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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2014-10-20 17:31:00 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2014-10-20 17:31:00 -0700
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downloadtz-8f58b536288a1558a51db1f20668c49fe4c81cf8.tar.gz
Fiji observes DST from 2014-11-02 02:00 to 2015-01-18 03:00.
(Thanks to Ken Rylander for the heads-up.) * australasia (Fiji): Assume Nov Sun>=1 2:00 to Jan Sun>=18 3:00 from here on out. * newtzset.3: Adjust Fiji example to match current assumptions. * NEWS: Document this.
-rw-r--r--NEWS5
-rw-r--r--australasia16
-rw-r--r--newtzset.36
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 91382e8..0c430ca 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
Changes affecting future time stamps
- Guess that Pacific/Fiji will not observe DST in 2014/2015.
- (Thanks to Ken Rylander for the heads-up.)
+ Pacific/Fiji will observe DST from 2014-11-02 02:00 to 2015-01-18 03:00.
+ (Thanks to Ken Rylander for the heads-up.) Guess that future
+ years will use a similar pattern.
A new Zone Pacific/Bougainville, for the part of Papua New Guinea
that plans to switch from UTC+10 to UTC+11 on 2014-12-28 at 02:00.
diff --git a/australasia b/australasia
index 784fdca..8efe56f 100644
--- a/australasia
+++ b/australasia
@@ -331,13 +331,15 @@ Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900
# Fiji will end DST on 2014-01-19 02:00:
# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVINGS-TO-END-THIS-MONTH-%281%29.aspx
-# From Paul Eggert (2014-01-10):
-# For now, guess that Fiji springs forward the Sunday before the fourth
-# Monday in October, and springs back the penultimate Sunday in January.
-# This is ad hoc, but matches recent practice.
+# From Ken Rylander (2014-10-20):
+# DST will start Nov. 2 this year.
+# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-NOVEMBER-2ND.aspx
-# 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 Paul Eggert (2014-10-20):
+# For now, guess DST from 02:00 the first Sunday in November to
+# 03:00 the first Sunday on or after January 18. Although ad hoc, it
+# matches this year's plan and seems more likely to match future
+# practice than guessing no DST.
# 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 +350,8 @@ 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 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Fiji 2015 max - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:55:44 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time
diff --git a/newtzset.3 b/newtzset.3
index 3df31cd..62277f7 100644
--- a/newtzset.3
+++ b/newtzset.3
@@ -251,13 +251,11 @@ extensions to POSIX.
stands for US Eastern Standard
Time (EST), 5 hours behind UTC, without daylight saving.
.TP
-.B FJT\*-12FJST,M10.3.1/146,M1.3.4/75
+.B FJT\*-12FJST,M11.1.0,M1.3.4/75
stands for Fiji Time (FJT) and Fiji Summer Time (FJST), 12 hours ahead
-of UTC, springing forward on October's third Monday at
-146:00 (i.e., 02:00 on the first Sunday on or after October 21), and
+of UTC, springing forward on November's first Sunday at 02:00, and
falling back on January's third Thursday at 75:00 (i.e., 03:00 on the
first Sunday on or after January 18).
-Fiji used this time zone rule from spring 2011 through spring 2013.
.TP
.B IST\*-2IDT,M3.4.4/26,M10.5.0
stands for Israel Standard Time (IST) and Israel Daylight Time (IDT),