[tz] Tonga returns to DST on 2016-11-06
Paul Eggert
eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Thu Oct 27 04:43:27 UTC 2016
Thanks for preparing those patches. I installed them in the development
repository along with the attached, which uses a fakauʻa in Pulu ʻAnau's name (I
assume this is the proper orthography for a Tongan name - please correct me if
wrong), and which replaces the invented time zone abbreviations with numeric ones.
It looks like we'll need a new release soon, since the current data are wrong
starting about ten days from now. This is not enough notice of course.
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e6e2d55..489574f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ News for the tz database
Unreleased, experimental changes
+ Briefly: Tonga has reintroduced DST, starting 2016-11-06.
+
Changes to future time stamps
Pacific/Tongatapu begins DST on 2016-11-06 at 02:00, ending on
2017-01-15 at 03:00. Assume future observances in Tonga will be
from the first Sunday in November through the third Sunday in
- January, like Fiji. (Thanks to Pulu 'Anau.)
+ January, like Fiji. (Thanks to Pulu ʻAnau.) Switch to numeric
+ time zone abbreviations for this zone.
Changes to past time stamps
diff --git a/australasia b/australasia
index 103aa74..0bca53e 100644
--- a/australasia
+++ b/australasia
@@ -706,9 +706,9 @@ Rule Tonga 2016 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
Rule Tonga 2017 max - Jan Sun>=15 3:00 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
+ 12:20 - +1220 1941
+ 13:00 - +13 1999
+ 13:00 Tonga +13/+14
# Tuvalu
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -1714,14 +1714,13 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# of January the standard time in the Kingdom shall be moved backward by one
# hour to 1:00am.
-# From Pulu 'Anau (2002-11-05):
+# From Pulu ʻAnau (2002-11-05):
# The law was for 3 years, supposedly to get renewed. It wasn't.
-# From Pulu 'Anau (2016-10-27):
+# From Pulu ʻAnau (2016-10-27):
# http://mic.gov.to/news-today/press-releases/6375-daylight-saving-set-to-run-from-6-november-2016-to-15-january-2017
-# Cannot find anyone who knows the rules, has seen the duration or
-# has seen the cabinet decision, but it appears we are following Fiji's rule
-# set.
+# Cannot find anyone who knows the rules, has seen the duration or has seen
+# the cabinet decision, but it appears we are following Fiji's rule set.
#
# From Tim Parenti (2016-10-26):
# Assume Tonga will observe DST from the first Sunday in November at 02:00
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