221 -3:00 - ART
222
223# Aruba
224# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
225Zone America/Aruba -4:40:24 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Oranjestad
226 -4:30 - ANT 1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
227 -4:00 - AST
228
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724# system has been operating for several years. Formerly there was a separate
725# decree each year; the new law has the same effect, but permanently. Every
726# year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the
727# clock will be set back on the first Sunday of March.
728#
729# From Jesper Norgaard (2001-03-06) [an official URL saying similar things]:
730# http://gateway.abc.com.py:8000/pub/pag04.mbr/artic?FHA=2001-03-03-02.24.52.900592
731#
732Rule Para 1996 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
733# IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks.
734Rule Para 1997 only - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 -
735# Shanks says 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but
736# (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27).
737Rule Para 1998 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
738
739# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
740Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890
741 -3:50:40 - AMT 1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time
742 -4:00 - PYT 1972 Oct # Paraguay Time
743 -3:00 - PYT 1974 Apr
744 -4:00 Para PY%sT
745
746# Peru
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2
3# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
4# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
5# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
6
7# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-07-07):
8# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
9# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
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74Rule Arg 1943 only - Aug 1 0:00 0 -
75Rule Arg 1943 only - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S
76Rule Arg 1946 only - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
77Rule Arg 1946 only - Oct 1 0:00 1:00 S
78Rule Arg 1963 only - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
79Rule Arg 1963 only - Dec 15 0:00 1:00 S
80Rule Arg 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
81Rule Arg 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S
82Rule Arg 1967 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
83Rule Arg 1967 1968 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
84Rule Arg 1968 1969 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
85Rule Arg 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S
86Rule Arg 1974 only - May 1 0:00 0 -
87Rule Arg 1974 1976 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
88Rule Arg 1975 1977 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
89Rule Arg 1985 only - Nov 2 0:00 1:00 S
90Rule Arg 1986 only - Mar 14 0:00 0 -
91Rule Arg 1986 1987 - Oct 25 0:00 1:00 S
92Rule Arg 1987 only - Feb 13 0:00 0 -
93Rule Arg 1988 only - Feb 7 0:00 0 -
94Rule Arg 1988 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S
95#
96# From Hernan G. Otero <hernan@isoft.com.ar> (1995-06-26):
97# These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A.,
98# obtaining the data from the:
99# Talleres de Hidrografia Naval Argentina
100# (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute)
101#
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143# (2001-06-25):
144# Last Friday (yes, the last working day before the date of the change), the
145# Senate annulled the 1999 law that introduced the changes later postponed.
146# http://www.clarin.com.ar/diario/2001-06-22/s-03601.htm
147# It remains the vote of the Deputies..., but it will be the same....
148# This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina.
149# We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country.
150#
151# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
152#
153# Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF), Santa Cruz (SC),
154# Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF)
155Zone America/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Nov
156 -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time
157 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
158 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
159 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 0:00
160 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00
161 -3:00 - ART
162#
163# Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC),
164# Formosa (FM), La Pampa (LP), Chubut (CH)
165Zone America/Rosario -4:02:40 - LMT 1894 Nov
166 -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May
167 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
168 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
169 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Jul
170 -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00
171 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00
172 -3:00 - ART
173#
174# Cordoba (CB), Santiago del Estero (SE), Salta (SA), Tucuman (TM), La Rioja (LR), San Juan (SJ), San Luis (SL),
175# Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
176Zone America/Cordoba -4:16:44 - LMT 1894 Nov
177 -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May
178 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
179 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
180 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Jul
181 -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00
182 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00
183 -3:00 - ART
184#
185# Jujuy (JY)
186Zone America/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 Nov
187 -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May
188 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
189 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
190 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3
191 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 6
192 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1992 Mar 15
193 -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18
194 -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00
195 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00
196 -3:00 - ART
197#
198# Catamarca (CT)
199Zone America/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 1894 Nov
200 -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May
201 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
202 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
203 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Jul
204 -3:00 - ART 1991 Jul
205 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1992 Jul
206 -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00
207 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00
208 -3:00 - ART
209#
210# Mendoza (MZ)
211Zone America/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 Nov
212 -4:16:44 - CMT 1920 May
213 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec
214 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
215 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3
216 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 15
217 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1992 Mar 1
218 -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18
219 -3:00 - ART 1999 Oct 3 0:00
220 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 0:00
221 -3:00 - ART
222
223# Aruba
224# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
225Zone America/Aruba -4:40:24 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Oranjestad
226 -4:30 - ANT 1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
227 -4:00 - AST
228
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724# system has been operating for several years. Formerly there was a separate
725# decree each year; the new law has the same effect, but permanently. Every
726# year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the
727# clock will be set back on the first Sunday of March.
728#
729# From Jesper Norgaard (2001-03-06) [an official URL saying similar things]:
730# http://gateway.abc.com.py:8000/pub/pag04.mbr/artic?FHA=2001-03-03-02.24.52.900592
731#
732Rule Para 1996 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
733# IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks.
734Rule Para 1997 only - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 -
735# Shanks says 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but
736# (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27).
737Rule Para 1998 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
738
739# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
740Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890
741 -3:50:40 - AMT 1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time
742 -4:00 - PYT 1972 Oct # Paraguay Time
743 -3:00 - PYT 1974 Apr
744 -4:00 Para PY%sT
745
746# Peru
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