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diff --git a/time/australasia b/time/australasia new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f9cde45 --- /dev/null +++ b/time/australasia @@ -0,0 +1,783 @@ +# @(#)australasia 7.21 +# 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] +# Northern Territory +Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb + 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 + 9:30 Aus CST +# Western Australia +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 +# Queensland +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 + +# South Australia +# 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 1994 even Mar Sun>=18 3:00 0 - +Rule AS 1990 1994 odd Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - +Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 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 + +# Tasmania +# 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 + +# Victoria +# 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 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - +Rule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 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 + +# New South Wales +# 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 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 + +# Australian Capital Territory +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Australia/Canberra 9:56:32 - LMT 1895 Feb + 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 + 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 + 10:00 AN EST 1981 Oct 25 2:00 + 10:00 1:00 EST 1982 Apr 4 3:00 + 10:00 AN EST + +# Australian miscellany +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +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 + + +# 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 Indian/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 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S +Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 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 - NRFT + +# 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 - PLT 1969 Oct + 10:00 - GST + +# Palau +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror + 9:00 - PLT + +# 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 JST Japan +# 9:00 PLT Palau* +# 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 NRFT 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 `northamerica' file for Hawaii and Samoa. +# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is. +# +# 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 + +# From Paul Eggert (November 8, 1994): +# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. +# Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au> writes that his newspaper +# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00, +# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970 +# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time. +# And Robert Uzgalis <buz@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> says that the New Zealand Daylight +# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard +# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March. +# For now we'll continue to assume 3:00 for changes since 1970. + +# Northern Territory + +# 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. + +# Western Australia + +# 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. + +# 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. + +# South Australia, Tasmania, 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. + +# South Australia + +# 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.... + +# From John Warburton <jwarb@SACBH.com.au> (1994-10-07): +# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ... +# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994.... +# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March. + +# 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). + +# 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 + +# New South Wales + +# 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. + +# 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] + +# Lord Howe Island + +# 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. + +############################################################################### + +# 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. + +############################################################################### + +# 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. |