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Attached is a proposed patch.<br>
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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 <i>some</i> DST in the
future than by assuming none.)<br>
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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).<br>
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Happy silly season, all.<br>
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Tim Parenti</pre>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 20 Oct 2014 04:25, Ken Rylander
wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">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.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-NOVEMBER-2ND.aspx">http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-NOVEMBER-2ND.aspx</a>
Cheers,
/Ken
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From: Paul Eggert [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:eggert@cs.ucla.edu">mailto:eggert@cs.ucla.edu</a>]
Sent: Wednesday, 15 October 2014 5:34 PM
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ken@lajbans.com.au">ken@lajbans.com.au</a>; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Paul_Koning@Dell.com">Paul_Koning@Dell.com</a>
Cc: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tz@iana.org">tz@iana.org</a>
Subject: Re: [tz] Fiji DST Oct 26
Ken Rylander wrote:
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<pre wrap="">The latest information we received said that the government would
always give 2 months notice before DST.
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Two months notice would be good. It would mean that Fiji won't start DST before December 14.
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<pre wrap="">I am not sure they have, since DST was re-introduced in 2009.
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Here are the notices of the past four years or so:
2010-10-13, 9 days notice:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/Daylight-savings-on-horizon.aspx">http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/Daylight-savings-on-horizon.aspx</a>
2011-02-25, 9 days notice:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/Daylight-savings-ends-on-March-6.aspx">http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/Daylight-savings-ends-on-March-6.aspx</a>
2011-10-03, 20 days notice:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/Daylight-saving-starts-October-23.aspx">http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/Daylight-saving-starts-October-23.aspx</a>
2012-08-27, 55 days notice:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-21st-OCTOBER.aspx">http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-21st-OCTOBER.aspx</a>
2013-08-30, 59 days notice:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-27th-OCTOBER-201.aspx">http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-27th-OCTOBER-201.aspx</a>
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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