[tz] Fiji DST for 2012-2013 announced
Deborah Goldsmith
goldsmit at apple.com
Thu Sep 6 17:11:58 UTC 2012
Some of us have longer lead times than others in terms of getting updates in the hands of users. :-) Is there additional information we're waiting for?
Thank you,
Deborah
On Aug 31, 2012, at 6:31 AM, Paul Eggert <eggert at cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> On 08/28/2012 01:48 PM, Deborah Goldsmith wrote:
>> Are there any plans to release a tz update for this?
>
> No exact plans yet, but we should put out a new release
> well before October 21. Here's a proposed patch to implement this
> for Fiji, which I've put into the unofficial repository at
> <https://github.com/eggert/tz/commit/7550cb98da5f42e9e551f10caa725ce0b6b571b8>:
>
> Subject: [PATCH] Fiji change for 2012/13, plus guess the future is similar.
>
> ---
> australasia | 14 +++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/australasia b/australasia
> index c7d5611..eb24117 100644
> --- a/australasia
> +++ b/australasia
> @@ -321,15 +321,23 @@ Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900
> # The commencement of daylight saving will remain unchanged and start
> # on the 23rd of October, 2011.
>
> +# From the Fiji Government Online Portal (2012-08-21) via Steffen Thorsen:
> +# The Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Mr Jone Usamate
> +# today confirmed that Fiji will start daylight savings at 2 am on Sunday 21st
> +# October 2012 and end at 3 am on Sunday 20th January 2013.
> +# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6702&catid=71&Itemid=155
> +#
> +# From Paul Eggert (2012-08-31):
> +# For now, guess a pattern of the penultimate Sundays in October and January.
> +
> # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
> Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
> Rule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 -
> Rule Fiji 2009 only - Nov 29 2:00 1:00 S
> Rule Fiji 2010 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
> -Rule Fiji 2010 only - Oct 24 2:00 1:00 S
> +Rule Fiji 2010 max - Oct Sun>=18 2:00 1:00 S
> Rule Fiji 2011 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
> -Rule Fiji 2011 only - Oct 23 2:00 1:00 S
> -Rule Fiji 2012 only - Jan 22 3:00 0 -
> +Rule Fiji 2012 max - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
> # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
> Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
> 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>
>
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