Thanks for the heads-up; I pushed the following into the experimental repository. Looks like it's time for a new release soon. From 284f20a733ce5a3eda9145ee805e627aeddae2cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 08:05:24 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Fiji ends DST at 02:00, not 03:00. * australasia (Fiji): Move fall-back time from 03:00 to 02:00 starting this year. (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) * NEWS: Document this. --- NEWS | 5 +++++ australasia | 21 ++++++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 310595e..b53bf1b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes + Changes affecting near-future time stamps + + Fiji ends DST on 2014-01-19 at 02:00, not the previously-scheduled 03:00. + (Thanks to Steffen Thorsen.) + Changes affecting code A uninitialized-storage bug in 'localtime' has been fixed. diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 8685d00..2a2703b 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -354,16 +354,18 @@ Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6702&cat... # From the Fijian Government Media Center (2013-08-30) via David Wheeler: -# Fiji will start daylight savings on Sunday 27th October, 2013 and end at 3am -# on Sunday 19th January, 2014.... move clocks forward by one hour from 2am +# Fiji will start daylight savings on Sunday 27th October, 2013 ... +# move clocks forward by one hour from 2am # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON... -# -# From Paul Eggert (2013-09-09): + +# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-01-10): +# Fiji will end DST on 2014-01-19 02:00: +# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVINGS-TO-END-T... + +# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-10): # For now, guess that Fiji springs forward the Sunday before the fourth -# Monday in October. This matches both recent practice and -# timeanddate.com's current spring-forward prediction. -# For the January 2014 transition we guessed right while timeanddate.com -# guessed wrong, so leave the fall-back prediction alone. +# Monday in October, and springs back the penultimate Sunday in January. +# This is ad hoc, but matches recent practice. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S @@ -372,7 +374,8 @@ Rule Fiji 2009 only - Nov 29 2:00 1:00 S Rule Fiji 2010 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - Rule Fiji 2010 max - Oct Sun>=21 2:00 1:00 S Rule Fiji 2011 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - -Rule Fiji 2012 max - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 - +Rule Fiji 2012 2013 - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 - +Rule Fiji 2014 max - Jan Sun>=18 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:55:44 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time -- 1.8.3.2