From b73f9fd0364e1795b40cd325661ce609d6126377 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Parenti Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 22:28:16 -0400 Subject: Niue left -11:20 in 1964, not 1978 * NEWS: Update the mention. * australasia (Pacific/Niue): Niue only remained on -11:20 through 1964, per contemporaneous editions of The Air Almanac, and switched to -11 then rather than waiting until 1978. --- NEWS | 3 ++- australasia | 12 ++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 9e34324..46edd25 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes standard time in 1911, not 1915; and corrections to 1975 and 1992 transitions - Kanton: uninhabited before 1937-08-31 - - Niue: observed -11:20 in 1951-1978 + - Niue: only observed -11:20 from 1952 through 1964, then went to + -11 instead of -11:30 - Portugal: DST was observed in 1950 - Tonga: corrected LMT; the introduction of standard time in 1945, not 1901; and corrections to the transition from +12:20 to +13 diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 05b1a58..c68a445 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -615,10 +615,18 @@ Zone Pacific/Rarotonga 13:20:56 - LMT 1899 Dec 26 # Avarua # Niue -# See Pacific/Raratonga comments. +# See Pacific/Raratonga comments for 1952 transition. +# +# From Tim Parenti (2021-09-13): +# Consecutive contemporaneous editions of The Air Almanac listed -11:20 for +# Niue as of Apr 1964 but -11 as of Aug 1964: +# Apr 1964: https://books.google.com/books?id=_1So677Y5vUC&pg=SL1-PA23 +# Aug 1964: https://books.google.com/books?id=MbJloqd-zyUC&pg=SL1-PA23 +# Without greater specificity, guess 1964-07-01 for this transition. + # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1952 Oct 16 # Alofi - -11:20 - -1120 1978 Oct 1 + -11:20 - -1120 1964 Jul -11:00 - -11 # Norfolk -- 2.15.1