Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:51:20 +0100 From: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Message-ID: <5051AC98.3070106@mev.co.uk> | The pattern also applies to the previous end of DST in April 2012. Actually, it applies to every instance of Summer Time (that we know about) for Western Samoa, they've always selected the Last Sun in Sep tp the first in April (no deviations at all) - they appear to just be resisting committing to that for the future (even as much as any political decision about the future is ever a real committment). (Of course, "always" means "since Sep 2010" so this isn't quite as compelling as it sounds...) It only looks confused in the rules because of the missing day near the end of 2011 when they jumped the date line. In any case, this is one where (even more than Fiji) I think the best course is to assume the rule, then adjust later if things change. kre ps: Here's an ammended patch correcting the "lastSun" case typo (zic doesn't object...) as just reported by lord.buddha@gmail.com I'm still applying the rule only for future years to keep the diff smaller (and so I don't have to think as much!) --- australasia 2012-08-31 20:27:35.000000000 +0700 +++ australasia.new 2012-09-15 08:32:28.000000000 +0700 @@ -628,6 +628,27 @@ # 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" <pereiranick@mcil.gov.ws> +# Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:45:03 +1300 +# +# Daylight Saving Time commences on Sunday 30th September 2012 and +# ends on Sunday 7th of April 2013. +# +# Please find link below for more information. +# <a href="http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html"> +# http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html +# </a> +# +# 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 2013 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 @@ -636,7 +657,7 @@ -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 WS WS%sT # Solomon Is # excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea