1# @(#)australasia 7.44 |
2# This file also includes Pacific islands. 3 4# Notes are at the end of this file 5 6############################################################################### 7 8# Australia 9 --- 143 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 153Rule LH 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - 154Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 155Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 156Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 157 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar 158 10:30 LH LHST 159 160# Australian miscellany |
161# 162# Ashmore Is, Cartier 163# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers 164# no information; probably like Australia/Perth 165# 166# Coral Sea Is 167# no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists 168# no information 169# 170# Macquarie 171# permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948; 172# sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888-1917 173# no information 174# 175# Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga 176# no information 177 |
178# Christmas 179# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 180Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 181 7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time |
182 183# Cook Is |
184# From Shanks (1995): |
185# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 186Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HS |
187Rule Cook 1979 1991 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 188Rule Cook 1979 1990 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS |
189# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 190Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua 191 -10:30 - CKT 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is Time 192 -10:00 Cook CK%sT 193 194# Cocos 195# From USNO (1989): 196# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 7 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 204# French Polynesia 205# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 206Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea 207 -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time 208Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct 209 -9:30 - MART # Marquesas Time 210Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete 211 -10:00 - TAHT # Tahiti Time |
212# Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia; 213# it is uninhabited. |
214 215# Guam 216# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 217Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana 218 10:00 - GST 219 |
220# Kiribati 221# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 222Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki 223 12:00 - GILT # Gilbert Is Time 224Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901 225 -12:00 - PHOT 1979 Oct # Phoenix Is Time 226 -11:00 - PHOT 1995 227 13:00 - PHOT --- 38 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 266 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15 267 11:30 - NRT 1979 May 268 12:00 - NRT 269 270# New Caledonia 271# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 272Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 273Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 - |
274Rule NC 1996 only - Dec 1 2:00s 1:00 S 275Rule NC 1997 only - Mar 2 2:00s 0 - |
276# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 277Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 278 11:00 NC NC%sT 279 280 281############################################################################### 282 283# New Zealand 284 285# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 286# Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17, 287# 1929 Oct 13 - 1930 Mar 16; go with Whitman. 288Rule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 0:30 HD 289Rule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S 290Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 0:30 HD 291Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 0:30 HD 292Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S 293Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0:30 HD |
294# Whitman says DST went on and off during war years, and the base UT offset |
295# didn't change until 1945 Apr 30; go with Shanks. 296Rule NZ 1934 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S 297Rule NZ 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0:30 HD 298Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D 299Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 300Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D 301Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 302Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S --- 32 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 335 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time 336 11:30 - NFT # Norfolk Time 337 338# Palau 339# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 340Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror 341 9:00 - PWT # Palau Time 342 |
343# Papua New Guinea 344# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 345Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 346 9:48:40 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time 347 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time 348 349# Pitcairn 350# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] --- 31 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 382 12:20 - TOT 1968 Oct # Tonga Time 383 13:00 - TOT 384 385# Tuvalu 386# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 387Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 388 12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time 389 |
390 391# US minor outlying islands 392 393# Howland, Baker 394# uninhabited since World War II 395# no information; was probably like Pacific/Pago_Pago 396 397# Jarvis 398# uninhabited since 1958 399# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati 400 401# Johnston 402# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 403Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST 404 405# Kingman 406# uninhabited 407 408# Midway 409Zone Pacific/Midway -11:49:28 - LMT 1901 410 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome 411 -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering 412 -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa 413 414# Palmyra 415# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati 416 417# Wake 418# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 419Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901 420 12:00 - WAKT # Wake Time 421 422 |
423# Vanuatu 424# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 425Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 S 426Rule Vanuatu 1984 1991 - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 - 427Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 S 428Rule Vanuatu 1985 1991 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S 429Rule Vanuatu 1992 1993 - Jan Sun>=23 0:00 0 - 430Rule Vanuatu 1992 only - Oct Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S 431# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 432Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila 433 11:00 Vanuatu VU%sT # Vanuatu Time 434 |
435# Wallis and Futuna 436# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 437Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 438 12:00 - WFT # Wallis & Futuna Time 439 440############################################################################### 441 442# NOTES 443 444# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 445# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 446# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 447 448# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22): 449# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is |
450# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (4th edition), 451# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1995). |
452# 453# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source 454# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 455# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 456# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 457# of the IATA's data after 1990. 458# 459# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, --- 20 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 480# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe* 481# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 482# 12:45 CHAST CHADT Chatham* 483# -11:00 SST Samoa 484# -10:00 HST Hawaii 485# 486# See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii. 487# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is. |
488 489############################################################################### 490 491# Australia 492 493# From John Mackin (1991-03-06): 494# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time. 495# It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer' --- 21 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 517# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): 518# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. 519# Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au> writes that his newspaper 520# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00, 521# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970 522# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time. 523# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960. 524 |
525# From Eric Ulevik <eau@zip.com.au> (1998-01-05): 526# 527# Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable, 528# and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more 529# relevant entries in this database. 530# 531# NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill): 532# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html"> 533# Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04) 534# </a> 535# ACT 536# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html"> 537# Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972 538# </a> 539# SA 540# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html"> 541# Standard Time Act, 1898 542# </a> 543 |
544# Northern Territory 545 546# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 547# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ] 548# # [ Nov 1990 ] 549# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location. 550# ... 551# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST --- 256 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 808 809# From John Basser (1989-01-04): 810# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. 811 812# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 813# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ] 814# # [ Dec 1990 ] 815# ... |
816# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite [its] location on the |
817# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings 818# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government 819# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have 820# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not 821# # presently available. 822# Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST 823# ... 824# Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D --- 4 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 829 830# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 831# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ] 832# [ Dec 1990 ] 833# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an 834# hour ahead of NSW time. 835 836# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): |
837# For Lord Howe we use Shanks through 1991. |
838# Lord Howe is part of NSW, so we'll guess it has used the same transition 839# times as NSW since 1991, even though Shanks writes that Lord Howe went 840# with Victoria when NSW and Victoria disagreed in 1982. 841 842############################################################################### 843 844# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 845# Elz says "no guarantees" --- 94 unchanged lines hidden --- |