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6402 Update zoneinfo to 2015g
Reviewed by: Josef 'Jeff' Sipek <jeffpc@josefsipek.net>
Reviewed by: Marcel Telka <marcel@telka.sk>
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  # From Ken Rylander (2014-10-20):
  # DST will start Nov. 2 this year.
  # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-NOVEMBER-2ND.aspx
  
! # From Paul Eggert (2014-10-20):
  # For now, guess DST from 02:00 the first Sunday in November to
! # 03:00 the first Sunday on or after January 18.  Although ad hoc, it
! # matches this year's plan and seems more likely to match future
  # practice than guessing no DST.
  
  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
  Rule    Fiji    1998    1999    -       Nov     Sun>=1  2:00    1:00    S
  Rule    Fiji    1999    2000    -       Feb     lastSun 3:00    0       -
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  # From Ken Rylander (2014-10-20):
  # DST will start Nov. 2 this year.
  # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-NOVEMBER-2ND.aspx
  
! # From a government order dated 2015-08-26 and published as Legal Notice No. 77
! # in the Government of Fiji Gazette Supplement No. 24 (2015-08-28),
! # via Ken Rylander (2015-09-02):
! # the daylight saving period is 1 hour in advance of the standard time
! # commencing at 2.00 am on Sunday 1st November, 2015 and ending at
! # 3.00 am on Sunday 17th January, 2016.
! 
! # From Paul Eggert (2015-09-01):
  # For now, guess DST from 02:00 the first Sunday in November to
! # 03:00 the third Sunday in January.  Although ad hoc, it matches
! # transitions since late 2014 and seems more likely to match future
  # practice than guessing no DST.
  
  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
  Rule    Fiji    1998    1999    -       Nov     Sun>=1  2:00    1:00    S
  Rule    Fiji    1999    2000    -       Feb     lastSun 3:00    0       -
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  Rule    Fiji    2010    2013    -       Oct     Sun>=21 2:00    1:00    S
  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    S
! Rule    Fiji    2015    max     -       Jan     Sun>=18 3:00    0       -
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone    Pacific/Fiji    11:55:44 -      LMT     1915 Oct 26 # Suva
                          12:00   Fiji    FJ%sT   # Fiji Time
  
  # French Polynesia
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  Rule    Fiji    2010    2013    -       Oct     Sun>=21 2:00    1:00    S
  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    S
! Rule    Fiji    2015    max     -       Jan     Sun>=15 3:00    0       -
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone    Pacific/Fiji    11:55:44 -      LMT     1915 Oct 26 # Suva
                          12:00   Fiji    FJ%sT   # Fiji Time
  
  # French Polynesia
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--- 378,388 ----
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone    Pacific/Guam    -14:21:00 -     LMT     1844 Dec 31
                           9:39:00 -      LMT     1901        # Agana
                          10:00   -       GST     2000 Dec 23 # Guam
                          10:00   -       ChST    # Chamorro Standard Time
+ Link Pacific/Guam Pacific/Saipan # N Mariana Is
  
  # Kiribati
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone Pacific/Tarawa      11:32:04 -     LMT     1901 # Bairiki
                           12:00  -       GILT    # Gilbert Is Time
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                          -10:40  -       LINT    1979 Oct # Line Is Time
                          -10:00  -       LINT    1995
                           14:00  -       LINT
  
  # N Mariana Is
! # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
! Zone Pacific/Saipan     -14:17:00 -     LMT     1844 Dec 31
!                          9:43:00 -      LMT     1901
!                          9:00   -       MPT     1969 Oct    # N Mariana Is Time
!                         10:00   -       MPT     2000 Dec 23
!                         10:00   -       ChST    # Chamorro Standard Time
  
  # Marshall Is
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone Pacific/Majuro     11:24:48 -      LMT     1901
                          11:00   -       MHT     1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time
--- 394,404 ----
                          -10:40  -       LINT    1979 Oct # Line Is Time
                          -10:00  -       LINT    1995
                           14:00  -       LINT
  
  # N Mariana Is
! # See Pacific/Guam.
  
  # Marshall Is
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone Pacific/Majuro     11:24:48 -      LMT     1901
                          11:00   -       MHT     1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time
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  # Norfolk
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone    Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 -      LMT     1901 # Kingston
                          11:12   -       NMT     1951 # Norfolk Mean Time
!                         11:30   -       NFT     # Norfolk Time
  
  # Palau (Belau)
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone Pacific/Palau      8:57:56 -       LMT     1901 # Koror
                          9:00    -       PWT     # Palau Time
--- 515,528 ----
  
  # Norfolk
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone    Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 -      LMT     1901 # Kingston
                          11:12   -       NMT     1951 # Norfolk Mean Time
!                         11:30   -       NFT     1974 Oct 27 02:00 # Norfolk T.
!                         11:30   1:00    NFST    1975 Mar  2 02:00
!                         11:30   -       NFT     2015 Oct  4 02:00
!                         11:00   -       NFT
  
  # Palau (Belau)
  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone Pacific/Palau      8:57:56 -       LMT     1901 # Koror
                          9:00    -       PWT     # Palau Time
*** 561,570 ****
--- 567,577 ----
  Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago   12:37:12 -     LMT     1879 Jul  5
                          -11:22:48 -     LMT     1911
                          -11:00  -       NST     1967 Apr    # N=Nome
                          -11:00  -       BST     1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering
                          -11:00  -       SST                 # S=Samoa
+ Link Pacific/Pago_Pago Pacific/Midway # in US minor outlying islands
  
  # Samoa (formerly and also known as Western Samoa)
  
  # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-16):
  # We have been in contact with the government of Samoa again, and received
*** 742,768 ****
  
  # Kingman
  # uninhabited
  
  # Midway
! #
! # From Mark Brader (2005-01-23):
! # [Fallacies and Fantasies of Air Transport History, by R.E.G. Davies,
! # published 1994 by Paladwr Press, McLean, VA, USA; ISBN 0-9626483-5-3]
! # reproduced a Pan American Airways timetable from 1936, for their weekly
! # "Orient Express" flights between San Francisco and Manila, and connecting
! # flights to Chicago and the US East Coast.  As it uses some time zone
! # designations that I've never seen before:....
! # Fri. 6:30A Lv. HONOLOLU (Pearl Harbor), H.I.   H.L.T. Ar. 5:30P Sun.
! #  "   3:00P Ar. MIDWAY ISLAND . . . . . . . . . M.L.T. Lv. 6:00A  "
! #
! Zone Pacific/Midway     -11:49:28 -     LMT     1901
!                         -11:00  -       NST     1956 Jun  3
!                         -11:00  1:00    NDT     1956 Sep  2
!                         -11:00  -       NST     1967 Apr    # N=Nome
!                         -11:00  -       BST     1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering
!                         -11:00  -       SST                 # S=Samoa
  
  # Palmyra
  # uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
  
  # Wake
--- 749,759 ----
  
  # Kingman
  # uninhabited
  
  # Midway
! # See Pacific/Pago_Pago.
  
  # Palmyra
  # uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
  
  # Wake
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--- 1558,1582 ----
  # From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23):
  # We don't know the date of that quote, but we'll guess they
  # started DST on June 3.  Possibly DST was observed other years
  # in Midway, but we have no record of it.
  
+ # Norfolk
  
+ # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2015-09-23):
+ # Norfolk Island will change ... from +1130 to +1100:
+ # https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L01483/Explanatory%20Statement/Text
+ # ... 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):
+ # 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:
+ # http://www.timeanddate.com/time/australia/norfolk-island.html
+ 
  # Pitcairn
  
  # From Rives McDow (1999-11-08):
  # A Proclamation was signed by the Governor of Pitcairn on the 27th March 1998
  # with regard to Pitcairn Standard Time.  The Proclamation is as follows.