314 # The end of daylight saving scheduled initially for the 26th of February 2012
315 # has been brought forward to the 22nd of January 2012.
316 # The commencement of daylight saving will remain unchanged and start
317 # on the 23rd of October, 2011.
318
319 # From the Fiji Government Online Portal (2012-08-21) via Steffen Thorsen:
320 # The Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Mr Jone Usamate
321 # today confirmed that Fiji will start daylight savings at 2 am on Sunday 21st
322 # October 2012 and end at 3 am on Sunday 20th January 2013.
323 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6702&catid=71&Itemid=155
324
325 # From the Fijian Government Media Center (2013-08-30) via David Wheeler:
326 # Fiji will start daylight savings on Sunday 27th October, 2013 ...
327 # move clocks forward by one hour from 2am
328 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-27th-OCTOBER-201.aspx
329
330 # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-01-10):
331 # Fiji will end DST on 2014-01-19 02:00:
332 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVINGS-TO-END-THIS-MONTH-%281%29.aspx
333
334 # From Paul Eggert (2014-01-10):
335 # For now, guess that Fiji springs forward the Sunday before the fourth
336 # Monday in October, and springs back the penultimate Sunday in January.
337 # This is ad hoc, but matches recent practice.
338
339 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
340 Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
341 Rule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 -
342 Rule Fiji 2009 only - Nov 29 2:00 1:00 S
343 Rule Fiji 2010 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
344 Rule Fiji 2010 max - Oct Sun>=21 2:00 1:00 S
345 Rule Fiji 2011 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
346 Rule Fiji 2012 2013 - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
347 Rule Fiji 2014 max - Jan Sun>=18 2:00 0 -
348 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
349 Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:55:44 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
350 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time
351
352 # French Polynesia
353 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
354 Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea
355 -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time
356 Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct
357 -9:30 - MART # Marquesas Time
358 Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete
359 -10:00 - TAHT # Tahiti Time
360 # Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia;
361 # it is uninhabited.
362
363 # Guam
364 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
365 Zone Pacific/Guam -14:21:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31
366 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana
367 10:00 - GST 2000 Dec 23 # Guam
502 -11:20 - NUT 1951 # Niue Time
503 -11:30 - NUT 1978 Oct 1
504 -11:00 - NUT
505
506 # Norfolk
507 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
508 Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston
509 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time
510 11:30 - NFT # Norfolk Time
511
512 # Palau (Belau)
513 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
514 Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror
515 9:00 - PWT # Palau Time
516
517 # Papua New Guinea
518 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
519 Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
520 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time
521 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time
522
523 # Pitcairn
524 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
525 Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown
526 -8:30 - PNT 1998 Apr 27 0:00
527 -8:00 - PST # Pitcairn Standard Time
528
529 # American Samoa
530 Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5
531 -11:22:48 - LMT 1911
532 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome
533 -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering
534 -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa
535
536 # Samoa (formerly and also known as Western Samoa)
537
538 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-16):
539 # We have been in contact with the government of Samoa again, and received
540 # the following info:
541 #
749 Rule Vanuatu 1992 1993 - Jan Sun>=23 0:00 0 -
750 Rule Vanuatu 1992 only - Oct Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S
751 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
752 Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila
753 11:00 Vanuatu VU%sT # Vanuatu Time
754
755 # Wallis and Futuna
756 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
757 Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
758 12:00 - WFT # Wallis & Futuna Time
759
760 ###############################################################################
761
762 # NOTES
763
764 # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
765 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
766 # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
767 # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
768
769 # From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
770 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
771 # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
772 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
773 #
774 # Gwillim Law writes that a good source
775 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
776 # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
777 # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
778 # of the IATA's data after 1990.
779 #
780 # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
781 # entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
782 #
783 # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
784 # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
785 # I found in the UCLA library.
786 #
787 # For data circa 1899, a common source is:
788 # Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94.
789 # http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359
790 #
791 # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
792 # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
793 #
794 # I invented the abbreviations marked '*' in the following table;
795 # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
796 # Corrections are welcome!
797 # std dst
798 # LMT Local Mean Time
799 # 8:00 AWST AWDT Western Australia
800 # 8:45 ACWST ACWDT Central Western Australia*
801 # 9:00 JST Japan
802 # 9:30 ACST ACDT Central Australia
803 # 10:00 AEST AEDT Eastern Australia
804 # 10:00 ChST Chamorro
805 # 10:30 LHST LHDT Lord Howe*
806 # 11:30 NZMT NZST New Zealand through 1945
807 # 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 1946-present
808 # 12:15 CHAST Chatham through 1945*
809 # 12:45 CHAST CHADT Chatham 1946-present*
810 # 13:00 WSST WSDT (western) Samoa 2011-present*
811 # -11:30 WSST Western Samoa through 1950*
812 # -11:00 SST Samoa
813 # -10:00 HST Hawaii
814 # - 8:00 PST Pitcairn*
815 #
816 # See the 'northamerica' file for Hawaii.
817 # See the 'southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galápagos Is.
818
819 ###############################################################################
820
821 # Australia
822
823 # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-30):
824 # Daylight saving time has long been controversial in Australia, pitting
825 # region against region, rural against urban, and local against global.
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314 # The end of daylight saving scheduled initially for the 26th of February 2012
315 # has been brought forward to the 22nd of January 2012.
316 # The commencement of daylight saving will remain unchanged and start
317 # on the 23rd of October, 2011.
318
319 # From the Fiji Government Online Portal (2012-08-21) via Steffen Thorsen:
320 # The Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Mr Jone Usamate
321 # today confirmed that Fiji will start daylight savings at 2 am on Sunday 21st
322 # October 2012 and end at 3 am on Sunday 20th January 2013.
323 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6702&catid=71&Itemid=155
324
325 # From the Fijian Government Media Center (2013-08-30) via David Wheeler:
326 # Fiji will start daylight savings on Sunday 27th October, 2013 ...
327 # move clocks forward by one hour from 2am
328 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-27th-OCTOBER-201.aspx
329
330 # From Steffen Thorsen (2013-01-10):
331 # Fiji will end DST on 2014-01-19 02:00:
332 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVINGS-TO-END-THIS-MONTH-%281%29.aspx
333
334 # From Ken Rylander (2014-10-20):
335 # DST will start Nov. 2 this year.
336 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-NOVEMBER-2ND.aspx
337
338 # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-20):
339 # For now, guess DST from 02:00 the first Sunday in November to
340 # 03:00 the first Sunday on or after January 18. Although ad hoc, it
341 # matches this year's plan and seems more likely to match future
342 # practice than guessing no DST.
343
344 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
345 Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
346 Rule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 -
347 Rule Fiji 2009 only - Nov 29 2:00 1:00 S
348 Rule Fiji 2010 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
349 Rule Fiji 2010 2013 - Oct Sun>=21 2:00 1:00 S
350 Rule Fiji 2011 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
351 Rule Fiji 2012 2013 - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
352 Rule Fiji 2014 only - Jan Sun>=18 2:00 0 -
353 Rule Fiji 2014 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
354 Rule Fiji 2015 max - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
355 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
356 Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:55:44 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
357 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time
358
359 # French Polynesia
360 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
361 Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea
362 -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time
363 Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct
364 -9:30 - MART # Marquesas Time
365 Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete
366 -10:00 - TAHT # Tahiti Time
367 # Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia;
368 # it is uninhabited.
369
370 # Guam
371 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
372 Zone Pacific/Guam -14:21:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31
373 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana
374 10:00 - GST 2000 Dec 23 # Guam
509 -11:20 - NUT 1951 # Niue Time
510 -11:30 - NUT 1978 Oct 1
511 -11:00 - NUT
512
513 # Norfolk
514 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
515 Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston
516 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time
517 11:30 - NFT # Norfolk Time
518
519 # Palau (Belau)
520 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
521 Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror
522 9:00 - PWT # Palau Time
523
524 # Papua New Guinea
525 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
526 Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
527 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time
528 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time
529 #
530 # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-13):
531 # Base the Bougainville entry on the Arawa-Kieta region, which appears to have
532 # the most people even though it was devastated in the Bougainville Civil War.
533 #
534 # Although Shanks gives 1942-03-15 / 1943-11-01 for JST, these dates
535 # are apparently rough guesswork from the starts of military campaigns.
536 # The World War II entries below are instead based on Arawa-Kieta.
537 # The Japanese occupied Kieta in July 1942,
538 # according to the Pacific War Online Encyclopedia
539 # http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/B/o/Bougainville.htm
540 # and seem to have controlled it until their 1945-08-21 surrender.
541 #
542 # The Autonomous Region of Bougainville plans to switch from UTC+10 to UTC+11
543 # on 2014-12-28 at 02:00. They call UTC+11 "Bougainville Standard Time";
544 # abbreviate this as BST. See:
545 # http://www.bougainville24.com/bougainville-issues/bougainville-gets-own-timezone/
546 #
547 Zone Pacific/Bougainville 10:22:16 - LMT 1880
548 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895
549 10:00 - PGT 1942 Jul
550 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 21
551 10:00 - PGT 2014 Dec 28 2:00
552 11:00 - BST
553
554 # Pitcairn
555 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
556 Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown
557 -8:30 - PNT 1998 Apr 27 0:00
558 -8:00 - PST # Pitcairn Standard Time
559
560 # American Samoa
561 Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5
562 -11:22:48 - LMT 1911
563 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome
564 -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering
565 -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa
566
567 # Samoa (formerly and also known as Western Samoa)
568
569 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-16):
570 # We have been in contact with the government of Samoa again, and received
571 # the following info:
572 #
780 Rule Vanuatu 1992 1993 - Jan Sun>=23 0:00 0 -
781 Rule Vanuatu 1992 only - Oct Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S
782 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
783 Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila
784 11:00 Vanuatu VU%sT # Vanuatu Time
785
786 # Wallis and Futuna
787 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
788 Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
789 12:00 - WFT # Wallis & Futuna Time
790
791 ###############################################################################
792
793 # NOTES
794
795 # This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
796 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
797 # tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
798 # the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
799
800 # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31):
801 #
802 # Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
803 # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
804 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
805 # Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
806 #
807 # Gwillim Law writes that a good source
808 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
809 # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
810 # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
811 # of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted,
812 # IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
813 #
814 # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
815 # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
816 # I found in the UCLA library.
817 #
818 # For data circa 1899, a common source is:
819 # Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94.
820 # http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359
821 #
822 # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
823 # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
824 #
825 # I invented the abbreviations marked '*' in the following table;
826 # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
827 # Corrections are welcome!
828 # std dst
829 # LMT Local Mean Time
830 # 8:00 AWST AWDT Western Australia
831 # 8:45 ACWST ACWDT Central Western Australia*
832 # 9:00 JST Japan
833 # 9:30 ACST ACDT Central Australia
834 # 10:00 AEST AEDT Eastern Australia
835 # 10:00 ChST Chamorro
836 # 10:30 LHST LHDT Lord Howe*
837 # 11:00 BST Bougainville*
838 # 11:30 NZMT NZST New Zealand through 1945
839 # 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 1946-present
840 # 12:15 CHAST Chatham through 1945*
841 # 12:45 CHAST CHADT Chatham 1946-present*
842 # 13:00 WSST WSDT (western) Samoa 2011-present*
843 # -11:30 WSST Western Samoa through 1950*
844 # -11:00 SST Samoa
845 # -10:00 HST Hawaii
846 # - 8:00 PST Pitcairn*
847 #
848 # See the 'northamerica' file for Hawaii.
849 # See the 'southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galápagos Is.
850
851 ###############################################################################
852
853 # Australia
854
855 # From Paul Eggert (2014-06-30):
856 # Daylight saving time has long been controversial in Australia, pitting
857 # region against region, rural against urban, and local against global.
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