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# @(#)australasia 7.20
# This file also includes Pacific islands.
# Notes are at the end of this file
###############################################################################
# Australia
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Aus 1895 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
# Shanks gives 1917 Jan 1 0:01; go with Whitman (and guess 2:00).
Rule Aus 1916 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 -
Rule Aus 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 -
Rule Aus 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 -
Rule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 -
Rule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 -
Rule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 -
Rule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 -
# Whitman says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944, and that
# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944; go with Shanks.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
9:30 Aus CST
Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec
8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00
8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00
8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00
8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
8:00 - WST
Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895
10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00
10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 3:00
10:00 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00
10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00
10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00
10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
10:00 - EST
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
Rule AS 1990 max even Mar Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
Rule AS 1990 max odd Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
9:00 - CST 1899 May
9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00
9:30 AS CST
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 -
Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 3:00 0 -
Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 -
Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
Rule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
Rule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 -
Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep
10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00
10:00 AT EST
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
Rule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
Rule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
10:00 AV EST
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
Rule AN 1982 only - Apr 4 3:00 0 -
Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
Rule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
Rule AN 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
10:00 AN EST
Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb
10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23
9:00 - CST 1899 May
9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
9:30 AN CST
Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
10:00 - EST 1981 Mar
10:30 AN LHST
Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
7:00 - JVT
#
# Ashmore Is, Cartier
# no information; probably like Australia/Perth
#
# Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga
# no information
# Belau
Zone Pacific/Belau 8:58:00 - LMT 1901
9:00 - BLT
# Cook Is
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HD
Rule Cook 1979 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 H
Rule Cook 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HD
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua
-10:30 - CIST 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is ST
-10:00 Cook T%sT
# Cocos
# From USNO (1989):
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Cocos 6:30 - CCT
# Fiji
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
12:00 - NZST
# French Polynesia
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea
-9:00 - GBT
Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct
-9:30 - MQT
Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete
-10:00 - THT
# Guam
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana
10:00 - GST
# Howland, Baker
# no information; probably like Pacific/Samoa
# Jarvis
# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
# Johnston
# no information; probably like Pacific/Honolulu
# Kiribati
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki
12:00 - NZST
Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901
-12:00 - KJT 1979 Oct
-11:00 - SST
Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901
-10:40 - LIT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time
-10:00 - THT
# Nauru
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe
11:30 - NST 1942 Mar 15
9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15
11:30 - NST 1979 May
12:00 - NZST
# New Caledonia
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule NC 1912 only - Jan 13 0:00 0 S
Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13
11:00 NC NC%sT
###############################################################################
# New Zealand
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule NZ 1868 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
# Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17,
# 1929 Oct 13 - 1930 Mar 16; go with Whitman.
Rule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 1:00 D
Rule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 1:00 D
Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 1:00 D
Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S
Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
# Shanks says DST stopped 1940 Sep lastSun; go with Whitman for war years.
Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S
Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Sep lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00 1:00 D
Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00 1:00 D
Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 3:00 0 S
Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868
# Shanks gives 1940 Sep 29 2:00;
# go with Whitman.
11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1945 Apr 29 2:00
12:00 NZ NZ%sT
Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 - NZ-CHAT
# Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is
# no information; probably like Pacific/Auckland
###############################################################################
# Niue
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi
-11:20 - NIT 1951 # Niue I Time
-11:30 - NIT 1978 Oct 1
-11:00 - SST
# Norfolk
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston
11:12 - NMT 1951
11:30 - NST
# Pacific Islands Trust Territories
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901
11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct
12:00 - NZST
Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901
11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct
-12:00 - KJT 1993 Aug 20
12:00 - NZST
Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901
10:00 - GST 1978 Oct
11:00 - NCST
Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:33:00 - LMT 1901
11:00 - NCST
Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:24 - LMT 1901
9:00 - BLT 1969 Oct
10:00 - GST
# Palmyra
# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritmati
# Papua New Guinea
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
9:49 - PMMT 1895
10:00 - EST
# Pitcairn
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown
-8:30 - PIT
# Solomon Is
# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara
11:00 - NCST
# Tokelau Is
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901
-10:00 - THT
# Tonga
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901
12:20 - TMT 1968 Oct
13:00 - TGT
# Tuvalu
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901
12:00 - NZST
# Vanuatu
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Vanuatu 1912 only - Jan 13 0:00 0 S
Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Vanuatu 1984 max - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 S
Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Vanuatu 1985 max - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 D
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila
11:00 - NCST
# Wake
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901
12:00 - NZST
# Wallis and Futuna
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
12:00 - NZST
# Western Samoa
# See Pacific/Samoa in the `northamerica' file, of all places.
###############################################################################
# NOTES
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (August 18, 1994):
# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
# Except where noted, it is the source for the data above.
#
# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
# I found in the UCLA library.
#
# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
# Oxford University Press (1980).
#
# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
# Corrections are welcome!
# std dst
# LMT Local Mean Time
# 6:30 CCT Cocos*
# 7:00 JVT Java*
# 8:00 WST WST Western Australia
# 9:00 BLT Belau*
# 9:00 JST Japan
# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia
# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia
# 10:00 GST Guam*
# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe*
# 11:00 NCST NCDT New Caledonia*
# 11:30 NRT Norfolk*
# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand
# 12:45 NZ-CHAT Chatham
# 13:00 TGT Tongatapu*
# -12:00 KJT Kwajalein (no longer used)*
# -11:00 SST Samoa
# -10:40 LIT Line Is (no longer used)*
# -10:00 THT Tahiti*
# - 9:30 MQT Marquesas*
# - 9:00 GBT Gambier*
# - 8:30 PIT Pitcairn*
#
# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
###############################################################################
# Australia
# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991):
# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time.
# It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer'
# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the
# abbreviation does _not_ change...
# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least
# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the
# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses
# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight
# time'.
# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian
# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time'
# or `Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the
# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers
# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases
# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times;
# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.
# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992):
# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is:
# CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30
# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00
# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00
# Australia/North
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
# # [ Nov 1990 ]
# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
# ...
# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST
# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving.
# Australia/West
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]
# # [ Nov 1990 ]
# # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to
# # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but
# # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus
# # before reaching parliament.
# ...
# Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST
# ...
# Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W
# Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W
# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving.
# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (November 2, 1991):
# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney
# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at
# work at 9.00am.)
# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse
# everybody again.
# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
# it matches what was used in the past.
# Australia/Queensland
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
# # [ Dec 1990 ]
# ...
# Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST
# ...
# Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
# Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
# From Bradley White (December 24, 1989):
# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from
# October 1989).
# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991):
# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact
# end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised
# me.)
# From Bradley White (March 8, 1992):
# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted
# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ...
# ...
# Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
# ...
# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
# Australia/Tasmania, Australia/South, and Australia/Victoria
# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
# The rules from version 7.1 follow.
# There are lots of differences between these rules and
# the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules
# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on
# current DST ending dates, no worries.
#
# Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
# Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 -
# Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
# Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
# Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST
# Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST
# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00
# 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00
# 10:00 Oz EST
# From Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct...
# that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the
# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states
# that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic).
# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think
# that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain.
# Australia/South
# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ]
# # [ Nov 1990 ]
# ...
# Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST
# ...
# Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C
# Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 C
# Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C
# From Bradley White (March 11, 1992):
# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide
# contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival,
# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks."
# From Robert Elz (March 13, 1992):
# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that)
# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even
# numbered year (from 1990). That's when the Adelaide Festival
# is on...
# From Robert Elz (March 16, 1992, 00:57:07 +1000):
# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday)....
# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever...
# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...).
# From Bradley White (April 11, 1994):
# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March,
# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can
# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated....
# Australia/Tasmania
# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31...
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
# # [ Nov 1990 ]
# ...
# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 AT %sST
# ...
# Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E
# Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 E
# Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
# Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
# Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E
# Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
# Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E
# Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E
# From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (October 10, 1991):
# My state Government in there eagerness to get a few more bucks for the
# tourist industry industry decided to change the daylight savings times
# yet again (we now have almost 6 months per year)...
# ...
# Rule Oz 1986 1990 - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 -
# Rule Oz 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 -
# ...
# Rule Oz 1987 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
# Rule Oz 1991 max - Mar Sun<=31 3:00 0 -
# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (October 10, 1991):
# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have
# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia
# (but nothing new about that).
# Australia/Victoria
# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
# # [ Nov 1990 ]
# ...
# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV %sST
# ...
# Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
# Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
# Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E
# Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
# Australia/NSW
# From Arthur David Olson:
# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz),
# who notes:
# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''
# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
# use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the
# legislation. This is very important to understand.
# I have researched New South Wales time only...
# From Dave Davey (March 3, 1990):
# Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
# Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# NSW...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# # The state of NEW SOUTH WALES.. [confirmed by Attorney General's Dept N.S.W]
# # [ Dec 1990 ]
# ...
# Rule AN 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 E
# ...
# From John Mackin (March 9, 1991)
# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the
# file Robert forwarded
# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988;
# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules.
# Australia/Yancowinna
# From John Basser (January 4, 1989):
# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna.
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
# # [ Dec 1990 ]
# ...
# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite it's location on the
# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings
# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government
# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have
# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not
# # presently available.
# Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST
# ...
# Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C
# [followed by other Rules]
# Australia/LHI
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ]
# [ Dec 1990 ]
# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
# hour ahead of NSW time.
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# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1
# Elz says "no guarantees"
# From Mark Davies (October 3, 1990):
# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period.
# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for
# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start).
# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office.
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# # The Country of New Zealand (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that!
# # or is Australia the west island of N.Z.
# # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ]
# # [ Nov 1990 ]
# ...
# Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
# Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S
# ...
# Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand
# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
# rather than the October 1 value.
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# Fiji
# Howse writes (p 162) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji
# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on +12:00.
# Perhaps it didn't take. We go with Shanks's more precise date in 1915.
# Kwajalein
# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes:
# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday,
# August 20, 1993. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with
# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands,
# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink.
# Pacific Islands Trust Territories
# Howse writes (p 162) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the
# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones
# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time.
# Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila.