On 08/28/2012 01:48 PM, Deborah Goldsmith wrote:
Are there any plans to release a tz update for this?
No exact plans yet, but we should put out a new release well before October 21. Here's a proposed patch to implement this for Fiji, which I've put into the unofficial repository at <https://github.com/eggert/tz/commit/7550cb98da5f42e9e551f10caa725ce0b6b571b8>: Subject: [PATCH] Fiji change for 2012/13, plus guess the future is similar. --- australasia | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index c7d5611..eb24117 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -321,15 +321,23 @@ Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900 # The commencement of daylight saving will remain unchanged and start # on the 23rd of October, 2011. +# From the Fiji Government Online Portal (2012-08-21) via Steffen Thorsen: +# The Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Mr Jone Usamate +# today confirmed that Fiji will start daylight savings at 2 am on Sunday 21st +# October 2012 and end at 3 am on Sunday 20th January 2013. +# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6702&cat... +# +# From Paul Eggert (2012-08-31): +# For now, guess a pattern of the penultimate Sundays in October and January. + # 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 - Rule Fiji 2009 only - Nov 29 2:00 1:00 S Rule Fiji 2010 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - -Rule Fiji 2010 only - Oct 24 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Fiji 2010 max - Oct Sun>=18 2:00 1:00 S Rule Fiji 2011 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - -Rule Fiji 2011 only - Oct 23 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Fiji 2012 only - Jan 22 3:00 0 - +Rule Fiji 2012 max - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time -- 1.7.9.5