Bug#551195: Patches for Etch and Lenny's packages

2009-10-16 Thread Margarita Manterola
inas-dst-2009.diff to fix Argentina's DST +so that it doesn't change next Sunday. Closes: #551195. + + -- Margarita Manterola Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:45:22 + + tzdata (2009g-0etch1) etch-volatile; urgency=low * New upstream release: only in patch2: unchanged: --- tzdata-2009g

Bug#551195: tzdata: Argentina just decided not to move to DST this Sunday :-\

2009-10-16 Thread Margarita Manterola
ebian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +tzdata (2009n-1.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Added debian/patches/argentinas-dst-2009.diff to fix tzdata for Argentina +that yet again has decided changes to DST two days in advance. + + -- Margarita Manterola Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:

Bug#502430: Jujuy not affected - Sorry

2008-10-17 Thread Margarita Manterola
> America/Argentina/Jujuy Sorry, Jujuy is not affected, they will apply DST. I'm attaching a patch that updates the 7 affected zones. And also updates the general rule, to use the March rule for 2008-2009, but the October rule for only 2008, as we have no idea if there will or won't be a chang

Bug#502430: The Argentinian DST Soap Opera continues

2008-10-17 Thread Margarita Manterola
In a political move to silence the "rebels", the central government has now taken the decision of who will apply DST and who won't. http://www.clarin.com/diario/2008/10/17/um/m-01783235.htm http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=17102008&pi=1&pf=1&s=0&sec=0

Bug#502430: Update on who's who.

2008-10-16 Thread Margarita Manterola
Argentina's Government sucks, specially regarding doing things in a planned way. In any case, here's an update on who's applying DST and who isn't. It's a re-cap of where we stand right now. Provinces that have confirmed that WON'T adhere to DST: * Neuquén [NEW] http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota

Bug#502430: Add San Juan to the list

2008-10-16 Thread Margarita Manterola
So, it seems San Juan has also made up its mind regarding DST: http://www.diariodecuyo.com.ar/home/new_noticia.php?noticia_id=308387 http://www.losandes.com.ar/notas/2008/10/16/un-387077.asp The governor confirmed last night that San Juan won't adhere to the time change. According to this article

Bug#502430: Argentina finally made up it's mind regarding DST

2008-10-16 Thread Margarita Manterola
Package: tzdata Version: 2008h-1 Today the decree that establishes the DST period was finally published (the dates had already been announced, but the decree wasn't yet published). The link (only works for today) is: http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/Bora.Portal/CustomControls/PdfContent.aspx?fp=1

Bug#501307: tzada ARST is wrong

2008-10-06 Thread Margarita Manterola
close 501307 tzdata/2008f-2, tzdata/2008e-1etch2 merge 501307 501169 thanks On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Cesar Morel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Those rules are valid for Montevideo, not for Buenos Aires. This bug had already been reported and has already been fixed. Please try not to repor

Bug#501169: tzdata has moved the GMT from -3 to -2

2008-10-05 Thread Margarita Manterola
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 7:59 PM, Daniel Bareiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > will we be in the presence of a generalized bug in the definition of the > zone? Are used common definitions in all these operating systems? Indeed the problem was in upstream's definition of Argentina's timezone. They in

Bug#501169: Give up: Argentina's time zone is not regular and therefore not predictable

2008-10-05 Thread Margarita Manterola
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Fernando J. Rodríguez (Herr Groucho) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can confirm that the sid version of the package fixes the problem. It doesn't really fix the problem. It just stalls it two weeks. Unless the government decides to do the change upon October 19th,

Bug#501169: tzdata has moved the GMT from -3 to -2.

2008-10-05 Thread Margarita Manterola
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Aurelien Jarno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The title says "They may change the time by the third Sunday in October" > Actually someone asked upstream to do the change based on this document. I understand that. What I don't understand is how upstream accepted such

Bug#501169: tzdata has moved the GMT from -3 to -2.

2008-10-05 Thread Margarita Manterola
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 5:59 AM, Aurelien Jarno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > According to the sources, the information comes from > http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=57832 . Could you please > confirm it is correct? The title says "They may change the time by the third Sunday in October"

Bug#501169: tzdata has moved the GMT from -3 to -2.

2008-10-04 Thread Margarita Manterola
x time in Argentina. Closes: #501169 + + -- Margarita Manterola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:01:46 + + tzdata (2008e-1etch1) stable; urgency=low * New upstream release: reverted: --- tzdata-2008e/debian/tzdata.debhelper.log +++ tzdata-2008e.orig/debian/tzdata.debhelper.lo

Bug#501169: tzdata has moved the GMT from -3 to -2.

2008-10-04 Thread Margarita Manterola
; urgency=low + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Applying patch to fix time in Argentina. Closes: #501169 + + -- Margarita Manterola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:24:05 + + tzdata (2008f-1) unstable; urgency=low [ Christian Perrier ] diff -u tzdata-2008f/debian/patches/seri

Bug#501169: tzdata has moved the GMT from -3 to -2.

2008-10-04 Thread Margarita Manterola
Argentinian government hasn't decided upon the Daylight Saving times for 2008. They might happen in October, November, December or not happen at all. tzdata 2008-e release (present in Etch and Lenny) has the switch scheduled for today, so a lot of boxes are currently showing the wrong time. tzda

Bug#457938: tzdata: Argetina adds DST from 30 dec till 16 mar

2007-12-28 Thread Margarita Manterola
Ok, official URL with the data (only works today): http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar/bora.portal/PrimeraSecci%C3%B3n/tabid/53/Default.aspx I copy the important part: HORA OFICIAL LEY 26.350 Establécese como hora oficial durante el período invernal, la

Bug#457938: tzdata: Argetina adds DST from 30 dec till 16 mar

2007-12-27 Thread Margarita Manterola
> The change means the time will go forward on December 30th 0 hour, and > it will go backwards on March 16th (the exact moment for the end is not > mentioned in any piece of information I could find, but I suspect we > will have two 23 hours). According to: http://ar.invertia.com/noticias/notici

Bug#457938: tzdata: Argetina adds DST from 30 dec till 16 mar

2007-12-27 Thread Margarita Manterola
Package: tzdata Version: 2007j-2 Severity: normal Hi! As a show of how third world we are, our Congress approved yesterday a law that says that we are to start using DST in 3 days. The change means the time will go forward on December 30th 0 hour, and it will go backwards on March 16th (the ex

Bug#283149: Obfuscated Argentinian Timezones

2004-11-27 Thread Margarita Manterola
Hola Christian Perrier! > > This information is located in /usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab, and I'm > > referring mainly to the "TZ" and "comments" column. I think it would be > > better if just the "TZ" information was shown, without the comments. > This file is part of the libc6 package. Hence re