make/data/tzdata/australasia
changeset 52373 c9bbf33fd1ae
parent 50282 4887e76f2493
child 55634 0f1e29c77e50
child 58678 9cf78a70fa4f
--- a/make/data/tzdata/australasia	Thu Nov 01 09:41:04 2018 -0700
+++ b/make/data/tzdata/australasia	Thu Nov 01 12:43:21 2018 -0400
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 # or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
 # questions.
 #
+# tzdb data for Australasia and environs, and for much of the Pacific
+
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -384,8 +386,15 @@
 # Dominic Fok writes (2017-08-20) that DST ends 2018-01-14, citing
 # Extraordinary Government of Fiji Gazette Supplement No. 21 (2017-08-27),
 # [Legal Notice No. 41] of an order of the previous day by J Usamate.
+
+# 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 14.  Although ad hoc, it matches
+# the first Sunday on or after January 13.  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.
 
@@ -399,7 +408,7 @@
 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>=14	3:00	0	-
+Rule	Fiji	2015	max	-	Jan	Sun>=13	3:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Fiji	11:55:44 -	LMT	1915 Oct 26 # Suva
 			12:00	Fiji	+12/+13