time changes in Tonga, Dominican Republic, Jordan

[Paul Eggert]

> Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 11:02:42 -0800
> From: Rives McDow <rmcdow at enteles.com>
> 
> Tonga is observing DST as of November 4, 2000, and will stop on January 27,
> 2001.

Thanks for the info.  I'll assume that the transitions are at 02:00
unless you say otherwise.

> Dominican Republic changed it's mind and presidential decree on Tuesday,
> November 28, 2000, with a new decree.  On Sunday, December 3 at 1:00 AM the
> Dominican Republic will be reverting to 8 hours from the International Date
> Line, and will not be using DST in the foreseeable future.  The reason they
> decided to use DST was to be in synch with Puerto Rico, who was also going
> to implement DST.  When Puerto Rico didn't implement DST, the president
> decided to revert.

Thanks for this info too.  Never a dull moment in Santo Domingo....


I had just updated the tables for Tonga and the Dominican Republic
from Steffen Thorsen's email but your info appears to be more
up-to-date, so I'll go with it now.


> Jordan will most probably implement DST next March (2001), on the last
> Thursday.  However, with them, it is not possible to predict this with any
> certainty.  If they do implement it, it will run to the last Thursday of
> September, 2001.

Thanks.  That agrees with our current prediction; we'll see how well it holds.