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diff --git a/tz/southamerica b/tz/southamerica index aad8b2d..9d8f460 100644 --- a/tz/southamerica +++ b/tz/southamerica @@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Ushuaia -4:33:12 - LMT 1894 Oct 31 -3:00 - -03 # Aruba -Link America/Curacao America/Aruba +# See America/Puerto_Rico. # Bolivia # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -1369,35 +1369,14 @@ Zone America/Bogota -4:56:16 - LMT 1884 Mar 13 # no information; probably like America/Bogota # Curaçao - -# Milne gives 4:35:46.9 for Curaçao mean time; round to nearest. -# -# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): -# Shanks & Pottenger say that The Bottom and Philipsburg have been at -# -4:00 since standard time was introduced on 1912-03-02; and that -# Kralendijk and Rincon used Kralendijk Mean Time (-4:33:08) from -# 1912-02-02 to 1965-01-01. The former is dubious, since S&P also say -# Saba Island has been like Curaçao. -# This all predates our 1970 cutoff, though. -# -# By July 2007 Curaçao and St Maarten are planned to become -# associated states within the Netherlands, much like Aruba; -# Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius would become directly part of the -# Netherlands as Kingdom Islands. This won't affect their time zones -# though, as far as we know. +# See America/Puerto_Rico. # -# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Curacao -4:35:47 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Willemstad - -4:30 - -0430 1965 - -4:00 - AST - # From Arthur David Olson (2011-06-15): # use links for places with new iso3166 codes. # The name "Lower Prince's Quarter" is both longer than fourteen characters -# and contains an apostrophe; use "Lower_Princes" below. - -Link America/Curacao America/Lower_Princes # Sint Maarten -Link America/Curacao America/Kralendijk # Caribbean Netherlands +# and contains an apostrophe; use "Lower_Princes".... +# From Paul Eggert (2021-05-06): +# These backward-compatibility links now are in the 'backward' file. # Ecuador # @@ -1540,11 +1519,40 @@ Zone America/Cayenne -3:29:20 - LMT 1911 Jul -3:00 - -03 # Guyana + +# From P Chan (2020-11-27): +# https://books.google.com/books?id=5-5CAQAAMAAJ&pg=SA1-PA547 +# The Official Gazette of British Guiana. (New Series.) Vol. XL. July to +# December, 1915, p 1547, lists as several notes: +# "Local Mean Time 3 hours 52 mins. 39 secs. slow of Greenwich Mean Time +# (Georgetown.) From 1st August, 1911, British Guiana Standard Mean Time 4 +# hours slow of Greenwich Mean Time, by notice in Official Gazette on 1st July, +# 1911. From 1st March, 1915, British Guiana Standard Mean Time 3 hours 45 +# mins. 0 secs. slow of Greenwich Mean Time, by notice in Official Gazette on +# 23rd January, 1915." +# +# https://parliament.gov.gy/documents/acts/10923-act_no._27_of_1975_-_interpretation_and_general_clauses_(amendment)_act_1975.pdf +# Interpretation and general clauses (Amendment) Act 1975 (Act No. 27 of 1975) +# [dated 1975-07-31] +# "This Act...shall come into operation on 1st August, 1975." +# "...where any expression of time occurs...the time referred to shall signify +# the standard time of Guyana which shall be three hours behind Greenwich Mean +# Time." +# +# Circular No. 10/1992 dated 1992-03-20 +# https://dps.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1992-03-20-Circular-010.pdf +# "...cabinet has decided that with effect from Sunday 29th March, 1992, Guyana +# Standard Time would be re-established at 01:00 hours by adjusting the hands +# of the clock back to 24:00 hours." +# Legislated in the Interpretation and general clauses (Amendment) Act 1992 +# (Act No. 6 of 1992) [passed 1992-03-27, published 1992-04-18] +# https://parliament.gov.gy/documents/acts/5885-6_of_1992_interpretation_and_general_clauses_(amendment)_act_1992.pdf + # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Guyana -3:52:40 - LMT 1915 Mar # Georgetown - -3:45 - -0345 1975 Jul 31 - -3:00 - -03 1991 -# IATA SSIM (1996-06) says -4:00. Assume a 1991 switch. +Zone America/Guyana -3:52:39 - LMT 1911 Aug 1 # Georgetown + -4:00 - -04 1915 Mar 1 + -3:45 - -0345 1975 Aug 1 + -3:00 - -03 1992 Mar 29 1:00 -4:00 - -04 # Paraguay @@ -1685,24 +1693,7 @@ Zone America/Paramaribo -3:40:40 - LMT 1911 -3:00 - -03 # Trinidad and Tobago -# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone America/Port_of_Spain -4:06:04 - LMT 1912 Mar 2 - -4:00 - AST - -# These all agree with Trinidad and Tobago since 1970. -Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Anguilla -Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Antigua -Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Dominica -Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Grenada -Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Guadeloupe -Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Marigot # St Martin (French part) -Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Montserrat -Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Barthelemy # St Barthélemy -Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Kitts # St Kitts & Nevis -Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Lucia -Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Thomas # Virgin Islands (US) -Link America/Port_of_Spain America/St_Vincent -Link America/Port_of_Spain America/Tortola # Virgin Islands (UK) +# See America/Puerto_Rico. # Uruguay # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18): |