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> # @(#)australasia 7.65
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< # $FreeBSD: head/share/zoneinfo/australasia 76190 2001-05-01 14:10:12Z schweikh $
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> # $FreeBSD: head/share/zoneinfo/australasia 86222 2001-11-09 19:17:59Z wollman $
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> # Please see the notes below for the controversy about "EST" versus "AEST" etc.
>
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< 9:48:40 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time
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> 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time
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> Rule Tonga 2001 only - Nov 25 2:00s 1:00 S
> Rule Tonga 2002 only - Mar 3 2:00s 0 -
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< # Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source
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> # Gwillim Law writes that a good source
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< # From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992):
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> # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
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> # From Paul Eggert (2001-04-05), summarizing a long discussion about "EST"
> # versus "AEST" etc.:
> #
> # I see the following points of dispute:
> #
> # * How important are unique time zone abbreviations?
> #
> # Here I tend to agree with the point (most recently made by Chris
> # Newman) that unique abbreviations should not be essential for proper
> # operation of software. We have other instances of ambiguity
> # (e.g. "IST" denoting both "Israel Standard Time" and "Indian
> # Standard Time"), and they are not likely to go away any time soon.
> # In the old days, some software mistakenly relied on unique
> # abbreviations, but this is becoming less true with time, and I don't
> # think it's that important to cater to such software these days.
> #
> # On the other hand, there is another motivation for unambiguous
> # abbreviations: it cuts down on human confusion. This is
> # particularly true for Australia, where "EST" can mean one thing for
> # time T and a different thing for time T plus 1 second.
> #
> # * Does the relevant legislation indicate which abbreviations should be used?
> #
> # Here I tend to think that things are a mess, just as they are in
> # many other countries. We Americans are currently disagreeing about
> # which abbreviation to use for the newly legislated Chamorro Standard
> # Time, for example.
> #
> # Personally, I would prefer to use common practice; I would like to
> # refer to legislation only for examples of common practice, or as a
> # tiebreaker.
> #
> # * Do Australians more often use "Eastern Daylight Time" or "Eastern
> # Summer Time"? Do they typically prefix the time zone names with
> # the word "Australian"?
> #
> # My own impression is that both "Daylight Time" and "Summer Time" are
> # common and are widely understood, but that "Summer Time" is more
> # popular; and that the leading "A" is also common but is omitted more
> # often than not. I just used AltaVista advanced search and got the
> # following count of page hits:
> #
> # 1,103 "Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au
> # 971 "Australian Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au
> # 613 "Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au
> # 127 "Australian Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au
> #
> # Here "Summer" seems quite a bit more popular than "Daylight",
> # particularly when we know the time zone is Australian and not US,
> # say. The "Australian" prefix seems to be popular for Eastern Summer
> # Time, but unpopular for Eastern Daylight Time.
> #
> # For abbreviations, tools like AltaVista are less useful because of
> # ambiguity. Many hits are not really time zones, unfortunately, and
> # many hits denote US time zones and not Australian ones. But here
> # are the hit counts anyway:
> #
> # 161,304 "EST" and domain:au
> # 25,156 "EDT" and domain:au
> # 18,263 "AEST" and domain:au
> # 10,416 "AEDT" and domain:au
> #
> # 14,538 "CST" and domain:au
> # 5,728 "CDT" and domain:au
> # 176 "ACST" and domain:au
> # 29 "ACDT" and domain:au
> #
> # 7,539 "WST" and domain:au
> # 68 "AWST" and domain:au
> #
> # This data suggest that Australians tend to omit the "A" prefix in
> # practice. The situation for "ST" versus "DT" is less clear, given
> # the ambiguities involved.
> #
> # * How do Australians feel about the abbreviations in the tz database?
> #
> # If you just count Australians on this list, I count 2 in favor and 3
> # against. One of the "against" votes (David Keegel) counseled delay,
> # saying that both AEST/AEDT and EST/EST are widely used and
> # understood in Australia.
>
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> # From Scott Harrington (2001-08-29):
> # On KQED's "City Arts and Lectures" program last night I heard an
> # interesting story about daylight savings time. Dr. John Heilbron was
> # discussing his book "The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar
> # Observatories"[1], and in particular the Shrine of Remembrance[2] located
> # in Melbourne, Australia.
> #
> # Apparently the shrine's main purpose is a beam of sunlight which
> # illuminates a special spot on the floor at the 11th hour of the 11th day
> # of the 11th month (Remembrance Day) every year in memory of Australia's
> # fallen WWI soldiers. And if you go there on Nov. 11, at 11am local time,
> # you will indeed see the sunbeam illuminate the special spot at the
> # expected time.
> #
> # However, that is only because of some special mirror contraption that had
> # to be employed, since due to daylight savings time, the true solar time of
> # the remembrance moment occurs one hour later (or earlier?). Perhaps
> # someone with more information on this jury-rig can tell us more.
> #
> # [1] http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HEISUN.html
> # [2] http://www.shrine.org.au
>
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> # From Rives McDow (2001-07-17):
> # The Kingdom of Tonga will move to DST at 0200 local time on Sunday,
> # November 25, 2001 and revert back to standard time at 0300 local
> # time on Sunday, March 3, 2002.
>
>
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> # @(#)australasia 7.65
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< # $FreeBSD: head/share/zoneinfo/australasia 76190 2001-05-01 14:10:12Z schweikh $
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> # $FreeBSD: head/share/zoneinfo/australasia 86222 2001-11-09 19:17:59Z wollman $
9a10,11
> # Please see the notes below for the controversy about "EST" versus "AEST" etc.
>
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< 9:48:40 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time
---
> 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time
401a404,405
> Rule Tonga 2001 only - Nov 25 2:00s 1:00 S
> Rule Tonga 2002 only - Mar 3 2:00s 0 -
476c480
< # Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source
---
> # Gwillim Law writes that a good source
538c542
< # From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992):
---
> # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
543a548,628
> # From Paul Eggert (2001-04-05), summarizing a long discussion about "EST"
> # versus "AEST" etc.:
> #
> # I see the following points of dispute:
> #
> # * How important are unique time zone abbreviations?
> #
> # Here I tend to agree with the point (most recently made by Chris
> # Newman) that unique abbreviations should not be essential for proper
> # operation of software. We have other instances of ambiguity
> # (e.g. "IST" denoting both "Israel Standard Time" and "Indian
> # Standard Time"), and they are not likely to go away any time soon.
> # In the old days, some software mistakenly relied on unique
> # abbreviations, but this is becoming less true with time, and I don't
> # think it's that important to cater to such software these days.
> #
> # On the other hand, there is another motivation for unambiguous
> # abbreviations: it cuts down on human confusion. This is
> # particularly true for Australia, where "EST" can mean one thing for
> # time T and a different thing for time T plus 1 second.
> #
> # * Does the relevant legislation indicate which abbreviations should be used?
> #
> # Here I tend to think that things are a mess, just as they are in
> # many other countries. We Americans are currently disagreeing about
> # which abbreviation to use for the newly legislated Chamorro Standard
> # Time, for example.
> #
> # Personally, I would prefer to use common practice; I would like to
> # refer to legislation only for examples of common practice, or as a
> # tiebreaker.
> #
> # * Do Australians more often use "Eastern Daylight Time" or "Eastern
> # Summer Time"? Do they typically prefix the time zone names with
> # the word "Australian"?
> #
> # My own impression is that both "Daylight Time" and "Summer Time" are
> # common and are widely understood, but that "Summer Time" is more
> # popular; and that the leading "A" is also common but is omitted more
> # often than not. I just used AltaVista advanced search and got the
> # following count of page hits:
> #
> # 1,103 "Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au
> # 971 "Australian Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au
> # 613 "Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au
> # 127 "Australian Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au
> #
> # Here "Summer" seems quite a bit more popular than "Daylight",
> # particularly when we know the time zone is Australian and not US,
> # say. The "Australian" prefix seems to be popular for Eastern Summer
> # Time, but unpopular for Eastern Daylight Time.
> #
> # For abbreviations, tools like AltaVista are less useful because of
> # ambiguity. Many hits are not really time zones, unfortunately, and
> # many hits denote US time zones and not Australian ones. But here
> # are the hit counts anyway:
> #
> # 161,304 "EST" and domain:au
> # 25,156 "EDT" and domain:au
> # 18,263 "AEST" and domain:au
> # 10,416 "AEDT" and domain:au
> #
> # 14,538 "CST" and domain:au
> # 5,728 "CDT" and domain:au
> # 176 "ACST" and domain:au
> # 29 "ACDT" and domain:au
> #
> # 7,539 "WST" and domain:au
> # 68 "AWST" and domain:au
> #
> # This data suggest that Australians tend to omit the "A" prefix in
> # practice. The situation for "ST" versus "DT" is less clear, given
> # the ambiguities involved.
> #
> # * How do Australians feel about the abbreviations in the tz database?
> #
> # If you just count Australians on this list, I count 2 in favor and 3
> # against. One of the "against" votes (David Keegel) counseled delay,
> # saying that both AEST/AEDT and EST/EST are widely used and
> # understood in Australia.
>
758a844,865
> # From Scott Harrington (2001-08-29):
> # On KQED's "City Arts and Lectures" program last night I heard an
> # interesting story about daylight savings time. Dr. John Heilbron was
> # discussing his book "The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar
> # Observatories"[1], and in particular the Shrine of Remembrance[2] located
> # in Melbourne, Australia.
> #
> # Apparently the shrine's main purpose is a beam of sunlight which
> # illuminates a special spot on the floor at the 11th hour of the 11th day
> # of the 11th month (Remembrance Day) every year in memory of Australia's
> # fallen WWI soldiers. And if you go there on Nov. 11, at 11am local time,
> # you will indeed see the sunbeam illuminate the special spot at the
> # expected time.
> #
> # However, that is only because of some special mirror contraption that had
> # to be employed, since due to daylight savings time, the true solar time of
> # the remembrance moment occurs one hour later (or earlier?). Perhaps
> # someone with more information on this jury-rig can tell us more.
> #
> # [1] http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HEISUN.html
> # [2] http://www.shrine.org.au
>
1122a1230,1235
> # From Rives McDow (2001-07-17):
> # The Kingdom of Tonga will move to DST at 0200 local time on Sunday,
> # November 25, 2001 and revert back to standard time at 0300 local
> # time on Sunday, March 3, 2002.
>
>