[tz] Fiji DST Oct 26

Mon Oct 20 17:17:46 UTC 2014

Attached is a proposed patch.

My patch assumes that this year's November start date is a one-time 
departure from the recent norm of Oct Sun>=21, and that DST will 
continue in 2015/2016 and beyond according to the pattern used between 
2010 and 2014.  (For now, it seems to me that we're more likely to be 
closer to correct by assuming /some/ DST in the future than by assuming 
none.)

I believe this increases the need for a new release to be fast-tracked, 
since 2014h still has Fijian timestamps changing early this Sunday, 26 
October 2014 (FJT).

Happy silly season, all.

--
Tim Parenti

On 20 Oct 2014 04:25, Ken Rylander wrote:
> Hi,
>
> ...and keeping with the strict policy of giving 2 months notice, Fiji Government just released the following statement saying that DST will start Nov 2 this year. 13 days notice, by my calculation.
>
> http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-NOVEMBER-2ND.aspx
>
> Cheers,
> /Ken
>
> Ken Rylander | Solution Development and BI Manager - Digicel Pacific |
> Digicel (Fiji) Ltd | P.O.Box 13811, Suva, Fiji | Ground Floor, Kadavu House, Victoria Parade, Suva, Fiji |
> Mobile (679) 701 5353 | Fax (679) 331 0201  | ken.rylander at digicelgroup.com | www.digicelpacific.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Eggert [mailto:eggert at cs.ucla.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, 15 October 2014 5:34 PM
> To: ken at lajbans.com.au; Paul_Koning at Dell.com
> Cc: tz at iana.org
> Subject: Re: [tz] Fiji DST Oct 26
>
> Ken Rylander wrote:
>> The latest information we received said that the government would
>> always give 2 months notice before DST.
> Two months notice would be good.  It would mean that Fiji won't start DST before December 14.
>
>> I am not sure they have, since DST was re-introduced in 2009.
> Here are the notices of the past four years or so:
>
> 2010-10-13, 9 days notice:
> http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/Daylight-savings-on-horizon.aspx
>
> 2011-02-25, 9 days notice:
> http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/Daylight-savings-ends-on-March-6.aspx
>
> 2011-10-03, 20 days notice:
> http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/Daylight-saving-starts-October-23.aspx
>
> 2012-08-27, 55 days notice:
> http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-21st-OCTOBER.aspx
>
> 2013-08-30, 59 days notice:
> http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-27th-OCTOBER-201.aspx
>
> Although they've done better since 2012, it's a bit of an exaggeration to say that they always give two months notice.
>

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From b097fe7def1f8ce2dccb2983b328356fccd5fdb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Parenti <tim at timtimeonline.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:06:16 -0400
Subject: * australasia (Pacific/Fiji): Add DST dates for 2014/2015.

Guess DST dates for 2015/2016 and beyond will follow the pattern used
between late 2010 and early 2014.
* NEWS: Document this.

(Thanks to Ken Rylander for the heads-up.)
---
 NEWS        |  4 +++-
 australasia | 12 ++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 91382e8..63e0b12 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
 
   Changes affecting future time stamps
 
-    Guess that Pacific/Fiji will not observe DST in 2014/2015.
+    Pacific/Fiji will observe DST from 2014-11-02 02:00 through
+    2015-01-18 03:00.  Guess for now that it will continue to observe DST
+    afterwards according to the pattern used from late 2010 to early 2014.
     (Thanks to Ken Rylander for the heads-up.)
 
     A new Zone Pacific/Bougainville, for the part of Papua New Guinea
diff --git a/australasia b/australasia
index 784fdca..3ca6dd8 100644
--- a/australasia
+++ b/australasia
@@ -336,8 +336,13 @@ Zone	Indian/Cocos	6:27:40	-	LMT	1900
 # Monday in October, and springs back the penultimate Sunday in January.
 # This is ad hoc, but matches recent practice.
 
-# From Paul Eggert, after a heads-up from Ken Rylander (2014-10-14):
-# Fiji has made no decision about DST this year.  Guess they won't do it.
+# From Tim Parenti, after a heads-up from Ken Rylander (2014-10-20):
+# Fiji have just announced that they will observe DST from 2014-11-02 02:00
+# through 2015-01-18 03:00.
+# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-NOVEMBER-2ND.aspx
+#
+# Although DST continues to be ad hoc, guess for now that the November start
+# date is a one-time departure from the recent trend.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Fiji	1998	1999	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
@@ -348,6 +353,9 @@ Rule	Fiji	2010	2013	-	Oct	Sun>=21	2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Fiji	2011	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
 Rule	Fiji	2012	2013	-	Jan	Sun>=18	3:00	0	-
 Rule	Fiji	2014	only	-	Jan	Sun>=18	2:00	0	-
+Rule	Fiji	2014	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Fiji	2015	max	-	Jan	Sun>=18	3:00	0	-
+Rule	Fiji	2015	max	-	Oct	Sun>=21	2:00	1:00	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Fiji	11:55:44 -	LMT	1915 Oct 26 # Suva
 			12:00	Fiji	FJ%sT	# Fiji Time
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