Does Fiji have daylight savings

Answer 1

As of the initial writing of the answer in October 2008, Fiji did not operate a Daylight Savings program.

However, on 10 November 2009, Fiji's Cabinet approved a pilot Daylight Savings to take effect on the 29th of November, 2009 at 2.00am. Cabinet believes that altering the time by instigating a Daylight Savings Time program will help boost the Fijian economy. The change is for 2009/2010 only at this point but Cabinet has amended the Fiji Daylight Savings Act of 1998 to allow for declaring Daylight Savings time in future years. The Fijian clocks will revert to Standard time on Sunday, 25 April 2010 at 3.00 am.

During the late part of the 1990's, in a tussle with other nations grouped along the 180 meridian, several island nations such as Figi and Tongo experimented with moving their clocks ahead so to claim they were the first country to usher in the new millennium.

These claims were not recognized and in 2000, Fiji ceased it's Daylight Savings program, after finding there were no benefits to it. There had been no alteration of the time standard since that time until this year. Fiji time nominally is +12 hours to GMT.

Update 3 March, 2010

In response to a general disapproval of the Daylight Savings program, Cabinet decided to advance the reversion to Standard Time to 28 March, 2010. While Cabinet still believes there are benefits to the program, parents in particular were objecting because children had to make their way to school in the dark. Ministry of Education responded by moving back school starting times to 9am. This resulted in parents delaying their own arrivals at work. In turn, due to these tardy arrivals, businesses leaders and organizations were advocating starting at 9am instead of 8am.

Cabinet announced that Daylight Savings will resume 24 October, 2010 and revert to Standard Time on an unspecified date in March 2011.

Answer 2

Daylight saving in New Zealand is currently observed from the last Sunday in September until the first Sunday in April. The Summer Time Act 1929, repealed by the Time Act 1974, empowered the Governor-General to declare by Order in Council a period when Daylight Time is to be observed. Under the Act, NZDT is one hour in advance of NZST. The Act provided for Daylight Time to be observed from the second Sunday in October to the third Sunday in March. In 1933, the period was extended from the first Sunday in September to the last Sunday in April. This continued until the Second World War, when emergency regulations in 1941 extended daylight saving to cover the whole year. The New Zealand Time Order 1975 fixed the period of observance from the last Sunday in October to the first Sunday in March. In 1985 a comprehensive survey was undertaken by the Department of Internal Affairs. Public attitudes towards NZDT and its effects on work, recreation and particular groups of people in society were surveyed. The survey indicated that 76.2% of the population wanted NZDT either continued or extended. The survey also concluded that opinion on the topic differed little between sexes, and that support for NZDT was generally higher in urban centres. Support for shortening or abolishing NZDT was always in the minority in the areas surveyed. As a consequence of the survey and further feedback from the public, in 1988 the Minister of Internal Affairs arranged for a trial period of extended NZDT to be held from the second Sunday in October 1989 to the third Sunday in March 1990. The Minister invited the public to write to him with their views on the five-week extension. The Daylight Time Order 1990 declared that NZDT would run from 2am NZST on the first Sunday in October to 3am NZDT on the third Sunday in March. On 30 April 2007 the government announced that it had extended the daylight saving period from 24 to 27 weeks. From September 2007, daylight saving is now observed from the last Sunday in September until the first Sunday in April.

Answer 3

Daylight Saving Time in New Zealand begins on the last Sunday of September at 2 AM. Here are some exact dates:

• 28 September 2014
• 27 September 2015
• 25 September 2016
• 24 September 2017
• 30 September 2018

Answer 4

Sunday 27 September at 02am.

Answer 5

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