--- old/make/sun/javazic/tzdata/australasia Tue Nov 6 23:32:14 2012
+++ new/make/sun/javazic/tzdata/australasia Tue Nov 6 23:32:13 2012
@@ -306,9 +306,9 @@
#
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-10-24):
-# According to Radio Fiji and Fiji Times online, Fiji will end DST 3
+# According to Radio Fiji and Fiji Times online, Fiji will end DST 3
# weeks earlier than expected - on March 6, 2011, not March 27, 2011...
-# Here is confirmation from Government of the Republic of the Fiji Islands,
+# Here is confirmation from Government of the Republic of the Fiji Islands,
# Ministry of Information (fiji.gov.fj) web site:
#
# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2608:daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
#
# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-10-03):
-# Now the dates have been confirmed, and at least our start date
+# Now the dates have been confirmed, and at least our start date
# assumption was correct (end date was one week wrong).
#
#
@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@
# www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4966:daylight-saving-starts-in-fiji&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155
#
# which says
-# Members of the public are reminded to change their time to one hour in
-# advance at 2am to 3am on October 23, 2011 and one hour back at 3am to
+# Members of the public are reminded to change their time to one hour in
+# advance at 2am to 3am on October 23, 2011 and one hour back at 3am to
# 2am on February 26 next year.
# From Ken Rylander (2011-10-24)
@@ -344,15 +344,23 @@
# The commencement of daylight saving will remain unchanged and start
# on the 23rd of October, 2011.
+# From the Fiji Government Online Portal (2012-08-21) via Steffen Thorsen:
+# The Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Mr Jone Usamate
+# today confirmed that Fiji will start daylight savings at 2 am on Sunday 21st
+# October 2012 and end at 3 am on Sunday 20th January 2013.
+# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6702&catid=71&Itemid=155
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2012-08-31):
+# For now, guess a pattern of the penultimate Sundays in October and January.
+
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
Rule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 -
Rule Fiji 2009 only - Nov 29 2:00 1:00 S
Rule Fiji 2010 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
-Rule Fiji 2010 only - Oct 24 2:00 1:00 S
+Rule Fiji 2010 max - Oct Sun>=18 2:00 1:00 S
Rule Fiji 2011 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
-Rule Fiji 2011 only - Oct 23 2:00 1:00 S
-Rule Fiji 2012 only - Jan 22 3:00 0 -
+Rule Fiji 2012 max - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time
@@ -581,7 +589,7 @@
# From David Zuelke (2011-05-09):
# Subject: Samoa to move timezone from east to west of international date line
-#
+#
#
# http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/markets/newsfeeditem.aspx?id=138501958347963
#
@@ -643,6 +651,23 @@
# Although Samoa has used Daylight Saving Time in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012
# seasons, there is not yet any indication that this trend will continue on
# a regular basis. For now, we have explicitly listed the transitions below.
+#
+# From Nicky (2012-09-10):
+# Daylight Saving Time commences on Sunday 30th September 2012 and
+# ends on Sunday 7th of April 2013.
+#
+# Please find link below for more information.
+# http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html
+#
+# That publication also includes dates for Summer of 2013/4 as well
+# which give the impression of a pattern in selecting dates for the
+# future, so for now, we will guess this will continue.
+
+# Western Samoa
+# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+Rule WS 2012 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 1 D
+Rule WS 2012 max - Apr Sun>=1 4:00 0 -
+# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5
-11:26:56 - LMT 1911
-11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time
@@ -650,8 +675,8 @@
-11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Apr 2 4:00
-11:00 - WST 2011 Sep 24 3:00
-11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Dec 30
- 13:00 1:00 WSDT 2012 Apr 1 4:00
- 13:00 - WST
+ 13:00 1:00 WSDT 2012 Apr Sun>=1 4:00
+ 13:00 WS WS%sT
# Solomon Is
# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
@@ -663,25 +688,25 @@
#
# From Gwillim Law (2011-12-29)
# A correspondent informed me that Tokelau, like Samoa, will be skipping
-# December 31 this year, thereby changing its time zone from UTC-10 to
-# UTC+14. When I tried to verify this statement, I found a confirming
-# article in Time magazine online
-#
-# (http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2103243,00.html).
-#
+# December 31 this year ...
#
-# From Jonathan Leffler (2011-12-29)
-# Information from the BBC to the same effect:
-#
-# http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16351377
-#
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-07-25)
+# ... we double checked by calling hotels and offices based in Tokelau asking
+# about the time there, and they all told a time that agrees with UTC+13....
+# Shanks says UTC-10 from 1901 [but] ... there is a good chance the change
+# actually was to UTC-11 back then.
#
-# Patch supplied by Tim Parenti (2011-12-29)
+# From Paul Eggert (2012-07-25)
+# A Google Books snippet of Appendix to the Journals of the House of
+# Representatives of New Zealand, Session 1948,
+# , page 65, says Tokelau
+# was "11 hours slow on G.M.T." Go with Thorsen and assume Shanks & Pottenger
+# are off by an hour starting in 1901.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901
- -10:00 - TKT 2011 Dec 30 # Tokelau Time
- 14:00 - TKT
+ -11:00 - TKT 2011 Dec 30 # Tokelau Time
+ 13:00 - TKT
# Tonga
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
@@ -1362,22 +1387,22 @@
# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-28):
-# According to the official press release, South Australia's extended daylight
-# saving period will continue with the same rules as used during the 2008-2009
+# According to the official press release, South Australia's extended daylight
+# saving period will continue with the same rules as used during the 2008-2009
# summer (southern hemisphere).
-#
+#
# From
#
# http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf
#
-# The extended daylight saving period that South Australia has been trialling
+# The extended daylight saving period that South Australia has been trialling
# for over the last year is now set to be ongoing.
-# Daylight saving will continue to start on the first Sunday in October each
+# Daylight saving will continue to start on the first Sunday in October each
# year and finish on the first Sunday in April the following year.
-# Industrial Relations Minister, Paul Caica, says this provides South Australia
-# with a consistent half hour time difference with NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and
+# Industrial Relations Minister, Paul Caica, says this provides South Australia
+# with a consistent half hour time difference with NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and
# the ACT for all 52 weeks of the year...
-#
+#
# We have a wrap-up here:
#
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html