Tonga DST

[Jesper Nørgaard]

Tonga has been entering DST during 1999 to 2001 presumably to be the
"first Island into the Millennium(s)". The assumption is that Tonga will
not continue to apply DST now that both Millenniums have past.

This is the information about Tonga we have in the tz database:

# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
Rule	Tonga	1999	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00s	1:00	S
Rule	Tonga	2000	only	-	Mar	19	2:00s	0	-
Rule	Tonga	2000	only	-	Nov	 4	2:00s	1:00	S
Rule	Tonga	2001	only	-	Jan	27	2:00s	0	-
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Tongatapu	12:19:20 -	LMT	1901
			12:20	-	TOT	1941 # Tonga Time
			13:00	-	TOT	1999
			13:00	Tonga	TO%sT

Are there any confirmations at the moment about whether Tonga will in fact stop
using DST? The above information represents the change in DST January 27, 2001
and states as a fact that DST will not be applied in the end of year 2001. But I have
not seen neither confirmations nor rejections in the internet of if Tonga will apply 
DST again in the end of 2001.

Any information will be appreciated.

Atentamente,

Jesper Nørgaard Welen
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