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1# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 2# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 3 4# This file also includes Pacific islands. 5 6# Notes are at the end of this file 7 8############################################################################### --- 46 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 55# Queensland ceased to. 56# 57# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): 58# IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman, 59# Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped. 60# Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria, 61# so use Lindeman. 62# | 1# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 2# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 3 4# This file also includes Pacific islands. 5 6# Notes are at the end of this file 7 8############################################################################### --- 46 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 55# Queensland ceased to. 56# 57# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): 58# IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman, 59# Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped. 60# Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria, 61# so use Lindeman. 62# |
63# From J William Piggott (2016-02-20): 64# There is no location named Holiday Islands in Queensland Australia; holiday 65# islands is a colloquial term used globally. Hayman and Lindeman are at the 66# north and south extremes of the Whitsunday Islands archipelago, and 67# Hamilton is in between; it is reasonable to believe that this time zone 68# applies to all of the Whitsundays. 69# http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/austn-islands 70# |
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63# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 64Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 65Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 S 66Rule AQ 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 67Rule AQ 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 68Rule Holiday 1992 1993 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 69Rule Holiday 1993 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 70Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895 --- 159 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 230# switch back from daylight savings time when other parts of Australia do 231# on 4 April. 232# 233# From Arthur David Olson (2013-05-23): 234# The 1919 transition is overspecified below so pre-2013 zics 235# will produce a binary file with an [A]EST-type as the first 32-bit type; 236# this is required for correct handling of times before 1916 by 237# pre-2013 versions of localtime. | 71# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 72Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 73Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 S 74Rule AQ 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 75Rule AQ 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 76Rule Holiday 1992 1993 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 77Rule Holiday 1993 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 78Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895 --- 159 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 238# switch back from daylight savings time when other parts of Australia do 239# on 4 April. 240# 241# From Arthur David Olson (2013-05-23): 242# The 1919 transition is overspecified below so pre-2013 zics 243# will produce a binary file with an [A]EST-type as the first 32-bit type; 244# this is required for correct handling of times before 1916 by 245# pre-2013 versions of localtime. |
238Zone Antarctica/Macquarie 0 - zzz 1899 Nov | 246Zone Antarctica/Macquarie 0 - -00 1899 Nov |
239 10:00 - AEST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 240 10:00 1:00 AEDT 1917 Feb 241 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1919 Apr 1 0:00s | 247 10:00 - AEST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 248 10:00 1:00 AEDT 1917 Feb 249 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1919 Apr 1 0:00s |
242 0 - zzz 1948 Mar 25 | 250 0 - -00 1948 Mar 25 |
243 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1967 244 10:00 AT AE%sT 2010 Apr 4 3:00 245 11:00 - MIST # Macquarie I Standard Time 246 247# Christmas 248# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 249Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 250 7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time --- 79 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 330# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-01-10): 331# Fiji will end DST on 2014-01-19 02:00: 332# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVINGS-TO-END-THIS-MONTH-%281%29.aspx 333 334# From Ken Rylander (2014-10-20): 335# DST will start Nov. 2 this year. 336# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-NOVEMBER-2ND.aspx 337 | 251 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1967 252 10:00 AT AE%sT 2010 Apr 4 3:00 253 11:00 - MIST # Macquarie I Standard Time 254 255# Christmas 256# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 257Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 258 7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time --- 79 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 338# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-01-10): 339# Fiji will end DST on 2014-01-19 02:00: 340# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVINGS-TO-END-THIS-MONTH-%281%29.aspx 341 342# From Ken Rylander (2014-10-20): 343# DST will start Nov. 2 this year. 344# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-NOVEMBER-2ND.aspx 345 |
338# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-20): | 346# From a government order dated 2015-08-26 and published as Legal Notice No. 77 347# in the Government of Fiji Gazette Supplement No. 24 (2015-08-28), 348# via Ken Rylander (2015-09-02): 349# the daylight saving period is 1 hour in advance of the standard time 350# commencing at 2.00 am on Sunday 1st November, 2015 and ending at 351# 3.00 am on Sunday 17th January, 2016. 352 353# From Raymond Kumar (2016-10-04): 354# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-6th-NOVEMBER,-2016.aspx 355# "Fiji's daylight savings will begin on Sunday, 6 November 2016, when 356# clocks go forward an hour at 2am to 3am.... Daylight Saving will 357# end at 3.00am on Sunday 15th January 2017." 358 359# From Paul Eggert (2016-10-03): |
339# For now, guess DST from 02:00 the first Sunday in November to | 360# For now, guess DST from 02:00 the first Sunday in November to |
340# 03:00 the first Sunday on or after January 18. Although ad hoc, it 341# matches this year's plan and seems more likely to match future | 361# 03:00 the third Sunday in January. Although ad hoc, it matches 362# transitions since late 2014 and seems more likely to match future |
342# practice than guessing no DST. 343 344# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 345Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 346Rule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 - 347Rule Fiji 2009 only - Nov 29 2:00 1:00 S 348Rule Fiji 2010 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - 349Rule Fiji 2010 2013 - Oct Sun>=21 2:00 1:00 S 350Rule Fiji 2011 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 351Rule Fiji 2012 2013 - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 - 352Rule Fiji 2014 only - Jan Sun>=18 2:00 0 - 353Rule Fiji 2014 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S | 363# practice than guessing no DST. 364 365# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 366Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 367Rule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 - 368Rule Fiji 2009 only - Nov 29 2:00 1:00 S 369Rule Fiji 2010 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - 370Rule Fiji 2010 2013 - Oct Sun>=21 2:00 1:00 S 371Rule Fiji 2011 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 372Rule Fiji 2012 2013 - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 - 373Rule Fiji 2014 only - Jan Sun>=18 2:00 0 - 374Rule Fiji 2014 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S |
354Rule Fiji 2015 max - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 - | 375Rule Fiji 2015 max - Jan Sun>=15 3:00 0 - |
355# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 356Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:55:44 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva 357 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time 358 359# French Polynesia 360# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 361Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea 362 -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time --- 142 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 505 -11:20 - NUT 1951 # Niue Time 506 -11:30 - NUT 1978 Oct 1 507 -11:00 - NUT 508 509# Norfolk 510# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 511Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston 512 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time | 376# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 377Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:55:44 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva 378 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time 379 380# French Polynesia 381# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 382Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea 383 -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time --- 142 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 526 -11:20 - NUT 1951 # Niue Time 527 -11:30 - NUT 1978 Oct 1 528 -11:00 - NUT 529 530# Norfolk 531# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 532Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston 533 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time |
513 11:30 - NFT # Norfolk Time | 534 11:30 - NFT 1974 Oct 27 02:00 # Norfolk T. 535 11:30 1:00 NFST 1975 Mar 2 02:00 536 11:30 - NFT 2015 Oct 4 02:00 537 11:00 - NFT |
514 515# Palau (Belau) 516# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 517Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror 518 9:00 - PWT # Palau Time 519 520# Papua New Guinea 521# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 522Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 523 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time 524 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time 525# 526# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-13): 527# Base the Bougainville entry on the Arawa-Kieta region, which appears to have 528# the most people even though it was devastated in the Bougainville Civil War. 529# | 538 539# Palau (Belau) 540# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 541Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror 542 9:00 - PWT # Palau Time 543 544# Papua New Guinea 545# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 546Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 547 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time 548 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time 549# 550# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-13): 551# Base the Bougainville entry on the Arawa-Kieta region, which appears to have 552# the most people even though it was devastated in the Bougainville Civil War. 553# |
530# Although Shanks gives 1942-03-15 / 1943-11-01 for JST, these dates | 554# Although Shanks gives 1942-03-15 / 1943-11-01 for UT +09, these dates |
531# are apparently rough guesswork from the starts of military campaigns. 532# The World War II entries below are instead based on Arawa-Kieta. 533# The Japanese occupied Kieta in July 1942, 534# according to the Pacific War Online Encyclopedia 535# http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/B/o/Bougainville.htm 536# and seem to have controlled it until their 1945-08-21 surrender. 537# | 555# are apparently rough guesswork from the starts of military campaigns. 556# The World War II entries below are instead based on Arawa-Kieta. 557# The Japanese occupied Kieta in July 1942, 558# according to the Pacific War Online Encyclopedia 559# http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/B/o/Bougainville.htm 560# and seem to have controlled it until their 1945-08-21 surrender. 561# |
538# The Autonomous Region of Bougainville plans to switch from UTC+10 to UTC+11 539# on 2014-12-28 at 02:00. They call UTC+11 "Bougainville Standard Time"; | 562# The Autonomous Region of Bougainville switched from UT +10 to +11 563# on 2014-12-28 at 02:00. They call +11 "Bougainville Standard Time"; |
540# abbreviate this as BST. See: 541# http://www.bougainville24.com/bougainville-issues/bougainville-gets-own-timezone/ 542# 543Zone Pacific/Bougainville 10:22:16 - LMT 1880 544 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 545 10:00 - PGT 1942 Jul 546 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 21 547 10:00 - PGT 2014 Dec 28 2:00 --- 49 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 597# From David Z��lke (2011-05-09): 598# Subject: Samoa to move timezone from east to west of international date line 599# 600# http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/markets/newsfeeditem.aspx?id=138501958347963 601 602# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-27): 603# The International Date Line Act 2011 604# http://www.parliament.gov.ws/images/ACTS/International_Date_Line_Act__2011_-_Eng.pdf | 564# abbreviate this as BST. See: 565# http://www.bougainville24.com/bougainville-issues/bougainville-gets-own-timezone/ 566# 567Zone Pacific/Bougainville 10:22:16 - LMT 1880 568 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 569 10:00 - PGT 1942 Jul 570 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 21 571 10:00 - PGT 2014 Dec 28 2:00 --- 49 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 621# From David Z��lke (2011-05-09): 622# Subject: Samoa to move timezone from east to west of international date line 623# 624# http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/markets/newsfeeditem.aspx?id=138501958347963 625 626# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-27): 627# The International Date Line Act 2011 628# http://www.parliament.gov.ws/images/ACTS/International_Date_Line_Act__2011_-_Eng.pdf |
605# changed Samoa from UTC-11 to UTC+13, effective "12 o'clock midnight, on | 629# changed Samoa from UT -11 to +13, effective "12 o'clock midnight, on |
606# Thursday 29th December 2011". The International Date Line was adjusted 607# accordingly. 608 609# From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2011-09-02): 610# http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html 611# 612# here is the official website publication for Samoa DST and dateline change 613# --- 59 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 673 13:00 - TKT 674 675# Tonga 676# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 677Rule Tonga 1999 only - Oct 7 2:00s 1:00 S 678Rule Tonga 2000 only - Mar 19 2:00s 0 - 679Rule Tonga 2000 2001 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 680Rule Tonga 2001 2002 - Jan lastSun 2:00 0 - | 630# Thursday 29th December 2011". The International Date Line was adjusted 631# accordingly. 632 633# From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2011-09-02): 634# http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html 635# 636# here is the official website publication for Samoa DST and dateline change 637# --- 59 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 697 13:00 - TKT 698 699# Tonga 700# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 701Rule Tonga 1999 only - Oct 7 2:00s 1:00 S 702Rule Tonga 2000 only - Mar 19 2:00s 0 - 703Rule Tonga 2000 2001 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 704Rule Tonga 2001 2002 - Jan lastSun 2:00 0 - |
705Rule Tonga 2016 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 706Rule Tonga 2017 max - Jan Sun>=15 3:00 0 - |
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681# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 682Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 | 707# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 708Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 |
683 12:20 - TOT 1941 # Tonga Time 684 13:00 - TOT 1999 685 13:00 Tonga TO%sT | 709 12:20 - +1220 1941 710 13:00 - +13 1999 711 13:00 Tonga +13/+14 |
686 687# Tuvalu 688# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 689Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 690 12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time 691 692 693# US minor outlying islands 694 695# Howland, Baker 696# Howland was mined for guano by American companies 1857-1878 and British 697# 1886-1891; Baker was similar but exact dates are not known. 698# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; U.S. military bases 1943-1944; 699# uninhabited thereafter. | 712 713# Tuvalu 714# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 715Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 716 12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time 717 718 719# US minor outlying islands 720 721# Howland, Baker 722# Howland was mined for guano by American companies 1857-1878 and British 723# 1886-1891; Baker was similar but exact dates are not known. 724# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; U.S. military bases 1943-1944; 725# uninhabited thereafter. |
700# Howland observed Hawaii Standard Time (UT-10:30) in 1937; | 726# Howland observed Hawaii Standard Time (UT -10:30) in 1937; |
701# see page 206 of Elgen M. Long and Marie K. Long, 702# Amelia Earhart: the Mystery Solved, Simon & Schuster (2000). 703# So most likely Howland and Baker observed Hawaii Time from 1935 704# until they were abandoned after the war. 705 706# Jarvis 707# Mined for guano by American companies 1857-1879 and British 1883?-1891?. 708# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; IGY scientific base 1957-1958; --- 741 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1450# New Zealand's Standard Time Amendment Act 1956 (1956-10-26). 1451# http://www.austlii.edu.au/nz/legis/hist_act/staa19561956n100244.pdf 1452# According to Google Books snippet view, a speaker in the New Zealand 1453# parliamentary debates in 1956 said "Clause 78 makes provision for standard 1454# time in the Chatham Islands. The time there is 45 minutes in advance of New 1455# Zealand time. I understand that is the time they keep locally, anyhow." 1456# For now, assume this practice goes back to the introduction of standard time 1457# in New Zealand, as this would make Chatham Islands time almost exactly match | 727# see page 206 of Elgen M. Long and Marie K. Long, 728# Amelia Earhart: the Mystery Solved, Simon & Schuster (2000). 729# So most likely Howland and Baker observed Hawaii Time from 1935 730# until they were abandoned after the war. 731 732# Jarvis 733# Mined for guano by American companies 1857-1879 and British 1883?-1891?. 734# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; IGY scientific base 1957-1958; --- 741 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1476# New Zealand's Standard Time Amendment Act 1956 (1956-10-26). 1477# http://www.austlii.edu.au/nz/legis/hist_act/staa19561956n100244.pdf 1478# According to Google Books snippet view, a speaker in the New Zealand 1479# parliamentary debates in 1956 said "Clause 78 makes provision for standard 1480# time in the Chatham Islands. The time there is 45 minutes in advance of New 1481# Zealand time. I understand that is the time they keep locally, anyhow." 1482# For now, assume this practice goes back to the introduction of standard time 1483# in New Zealand, as this would make Chatham Islands time almost exactly match |
1458# LMT back when New Zealand was at UTC+11:30; also, assume Chatham Islands did | 1484# LMT back when New Zealand was at UT +11:30; also, assume Chatham Islands did |
1459# not observe New Zealand's prewar DST. 1460 1461############################################################################### 1462 1463 1464# Fiji 1465 1466# Howse writes (p 153) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji --- 39 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1506# N Mariana Is, Guam 1507 1508# Howse writes (p 153) "The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the 1509# Philippines and the Ladrones from America," and implies that the Ladrones 1510# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time. 1511# For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines; 1512# see Asia/Manila. 1513 | 1485# not observe New Zealand's prewar DST. 1486 1487############################################################################### 1488 1489 1490# Fiji 1491 1492# Howse writes (p 153) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji --- 39 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1532# N Mariana Is, Guam 1533 1534# Howse writes (p 153) "The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the 1535# Philippines and the Ladrones from America," and implies that the Ladrones 1536# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time. 1537# For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines; 1538# see Asia/Manila. 1539 |
1514# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UTC+10 the official standard time, | 1540# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UT +10 the official standard time, |
1515# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time". There is no official abbreviation, 1516# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law, 1517# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST". 1518 1519 1520# Micronesia 1521 1522# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16), 1523# "I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that 'Truk' 1524# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10." 1525# | 1541# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time". There is no official abbreviation, 1542# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law, 1543# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST". 1544 1545 1546# Micronesia 1547 1548# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16), 1549# "I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that 'Truk' 1550# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10." 1551# |
1526# Shanks & Pottenger write that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11 | 1552# Shanks & Pottenger write that Truk switched from UT +10 to +11 |
1527# on 1978-10-01; ignore this for now. 1528 1529# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): 1530# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in 1531# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information (1999-01-26) 1532# http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html | 1553# on 1978-10-01; ignore this for now. 1554 1555# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): 1556# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in 1557# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information (1999-01-26) 1558# http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html |
1533# that Truk and Yap are UTC+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are UTC+11. 1534# We don't know when Kosrae switched from UTC+12; assume January 1 for now. | 1559# that Truk and Yap are UT +10, and Ponape and Kosrae are +11. 1560# We don't know when Kosrae switched from +12; assume January 1 for now. |
1535 1536 1537# Midway 1538 1539# From Charles T O'Connor, KMTH DJ (1956), 1540# quoted in the KTMH section of the Radio Heritage Collection 1541# <http://radiodx.com/spdxr/KMTH.htm> (2002-12-31): 1542# For the past two months we've been on what is known as Daylight 1543# Saving Time. This time has put us on air at 5am in the morning, 1544# your time down there in New Zealand. Starting September 2, 1956 1545# we'll again go back to Standard Time. This'll mean that we'll go to 1546# air at 6am your time. 1547# 1548# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23): 1549# We don't know the date of that quote, but we'll guess they 1550# started DST on June 3. Possibly DST was observed other years 1551# in Midway, but we have no record of it. 1552 | 1561 1562 1563# Midway 1564 1565# From Charles T O'Connor, KMTH DJ (1956), 1566# quoted in the KTMH section of the Radio Heritage Collection 1567# <http://radiodx.com/spdxr/KMTH.htm> (2002-12-31): 1568# For the past two months we've been on what is known as Daylight 1569# Saving Time. This time has put us on air at 5am in the morning, 1570# your time down there in New Zealand. Starting September 2, 1956 1571# we'll again go back to Standard Time. This'll mean that we'll go to 1572# air at 6am your time. 1573# 1574# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23): 1575# We don't know the date of that quote, but we'll guess they 1576# started DST on June 3. Possibly DST was observed other years 1577# in Midway, but we have no record of it. 1578 |
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1581# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2015-09-23): 1582# Norfolk Island will change ... from +1130 to +1100: 1583# https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L01483/Explanatory%20Statement/Text 1584# ... at 12.30 am (by legal time in New South Wales) on 4 October 2015. 1585# http://www.norfolkisland.gov.nf/nia/MediaRelease/Media%20Release%20Norfolk%20Island%20Standard%20Time%20Change.pdf 1586 1587# From Paul Eggert (2015-09-23): 1588# Transitions before 2015 are from timeanddate.com, which consulted 1589# the Norfolk Island Museum and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's 1590# Norfolk Island station, and found no record of Norfolk observing DST 1591# other than in 1974/5. See: 1592# http://www.timeanddate.com/time/australia/norfolk-island.html 1593 |
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1554# Pitcairn 1555 1556# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08): 1557# A Proclamation was signed by the Governor of Pitcairn on the 27th March 1998 1558# with regard to Pitcairn Standard Time. The Proclamation is as follows. 1559# 1560# The local time for general purposes in the Islands shall be 1561# Co-ordinated Universal time minus 8 hours and shall be known --- 16 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1578# (Western) Samoa and American Samoa 1579 1580# Howse writes (p 153, citing p 10 of the 1883-11-18 New York Herald) 1581# that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change 1582# "the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system, 1583# ordaining - by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery - that 1584# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year." 1585 | 1594# Pitcairn 1595 1596# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08): 1597# A Proclamation was signed by the Governor of Pitcairn on the 27th March 1998 1598# with regard to Pitcairn Standard Time. The Proclamation is as follows. 1599# 1600# The local time for general purposes in the Islands shall be 1601# Co-ordinated Universal time minus 8 hours and shall be known --- 16 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1618# (Western) Samoa and American Samoa 1619 1620# Howse writes (p 153, citing p 10 of the 1883-11-18 New York Herald) 1621# that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change 1622# "the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system, 1623# ordaining - by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery - that 1624# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year." 1625 |
1586# Although Shanks & Pottenger says they both switched to UTC-11:30 1587# in 1911, and to UTC-11 in 1950. many earlier sources give UTC-11 | 1626# Although Shanks & Pottenger says they both switched to UT -11:30 1627# in 1911, and to -11 in 1950. many earlier sources give -11 |
1588# for American Samoa, e.g., the US National Bureau of Standards 1589# circular "Standard Time Throughout the World", 1932. | 1628# for American Samoa, e.g., the US National Bureau of Standards 1629# circular "Standard Time Throughout the World", 1932. |
1590# Assume American Samoa switched to UTC-11 in 1911, not 1950, | 1630# Assume American Samoa switched to -11 in 1911, not 1950, |
1591# and that after 1950 they agreed until (western) Samoa skipped a 1592# day in 2011. Assume also that the Samoas follow the US and New 1593# Zealand's "ST"/"DT" style of daylight-saving abbreviations. 1594 1595# Tonga 1596 1597# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): 1598# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that "Tonga has been plotting --- 70 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1669# Tonga is observing DST as of 2000-11-04 and will stop on 2001-01-27. 1670 1671# From Sione Moala-Mafi (2001-09-20) via Rives McDow: 1672# At 2:00am on the first Sunday of November, the standard time in the Kingdom 1673# shall be moved forward by one hour to 3:00am. At 2:00am on the last Sunday 1674# of January the standard time in the Kingdom shall be moved backward by one 1675# hour to 1:00am. 1676 | 1631# and that after 1950 they agreed until (western) Samoa skipped a 1632# day in 2011. Assume also that the Samoas follow the US and New 1633# Zealand's "ST"/"DT" style of daylight-saving abbreviations. 1634 1635# Tonga 1636 1637# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): 1638# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that "Tonga has been plotting --- 70 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1709# Tonga is observing DST as of 2000-11-04 and will stop on 2001-01-27. 1710 1711# From Sione Moala-Mafi (2001-09-20) via Rives McDow: 1712# At 2:00am on the first Sunday of November, the standard time in the Kingdom 1713# shall be moved forward by one hour to 3:00am. At 2:00am on the last Sunday 1714# of January the standard time in the Kingdom shall be moved backward by one 1715# hour to 1:00am. 1716 |
1677# From Pulu 'Anau (2002-11-05): | 1717# From Pulu ��Anau (2002-11-05): |
1678# The law was for 3 years, supposedly to get renewed. It wasn't. 1679 | 1718# The law was for 3 years, supposedly to get renewed. It wasn't. 1719 |
1720# From Pulu ��Anau (2016-10-27): 1721# http://mic.gov.to/news-today/press-releases/6375-daylight-saving-set-to-run-from-6-november-2016-to-15-january-2017 1722# Cannot find anyone who knows the rules, has seen the duration or has seen 1723# the cabinet decision, but it appears we are following Fiji's rule set. 1724# 1725# From Tim Parenti (2016-10-26): 1726# Assume Tonga will observe DST from the first Sunday in November at 02:00 1727# through the third Sunday in January at 03:00, like Fiji, for now. |
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1680 1681# Wake 1682 1683# From Vernice Anderson, Personal Secretary to Philip Jessup, 1684# US Ambassador At Large (oral history interview, 1971-02-02): 1685# 1686# Saturday, the 14th [of October, 1950] - ... The time was all the 1687# more confusing at that point, because we had crossed the --- 54 unchanged lines hidden --- | 1728 1729# Wake 1730 1731# From Vernice Anderson, Personal Secretary to Philip Jessup, 1732# US Ambassador At Large (oral history interview, 1971-02-02): 1733# 1734# Saturday, the 14th [of October, 1950] - ... The time was all the 1735# more confusing at that point, because we had crossed the --- 54 unchanged lines hidden --- |