<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">It was confirmed. No DST this year.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Please try to inform those that make the decisions, that it
takes quite some time for the rule changes to filter down to computers
around the world. A years notice is best.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">My own servers have not yet received the 2017c TzDB update with this change. Indeed our production servers are patched only every three months (unless critical security issue).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">In Tonga this means your mobile phones <b><i>may</i></b>
still switch to daylight savings and any computers using Linux/Unix may
also still switch to daylight savings. I can't say for MacOS or
Windows.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">My production Java applications, will get this change November 7th as have patched the JVM & JodaTime.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">/David</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><b>PS. All the best against Samoa in the rugby league world cup on 4th November !!! </b> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 October 2017 at 17:29, Brian Inglis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Brian.Inglis@systematicsw.ab.ca" target="_blank">Brian.Inglis@systematicsw.ab.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 2017-10-24 18:14, World Time Zone wrote:<br>
> Just got an email<br>
> (Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 11:18:00 +1300)<br>
><br>
> from Andrew Toimoana (Director of Information, Tonga)<br>
> <<a href="mailto:atoimoana@mic.gov.to">atoimoana@mic.gov.to</a>><br>
><br>
> with CC to Tonga Meteorological Service 'Ofa Faanunu' <<a href="mailto:ofaf@met.gov.to">ofaf@met.gov.to</a>> and<br>
> Paula Ma'u - new Secretary for Information & Communications 'Paula Ma'ú'<br>
> <<a href="mailto:paulm@mic.gov.to">paulm@mic.gov.to</a>><br>
><br>
> who stated that " ... the Government of Tonga won't be observing the Daylight<br>
> saving this year, unless there will be a cabinet direction given later on<br>
> regarding this subject ...."<br>
<br>
Could Tonga government authorities please have *"<a href="mailto:tz@iana.org">tz@iana.org</a>"* added to their<br>
official notification list for all announcements on time topics, which should<br>
already include their country's airport, airline, and travel authorities, IATA,<br>
etc.<br>
<br>
This will ensure that all major systems, mobile phone, and travel software<br>
vendors get timely notices and forewarning to provide system updates.<br>
<br>
Could they please also include any available links to official decision notices<br>
on government web sites, and also forward this to their counterparts in other<br>
countries, so we can all agree on scheduled travel and meeting times.<br>
<br>
All phone and computer users in, and business and vacation visitors to, Tonga<br>
would greatly appreciate their ongoing cooperation.<br>
<br>
At the very least Apple, IANA, Microsoft, and Oracle staff monitor and<br>
participate on this mailing list, to ensure their organizations have correct<br>
information and maximum possible notice to process and distribute updates, to<br>
ensure that all systems from the largest servers to personal phones can display<br>
the correct current time in Tonga.<br>
<br>
(Any other major organizations' staff should be encouraged to mention their<br>
affiliation on the list.)<br>
<br>
[CC to Tonga authorities mentioned]<br>
<br>
> ##############################<wbr>#############################<br>
> Alexander,<br>
><br>
> Please note that the Government of Tonga won't be observing the Day light<br>
> saving this year, unless there will be a cabinet direction given later on<br>
> regarding this subject. Should you have any other questions, please let me<br>
> know .<br>
><br>
> Kind Regards<br>
><br>
> Andrew.<br>
><br>
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><br>
> On 10/18/2017 2:24 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:<br>
>> (Thanks to David Wade.)<br>
>> * NEWS, australasia (Tonga): Guess DST has been canceled.<br>
<br>
>> + Tonga likely switches from +13/+14 to +13 on 2017-11-05.<br>
<br>
>> + Tonga has likely ended its experiment with DST, and will not<br>
>> + adjust its clocks on 2017-11-05. Although Tonga has not announced<br>
>> + whether it will continue to observe DST, the IATA is assuming that<br>
>> + it will not. (Thanks to David Wade.)<br>
<br>
>> # Assume Tonga will observe DST from the first Sunday in November at 02:00<br>
>> # through the third Sunday in January at 03:00, like Fiji, for now.<br>
>><br>
>> +# From David Wade (2017-10-18):<br>
>> +# In August government was disolved by the King. The current prime minister<br>
>> +# continued in office in care taker mode. It is easy to see that few<br>
>> +# decisions will be made until elections 16th November.<br>
>> +#<br>
>> +# From Paul Eggert (2017-10-18):<br>
>> +# For now, guess that DST is discontinued. That's what the IATA is guessing.<br>
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada<br>
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