1# <pre>
2# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
3# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
4
5# This file also includes Pacific islands.
6
7# Notes are at the end of this file
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278# </a>
279#
280# A bit more background info here:
281# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/fiji-dst-ends-march-2010.html">
282# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/fiji-dst-ends-march-2010.html
283# </a>
284
285# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-10-24):
286# According to Radio Fiji and Fiji Times online, Fiji will end DST 3
287# weeks earlier than expected - on March 6, 2011, not March 27, 2011...
288# Here is confirmation from Government of the Republic of the Fiji Islands,
289# Ministry of Information (fiji.gov.fj) web site:
290# <a href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2608:daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155">
291# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2608:daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155
292# </a>
293# or
294# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji04.html">
295# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji04.html
296# </a>
297
298# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-10-03):
299# Now the dates have been confirmed, and at least our start date
300# assumption was correct (end date was one week wrong).
301#
302# <a href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4966:daylight-saving-starts-in-fiji&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155">
303# www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4966:daylight-saving-starts-in-fiji&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155
304# </a>
305# which says
306# Members of the public are reminded to change their time to one hour in
307# advance at 2am to 3am on October 23, 2011 and one hour back at 3am to
308# 2am on February 26 next year.
309
310# From Ken Rylander (2011-10-24)
311# Another change to the Fiji DST end date. In the TZ database the end date for
312# Fiji DST 2012, is currently Feb 26. This has been changed to Jan 22.
313#
314# <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">
315# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5017:amendments-to-daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155
316# </a>
317# states:
318#
319# The end of daylight saving scheduled initially for the 26th of February 2012
320# has been brought forward to the 22nd of January 2012.
321# The commencement of daylight saving will remain unchanged and start
322# on the 23rd of October, 2011.
323
324# From the Fiji Government Online Portal (2012-08-21) via Steffen Thorsen:
325# The Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Mr Jone Usamate
326# today confirmed that Fiji will start daylight savings at 2 am on Sunday 21st
327# October 2012 and end at 3 am on Sunday 20th January 2013.
328# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6702&catid=71&Itemid=155
329#
330# From Paul Eggert (2012-08-31):
331# For now, guess a pattern of the penultimate Sundays in October and January.
332
333# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
334Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
335Rule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 -
336Rule Fiji 2009 only - Nov 29 2:00 1:00 S
337Rule Fiji 2010 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
338Rule Fiji 2010 max - Oct Sun>=18 2:00 1:00 S
339Rule Fiji 2011 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
340Rule Fiji 2012 max - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
341# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
342Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
343 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time
344
345# French Polynesia
346# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
347Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea
348 -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time
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561# then all instruments used to measure standard time are to be
562# adjusted/changed to three oclock (3:00am or 0300Hrs).
563#
564# Margaret Fruean ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER MINISTRY OF COMMERCE,
565# INDUSTRY AND LABOUR 28th February 2011
566
567# From David Zuelke (2011-05-09):
568# Subject: Samoa to move timezone from east to west of international date line
569#
570# <a href="http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/markets/newsfeeditem.aspx?id=138501958347963">
571# http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/markets/newsfeeditem.aspx?id=138501958347963
572# </a>
573
574# From Mark Sim-Smith (2011-08-17):
575# I have been in contact with Leilani Tuala Warren from the Samoa Law
576# Reform Commission, and she has sent me a copy of the Bill that she
577# confirmed has been passed...Most of the sections are about maps rather
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643# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
644Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara
645 11:00 - SBT # Solomon Is Time
646
647# Tokelau Is
648#
649# From Gwillim Law (2011-12-29)
650# A correspondent informed me that Tokelau, like Samoa, will be skipping
651# December 31 this year ...
652#
653# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-07-25)
654# ... we double checked by calling hotels and offices based in Tokelau asking
655# about the time there, and they all told a time that agrees with UTC+13....
656# Shanks says UTC-10 from 1901 [but] ... there is a good chance the change
657# actually was to UTC-11 back then.
658#
659# From Paul Eggert (2012-07-25)
660# A Google Books snippet of Appendix to the Journals of the House of
661# Representatives of New Zealand, Session 1948,
662# <http://books.google.com/books?id=ZaVCAQAAIAAJ>, page 65, says Tokelau
663# was "11 hours slow on G.M.T." Go with Thorsen and assume Shanks & Pottenger
664# are off by an hour starting in 1901.
665
666# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
667Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901
668 -11:00 - TKT 2011 Dec 30 # Tokelau Time
669 13:00 - TKT
670
671# Tonga
672# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
673Rule Tonga 1999 only - Oct 7 2:00s 1:00 S
674Rule Tonga 2000 only - Mar 19 2:00s 0 -
675Rule Tonga 2000 2001 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
676Rule Tonga 2001 2002 - Jan lastSun 2:00 0 -
677# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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1342# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1343# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks & Pottenger through 1989, and
1344# Lonergan thereafter. For times we use Lonergan.
1345
1346# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
1347# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
1348
1349# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-28):
1350# According to the official press release, South Australia's extended daylight
1351# saving period will continue with the same rules as used during the 2008-2009
1352# summer (southern hemisphere).
1353#
1354# From
1355# <a href="http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf">
1356# http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf
1357# </a>
1358# The extended daylight saving period that South Australia has been trialling
1359# for over the last year is now set to be ongoing.
1360# Daylight saving will continue to start on the first Sunday in October each
1361# year and finish on the first Sunday in April the following year.
1362# Industrial Relations Minister, Paul Caica, says this provides South Australia
1363# with a consistent half hour time difference with NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and
1364# the ACT for all 52 weeks of the year...
1365#
1366# We have a wrap-up here:
1367# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html">
1368# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html
1369# </a>
1370###############################################################################
1371
1372# New Zealand
1373
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2# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
3# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
4
5# This file also includes Pacific islands.
6
7# Notes are at the end of this file
8
9###############################################################################
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278# </a>
279#
280# A bit more background info here:
281# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/fiji-dst-ends-march-2010.html">
282# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/fiji-dst-ends-march-2010.html
283# </a>
284
285# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-10-24):
286# According to Radio Fiji and Fiji Times online, Fiji will end DST 3
287# weeks earlier than expected - on March 6, 2011, not March 27, 2011...
288# Here is confirmation from Government of the Republic of the Fiji Islands,
289# Ministry of Information (fiji.gov.fj) web site:
290# <a href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2608:daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155">
291# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2608:daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155
292# </a>
293# or
294# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji04.html">
295# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji04.html
296# </a>
297
298# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-10-03):
299# Now the dates have been confirmed, and at least our start date
300# assumption was correct (end date was one week wrong).
301#
302# <a href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4966:daylight-saving-starts-in-fiji&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155">
303# www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4966:daylight-saving-starts-in-fiji&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155
304# </a>
305# which says
306# Members of the public are reminded to change their time to one hour in
307# advance at 2am to 3am on October 23, 2011 and one hour back at 3am to
308# 2am on February 26 next year.
309
310# From Ken Rylander (2011-10-24)
311# Another change to the Fiji DST end date. In the TZ database the end date for
312# Fiji DST 2012, is currently Feb 26. This has been changed to Jan 22.
313#
314# <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">
315# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5017:amendments-to-daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155
316# </a>
317# states:
318#
319# The end of daylight saving scheduled initially for the 26th of February 2012
320# has been brought forward to the 22nd of January 2012.
321# The commencement of daylight saving will remain unchanged and start
322# on the 23rd of October, 2011.
323
324# From the Fiji Government Online Portal (2012-08-21) via Steffen Thorsen:
325# The Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Mr Jone Usamate
326# today confirmed that Fiji will start daylight savings at 2 am on Sunday 21st
327# October 2012 and end at 3 am on Sunday 20th January 2013.
328# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6702&catid=71&Itemid=155
329#
330# From Paul Eggert (2012-08-31):
331# For now, guess a pattern of the penultimate Sundays in October and January.
332
333# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
334Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
335Rule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 -
336Rule Fiji 2009 only - Nov 29 2:00 1:00 S
337Rule Fiji 2010 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
338Rule Fiji 2010 max - Oct Sun>=18 2:00 1:00 S
339Rule Fiji 2011 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
340Rule Fiji 2012 max - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
341# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
342Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
343 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time
344
345# French Polynesia
346# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
347Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea
348 -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time
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561# then all instruments used to measure standard time are to be
562# adjusted/changed to three oclock (3:00am or 0300Hrs).
563#
564# Margaret Fruean ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER MINISTRY OF COMMERCE,
565# INDUSTRY AND LABOUR 28th February 2011
566
567# From David Zuelke (2011-05-09):
568# Subject: Samoa to move timezone from east to west of international date line
569#
570# <a href="http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/markets/newsfeeditem.aspx?id=138501958347963">
571# http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/markets/newsfeeditem.aspx?id=138501958347963
572# </a>
573
574# From Mark Sim-Smith (2011-08-17):
575# I have been in contact with Leilani Tuala Warren from the Samoa Law
576# Reform Commission, and she has sent me a copy of the Bill that she
577# confirmed has been passed...Most of the sections are about maps rather
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643# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
644Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara
645 11:00 - SBT # Solomon Is Time
646
647# Tokelau Is
648#
649# From Gwillim Law (2011-12-29)
650# A correspondent informed me that Tokelau, like Samoa, will be skipping
651# December 31 this year ...
652#
653# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-07-25)
654# ... we double checked by calling hotels and offices based in Tokelau asking
655# about the time there, and they all told a time that agrees with UTC+13....
656# Shanks says UTC-10 from 1901 [but] ... there is a good chance the change
657# actually was to UTC-11 back then.
658#
659# From Paul Eggert (2012-07-25)
660# A Google Books snippet of Appendix to the Journals of the House of
661# Representatives of New Zealand, Session 1948,
662# <http://books.google.com/books?id=ZaVCAQAAIAAJ>, page 65, says Tokelau
663# was "11 hours slow on G.M.T." Go with Thorsen and assume Shanks & Pottenger
664# are off by an hour starting in 1901.
665
666# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
667Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901
668 -11:00 - TKT 2011 Dec 30 # Tokelau Time
669 13:00 - TKT
670
671# Tonga
672# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
673Rule Tonga 1999 only - Oct 7 2:00s 1:00 S
674Rule Tonga 2000 only - Mar 19 2:00s 0 -
675Rule Tonga 2000 2001 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
676Rule Tonga 2001 2002 - Jan lastSun 2:00 0 -
677# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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1342# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1343# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks & Pottenger through 1989, and
1344# Lonergan thereafter. For times we use Lonergan.
1345
1346# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
1347# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
1348
1349# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-28):
1350# According to the official press release, South Australia's extended daylight
1351# saving period will continue with the same rules as used during the 2008-2009
1352# summer (southern hemisphere).
1353#
1354# From
1355# <a href="http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf">
1356# http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf
1357# </a>
1358# The extended daylight saving period that South Australia has been trialling
1359# for over the last year is now set to be ongoing.
1360# Daylight saving will continue to start on the first Sunday in October each
1361# year and finish on the first Sunday in April the following year.
1362# Industrial Relations Minister, Paul Caica, says this provides South Australia
1363# with a consistent half hour time difference with NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and
1364# the ACT for all 52 weeks of the year...
1365#
1366# We have a wrap-up here:
1367# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html">
1368# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html
1369# </a>
1370###############################################################################
1371
1372# New Zealand
1373
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