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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)southamerica 7.36
+# @(#)southamerica 7.37
# 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
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Rule Arg 1999 only - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Arg 2000 only - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
#
# From Peter Gradelski via Steffen Thorsen (2000-03-01):
-# We just checked with our San Paulo office and they say the government of
+# We just checked with our Sao Paulo office and they say the government of
# Argentina decided not to become one of the countries that go on or off DST.
# So Buenos Aires should be -3 hours from GMT at all times.
#
@@ -250,11 +250,15 @@ Zone America/La_Paz -4:32:36 - LMT 1890
# Brazilian official page
# </a>
#
-# From Paul Eggert (1998-10-29):
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-02):
# The official decrees referenced below are taken from
# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html">
# Decretos sobre o Horario de Verao no Brasil
# </a> (1999-10-04, in Portuguese).
+# The official site for all decrees, including those not related to time, is
+# <a href="http://www.presidencia.gov.br/CCIVIL/decreto/principal_ano.htm">
+# Presidencia da Republica, Subchefia para Assuntos Juridicos, Decretos
+# </a> (in Portuguese).
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm">20,466</a> (1931-10-01)
@@ -364,11 +368,15 @@ Rule Brazil 1999 only - Feb 21 0:00 0 -
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/figuras/HV3150.gif">3,150</a>
# (1999-08-23) adopted by same states.
# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV99.gif">3,188</a> (1999-09-30)
-# adds SE, AL, PE, PR, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR.
+# adds SE, AL, PB, PE, RN, CE, PI, MA and RR.
+Rule Brazil 1999 only - Oct 3 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Brazil 2000 only - Feb 27 0:00 0 -
+# Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/DEC3592.htm">3,592</a> (2000-09-06)
+# adopted by the same states as before.
# These give only one year's rules. After that, the rules are guesses
# and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
-Rule Brazil 1999 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Brazil 2000 max - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 -
+Rule Brazil 2000 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Brazil 2001 max - Feb Sun>=15 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -578,7 +586,11 @@ Rule Para 1996 1998 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
# go with Shanks.
Rule Para 1999 max - Feb lastSun 0:00 0 -
# IATA SSIM (2000-02) says 1999-10-10.
-Rule Para 1999 max - Oct Sun>=8 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Para 1999 only - Oct 10 0:00 1:00 S
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-02):
+# I have three independent reports that Paraguay changed to DST this Sunday
+# (10-01).
+Rule Para 2000 max - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Asuncion -3:50:40 - LMT 1890
-3:50:40 - AMT 1931 Oct 10 # Asuncion Mean Time