| australasia (153761) | australasia (158421) |
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| 1# @(#)australasia 7.78 | 1# @(#)australasia 8.2 |
| 2# <pre> 3 4# This file also includes Pacific islands. 5 6# Notes are at the end of this file 7 8############################################################################### 9 --- 195 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 205# like Australia/Hobart, says Turner 206 207# Christmas 208# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 209Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 210 7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time 211 212# Cook Is | 2# <pre> 3 4# This file also includes Pacific islands. 5 6# Notes are at the end of this file 7 8############################################################################### 9 --- 195 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 205# like Australia/Hobart, says Turner 206 207# Christmas 208# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 209Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 210 7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time 211 212# Cook Is |
| 213# From Shanks: | 213# From Shanks & Pottenger: |
| 214# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 215Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HS 216Rule Cook 1979 1991 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 217Rule Cook 1979 1990 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS 218# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 219Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua 220 -10:30 - CKT 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is Time 221 -10:00 Cook CK%sT --- 81 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 303 11:30 - NRT 1979 May 304 12:00 - NRT 305 306# New Caledonia 307# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 308Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 309Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 - 310Rule NC 1996 only - Dec 1 2:00s 1:00 S | 214# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 215Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HS 216Rule Cook 1979 1991 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 217Rule Cook 1979 1990 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS 218# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 219Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua 220 -10:30 - CKT 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is Time 221 -10:00 Cook CK%sT --- 81 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 303 11:30 - NRT 1979 May 304 12:00 - NRT 305 306# New Caledonia 307# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 308Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 309Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 - 310Rule NC 1996 only - Dec 1 2:00s 1:00 S |
| 311# Shanks says the following was at 2:00; go with IATA. | 311# Shanks & Pottenger say the following was at 2:00; go with IATA. |
| 312Rule NC 1997 only - Mar 2 2:00s 0 - 313# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 314Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 315 11:00 NC NC%sT 316 317 318############################################################################### 319 --- 182 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 502############################################################################### 503 504# NOTES 505 506# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 507# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 508# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 509 | 312Rule NC 1997 only - Mar 2 2:00s 0 - 313# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 314Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 315 11:00 NC NC%sT 316 317 318############################################################################### 319 --- 182 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 502############################################################################### 503 504# NOTES 505 506# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 507# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 508# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 509 |
| 510# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): | 510# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): |
| 511# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is | 511# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is |
| 512# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), 513# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). | 512# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), 513# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). |
| 514# 515# Gwillim Law writes that a good source 516# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 517# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 518# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 519# of the IATA's data after 1990. 520# | 514# 515# Gwillim Law writes that a good source 516# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 517# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 518# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 519# of the IATA's data after 1990. 520# |
| 521# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, 522# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. | 521# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for 522# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. |
| 523# 524# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 525# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 526# I found in the UCLA library. 527# 528# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 529# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 530# --- 133 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 664# * How do Australians feel about the abbreviations in the tz database? 665# 666# If you just count Australians on this list, I count 2 in favor and 3 667# against. One of the "against" votes (David Keegel) counseled delay, 668# saying that both AEST/AEDT and EST/EST are widely used and 669# understood in Australia. 670 671# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): | 523# 524# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 525# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 526# I found in the UCLA library. 527# 528# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 529# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 530# --- 133 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 664# * How do Australians feel about the abbreviations in the tz database? 665# 666# If you just count Australians on this list, I count 2 in favor and 3 667# against. One of the "against" votes (David Keegel) counseled delay, 668# saying that both AEST/AEDT and EST/EST are widely used and 669# understood in Australia. 670 671# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): |
| 672# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. | 672# Shanks & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ. |
| 673# Mark Prior writes that his newspaper 674# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00, 675# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970 676# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time. 677# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960. 678 679# From Eric Ulevik (1998-01-05): 680# --- 156 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 837# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 838# The rules from version 7.1 follow. 839# There are lots of differences between these rules and 840# the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules 841# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on 842# current DST ending dates, no worries. 843# 844# Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - | 673# Mark Prior writes that his newspaper 674# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00, 675# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970 676# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time. 677# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960. 678 679# From Eric Ulevik (1998-01-05): 680# --- 156 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 837# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 838# The rules from version 7.1 follow. 839# There are lots of differences between these rules and 840# the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules 841# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on 842# current DST ending dates, no worries. 843# 844# Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - |
| 845# Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - | 845# Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun>=18 2:00 1:00 - |
| 846# Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 847# Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - | 846# Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 847# Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - |
| 848# Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - | 848# Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - |
| 849# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST 850# Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST 851# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00 | 849# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST 850# Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST 851# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00 |
| 852# 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00 | 852# 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun>=15 3:00 |
| 853# 10:00 Oz EST 854 855# From Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 856# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct... 857# that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the 858# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states 859# that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic). 860# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 870# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 871# # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ] 872# # [ Nov 1990 ] 873# ... 874# Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST 875# ... 876# Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 877# Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C | 853# 10:00 Oz EST 854 855# From Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 856# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct... 857# that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the 858# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states 859# that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic). 860# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 870# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 871# # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ] 872# # [ Nov 1990 ] 873# ... 874# Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST 875# ... 876# Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 877# Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C |
| 878# Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 C | 878# Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 C |
| 879# Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 880 881# From Bradley White (1992-03-11): 882# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide 883# contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival, 884# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks." 885 886# From Robert Elz (1992-03-13): --- 176 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1063 1064# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-10-25): 1065# Lord Howe Island advances clocks by 30 minutes during DST in NSW and retards 1066# clocks by 30 minutes when DST finishes. Since DST was most recently 1067# introduced in NSW, the "changeover" time on the Island has been 02:00 as 1068# shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start 1069# of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW. 1070 | 879# Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 880 881# From Bradley White (1992-03-11): 882# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide 883# contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival, 884# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks." 885 886# From Robert Elz (1992-03-13): --- 176 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1063 1064# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-10-25): 1065# Lord Howe Island advances clocks by 30 minutes during DST in NSW and retards 1066# clocks by 30 minutes when DST finishes. Since DST was most recently 1067# introduced in NSW, the "changeover" time on the Island has been 02:00 as 1068# shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start 1069# of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW. 1070 |
| 1071# From Paul Eggert (2001-02-09): 1072# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter. 1073# For times we use Lonergan. | 1071# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 1072# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks & Pottenger through 1989, and 1073# Lonergan thereafter. For times we use Lonergan. |
| 1074 1075############################################################################### 1076 1077# New Zealand 1078 1079# From Mark Davies (1990-10-03): 1080# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period. 1081# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for --- 14 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1096# Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand 1097# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island 1098 1099# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 1100# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 1101# rather than the October 1 value. 1102 1103# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19); | 1074 1075############################################################################### 1076 1077# New Zealand 1078 1079# From Mark Davies (1990-10-03): 1080# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period. 1081# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for --- 14 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1096# Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand 1097# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island 1098 1099# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 1100# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 1101# rather than the October 1 value. 1102 1103# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19); |
| 1104# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. | 1104# Shank & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ. |
| 1105# Robert Uzgalis writes that the New Zealand Daylight 1106# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard 1107# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March. 1108# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00. 1109# | 1105# Robert Uzgalis writes that the New Zealand Daylight 1106# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard 1107# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March. 1108# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00. 1109# |
| 1110# From Paul Eggert (2003-05-26): | 1110# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): |
| 1111# The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history, 1112# as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.htm for the full references. | 1111# The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history, 1112# as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.htm for the full references. |
| 1113# Use these sources in preference to Shanks. | 1113# Use these sources in preference to Shanks & Pottenger. |
| 1114# 1115# For Chatham, IATA SSIM (1991/1999) gives the NZ rules but with 1116# transitions at 2:45 local standard time; this confirms that Chatham 1117# is always exactly 45 minutes ahead of Auckland. 1118 1119############################################################################### 1120 1121 --- 58 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1180 1181 1182# Micronesia 1183 1184# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16), 1185# ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk" 1186# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.'' 1187# | 1114# 1115# For Chatham, IATA SSIM (1991/1999) gives the NZ rules but with 1116# transitions at 2:45 local standard time; this confirms that Chatham 1117# is always exactly 45 minutes ahead of Auckland. 1118 1119############################################################################### 1120 1121 --- 58 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1180 1181 1182# Micronesia 1183 1184# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16), 1185# ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk" 1186# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.'' 1187# |
| 1188# Shanks writes that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11 on 1978-10-01; 1189# ignore this for now. | 1188# Shanks & Pottenger write that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11 1189# on 1978-10-01; ignore this for now. |
| 1190 1191# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): 1192# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in 1193# <a href="http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html"> 1194# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information 1195# </a> (1999-01-26) 1196# that Truk and Yap are UTC+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are UTC+11. 1197# We don't know when Kosrae switched from UTC+12; assume January 1 for now. --- 76 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1274# islands objected. "If at midnight on Dec. 31, we move ahead 40 1275# minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of the 40 1276# minutes we have lost?" 1277# 1278# The Crown Prince, presented an unanswerable argument: "Remember that 1279# on the World Day of Prayer, you would be the first people on Earth 1280# to say your prayers in the morning." 1281 | 1190 1191# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): 1192# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in 1193# <a href="http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html"> 1194# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information 1195# </a> (1999-01-26) 1196# that Truk and Yap are UTC+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are UTC+11. 1197# We don't know when Kosrae switched from UTC+12; assume January 1 for now. --- 76 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1274# islands objected. "If at midnight on Dec. 31, we move ahead 40 1275# minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of the 40 1276# minutes we have lost?" 1277# 1278# The Crown Prince, presented an unanswerable argument: "Remember that 1279# on the World Day of Prayer, you would be the first people on Earth 1280# to say your prayers in the morning." 1281 |
| 1282# From Paul Eggert (1999-08-12): 1283# Shanks says the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell. | 1282# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 1283# Shanks & Pottenger say the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell. |
| 1284 1285# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03): 1286# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium 1287# Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front. 1288# He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from 1289# October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan 1290# Government. 1291 --- 110 unchanged lines hidden --- | 1284 1285# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03): 1286# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium 1287# Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front. 1288# He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from 1289# October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan 1290# Government. 1291 --- 110 unchanged lines hidden --- |