[tz] Samoa: Daylight Savings

Ian Abbott abbotti at mev.co.uk
Thu Sep 13 09:37:53 UTC 2012


On 2012-09-13 10:00, Ian Abbott wrote:
> On 2012-09-09 23:45, Nicky wrote:
>> Hi ,
>>
>> Can you please update Daylight Savings information for Samoa (South
>> Pacific). Daylight Saving Time commences on *_Sunday 30^th September
>> 2012_* and ends on *_Sunday 7^th of April 2013_*.
>>
>> Please find link below for more information.
>>
>> http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html
>>
>> Thank you and regards
>>
>> *Nicholas Pereira*
>>
>> Principal IT Officer | Corporate Services Division
>
> Quote from
> <http://www.mcil.gov.ws/ftcd/daylightsavings/Daylight%20Saving%20Ad-Newspaper%202012.doc>
> :
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Public Notice of Daylight Saving
>
> Pursuant to the Daylight Saving Act 2009, and Cabinet’s decision and
> Head of State’s Declaration, businesses and the general public are
> hereby advised that the Daylight Saving Time commences on Sunday 30th
> September 2012 and ends on Sunday 7th of April 2013.
>
> The public is therefore advised that when the standard time strikes the
> hour of three in the morning (3.00am) on the 30th September 2012, then
> all instruments used to measure standard time are to be adjusted/changed
> forward to one hour, or four o’clock (4:00am).
>
>
> Auelua Taito Samuelu Enari
> Chief Executive Officer
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>

The table in the announcement at 
http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html also has dates and times 
for the 2013-2014 DST period: DST starts 2013-09-29 03:00 (->04:00); DST 
ends 2014-04-06 04:00 (->03:00).

Provisionally, since April 2012, Pacific/Apia DST ends on the first 
Sunday of April at 0400 WDST (0300 WST), and DST begins on the last 
Sunday of September at 0300 WST (0400 WDST).

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