On 10/05/2018 14:29, Adriano dos Santos Fernandes wrote:
> In practical terms, it's the same as a DST change.
>
> A DST is nothing different than a "rule change" and another "rule
> change" every year.
>
>
Some time zones nomenclature are specific to the region's standard or
DST times, so they are (or almost) fixed, one may be -03 and another
-02, for example.

But that is not true for all.

Say America/Sao_Paulo, it has different displacement from UTC depending
on the timestamp.


Adriano


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