327 # </a> 328 # which says 329 # Members of the public are reminded to change their time to one hour in 330 # advance at 2am to 3am on October 23, 2011 and one hour back at 3am to 331 # 2am on February 26 next year. 332 333 # From Ken Rylander (2011-10-24) 334 # Another change to the Fiji DST end date. In the TZ database the end date for 335 # Fiji DST 2012, is currently Feb 26. This has been changed to Jan 22. 336 # 337 # <a href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5017:amendments-to-daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155"> 338 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5017:amendments-to-daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155 339 # </a> 340 # states: 341 # 342 # The end of daylight saving scheduled initially for the 26th of February 2012 343 # has been brought forward to the 22nd of January 2012. 344 # The commencement of daylight saving will remain unchanged and start 345 # on the 23rd of October, 2011. 346 347 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 348 Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 349 Rule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 - 350 Rule Fiji 2009 only - Nov 29 2:00 1:00 S 351 Rule Fiji 2010 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - 352 Rule Fiji 2010 only - Oct 24 2:00 1:00 S 353 Rule Fiji 2011 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 354 Rule Fiji 2011 only - Oct 23 2:00 1:00 S 355 Rule Fiji 2012 only - Jan 22 3:00 0 - 356 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 357 Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva 358 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time 359 360 # French Polynesia 361 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 362 Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea 363 -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time 364 Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct 365 -9:30 - MART # Marquesas Time 366 Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete 367 -10:00 - TAHT # Tahiti Time 368 # Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia; 369 # it is uninhabited. 370 371 # Guam 372 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 373 Zone Pacific/Guam -14:21:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 374 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana 375 10:00 - GST 2000 Dec 23 # Guam 626 # From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2011-09-02): 627 # <a href="http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html"> 628 # http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html 629 # </a> 630 # 631 # here is the official website publication for Samoa DST and dateline change 632 # 633 # DST 634 # Year End Time Start Time 635 # 2011 - - - - - - 24 September 3:00am to 4:00am 636 # 2012 01 April 4:00am to 3:00am - - - - - - 637 # 638 # Dateline Change skip Friday 30th Dec 2011 639 # Thursday 29th December 2011 23:59:59 Hours 640 # Saturday 31st December 2011 00:00:00 Hours 641 # 642 # Clarification by Tim Parenti (2012-01-03): 643 # Although Samoa has used Daylight Saving Time in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 644 # seasons, there is not yet any indication that this trend will continue on 645 # a regular basis. For now, we have explicitly listed the transitions below. 646 Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 647 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 648 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time 649 -11:00 - WST 2010 Sep 26 650 -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Apr 2 4:00 651 -11:00 - WST 2011 Sep 24 3:00 652 -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Dec 30 653 13:00 1:00 WSDT 2012 Apr 1 4:00 654 13:00 - WST 655 656 # Solomon Is 657 # excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea 658 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 659 Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara 660 11:00 - SBT # Solomon Is Time 661 662 # Tokelau Is 663 # 664 # From Gwillim Law (2011-12-29) 665 # A correspondent informed me that Tokelau, like Samoa, will be skipping 666 # December 31 this year, thereby changing its time zone from UTC-10 to 667 # UTC+14. When I tried to verify this statement, I found a confirming 668 # article in Time magazine online 669 # <a href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2103243,00.html"> 670 # (http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2103243,00.html). 671 # </a> 672 # 673 # From Jonathan Leffler (2011-12-29) 674 # Information from the BBC to the same effect: 675 # <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16351377"> 676 # http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16351377 677 # </a> 678 # 679 # Patch supplied by Tim Parenti (2011-12-29) 680 681 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 682 Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901 683 -10:00 - TKT 2011 Dec 30 # Tokelau Time 684 14:00 - TKT 685 686 # Tonga 687 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 688 Rule Tonga 1999 only - Oct 7 2:00s 1:00 S 689 Rule Tonga 2000 only - Mar 19 2:00s 0 - 690 Rule Tonga 2000 2001 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 691 Rule Tonga 2001 2002 - Jan lastSun 2:00 0 - 692 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 693 Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 694 12:20 - TOT 1941 # Tonga Time 695 13:00 - TOT 1999 696 13:00 Tonga TO%sT 697 698 # Tuvalu 699 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 700 Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 701 12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time 702 703 704 # US minor outlying islands | 327 # </a> 328 # which says 329 # Members of the public are reminded to change their time to one hour in 330 # advance at 2am to 3am on October 23, 2011 and one hour back at 3am to 331 # 2am on February 26 next year. 332 333 # From Ken Rylander (2011-10-24) 334 # Another change to the Fiji DST end date. In the TZ database the end date for 335 # Fiji DST 2012, is currently Feb 26. This has been changed to Jan 22. 336 # 337 # <a href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5017:amendments-to-daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155"> 338 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5017:amendments-to-daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155 339 # </a> 340 # states: 341 # 342 # The end of daylight saving scheduled initially for the 26th of February 2012 343 # has been brought forward to the 22nd of January 2012. 344 # The commencement of daylight saving will remain unchanged and start 345 # on the 23rd of October, 2011. 346 347 # From the Fiji Government Online Portal (2012-08-21) via Steffen Thorsen: 348 # The Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Mr Jone Usamate 349 # today confirmed that Fiji will start daylight savings at 2 am on Sunday 21st 350 # October 2012 and end at 3 am on Sunday 20th January 2013. 351 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6702&catid=71&Itemid=155 352 # 353 # From Paul Eggert (2012-08-31): 354 # For now, guess a pattern of the penultimate Sundays in October and January. 355 356 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 357 Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 358 Rule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 - 359 Rule Fiji 2009 only - Nov 29 2:00 1:00 S 360 Rule Fiji 2010 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - 361 Rule Fiji 2010 max - Oct Sun>=18 2:00 1:00 S 362 Rule Fiji 2011 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 363 Rule Fiji 2012 max - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 - 364 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 365 Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva 366 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time 367 368 # French Polynesia 369 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 370 Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea 371 -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time 372 Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct 373 -9:30 - MART # Marquesas Time 374 Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete 375 -10:00 - TAHT # Tahiti Time 376 # Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia; 377 # it is uninhabited. 378 379 # Guam 380 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 381 Zone Pacific/Guam -14:21:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 382 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana 383 10:00 - GST 2000 Dec 23 # Guam 634 # From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2011-09-02): 635 # <a href="http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html"> 636 # http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html 637 # </a> 638 # 639 # here is the official website publication for Samoa DST and dateline change 640 # 641 # DST 642 # Year End Time Start Time 643 # 2011 - - - - - - 24 September 3:00am to 4:00am 644 # 2012 01 April 4:00am to 3:00am - - - - - - 645 # 646 # Dateline Change skip Friday 30th Dec 2011 647 # Thursday 29th December 2011 23:59:59 Hours 648 # Saturday 31st December 2011 00:00:00 Hours 649 # 650 # Clarification by Tim Parenti (2012-01-03): 651 # Although Samoa has used Daylight Saving Time in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 652 # seasons, there is not yet any indication that this trend will continue on 653 # a regular basis. For now, we have explicitly listed the transitions below. 654 # 655 # From Nicky (2012-09-10): 656 # Daylight Saving Time commences on Sunday 30th September 2012 and 657 # ends on Sunday 7th of April 2013. 658 # 659 # Please find link below for more information. 660 # http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html 661 # 662 # That publication also includes dates for Summer of 2013/4 as well 663 # which give the impression of a pattern in selecting dates for the 664 # future, so for now, we will guess this will continue. 665 666 # Western Samoa 667 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 668 Rule WS 2012 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 1 D 669 Rule WS 2012 max - Apr Sun>=1 4:00 0 - 670 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 671 Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 672 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 673 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time 674 -11:00 - WST 2010 Sep 26 675 -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Apr 2 4:00 676 -11:00 - WST 2011 Sep 24 3:00 677 -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Dec 30 678 13:00 1:00 WSDT 2012 Apr Sun>=1 4:00 679 13:00 WS WS%sT 680 681 # Solomon Is 682 # excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea 683 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 684 Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara 685 11:00 - SBT # Solomon Is Time 686 687 # Tokelau Is 688 # 689 # From Gwillim Law (2011-12-29) 690 # A correspondent informed me that Tokelau, like Samoa, will be skipping 691 # December 31 this year ... 692 # 693 # From Steffen Thorsen (2012-07-25) 694 # ... we double checked by calling hotels and offices based in Tokelau asking 695 # about the time there, and they all told a time that agrees with UTC+13.... 696 # Shanks says UTC-10 from 1901 [but] ... there is a good chance the change 697 # actually was to UTC-11 back then. 698 # 699 # From Paul Eggert (2012-07-25) 700 # A Google Books snippet of Appendix to the Journals of the House of 701 # Representatives of New Zealand, Session 1948, 702 # <http://books.google.com/books?id=ZaVCAQAAIAAJ>, page 65, says Tokelau 703 # was "11 hours slow on G.M.T." Go with Thorsen and assume Shanks & Pottenger 704 # are off by an hour starting in 1901. 705 706 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 707 Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901 708 -11:00 - TKT 2011 Dec 30 # Tokelau Time 709 13:00 - TKT 710 711 # Tonga 712 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 713 Rule Tonga 1999 only - Oct 7 2:00s 1:00 S 714 Rule Tonga 2000 only - Mar 19 2:00s 0 - 715 Rule Tonga 2000 2001 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 716 Rule Tonga 2001 2002 - Jan lastSun 2:00 0 - 717 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 718 Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 719 12:20 - TOT 1941 # Tonga Time 720 13:00 - TOT 1999 721 13:00 Tonga TO%sT 722 723 # Tuvalu 724 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 725 Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 726 12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time 727 728 729 # US minor outlying islands |