[OT] daylight savings in Brazil?

[John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org>]

Mario O.de Menezes writes:
> That is, in Brazil, unfortunately, our daylight saving day changes from
> year to year, and as a consequence, some times my date is wrong for 1 or
> 2 days till it changes.

I suppose this is a dumb question, but why would anyone bother with
daylight savings time in a tropical country?
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