[tz] Samoa: Daylight Savings

Robert Elz kre at munnari.OZ.AU
Sat Sep 15 01:50:19 UTC 2012


    Date:        Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:51:20 +0100
    From:        Ian Abbott <abbotti at mev.co.uk>
    Message-ID:  <5051AC98.3070106 at mev.co.uk>

  | The pattern also applies to the previous end of DST in April 2012.

Actually, it applies to every instance of Summer Time (that we know
about) for Western Samoa, they've always selected the Last Sun in Sep
tp the first in April (no deviations at all) - they appear to just
be resisting committing to that for the future (even as much as
any political decision about the future is ever a real committment).

(Of course, "always" means "since Sep 2010" so this isn't quite as
compelling as it sounds...)

It only looks confused in the rules because of the missing day near
the end of 2011 when they jumped the date line.

In any case, this is one where (even more than Fiji) I think the
best course is to assume the rule, then adjust later if things change.

kre

ps: Here's an ammended patch correcting the "lastSun" case typo
(zic doesn't object...) as just reported by lord.buddha at gmail.com
I'm still applying the rule only for future years to keep the
diff smaller (and so I don't have to think as much!)

--- australasia	2012-08-31 20:27:35.000000000 +0700
+++ australasia.new	2012-09-15 08:32:28.000000000 +0700
@@ -628,6 +628,27 @@
 # Although Samoa has used Daylight Saving Time in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012
 # seasons, there is not yet any indication that this trend will continue on
 # a regular basis. For now, we have explicitly listed the transitions below.
+#
+# From: "Nicky" <pereiranick at mcil.gov.ws>
+# Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:45:03 +1300
+#
+# Daylight Saving Time commences on Sunday 30th September 2012 and
+# ends on Sunday 7th of April 2013. 
+#
+# Please find link below for more information.
+# <a href="http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html">
+# http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html
+# </a>
+#
+# That publication also includes dates for Summer of 2013/4 as well
+# which give the impression of a pattern in selecting dates for the
+# future, so for now, we will guess this will continue
+
+# Western Samoa
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	WS	2012	max	-	Sep	lastSun	3:00	1	D
+Rule	WS	2013	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	4:00	0	-
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Pacific/Apia	 12:33:04 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
 			-11:26:56 -	LMT	1911
 			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time
@@ -636,7 +657,7 @@
 			-11:00	-	WST	2011 Sep 24 3:00
 			-11:00	1:00	WSDT	2011 Dec 30
 			 13:00	1:00	WSDT	2012 Apr 1 4:00
-			 13:00	-	WST
+			 13:00	WS	WS%sT	
 
 # Solomon Is
 # excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea


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