On 2012-09-13 10:00, Ian Abbott wrote:
On 2012-09-09 23:45, Nicky wrote:
Hi ,
Can you please update Daylight Savings information for Samoa (South Pacific). Daylight Saving Time commences on *_Sunday 30^th September 2012_* and ends on *_Sunday 7^th of April 2013_*.
Please find link below for more information.
http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html
Thank you and regards
*Nicholas Pereira*
Principal IT Officer | Corporate Services Division
Quote from <http://www.mcil.gov.ws/ftcd/daylightsavings/Daylight%20Saving%20Ad-Newspaper...> :
---------------------------------------------------------- Public Notice of Daylight Saving
Pursuant to the Daylight Saving Act 2009, and Cabinet’s decision and Head of State’s Declaration, businesses and the general public are hereby advised that the Daylight Saving Time commences on Sunday 30th September 2012 and ends on Sunday 7th of April 2013.
The public is therefore advised that when the standard time strikes the hour of three in the morning (3.00am) on the 30th September 2012, then all instruments used to measure standard time are to be adjusted/changed forward to one hour, or four o’clock (4:00am).
Auelua Taito Samuelu Enari Chief Executive Officer ----------------------------------------------------------
The table in the announcement at http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html also has dates and times for the 2013-2014 DST period: DST starts 2013-09-29 03:00 (->04:00); DST ends 2014-04-06 04:00 (->03:00). Provisionally, since April 2012, Pacific/Apia DST ends on the first Sunday of April at 0400 WDST (0300 WST), and DST begins on the last Sunday of September at 0300 WST (0400 WDST). -- -=( Ian Abbott @ MEV Ltd. E-mail: <abbotti@mev.co.uk> )=- -=( Tel: +44 (0)161 477 1898 FAX: +44 (0)161 718 3587 )=-