Bug#469194: tzdata: Patch attached to fix the DST transition
Package: tzdata
Version: 2007j-1etch2
Followup-For: Bug #469194
The following patch should fix the issue.
--- a/southamerica 2007-12-03 11:50:41.000000000 -0300
+++ b/southamerica 2008-03-03 16:53:02.862865335 -0300
@@ -731,6 +731,15 @@
# America/Santiago. The pre-1980 Pacific/Easter data are dubious,
# but we have no other source.
+# From German Poo-Caaman~o (2008-03-03):
+# Due to drought, Chile extends Daylight Time in three weeks. This
+# is one-time change (Saturday 3/29 at 24:00 for America/Santiago
+# and Saturday 3/29 at 22:00 for Pacific/Easter)
+# The Supreme Decree is located at
+# http://www.shoa.cl/servicios/supremo316.pdf
+# and the instructions for 2008 are located in:
+# http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm.
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Chile 1927 1932 - Sep 1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Chile 1928 1932 - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
@@ -762,6 +771,7 @@
Rule Chile 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 -
Rule Chile 1999 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S
Rule Chile 2000 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
+Rule Chile 2008 only - Mar 29 3:00u 0 -
# IATA SSIM anomalies: (1992-02) says 1992-03-14;
# (1996-09) says 1998-03-08. Ignore these.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
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Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
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Locale: LANG=en_US.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO-8859-15 (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
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