>From ebb968d070c0186d0b769f79e14ddeabf2ee1585 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 00:09:32 -0800 Subject: [PROPOSED] Adjust Nauru transition dates in 1942, 1945, 1979 (Thanks to Phake Nick.) * NEWS: Mention this. * australasia (Pacific/Nauru): Adjust 1979 transition to match law, and WWII transitions to match Japanese occupation. --- NEWS | 6 +++++- australasia | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0f4aa7b..18f4850 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes not 00:00. I transcribed the time incorrectly from Shanks. (Thanks to Phake Nick.) + Nauru's 1979 transition was on 02-10 at 02:00, not 05-01 at 00:00. + (Thanks to Phake Nick.) + Guam observed DST irregularly from 1959 through 1977. (Thanks to Phake Nick.) @@ -40,7 +43,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes This release contains many changes to timestamps before 1946 due to Japanese possession or occupation of Pacific/Chuuk, Pacific/Guam, Pacific/Kosrae, Pacific/Kwajalein, Pacific/Majuro, - Pacific/Palau, and Pacific/Pohnpei. (Thanks to Phake Nick.) + Pacific/Nauru, Pacific/Palau, and Pacific/Pohnpei. + (Thanks to Phake Nick.) Assume that the Spanish East Indies was like the Philippines and observed American time until the end of 1844. This affects diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index eb86a24..df2ec44 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -508,9 +508,9 @@ Zone Pacific/Kosrae -13:08:04 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 # Nauru # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe - 11:30 - +1130 1942 Mar 15 - 9:00 - +09 1944 Aug 15 - 11:30 - +1130 1979 May + 11:30 - +1130 1942 Aug 29 + 9:00 - +09 1945 Sep 8 + 11:30 - +1130 1979 Feb 10 2:00 12:00 - +12 # New Caledonia @@ -1785,6 +1785,29 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # started DST on June 3. Possibly DST was observed other years # in Midway, but we have no record of it. +# Nauru + +# From Phake Nick (2018-10-31): +# Currently, the tz database say Nauru use LMT until 1921, and then +# switched to GMT+11:30 for the next two decades. +# However, a number of timezone map published in America/Japan back then +# showed its timezone as GMT+11 per https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/��������������������� +# And it would also be nice if the 1921 transition date could be sourced. +# ... +# The "Nauru Standard Time Act 1978 Time Change" +# http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/4b23a17d2030150404db7a5fa5872f52.pdf#page=3 +# based on "Nauru Standard Time Act 1978 Time Change" +# http://www.paclii.org/nr/legis/num_act/nsta1978207/ defined that "Nauru +# Alternative Time" (GMT+12) should be in effect from 1979 Feb. +# +# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-19): +# The 1921-01-15 introduction of standard time is in Shanks; it is also in +# "Standard Time Throughout the World", US National Bureau of Standards (1935), +# page 3, which does not give the UT offset. In response to a comment by +# Phake Nick I set the Nauru time of occupation by Japan to +# 1942-08-29/1945-09-08 by using dates from: +# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Nauru + # Norfolk # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2015-09-23): -- 2.17.1