make/data/tzdata/australasia
changeset 58284 59f7c242ccb8
parent 57667 79036e5e744b
child 58679 9c3209ff7550
--- a/make/data/tzdata/australasia	Tue Sep 24 09:38:14 2019 +0200
+++ b/make/data/tzdata/australasia	Tue Sep 24 10:16:00 2019 +0100
@@ -390,13 +390,18 @@
 # From Raymond Kumar (2018-07-13):
 # http://www.fijitimes.com/government-approves-2018-daylight-saving/
 # ... The daylight saving period will end at 3am on Sunday January 13, 2019.
-#
-# From Paul Eggert (2018-07-15):
-# For now, guess DST from 02:00 the first Sunday in November to 03:00
-# the first Sunday on or after January 13.  January transitions reportedly
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2019-08-06):
+# Today Raymond Kumar reported the Government of Fiji Gazette Supplement No. 27
+# (2019-08-02) said that Fiji observes DST "commencing at 2.00 am on
+# Sunday, 10 November 2019 and ending at 3.00 am on Sunday, 12 January 2020."
+# For now, guess DST from 02:00 the second Sunday in November to 03:00
+# the first Sunday on or after January 12.  January transitions reportedly
 # depend on when school terms start.  Although the guess is ad hoc, it matches
-# transitions since late 2014 and seems more likely to match future
-# practice than guessing no DST.
+# transitions planned this year and seems more likely to match future practice
+# than guessing no DST.
+# From Michael Deckers (2019-08-06):
+# https://www.laws.gov.fj/LawsAsMade/downloadfile/848
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Fiji	1998	1999	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
@@ -407,8 +412,9 @@
 Rule	Fiji	2011	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
 Rule	Fiji	2012	2013	-	Jan	Sun>=18	3:00	0	-
 Rule	Fiji	2014	only	-	Jan	Sun>=18	2:00	0	-
-Rule	Fiji	2014	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
-Rule	Fiji	2015	max	-	Jan	Sun>=13	3:00	0	-
+Rule	Fiji	2014	2018	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
+Rule	Fiji	2015	max	-	Jan	Sun>=12	3:00	0	-
+Rule	Fiji	2019	max	-	Nov	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	-
 # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Fiji	11:55:44 -	LMT	1915 Oct 26 # Suva
 			12:00	Fiji	+12/+13
@@ -627,10 +633,11 @@
 # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Norfolk	11:11:52 -	LMT	1901 # Kingston
 			11:12	-	+1112	1951
-			11:30	-	+1130	1974 Oct 27 02:00
-			11:30	1:00	+1230	1975 Mar  2 02:00
-			11:30	-	+1130	2015 Oct  4 02:00
-			11:00	-	+11
+			11:30	-	+1130	1974 Oct 27 02:00s
+			11:30	1:00	+1230	1975 Mar  2 02:00s
+			11:30	-	+1130	2015 Oct  4 02:00s
+			11:00	-	+11	2019 Jul
+			11:00	AN	+11/+12
 
 # Palau (Belau)
 # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -1898,12 +1905,21 @@
 # ... at 12.30 am (by legal time in New South Wales) on 4 October 2015.
 # http://www.norfolkisland.gov.nf/nia/MediaRelease/Media%20Release%20Norfolk%20Island%20Standard%20Time%20Change.pdf
 
-# From Paul Eggert (2015-09-23):
+# From Paul Eggert (2019-08-28):
 # Transitions before 2015 are from timeanddate.com, which consulted
 # the Norfolk Island Museum and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's
 # Norfolk Island station, and found no record of Norfolk observing DST
 # other than in 1974/5.  See:
 # https://www.timeanddate.com/time/australia/norfolk-island.html
+# However, disagree with timeanddate about the 1975-03-02 transition;
+# timeanddate has 02:00 but 02:00s corresponds to what the NSW law said
+# (thanks to Michael Deckers).
+
+# Norfolk started observing Australian DST in spring 2019.
+# From Kyle Czech (2019-08-13):
+# https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2018L01702
+# From Michael Deckers (2019-08-14):
+# https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019C00010
 
 # Palau
 # See commentary for Micronesia.