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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 --- 281 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 532Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 533 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time 534 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time 535# 536# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-13): 537# Base the Bougainville entry on the Arawa-Kieta region, which appears to have 538# the most people even though it was devastated in the Bougainville Civil War. 539# | 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 --- 281 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 540Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 541 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time 542 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time 543# 544# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-13): 545# Base the Bougainville entry on the Arawa-Kieta region, which appears to have 546# the most people even though it was devastated in the Bougainville Civil War. 547# |
| 540# Although Shanks gives 1942-03-15 / 1943-11-01 for JST, these dates | 548# Although Shanks gives 1942-03-15 / 1943-11-01 for UT +09, these dates |
| 541# are apparently rough guesswork from the starts of military campaigns. 542# The World War II entries below are instead based on Arawa-Kieta. 543# The Japanese occupied Kieta in July 1942, 544# according to the Pacific War Online Encyclopedia 545# http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/B/o/Bougainville.htm 546# and seem to have controlled it until their 1945-08-21 surrender. 547# | 549# are apparently rough guesswork from the starts of military campaigns. 550# The World War II entries below are instead based on Arawa-Kieta. 551# The Japanese occupied Kieta in July 1942, 552# according to the Pacific War Online Encyclopedia 553# http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/B/o/Bougainville.htm 554# and seem to have controlled it until their 1945-08-21 surrender. 555# |
| 548# The Autonomous Region of Bougainville plans to switch from UTC+10 to UTC+11 549# on 2014-12-28 at 02:00. They call UTC+11 "Bougainville Standard Time"; | 556# The Autonomous Region of Bougainville switched from UT +10 to +11 557# on 2014-12-28 at 02:00. They call +11 "Bougainville Standard Time"; |
| 550# abbreviate this as BST. See: 551# http://www.bougainville24.com/bougainville-issues/bougainville-gets-own-timezone/ 552# 553Zone Pacific/Bougainville 10:22:16 - LMT 1880 554 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 555 10:00 - PGT 1942 Jul 556 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 21 557 10:00 - PGT 2014 Dec 28 2:00 --- 49 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 607# From David Z��lke (2011-05-09): 608# Subject: Samoa to move timezone from east to west of international date line 609# 610# http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/markets/newsfeeditem.aspx?id=138501958347963 611 612# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-27): 613# The International Date Line Act 2011 614# http://www.parliament.gov.ws/images/ACTS/International_Date_Line_Act__2011_-_Eng.pdf | 558# abbreviate this as BST. See: 559# http://www.bougainville24.com/bougainville-issues/bougainville-gets-own-timezone/ 560# 561Zone Pacific/Bougainville 10:22:16 - LMT 1880 562 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 563 10:00 - PGT 1942 Jul 564 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 21 565 10:00 - PGT 2014 Dec 28 2:00 --- 49 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 615# From David Z��lke (2011-05-09): 616# Subject: Samoa to move timezone from east to west of international date line 617# 618# http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/markets/newsfeeditem.aspx?id=138501958347963 619 620# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-27): 621# The International Date Line Act 2011 622# http://www.parliament.gov.ws/images/ACTS/International_Date_Line_Act__2011_-_Eng.pdf |
| 615# changed Samoa from UTC-11 to UTC+13, effective "12 o'clock midnight, on | 623# changed Samoa from UT -11 to +13, effective "12 o'clock midnight, on |
| 616# Thursday 29th December 2011". The International Date Line was adjusted 617# accordingly. 618 619# From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2011-09-02): 620# http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html 621# 622# here is the official website publication for Samoa DST and dateline change 623# --- 78 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 702 703# US minor outlying islands 704 705# Howland, Baker 706# Howland was mined for guano by American companies 1857-1878 and British 707# 1886-1891; Baker was similar but exact dates are not known. 708# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; U.S. military bases 1943-1944; 709# uninhabited thereafter. | 624# Thursday 29th December 2011". The International Date Line was adjusted 625# accordingly. 626 627# From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2011-09-02): 628# http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html 629# 630# here is the official website publication for Samoa DST and dateline change 631# --- 78 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 710 711# US minor outlying islands 712 713# Howland, Baker 714# Howland was mined for guano by American companies 1857-1878 and British 715# 1886-1891; Baker was similar but exact dates are not known. 716# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; U.S. military bases 1943-1944; 717# uninhabited thereafter. |
| 710# Howland observed Hawaii Standard Time (UT-10:30) in 1937; | 718# Howland observed Hawaii Standard Time (UT -10:30) in 1937; |
| 711# see page 206 of Elgen M. Long and Marie K. Long, 712# Amelia Earhart: the Mystery Solved, Simon & Schuster (2000). 713# So most likely Howland and Baker observed Hawaii Time from 1935 714# until they were abandoned after the war. 715 716# Jarvis 717# Mined for guano by American companies 1857-1879 and British 1883?-1891?. 718# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; IGY scientific base 1957-1958; --- 741 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1460# New Zealand's Standard Time Amendment Act 1956 (1956-10-26). 1461# http://www.austlii.edu.au/nz/legis/hist_act/staa19561956n100244.pdf 1462# According to Google Books snippet view, a speaker in the New Zealand 1463# parliamentary debates in 1956 said "Clause 78 makes provision for standard 1464# time in the Chatham Islands. The time there is 45 minutes in advance of New 1465# Zealand time. I understand that is the time they keep locally, anyhow." 1466# For now, assume this practice goes back to the introduction of standard time 1467# in New Zealand, as this would make Chatham Islands time almost exactly match | 719# see page 206 of Elgen M. Long and Marie K. Long, 720# Amelia Earhart: the Mystery Solved, Simon & Schuster (2000). 721# So most likely Howland and Baker observed Hawaii Time from 1935 722# until they were abandoned after the war. 723 724# Jarvis 725# Mined for guano by American companies 1857-1879 and British 1883?-1891?. 726# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; IGY scientific base 1957-1958; --- 741 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1468# New Zealand's Standard Time Amendment Act 1956 (1956-10-26). 1469# http://www.austlii.edu.au/nz/legis/hist_act/staa19561956n100244.pdf 1470# According to Google Books snippet view, a speaker in the New Zealand 1471# parliamentary debates in 1956 said "Clause 78 makes provision for standard 1472# time in the Chatham Islands. The time there is 45 minutes in advance of New 1473# Zealand time. I understand that is the time they keep locally, anyhow." 1474# For now, assume this practice goes back to the introduction of standard time 1475# in New Zealand, as this would make Chatham Islands time almost exactly match |
| 1468# LMT back when New Zealand was at UTC+11:30; also, assume Chatham Islands did | 1476# LMT back when New Zealand was at UT +11:30; also, assume Chatham Islands did |
| 1469# not observe New Zealand's prewar DST. 1470 1471############################################################################### 1472 1473 1474# Fiji 1475 1476# Howse writes (p 153) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji --- 39 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1516# N Mariana Is, Guam 1517 1518# Howse writes (p 153) "The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the 1519# Philippines and the Ladrones from America," and implies that the Ladrones 1520# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time. 1521# For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines; 1522# see Asia/Manila. 1523 | 1477# not observe New Zealand's prewar DST. 1478 1479############################################################################### 1480 1481 1482# Fiji 1483 1484# Howse writes (p 153) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji --- 39 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1524# N Mariana Is, Guam 1525 1526# Howse writes (p 153) "The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the 1527# Philippines and the Ladrones from America," and implies that the Ladrones 1528# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time. 1529# For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines; 1530# see Asia/Manila. 1531 |
| 1524# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UTC+10 the official standard time, | 1532# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UT +10 the official standard time, |
| 1525# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time". There is no official abbreviation, 1526# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law, 1527# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST". 1528 1529 1530# Micronesia 1531 1532# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16), 1533# "I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that 'Truk' 1534# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10." 1535# | 1533# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time". There is no official abbreviation, 1534# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law, 1535# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST". 1536 1537 1538# Micronesia 1539 1540# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16), 1541# "I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that 'Truk' 1542# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10." 1543# |
| 1536# Shanks & Pottenger write that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11 | 1544# Shanks & Pottenger write that Truk switched from UT +10 to +11 |
| 1537# on 1978-10-01; ignore this for now. 1538 1539# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): 1540# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in 1541# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information (1999-01-26) 1542# http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html | 1545# on 1978-10-01; ignore this for now. 1546 1547# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): 1548# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in 1549# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information (1999-01-26) 1550# http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html |
| 1543# that Truk and Yap are UTC+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are UTC+11. 1544# We don't know when Kosrae switched from UTC+12; assume January 1 for now. | 1551# that Truk and Yap are UT +10, and Ponape and Kosrae are +11. 1552# We don't know when Kosrae switched from +12; assume January 1 for now. |
| 1545 1546 1547# Midway 1548 1549# From Charles T O'Connor, KMTH DJ (1956), 1550# quoted in the KTMH section of the Radio Heritage Collection 1551# <http://radiodx.com/spdxr/KMTH.htm> (2002-12-31): 1552# For the past two months we've been on what is known as Daylight --- 49 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1602# (Western) Samoa and American Samoa 1603 1604# Howse writes (p 153, citing p 10 of the 1883-11-18 New York Herald) 1605# that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change 1606# "the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system, 1607# ordaining - by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery - that 1608# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year." 1609 | 1553 1554 1555# Midway 1556 1557# From Charles T O'Connor, KMTH DJ (1956), 1558# quoted in the KTMH section of the Radio Heritage Collection 1559# <http://radiodx.com/spdxr/KMTH.htm> (2002-12-31): 1560# For the past two months we've been on what is known as Daylight --- 49 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1610# (Western) Samoa and American Samoa 1611 1612# Howse writes (p 153, citing p 10 of the 1883-11-18 New York Herald) 1613# that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change 1614# "the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system, 1615# ordaining - by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery - that 1616# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year." 1617 |
| 1610# Although Shanks & Pottenger says they both switched to UTC-11:30 1611# in 1911, and to UTC-11 in 1950. many earlier sources give UTC-11 | 1618# Although Shanks & Pottenger says they both switched to UT -11:30 1619# in 1911, and to -11 in 1950. many earlier sources give -11 |
| 1612# for American Samoa, e.g., the US National Bureau of Standards 1613# circular "Standard Time Throughout the World", 1932. | 1620# for American Samoa, e.g., the US National Bureau of Standards 1621# circular "Standard Time Throughout the World", 1932. |
| 1614# Assume American Samoa switched to UTC-11 in 1911, not 1950, | 1622# Assume American Samoa switched to -11 in 1911, not 1950, |
| 1615# and that after 1950 they agreed until (western) Samoa skipped a 1616# day in 2011. Assume also that the Samoas follow the US and New 1617# Zealand's "ST"/"DT" style of daylight-saving abbreviations. 1618 1619# Tonga 1620 1621# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): 1622# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that "Tonga has been plotting --- 143 unchanged lines hidden --- | 1623# and that after 1950 they agreed until (western) Samoa skipped a 1624# day in 2011. Assume also that the Samoas follow the US and New 1625# Zealand's "ST"/"DT" style of daylight-saving abbreviations. 1626 1627# Tonga 1628 1629# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): 1630# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that "Tonga has been plotting --- 143 unchanged lines hidden --- |