Hi Paul, today we have more confirmation of the change.
Aysen region will keep UTC-3 all year https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/region-de-aysen-mantendra-horario-de-verano-todo-el-ano_20250320/ https://www.latercera.com/nacional/noticia/tras-consulta-ciudadana-region-de-aysen-mantendra-el-horario-de-verano-durante-todo-el-ano/ https://x.com/min_interior/status/1902692504270672098 kind regards On Sat, Mar 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM Paul Eggert via tz <tz@iana.org> wrote: > Radio Santa María (Coyhaique) reported Wednesday (in Spanish)[1] of a > delay in the decision whether Chile’s Aysén Region will switch from > -04/-03 (with DST) to all-year -03. A government representative denied > that the delay is due to Interior Minister Carolina Tohá’s resignation > Tuesday to run for president, and Tohá’s replacement that day by Álvaro > Elizalde. > > If the Interior Ministry decides to go ahead with the change, this would > invalidate current TZDB for Aysén at some future point. A plausible time > for this would be April 5 at 24:00, which is short notice for people > responsible for operating systems in the region. Perhaps someone with > connections in Chile could suggest making any change in April 2026 > rather than this year. > > The attached hypothetical patch shows one way that this might play out > in four weeks. I have not installed this patch into the TZDB development > repository, though, as the situation is too iffy. > > [1]: > > https://www.radiosantamaria.cl/2025/03/05/regional-huso-horario-anunciaran-en-los-proximos-dias-si-continuara-o-no-con-el-horario-de-verano/ > -- Yonathan Dossow
