tzdata rule group

Ecuador

Historical rule context · 2 represented zones

A rule group describes recurring clock changes. It is not itself a place or an IANA time-zone identifier.

First rule
1992
Last rule
1993
Rule entries
2
Source files
southamerica

Notes from the time database

Context for this rule

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1992–1993

Rule context

Ecuador The tzdata source notes: 24:15. ... Whether the law applied also to Galápagos, I do not know. This says President Sixto Durán Ballén signed decree No. 285, which established DST from 1992-11-28 to 1993-02-05; it does not give transition times. The people called it "hora de Sixto" ("Sixto hour"). The change did not go over well; a popular song "Qué hora es" by Jaime Guevara had lyrics that included "Amanecía en mitad de la noche, los guaguas iban a clase sin sol" ("It was dawning in the middle of the night, the buses went to class without sun"). Although Ballén's campaign slogan was "Ni un paso atrás" (Not one step back), the clocks went back in 1993 and the experiment was not repeated. For now, assume transitions were at 00:00 local time country-wide.

Original rule fields

Recorded rule entries

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FromToTypeInOnAtSave
1992only-Nov280:001:00
1993only-Feb50:000