* australasia (WS): New rule. (Pacific/Apia): Use it, for new DST rules for Western Samoa. Thanks to Nicholas Pereira for the heads-up and to Robert Elz for coding up the rules. --- australasia | 21 +++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index eb24117..74d476e 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -628,6 +628,23 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 # Although Samoa has used Daylight Saving Time in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 # seasons, there is not yet any indication that this trend will continue on # a regular basis. For now, we have explicitly listed the transitions below. +# +# From Nicky (2012-09-10): +# Daylight Saving Time commences on Sunday 30th September 2012 and +# ends on Sunday 7th of April 2013. +# +# Please find link below for more information. +# http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html +# +# That publication also includes dates for Summer of 2013/4 as well +# which give the impression of a pattern in selecting dates for the +# future, so for now, we will guess this will continue. + +# Western Samoa +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule WS 2012 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 1 D +Rule WS 2012 max - Apr Sun>=1 4:00 0 - +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time @@ -635,8 +652,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Apr 2 4:00 -11:00 - WST 2011 Sep 24 3:00 -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Dec 30 - 13:00 1:00 WSDT 2012 Apr 1 4:00 - 13:00 - WST + 13:00 1:00 WSDT 2012 Apr Sun>=1 4:00 + 13:00 WS WS%sT # Solomon Is # excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea -- 1.7.9.5