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 689                         -11:26:56 -     LMT     1911
 690                         -11:30  -       -1130   1950
 691                         -11:00  WS      -11/-10 2011 Dec 29 24:00
 692                          13:00  WS      +13/+14
 693 
 694 # Solomon Is
 695 # excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
 696 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 697 Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 -     LMT     1912 Oct # Honiara
 698                         11:00   -       +11
 699 
 700 # Tokelau
 701 #
 702 # From Gwillim Law (2011-12-29)
 703 # A correspondent informed me that Tokelau, like Samoa, will be skipping
 704 # December 31 this year ...
 705 #
 706 # From Steffen Thorsen (2012-07-25)
 707 # ... we double checked by calling hotels and offices based in Tokelau asking
 708 # about the time there, and they all told a time that agrees with UTC+13....
 709 # Shanks says UTC-10 from 1901 [but] ... there is a good chance the change
 710 # actually was to UTC-11 back then.
 711 #
 712 # From Paul Eggert (2012-07-25)
 713 # A Google Books snippet of Appendix to the Journals of the House of
 714 # Representatives of New Zealand, Session 1948,
 715 # <https://books.google.com/books?id=ZaVCAQAAIAAJ>, page 65, says Tokelau
 716 # was "11 hours slow on G.M.T."  Go with Thorsen and assume Shanks & Pottenger
 717 # are off by an hour starting in 1901.
 718 
 719 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 720 Zone    Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 -     LMT     1901
 721                         -11:00  -       -11     2011 Dec 30
 722                         13:00   -       +13
 723 
 724 # Tonga
 725 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 726 Rule    Tonga   1999    only    -       Oct      7      2:00s   1:00    S
 727 Rule    Tonga   2000    only    -       Mar     19      2:00s   0       -
 728 Rule    Tonga   2000    2001    -       Nov     Sun>=1       2:00    1:00    S
 729 Rule    Tonga   2001    2002    -       Jan     lastSun 2:00    0       -
 730 Rule    Tonga   2016    only    -       Nov     Sun>=1       2:00    1:00    S


1456 # Rule  NZ      1989    max     -       Oct     Sun>=1       2:00    1:00    D
1457 # Rule  NZ      1975    1989    -       Mar     Sun>=1       3:00    0       S
1458 # Rule  NZ      1990    max     -       Mar     lastSun 3:00    0       S
1459 # ...
1460 # Zone  NZ                      12:00   NZ              NZ%sT   # New Zealand
1461 # Zone  NZ-CHAT                 12:45   -               NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
1462 
1463 # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
1464 # The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
1465 # rather than the October 1 value.
1466 
1467 # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19);
1468 # Shank & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ.
1469 # Robert Uzgalis writes that the New Zealand Daylight
1470 # Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard
1471 # time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March.
1472 # As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00.
1473 #
1474 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1475 # The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history,
1476 # as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.htm for the full references.
1477 # Use these sources in preference to Shanks & Pottenger.
1478 #
1479 # For Chatham, IATA SSIM (1991/1999) gives the NZ rules but with
1480 # transitions at 2:45 local standard time; this confirms that Chatham
1481 # is always exactly 45 minutes ahead of Auckland.
1482 
1483 # From Colin Sharples (2007-04-30):
1484 # DST will now start on the last Sunday in September, and end on the
1485 # first Sunday in April.  The changes take effect this year, meaning
1486 # that DST will begin on 2007-09-30 2008-04-06.
1487 # http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Daylight-Saving-Daylight-saving-to-be-extended
1488 
1489 # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-14):
1490 # Chatham Island time was formally standardized on 1957-01-01 by
1491 # New Zealand's Standard Time Amendment Act 1956 (1956-10-26).
1492 # https://www.austlii.edu.au/nz/legis/hist_act/staa19561956n100244.pdf
1493 # According to Google Books snippet view, a speaker in the New Zealand
1494 # parliamentary debates in 1956 said "Clause 78 makes provision for standard
1495 # time in the Chatham Islands.  The time there is 45 minutes in advance of New
1496 # Zealand time.  I understand that is the time they keep locally, anyhow."




 689                         -11:26:56 -     LMT     1911
 690                         -11:30  -       -1130   1950
 691                         -11:00  WS      -11/-10 2011 Dec 29 24:00
 692                          13:00  WS      +13/+14
 693 
 694 # Solomon Is
 695 # excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
 696 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 697 Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 -     LMT     1912 Oct # Honiara
 698                         11:00   -       +11
 699 
 700 # Tokelau
 701 #
 702 # From Gwillim Law (2011-12-29)
 703 # A correspondent informed me that Tokelau, like Samoa, will be skipping
 704 # December 31 this year ...
 705 #
 706 # From Steffen Thorsen (2012-07-25)
 707 # ... we double checked by calling hotels and offices based in Tokelau asking
 708 # about the time there, and they all told a time that agrees with UTC+13....
 709 # Shanks says UT-10 from 1901 [but] ... there is a good chance the change
 710 # actually was to UT-11 back then.
 711 #
 712 # From Paul Eggert (2012-07-25)
 713 # A Google Books snippet of Appendix to the Journals of the House of
 714 # Representatives of New Zealand, Session 1948,
 715 # <https://books.google.com/books?id=ZaVCAQAAIAAJ>, page 65, says Tokelau
 716 # was "11 hours slow on G.M.T."  Go with Thorsen and assume Shanks & Pottenger
 717 # are off by an hour starting in 1901.
 718 
 719 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 720 Zone    Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 -     LMT     1901
 721                         -11:00  -       -11     2011 Dec 30
 722                         13:00   -       +13
 723 
 724 # Tonga
 725 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 726 Rule    Tonga   1999    only    -       Oct      7      2:00s   1:00    S
 727 Rule    Tonga   2000    only    -       Mar     19      2:00s   0       -
 728 Rule    Tonga   2000    2001    -       Nov     Sun>=1       2:00    1:00    S
 729 Rule    Tonga   2001    2002    -       Jan     lastSun 2:00    0       -
 730 Rule    Tonga   2016    only    -       Nov     Sun>=1       2:00    1:00    S


1456 # Rule  NZ      1989    max     -       Oct     Sun>=1       2:00    1:00    D
1457 # Rule  NZ      1975    1989    -       Mar     Sun>=1       3:00    0       S
1458 # Rule  NZ      1990    max     -       Mar     lastSun 3:00    0       S
1459 # ...
1460 # Zone  NZ                      12:00   NZ              NZ%sT   # New Zealand
1461 # Zone  NZ-CHAT                 12:45   -               NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
1462 
1463 # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
1464 # The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
1465 # rather than the October 1 value.
1466 
1467 # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19);
1468 # Shank & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ.
1469 # Robert Uzgalis writes that the New Zealand Daylight
1470 # Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard
1471 # time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March.
1472 # As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00.
1473 #
1474 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1475 # The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history,
1476 # as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.html for the full references.
1477 # Use these sources in preference to Shanks & Pottenger.
1478 #
1479 # For Chatham, IATA SSIM (1991/1999) gives the NZ rules but with
1480 # transitions at 2:45 local standard time; this confirms that Chatham
1481 # is always exactly 45 minutes ahead of Auckland.
1482 
1483 # From Colin Sharples (2007-04-30):
1484 # DST will now start on the last Sunday in September, and end on the
1485 # first Sunday in April.  The changes take effect this year, meaning
1486 # that DST will begin on 2007-09-30 2008-04-06.
1487 # http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Daylight-Saving-Daylight-saving-to-be-extended
1488 
1489 # From Paul Eggert (2014-07-14):
1490 # Chatham Island time was formally standardized on 1957-01-01 by
1491 # New Zealand's Standard Time Amendment Act 1956 (1956-10-26).
1492 # https://www.austlii.edu.au/nz/legis/hist_act/staa19561956n100244.pdf
1493 # According to Google Books snippet view, a speaker in the New Zealand
1494 # parliamentary debates in 1956 said "Clause 78 makes provision for standard
1495 # time in the Chatham Islands.  The time there is 45 minutes in advance of New
1496 # Zealand time.  I understand that is the time they keep locally, anyhow."


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