* 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/ナウルの標準時 * And it would also be nice if the 1921 transition date could be sourced. * The tz database currently show Nauru use GMT+9 within the time of 1942 Mar 15 and 1944 Aug 15, however the correspondence is not exact as Nauru was still under Japanese rule until year 1945. And I don't think it's likely for such switch to occur during WWII so it's probably an error. * Currently tz database shows the +11:30 -> +12 transition date as 1979 May, however the "Nauru Standard Time Act 1978 Time Change" http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/4b23a17d2030150404db7a5fa5872... 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. Thus it appears that the current tz database transition time might be incorrect.
Thanks for those comments and corrections. I installed the attached patch to fix things. Not sure what to do about pre-WWII times as we seem to have conflicting sources with no good primary sources.
On 2018-11-19 08:12, Paul Eggert proposed the change:
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
Regarding the correctness of these dates, wikipedia does not even agree with the sources it quotes in the same page: • Nancy J Pollock: "Naruans during World War II". online at [https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu], says on p 93: "The Japanese formally took possession of the island on 26 August 1942, raised their flag in place of the Union Jack, began to build military installations, and ..." • "History of Nauru during Second World war" in "Pacific Magazine" Honolulu, online at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120208125727/http://166.122.164.43/archive/200...] says: "Although they were expected sooner, a force of 300 Japanese landed on Nauru on August 26, 1942, and immediately rounded up the remaining Europeans and made them prisoners." Michael Deckers.
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