diff --git a/src/data/etc/timezones/africa b/src/data/etc/timezones/africa index 434110ccd7..f9e0b0b7b5 100644 --- a/src/data/etc/timezones/africa +++ b/src/data/etc/timezones/africa @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)africa 8.10 +# @(#)africa 8.13 # 
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -387,9 +387,33 @@ Zone Africa/Nouakchott	-1:03:48 -	LMT	1912
 			 0:00	-	GMT
 
 # Mauritius
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-06-25):
+# Mauritius plans to observe DST from 2008-11-01 to 2009-03-31 on a trial
+# basis....
+# It seems that Mauritius observed daylight saving time from 1982-10-10 to 
+# 1983-03-20 as well, but that was not successful....
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mauritius-daylight-saving-time.html
+#
+# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-25):
+# http://economicdevelopment.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.a42b24128104d9845dabddd154508a0c/?content_id=0a7cee8b5d69a110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD
+#
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-06-30):
+# The www.timeanddate.com article cited by Steffen Thorsen notes that "A
+# final decision has yet to be made on the times that daylight saving
+# would begin and end on these dates." As a place holder, use midnight.
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
+# Follow Thorsen on DST in 1982/1983, instead of Shanks & Pottenger.
+
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule Mauritius	1982	only	-	Oct	10	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule Mauritius	1983	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	0	-
+Rule Mauritius	2008	only	-	Nov	 1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule Mauritius	2009	only	-	Apr	 1	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Indian/Mauritius	3:50:00 -	LMT	1907		# Port Louis
-			4:00	-	MUT	# Mauritius Time
+			4:00 Mauritius	MU%sT	# Mauritius Time
 # Agalega Is, Rodriguez
 # no information; probably like Indian/Mauritius
 
@@ -400,6 +424,77 @@ Zone	Indian/Mayotte	3:00:56 -	LMT	1911 Jul	# Mamoutzou
 
 # Morocco
 # See the `europe' file for Spanish Morocco (Africa/Ceuta).
+
+# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
+# Here is an article that Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time between
+# 1 June, 2008 and 27 September, 2008.
+#
+# "... Morocco is to save energy by adjusting its clock during summer so it will
+# be one hour ahead of GMT between 1 June and 27 September, according to
+# Communication Minister and Gov ernment Spokesman, Khalid Naciri...."
+#
+# 
+# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_morocco01.html
+# 
+# OR
+# 
+# http://en.afrik.com/news11892.html
+# 
+
+# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
+# The Morocco time change can be confirmed on Morocco web site Maghreb Arabe Presse:
+# 
+# http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/morocco_shifts_to_da/view
+# 
+#
+# Morocco shifts to daylight time on June 1st through September 27, Govt.
+# spokesman.
+
+# From Patrice Scattolin (2008-05-09):
+# According to this article:
+# 
+# http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/heure-dete-comment-a127896.html
+# 
+# (and republished here:
+# 
+# http://www.actu.ma/heure-dete-comment_i127896_0.html
+# 
+# )
+# the changes occurs at midnight:
+#
+# saturday night may 31st at midnight (which in french is to be
+# intrepreted as the night between saturday and sunday)
+# sunday night the 28th  at midnight
+#
+# Seeing that the 28th is monday, I am guessing that she intends to say
+# the midnight of the 28th which is the midnight between sunday and
+# monday, which jives with other sources that say that it's inclusive
+# june1st to sept 27th.
+#
+# The decision was taken by decree *2-08-224 *but I can't find the decree
+# published on the web.
+#
+# It's also confirmed here:
+# 
+# http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FACF141F-D910-44B0-B7FA-6E03733425D1.htm
+# 
+# on a government portal as being  between june 1st and sept 27th (not yet
+# posted in english).
+#
+# The following google query will generate many relevant hits:
+# 
+# http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Conseil+de+gouvernement+maroc+heure+avance&btnG=Search
+# 
+
+# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-09):
+# Is Western Sahara (part which administrated by Morocco) going to follow
+# Morocco DST changes?  Any information?  What about other part of
+# Western Sahara - under administration of POLISARIO Front (also named
+# SADR Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic)?
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-09):
+# XXX--guess that it is only Morocco for now; guess only 2008 for now.
+
 # RULE	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Sep	12	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Morocco	1939	only	-	Nov	19	 0:00	0	-
@@ -416,11 +511,13 @@ Rule	Morocco	1976	only	-	Aug	 1	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Morocco	1977	only	-	Sep	28	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Morocco	1978	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Morocco	1978	only	-	Aug	 4	 0:00	0	-
+Rule	Morocco	2008	only	-	Jun	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Morocco	2008	only	-	Sep	28	 0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Africa/Casablanca	-0:30:20 -	LMT	1913 Oct 26
 			 0:00	Morocco	WE%sT	1984 Mar 16
 			 1:00	-	CET	1986
-			 0:00	-	WET
+			 0:00	Morocco	WE%sT
 # Western Sahara
 Zone Africa/El_Aaiun	-0:52:48 -	LMT	1934 Jan
 			-1:00	-	WAT	1976 Apr 14
diff --git a/src/data/etc/timezones/asia b/src/data/etc/timezones/asia
index 70f1515321..656a5b68e0 100644
--- a/src/data/etc/timezones/asia
+++ b/src/data/etc/timezones/asia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)asia	8.18
+# @(#)asia	8.21
 # 
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -229,6 +229,28 @@ Rule	PRC	1987	1991	-	Apr	Sun>=10	0:00	1:00	D
 # (could be true), for the moment I am assuming that those two
 # counties are mistakes in the astro.com data.
 
+# From Paul Eggert (2008-02-11):
+# I just now checked Google News for western news sources that talk
+# about China's single time zone, and couldn't find anything before 1986
+# talking about China being in one time zone.  (That article was: Jim
+# Mann, "A clumsy embrace for another western custom: China on daylight
+# time--sort of", Los Angeles Times, 1986-05-05.  By the way, this
+# article confirms the tz database's data claiming that China began
+# observing daylight saving time in 1986.
+#
+# From Thomas S. Mullaney (2008-02-11):
+# I think you're combining two subjects that need to treated 
+# separately: daylight savings (which, you're correct, wasn't 
+# implemented until the 1980s) and the unified time zone centered near 
+# Beijing (which was implemented in 1949). Briefly, there was also a 
+# "Lhasa Time" in Tibet and "Urumqi Time" in Xinjiang. The first was 
+# ceased, and the second eventually recognized (again, in the 1980s).
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
+# There seems to be a good chance China switched to a single time zone in 1949
+# rather than in 1980 as Shanks & Pottenger have it, but we don't have a
+# reliable documentary source saying so yet, so for now we still go with
+# Shanks & Pottenger.
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 # Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area)
@@ -1376,6 +1398,42 @@ Zone	Indian/Maldives	4:54:00 -	LMT	1880	# Male
 # They decided not to adopt daylight-saving time....
 # http://www.mongolnews.mn/index.php?module=unuudur&sec=view&id=15742
 
+# From Deborah Goldsmith (2008-03-30):
+# We received a bug report claiming that the tz database UTC offset for
+# Asia/Choibalsan (GMT+09:00) is incorrect, and that it should be GMT
+# +08:00 instead. Different sources appear to disagree with the tz
+# database on this, e.g.:
+#
+# 
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1026
+# 
+# 
+# http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MN.aspx
+# 
+#
+# both say GMT+08:00.
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2008-03-31):
+# eznis airways, which operates several domestic flights, has a flight
+# schedule here:
+# 
+# (click the English flag for English)
+#
+# There it appears that flights between Choibalsan and Ulaanbatar arrive
+# about 1:35 - 1:50 hours later in local clock time, no matter the
+# direction, while Ulaanbaatar-Khvod takes 2 hours in the Eastern
+# direction and 3:35 back, which indicates that Ulaanbatar and Khvod are
+# in different time zones (like we know about), while Choibalsan and
+# Ulaanbatar are in the same time zone (correction needed).
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19):
+# Assume that Choibalsan is indeed offset by 8:00.
+# XXX--in the absence of better information, assume that transition
+# was at the start of 2008-03-31 (the day of Steffen Thorsen's report);
+# this is almost surely wrong.
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Mongol	1983	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Mongol	1983	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
@@ -1411,7 +1469,8 @@ Zone	Asia/Ulaanbaatar 7:07:32 -	LMT	1905 Aug
 Zone	Asia/Choibalsan	7:38:00 -	LMT	1905 Aug
 			7:00	-	ULAT	1978
 			8:00	-	ULAT	1983 Apr
-			9:00	Mongol	CHO%sT	# Choibalsan Time
+			9:00	Mongol	CHO%sT	2008 Mar 31 # Choibalsan Time
+			8:00	Mongol	CHO%sT
 
 # Nepal
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -1461,10 +1520,32 @@ Zone	Asia/Muscat	3:54:20 -	LMT	1920
 # The minister told a news conference that the experiment had rather
 # shown 8 per cent higher consumption of electricity.
 
+# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-05-15):
+# 
+# Here is an article that Pakistan plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time 
+# on June 1, 2008 for 3 months.
+# 
+# "... The federal cabinet on Wednesday announced a new conservation plan to help 
+# reduce load shedding by approving the closure of commercial centres at 9pm and 
+# moving clocks forward by one hour for the next three months. 
+# ...."
+# 
+# 
+# http://www.worldtimezone.net/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan01.html
+# 
+# OR
+# 
+# http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C15%5Cstory_15-5-2008_pg1_4
+# 
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2008-05-19):
+# XXX--midnight transitions is a guess; 2008 only is a guess.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule Pakistan	2002	only	-	Apr	Sun>=2	0:01	1:00	S
 Rule Pakistan	2002	only	-	Oct	Sun>=2	0:01	0	-
+Rule Pakistan	2008	only	-	Jun	1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule Pakistan	2008	only	-	Sep	1	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
 			5:30	-	IST	1942 Sep
diff --git a/src/data/etc/timezones/australasia b/src/data/etc/timezones/australasia
index 30d695ff5a..41608cdc34 100644
--- a/src/data/etc/timezones/australasia
+++ b/src/data/etc/timezones/australasia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)australasia	8.8
+# @(#)australasia	8.9
 # 
 
 # This file also includes Pacific islands.
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # * Tonga will introduce DST in November
 #
 # I was given this link by John Letts:
-# 
+# 
 # http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm
 # 
 #
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # (12 + 1 hour DST).
 
 # From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20):
-# According to 
 # http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html
 # :
 # "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000
diff --git a/src/data/etc/timezones/europe b/src/data/etc/timezones/europe
index 73eed00fc2..85ac147a39 100644
--- a/src/data/etc/timezones/europe
+++ b/src/data/etc/timezones/europe
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)europe	8.12
+# @(#)europe	8.14
 # 
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ Rule	EU	1979	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-
 Rule	EU	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 1:00u	1:00	S
 Rule	EU	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-
 # The most recent directive covers the years starting in 2002.  See:
-# 
 # Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
 # of 19 January 2001 on summer-time arrangements.
 # 
@@ -480,9 +480,10 @@ Rule	C-Eur	1940	only	-	Apr	 1	 2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	C-Eur	1942	only	-	Nov	 2	 2:00s	0	-
 Rule	C-Eur	1943	only	-	Mar	29	 2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	C-Eur	1943	only	-	Oct	 4	 2:00s	0	-
-Rule	C-Eur	1944	only	-	Apr	 3	 2:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	C-Eur	1944	1945	-	Apr	Mon>=1	 2:00s	1:00	S
 # Whitman gives 1944 Oct 7; go with Shanks & Pottenger.
 Rule	C-Eur	1944	only	-	Oct	 2	 2:00s	0	-
+Rule	C-Eur	1945	only	-	Sep	16	 2:00	0	-
 Rule	C-Eur	1977	1980	-	Apr	Sun>=1	 2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	C-Eur	1977	only	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
 Rule	C-Eur	1978	only	-	Oct	 1	 2:00s	0	-
@@ -1099,27 +1100,34 @@ Zone	Europe/Paris	0:09:21 -	LMT	1891 Mar 15  0:01
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-08):
 # 
+# http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pds-fraktion.nsf/727459127c8b66ee8525662300459099/defc77cb784f180ac1256c2b0030274b/$FILE/bersarint.pdf
+# 
 # says that Bersarin issued an order to use Moscow time on May 20.
 # However, Moscow did not observe daylight saving in 1945, so
 # this was equivalent to CEMT (GMT+3), not GMT+4.
 
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Germany	1945	only	-	Apr	 2	2:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Germany	1945	only	-	May	24	2:00	2:00	M # Midsummer
-Rule	Germany	1945	only	-	Sep	24	3:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Germany	1945	only	-	Nov	18	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	Germany	1946	only	-	Apr	14	2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Germany	1946	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	Germany	1947	1949	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
-Rule	Germany	1947	only	-	Apr	 6	2:00s	1:00	S
+# http://www.ptb.de/de/org/4/44/441/salt.htm says the following transition
+# occurred at 3:00 MEZ, not the 2:00 MEZ given in Shanks & Pottenger.
+# Go with the PTB.
+Rule	Germany	1947	only	-	Apr	 6	3:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Germany	1947	only	-	May	11	2:00s	2:00	M
 Rule	Germany	1947	only	-	Jun	29	3:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Germany	1948	only	-	Apr	18	2:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Germany	1949	only	-	Apr	10	2:00s	1:00	S
+
+Rule SovietZone	1945	only	-	May	24	2:00	2:00	M # Midsummer
+Rule SovietZone	1945	only	-	Sep	24	3:00	1:00	S
+Rule SovietZone	1945	only	-	Nov	18	2:00s	0	-
+
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Europe/Berlin	0:53:28 -	LMT	1893 Apr
-			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 Apr 2 2:00
+			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1945 May 24 2:00
+			1:00 SovietZone	CE%sT	1946
 			1:00	Germany	CE%sT	1980
 			1:00	EU	CE%sT
 
diff --git a/src/data/etc/timezones/northamerica b/src/data/etc/timezones/northamerica
index 60e5d51e00..b8b333cc56 100644
--- a/src/data/etc/timezones/northamerica
+++ b/src/data/etc/timezones/northamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)northamerica	8.23
+# @(#)northamerica	8.24
 # 
 
 # also includes Central America and the Caribbean
@@ -2076,8 +2076,8 @@ Zone	America/Antigua	-4:07:12 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
 # http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=45&a=10412
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Bahamas	1964	2006	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
-Rule	Bahamas	1964	1986	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Bahamas	1964	1975	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0	S
+Rule	Bahamas	1964	1975	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	America/Nassau	-5:09:24 -	LMT	1912 Mar 2
 			-5:00	Bahamas	E%sT	1976
diff --git a/src/data/etc/timezones/southamerica b/src/data/etc/timezones/southamerica
index 43f73d3238..35793a2cab 100644
--- a/src/data/etc/timezones/southamerica
+++ b/src/data/etc/timezones/southamerica
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)southamerica	8.19
+# @(#)southamerica	8.26
 # 
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -294,14 +294,14 @@ Rule	Arg	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
 # back in 2004, when these provinces changed to UTC-4 for a few days, I
 # mailed them personally and never got an answer).
 
-# From Arthur David Olson (2008-03-15):
-# Until there's better information, asssume San Luis was like San Juan
-# rather than Mendoza (since San Juan has a simpler DST history).
-
+# From Paul Eggert (2008-06-30):
 # Unless otherwise specified, data are from Shanks & Pottenger through 1992,
 # from the IATA otherwise.  As noted below, Shanks & Pottenger say that
-# America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, but we
-# haven't verified this yet so for now we'll keep it a single region.
+# America/Cordoba split into 6 subregions during 1991/1992, one of which
+# was America/San_Luis, but we haven't verified this yet so for now we'll
+# keep America/Cordoba a single region rather than splitting it into the
+# other 5 subregions.
+
 #
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 #
@@ -316,14 +316,12 @@ Zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires -3:53:48 - LMT 1894 Oct 31
 #
 # Santa Fe (SF), Entre Rios (ER), Corrientes (CN), Misiones (MN), Chaco (CC),
 # Formosa (FM), Salta (SA), Santiago del Estero (SE), Cordoba (CB),
-# San Luis (SL), La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
+# La Pampa (LP), Neuquen (NQ), Rio Negro (RN)
 #
 # Shanks & Pottenger also make the following claims, which we haven't verified:
 # - Formosa switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-07.
 # - Misiones switched to -3:00 on 1990-12-29.
 # - Chaco switched to -3:00 on 1991-01-04.
-# - San Luis switched to -4:00 on 1990-03-14, then to -3:00 on 1990-10-15,
-#   then to -4:00 on 1991-03-01, then to -3:00 on 1991-06-01.
 # - Santiago del Estero switched to -4:00 on 1991-04-01,
 #   then to -3:00 on 1991-04-26.
 #
@@ -425,10 +423,13 @@ Zone America/Argentina/San_Luis -4:25:24 - LMT	1894 Oct 31
 			-4:16:48 -	CMT	1920 May
 			-4:00	-	ART	1930 Dec
 			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	1969 Oct  5
-			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1991 Mar  1
-			-4:00	-	WART	1991 May  7
-			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1999 Oct  3
-			-4:00	Arg	AR%sT	2000 Mar  3
+			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	1990
+			-3:00	1:00	ARST	1990 Mar 14
+			-4:00	-	WART	1990 Oct 15
+			-4:00	1:00	WARST	1991 Mar  1
+			-4:00	-	WART	1991 Jun  1
+			-3:00	-	ART	1999 Oct  3
+			-4:00	1:00	WARST	2000 Mar  3
 			-3:00	-	ART	2004 May 31
 			-4:00	-	WART	2004 Jul 25
 			-3:00	Arg	AR%sT	2008 Jan 21
@@ -540,6 +541,50 @@ Zone	America/La_Paz	-4:32:36 -	LMT	1890
 # Brazil will start DST on 2007-10-14 00:00 and end on 2008-02-17 00:00:
 # http://www.mme.gov.br/site/news/detail.do;jsessionid=BBA06811AFCAAC28F0285210913513DA?newsId=13975
 
+# From Paul Schulze (2008-06-24):
+# ...by law number 11.662 of April 24, 2008 (published in the "Diario
+# Oficial da Uniao"...) in Brazil there are changes in the timezones,
+# effective today (00:00am at June 24, 2008) as follows:
+#
+# a) The timezone UTC+5 is e[x]tinguished, with all the Acre state and the
+# part of the Amazonas state that had this timezone now being put to the
+# timezone UTC+4
+# b) The whole Para state now is put at timezone UTC+3, instead of just
+# part of it, as was before.
+#
+# This change follows a proposal of senator Tiao Viana of Acre state, that
+# proposed it due to concerns about open television channels displaying
+# programs inappropriate to youths in the states that had the timezone
+# UTC+5 too early in the night. In the occasion, some more corrections
+# were proposed, trying to unify the timezones of any given state. This
+# change modifies timezone rules defined in decree 2.784 of 18 June,
+# 1913.
+
+# From Rodrigo Severo (2008-06-24):
+# Just correcting the URL:
+# 
+# https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=3Ddo&secao=3D1&pagina=3D1&data=3D25/04/2008
+# 
+#
+# As a result of the above Decree I believe the America/Rio_Branco
+# timezone shall be modified from UTC-5 to UTC-4 and a new timezone shall
+# be created to represent the the west side of the Para State. I
+# suggest this new timezone be called Santarem as the most
+# important/populated city in the affected area.
+#
+# This new timezone would be the same as the Rio_Branco timezone up to
+# the 2008/06/24 change which would be to UTC-3 instead of UTC-4.
+
+# From Alex Krivenyshev (2008-06-24):
+# This is a quick reference page for New and Old Brazil Time Zones map.
+# 
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/brazil-time-new-old.php
+# 
+#
+# - 4 time zones replaced by 3 time zones-eliminating time zone UTC- 05
+# (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT- 04) - western
+# part of Par state is moving to one timezone UTC- 03 (from UTC -04).
+
 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-10):
 # The official decrees referenced below are mostly taken from
 # 
@@ -662,13 +707,13 @@ Rule	Brazil	2000	only	-	Feb	27	 0:00	0	-
 Rule	Brazil	2000	2001	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Brazil	2001	2006	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
 # Decree 4,399 (2002-10-01) repeals DST in AL, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE.
-# 
+# 4,399
 Rule	Brazil	2002	only	-	Nov	 3	 0:00	1:00	S
 # Decree 4,844 (2003-09-24; corrected 2003-09-26) repeals DST in BA, MT, TO.
-# 
+# 4,844
 Rule	Brazil	2003	only	-	Oct	19	 0:00	1:00	S
 # Decree 5,223 (2004-10-01) reestablishes DST in MT.
-# 
+# 5,223
 Rule	Brazil	2004	only	-	Nov	 2	 0:00	1:00	S
 # Decree 5,539 (2005-09-19),
 # adopted by the same states as before.
@@ -677,9 +722,8 @@ Rule	Brazil	2005	only	-	Oct	16	 0:00	1:00	S
 # adopted by the same states as before.
 Rule	Brazil	2006	only	-	Nov	 5	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Brazil	2007	only	-	Feb	25	 0:00	0	-
-# (Decree number not yet known)
-# http://www.brasil.gov.br/noticias/ultimas_noticias/horario_verao070920/
-# (2007-09-20) after a heads-up from Steffen Thorsen:
+# Decree 6,212 (2007-09-26),
+# adopted by the same states as before.
 Rule	Brazil	2007	max	-	Oct	Sun>=8	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Brazil	2008	max	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
 # The latest ruleset listed above says that the following states observe DST:
@@ -687,7 +731,6 @@ Rule	Brazil	2008	max	-	Feb	Sun>=15	 0:00	0	-
 # For dates after mid-2008, the above rules with TO="max" are guesses
 # and are quite possibly wrong, but are more likely than no DST at all.
 
-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 #
 # Fernando de Noronha (administratively part of PE)
@@ -713,6 +756,13 @@ Zone America/Belem	-3:13:56 -	LMT	1914
 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	1988 Sep 12
 			-3:00	-	BRT
 #
+# west Para (PA)
+# West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and Santarem.
+Zone America/Santarem	-3:38:48 -	LMT	1914
+			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
+			-4:00	-	AMT	2008 Jun 24 00:00
+			-3:00	-	BRT
+#
 # Maranhao (MA), Piaui (PI), Ceara (CE), Rio Grande do Norte (RN),
 # Paraiba (PB)
 Zone America/Fortaleza	-2:34:00 -	LMT	1914
@@ -775,8 +825,7 @@ Zone America/Cuiaba	-3:44:20 -	LMT	1914
 			-4:00	-	AMT	2004 Oct  1
 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT
 #
-# west Para (PA), Rondonia (RO)
-# West Para includes Altamira, Oribidos, Prainha, Oriximina, and Santarem.
+# Rondonia (RO)
 Zone America/Porto_Velho -4:15:36 -	LMT	1914
 			-4:00	Brazil	AM%sT	1988 Sep 12
 			-4:00	-	AMT
@@ -803,13 +852,14 @@ Zone America/Eirunepe	-4:39:28 -	LMT	1914
 			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Sep 12
 			-5:00	-	ACT	1993 Sep 28
 			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1994 Sep 22
-			-5:00	-	ACT
+			-5:00	-	ACT	2008 Jun 24 00:00
+			-4:00	-	AMT
 #
 # Acre (AC)
 Zone America/Rio_Branco	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
 			-5:00	Brazil	AC%sT	1988 Sep 12
-			-5:00	-	ACT
-
+			-5:00	-	ACT	2008 Jun 24 00:00
+			-4:00	-	AMT
 
 # Chile
 
@@ -856,7 +906,7 @@ Zone America/Rio_Branco	-4:31:12 -	LMT	1914
 # http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm
 # .
 
-# From José Miguel Garrido (2008-03-05):
+# From Jose Miguel Garrido (2008-03-05):
 # ...
 # You could see the announces of the change on 
 # 
diff --git a/src/data/etc/timezones/zone.tab b/src/data/etc/timezones/zone.tab
index 1647036c0e..39cc55f816 100644
--- a/src/data/etc/timezones/zone.tab
+++ b/src/data/etc/timezones/zone.tab
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)zone.tab	8.16
+# @(#)zone.tab	8.18
 #
 # TZ zone descriptions
 #
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ BR	-1259-03831	America/Bahia	Bahia
 BR	-2332-04637	America/Sao_Paulo	S & SE Brazil (GO, DF, MG, ES, RJ, SP, PR, SC, RS)
 BR	-2027-05437	America/Campo_Grande	Mato Grosso do Sul
 BR	-1535-05605	America/Cuiaba	Mato Grosso
-BR	-0846-06354	America/Porto_Velho	W Para, Rondonia
+BR	-0226-05452	America/Santarem	W Para
+BR	-0846-06354	America/Porto_Velho	Rondonia
 BR	+0249-06040	America/Boa_Vista	Roraima
 BR	-0308-06001	America/Manaus	E Amazonas
 BR	-0640-06952	America/Eirunepe	W Amazonas