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+++ b/southamerica
@@ -797,6 +797,26 @@ Zone	America/La_Paz	-4:32:36 -	LMT	1890
 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html">
 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-dst-2008-2009.html
 # </a>
+#
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2011-10-04):
+# State Bahia will return to Daylight savings time this year after 8 years off.
+# The announcement was made by Governor Jaques Wagner in an interview to a 
+# television station in Salvador. 
+
+# In Portuguese:
+# <a href="http://g1.globo.com/bahia/noticia/2011/10/governador-jaques-wagner-confirma-horario-de-verao-na-bahia.html">
+# http://g1.globo.com/bahia/noticia/2011/10/governador-jaques-wagner-confirma-horario-de-verao-na-bahia.html
+# </a> and
+# <a href="http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI5390887-EI8139,00-Bahia+volta+a+ter+horario+de+verao+apos+oito+anos.html">
+# http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI5390887-EI8139,00-Bahia+volta+a+ter+horario+de+verao+apos+oito+anos.html
+# </a>
+
+# From Guilherme Bernardes Rodrigues (2011-10-07):
+# There is news in the media, however there is still no decree about it.
+# I just send a e-mail to Zulmira Brandão at
+# <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/">http://pcdsh01.on.br/</a> the
+# oficial agency about time in Brazil, and she confirmed that the old rule is
+# still in force.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 # Decree <a href="http://pcdsh01.on.br/HV20466.htm">20,466</a> (1931-10-01)
@@ -1035,6 +1055,9 @@ Zone America/Maceio	-2:22:52 -	LMT	1914
 Zone America/Bahia	-2:34:04 -	LMT	1914
 			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT	2003 Sep 24
 			-3:00	-	BRT
+# as noted above, not yet in operation.
+#			-3:00	-	BRT	2011 Oct 16
+#			-3:00	Brazil	BR%sT
 #
 # Goias (GO), Distrito Federal (DF), Minas Gerais (MG),
 # Espirito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Sao Paulo (SP), Parana (PR),