Fiji observes DST from 2019-11-10 to 2020-01-12

* NEWS: Mention this.
* australasia (Fiji): Guess future transitions Nov Sun>=8
and Jan Sun>=12 instead of Nov Sun>=1 and Jan Sun>=13.

Author: eggert

NEWS

@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@ News for the tz database
 
 Unreleased, experimental changes
 
+  Briefly:
+    Fiji observes DST from 2019-11-10 to 2020-01-12.
+
+  Changes to future timestamps
+
+    Fiji's next DST transitions will be 2019-11-10 and 2020-01-12
+    instead of 2019-11-03 and 2020-01-19.  (Thanks to Raymond Kumar.)
+    Adjust future guesses accordingly.
+
   Changes to past timestamps
 
     Detroit observed DST in 1967 and 1968 following the US DST rules,

australasia

@@ -367,13 +367,16 @@ Zone	Indian/Cocos	6:27:40	-	LMT	1900
 # From Raymond Kumar (2018-07-13):
 # http://www.fijitimes.com/government-approves-2018-daylight-saving/
 # ... The daylight saving period will end at 3am on Sunday January 13, 2019.
-#
-# From Paul Eggert (2018-07-15):
-# For now, guess DST from 02:00 the first Sunday in November to 03:00
-# the first Sunday on or after January 13.  January transitions reportedly
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2019-08-06):
+# Today Raymond Kumar reported the Government of Fiji Gazette Supplement No. 27
+# (2019-08-02) said that Fiji observes DST "commencing at 2.00 am on
+# Sunday, 10 November 2019 and ending at 3.00 am on Sunday, 12 January 2020."
+# For now, guess DST from 02:00 the second Sunday in November to 03:00
+# the first Sunday on or after January 12.  January transitions reportedly
 # depend on when school terms start.  Although the guess is ad hoc, it matches
-# transitions since late 2014 and seems more likely to match future
-# practice than guessing no DST.
+# transitions planned this year and seems more likely to match future practice
+# than guessing no DST.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Fiji	1998	1999	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
@@ -384,8 +387,9 @@ Rule	Fiji	2010	2013	-	Oct	Sun>=21	2:00	1:00	-
 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	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
-Rule	Fiji	2015	max	-	Jan	Sun>=13	3:00	0	-
+Rule	Fiji	2014	2018	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
+Rule	Fiji	2015	max	-	Jan	Sun>=12	3:00	0	-
+Rule	Fiji	2019	max	-	Nov	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	-
 # Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Fiji	11:55:44 -	LMT	1915 Oct 26 # Suva
 			12:00	Fiji	+12/+13