--- 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.