1# @(#)australasia 7.20
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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16Rule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 -
17Rule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 -
18Rule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 -
19Rule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 -
20# Whitman says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944, and that
21# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944; go with Shanks.
22
23# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
24Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
25 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
26 9:30 Aus CST
27
28# ZONE-DESCR Australia Darwin Australia_ Northern Territory
29
30Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec
31 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
32 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00
33 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
34 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00
35 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
36 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00
37 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
38 8:00 - WST
39
40# ZONE-DESCR Australia Perth Australia_ Western_Australia
41
42Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895
43 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
44 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00
45 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 3:00
46 10:00 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00
47 10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
48 10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00
49 10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
50 10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00
51 10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
52 10:00 - EST
53
54# ZONE-DESCR Australia Brisbane Australia_ Queensland
55
56# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
57Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
58Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
59Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
60Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
61Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
62Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
63Rule AS 1990 max even Mar Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
64Rule AS 1990 max odd Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
65# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
66Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
67 9:00 - CST 1899 May
68 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
69 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00
70 9:30 AS CST
71
72# ZONE-DESCR Australia Adelaide Australia_ South Australia
73
74# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
75Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 -
76Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 3:00 0 -
77Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
78Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 -
79Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
80Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
81Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
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88# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
89Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep
90 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
91 10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00
92 10:00 AT EST
93
94# ZONE-DESCR Australia Hobart Australia_ Tasmania
95
96# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
97Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
98Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
99Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
100Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
101Rule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
102Rule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
103Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
104# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
105Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
106 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
107 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
108 10:00 AV EST
109
110# ZONE-DESCR Australia Melbourne Australia_ Victoria
111
112# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
113Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
114Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
115Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
116Rule AN 1982 only - Apr 4 3:00 0 -
117Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
118Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
119Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
120Rule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
121Rule AN 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
122# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
123Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
124 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
125 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
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131 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23
132 9:00 - CST 1899 May
133 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
134 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
135 9:30 AN CST
136
137# ZONE-DESCR Australia Broken_Hill Australia_ County of Yancowinna, NSW
138
139Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
140 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar
141 10:30 AN LHST
142
143# ZONE-DESCR Australia Lord_Howe Australia_ Lord Howe Island
144
145Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
146 7:00 - JVT
147
148# ZONE-DESCR Indian Christmas Australia_ Christmas Island
149
150#
151# Ashmore Is, Cartier
152# no information; probably like Australia/Perth
153#
154# Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga
155# no information
156
157
158# Belau
159Zone Pacific/Belau 8:58:00 - LMT 1901
160 9:00 - BLT
161
162# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Belau Rep_of_Palau All points
163
164# Cook Is
165# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
166Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HD
167Rule Cook 1979 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 H
168Rule Cook 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HD
169# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
170Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua
171 -10:30 - CIST 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is ST
172 -10:00 Cook T%sT
173
174# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Rarotonga Cook_Island All points
175
176# Cocos
177# From USNO (1989):
178# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
179Zone Pacific/Cocos 6:30 - CCT
180
181# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Cocos Cocos_Island All points
182
183# Fiji
184# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
185Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
186 12:00 - NZST
187
188# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Fiji Fiji All points
189
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264Rule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
265Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 1:00 D
266Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 1:00 D
267Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S
268Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
269# Shanks says DST stopped 1940 Sep lastSun; go with Whitman for war years.
270Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S
271Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Sep lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
272Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00 1:00 D
273Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
274Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00 1:00 D
275Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
276Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 3:00 0 S
277Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
278Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 S
279# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
280Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868
281 # Shanks gives 1940 Sep 29 2:00;
282 # go with Whitman.
283 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1945 Apr 29 2:00
284 12:00 NZ NZ%sT
285Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 - NZ-CHAT
286
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302 -11:00 - SST
303
304# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Niue Niue All points
305
306# Norfolk
307# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
308Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston
309 11:12 - NMT 1951
310 11:30 - NST
311
312# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Norfolk Norfolk_Islands All points
313
314# Pacific Islands Trust Territories
315# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
316Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901
317 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct
318 12:00 - NZST
319Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901
320 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct
321 -12:00 - KJT 1993 Aug 20
322 12:00 - NZST
323Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901
324 10:00 - GST 1978 Oct
325 11:00 - NCST
326Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:33:00 - LMT 1901
327 11:00 - NCST
328Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:24 - LMT 1901
329 9:00 - BLT 1969 Oct
330 10:00 - GST
331
332# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Truk Fed_States_of_Micronesia Truk state
333# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Ponape Fed_States_of_Micronesia Pohnpei state
334# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Yap Fed_States_of_Micronesia Yap state
335# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Majuro Marshall_Islands Majuro
336# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kwajalein Marshall_Islands Kwajalein
337
338# Palmyra
339# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritmati
340
341# Papua New Guinea
342# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
343Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
344 9:49 - PMMT 1895
345 10:00 - EST
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439# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
440# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
441# Corrections are welcome!
442# std dst
443# LMT Local Mean Time
444# 6:30 CCT Cocos*
445# 7:00 JVT Java*
446# 8:00 WST WST Western Australia
447# 9:00 BLT Belau*
448# 9:00 JST Japan
449# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia
450# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia
451# 10:00 GST Guam*
452# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe*
453# 11:00 NCST NCDT New Caledonia*
454# 11:30 NRT Norfolk*
455# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand
456# 12:45 NZ-CHAT Chatham
457# 13:00 TGT Tongatapu*
458# -12:00 KJT Kwajalein (no longer used)*
459# -11:00 SST Samoa
460# -10:40 LIT Line Is (no longer used)*
461# -10:00 THT Tahiti*
462# - 9:30 MQT Marquesas*
463# - 9:00 GBT Gambier*
464# - 8:30 PIT Pitcairn*
465#
466# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
467
468###############################################################################
469
470# Australia
471
472# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991):
473# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time.
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488# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.
489
490# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992):
491# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is:
492# CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30
493# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00
494# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00
495
496# Australia/North
497
498# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
499# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
500# # [ Nov 1990 ]
501# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
502# ...
503# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST
504
505# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
506# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
507# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving.
508
509# Australia/West
510
511# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
512# # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]
513# # [ Nov 1990 ]
514# # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to
515# # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but
516# # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus
517# # before reaching parliament.
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533# work at 9.00am.)
534# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse
535# everybody again.
536
537# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
538# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
539# it matches what was used in the past.
540
541# Australia/Queensland
542
543# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
544# # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
545# # [ Dec 1990 ]
546# ...
547# Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST
548# ...
549# Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
550# Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
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571# ...
572# Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
573# Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
574# ...
575
576# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
577# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
578
579# Australia/Tasmania, Australia/South, and Australia/Victoria
580
581# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
582# The rules from version 7.1 follow.
583# There are lots of differences between these rules and
584# the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules
585# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on
586# current DST ending dates, no worries.
587#
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599# From Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
600# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct...
601# that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the
602# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states
603# that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic).
604# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think
605# that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain.
606
607# Australia/South
608
609# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
610# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
611# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
612# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
613
614# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
615# # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ]
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638# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever...
639# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...).
640
641# From Bradley White (April 11, 1994):
642# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March,
643# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can
644# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated....
645
646# Australia/Tasmania
647
648# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
649# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
650# ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31...
651
652# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
653# # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
654# # [ Nov 1990 ]
655# ...
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681# Rule Oz 1987 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
682# Rule Oz 1991 max - Mar Sun<=31 3:00 0 -
683
684# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (October 10, 1991):
685# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have
686# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia
687# (but nothing new about that).
688
689# Australia/Victoria
690
691# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
692# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
693# ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
694
695# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
696# # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
697# # [ Nov 1990 ]
698# ...
699# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV %sST
700# ...
701# Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
702# Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
703# Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
704# Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E
705# Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D
706# Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
707# Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
708
709# Australia/NSW
710
711# From Arthur David Olson:
712# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
713# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz),
714# who notes:
715# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
716# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''
717# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
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737# From John Mackin (March 9, 1991)
738# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the
739# file Robert forwarded
740
741# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
742# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988;
743# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules.
744
745# Australia/Yancowinna
746
747# From John Basser (January 4, 1989):
748# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna.
749
750# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
751# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
752# # [ Dec 1990 ]
753# ...
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758# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not
759# # presently available.
760# Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST
761# ...
762# Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
763# Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C
764# [followed by other Rules]
765
766# Australia/LHI
767
768# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
769# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ]
770# [ Dec 1990 ]
771# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
772# hour ahead of NSW time.
773
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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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16Rule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 -
17Rule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 -
18Rule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 -
19Rule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 -
20# Whitman says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944, and that
21# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944; go with Shanks.
22
23# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
24Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
25 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
26 9:30 Aus CST
27
28# ZONE-DESCR Australia Darwin Australia_ Northern Territory
29
30Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec
31 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
32 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00
33 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
34 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00
35 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
36 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00
37 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
38 8:00 - WST
39
40# ZONE-DESCR Australia Perth Australia_ Western_Australia
41
42Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895
43 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
44 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00
45 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 3:00
46 10:00 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00
47 10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
48 10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00
49 10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
50 10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00
51 10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
52 10:00 - EST
53
54# ZONE-DESCR Australia Brisbane Australia_ Queensland
55
56# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
57Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
58Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
59Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
60Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
61Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
62Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
63Rule AS 1990 max even Mar Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
64Rule AS 1990 max odd Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
65# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
66Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
67 9:00 - CST 1899 May
68 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
69 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00
70 9:30 AS CST
71
72# ZONE-DESCR Australia Adelaide Australia_ South Australia
73
74# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
75Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 -
76Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 3:00 0 -
77Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
78Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 -
79Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
80Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
81Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
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88# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
89Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep
90 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
91 10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00
92 10:00 AT EST
93
94# ZONE-DESCR Australia Hobart Australia_ Tasmania
95
96# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
97Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
98Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
99Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
100Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
101Rule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
102Rule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
103Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
104# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
105Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
106 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
107 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
108 10:00 AV EST
109
110# ZONE-DESCR Australia Melbourne Australia_ Victoria
111
112# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
113Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
114Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
115Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
116Rule AN 1982 only - Apr 4 3:00 0 -
117Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
118Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
119Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
120Rule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
121Rule AN 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
122# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
123Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
124 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
125 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
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131 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23
132 9:00 - CST 1899 May
133 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
134 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
135 9:30 AN CST
136
137# ZONE-DESCR Australia Broken_Hill Australia_ County of Yancowinna, NSW
138
139Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
140 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar
141 10:30 AN LHST
142
143# ZONE-DESCR Australia Lord_Howe Australia_ Lord Howe Island
144
145Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
146 7:00 - JVT
147
148# ZONE-DESCR Indian Christmas Australia_ Christmas Island
149
150#
151# Ashmore Is, Cartier
152# no information; probably like Australia/Perth
153#
154# Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga
155# no information
156
157
158# Belau
159Zone Pacific/Belau 8:58:00 - LMT 1901
160 9:00 - BLT
161
162# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Belau Rep_of_Palau All points
163
164# Cook Is
165# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
166Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HD
167Rule Cook 1979 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 H
168Rule Cook 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HD
169# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
170Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua
171 -10:30 - CIST 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is ST
172 -10:00 Cook T%sT
173
174# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Rarotonga Cook_Island All points
175
176# Cocos
177# From USNO (1989):
178# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
179Zone Pacific/Cocos 6:30 - CCT
180
181# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Cocos Cocos_Island All points
182
183# Fiji
184# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
185Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
186 12:00 - NZST
187
188# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Fiji Fiji All points
189
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264Rule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
265Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 1:00 D
266Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 1:00 D
267Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S
268Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
269# Shanks says DST stopped 1940 Sep lastSun; go with Whitman for war years.
270Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S
271Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Sep lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
272Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00 1:00 D
273Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
274Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00 1:00 D
275Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
276Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 3:00 0 S
277Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
278Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 S
279# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
280Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868
281 # Shanks gives 1940 Sep 29 2:00;
282 # go with Whitman.
283 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1945 Apr 29 2:00
284 12:00 NZ NZ%sT
285Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 - NZ-CHAT
286
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302 -11:00 - SST
303
304# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Niue Niue All points
305
306# Norfolk
307# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
308Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston
309 11:12 - NMT 1951
310 11:30 - NST
311
312# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Norfolk Norfolk_Islands All points
313
314# Pacific Islands Trust Territories
315# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
316Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901
317 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct
318 12:00 - NZST
319Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901
320 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct
321 -12:00 - KJT 1993 Aug 20
322 12:00 - NZST
323Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901
324 10:00 - GST 1978 Oct
325 11:00 - NCST
326Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:33:00 - LMT 1901
327 11:00 - NCST
328Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:24 - LMT 1901
329 9:00 - BLT 1969 Oct
330 10:00 - GST
331
332# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Truk Fed_States_of_Micronesia Truk state
333# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Ponape Fed_States_of_Micronesia Pohnpei state
334# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Yap Fed_States_of_Micronesia Yap state
335# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Majuro Marshall_Islands Majuro
336# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kwajalein Marshall_Islands Kwajalein
337
338# Palmyra
339# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritmati
340
341# Papua New Guinea
342# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
343Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
344 9:49 - PMMT 1895
345 10:00 - EST
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439# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
440# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
441# Corrections are welcome!
442# std dst
443# LMT Local Mean Time
444# 6:30 CCT Cocos*
445# 7:00 JVT Java*
446# 8:00 WST WST Western Australia
447# 9:00 BLT Belau*
448# 9:00 JST Japan
449# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia
450# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia
451# 10:00 GST Guam*
452# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe*
453# 11:00 NCST NCDT New Caledonia*
454# 11:30 NRT Norfolk*
455# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand
456# 12:45 NZ-CHAT Chatham
457# 13:00 TGT Tongatapu*
458# -12:00 KJT Kwajalein (no longer used)*
459# -11:00 SST Samoa
460# -10:40 LIT Line Is (no longer used)*
461# -10:00 THT Tahiti*
462# - 9:30 MQT Marquesas*
463# - 9:00 GBT Gambier*
464# - 8:30 PIT Pitcairn*
465#
466# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
467
468###############################################################################
469
470# Australia
471
472# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991):
473# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time.
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488# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.
489
490# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992):
491# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is:
492# CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30
493# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00
494# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00
495
496# Australia/North
497
498# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
499# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
500# # [ Nov 1990 ]
501# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
502# ...
503# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST
504
505# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
506# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
507# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving.
508
509# Australia/West
510
511# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
512# # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]
513# # [ Nov 1990 ]
514# # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to
515# # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but
516# # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus
517# # before reaching parliament.
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533# work at 9.00am.)
534# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse
535# everybody again.
536
537# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
538# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
539# it matches what was used in the past.
540
541# Australia/Queensland
542
543# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
544# # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
545# # [ Dec 1990 ]
546# ...
547# Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST
548# ...
549# Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
550# Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
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571# ...
572# Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
573# Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
574# ...
575
576# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
577# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
578
579# Australia/Tasmania, Australia/South, and Australia/Victoria
580
581# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
582# The rules from version 7.1 follow.
583# There are lots of differences between these rules and
584# the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules
585# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on
586# current DST ending dates, no worries.
587#
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599# From Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
600# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct...
601# that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the
602# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states
603# that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic).
604# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think
605# that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain.
606
607# Australia/South
608
609# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
610# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
611# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
612# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
613
614# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
615# # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ]
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638# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever...
639# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...).
640
641# From Bradley White (April 11, 1994):
642# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March,
643# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can
644# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated....
645
646# Australia/Tasmania
647
648# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
649# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
650# ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31...
651
652# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
653# # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
654# # [ Nov 1990 ]
655# ...
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681# Rule Oz 1987 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
682# Rule Oz 1991 max - Mar Sun<=31 3:00 0 -
683
684# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (October 10, 1991):
685# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have
686# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia
687# (but nothing new about that).
688
689# Australia/Victoria
690
691# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
692# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
693# ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
694
695# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
696# # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
697# # [ Nov 1990 ]
698# ...
699# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV %sST
700# ...
701# Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
702# Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
703# Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
704# Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E
705# Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D
706# Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
707# Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
708
709# Australia/NSW
710
711# From Arthur David Olson:
712# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
713# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz),
714# who notes:
715# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
716# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''
717# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
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737# From John Mackin (March 9, 1991)
738# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the
739# file Robert forwarded
740
741# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
742# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988;
743# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules.
744
745# Australia/Yancowinna
746
747# From John Basser (January 4, 1989):
748# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna.
749
750# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
751# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
752# # [ Dec 1990 ]
753# ...
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758# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not
759# # presently available.
760# Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST
761# ...
762# Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
763# Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C
764# [followed by other Rules]
765
766# Australia/LHI
767
768# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
769# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ]
770# [ Dec 1990 ]
771# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
772# hour ahead of NSW time.
773
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