Description of problem: The government of Chile has announced that they will extend their summertime an additional three weeks. Summertime was supposed to end on the 12th of March (2011): On the 24:00 hours of Saturday 12 of March 2011, time goes back one hour, that means, 23:00 hours. (Is left as UTC - 04). [root@redhat ~]# zdump -v -c 2010,2012 America/Santiago America/Santiago -9223372036854775808 = NULL America/Santiago -9223372036854689408 = NULL America/Santiago Sun Apr 4 02:59:59 2010 UTC = Sat Apr 3 23:59:59 2010 CLST isdst=1 gmtoff=-10800 America/Santiago Sun Apr 4 03:00:00 2010 UTC = Sat Apr 3 23:00:00 2010 CLT isdst=0 gmtoff=-14400 America/Santiago Sun Oct 10 03:59:59 2010 UTC = Sat Oct 9 23:59:59 2010 CLT isdst=0 gmtoff=-14400 America/Santiago Sun Oct 10 04:00:00 2010 UTC = Sun Oct 10 01:00:00 2010 CLST isdst=1 gmtoff=-10800 America/Santiago Sun Mar 13 02:59:59 2011 UTC = Sat Mar 12 23:59:59 2011 CLST isdst=1 gmtoff=-10800 America/Santiago Sun Mar 13 03:00:00 2011 UTC = Sat Mar 12 23:00:00 2011 CLT isdst=0 gmtoff=-14400 America/Santiago Sun Oct 9 03:59:59 2011 UTC = Sat Oct 8 23:59:59 2011 CLT isdst=0 gmtoff=-14400 America/Santiago Sun Oct 9 04:00:00 2011 UTC = Sun Oct 9 01:00:00 2011 CLST isdst=1 gmtoff=-10800 America/Santiago 9223372036854689407 = NULL America/Santiago 9223372036854775807 = NULL [root@redhat ~]# Instead, summertime will now end the 2nd of April. http://www.diario-expreso.com/ediciones/2011/03/02/mundo/mundo/chile-aplaza-inicio-hora-invierno-por-crisis-energia/ This hasn't been updated on the official website (http://www.horaoficial.cl/cambio.htm), although the announcement was official. We should double-check this. Steps to Reproduce: # zdump -v -c 2010,2012 America/Santiago Actual results: America/Santiago -9223372036854775808 = NULL America/Santiago -9223372036854689408 = NULL America/Santiago Sun Apr 4 02:59:59 2010 UTC = Sat Apr 3 23:59:59 2010 CLST isdst=1 gmtoff=-10800 America/Santiago Sun Apr 4 03:00:00 2010 UTC = Sat Apr 3 23:00:00 2010 CLT isdst=0 gmtoff=-14400 America/Santiago Sun Oct 10 03:59:59 2010 UTC = Sat Oct 9 23:59:59 2010 CLT isdst=0 gmtoff=-14400 America/Santiago Sun Oct 10 04:00:00 2010 UTC = Sun Oct 10 01:00:00 2010 CLST isdst=1 gmtoff=-10800 America/Santiago Sun Mar 13 02:59:59 2011 UTC = Sat Mar 12 23:59:59 2011 CLST isdst=1 gmtoff=-10800 America/Santiago Sun Mar 13 03:00:00 2011 UTC = Sat Mar 12 23:00:00 2011 CLT isdst=0 gmtoff=-14400 America/Santiago Sun Oct 9 03:59:59 2011 UTC = Sat Oct 8 23:59:59 2011 CLT isdst=0 gmtoff=-14400 America/Santiago Sun Oct 9 04:00:00 2011 UTC = Sun Oct 9 01:00:00 2011 CLST isdst=1 gmtoff=-10800 America/Santiago 9223372036854689407 = NULL America/Santiago 9223372036854775807 = NULL [root@redhat ~]# Expected results: If the announcement is indeed official, the change should take place on Apr 2 instead of Mar 12.
Created attachment 481936 [details] southamerica tzdata file modified southamerica tzdata file for the current dst diff -u southamericaMOD southamerica --- southamericaMOD 2011-03-02 17:14:12.000000000 -0300 +++ southamerica 2010-11-01 10:18:22.000000000 -0300 @@ -1190,8 +1190,7 @@ Rule Chile 2008 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2009 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - Rule Chile 2010 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 - -Rule Chile 2011 only - Apr 3 3:00u 0 - -Rule Chile 2012 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - +Rule Chile 2011 max - Mar Sun>=9 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]
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2011-0353.html