[tz] [PATCH] Pacific/Fiji DST for 2012-2013.

Ian Abbott abbotti at mev.co.uk
Wed Aug 29 14:37:11 UTC 2012


On 2012-08-29 12:47, Robert Elz wrote:
>      Date:        Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:51:10 +0100
>      From:        Ian Abbott <abbotti at mev.co.uk>
>      Message-ID:  <503DF41E.8060203 at mev.co.uk>
>
>    | For 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 (so far) DST in Fiji runs from the 4th
>    | Sunday of October to the 4th Sunday of January
>
> I'd guess it is more likely to be the 2nd last Snday (Sun>=18) than
> the 4th though we don't yet have enough cases to leap to the conclusion
> that they're following a de-facto rule (perhaps without even realising it.)

My remark was wrong anyway - I must have been looking at the wrong 
months or years!  Your 2nd last Sunday pattern seems to fit.

> It could perhaps be worth putting a comment in the source this time, and
> then next year if the pattern repeats, perhaps making the assumption for
> future years might be warranted.

"2nd last Sunday" seems a little obscure though.  Probably just a 
coincidence it fits two years running.

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