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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), --- 64 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 2 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 1988 only - Dec 1 0:00 1:00 S 88# 89# From Hernan G. Otero <hernan@isoft.com.ar> (1995-06-26): 90# These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A., 91# obtaining the data from the: 92# Talleres de Hidrografia Naval Argentina 93# (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute) 94# --- 41 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 136# (2001-06-25): 137# Last Friday (yes, the last working day before the date of the change), the 138# Senate annulled the 1999 law that introduced the changes later postponed. 139# http://www.clarin.com.ar/diario/2001-06-22/s-03601.htm 140# It remains the vote of the Deputies..., but it will be the same.... 141# This kind of things had always been done this way in Argentina. 142# We are still -03:00 all year round in all of the country. 143# |
144# 145# From Paul Eggert (2002-01-22): 146# <a href="http://www.spicasc.net/horvera.html"> 147# Hora de verano para la Republica Argentina (2000-10-01) 148# </a> says that standard time in Argentina from 1894-10-31 149# to 1920-05-01 was -4:16:48.25. Go with this more-precise value 150# over Shanks. 151 152# Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks through 1992, from 153# the IATA otherwise. As noted below, Shanks says that 154# America/Cordoba split into 7 subregions during 1991/1992, but we 155# haven't verified this yet so for now we'll keep it a single region. 156# |
157# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 158# 159# Buenos Aires (BA), Capital Federal (CF), Santa Cruz (SC), 160# Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (TF) |
161Zone America/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 162 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May # Cordoba Mean Time |
163 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec 164 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 |
165 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 166 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 |
167 -3:00 - ART 168# 169# Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC), |
170# Formosa (FM), Salta (SA), Tucuman (TM), Santiago del Estero (SE), 171# Cordoba (CB), La Rioja (LR), San Juan (SJ), San Luis (SL), La Pampa (LP), 172# Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN), Chubut (CH) |
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174# Shanks also makes the following claims, which we haven't verified: 175# - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07. 176# - La Rioja and San Juan switched to -4:00 on 1991-03-01 177# and then to 03:00 on 1991-05-07. 178# - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29. 179# - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04. 180# - San Luis switched to -4:00 on 1990-03-14, then to -3:00 on 1990-10-15, 181# then to -4:00 on 1991-03-01, then to -3:00 on 1991-06-01. 182# - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01, 183# then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26. 184# If we need to add Zones for these areas, we may need to have a subdirectory 185# for Argentina, as e.g. "America/San_Luis" is too ambiguious. 186# 187Zone America/Cordoba -4:16:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 188 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May |
189 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec 190 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 |
191 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3 192 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20 193 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 194 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 |
195 -3:00 - ART 196# 197# Jujuy (JY) |
198Zone America/Jujuy -4:21:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 199 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May |
200 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec 201 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 |
202 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Mar 4 203 -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 28 204 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 17 |
205 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 6 |
206 -3:00 1:00 ARST 1992 207 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 208 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 |
209 -3:00 - ART 210# 211# Catamarca (CT) |
212Zone America/Catamarca -4:23:08 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 213 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May |
214 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec 215 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 |
216 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1991 Mar 3 217 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 20 218 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 219 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 |
220 -3:00 - ART 221# 222# Mendoza (MZ) |
223Zone America/Mendoza -4:35:16 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 224 -4:16:48 - CMT 1920 May |
225 -4:00 - ART 1930 Dec 226 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 |
227 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1990 Mar 4 228 -4:00 - WART 1990 Oct 15 229 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1991 Mar 1 |
230 -4:00 - WART 1991 Oct 15 231 -4:00 1:00 WARST 1992 Mar 1 232 -4:00 - WART 1992 Oct 18 |
233 -3:00 Arg AR%sT 1999 Oct 3 234 -4:00 Arg AR%sT 2000 Mar 3 |
235 -3:00 - ART 236 237# Aruba 238# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 239Zone America/Aruba -4:40:24 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Oranjestad 240 -4:30 - ANT 1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time 241 -4:00 - AST 242 --- 495 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 738# system has been operating for several years. Formerly there was a separate 739# decree each year; the new law has the same effect, but permanently. Every 740# year, the time will change on the first Sunday of October; likewise, the 741# clock will be set back on the first Sunday of March. 742# 743# From Jesper Norgaard (2001-03-06) [an official URL saying similar things]: 744# http://gateway.abc.com.py:8000/pub/pag04.mbr/artic?FHA=2001-03-03-02.24.52.900592 745# |
746Rule Para 1996 2001 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S |
747# IATA SSIM (1997-09) says Mar 1; go with Shanks. 748Rule Para 1997 only - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 - 749# Shanks says 1999-02-28; IATA SSIM (1999-02) says 1999-02-27, but 750# (1999-09) reports no date; go with above sources and Gerd Knops (2001-02-27). |
751Rule Para 1998 2001 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 752# From Rives McDow (2002-02-28): 753# A decree was issued in Paraguay (no. 16350) on 2002-02-26 that changed the 754# dst method to be from the first Sunday in September to the first Sunday in 755# April. 756Rule Para 2002 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 757Rule Para 2002 max - Sep Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S |
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760# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 761Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890 762 -3:50:40 - AMT 1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time 763 -4:00 - PYT 1972 Oct # Paraguay Time 764 -3:00 - PYT 1974 Apr 765 -4:00 Para PY%sT 766 767# Peru --- 102 unchanged lines hidden --- |