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  1. Bug #278419
  2. Comment #30

Comment 30 for bug 278419

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ajonat (ajonat) wrote : Re: [Bug 278419] Re: Argentina is 1 hour ahead when it shouldn't

Hi Martin,

Martin Pitt wrote:
> Right, it was fixed upstream.
>
> So now I am totally confused. This is the current data, which this
> original bug report was all about:
 [...]
> This means that starting on October 19, DST will be *start* in
> Argentinia. So is this right or not? I. e. was DST start just moved to
> October, or won't 2008 have DST at all then?
>

Quoting http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501169#57 :
"The current state of affairs regarding HOA is provided by
National Law 26350 [1]. It says that during most of the year the time
zone will be UTC-3, and that in summer it will be UTC-2. It also says
that the executive branch of the federal goverment will set *yearly*
the beginning and ending date of the summer time. Last summer it was
from December 30th, 2007 to March 16th 2008 (and I really hated it),
but clearly there is no fixed rule to follow and code in tzdata."

In short, there's _no_ indication that DST will start in two weeks. We're
waiting for the government to set the date when DST will start (and end).
In fact, we're not sure if we'll have DST this year, so the rules in tzdata
are _wrong_.

[1] http://www.hidro.gov.ar/Observatorio/QueHoraUtiliza.asp

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Saludos,
Alex.