Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 11:02:42 -0800 From: Rives McDow <rmcdow@enteles.com>

Tonga is observing DST as of November 4, 2000, and will stop on January 27, 2001.

Thanks for the info. I'll assume that the transitions are at 02:00 unless you say otherwise.

Dominican Republic changed it's mind and presidential decree on Tuesday, November 28, 2000, with a new decree. On Sunday, December 3 at 1:00 AM the Dominican Republic will be reverting to 8 hours from the International Date Line, and will not be using DST in the foreseeable future. The reason they decided to use DST was to be in synch with Puerto Rico, who was also going to implement DST. When Puerto Rico didn't implement DST, the president decided to revert.

Thanks for this info too. Never a dull moment in Santo Domingo.... I had just updated the tables for Tonga and the Dominican Republic from Steffen Thorsen's email but your info appears to be more up-to-date, so I'll go with it now.

Jordan will most probably implement DST next March (2001), on the last Thursday. However, with them, it is not possible to predict this with any certainty. If they do implement it, it will run to the last Thursday of September, 2001.

Thanks. That agrees with our current prediction; we'll see how well it holds.