Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (824 mails)

["Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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The Monday 2007-09-24 at 15:09 +0200, Tobias Burnus wrote:

> Carlos E. R. wrote:
> > I'm not affected, but you might be insterested to know that Venezuela has
> > changed it's time zone today to -4:30. The timezone data should be
> > updated, I suppose.
> >
> > I have no links. Perhaps this:
> > http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_VE.aspx
> How about REUTERS:
> http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN2328980320070824
> 
> "CARACAS (REUTERS) ... Venezuela in September will turn clocks back by
> 30 minutes as it switches time zones to boost the amount of natural
> light to residents, a government official said on Thursday. Next month
> Venezuelan clocks will be set at Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) minus 4-1/2
> hours, compared to the previous GMT minus four hours, Science and
> Technology Minister Hector Navarro told reporters at a news conference."

Another source:

<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=58>


It seems the time zone change has been suspended now (for the second 
time). Some sources say it will be on October. Others in January. Go 
figure:

<http://lta.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2007-09-24T152937Z_01_N24398231_RTRIDST_0_LATINOAMERICA-VENEZUELA-HORA-SOL.XML>

The suspension, it says, is because the international requisites were not 
ready.


I wonder what will think the timezone library chaps about this? If it were 
for me, I'd probably tell them that I'd patch the software after the 
change was effective!

Actually, these chaps use a manual time zone patch:

<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938977>

   Microsoft recommends that customers downloading this update should 
   maintain their current time zone settings and confirm the start date of 
   the time zone change in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela before 
   using the new time zone. End users may install this update and the 
   resulting new time zone may remain on the time zone with a display name 
   of (GMT-04:00) La Paz, also known as SA Western Standard Time, until 
   manually making a transition to Venezuela Standard Time.

   Installing and using this new time zone prior to the official time zone 
   change will impact the date and time on your computer (see below).

X-)



- -- 
Cheers,
       Carlos E. R.
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