> It is based on adding the following two entries in > /glibc-2.3.2/timezone/northamerica: > > > -6:00 - CST 2005 Apr 10 00:00 > -6:00 Nic C%sT
Thanks for reporting this. (But surely you needed to add a Rule line as well?) I have circulated some proposed patches on the tz mailing list and expect they'll be installed in due course onto the canonical copies at <ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/>. Here's a summary of the relevant patches I proposed. These patches guess that daylight saving time will expire on September 11, but of course this could change. @@ -1931,11 +1958,28 @@ Zone America/Montserrat -4:08:52 - LMT 1 # Nicaragua seems to be back at -6:00 but I have not been able to find when # they changed from -5:00. # +# From Steffen Thorsen (2005-04-12): +# I've got reports from 8 different people that Nicaragua just started +# DST on Sunday 2005-04-10, in order to save energy because of +# expensive petroleum. The exact end date for DST is not yet +# announced, only "September" but some sites also say "mid-September". +# Some background information is available on the President's official site: +# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/Presidencia/Files_index/Secretaria/Notas%20de%20Prensa/Presidente/2005/ABRIL/Gobierno-de-nicaragua-adelanta-hora-oficial-06abril.htm +# The Decree, no 23-2005 is available here: +# http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/buscador_gaceta/BD/DECRETOS/2005/Decreto%2023-2005%20Se%20adelanta%20en%20una%20hora%20en%20todo%20el%20territorio%20nacional%20apartir%20de%20las%2024horas%20del%2009%20de%20Abril.pdf +# +# From Paul Eggert (2005-04-12): +# The decree doesn't say anything about daylight saving, but for now let's +# assume that it is daylight saving and that they'll switch back on the +# 2nd Sunday in September. +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Mar Sun>=16 0:00 1:00 D Rule Nic 1979 1980 - Jun Mon>=23 0:00 0 S Rule Nic 1992 only - Jan 1 4:00 1:00 D Rule Nic 1992 only - Sep 24 0:00 0 S +Rule Nic 2005 only - Apr 10 0:00 1:00 D +Rule Nic 2005 only - Sep 11 0:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone America/Managua -5:45:08 - LMT 1890 -5:45:12 - MMT 1934 Jun 23 # Managua Mean Time? @@ -1943,7 +1987,7 @@ Zone America/Managua -5:45:08 - LMT 1890 -5:00 - EST 1975 Feb 16 -6:00 Nic C%sT 1993 Jan 1 4:00 -5:00 - EST 1998 Dec - -6:00 - CST + -6:00 Nic C%sT # Panama # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
