1# @(#)australasia 7.69
2# This file also includes Pacific islands.
3
4# Notes are at the end of this file
5
6###############################################################################
7
8# Australia
9
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33 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
34 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00s
35 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
36 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s
37 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
38 8:00 - WST
39# Queensland
40#
41# From Alex Livingston <alex@agsm.unsw.edu.au> (1996-11-01):
42# I have heard or read more than once that some resort islands off the coast
43# of Queensland chose to keep observing daylight-saving time even after
44# Queensland ceased to.
45#
46# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
47# IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman,
48# Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped.
49# Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria,
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72Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 -
73Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
74Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
75Rule AS 1990 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 -
76Rule AS 1991 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
77Rule AS 1992 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 -
78Rule AS 1993 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
79Rule AS 1994 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 -
80Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
81# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
82Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
83 9:00 - CST 1899 May
84 9:30 Aus CST 1971
85 9:30 AS CST
86
87# Tasmania
88# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
89Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 -
90Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
91Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
92Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 -
93Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 -
94Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
95Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
96Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
97Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 -
98Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
99Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00s 1:00 -
100Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
101Rule AT 1991 1999 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 -
102Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
103Rule AT 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
104Rule AT 2001 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 -
105# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
106Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep
107 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00
108 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb
109 10:00 Aus EST 1967
110 10:00 AT EST
111
112# Victoria
113# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
114Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
115Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 -
116Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
117Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
118Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 -
119Rule AV 1988 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
120Rule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
121Rule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
122Rule AV 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
123Rule AV 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
124# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
125Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
126 10:00 Aus EST 1971
127 10:00 AV EST
128
129# New South Wales
130# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
131Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
132Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 -
133Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
134Rule AN 1982 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
135Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
136Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
137Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 -
138Rule AN 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
139Rule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
140Rule AN 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
141Rule AN 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
142Rule AN 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
143# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
144Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
145 10:00 Aus EST 1971
146 10:00 AN EST
147Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb
148 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23
149 9:00 - CST 1899 May
150 9:30 Aus CST 1971
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155# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
156Rule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
157Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
158Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 -
159Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
160Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 0:30 -
161Rule LH 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 -
162Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
163Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 -
164Rule LH 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00 0:30 -
165Rule LH 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 -
166Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
167 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar
168 10:30 LH LHST
169
170# Australian miscellany
171#
172# Ashmore Is, Cartier
173# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers
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194Rule Cook 1979 1991 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
195Rule Cook 1979 1990 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS
196# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
197Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua
198 -10:30 - CKT 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is Time
199 -10:00 Cook CK%sT
200
201# Cocos
202# From USNO (1989):
203# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
204Zone Indian/Cocos 6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time
205
206# Fiji
207# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
208Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
209Rule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 -
210# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
211Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
212 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time
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257 12:00 - MHT
258Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901
259 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct
260 -12:00 - KWAT 1993 Aug 20 # Kwajalein Time
261 12:00 - MHT
262
263# Micronesia
264# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
265Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:32 - LMT 1901 # Colonia
266 9:00 - YAPT 1969 Oct # Yap Time
267 10:00 - YAPT
268Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901
269 10:00 - TRUT # Truk Time
270Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia
271 11:00 - PONT # Ponape Time
272Zone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901
273 11:00 - KOST 1969 Oct # Kosrae Time
274 12:00 - KOST 1999
275 11:00 - KOST
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376# American Samoa
377Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5
378 -11:22:48 - LMT 1911
379 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time
380 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome
381 -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering
382 -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa
383
384# W Samoa
385Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5
386 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911
387 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time
388 -11:00 - WST # W Samoa Time
389
390# Solomon Is
391# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
392# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
393Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara
394 11:00 - SBT # Solomon Is Time
395
396# Tokelau Is
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429# Johnston
430# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
431Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST
432
433# Kingman
434# uninhabited
435
436# Midway
437Zone Pacific/Midway -11:49:28 - LMT 1901
438 -11:00 - NST 1956 Jun 3
439 -11:00 1:00 NDT 1956 Sep 2
440 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome
441 -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering
442 -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa
443
444# Palmyra
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470###############################################################################
471
472# NOTES
473
474# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
475# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
476# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
477
478# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-10-29):
479# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
480# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
481# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
482#
483# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
484# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
485# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
486# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
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627#
628# If you just count Australians on this list, I count 2 in favor and 3
629# against. One of the "against" votes (David Keegel) counseled delay,
630# saying that both AEST/AEDT and EST/EST are widely used and
631# understood in Australia.
632
633# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
634# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand.
635# Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au> writes that his newspaper
636# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00,
637# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970
638# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time.
639# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960.
640
641# From Eric Ulevik <eau@zip.com.au> (1998-01-05):
642#
643# Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable,
644# and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more
645# relevant entries in this database.
646#
647# NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill):
648# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html">
649# Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04)
650# </a>
651# ACT
652# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html">
653# Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972
654# </a>
655# SA
656# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html">
657# Standard Time Act, 1898
658# </a>
659
660# Northern Territory
661
662# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
663# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
664# # [ Nov 1990 ]
665# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
666# ...
667# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST
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838# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever...
839# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...).
840
841# From Bradley White (1994-04-11):
842# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March,
843# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can
844# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated....
845
846# From John Warburton <jwarb@SACBH.com.au> (1994-10-07):
847# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ...
848# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994....
849# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March.
850
851# Tasmania
852
853# The rules for 1967 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
854# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
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898#
899# [1] http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HEISUN.html
900# [2] http://www.shrine.org.au
901
902# New South Wales
903
904# From Arthur David Olson:
905# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
906# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz),
907# who notes:
908# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
909# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''
910# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
911# use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the
912# legislation. This is very important to understand.
913# I have researched New South Wales time only...
914
915# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27):
916# The Information Service of the Australian National Standards Commission
917# <a href="http://www.nsc.gov.au/InfoServ/Ileaflet/il27.htm">
918# Daylight Saving
919# </a> page (1995-04) has an excellent overall history of Australian DST.
920# The Community Relations Division of the NSW Attorney General's Department
921# publishes a history of daylight saving in NSW. See:
922# <a href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/crd.nsf/pages/time2">
923# Lawlink NSW: Daylight Saving in New South Wales
924# </a>
925
926# From Eric Ulevik <eau@ozemail.com.au> (1999-05-26):
927# DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual
928# October in 2000. [See: Matthew Moore,
929# <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html">
930# Two months more daylight saving
931# </a>
932# Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26).]
933
934# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27):
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1052# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
1053
1054# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
1055# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
1056# rather than the October 1 value.
1057
1058# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19);
1059# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand.
1060# Robert Uzgalis <buz@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> writes that the New Zealand Daylight
1061# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard
1062# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March.
1063# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00.
1064#
1065# From Paul Eggert (2003-05-26):
1066# The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history,
1067# as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.htm for the full references.
1068# Use these sources in preference to Shanks.
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1131# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UTC+10 the official standard time,
1132# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time". There is no official abbreviation,
1133# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law,
1134# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST".
1135
1136
1137# Micronesia
1138
1139# Alan Eugene Davis <adavis@kuentos.guam.net> writes (1996-03-16),
1140# ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk"
1141# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.''
1142#
1143# Shanks writes that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11 on 1978-10-01;
1144# ignore this for now.
1145
1146# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
1147# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in
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1239
1240# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03):
1241# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium
1242# Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front.
1243# He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from
1244# October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan
1245# Government.
1246
1247# From Steffen Thorsen [straen@thorsen.priv.no] (1999-09-09):
1248# * Tonga will introduce DST in November
1249#
1250# I was given this link by John Letts <johnletts@earthlink.net>:
1251# <a hef="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm">
1252# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm
1253# </a>
1254#
1255# I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November
1256# yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead
1257# of UTC as well, but as far as I know Fiji will only be 13 hours ahead
1258# (12 + 1 hour DST).
1259
1260# From Arthur David Olson [arthur_david_olson@nih.gov] (1999-09-20):
1261# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html>
1262# http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html
1263# </a>:
1264# "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000
1265# and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the
1266# third Saturday of April. Under the system approved by Privy Council on
1267# Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and
1268# set back an hour on the closing date."
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1331#
1332# An Anglo-French Conference on Time-Keeping at Sea (June, 1917) agreed that
1333# legal time on the high seas would be zone time, i.e., the standard time at
1334# the nearest meridian that is a multiple of fifteen degrees. The date is
1335# governed by the IDL; therefore, even on the high seas, there may be some
1336# places as late as fourteen hours later than UTC. And, since the IDL is not
1337# an international standard, there are some places on the high seas where the
1338# correct date is ambiguous.
2# This file also includes Pacific islands.
3
4# Notes are at the end of this file
5
6###############################################################################
7
8# Australia
9
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33 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
34 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00s
35 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
36 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s
37 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
38 8:00 - WST
39# Queensland
40#
41# From Alex Livingston <alex@agsm.unsw.edu.au> (1996-11-01):
42# I have heard or read more than once that some resort islands off the coast
43# of Queensland chose to keep observing daylight-saving time even after
44# Queensland ceased to.
45#
46# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
47# IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman,
48# Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped.
49# Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria,
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72Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 -
73Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
74Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
75Rule AS 1990 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 -
76Rule AS 1991 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
77Rule AS 1992 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 -
78Rule AS 1993 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
79Rule AS 1994 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 -
80Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
81# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
82Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
83 9:00 - CST 1899 May
84 9:30 Aus CST 1971
85 9:30 AS CST
86
87# Tasmania
88# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
89Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 -
90Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
91Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
92Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 -
93Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 -
94Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
95Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
96Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
97Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 -
98Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
99Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00s 1:00 -
100Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
101Rule AT 1991 1999 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 -
102Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
103Rule AT 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
104Rule AT 2001 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 -
105# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
106Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep
107 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00
108 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb
109 10:00 Aus EST 1967
110 10:00 AT EST
111
112# Victoria
113# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
114Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
115Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 -
116Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
117Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
118Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 -
119Rule AV 1988 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
120Rule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
121Rule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
122Rule AV 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
123Rule AV 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
124# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
125Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
126 10:00 Aus EST 1971
127 10:00 AV EST
128
129# New South Wales
130# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
131Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
132Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 -
133Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
134Rule AN 1982 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
135Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
136Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
137Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 -
138Rule AN 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
139Rule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
140Rule AN 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
141Rule AN 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
142Rule AN 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
143# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
144Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
145 10:00 Aus EST 1971
146 10:00 AN EST
147Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb
148 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23
149 9:00 - CST 1899 May
150 9:30 Aus CST 1971
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155# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
156Rule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
157Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
158Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 -
159Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
160Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 0:30 -
161Rule LH 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 -
162Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
163Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 -
164Rule LH 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00 0:30 -
165Rule LH 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 -
166Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
167 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar
168 10:30 LH LHST
169
170# Australian miscellany
171#
172# Ashmore Is, Cartier
173# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers
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194Rule Cook 1979 1991 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
195Rule Cook 1979 1990 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS
196# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
197Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua
198 -10:30 - CKT 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is Time
199 -10:00 Cook CK%sT
200
201# Cocos
202# From USNO (1989):
203# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
204Zone Indian/Cocos 6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time
205
206# Fiji
207# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
208Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
209Rule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 -
210# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
211Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
212 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time
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257 12:00 - MHT
258Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901
259 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct
260 -12:00 - KWAT 1993 Aug 20 # Kwajalein Time
261 12:00 - MHT
262
263# Micronesia
264# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
265Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:32 - LMT 1901 # Colonia
266 9:00 - YAPT 1969 Oct # Yap Time
267 10:00 - YAPT
268Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901
269 10:00 - TRUT # Truk Time
270Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia
271 11:00 - PONT # Ponape Time
272Zone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901
273 11:00 - KOST 1969 Oct # Kosrae Time
274 12:00 - KOST 1999
275 11:00 - KOST
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376# American Samoa
377Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5
378 -11:22:48 - LMT 1911
379 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time
380 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome
381 -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering
382 -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa
383
384# W Samoa
385Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5
386 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911
387 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time
388 -11:00 - WST # W Samoa Time
389
390# Solomon Is
391# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
392# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
393Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara
394 11:00 - SBT # Solomon Is Time
395
396# Tokelau Is
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429# Johnston
430# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
431Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST
432
433# Kingman
434# uninhabited
435
436# Midway
437Zone Pacific/Midway -11:49:28 - LMT 1901
438 -11:00 - NST 1956 Jun 3
439 -11:00 1:00 NDT 1956 Sep 2
440 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome
441 -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering
442 -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa
443
444# Palmyra
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470###############################################################################
471
472# NOTES
473
474# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
475# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
476# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
477
478# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-10-29):
479# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
480# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
481# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
482#
483# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
484# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
485# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
486# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
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627#
628# If you just count Australians on this list, I count 2 in favor and 3
629# against. One of the "against" votes (David Keegel) counseled delay,
630# saying that both AEST/AEDT and EST/EST are widely used and
631# understood in Australia.
632
633# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
634# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand.
635# Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au> writes that his newspaper
636# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00,
637# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970
638# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time.
639# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960.
640
641# From Eric Ulevik <eau@zip.com.au> (1998-01-05):
642#
643# Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable,
644# and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more
645# relevant entries in this database.
646#
647# NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill):
648# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html">
649# Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04)
650# </a>
651# ACT
652# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html">
653# Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972
654# </a>
655# SA
656# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html">
657# Standard Time Act, 1898
658# </a>
659
660# Northern Territory
661
662# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
663# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
664# # [ Nov 1990 ]
665# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
666# ...
667# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST
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838# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever...
839# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...).
840
841# From Bradley White (1994-04-11):
842# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March,
843# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can
844# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated....
845
846# From John Warburton <jwarb@SACBH.com.au> (1994-10-07):
847# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ...
848# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994....
849# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March.
850
851# Tasmania
852
853# The rules for 1967 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
854# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
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898#
899# [1] http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HEISUN.html
900# [2] http://www.shrine.org.au
901
902# New South Wales
903
904# From Arthur David Olson:
905# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
906# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz),
907# who notes:
908# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
909# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''
910# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
911# use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the
912# legislation. This is very important to understand.
913# I have researched New South Wales time only...
914
915# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27):
916# The Information Service of the Australian National Standards Commission
917# <a href="http://www.nsc.gov.au/InfoServ/Ileaflet/il27.htm">
918# Daylight Saving
919# </a> page (1995-04) has an excellent overall history of Australian DST.
920# The Community Relations Division of the NSW Attorney General's Department
921# publishes a history of daylight saving in NSW. See:
922# <a href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/crd.nsf/pages/time2">
923# Lawlink NSW: Daylight Saving in New South Wales
924# </a>
925
926# From Eric Ulevik <eau@ozemail.com.au> (1999-05-26):
927# DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual
928# October in 2000. [See: Matthew Moore,
929# <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html">
930# Two months more daylight saving
931# </a>
932# Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26).]
933
934# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27):
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1052# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
1053
1054# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
1055# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
1056# rather than the October 1 value.
1057
1058# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19);
1059# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand.
1060# Robert Uzgalis <buz@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> writes that the New Zealand Daylight
1061# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard
1062# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March.
1063# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00.
1064#
1065# From Paul Eggert (2003-05-26):
1066# The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history,
1067# as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.htm for the full references.
1068# Use these sources in preference to Shanks.
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1131# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UTC+10 the official standard time,
1132# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time". There is no official abbreviation,
1133# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law,
1134# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST".
1135
1136
1137# Micronesia
1138
1139# Alan Eugene Davis <adavis@kuentos.guam.net> writes (1996-03-16),
1140# ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk"
1141# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.''
1142#
1143# Shanks writes that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11 on 1978-10-01;
1144# ignore this for now.
1145
1146# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
1147# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in
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1239
1240# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03):
1241# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium
1242# Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front.
1243# He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from
1244# October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan
1245# Government.
1246
1247# From Steffen Thorsen [straen@thorsen.priv.no] (1999-09-09):
1248# * Tonga will introduce DST in November
1249#
1250# I was given this link by John Letts <johnletts@earthlink.net>:
1251# <a hef="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm">
1252# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm
1253# </a>
1254#
1255# I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November
1256# yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead
1257# of UTC as well, but as far as I know Fiji will only be 13 hours ahead
1258# (12 + 1 hour DST).
1259
1260# From Arthur David Olson [arthur_david_olson@nih.gov] (1999-09-20):
1261# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html>
1262# http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html
1263# </a>:
1264# "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000
1265# and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the
1266# third Saturday of April. Under the system approved by Privy Council on
1267# Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and
1268# set back an hour on the closing date."
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1331#
1332# An Anglo-French Conference on Time-Keeping at Sea (June, 1917) agreed that
1333# legal time on the high seas would be zone time, i.e., the standard time at
1334# the nearest meridian that is a multiple of fifteen degrees. The date is
1335# governed by the IDL; therefore, even on the high seas, there may be some
1336# places as late as fourteen hours later than UTC. And, since the IDL is not
1337# an international standard, there are some places on the high seas where the
1338# correct date is ambiguous.