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@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@ News for the tz database +Release 2021d - 2021-10-15 13:48:18 -0700 + + Briefly: + Fiji suspends DST for the 2021/2022 season. + 'zic -r' marks unspecified timestamps with "-00". + + Changes to future timestamps + + Fiji will suspend observance of DST for the 2021/2022 season. + Assume for now that it will return next year. (Thanks to Jashneel + Kumar and P Chan.) + + Changes to code + + 'zic -r' now uses "-00" time zone abbreviations for intervals + with UT offsets that are unspecified due to -r truncation. + This implements a change in draft Internet RFC 8536bis. + + Release 2021c - 2021-10-01 14:21:49 -0700 Briefly: @@ -546,13 +565,13 @@ Release 2019c - 2019-09-11 08:59:48 -0700 probably wrong.) Fix several errors in pre-1970 transitions in Perry County, IN. - (Thanks to Alois Triendl for pointing out the 1967/9 errors.) + (Thanks to Alois Treindl for pointing out the 1967/9 errors.) Edmonton did not observe DST in 1967 or 1969. In 1946 Vancouver ended DST on 09-29 not 10-13, and Vienna ended DST on 10-07 not 10-06. In 1945 Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) switched from +01/+02 to +02/+03 on 04-10 not 01-01, and its +02/+03 is abbreviated - EET/EEST, not CET/CEST. (Thanks to Alois Triendl.) In 1946 + EET/EEST, not CET/CEST. (Thanks to Alois Treindl.) In 1946 Königsberg switched to +03 on 04-07 not 01-01. In 1946 Louisville switched from CST to CDT on 04-28 at 00:01, not diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 7348b8722ff1..77c2c69f0974 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -385,9 +385,22 @@ Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900 # "Minister for Employment, Parveen Bala says they had never thought of # stopping daylight saving. He says it was just to decide on when it should # start and end. Bala says it is a short period..." -# Since the end date is still in line with our ongoing predictions, assume for -# now that the later-than-usual start date is a one-time departure from the -# recent second Sunday in November pattern. +# +# From Tim Parenti (2021-10-11), per Jashneel Kumar (2021-10-11) and P Chan +# (2021-10-12): +# https://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Centre/Speeches/English/PM-BAINIMARAMA-S-COVID-19-ANNOUNCEMENT-10-10-21 +# https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/covid-19/curfew-moved-back-to-11pm/ +# In a 2021-10-10 speech concerning updated Covid-19 mitigation measures in +# Fiji, prime minister Josaia Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama announced the +# suspension of DST for the 2021/2022 season: "Given that we are in the process +# of readjusting in the midst of so many changes, we will also put Daylight +# Savings Time on hold for this year. It will also make the reopening of +# scheduled commercial air service much smoother if we don't have to be +# concerned shifting arrival and departure times, which may look like a simple +# thing but requires some significant logistical adjustments domestically and +# internationally." +# Assume for now that DST will resume with the recent pre-2020 rules for the +# 2022/2023 season. # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - @@ -399,10 +412,11 @@ Rule Fiji 2011 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule Fiji 2012 2013 - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 - Rule Fiji 2014 only - Jan Sun>=18 2:00 0 - Rule Fiji 2014 2018 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Fiji 2015 max - Jan Sun>=12 3:00 0 - +Rule Fiji 2015 2021 - Jan Sun>=12 3:00 0 - Rule Fiji 2019 only - Nov Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 - Rule Fiji 2020 only - Dec 20 2:00 1:00 - -Rule Fiji 2021 max - Nov Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 - +Rule Fiji 2022 max - Nov Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 - +Rule Fiji 2023 max - Jan Sun>=12 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:55:44 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva 12:00 Fiji +12/+13 @@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ Zone Europe/Andorra 0:06:04 - LMT 1901 # Shanks & Pottenger give 02:00, the BEV 00:00. Go with the BEV, # and guess 02:00 for 1945-04-12. -# From Alois Triendl (2019-07-22): +# From Alois Treindl (2019-07-22): # In 1946 the end of DST was on Monday, 7 October 1946, at 3:00 am. # Shanks had this right. Source: Die Weltpresse, 5. Oktober 1946, page 5. @@ -1735,19 +1735,22 @@ Zone Atlantic/Reykjavik -1:28 - LMT 1908 # advanced to sixty minutes later starting at hour two on 1944-04-02; ... # Starting at hour three on the date 1944-09-17 standard time will be resumed. # -# From Alois Triendl (2019-07-02): +# From Alois Treindl (2019-07-02): # I spent 6 Euros to buy two archive copies of Il Messaggero, a Roman paper, # for 1 and 2 April 1944. The edition of 2 April has this note: "Tonight at 2 # am, put forward the clock by one hour. Remember that in the night between # today and Monday the 'ora legale' will come in force again." That makes it # clear that in Rome the change was on Monday, 3 April 1944 at 2 am. # -# From Paul Eggert (2016-10-27): +# From Paul Eggert (2021-10-05): # Go with INRiM for DST rules, except as corrected by Inglis for 1944 # for the Kingdom of Italy. This is consistent with Renzo Baldini. # Model Rome's occupation by using C-Eur rules from 1943-09-10 # to 1944-06-04; although Rome was an open city during this period, it -# was effectively controlled by Germany. +# was effectively controlled by Germany. Using C-Eur is consistent +# with Treindl's comment about Rome in April 1944, as the "Rule Italy" +# lines during German occupation do not affect Europe/Rome +# (though they do affect Europe/Malta). # # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Italy 1916 only - Jun 3 24:00 1:00 S @@ -2623,7 +2626,7 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest 1:44:24 - LMT 1891 Oct # Although Shanks lists 1945-01-01 as the date for transition from # +01/+02 to +02/+03, more likely this is a placeholder. Guess that # the transition occurred at 1945-04-10 00:00, which is about when -# Königsberg surrendered to Soviet troops. (Thanks to Alois Triendl.) +# Königsberg surrendered to Soviet troops. (Thanks to Alois Treindl.) # From Paul Eggert (2016-03-18): # The 1989 transition is from USSR act No. 227 (1989-03-14). diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index b1a306dc70b3..fb5c94bb7fb6 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ Zone America/Indiana/Vincennes -5:50:07 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:09:53 -5:00 US E%sT # # Perry County, Indiana, switched from eastern to central time in April 2006. -# From Alois Triendl (2019-07-09): +# From Alois Treindl (2019-07-09): # The Indianapolis News, Friday 27 October 1967 states that Perry County # returned to CST. It went again to EST on 27 April 1969, as documented by the # Indianapolis star of Saturday 26 April. @@ -1936,7 +1936,7 @@ Zone America/Swift_Current -7:11:20 - LMT 1905 Sep # Alberta -# From Alois Triendl (2019-07-19): +# From Alois Treindl (2019-07-19): # There was no DST in Alberta in 1967... Calgary Herald, 29 April 1967. # 1969, no DST, from Edmonton Journal 18 April 1969 # @@ -1991,7 +1991,7 @@ Zone America/Edmonton -7:33:52 - LMT 1906 Sep # # From Paul Eggert (2019-07-25): # Shanks says Fort Nelson did not observe DST in 1946, unlike Vancouver. -# Alois Triendl confirmed this on 07-22, citing the 1946-04-27 Vancouver Daily +# Alois Treindl confirmed this on 07-22, citing the 1946-04-27 Vancouver Daily # Province. He also cited the 1946-09-28 Victoria Daily Times, which said # that Vancouver, Victoria, etc. "change at midnight Saturday"; for now, # guess they meant 02:00 Sunday since 02:00 was common practice in Vancouver. @@ -1 +1 @@ -2021c +2021d |