Daylight Savings Time in Fiji Islands
Hi Contributors, Please note that there will not be any daylight savings time change in Fiji for 2022-2023. As per current tzdata, the time is scheduled to be changed on 13 November and moved back on 15 January. However, as per the government announcement, it will not be the case and they have canceled the DST change. You can find the announcement on: https://www.facebook.com/FijianGovernment/posts/pfbid0mmWVTYmTibn66ybpFda75p... Requesting if the updated tzdata package can be provided so the patch can be implemented in the system and reflected in global time and data systems. zdump -v Pacific/Fiji | grep 2022 zdump: warning: zone "Pacific/Fiji" abbreviation "+12" lacks alphabetic at start Pacific/Fiji Sat Jan 15 13:59:59 2022 UTC = Sun Jan 16 02:59:59 2022 +13 isdst=1 gmtoff=46800 Pacific/Fiji Sat Jan 15 14:00:00 2022 UTC = Sun Jan 16 02:00:00 2022 +12 isdst=0 gmtoff=43200 Pacific/Fiji Sat Nov 12 13:59:59 2022 UTC = Sun Nov 13 01:59:59 2022 +12 isdst=0 gmtoff=43200 Pacific/Fiji Sat Nov 12 14:00:00 2022 UTC = Sun Nov 13 03:00:00 2022 +13 isdst=1 gmtoff=46800 zdump -v Pacific/Fiji | grep 2023 zdump: warning: zone "Pacific/Fiji" abbreviation "+12" lacks alphabetic at start Pacific/Fiji Sat Jan 14 13:59:59 2023 UTC = Sun Jan 15 02:59:59 2023 +13 isdst=1 gmtoff=46800 Pacific/Fiji Sat Jan 14 14:00:00 2023 UTC = Sun Jan 15 02:00:00 2023 +12 isdst=0 gmtoff=43200 Pacific/Fiji Sat Nov 11 13:59:59 2023 UTC = Sun Nov 12 01:59:59 2023 +12 isdst=0 gmtoff=43200 Pacific/Fiji Sat Nov 11 14:00:00 2023 UTC = Sun Nov 12 03:00:00 2023 +13 isdst=1 gmtoff=46800 timedatectl status Local time: Wed 2022-10-26 16:19:46 +12 Universal time: Wed 2022-10-26 04:19:46 UTC RTC time: Wed 2022-10-26 04:19:47 Time zone: Pacific/Fiji (+12, +1200) NTP enabled: yes NTP synchronized: yes RTC in local TZ: no DST active: no Last DST change: DST ended at Sun 2022-01-16 02:59:59 +13 Sun 2022-01-16 02:00:00 +12 Next DST change: DST begins (the clock jumps one hour forward) at Sun 2022-11-13 01:59:59 +12 Sun 2022-11-13 03:00:00 +13 Thanks Shalvin Narayan Head of ICT Telecom Fiji Limited [cidimage002.png@01D70F67.132FB220] P: (679) 321 0247 M: (679) 991 3793 This email (including any attachments) is confidential and intended solely for the use of the recipient it is addressed to. It may also be subject to legal or other professional privileges. Information contained in this email should not be copied or forwarded without the consent of the sender. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and destroy and/or delete all hard and soft data relating to this transmission. Confidentiality or privilege is not waived or lost because this email has been sent to you by mistake. Telecom Fiji Limited has active anti-virus measures on its email systems but does not accept any liability in connection with any computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorized access, or unauthorized amendment. Any views expressed in this email are those of the individual sender, except where expressly stated to be a representation by Telecom Fiji Limited
On 2022-10-27 00:41, Shalvin Narayan via tz wrote:
Please note that there will not be any daylight savings time change in Fiji for 2022-2023.
As per current tzdata, the time is scheduled to be changed on 13 November and moved back on 15 January. However, as per the government announcement, it will not be the case and they have canceled the DST change. You can find the announcement on:https://www.facebook.com/FijianGovernment/posts/pfbid0mmWVTYmTibn66ybpFda75p...
Thanks for the heads-up. Proposed patch installed into the development version. Since this affects timestamps starting November 13, it looks like we'll need a new TZDB release in short order, regardless of when Mexico's changes become official.
Hi Paul, In the patch you've cancelled DST altogether, diverging from what Fiji's government announced (pausing transition for another year). It might break some java and ICU API's. Can't tell how serious it might be, just drawing attention to that. Someone might have a stronger opinion. On Thu, 27 Oct 2022 at 17:56, Paul Eggert via tz <tz@iana.org> wrote:
On 2022-10-27 00:41, Shalvin Narayan via tz wrote:
Please note that there will not be any daylight savings time change in Fiji for 2022-2023.
As per current tzdata, the time is scheduled to be changed on 13 November and moved back on 15 January. However, as per the government announcement, it will not be the case and they have canceled the DST change. You can find the announcement on: https://www.facebook.com/FijianGovernment/posts/pfbid0mmWVTYmTibn66ybpFda75p...
Thanks for the heads-up. Proposed patch installed into the development version.
Since this affects timestamps starting November 13, it looks like we'll need a new TZDB release in short order, regardless of when Mexico's changes become official.
On 2022-10-28 11:05, Almaz Mingaleev wrote:
In the patch you've cancelled DST altogether, diverging from what Fiji's government announced (pausing transition for another year). It might break some java and ICU API's. Can't tell how serious it might be, just drawing attention to that. Someone might have a stronger opinion.
Yes, it's just a guess. Last year, when Fiji canceled DST we guessed they would resume it this year. Obviously we guessed wrong. This year, when Fiji canceled DST because of school exams (!), we're guessing they'll cancel it again next year (surely schools will have exams next year, right?). Quite possibly we will be wrong this time too - with Fiji's government one never knows.
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