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-# @(#)southamerica 8.6
+# @(#)southamerica 8.11
# <pre>
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -714,8 +714,13 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco -4:31:12 - LMT 1914
# (they should have been 1990-09-15 and 1990-09-16 respectively), but
# anyhow it clears up some doubts too.
-# The following data are from <http://www.horaoficial.cl/horaof.htm>
-# (2006-09-20), transcribed by Jesper Norgaard Welen.
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-12-27):
+# The following data for Chile and America/Santiago are from
+# <http://www.horaoficial.cl/horaof.htm> (2006-09-20), transcribed by
+# Jesper Norgaard Welen. The data for Pacific/Easter are from Shanks
+# & Pottenger, except with DST transitions after 1932 cloned from
+# America/Santiago. The pre-1980 Pacific/Easter data are dubious,
+# but we have no other source.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Chile 1927 1932 - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S
@@ -759,9 +764,9 @@ Zone America/Santiago -4:42:46 - LMT 1890
-4:42:46 - SMT 1927 Sep 1 # Santiago Mean Time
-5:00 Chile CL%sT 1947 May 22 # Chile Time
-4:00 Chile CL%sT
-Zone Pacific/Easter -7:17:28 - LMT 1890 # Mataveri
- -7:17:28 - MMT 1932 Sep # Mataveri Mean Time
- -7:00 Chile EAS%sT 1982 Jan 18 21:00 # Easter I Time
+Zone Pacific/Easter -7:17:44 - LMT 1890
+ -7:17:28 - EMT 1932 Sep # Easter Mean Time
+ -7:00 Chile EAS%sT 1982 Mar 13 21:00 # Easter I Time
-6:00 Chile EAS%sT
#
# Sala y Gomez Island is like Pacific/Easter.
@@ -781,26 +786,33 @@ Zone America/Bogota -4:56:20 - LMT 1884 Mar 13
# Curacao
#
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# 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 Curacao.
-# This all predates our 1970 cutoff, though.
+# This all predates our 1970 cutoff, though.
#
# By July 2007 Curacao 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.
-#
+#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Curacao -4:35:44 - LMT 1912 Feb 12 # Willemstad
-4:30 - ANT 1965 # Netherlands Antilles Time
-4:00 - AST
# Ecuador
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2007-03-04):
+# Apparently Ecuador had a failed experiment with DST in 1992.
+# <http://midena.gov.ec/content/view/1261/208/> (2007-02-27) and
+# <http://www.hoy.com.ec/NoticiaNue.asp?row_id=249856> (2006-11-06) both
+# talk about "hora Sixto". Leave this alone for now, as we have no data.
+#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Guayaquil -5:19:20 - LMT 1890
-5:14:00 - QMT 1931 # Quito Mean Time