| australasia (121098) | australasia (149514) |
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| 1# @(#)australasia 7.69 | 1# @(#)australasia 7.73 |
| 2# This file also includes Pacific islands. 3 4# Notes are at the end of this file 5 6############################################################################### 7 8# Australia 9 --- 23 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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# | 2# This file also includes Pacific islands. 3 4# Notes are at the end of this file 5 6############################################################################### 7 8# Australia 9 --- 23 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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): | 41# From Alex Livingston (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, --- 22 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 - | 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, --- 22 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 - | 80Rule AS 1995 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 81Rule AS 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 82Rule AS 2007 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 | 83# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 84Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 85 9:00 - CST 1899 May 86 9:30 Aus CST 1971 87 9:30 AS CST 88 89# Tasmania |
| 90# 91# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16): 92# <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml> 93# says King Island didn't observe DST from WWII until late 1971. 94# |
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| 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 - | 95# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 96Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - 97Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 98Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 99Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 - 100Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 - 101Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 102Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 103Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 104Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 - 105Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 106Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00s 1:00 - 107Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 108Rule AT 1991 1999 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - |
| 102Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - | 109Rule AT 1991 2005 - 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 - | 110Rule AT 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 111Rule AT 2001 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - |
| 112Rule AT 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 113Rule AT 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - |
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| 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 | 114# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 115Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep 116 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 117 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb 118 10:00 Aus EST 1967 119 10:00 AT EST |
| 120Zone Australia/Currie 9:35:28 - LMT 1895 Sep 121 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 122 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb 123 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Jul 124 10:00 AT EST |
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| 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 - | 125 126# Victoria 127# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 128Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 129Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 - 130Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 131Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 132Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 - 133Rule AV 1988 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 134Rule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - |
| 121Rule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - | 135Rule AV 1995 2005 - 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 - | 136Rule AV 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 137Rule AV 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - |
| 138Rule AV 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 139Rule AV 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - |
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| 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 - | 140# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 141Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 142 10:00 Aus EST 1971 143 10:00 AV EST 144 145# New South Wales 146# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 147Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 148Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - 149Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 150Rule AN 1982 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 151Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 152Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 153Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - 154Rule AN 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 155Rule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - |
| 140Rule AN 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - | 156Rule AN 1996 2005 - 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 - | 157Rule AN 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 158Rule AN 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - |
| 159Rule AN 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 160Rule AN 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - |
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| 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 --- 4 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 - | 161# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 162Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 163 10:00 Aus EST 1971 164 10:00 AN EST 165Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb 166 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23 167 9:00 - CST 1899 May 168 9:30 Aus CST 1971 --- 4 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 173# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 174Rule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 175Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 176Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - 177Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - 178Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 0:30 - 179Rule LH 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - 180Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 - |
| 163Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - | 181Rule LH 1996 2005 - 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 - | 182Rule LH 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00 0:30 - 183Rule LH 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - |
| 184Rule LH 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 185Rule LH 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - |
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| 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 --- 20 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 | 186Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 187 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar 188 10:30 LH LHST 189 190# Australian miscellany 191# 192# Ashmore Is, Cartier 193# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers --- 20 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 214Rule Cook 1979 1991 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 215Rule Cook 1979 1990 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS 216# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 217Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua 218 -10:30 - CKT 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is Time 219 -10:00 Cook CK%sT 220 221# Cocos |
| 202# From USNO (1989): | 222# These islands were ruled by the Ross family from about 1830 to 1978. 223# We don't know when standard time was introduced; for now, we guess 1900. |
| 203# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] | 224# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 204Zone Indian/Cocos 6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time | 225Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900 226 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 --- 44 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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] | 227 228# Fiji 229# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 230Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 231Rule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 - 232# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 233Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva 234 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time --- 44 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 279 12:00 - MHT 280Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 281 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct 282 -12:00 - KWAT 1993 Aug 20 # Kwajalein Time 283 12:00 - MHT 284 285# Micronesia 286# 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 --- 100 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 | 287Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 288 10:00 - TRUT # Truk Time 289Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia 290 11:00 - PONT # Ponape Time 291Zone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901 292 11:00 - KOST 1969 Oct # Kosrae Time 293 12:00 - KOST 1999 294 11:00 - KOST --- 100 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 395# American Samoa 396Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 397 -11:22:48 - LMT 1911 398 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time 399 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome 400 -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering 401 -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa 402 |
| 384# W Samoa | 403# Samoa |
| 385Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 386 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 387 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time | 404Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 405 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 406 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time |
| 388 -11:00 - WST # W Samoa Time | 407 -11:00 - WST # 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 --- 32 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 429# Johnston 430# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 431Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST 432 433# Kingman 434# uninhabited 435 436# Midway | 408 409# Solomon Is 410# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea 411# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 412Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara 413 11:00 - SBT # Solomon Is Time 414 415# Tokelau Is --- 32 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 448# Johnston 449# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 450Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST 451 452# Kingman 453# uninhabited 454 455# Midway |
| 456# 457# From Mark Brader (2005-01-23): 458# [Fallacies and Fantasies of Air Transport History, by R.E.G. Davies, 459# published 1994 by Paladwr Press, McLean, VA, USA; ISBN 0-9626483-5-3] 460# reproduced a Pan American Airways timeables from 1936, for their weekly 461# "Orient Express" flights between San Francisco and Manila, and connecting 462# flights to Chicago and the US East Coast. As it uses some time zone 463# designations that I've never seen before:.... 464# Fri. 6:30A Lv. HONOLOLU (Pearl Harbor), H.I. H.L.T. Ar. 5:30P Sun. 465# " 3:00P Ar. MIDWAY ISLAND . . . . . . . . . M.L.T. Lv. 6:00A " 466# |
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| 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 --- 25 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 | 467Zone Pacific/Midway -11:49:28 - LMT 1901 468 -11:00 - NST 1956 Jun 3 469 -11:00 1:00 NDT 1956 Sep 2 470 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome 471 -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering 472 -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa 473 474# Palmyra --- 25 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 500############################################################################### 501 502# NOTES 503 504# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 505# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 506# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 507 |
| 478# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-10-29): | 508# From Paul Eggert (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 --- 140 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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. | 509# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 510# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), 511# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). 512# 513# Gwillim Law writes that a good source 514# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 515# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 516# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries --- 140 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 657# 658# If you just count Australians on this list, I count 2 in favor and 3 659# against. One of the "against" votes (David Keegel) counseled delay, 660# saying that both AEST/AEDT and EST/EST are widely used and 661# understood in Australia. 662 663# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): 664# 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 | 665# Mark Prior 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 | 666# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00, 667# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970 668# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time. 669# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960. 670 |
| 641# From Eric Ulevik <eau@zip.com.au> (1998-01-05): | 671# From Eric Ulevik (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 | 672# 673# Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable, 674# and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more 675# relevant entries in this database. 676# 677# NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill): 678# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html"> 679# Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04) 680# </a> 681# ACT 682# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html"> 683# Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972 684# </a> 685# SA 686# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html"> 687# Standard Time Act, 1898 688# </a> 689 |
| 690# From David Grosz (2005-06-13): 691# It was announced last week that Daylight Saving would be extended by 692# one week next year to allow for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. 693# Daylight Saving is now to end for next year only on the first Sunday 694# in April instead of the last Sunday in March. 695# 696# From Gwillim Law (2005-06-14): 697# I did some Googling and found that all of those states (and territory) plan 698# to extend DST together in 2006. 699# ACT: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/mediareleases/fileread.cfm?file=86.txt 700# New South Wales: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15538869%255E1702,00.html 701# South Australia: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15555031-1246,00.html 702# Tasmania: http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=14772 703# Victoria: I wasn't able to find anything separate, but the other articles 704# allude to it. 705# But not Queensland 706# http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15564030-1248,00.html. 707 |
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| 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 --- 170 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 | 708# Northern Territory 709 710# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 711# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ] 712# # [ Nov 1990 ] 713# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location. 714# ... 715# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST --- 170 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 886# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever... 887# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...). 888 889# From Bradley White (1994-04-11): 890# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March, 891# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can 892# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated.... 893 |
| 846# From John Warburton <jwarb@SACBH.com.au> (1994-10-07): | 894# From John Warburton (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): --- 43 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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. | 895# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ... 896# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994.... 897# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March. 898 899# Tasmania 900 901# The rules for 1967 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd 902# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): --- 43 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 946# 947# [1] http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HEISUN.html 948# [2] http://www.shrine.org.au 949 950# New South Wales 951 952# From Arthur David Olson: 953# 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), | 954# Based on law library research by John Mackin, |
| 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 | 955# who notes: 956# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the 957# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time'' 958# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common 959# use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the 960# legislation. This is very important to understand. 961# I have researched New South Wales time only... 962 963# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27): 964# The Information Service of the Australian National Standards Commission 965# <a href="http://www.nsc.gov.au/InfoServ/Ileaflet/il27.htm"> 966# Daylight Saving 967# </a> page (1995-04) has an excellent overall history of Australian DST. 968# The Community Relations Division of the NSW Attorney General's Department 969# publishes a history of daylight saving in NSW. See: 970# <a href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/crd.nsf/pages/time2"> 971# Lawlink NSW: Daylight Saving in New South Wales 972# </a> 973 |
| 926# From Eric Ulevik <eau@ozemail.com.au> (1999-05-26): | 974# From Eric Ulevik (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): --- 117 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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. | 975# DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual 976# October in 2000. [See: Matthew Moore, 977# <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html"> 978# Two months more daylight saving 979# </a> 980# Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26).] 981 982# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27): --- 117 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1100# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island 1101 1102# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 1103# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 1104# rather than the October 1 value. 1105 1106# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19); 1107# 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 | 1108# Robert Uzgalis 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. --- 62 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 | 1109# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard 1110# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March. 1111# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00. 1112# 1113# From Paul Eggert (2003-05-26): 1114# The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history, 1115# as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.htm for the full references. 1116# Use these sources in preference to Shanks. --- 62 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1179# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UTC+10 the official standard time, 1180# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time". There is no official abbreviation, 1181# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law, 1182# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST". 1183 1184 1185# Micronesia 1186 |
| 1139# Alan Eugene Davis <adavis@kuentos.guam.net> writes (1996-03-16), | 1187# Alan Eugene Davis 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 --- 91 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 | 1188# ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk" 1189# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.'' 1190# 1191# Shanks writes that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11 on 1978-10-01; 1192# ignore this for now. 1193 1194# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): 1195# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in --- 91 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1287 1288# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03): 1289# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium 1290# Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front. 1291# He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from 1292# October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan 1293# Government. 1294 |
| 1247# From Steffen Thorsen [straen@thorsen.priv.no] (1999-09-09): | 1295# From Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09): |
| 1248# * Tonga will introduce DST in November 1249# | 1296# * Tonga will introduce DST in November 1297# |
| 1250# I was given this link by John Letts <johnletts@earthlink.net>: | 1298# I was given this link by John Letts: |
| 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 | 1299# <a hef="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm"> 1300# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm 1301# </a> 1302# 1303# I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November 1304# yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead 1305# of UTC as well, but as far as I know Fiji will only be 13 hours ahead 1306# (12 + 1 hour DST). 1307 |
| 1260# From Arthur David Olson [arthur_david_olson@nih.gov] (1999-09-20): | 1308# From Arthur David Olson (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." --- 62 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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. | 1309# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html> 1310# http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html 1311# </a>: 1312# "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000 1313# and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the 1314# third Saturday of April. Under the system approved by Privy Council on 1315# Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and 1316# set back an hour on the closing date." --- 62 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1379# 1380# An Anglo-French Conference on Time-Keeping at Sea (June, 1917) agreed that 1381# legal time on the high seas would be zone time, i.e., the standard time at 1382# the nearest meridian that is a multiple of fifteen degrees. The date is 1383# governed by the IDL; therefore, even on the high seas, there may be some 1384# places as late as fourteen hours later than UTC. And, since the IDL is not 1385# an international standard, there are some places on the high seas where the 1386# correct date is ambiguous. |
| 1387 1388# From Paul Eggert, using references suggested by Oscar van Vlijmen 1389# (2005-03-20): 1390# 1391# The American Practical Navigator (2002) 1392# <http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/pubs/pubs_j_apn_sections.html?rid=187> 1393# talks only about the 180-degree meridian with respect to ships in 1394# international waters; it ignores the international date line. |
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