southamerica revision 21217
121217Swollman# @(#)southamerica	7.16
22742Swollman
32742Swollman# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
42742Swollman# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
52742Swollman# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
62742Swollman
720094Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22):
82742Swollman# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
92742Swollman# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
102742Swollman# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
112742Swollman#
1220094Swollman# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source
1320094Swollman# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
1420094Swollman# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
1520094Swollman# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
1620094Swollman# of the IATA's data after 1990.
1720094Swollman#
1820094Swollman# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
1920094Swollman# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
2020094Swollman#
2119878Swollman# The following abbreviations are used in this file.
222742Swollman# Corrections are welcome!
239908Swollman#		std	dst
249908Swollman#		LMT		Local Mean Time
259908Swollman#	-2:00	FST	FDT	Fernando de Noronha
2619878Swollman#	-3:00	EST	EDT	Eastern Brazil
279908Swollman#	-4:00	WST	WDT	Western Brazil
2819878Swollman#	-4:00	AST	ADT	Atlantic
2919878Swollman#	-5:00	AST	ADT	Acre
302742Swollman#
3119878Swollman# See the `africa' file for time zone naming and abbreviation conventions.
3219878Swollman# Earlier editions of these tables used the North American style (e.g. ARST and
3319878Swollman# ARDT for Argentine Standard and Daylight Time), but the following quote
3419878Swollman# suggests that it's better to use European style (e.g. ART and ARST).
3519878Swollman#	I suggest the use of _Summer time_ instead of the more cumbersome
3619878Swollman#	_daylight-saving time_.  _Summer time_ seems to be in general use
3719878Swollman#	in Europe and South America.
3819878Swollman#	-- E O Cutler, _New York Times_ (1937-02-14), quoted in
3919878Swollman#	H L Mencken, _The American Language: Supplement I_ (1960), p 466
402742Swollman
4119878Swollman
422742Swollman# From Guy Harris:
432742Swollman# From Official Airline Guide - Worldwide Edition (1987).  Countries not
442742Swollman# listed here do not observe DST, according to the OAG.  Time zone names
452742Swollman# are pure inventions, and none are supplied for countries not observing
462742Swollman# DST; updates from natives would be appreciated.  The times that DST
472742Swollman# starts and ends are based on the assumption that they switch a 2AM just
482742Swollman# as everybody else does.
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542742Swollman# Argentina
552742Swollman
5619878Swollman# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
572742Swollman# Argentina: first Sunday in October to first Sunday in April since 1976.
582742Swollman# Double Summer time from 1969 to 1974.  Switches at midnight.
592742Swollman
6019878Swollman# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1988-01-199):
612742Swollman# ARGENTINA           3 H BEHIND   UTC
622742Swollman
6319878Swollman# From Hernan G. Otero <hernan@isoft.com.ar> (1995-06-26):
6421217Swollman# I am sending modifications to the Argentine time zone table...
659908Swollman# AR was chosen because they are the ISO letters that represent Argentina.
669908Swollman
672742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
6819878SwollmanRule	Arg	1930	only	-	Dec	 1	0:00	1:00	S
6919878SwollmanRule	Arg	1931	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
7019878SwollmanRule	Arg	1931	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
7119878SwollmanRule	Arg	1932	1940	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
7219878SwollmanRule	Arg	1932	1939	-	Nov	 1	0:00	1:00	S
7319878SwollmanRule	Arg	1940	only	-	Jul	 1	0:00	1:00	S
7419878SwollmanRule	Arg	1941	only	-	Jun	15	0:00	0	-
7519878SwollmanRule	Arg	1941	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
7619878SwollmanRule	Arg	1943	only	-	Aug	 1	0:00	0	-
7719878SwollmanRule	Arg	1943	only	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
7819878SwollmanRule	Arg	1946	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
7919878SwollmanRule	Arg	1946	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
8019878SwollmanRule	Arg	1963	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
8119878SwollmanRule	Arg	1963	only	-	Dec	15	0:00	1:00	S
8219878SwollmanRule	Arg	1964	1966	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
8319878SwollmanRule	Arg	1964	1966	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
8419878SwollmanRule	Arg	1967	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
8519878SwollmanRule	Arg	1967	1968	-	Oct	Sun<=7	0:00	1:00	S
8619878SwollmanRule	Arg	1968	1969	-	Apr	Sun<=7	0:00	0	-
8719878SwollmanRule	Arg	1974	only	-	Jan	23	0:00	1:00	S
8819878SwollmanRule	Arg	1974	only	-	May	 1	0:00	0	-
8919878SwollmanRule	Arg	1974	1976	-	Oct	Sun<=7	0:00	1:00	S
9019878SwollmanRule	Arg	1975	1977	-	Apr	Sun<=7	0:00	0	-
9119878SwollmanRule	Arg	1985	only	-	Nov	 2	0:00	1:00	S
9219878SwollmanRule	Arg	1986	only	-	Mar	14	0:00	0	-
9319878SwollmanRule	Arg	1986	1987	-	Oct	25	0:00	1:00	S
9419878SwollmanRule	Arg	1987	only	-	Feb	13	0:00	0	-
9519878SwollmanRule	Arg	1988	only	-	Feb	 7	0:00	0	-
9619878SwollmanRule	Arg	1988	only	-	Dec	 1	0:00	1:00	S
979908Swollman#
9819878Swollman# From Hernan G. Otero <hernan@isoft.com.ar> (1995-06-26):
999908Swollman# These corrections were contributed by InterSoft Argentina S.A.,
1009908Swollman# obtaining the data from the:
1019908Swollman# Talleres de Hidrografia Naval Argentina
10221217Swollman# (Argentine Naval Hydrography Institute)
1039908Swollman#
1049908Swollman# Shanks gives 1989 Mar 16 and stops after 1990 Mar 4; go with Otero.
10519878SwollmanRule	Arg	1989	1993	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
10619878SwollmanRule	Arg	1989	1992	-	Oct	Sun>=15	0:00	1:00	S
1079908Swollman#
10819878Swollman# From Hernan G. Otero <hernan@isoft.com.ar> (1995-06-26):
1099908Swollman# From this moment on, the law that mandated the daylight saving
1109908Swollman# time corrections was derogated and no more modifications
1119908Swollman# to the time zones (for daylight saving) are now made.
1129908Swollman#
1132742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
11420094Swollman#
11520094Swollman# Buenos Aires (BA), Distrito Federal (DF), Santa Cruz (SC),
11620094Swollman# Tierra del Fuego (TF) & Antartida e Islas
1172742SwollmanZone America/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 -	LMT	1894 Nov
11819878Swollman			-4:16:44 -	CMT	1920 May    # Cordoba Mean Time
11919878Swollman			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
12019878Swollman			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct 5
1219908Swollman			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT
12220094Swollman#
12320094Swollman# Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC),
12420094Swollman# Formosa (FM), La Pampa (LP), Chubut (CH)
12520094SwollmanZone America/Rosario	-4:02:40 -	LMT	1894 Nov
12620094Swollman			-4:16:44 -	CMT	1920 May
12720094Swollman			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
12820094Swollman			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct 5
12920094Swollman			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Jul
13020094Swollman			-3:00	-	ART
13120094Swollman#
13220094Swollman# Cordoba (CB), Santiago del Estero (SE), Salta (SA), Tucuman (TM), La Rioja (LR), San Juan (SJ), San Luis (SL),
13320094Swollman# Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
13420094SwollmanZone America/Cordoba	-4:16:44 -	LMT	1894 Nov
13520094Swollman			-4:16:44 -	CMT	1920 May
13620094Swollman			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
13720094Swollman			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct 5
13820094Swollman			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1990 Jul
13920094Swollman			-3:00	-	ART
14020094Swollman#
14120094Swollman# Jujuy (JY)
14220094SwollmanZone America/Jujuy	-4:21:12 -	LMT	1894 Nov
14320094Swollman			-4:16:44 -	CMT	1920 May
14420094Swollman			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
14520094Swollman			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
14620094Swollman			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  3
14720094Swollman			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct  6
14820094Swollman			-4:00	1:00	WARST	1992 Mar 15
14920094Swollman			-4:00	-	WART	1992 Oct 18
15020094Swollman			-3:00	-	ART
15120094Swollman#
15220094Swollman# Catamarca (CT)
15320094SwollmanZone America/Catamarca	-4:23:08 -	LMT	1894 Nov
15420094Swollman			-4:16:44 -	CMT	1920 May
15520094Swollman			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
15620094Swollman			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct 5
15720094Swollman			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1990 Jul
15820094Swollman			-3:00	-	ART	1991 Jul
15920094Swollman			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1992 Jul
16020094Swollman			-3:00	-	ART
16120094Swollman#
16220094Swollman# Mendoza (MZ)
16320094SwollmanZone America/Mendoza	-4:35:16 -	LMT	1894 Nov
16420094Swollman			-4:16:44 -	CMT	1920 May
16520094Swollman			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
16620094Swollman			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
16720094Swollman			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  3
16820094Swollman			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Oct 15
16920094Swollman			-4:00	1:00	WARST	1992 Mar  1
17020094Swollman			-4:00	-	WART	1992 Oct 18
17120094Swollman			-3:00	-	ART
1728029Swollman
17314343Swollman# Aruba
17414343Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
17514343SwollmanZone	America/Aruba	-4:40:24 -	LMT	1912 Feb 12	# Oranjestad
17619878Swollman			-4:30	-	ANT	1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
17714343Swollman			-4:00	-	AST
17814343Swollman
1792742Swollman# Bolivia
1802742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1812742SwollmanZone	America/La_Paz	-4:32:36 -	LMT	1890
18219878Swollman			-4:32:36 -	LPMT	1931 Oct 15 # La Paz Mean Time
18319878Swollman			-4:32:36 1:00	BOST	1932 Mar 21 # Bolivia ST
18419878Swollman			-4:00	-	BOT	# Bolivia Time
1852742Swollman
1862742Swollman# Brazil
1872742Swollman
1882742Swollman# From Guy Harris:
18919878Swollman# The OAG lists 1987-10-25 and 1988-02-12 as the starting and
1902742Swollman# ending dates, giving them as "estimated date(s) based on previous year".  We
1912742Swollman# infer a rule here from one example, always a dangerous practice....  Yes,
1922742Swollman# they really do switch on Saturday, according to the OAG.
19314343Swollman# "[America/Porto_Acre]" is for the Territory of Acre;
19414343Swollman# "[America/Noronha]" is for Fernando De Noronha.
1952742Swollman
19619878Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
1972742Swollman# The mayor of Rio recently attempted to change the time zone rules
1982742Swollman# just in his city, in order to leave more summer time for the tourist trade.
1992742Swollman# The rule change lasted only part of the day;
2002742Swollman# the federal government refused to follow the city's rules, and business
2012742Swollman# was in a chaos, so the mayor backed down that afternoon.
2022742Swollman
20320094Swollman# From IATA SSIM (1996-02):
20420094Swollman# _Only_ the following states in BR1 observe DST: Rio Grande do Sul (RS),
20520094Swollman# Santa Catarina (SC), Parana (PR), Sao Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ),
20620094Swollman# Espirito Santo (ES), Minas Gerais (MG), Bahia (BA), Goias (GO),
20720094Swollman# Distrito Federal (DF), Tocantins (TO), Sergipe [SE] and Alagoas [AL].
20820094Swollman# [The last three states are new to this issue of the IATA SSIM.]
20920094Swollman
21020094Swollman# From Gwillim Law (1996-10-07):
21120094Swollman# Geography, history (Tocantins was part of Goias until 1989), and other
21220094Swollman# sources of time zone information lead me to believe that AL, SE, and TO were
21320094Swollman# always in BR1, and so the only change was whether or not they observed DST....
21420094Swollman# The earliest issue of the SSIM I have is 2/91.  Each issue from then until
21520094Swollman# 9/95 says that DST is observed only in the ten states I quoted from 9/95,
21620094Swollman# along with Mato Grosso (MT) and Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), which are in BR2
21720094Swollman# (UTC-4)....  The other two time zones given for Brazil are BR3, which is
21820094Swollman# UTC-5, no DST, and applies only in the state of Acre (AC); and BR4, which is
21920094Swollman# UTC-2, and applies to Fernando de Noronha (formerly FN, but I believe it's
22020094Swollman# become part of the state of Pernambuco).  The boundary between BR1 and BR2
22120094Swollman# has never been clearly stated.  They've simply been called East and West.
22220094Swollman# However, some conclusions can be drawn from another IATA manual: the Airline
22320094Swollman# Coding Directory, which lists close to 400 airports in Brazil.  For each
22420094Swollman# airport it gives a time zone which is coded to the SSIM.  From that
22520094Swollman# information, I'm led to conclude that the states of Amapa (AP), Ceara (CE),
22620094Swollman# Maranhao (MA), Paraiba (PR), Pernambuco (PE), Piaui (PI), and Rio Grande do
22720094Swollman# Norte (RN), and the eastern part of Para (PA) are all in BR1 without DST.
22820094Swollman
22920094Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
23020094Swollman# Let's make the following assumptions:
23120094Swollman#
23220094Swollman# * All data in Shanks are correct through 1990.  In particular,
23320094Swollman#   Shanks was right when he said Acre stopped observing DST in mid-1988.
23420094Swollman# * Areas where Shanks reports DST up to 1990, but the IATA reports no DST
23520094Swollman#   in 1995, stopped observing DST in mid-1990.
23620094Swollman#
23720094Swollman# Under these assumptions Brazil needs 7 entries to cover all the distinct
23820094Swollman# time zone histories since 1970:
23920094Swollman#
24020094Swollman# Noronha (UTC-2), Fortaleza (UTC-3), and Manaus (UTC-4) stopped observing DST
24120094Swollman#	in mid-1990.
24220094Swollman# Maceio (UTC-3) stopped observing DST in mid-1990, but started again mid-1995.
24320094Swollman# Sao Paulo (UTC-3) and Cuiaba (UTC-4) always observed DST.
24420094Swollman# Porto Acre (UTC-5) stopped observing DST in mid-1988.
24520094Swollman
2462742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
24719878SwollmanRule	Brazil	1931	only	-	Oct	 3	11:00	1:00	D
2482742SwollmanRule	Brazil	1932	1933	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	S
24919878SwollmanRule	Brazil	1932	only	-	Oct	 3	 0:00	1:00	D
25019878SwollmanRule	Brazil	1949	1952	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	1:00	D
2512742SwollmanRule	Brazil	1950	only	-	Apr	16	 0:00	0	S
2522742SwollmanRule	Brazil	1951	1953	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	S
25319878SwollmanRule	Brazil	1963	only	-	Dec	 9	 0:00	1:00	D
2542742SwollmanRule	Brazil	1964	only	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	S
25519878SwollmanRule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Jan	31	 0:00	1:00	D
2562742SwollmanRule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	S
25719878SwollmanRule	Brazil	1965	only	-	Dec	 1	 0:00	1:00	D
2582742SwollmanRule	Brazil	1966	1968	-	Mar	 1	 0:00	0	S
25919878SwollmanRule	Brazil	1966	1967	-	Nov	 1	 0:00	1:00	D
26019878SwollmanRule	Brazil	1985	only	-	Nov	 2	 0:00	1:00	D
2612742SwollmanRule	Brazil	1986	only	-	Mar	15	 0:00	0	S
26219878SwollmanRule	Brazil	1986	1987	-	Oct	Sat<=28	 0:00	1:00	D
2632742SwollmanRule	Brazil	1987	only	-	Feb	14	 0:00	0	S
2642742SwollmanRule	Brazil	1988	only	-	Feb	 7	 0:00	0	S
2652742SwollmanRule	Brazil	1989	only	-	Jan	22	 0:00	0	S
26620094SwollmanRule	Brazil	1988	1989	-	Oct	Sun>=10	 0:00	1:00	D
26720094SwollmanRule	Brazil	1990	1991	-	Feb	Sun>=11	 0:00	0	S
26820094SwollmanRule	Brazil	1990	1992	-	Oct	Sun>=20	 0:00	1:00	D
26920094SwollmanRule	Brazil	1992	only	-	Feb	 9	 0:00	0	S
27020094SwollmanRule	Brazil	1993	max	-	Oct	Sun>=11	 0:00	1:00	D
27120094SwollmanRule	Brazil	1993	only	-	Jan	31	 0:00	0	S
27220094SwollmanRule	Brazil	1994	1995	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	S
27320094SwollmanRule	Brazil	1996	max	-	Feb	Sun>=11	 0:00	0	S
27420094Swollman
2752742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
27620094Swollman#
27720094Swollman# Fernando de Noronha
2782742SwollmanZone America/Noronha	-2:09:40 -	LMT	1914
2792742Swollman			-2:00	-	FST	1963 Dec 9
28020094Swollman			-2:00	Brazil	F%sT	1990 Jul
28120094Swollman			-2:00	-	FST
28220094Swollman#
28320094Swollman# Amapa, east Para, Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba,
28420094Swollman# Pernambuco (except Fernando de Noronha)
28520094SwollmanZone America/Fortaleza	-2:34:00 -	LMT	1914
28620094Swollman			-3:00	-	EST	1963 Dec 9
28720094Swollman			-3:00	Brazil	E%sT	1990 Jul
28820094Swollman			-3:00	-	EST
28920094Swollman#
29020094Swollman# Alagoas, Sergipe, Tocantins
29120094SwollmanZone America/Maceio	-2:22:52 -	LMT	1914
29220094Swollman			-3:00	-	EST	1963 Dec 9
29320094Swollman			-3:00	Brazil	E%sT	1990 Jul
29420094Swollman			-3:00	-	EST	1995 Jul
29520094Swollman			-3:00	Brazil	E%sT
29620094Swollman#
29720094Swollman# Bahia, Goias, Distrito Federal, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro,
29820094Swollman# Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul
2992742SwollmanZone America/Sao_Paulo	-3:06:28 -	LMT	1914
3002742Swollman			-3:00	Brazil	E%sT
30120094Swollman#
30220094Swollman# Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul
30320094SwollmanZone America/Cuiaba	-3:44:20 -	LMT	1914
30420094Swollman			-4:00	-	WST	1963 Dec 9
30520094Swollman			-4:00	Brazil	W%sT
30620094Swollman#
30720094Swollman# Roraima, west Para, Amazonas, Rondonia
3082742SwollmanZone America/Manaus	-4:00:04 -	LMT	1914
3092742Swollman			-4:00	-	WST	1963 Dec 9
31020094Swollman			-4:00	Brazil	W%sT	1990 Jul
31120094Swollman			-4:00	-	WST
31220094Swollman#
31320094Swollman# Acre
3142742Swollman# Rio_Branco is too ambiguous, since there's a Rio Branco in Uruguay too.
3152742SwollmanZone America/Porto_Acre	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
3162742Swollman			-5:00	-	AST	1963 Dec 9
31720094Swollman			-5:00	Brazil	A%sT	1988 Jul
31820094Swollman			-5:00	-	AST
3192742Swollman#
3202742Swollman# Martin Vaz and Trinidade are like America/Noronha.
3212742Swollman
3222742Swollman
3232742Swollman# Chile
3242742Swollman
32514343Swollman# From Eduardo Krell (1995-10-19):
32614343Swollman# The law says to switch to DST at midnight [24:00] on the second SATURDAY
32714343Swollman# of October....  The law is the same for March and October.
3282742Swollman
3292742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
33019878SwollmanRule	Chile	1918	only	-	Sep	1	0:00	1:00	S
33119878SwollmanRule	Chile	1919	only	-	Jul	2	0:00	0	-
33219878SwollmanRule	Chile	1927	1931	-	Sep	1	0:00	1:00	S
33319878SwollmanRule	Chile	1928	1932	-	Apr	1	0:00	0	-
33419878SwollmanRule	Chile	1969	max	-	Oct	Sun>=9	0:00	1:00	S
33519878SwollmanRule	Chile	1970	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	0:00	0	-
33620094Swollman# IATA SSIM anomalies: (1990-09) says 1990-09-16; (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
33720094Swollman# (1996-09) says 1998-03-08.  Ignore these for now.
3382742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3392742SwollmanZone America/Santiago	-4:42:40 -	LMT	1890
34019878Swollman			-4:42:40 -	SMT	1910	    # Santiago Mean Time
34119878Swollman			-5:00	Chile	CL%sT	1932 Sep    # Chile Time
34219878Swollman			-4:00	Chile	CL%sT
3432742SwollmanZone Pacific/Easter	-7:17:28 -	LMT	1890	    # Mataveri
34419878Swollman			-7:17:28 -	MMT	1932 Sep    # Mataveri Mean Time
34519878Swollman			-7:00	Chile	EAS%sT	1982 Mar 14 # Easter I Time
34619878Swollman			-6:00	Chile	EAS%sT
3472742Swollman#
3482742Swollman# Whitman says Juan Fernandez Is are like America/Santiago.
3492742Swollman# San Ambrosio, San Felix
3502742Swollman# no information; probably like America/Santiago
3512742Swollman
3522742Swollman
3532742Swollman# Colombia
35420094Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
35520094SwollmanRule	CO	1992	only	-	May	 2	0:00	1:00	S
35620094SwollmanRule	CO	1992	only	-	Dec	31	0:00	0	-
3572742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3582742SwollmanZone	America/Bogota	-4:56:20 -	LMT	1884 Mar 13
35919878Swollman			-4:56:20 -	BMT	1914 Nov 23 # Bogota Mean Time
36020094Swollman			-5:00	CO	CO%sT	# Colombia Time
3612742Swollman# Malpelo, Providencia, San Andres
3622742Swollman# no information; probably like America/Bogota
3632742Swollman
3642742Swollman# Curacao
3652742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3662742SwollmanZone	America/Curacao	-4:35:44 -	LMT	1912 Feb 12	# Willemstad
36719878Swollman			-4:30	-	ANT	1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
3682742Swollman			-4:00	-	AST
3692742Swollman
3702742Swollman# Ecuador
3712742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3722742SwollmanZone America/Guayaquil	-5:19:20 -	LMT	1890
37319878Swollman			-5:14:00 -	QMT	1931 # Quito Mean Time
37419878Swollman			-5:00	-	ECT	     # Ecuador Time
3752742SwollmanZone Pacific/Galapagos	-5:58:24 -	LMT	1931 # Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
37619878Swollman			-5:00	-	ECT	1986
37719878Swollman			-6:00	-	GALT	     # Galapagos Time
3782742Swollman
3792742Swollman# Falklands
3802742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
38119878SwollmanRule	Falk	1937	1938	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
38219878SwollmanRule	Falk	1938	1942	-	Mar	Sun>=19	0:00	0	-
38319878SwollmanRule	Falk	1939	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	1:00	S
38419878SwollmanRule	Falk	1940	1942	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
38519878SwollmanRule	Falk	1943	only	-	Jan	1	0:00	0	-
38619878SwollmanRule	Falk	1983	only	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
38719878SwollmanRule	Falk	1984	1985	-	Apr	lastSun	0:00	0	-
38819878SwollmanRule	Falk	1984	only	-	Sep	16	0:00	1:00	S
38920094SwollmanRule	Falk	1985	1995	-	Sep	Sun>=9	0:00	1:00	S
39019878SwollmanRule	Falk	1986	max	-	Apr	Sun>=16	0:00	0	-
39120094SwollmanRule	Falk	1996	max	-	Sep	Sun>=8	0:00	1:00	S
3922742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3932742SwollmanZone Atlantic/Stanley	-3:51:24 -	LMT	1890
39419878Swollman			-3:51:24 -	SMT	1912 Mar 12  # Stanley Mean Time
39519878Swollman			-4:00	Falk	FK%sT	1983 May     # Falkland Is Time
39619878Swollman			-3:00	Falk	FK%sT	1985 Sep 15
39719878Swollman			-4:00	Falk	FK%sT
3982742Swollman
3992742Swollman# French Guiana
4002742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4012742SwollmanZone America/Cayenne	-3:29:20 -	LMT	1911 Jul
40219878Swollman			-4:00	-	GFT	1967 Oct # French Guiana Time
40319878Swollman			-3:00	-	GFT
4042742Swollman
4052742Swollman# Guyana
4062742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4072742SwollmanZone	America/Guyana	-3:52:40 -	LMT	1915 Mar	# Georgetown
40819878Swollman			-3:45	-	GBGT	1966 May 26 # Br Guiana Time
40919878Swollman			-3:45	-	GYT	1975 Jul 31 # Guyana Time
41020094Swollman			-3:00	-	GYT	1991
41120094Swollman# IATA SSIM (1996-06) says -4:00.  Assume a 1991 switch.
41220094Swollman			-4:00	-	GYT
4132742Swollman
4142742Swollman# Paraguay
4152742Swollman
41619878Swollman# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
4172742Swollman# Paraguay: First day in October to last in March.  Midnight switch??
4182742Swollman# Since 1980.
4192742Swollman
42019878Swollman# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
4212742Swollman# PARAGUAY            4 H  BEHIND UTC
4222742Swollman# PARAGUAY            3 H  BEHIND UTC    OCT 1, '88-MAR 31, '89
4232742Swollman
4242742Swollman# From Shanks (1991):
4252742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
42619878SwollmanRule	Para	1975	1978	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
42719878SwollmanRule	Para	1975	1978	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
4282742Swollman# Shanks says 1979 was all DST.
42920094SwollmanRule	Para	1980	1991	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
43019878SwollmanRule	Para	1980	1988	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
43119878SwollmanRule	Para	1989	only	-	Oct	22	0:00	1:00	S
43220094SwollmanRule	Para	1990	only	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
43320094SwollmanRule	Para	1991	only	-	Oct	 6	0:00	1:00	S
43420094SwollmanRule	Para	1992	only	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
43520094SwollmanRule	Para	1992	only	-	Oct	 5	0:00	1:00	S
43620094SwollmanRule	Para	1993	only	-	Mar	31	0:00	0	-
43720094SwollmanRule	Para	1993	max	-	Oct	 1	0:00	1:00	S
43820094SwollmanRule	Para	1994	1995	-	Feb	lastSun	0:00	0	-
43920094SwollmanRule	Para	1996	max	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
4402742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4412742SwollmanZone America/Asuncion	-3:50:40 -	LMT	1890
44219878Swollman			-3:50:40 -	AMT	1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time
44319878Swollman			-4:00	-	PYT	1972 Oct # Paraguay Time
44419878Swollman			-3:00	-	PYT	1974 Apr
44519878Swollman			-4:00	Para	PY%sT
4462742Swollman
4472742Swollman# Peru
4482742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
44919878SwollmanRule	Peru	1938	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
45019878SwollmanRule	Peru	1938	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
45119878SwollmanRule	Peru	1938	1939	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
45219878SwollmanRule	Peru	1939	1940	-	Mar	Sun>=24	0:00	0	-
45319878SwollmanRule	Peru	1987	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
45419878SwollmanRule	Peru	1987	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
45519878SwollmanRule	Peru	1990	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
45619878SwollmanRule	Peru	1990	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
45720094SwollmanRule	Peru	1993	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	1:00	S
45820094SwollmanRule	Peru	1993	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
4592742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4602742SwollmanZone	America/Lima	-5:08:12 -	LMT	1890
46119878Swollman			-5:09	-	LMT	1908 Jul 28 # Lima Mean Time
46219878Swollman			-5:00	Peru	PE%sT	# Peru Time
4632742Swollman
4642742Swollman# South Georgia
4652742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4662742SwollmanZone Atlantic/South_Georgia -2:26:08 -	LMT	1890		# Grytviken
46719878Swollman			-2:00	-	GST	# South Georgia Time
4682742Swollman
4692742Swollman# South Sandwich Is
47014343Swollman# uninhabited
4712742Swollman
4722742Swollman# Suriname
4732742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4742742SwollmanZone America/Paramaribo	-3:40:40 -	LMT	1911
4752742Swollman			-3:40:52 -	PMT	1935     # Paramaribo Mean Time
4762742Swollman			-3:40:36 -	PMT	1945 Oct # The capital moved?
47719878Swollman			-3:30	-	NEGT	1975 Nov 20 # Dutch Guiana Time
47819878Swollman			-3:30	-	SRT	1984 Oct # Suriname Time
47919878Swollman			-3:00	-	SRT
4802742Swollman
4812742Swollman# Trinidad and Tobago
4822742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4832742SwollmanZone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
4842742Swollman			-4:00	-	AST
4852742Swollman
4862742Swollman# Uruguay
48719878Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1993-11-18):
4882742Swollman# Uruguay wins the prize for the strangest peacetime manipulation of the rules.
4892742Swollman# From Shanks (1991):
4902742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
4912742Swollman# Whitman gives 1923 Oct 1; go with Shanks.
49219878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1923	only	-	Oct	 2	 0:00	0:30	HS
49319878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1924	1926	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
49419878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1924	1925	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
49519878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1933	1935	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0:30	HS
4962742Swollman# Shanks gives 1935 Apr 1 0:00 and 1936 Mar 30 0:00; go with Whitman.
49719878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1934	1936	-	Mar	Sat>=25	23:30s	0	-
49819878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1936	only	-	Nov	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
49919878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1937	1941	-	Mar	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
5002742Swollman# Whitman gives 1937 Oct 3; go with Shanks.
50119878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1937	1940	-	Oct	lastSun	 0:00	0:30	HS
5022742Swollman# Whitman gives 1941 Oct 24 - 1942 Mar 27, 1942 Dec 14 - 1943 Apr 13,
5032742Swollman# and 1943 Apr 13 ``to present time''; go with Shanks.
50419878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1941	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0	-
50519878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1942	only	-	Jan	 1	 0:00	0:30	HS
50619878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1942	only	-	Dec	14	 0:00	1:00	S
50719878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1943	only	-	Mar	14	 0:00	0	-
50819878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1959	only	-	May	24	 0:00	1:00	S
50919878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1959	only	-	Nov	15	 0:00	0	-
51019878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1960	only	-	Jan	17	 0:00	1:00	S
51119878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1960	only	-	Mar	 6	 0:00	0	-
51219878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1965	1967	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 0:00	1:00	S
51319878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1965	only	-	Sep	26	 0:00	0	-
51419878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1966	1967	-	Oct	31	 0:00	0	-
51519878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1968	1970	-	May	27	 0:00	0:30	HS
51619878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1968	1970	-	Dec	 2	 0:00	0	-
51719878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1972	only	-	Apr	24	 0:00	1:00	S
51819878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1972	only	-	Aug	15	 0:00	0	-
51919878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Mar	10	 0:00	0:30	HS
52019878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1974	only	-	Dec	22	 0:00	1:00	S
52119878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1976	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
52219878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1977	only	-	Dec	 4	 0:00	1:00	S
52319878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1978	only	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	0	-
52419878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1979	only	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
52519878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1980	only	-	May	 1	 0:00	0	-
52619878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1987	only	-	Dec	14	 0:00	1:00	S
52719878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Mar	14	 0:00	0	-
52819878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1988	only	-	Dec	11	 0:00	1:00	S
52919878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Mar	12	 0:00	0	-
53019878SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1989	only	-	Oct	29	 0:00	1:00	S
53120094SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	 0:00	0	-
53220094SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1990	1991	-	Oct	Sun>=21	 0:00	1:00	S
53320094SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1992	1993	-	Oct	Sun>=15	 0:00	1:00	S
53420094SwollmanRule	Uruguay	1993	only	-	Feb	28	 0:00	0	-
5352742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5362742SwollmanZone America/Montevideo	-3:44:44 -	LMT	1898 Jun 28
53719878Swollman			-3:44:44 -	MMT	1920 May  1	# Montevideo MT
53819878Swollman			-3:30	Uruguay	UY%sT	1942 Dec 14	# Uruguay Time
53919878Swollman			-3:00	Uruguay	UY%sT
5402742Swollman
5412742Swollman# Venezuela
5422742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5432742SwollmanZone	America/Caracas	-4:27:44 -	LMT	1890
54419878Swollman			-4:27:44 -	CMT	1912 Feb 12  # Caracas Mean Time
54519878Swollman			-4:30	-	VET	1965	     # Venezuela Time
54619878Swollman			-4:00	-	VET
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