341
342 # From the Fiji Government Online Portal (2012-08-21) via Steffen Thorsen:
343 # The Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Mr Jone Usamate
344 # today confirmed that Fiji will start daylight savings at 2 am on Sunday 21st
345 # October 2012 and end at 3 am on Sunday 20th January 2013.
346 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6702&catid=71&Itemid=155
347
348 # From the Fijian Government Media Center (2013-08-30) via David Wheeler:
349 # Fiji will start daylight savings on Sunday 27th October, 2013 ...
350 # move clocks forward by one hour from 2am
351 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-27th-OCTOBER-201.aspx
352
353 # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-01-10):
354 # Fiji will end DST on 2014-01-19 02:00:
355 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVINGS-TO-END-THIS-MONTH-%281%29.aspx
356
357 # From Ken Rylander (2014-10-20):
358 # DST will start Nov. 2 this year.
359 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-NOVEMBER-2ND.aspx
360
361 # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-20):
362 # For now, guess DST from 02:00 the first Sunday in November to
363 # 03:00 the first Sunday on or after January 18. Although ad hoc, it
364 # matches this year's plan and seems more likely to match future
365 # practice than guessing no DST.
366
367 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
368 Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
369 Rule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 -
370 Rule Fiji 2009 only - Nov 29 2:00 1:00 S
371 Rule Fiji 2010 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
372 Rule Fiji 2010 2013 - Oct Sun>=21 2:00 1:00 S
373 Rule Fiji 2011 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
374 Rule Fiji 2012 2013 - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
375 Rule Fiji 2014 only - Jan Sun>=18 2:00 0 -
376 Rule Fiji 2014 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
377 Rule Fiji 2015 max - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
378 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
379 Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:55:44 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
380 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time
381
382 # French Polynesia
383 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
384 Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea
385 -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time
386 Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct
387 -9:30 - MART # Marquesas Time
388 Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete
389 -10:00 - TAHT # Tahiti Time
390 # Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia;
391 # it is uninhabited.
392
393 # Guam
394 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
395 Zone Pacific/Guam -14:21:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31
396 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana
397 10:00 - GST 2000 Dec 23 # Guam
516 Rule Cook 1979 1990 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS
517 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
518 Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua
519 -10:30 - CKT 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is Time
520 -10:00 Cook CK%sT
521
522 ###############################################################################
523
524
525 # Niue
526 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
527 Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi
528 -11:20 - NUT 1951 # Niue Time
529 -11:30 - NUT 1978 Oct 1
530 -11:00 - NUT
531
532 # Norfolk
533 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
534 Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston
535 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time
536 11:30 - NFT # Norfolk Time
537
538 # Palau (Belau)
539 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
540 Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror
541 9:00 - PWT # Palau Time
542
543 # Papua New Guinea
544 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
545 Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
546 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time
547 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time
548 #
549 # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-13):
550 # Base the Bougainville entry on the Arawa-Kieta region, which appears to have
551 # the most people even though it was devastated in the Bougainville Civil War.
552 #
553 # Although Shanks gives 1942-03-15 / 1943-11-01 for JST, these dates
554 # are apparently rough guesswork from the starts of military campaigns.
555 # The World War II entries below are instead based on Arawa-Kieta.
556 # The Japanese occupied Kieta in July 1942,
1556 # that Truk and Yap are UTC+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are UTC+11.
1557 # We don't know when Kosrae switched from UTC+12; assume January 1 for now.
1558
1559
1560 # Midway
1561
1562 # From Charles T O'Connor, KMTH DJ (1956),
1563 # quoted in the KTMH section of the Radio Heritage Collection
1564 # <http://radiodx.com/spdxr/KMTH.htm> (2002-12-31):
1565 # For the past two months we've been on what is known as Daylight
1566 # Saving Time. This time has put us on air at 5am in the morning,
1567 # your time down there in New Zealand. Starting September 2, 1956
1568 # we'll again go back to Standard Time. This'll mean that we'll go to
1569 # air at 6am your time.
1570 #
1571 # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23):
1572 # We don't know the date of that quote, but we'll guess they
1573 # started DST on June 3. Possibly DST was observed other years
1574 # in Midway, but we have no record of it.
1575
1576
1577 # Pitcairn
1578
1579 # From Rives McDow (1999-11-08):
1580 # A Proclamation was signed by the Governor of Pitcairn on the 27th March 1998
1581 # with regard to Pitcairn Standard Time. The Proclamation is as follows.
1582 #
1583 # The local time for general purposes in the Islands shall be
1584 # Co-ordinated Universal time minus 8 hours and shall be known
1585 # as Pitcairn Standard Time.
1586 #
1587 # ... I have also seen Pitcairn listed as UTC minus 9 hours in several
1588 # references, and can only assume that this was an error in interpretation
1589 # somehow in light of this proclamation.
1590
1591 # From Rives McDow (1999-11-09):
1592 # The Proclamation regarding Pitcairn time came into effect on 27 April 1998
1593 # ... at midnight.
1594
1595 # From Howie Phelps (1999-11-10), who talked to a Pitcairner via shortwave:
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341
342 # From the Fiji Government Online Portal (2012-08-21) via Steffen Thorsen:
343 # The Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Mr Jone Usamate
344 # today confirmed that Fiji will start daylight savings at 2 am on Sunday 21st
345 # October 2012 and end at 3 am on Sunday 20th January 2013.
346 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6702&catid=71&Itemid=155
347
348 # From the Fijian Government Media Center (2013-08-30) via David Wheeler:
349 # Fiji will start daylight savings on Sunday 27th October, 2013 ...
350 # move clocks forward by one hour from 2am
351 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-27th-OCTOBER-201.aspx
352
353 # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-01-10):
354 # Fiji will end DST on 2014-01-19 02:00:
355 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVINGS-TO-END-THIS-MONTH-%281%29.aspx
356
357 # From Ken Rylander (2014-10-20):
358 # DST will start Nov. 2 this year.
359 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-NOVEMBER-2ND.aspx
360
361 # From a government order dated 2015-08-26 and published as Legal Notice No. 77
362 # in the Government of Fiji Gazette Supplement No. 24 (2015-08-28),
363 # via Ken Rylander (2015-09-02):
364 # the daylight saving period is 1 hour in advance of the standard time
365 # commencing at 2.00 am on Sunday 1st November, 2015 and ending at
366 # 3.00 am on Sunday 17th January, 2016.
367
368 # From Paul Eggert (2015-09-01):
369 # For now, guess DST from 02:00 the first Sunday in November to
370 # 03:00 the third Sunday in January. Although ad hoc, it matches
371 # transitions since late 2014 and seems more likely to match future
372 # practice than guessing no DST.
373
374 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
375 Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
376 Rule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 -
377 Rule Fiji 2009 only - Nov 29 2:00 1:00 S
378 Rule Fiji 2010 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
379 Rule Fiji 2010 2013 - Oct Sun>=21 2:00 1:00 S
380 Rule Fiji 2011 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
381 Rule Fiji 2012 2013 - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
382 Rule Fiji 2014 only - Jan Sun>=18 2:00 0 -
383 Rule Fiji 2014 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
384 Rule Fiji 2015 max - Jan Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
385 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
386 Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:55:44 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
387 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time
388
389 # French Polynesia
390 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
391 Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea
392 -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time
393 Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct
394 -9:30 - MART # Marquesas Time
395 Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete
396 -10:00 - TAHT # Tahiti Time
397 # Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia;
398 # it is uninhabited.
399
400 # Guam
401 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
402 Zone Pacific/Guam -14:21:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31
403 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana
404 10:00 - GST 2000 Dec 23 # Guam
523 Rule Cook 1979 1990 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS
524 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
525 Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua
526 -10:30 - CKT 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is Time
527 -10:00 Cook CK%sT
528
529 ###############################################################################
530
531
532 # Niue
533 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
534 Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi
535 -11:20 - NUT 1951 # Niue Time
536 -11:30 - NUT 1978 Oct 1
537 -11:00 - NUT
538
539 # Norfolk
540 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
541 Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston
542 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time
543 11:30 - NFT 1974 Oct 27 02:00 # Norfolk T.
544 11:30 1:00 NFST 1975 Mar 2 02:00
545 11:30 - NFT 2015 Oct 4 02:00
546 11:00 - NFT
547
548 # Palau (Belau)
549 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
550 Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror
551 9:00 - PWT # Palau Time
552
553 # Papua New Guinea
554 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
555 Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
556 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time
557 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time
558 #
559 # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-13):
560 # Base the Bougainville entry on the Arawa-Kieta region, which appears to have
561 # the most people even though it was devastated in the Bougainville Civil War.
562 #
563 # Although Shanks gives 1942-03-15 / 1943-11-01 for JST, these dates
564 # are apparently rough guesswork from the starts of military campaigns.
565 # The World War II entries below are instead based on Arawa-Kieta.
566 # The Japanese occupied Kieta in July 1942,
1566 # that Truk and Yap are UTC+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are UTC+11.
1567 # We don't know when Kosrae switched from UTC+12; assume January 1 for now.
1568
1569
1570 # Midway
1571
1572 # From Charles T O'Connor, KMTH DJ (1956),
1573 # quoted in the KTMH section of the Radio Heritage Collection
1574 # <http://radiodx.com/spdxr/KMTH.htm> (2002-12-31):
1575 # For the past two months we've been on what is known as Daylight
1576 # Saving Time. This time has put us on air at 5am in the morning,
1577 # your time down there in New Zealand. Starting September 2, 1956
1578 # we'll again go back to Standard Time. This'll mean that we'll go to
1579 # air at 6am your time.
1580 #
1581 # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23):
1582 # We don't know the date of that quote, but we'll guess they
1583 # started DST on June 3. Possibly DST was observed other years
1584 # in Midway, but we have no record of it.
1585
1586 # Norfolk
1587
1588 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2015-09-23):
1589 # Norfolk Island will change ... from +1130 to +1100:
1590 # https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L01483/Explanatory%20Statement/Text
1591 # ... at 12.30 am (by legal time in New South Wales) on 4 October 2015.
1592 # http://www.norfolkisland.gov.nf/nia/MediaRelease/Media%20Release%20Norfolk%20Island%20Standard%20Time%20Change.pdf
1593
1594 # From Paul Eggert (2015-09-23):
1595 # Transitions before 2015 are from timeanddate.com, which consulted
1596 # the Norfolk Island Museum and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's
1597 # Norfolk Island station, and found no record of Norfolk observing DST
1598 # other than in 1974/5. See:
1599 # http://www.timeanddate.com/time/australia/norfolk-island.html
1600
1601 # Pitcairn
1602
1603 # From Rives McDow (1999-11-08):
1604 # A Proclamation was signed by the Governor of Pitcairn on the 27th March 1998
1605 # with regard to Pitcairn Standard Time. The Proclamation is as follows.
1606 #
1607 # The local time for general purposes in the Islands shall be
1608 # Co-ordinated Universal time minus 8 hours and shall be known
1609 # as Pitcairn Standard Time.
1610 #
1611 # ... I have also seen Pitcairn listed as UTC minus 9 hours in several
1612 # references, and can only assume that this was an error in interpretation
1613 # somehow in light of this proclamation.
1614
1615 # From Rives McDow (1999-11-09):
1616 # The Proclamation regarding Pitcairn time came into effect on 27 April 1998
1617 # ... at midnight.
1618
1619 # From Howie Phelps (1999-11-10), who talked to a Pitcairner via shortwave:
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