[tz] Fiji DST Oct 26
Tim Parenti
tim at timtimeonline.com
Mon Oct 20 17:17:46 UTC 2014
Attached is a proposed patch.
My patch assumes that this year's November start date is a one-time
departure from the recent norm of Oct Sun>=21, and that DST will
continue in 2015/2016 and beyond according to the pattern used between
2010 and 2014. (For now, it seems to me that we're more likely to be
closer to correct by assuming /some/ DST in the future than by assuming
none.)
I believe this increases the need for a new release to be fast-tracked,
since 2014h still has Fijian timestamps changing early this Sunday, 26
October 2014 (FJT).
Happy silly season, all.
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Tim Parenti
On 20 Oct 2014 04:25, Ken Rylander wrote:
> Hi,
>
> ...and keeping with the strict policy of giving 2 months notice, Fiji Government just released the following statement saying that DST will start Nov 2 this year. 13 days notice, by my calculation.
>
> http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-NOVEMBER-2ND.aspx
>
> Cheers,
> /Ken
>
> Ken Rylander | Solution Development and BI Manager - Digicel Pacific |
> Digicel (Fiji) Ltd | P.O.Box 13811, Suva, Fiji | Ground Floor, Kadavu House, Victoria Parade, Suva, Fiji |
> Mobile (679) 701 5353 | Fax (679) 331 0201 | ken.rylander at digicelgroup.com | www.digicelpacific.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Eggert [mailto:eggert at cs.ucla.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, 15 October 2014 5:34 PM
> To: ken at lajbans.com.au; Paul_Koning at Dell.com
> Cc: tz at iana.org
> Subject: Re: [tz] Fiji DST Oct 26
>
> Ken Rylander wrote:
>> The latest information we received said that the government would
>> always give 2 months notice before DST.
> Two months notice would be good. It would mean that Fiji won't start DST before December 14.
>
>> I am not sure they have, since DST was re-introduced in 2009.
> Here are the notices of the past four years or so:
>
> 2010-10-13, 9 days notice:
> http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/Daylight-savings-on-horizon.aspx
>
> 2011-02-25, 9 days notice:
> http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/Daylight-savings-ends-on-March-6.aspx
>
> 2011-10-03, 20 days notice:
> http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/Daylight-saving-starts-October-23.aspx
>
> 2012-08-27, 55 days notice:
> http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-21st-OCTOBER.aspx
>
> 2013-08-30, 59 days notice:
> http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-27th-OCTOBER-201.aspx
>
> Although they've done better since 2012, it's a bit of an exaggeration to say that they always give two months notice.
>
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From: Tim Parenti <tim at timtimeonline.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:06:16 -0400
Subject: * australasia (Pacific/Fiji): Add DST dates for 2014/2015.
Guess DST dates for 2015/2016 and beyond will follow the pattern used
between late 2010 and early 2014.
* NEWS: Document this.
(Thanks to Ken Rylander for the heads-up.)
---
NEWS | 4 +++-
australasia | 12 ++++++++++--
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 91382e8..63e0b12 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
Changes affecting future time stamps
- Guess that Pacific/Fiji will not observe DST in 2014/2015.
+ Pacific/Fiji will observe DST from 2014-11-02 02:00 through
+ 2015-01-18 03:00. Guess for now that it will continue to observe DST
+ afterwards according to the pattern used from late 2010 to early 2014.
(Thanks to Ken Rylander for the heads-up.)
A new Zone Pacific/Bougainville, for the part of Papua New Guinea
diff --git a/australasia b/australasia
index 784fdca..3ca6dd8 100644
--- a/australasia
+++ b/australasia
@@ -336,8 +336,13 @@ Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900
# Monday in October, and springs back the penultimate Sunday in January.
# This is ad hoc, but matches recent practice.
-# From Paul Eggert, after a heads-up from Ken Rylander (2014-10-14):
-# Fiji has made no decision about DST this year. Guess they won't do it.
+# From Tim Parenti, after a heads-up from Ken Rylander (2014-10-20):
+# Fiji have just announced that they will observe DST from 2014-11-02 02:00
+# through 2015-01-18 03:00.
+# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-NOVEMBER-2ND.aspx
+#
+# Although DST continues to be ad hoc, guess for now that the November start
+# date is a one-time departure from the recent trend.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
@@ -348,6 +353,9 @@ Rule Fiji 2010 2013 - Oct Sun>=21 2:00 1:00 S
Rule Fiji 2011 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
Rule Fiji 2012 2013 - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
Rule Fiji 2014 only - Jan Sun>=18 2:00 0 -
+Rule Fiji 2014 only - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Fiji 2015 max - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
+Rule Fiji 2015 max - Oct Sun>=21 2:00 1:00 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:55:44 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time
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