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Fiji observes DST from 2020-12-20 to 2021-01-17
* australasia (Fiji): Guess that the later-than-usual start date is a one-time departure from the recent pattern. * NEWS: Mention this.
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News for the tz database
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Unreleased, experimental changes
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Briefly:
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Fiji starts DST later than usual, on 2020-12-20.
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Changes to future timestamps
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Fiji will start DST on 2020-12-20, instead of 2020-11-08 as
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previously predicted. DST will still end on 2021-01-17.
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(Thanks to Raymond Kumar and Alan Mintz.) Assume for now that
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the later-than-usual start date is a one-time departure from the
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recent pattern.
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Release 2020b - 2020-10-06 18:35:04 -0700
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# From Michael Deckers (2019-08-06):
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# https://www.laws.gov.fj/LawsAsMade/downloadfile/848
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# From Raymond Kumar (2020-10-08):
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# [DST in Fiji] is from December 20th 2020, till 17th January 2021.
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# From Alan Mintz (2020-10-08):
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# https://www.laws.gov.fj/LawsAsMade/GetFile/1071
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# From Tim Parenti (2020-10-08):
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# https://www.fijivillage.com/news/Daylight-saving-from-Dec-20th-this-year-to-Jan-17th-2021-8rf4x5/
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# "Minister for Employment, Parveen Bala says they had never thought of
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# stopping daylight saving. He says it was just to decide on when it should
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# start and end. Bala says it is a short period..."
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# Since the end date is still in line with our ongoing predictions, assume for
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# now that the later-than-usual start date is a one-time departure from the
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# recent second Sunday in November pattern.
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# Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 -
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Rule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 -
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Rule Fiji 2014 only - Jan Sun>=18 2:00 0 -
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Rule Fiji 2014 2018 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 -
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Rule Fiji 2015 max - Jan Sun>=12 3:00 0 -
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Rule Fiji 2019 max - Nov Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 -
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Rule Fiji 2019 only - Nov Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 -
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Rule Fiji 2020 only - Dec 20 2:00 1:00 -
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Rule Fiji 2021 max - Nov Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 -
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# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
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Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:55:44 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
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12:00 Fiji +12/+13

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