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diff --git a/time/australasia b/time/australasia index e65546f..27e018b 100644 --- a/time/australasia +++ b/time/australasia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)australasia 7.28 +# @(#)australasia 7.29 # This file also includes Pacific islands. # Notes are at the end of this file @@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Australia -# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): +# From John Mackin (1991-03-06): # 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 @@ -473,20 +473,20 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Northern Territory -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): +# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # 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): +# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving. # Western Australia -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): +# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # 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 @@ -501,23 +501,23 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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): +# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): # 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): +# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (1991-11-02): # 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): +# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): # The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; # it matches what was used in the past. # Queensland -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): +# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ] # # [ Dec 1990 ] # ... @@ -528,21 +528,21 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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): +# From Bradley White (1989-12-24): # "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from # October 1989). -# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): +# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): # 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): +# From John Mackin (1991-03-06): # 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): +# From Bradley White (1992-03-08): # ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted # in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ... # ... @@ -550,12 +550,12 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S # ... -# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): +# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): # The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes. # South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria -# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): +# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): # 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 @@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00 # 10:00 Oz EST -# From Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): +# From Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # 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 @@ -583,12 +583,12 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # South Australia -# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): +# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): # 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): +# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # ... @@ -599,23 +599,23 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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): +# From Bradley White (1992-03-11): # 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): +# From Robert Elz (1992-03-13): # 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): +# From Robert Elz (1992-03-16, 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): +# From Bradley White (1994-04-11): # 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.... @@ -627,11 +627,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Tasmania -# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): +# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): # 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): +# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # ... @@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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): +# From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (1991-10-10): # 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)... @@ -663,18 +663,18 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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): +# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10): # 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). # Victoria -# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): +# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): # 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): +# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # ... @@ -701,26 +701,26 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # legislation. This is very important to understand. # I have researched New South Wales time only... -# From Dave Davey (March 3, 1990): +# From Dave Davey (1990-03-03): # 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): +# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): # 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): +# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # 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) +# From John Mackin (1991-03-09) # I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the # file Robert forwarded -# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): +# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): # Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988; # March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules. @@ -730,10 +730,10 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Yancowinna -# From John Basser (January 4, 1989): +# From John Basser (1989-01-04): # `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): +# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ] # # [ Dec 1990 ] # ... @@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Lord Howe Island -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): +# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # 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 @@ -768,13 +768,13 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 # Elz says "no guarantees" -# From Mark Davies (October 3, 1990): +# From Mark Davies (1990-10-03): # 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): +# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # 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. ] @@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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): +# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): # The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 # rather than the October 1 value. @@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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 +# 1993-08-20. 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. |