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1# @(#)australasia 7.21
1# @(#)australasia 7.25
2# This file also includes Pacific islands.
3
4# Notes are at the end of this file
5
6###############################################################################
7
8# Australia
9

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26 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
27 9:30 Aus CST
28
29# ZONE-DESCR Australia Darwin Australia_ Northern Territory
30
31# Western Australia
32Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec
33 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
2# This file also includes Pacific islands.
3
4# Notes are at the end of this file
5
6###############################################################################
7
8# Australia
9

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26 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
27 9:30 Aus CST
28
29# ZONE-DESCR Australia Darwin Australia_ Northern Territory
30
31# Western Australia
32Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec
33 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
34 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00
35 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
36 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00
37 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
38 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00
39 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
34 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s
35 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
36 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00s
37 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
38 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s
39 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
40 8:00 - WST
41
42# ZONE-DESCR Australia Perth Australia_ Western_Australia
43
44# Queensland
45Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895
46 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
40 8:00 - WST
41
42# ZONE-DESCR Australia Perth Australia_ Western_Australia
43
44# Queensland
45Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895
46 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
47 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00
48 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 3:00
49 10:00 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00
50 10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
51 10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00
52 10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
53 10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00
54 10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
47 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s
48 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 2:00s
49 10:00 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00s
50 10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
51 10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00s
52 10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
53 10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00s
54 10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
55 10:00 - EST
56
57# ZONE-DESCR Australia Brisbane Australia_ Queensland
58
59# South Australia
60# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
55 10:00 - EST
56
57# ZONE-DESCR Australia Brisbane Australia_ Queensland
58
59# South Australia
60# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
61Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
62Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
63Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
64Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
65Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
66Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
67Rule AS 1990 1994 even Mar Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
68Rule AS 1990 1994 odd Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
69Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
61Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
62Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 -
63Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
64Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 -
65Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
66Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
67Rule AS 1990 1994 even Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 -
68Rule AS 1990 1994 odd Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
69Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
70# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
71Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
72 9:00 - CST 1899 May
73 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
70# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
71Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
72 9:00 - CST 1899 May
73 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
74 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00
74 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s
75 9:30 AS CST
76
77# ZONE-DESCR Australia Adelaide Australia_ South Australia
78
79# Tasmania
80# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
75 9:30 AS CST
76
77# ZONE-DESCR Australia Adelaide Australia_ South Australia
78
79# Tasmania
80# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
81Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 -
82Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 3:00 0 -
83Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
84Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 -
85Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
86Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
87Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
88Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
89Rule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
90Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
91Rule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
92Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 -
93Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
81Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00s 1:00 -
82Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 2:00s 0 -
83Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
84Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 -
85Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 -
86Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
87Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
88Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
89Rule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 -
90Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
91Rule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
92Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 -
93Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
94# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
95Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep
96 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
94# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
95Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep
96 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
97 10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00
97 10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00s
98 10:00 AT EST
99
100# ZONE-DESCR Australia Hobart Australia_ Tasmania
101
102# Victoria
103# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
98 10:00 AT EST
99
100# ZONE-DESCR Australia Hobart Australia_ Tasmania
101
102# Victoria
103# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
104Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
105Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
106Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
107Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
108Rule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
109Rule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
110Rule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
111Rule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
104Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
105Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 -
106Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
107Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
108Rule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 -
109Rule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
110Rule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
111Rule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
112# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
113Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
114 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
112# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
113Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
114 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
115 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
115 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s
116 10:00 AV EST
117
118# ZONE-DESCR Australia Melbourne Australia_ Victoria
119
120# New South Wales
121# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
116 10:00 AV EST
117
118# ZONE-DESCR Australia Melbourne Australia_ Victoria
119
120# New South Wales
121# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
122Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
123Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
124Rule AN 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
125Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
126Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
127Rule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
128Rule AN 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
122Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
123Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 -
124Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
125Rule AN 1982 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
126Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
127Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
128Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 -
129Rule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
130Rule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
131Rule AN 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
129# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
130Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
131 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
132# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
133Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
134 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
132 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
135 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s
133 10:00 AN EST
134
135# ZONE-DESCR Australia Sydney Australia_ New South Wales
136
137Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb
138 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23
139 9:00 - CST 1899 May
140 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
136 10:00 AN EST
137
138# ZONE-DESCR Australia Sydney Australia_ New South Wales
139
140Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb
141 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23
142 9:00 - CST 1899 May
143 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
141 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
144 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s
142 9:30 AN CST
143
144# ZONE-DESCR Australia Broken_Hill Australia_ County of Yancowinna, NSW
145
145 9:30 AN CST
146
147# ZONE-DESCR Australia Broken_Hill Australia_ County of Yancowinna, NSW
148
146# Australian Capital Territory
147# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
148Zone Australia/Canberra 9:56:32 - LMT 1895 Feb
149 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
150 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
151 10:00 AN EST 1981 Oct 25 2:00
152 10:00 1:00 EST 1982 Apr 4 3:00
153 10:00 AN EST
154
155# ZONE-DESCR Australia Canberra Australia_ Canberra
156
157# Australian miscellany
158# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
149# Lord Howe Island
150# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
151Rule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
152Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
153Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 -
154Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
155Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 0:30 -
156Rule LH 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 -
157Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
158Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
159Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
160 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar
159Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
160 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar
161 10:30 AN LHST
161 10:30 LH LHST
162
163# ZONE-DESCR Australia Lord_Howe Australia_ Lord Howe Island
164
162
163# ZONE-DESCR Australia Lord_Howe Australia_ Lord Howe Island
164
165# Australian miscellany
166# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
165Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
166 7:00 - JVT
167
168# ZONE-DESCR Indian Christmas Australia_ Christmas Island
169
170#
171# Ashmore Is, Cartier
167Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
168 7:00 - JVT
169
170# ZONE-DESCR Indian Christmas Australia_ Christmas Island
171
172#
173# Ashmore Is, Cartier
174# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers
172# no information; probably like Australia/Perth
173#
175# no information; probably like Australia/Perth
176#
177# Coral Sea Is
178# no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists
179# no information
180#
174# Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga
175# no information
176
177
178# Cook Is
179# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
180Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HD
181Rule Cook 1979 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 H

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217# Guam
218# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
219Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana
220 10:00 - GST
221
222# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Guam United_States Guam
223
224# Howland, Baker
181# Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga
182# no information
183
184
185# Cook Is
186# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
187Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HD
188Rule Cook 1979 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 H

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224# Guam
225# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
226Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana
227 10:00 - GST
228
229# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Guam United_States Guam
230
231# Howland, Baker
225# no information; probably like Pacific/Samoa
232# uninhabited since World War II
233# no information; was probably like Pacific/Pago_Pago
226
227# Jarvis
234
235# Jarvis
228# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
236# uninhabited since 1958
237# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
229
230# Johnston
238
239# Johnston
231# no information; probably like Pacific/Honolulu
240# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
241Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST
232
242
243# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Johnston United_States Johnston Atoll
244
245# Kingman
246# uninhabited
247
233# Kiribati
248# Kiribati
249# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
250# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that Kiribati
251# ``declared it the same day throught the country as of Jan. 1, 1995''
252# as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century.
234# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
235Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki
236 12:00 - NZST
237Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901
238 -12:00 - KJT 1979 Oct
253# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
254Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki
255 12:00 - NZST
256Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901
257 -12:00 - KJT 1979 Oct
239 -11:00 - SST
258 -11:00 - SST 1995
259 13:00 - TGT
240Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901
241 -10:40 - LIT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time
260Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901
261 -10:40 - LIT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time
242 -10:00 - THT
262 -10:00 - THT 1995
263 14:00 - KRT
243
264
265# N Mariana Is
266# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
267Zone Pacific/Saipan 9:43:00 - LMT 1901
268 9:00 - PLT 1969 Oct
269 10:00 - GST
270
271# Marshall Is
272# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
273Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901
274 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct
275 12:00 - NZST
276Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901
277 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct
278 -12:00 - KJT 1993 Aug 20
279 12:00 - NZST
280
281# Micronesia
282# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
283Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:32 - LMT 1901 # Colonia
284 9:00 - PLT 1969 Oct
285 10:00 - GST
286Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901
287 10:00 - GST 1978 Oct
288 11:00 - NCST
289Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia
290 11:00 - NCST
291Zone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901
292 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct
293 12:00 - NZST
294
244# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tarawa Kiribati Tarawa
245# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Enderbury Kiribati Enderbury
246# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kiritimati Kiribati Kiritimati
295# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tarawa Kiribati Tarawa
296# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Enderbury Kiribati Enderbury
297# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kiritimati Kiribati Kiritimati
298# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Truk Fed_States_of_Micronesia Truk state
299# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Ponape Fed_States_of_Micronesia Pohnpei state
300# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Yap Fed_States_of_Micronesia Yap state
301# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kosrae Fed_States_of_Micronesia Kosrae state
302# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Majuro Marshall_Islands Majuro
303# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kwajalein Marshall_Islands Kwajalein
247
248# Nauru
249# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
250Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe
251 11:30 - NST 1942 Mar 15
252 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15
253 11:30 - NST 1979 May
254 12:00 - NZST

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269###############################################################################
270
271# New Zealand
272
273# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
274Rule NZ 1868 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
275# Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17,
276# 1929 Oct 13 - 1930 Mar 16; go with Whitman.
304
305# Nauru
306# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
307Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe
308 11:30 - NST 1942 Mar 15
309 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15
310 11:30 - NST 1979 May
311 12:00 - NZST

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326###############################################################################
327
328# New Zealand
329
330# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
331Rule NZ 1868 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
332# Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17,
333# 1929 Oct 13 - 1930 Mar 16; go with Whitman.
277Rule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 1:00 D
334Rule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 0:30 HD
278Rule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
335Rule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
279Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 1:00 D
280Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 1:00 D
336Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 0:30 HD
337Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 0:30 HD
281Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S
338Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S
282Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
283# Shanks says DST stopped 1940 Sep lastSun; go with Whitman for war years.
284Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S
285Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Sep lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
339Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0:30 HD
340# Whitman says DST went on and off during war years, and the base GMT offset
341# didn't change until 1945 Apr 30; go with Shanks.
342Rule NZ 1934 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S
343Rule NZ 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0:30 HD
286Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D
287Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
288Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D
289Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D
290Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S
291Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S
292Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S
293# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
294Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868
344Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D
345Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
346Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D
347Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D
348Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S
349Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S
350Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S
351# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
352Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868
295 # Shanks gives 1940 Sep 29 2:00;
296 # go with Whitman.
297 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1945 Apr 29 2:00
353 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1940 Sep 29 2:00
298 12:00 NZ NZ%sT
354 12:00 NZ NZ%sT
299Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 - NZ-CHAT
355Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 NZ CH%sT
300
356
301
302# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Auckland New_Zealand All points except:
303# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Chatham New_Zealand Chatham
304
305# Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is
306# no information; probably like Pacific/Auckland
307
308###############################################################################
309

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320# Norfolk
321# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
322Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston
323 11:12 - NMT 1951
324 11:30 - NRFT
325
326# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Norfolk Norfolk_Islands All points
327
357# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Auckland New_Zealand All points except:
358# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Chatham New_Zealand Chatham
359
360# Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is
361# no information; probably like Pacific/Auckland
362
363###############################################################################
364

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375# Norfolk
376# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
377Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston
378 11:12 - NMT 1951
379 11:30 - NRFT
380
381# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Norfolk Norfolk_Islands All points
382
328# Pacific Islands Trust Territories
329# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
330Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901
331 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct
332 12:00 - NZST
333Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901
334 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct
335 -12:00 - KJT 1993 Aug 20
336 12:00 - NZST
337Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901
338 10:00 - GST 1978 Oct
339 11:00 - NCST
340Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:33:00 - LMT 1901
341 11:00 - NCST
342Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:24 - LMT 1901
343 9:00 - PLT 1969 Oct
344 10:00 - GST
345
346# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Truk Fed_States_of_Micronesia Truk state
347# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Ponape Fed_States_of_Micronesia Pohnpei state
348# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Yap Fed_States_of_Micronesia Yap state
349# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Majuro Marshall_Islands Majuro
350# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kwajalein Marshall_Islands Kwajalein
351
352# Palau
353# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
354Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror
355 9:00 - PLT
356
357# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Palau Rep_of_Palau Palau
358
359# Palmyra
383# Palau
384# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
385Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror
386 9:00 - PLT
387
388# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Palau Rep_of_Palau Palau
389
390# Palmyra
360# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritmati
391# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritmati
361
362# Papua New Guinea
363# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
364Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
365 9:49 - PMMT 1895
366 10:00 - EST
367
368# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Port_Moresby Papua_New_Guinea All points
369
370# Pitcairn
371# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
372Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown
373 -8:30 - PIT
374
375# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Pitcairn Pitcairn_Island All points
376
392
393# Papua New Guinea
394# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
395Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
396 9:49 - PMMT 1895
397 10:00 - EST
398
399# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Port_Moresby Papua_New_Guinea All points
400
401# Pitcairn
402# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
403Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown
404 -8:30 - PIT
405
406# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Pitcairn Pitcairn_Island All points
407
408# American Samoa
409Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5
410 -11:22:48 - LMT 1911
411 -11:30 - SST 1950
412 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome
413 -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering
414 -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa
415
416# W Samoa
417Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5
418 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911
419 -11:30 - SST 1950
420 -11:00 - SST
421
422# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Pago_Pago United_States American Samoa
423# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Apia Western_Samoa All points
424
377# Solomon Is
378# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
379# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
380Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara
381 11:00 - NCST
382
383# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Guadalcanal Solomon_Islands All points except:
384# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Port_Moresby Solomon_Islands Bougainville
385
386# Tokelau Is
387# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
388Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901
389 -10:00 - THT
390
391# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Fakaofo Tokelau_Island All points
392
393# Tonga
425# Solomon Is
426# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
427# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
428Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara
429 11:00 - NCST
430
431# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Guadalcanal Solomon_Islands All points except:
432# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Port_Moresby Solomon_Islands Bougainville
433
434# Tokelau Is
435# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
436Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901
437 -10:00 - THT
438
439# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Fakaofo Tokelau_Island All points
440
441# Tonga
442# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
443# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that ``Tonga has been plotting
444# to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time.''
445# But since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do.
394# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
395Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901
396 12:20 - TMT 1968 Oct
397 13:00 - TGT
398
399# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tongatapu Tonga All points
400
401# Tuvalu
402# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
403Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901
404 12:00 - NZST
405
406# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Funafuti Tuvalu All points
407
408# Vanuatu
409# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
410Rule Vanuatu 1912 only - Jan 13 0:00 0 S
411Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 D
446# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
447Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901
448 12:20 - TMT 1968 Oct
449 13:00 - TGT
450
451# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tongatapu Tonga All points
452
453# Tuvalu
454# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
455Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901
456 12:00 - NZST
457
458# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Funafuti Tuvalu All points
459
460# Vanuatu
461# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
462Rule Vanuatu 1912 only - Jan 13 0:00 0 S
463Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 D
412Rule Vanuatu 1984 max - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 S
464Rule Vanuatu 1984 1991 - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 S
413Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 D
465Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 D
414Rule Vanuatu 1985 max - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 D
466Rule Vanuatu 1985 1990 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 D
467Rule Vanuatu 1991 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 D
468Rule Vanuatu 1992 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 0 S
415# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
416Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila
417 11:00 - NCST
418
419# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Efate Vanuatu All points
420
421# Wake
422# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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427
428# Wallis and Futuna
429# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
430Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
431 12:00 - NZST
432
433# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Wallis France Wallis and Futuna
434
469# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
470Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila
471 11:00 - NCST
472
473# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Efate Vanuatu All points
474
475# Wake
476# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]

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481
482# Wallis and Futuna
483# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
484Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
485 12:00 - NZST
486
487# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Wallis France Wallis and Futuna
488
435# Western Samoa
436# See Pacific/Samoa in the `northamerica' file, of all places.
437
438###############################################################################
439
440# NOTES
441
442# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
443# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
444# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
445
489###############################################################################
490
491# NOTES
492
493# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
494# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
495# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
496
446# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (August 18, 1994):
497# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-01-22);
447# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
448# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
449# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
450# Except where noted, it is the source for the data above.
451#
452# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
453# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
454# I found in the UCLA library.

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469# 9:00 PLT Palau*
470# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia
471# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia
472# 10:00 GST Guam*
473# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe*
474# 11:00 NCST NCDT New Caledonia*
475# 11:30 NRFT Norfolk*
476# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand
498# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
499# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
500# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
501# Except where noted, it is the source for the data above.
502#
503# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
504# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
505# I found in the UCLA library.

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520# 9:00 PLT Palau*
521# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia
522# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia
523# 10:00 GST Guam*
524# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe*
525# 11:00 NCST NCDT New Caledonia*
526# 11:30 NRFT Norfolk*
527# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand
477# 12:45 NZ-CHAT Chatham
528# 12:45 CHST CHDT Chatham*
478# 13:00 TGT Tongatapu*
529# 13:00 TGT Tongatapu*
530# 14:00 KRT Kiritimati*
479# -12:00 KJT Kwajalein (no longer used)*
480# -11:00 SST Samoa
481# -10:40 LIT Line Is (no longer used)*
482# -10:00 THT Tahiti*
531# -12:00 KJT Kwajalein (no longer used)*
532# -11:00 SST Samoa
533# -10:40 LIT Line Is (no longer used)*
534# -10:00 THT Tahiti*
535# -10:00 HST Hawaii
483# - 9:30 MQT Marquesas*
484# - 9:00 GBT Gambier*
485# - 8:30 PIT Pitcairn*
486#
536# - 9:30 MQT Marquesas*
537# - 9:00 GBT Gambier*
538# - 8:30 PIT Pitcairn*
539#
487# See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii and Samoa.
540# See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii.
488# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is.
489#
490# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
491
492###############################################################################
493
494# Australia
495

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512# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.
513
514# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992):
515# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is:
516# CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30
517# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00
518# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00
519
541# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is.
542#
543# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
544
545###############################################################################
546
547# Australia
548

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565# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.
566
567# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992):
568# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is:
569# CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30
570# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00
571# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00
572
520# From Paul Eggert (November 8, 1994):
573# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
521# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand.
522# Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au> writes that his newspaper
523# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00,
524# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970
525# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time.
574# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand.
575# Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au> writes that his newspaper
576# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00,
577# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970
578# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time.
526# And Robert Uzgalis <buz@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> says that the New Zealand Daylight
527# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard
528# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March.
529# For now we'll continue to assume 3:00 for changes since 1970.
579# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960.
530
531# Northern Territory
532
533# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
534# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
535# # [ Nov 1990 ]
536# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
537# ...

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776# From John Mackin (March 9, 1991)
777# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the
778# file Robert forwarded
779
780# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
781# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988;
782# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules.
783
580
581# Northern Territory
582
583# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
584# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
585# # [ Nov 1990 ]
586# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
587# ...

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826# From John Mackin (March 9, 1991)
827# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the
828# file Robert forwarded
829
830# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
831# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988;
832# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules.
833
834# From Bradley White (1995-05-20):
835# Prem Bob Carr announced NSW will fall into line with other E states
836# and SA and continue daylight savings to the last Sun in Mar.
837
784# Yancowinna
785
786# From John Basser (January 4, 1989):
787# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna.
788
789# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
790# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
791# # [ Dec 1990 ]

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805# Lord Howe Island
806
807# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
808# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ]
809# [ Dec 1990 ]
810# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
811# hour ahead of NSW time.
812
838# Yancowinna
839
840# From John Basser (January 4, 1989):
841# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna.
842
843# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
844# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
845# # [ Dec 1990 ]

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859# Lord Howe Island
860
861# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
862# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ]
863# [ Dec 1990 ]
864# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
865# hour ahead of NSW time.
866
867# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
868# For Lord Howe we use Shanks through its time of publication (1991).
869# Lord Howe is part of NSW, so we'll guess it has used the same transition
870# times as NSW since 1991, even though Shanks writes that Lord Howe went
871# with Victoria when NSW and Victoria disagreed in 1982.
872
813###############################################################################
814
815# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1
816# Elz says "no guarantees"
817
818# From Mark Davies (October 3, 1990):
819# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period.
820# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for

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834# ...
835# Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand
836# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
837
838# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
839# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
840# rather than the October 1 value.
841
873###############################################################################
874
875# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1
876# Elz says "no guarantees"
877
878# From Mark Davies (October 3, 1990):
879# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period.
880# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for

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894# ...
895# Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand
896# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
897
898# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
899# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
900# rather than the October 1 value.
901
902# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19);
903# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand.
904# Robert Uzgalis <buz@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> writes that the New Zealand Daylight
905# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard
906# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March.
907# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00.
908#
909# Shanks gives no data for Chatham, but usno1995 says it's +12:45/+13:45.
910# Guess NZ switchover rules for now.
911
842###############################################################################
843
844# Fiji
845
846# Howse writes (p 162) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji
847# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on +12:00.
848# Perhaps it didn't take. We go with Shanks's more precise date in 1915.
849
912###############################################################################
913
914# Fiji
915
916# Howse writes (p 162) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji
917# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on +12:00.
918# Perhaps it didn't take. We go with Shanks's more precise date in 1915.
919
920# Johnston
921
922# Johnston data is from usno1995.
923
850# Kwajalein
851
852# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes:
853# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday,
854# August 20, 1993. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with
855# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands,
856# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink.
857
924# Kwajalein
925
926# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes:
927# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday,
928# August 20, 1993. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with
929# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands,
930# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink.
931
858# Pacific Islands Trust Territories
932# N Mariana Is, Guam
859
860# Howse writes (p 162) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the
861# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones
862# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time.
863# Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila.
933
934# Howse writes (p 162) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the
935# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones
936# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time.
937# Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila.
938
939# Samoa
940
941# Howse writes that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change
942# ``the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system,
943# ordaining -- by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery -- that
944# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year.''