I wouldn't put the slightest bit of faith in those statements, especially as they claim that Japan is 4 hours ahead of UTC (really 9), and that Tonga is the first country in the world to see each new day (not true since eastern Kiribati switched sides of the date line in 1995). Not only that, but also, if the statement about Tonga being 13 hours ahead of UTC were correct, Tonga is 1 hour ahead of New Zealand only when New Zealand is off daylight saving (otherwise it is true only when either both countries are on or both countries are off daylight saving). Do you think Tonga's beaurocracy is any more coordinated than any other country's? :Alex Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lc To: Jesper Nørgaard <jnorgard@Prodigy.Net.mx> s.mit.edu> cc: "'TZ mailing list'" <tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov> Subject: Tonga DST 2001-08-17 01:46 <<On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 20:31:56 -0500, =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jesper_N=F8rgaard? = <jnorgard@Prodigy.Net.mx> said:

Are there any confirmations at the moment about whether Tonga will in fact stop using DST?

The official Tonga tourist board Web site at <http://www.vacations.tvb.gov.to/facts.htm> says: STANDARD TIME Tonga is 13 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time or UTC.. Nothing mentioned about DST here. -GAWollman