Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 22:37:46 +0100 (CET) From: Steffen Thorsen <straen@thorsen.priv.no>
Risto Nykänen <ristonykanen@luukku.com> has reported to me that both Tonga and Fiji has stopped using DST.
I have tried to research this a little bit further, and found an official statement about Fiji:
That statement no longer seems to be on the web. However, I did find an earlier press release http://www.fiji.gov.fj/press/2000_09/2000_09_13-05.shtml which says nearly the same thing.
I have not found anything for Tonga, but it is actually no surprise if they have stopped using DST, as the "first into year 2000" hype has ended. Back in March I found a notice on the website http://www.tongaonline.com that Tonga changed back to standard time one month early, on March 19 instead of the original reported date April 16. Unfortunately, the article is no longer available on the site, and I did not make a copy of the text, and I have forgotten to report it here. (Original URL was: http://www.tongaonline.com/news/march162000.htm )
That's plenty good enough for me. Thanks for both pointers.