australasia revision 171948
1171948Sedwin# @(#)australasia	8.8
2153761Swollman# <pre>
3153761Swollman
42742Swollman# This file also includes Pacific islands.
586464Swollman
62742Swollman# Notes are at the end of this file
72742Swollman
82742Swollman###############################################################################
92742Swollman
102742Swollman# Australia
112742Swollman
1286222Swollman# Please see the notes below for the controversy about "EST" versus "AEST" etc.
1386222Swollman
142742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1558787SruRule	Aus	1917	only	-	Jan	 1	0:01	1:00	-
162742SwollmanRule	Aus	1917	only	-	Mar	25	2:00	0	-
172742SwollmanRule	Aus	1942	only	-	Jan	 1	2:00	1:00	-
182742SwollmanRule	Aus	1942	only	-	Mar	29	2:00	0	-
192742SwollmanRule	Aus	1942	only	-	Sep	27	2:00	1:00	-
202742SwollmanRule	Aus	1943	1944	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
212742SwollmanRule	Aus	1943	only	-	Oct	 3	2:00	1:00	-
2258787Sru# Go with Whitman and the Australian National Standards Commission, which
2358787Sru# says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944.  Ignore Whitman's claim that
2458787Sru# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944.
252742Swollman
262742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
279908Swollman# Northern Territory
282742SwollmanZone Australia/Darwin	 8:43:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
2930711Swollman			 9:00	-	CST	1899 May
302742Swollman			 9:30	Aus	CST
319908Swollman# Western Australia
32169811Swollman#
33169811Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
34169811SwollmanRule	AW	1974	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
35169811SwollmanRule	AW	1975	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
36169811SwollmanRule	AW	1983	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
37169811SwollmanRule	AW	1984	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
38169811SwollmanRule	AW	1991	only	-	Nov	17	2:00s	1:00	-
39169811SwollmanRule	AW	1992	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
40169811SwollmanRule	AW	2006	only	-	Dec	 3	2:00s	1:00	-
41169811SwollmanRule	AW	2007	2009	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
42169811SwollmanRule	AW	2007	2008	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
432742SwollmanZone Australia/Perth	 7:43:24 -	LMT	1895 Dec
4458787Sru			 8:00	Aus	WST	1943 Jul
45169811Swollman			 8:00	AW	WST
46169811SwollmanZone Australia/Eucla	 8:35:28 -	LMT	1895 Dec
47169811Swollman			 8:45	Aus	CWST	1943 Jul
48169811Swollman			 8:45	AW	CWST
49169811Swollman
509908Swollman# Queensland
5120094Swollman#
52149514Swollman# From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01):
5320094Swollman# I have heard or read more than once that some resort islands off the coast
5420094Swollman# of Queensland chose to keep observing daylight-saving time even after
5520094Swollman# Queensland ceased to.
5620094Swollman#
5720094Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
5820094Swollman# IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman,
5920094Swollman# Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped.
6020094Swollman# Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria,
6120094Swollman# so use Lindeman.
6220094Swollman#
6320094Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
6458787SruRule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
6558787SruRule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
6621217SwollmanRule	AQ	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
6721217SwollmanRule	AQ	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
6858787SruRule	Holiday	1992	1993	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
6958787SruRule	Holiday	1993	1994	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
702742SwollmanZone Australia/Brisbane	10:12:08 -	LMT	1895
7158787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
7221217Swollman			10:00	AQ	EST
7320094SwollmanZone Australia/Lindeman  9:55:56 -	LMT	1895
7458787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
7558787Sru			10:00	AQ	EST	1992 Jul
7620094Swollman			10:00	Holiday	EST
772742Swollman
789908Swollman# South Australia
792742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
8014343SwollmanRule	AS	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
8114343SwollmanRule	AS	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	1:00	-
82171948SedwinRule	AS	1987	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
8314343SwollmanRule	AS	1972	only	-	Feb	27	2:00s	0	-
8414343SwollmanRule	AS	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
8514343SwollmanRule	AS	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
8664499SwollmanRule	AS	1990	only	-	Mar	Sun>=18	2:00s	0	-
8764499SwollmanRule	AS	1991	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
8864499SwollmanRule	AS	1992	only	-	Mar	Sun>=18	2:00s	0	-
8964499SwollmanRule	AS	1993	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
9064499SwollmanRule	AS	1994	only	-	Mar	Sun>=18	2:00s	0	-
91149514SwollmanRule	AS	1995	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
92149514SwollmanRule	AS	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
93171948SedwinRule	AS	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
94171948SedwinRule	AS	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
95171948SedwinRule	AS	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
962742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
972742SwollmanZone Australia/Adelaide	9:14:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
982742Swollman			9:00	-	CST	1899 May
9958787Sru			9:30	Aus	CST	1971
1002742Swollman			9:30	AS	CST
1012742Swollman
1029908Swollman# Tasmania
103149514Swollman#
104149514Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16):
105149514Swollman# <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml>
106149514Swollman# says King Island didn't observe DST from WWII until late 1971.
107149514Swollman#
1082742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
10958787SruRule	AT	1967	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
11058787SruRule	AT	1968	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
11114343SwollmanRule	AT	1968	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
11214343SwollmanRule	AT	1969	1971	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00s	0	-
11358787SruRule	AT	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
11414343SwollmanRule	AT	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
11514343SwollmanRule	AT	1982	1983	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
11614343SwollmanRule	AT	1984	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
11758787SruRule	AT	1986	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:00	-
11814343SwollmanRule	AT	1987	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
11958787SruRule	AT	1987	only	-	Oct	Sun>=22	2:00s	1:00	-
12058787SruRule	AT	1988	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
12158787SruRule	AT	1991	1999	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
122149514SwollmanRule	AT	1991	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
12358787SruRule	AT	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
12458787SruRule	AT	2001	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
125149514SwollmanRule	AT	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
126171948SedwinRule	AT	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
127171948SedwinRule	AT	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
1282742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1292742SwollmanZone Australia/Hobart	9:49:16	-	LMT	1895 Sep
13058787Sru			10:00	-	EST	1916 Oct 1 2:00
13158787Sru			10:00	1:00	EST	1917 Feb
13258787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1967
1332742Swollman			10:00	AT	EST
134149514SwollmanZone Australia/Currie	9:35:28	-	LMT	1895 Sep
135149514Swollman			10:00	-	EST	1916 Oct 1 2:00
136149514Swollman			10:00	1:00	EST	1917 Feb
137149514Swollman			10:00	Aus	EST	1971 Jul
138149514Swollman			10:00	AT	EST
1392742Swollman
1409908Swollman# Victoria
1412742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
14214343SwollmanRule	AV	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
14358787SruRule	AV	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
14414343SwollmanRule	AV	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
14514343SwollmanRule	AV	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
14658787SruRule	AV	1986	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:00	-
14758787SruRule	AV	1988	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
14814343SwollmanRule	AV	1991	1994	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
149149514SwollmanRule	AV	1995	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
15058787SruRule	AV	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
151171948SedwinRule	AV	2001	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
152149514SwollmanRule	AV	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
153171948SedwinRule	AV	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
154171948SedwinRule	AV	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
155171948SedwinRule	AV	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
1562742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1572742SwollmanZone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
15858787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
1592742Swollman			10:00	AV	EST
1602742Swollman
1619908Swollman# New South Wales
1622742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
16314343SwollmanRule	AN	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
16414343SwollmanRule	AN	1972	only	-	Feb	27	2:00s	0	-
16514343SwollmanRule	AN	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
16614343SwollmanRule	AN	1982	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
16714343SwollmanRule	AN	1983	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
16814343SwollmanRule	AN	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
16914343SwollmanRule	AN	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	1:00	-
17043543SwollmanRule	AN	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
17114343SwollmanRule	AN	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
172149514SwollmanRule	AN	1996	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
17358787SruRule	AN	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
174171948SedwinRule	AN	2001	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
175149514SwollmanRule	AN	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
176171948SedwinRule	AN	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
177171948SedwinRule	AN	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
178171948SedwinRule	AN	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
1792742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1802742SwollmanZone Australia/Sydney	10:04:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
18158787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
1822742Swollman			10:00	AN	EST
1832742SwollmanZone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 -	LMT	1895 Feb
1842742Swollman			10:00	-	EST	1896 Aug 23
1852742Swollman			9:00	-	CST	1899 May
18658787Sru			9:30	Aus	CST	1971
18758787Sru			9:30	AN	CST	2000
18858787Sru			9:30	AS	CST
1898029Swollman
19014343Swollman# Lord Howe Island
19114343Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
19275267SwollmanRule	LH	1981	1984	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
19375267SwollmanRule	LH	1982	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
19475267SwollmanRule	LH	1985	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
19575267SwollmanRule	LH	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
19675267SwollmanRule	LH	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00	0:30	-
19775267SwollmanRule	LH	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
19875267SwollmanRule	LH	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
199149514SwollmanRule	LH	1996	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
20075267SwollmanRule	LH	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
201171948SedwinRule	LH	2001	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
202149514SwollmanRule	LH	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
203171948SedwinRule	LH	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
204171948SedwinRule	LH	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
205171948SedwinRule	LH	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	0:30	-
2062742SwollmanZone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
2072742Swollman			10:00	-	EST	1981 Mar
20814343Swollman			10:30	LH	LHST
2098029Swollman
21014343Swollman# Australian miscellany
2112742Swollman#
2122742Swollman# Ashmore Is, Cartier
21314343Swollman# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers
214169811Swollman# no times are set
2152742Swollman#
21614343Swollman# Coral Sea Is
21714343Swollman# no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists
218169811Swollman# no times are set
21914343Swollman#
22030711Swollman# Macquarie
22130711Swollman# permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948;
22258787Sru# sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888/1917
223169811Swollman# like Australia/Hobart
2242742Swollman
22543014Swollman# Christmas
22643014Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
22743014SwollmanZone Indian/Christmas	7:02:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
22843014Swollman			7:00	-	CXT	# Christmas Island Time
2292742Swollman
2302742Swollman# Cook Is
231158421Swollman# From Shanks & Pottenger:
2322742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
23319878SwollmanRule	Cook	1978	only	-	Nov	12	0:00	0:30	HS
23443014SwollmanRule	Cook	1979	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
23543014SwollmanRule	Cook	1979	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0:30	HS
2362742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2372742SwollmanZone Pacific/Rarotonga	-10:39:04 -	LMT	1901		# Avarua
23819878Swollman			-10:30	-	CKT	1978 Nov 12	# Cook Is Time
23919878Swollman			-10:00	Cook	CK%sT
2402742Swollman
2412742Swollman# Cocos
242149514Swollman# These islands were ruled by the Ross family from about 1830 to 1978.
243149514Swollman# We don't know when standard time was introduced; for now, we guess 1900.
2442742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
245149514SwollmanZone	Indian/Cocos	6:27:40	-	LMT	1900
246149514Swollman			6:30	-	CCT	# Cocos Islands Time
2472742Swollman
2482742Swollman# Fiji
24943543Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
25075267SwollmanRule	Fiji	1998	1999	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
25175267SwollmanRule	Fiji	1999	2000	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	-
2522742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2532742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Fiji	11:53:40 -	LMT	1915 Oct 26	# Suva
25443543Swollman			12:00	Fiji	FJ%sT	# Fiji Time
2552742Swollman
2562742Swollman# French Polynesia
2572742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2582742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Gambier	 -8:59:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Rikitea
25919878Swollman			 -9:00	-	GAMT	# Gambier Time
2602742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 -	LMT	1912 Oct
26119878Swollman			 -9:30	-	MART	# Marquesas Time
2622742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Tahiti	 -9:58:16 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Papeete
26319878Swollman			-10:00	-	TAHT	# Tahiti Time
26443014Swollman# Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia;
26543014Swollman# it is uninhabited.
2662742Swollman
2672742Swollman# Guam
2682742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
26975267SwollmanZone	Pacific/Guam	-14:21:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
27075267Swollman			 9:39:00 -	LMT	1901		# Agana
27175267Swollman			10:00	-	GST	2000 Dec 23	# Guam
27275267Swollman			10:00	-	ChST	# Chamorro Standard Time
2732742Swollman
2742742Swollman# Kiribati
2752742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2762742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tarawa	 11:32:04 -	LMT	1901		# Bairiki
27719878Swollman			 12:00	-	GILT		 # Gilbert Is Time
2782742SwollmanZone Pacific/Enderbury	-11:24:20 -	LMT	1901
27919878Swollman			-12:00	-	PHOT	1979 Oct # Phoenix Is Time
28019878Swollman			-11:00	-	PHOT	1995
28119878Swollman			 13:00	-	PHOT
2822742SwollmanZone Pacific/Kiritimati	-10:29:20 -	LMT	1901
28319878Swollman			-10:40	-	LINT	1979 Oct # Line Is Time
28419878Swollman			-10:00	-	LINT	1995
28519878Swollman			 14:00	-	LINT
2862742Swollman
28714343Swollman# N Mariana Is
28814343Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
28975267SwollmanZone Pacific/Saipan	-14:17:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
29075267Swollman			 9:43:00 -	LMT	1901
29119878Swollman			 9:00	-	MPT	1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time
29275267Swollman			10:00	-	MPT	2000 Dec 23
29375267Swollman			10:00	-	ChST	# Chamorro Standard Time
29414343Swollman
29514343Swollman# Marshall Is
29614343Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
29714343SwollmanZone Pacific/Majuro	11:24:48 -	LMT	1901
29819878Swollman			11:00	-	MHT	1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time
29919878Swollman			12:00	-	MHT
30014343SwollmanZone Pacific/Kwajalein	11:09:20 -	LMT	1901
30119878Swollman			11:00	-	MHT	1969 Oct
30219878Swollman			-12:00	-	KWAT	1993 Aug 20	# Kwajalein Time
30319878Swollman			12:00	-	MHT
30414343Swollman
30514343Swollman# Micronesia
30614343Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
30714343SwollmanZone Pacific/Truk	10:07:08 -	LMT	1901
30819878Swollman			10:00	-	TRUT			# Truk Time
30914343SwollmanZone Pacific/Ponape	10:32:52 -	LMT	1901		# Kolonia
31019878Swollman			11:00	-	PONT			# Ponape Time
31114343SwollmanZone Pacific/Kosrae	10:51:56 -	LMT	1901
31258787Sru			11:00	-	KOST	1969 Oct	# Kosrae Time
31358787Sru			12:00	-	KOST	1999
31458787Sru			11:00	-	KOST
31514343Swollman
3162742Swollman# Nauru
3172742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3182742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Nauru	11:07:40 -	LMT	1921 Jan 15	# Uaobe
31919878Swollman			11:30	-	NRT	1942 Mar 15	# Nauru Time
3202742Swollman			9:00	-	JST	1944 Aug 15
32119878Swollman			11:30	-	NRT	1979 May
32219878Swollman			12:00	-	NRT
3232742Swollman
3242742Swollman# New Caledonia
3252742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
32619878SwollmanRule	NC	1977	1978	-	Dec	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
32719878SwollmanRule	NC	1978	1979	-	Feb	27	0:00	0	-
32843014SwollmanRule	NC	1996	only	-	Dec	 1	2:00s	1:00	S
329158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger say the following was at 2:00; go with IATA.
33043014SwollmanRule	NC	1997	only	-	Mar	 2	2:00s	0	-
3312742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3322742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Noumea	11:05:48 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13
3332742Swollman			11:00	NC	NC%sT
3342742Swollman
3352742Swollman
3362742Swollman###############################################################################
3372742Swollman
3382742Swollman# New Zealand
3392742Swollman
3402742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
341121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1927	only	-	Nov	 6	2:00	1:00	S
342121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1928	only	-	Mar	 4	2:00	0	M
343121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1928	1933	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00	0:30	S
344121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1929	1933	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	M
345121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1934	1940	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	0	M
346121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1934	1940	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0:30	S
347121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1946	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	S
348121098Swollman# Since 1957 Chatham has been 45 minutes ahead of NZ, but there's no
349121098Swollman# convenient notation for this so we must duplicate the Rule lines.
350114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1974	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
351121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1974	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:45s	1:00	D
352114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1975	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
353121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1975	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:45s	0	S
3549908SwollmanRule	NZ	1975	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
355121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1975	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:45s	1:00	D
356114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1976	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
357121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1976	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:45s	0	S
358114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00s	1:00	D
359121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:45s	1:00	D
360169811SwollmanRule	NZ	1990	2006	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
361169811SwollmanRule	Chatham	1990	2006	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:45s	1:00	D
362169811SwollmanRule	NZ	1990	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S
363169811SwollmanRule	Chatham	1990	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:45s	0	S
364169811SwollmanRule	NZ	2007	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
365169811SwollmanRule	Chatham	2007	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:45s	1:00	D
366169811SwollmanRule	NZ	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
367169811SwollmanRule	Chatham	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:45s	0	S
3682742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
369114173SwollmanZone Pacific/Auckland	11:39:04 -	LMT	1868 Nov  2
370121098Swollman			11:30	NZ	NZ%sT	1946 Jan  1
3712742Swollman			12:00	NZ	NZ%sT
372121098SwollmanZone Pacific/Chatham	12:13:48 -	LMT	1957 Jan  1
373121098Swollman			12:45	Chatham	CHA%sT
3742742Swollman
3758029Swollman
37630711Swollman# Auckland Is
37758787Sru# uninhabited; Maori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers,
37858787Sru# and scientific personnel have wintered
3792742Swollman
38030711Swollman# Campbell I
38158787Sru# minor whaling stations operated 1909/1914
38258787Sru# scientific station operated 1941/1995;
38358787Sru# previously whalers, sealers, pastoralists, and scientific personnel wintered
38430711Swollman# was probably like Pacific/Auckland
38530711Swollman
3862742Swollman###############################################################################
3872742Swollman
3882742Swollman
3892742Swollman# Niue
3902742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3912742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Niue	-11:19:40 -	LMT	1901		# Alofi
39219878Swollman			-11:20	-	NUT	1951	# Niue Time
39319878Swollman			-11:30	-	NUT	1978 Oct 1
39419878Swollman			-11:00	-	NUT
3952742Swollman
3962742Swollman# Norfolk
3972742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3982742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Norfolk	11:11:52 -	LMT	1901		# Kingston
39919878Swollman			11:12	-	NMT	1951	# Norfolk Mean Time
40019878Swollman			11:30	-	NFT		# Norfolk Time
4012742Swollman
40258787Sru# Palau (Belau)
4039908Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4049908SwollmanZone Pacific/Palau	8:57:56 -	LMT	1901		# Koror
40519878Swollman			9:00	-	PWT	# Palau Time
4069908Swollman
4072742Swollman# Papua New Guinea
4082742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4092742SwollmanZone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 -	LMT	1880
41086222Swollman			9:48:32	-	PMMT	1895	# Port Moresby Mean Time
41119878Swollman			10:00	-	PGT		# Papua New Guinea Time
4122742Swollman
4132742Swollman# Pitcairn
4142742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4152742SwollmanZone Pacific/Pitcairn	-8:40:20 -	LMT	1901		# Adamstown
41658787Sru			-8:30	-	PNT	1998 Apr 27 00:00
41758787Sru			-8:00	-	PST	# Pitcairn Standard Time
4182742Swollman
41914343Swollman# American Samoa
42014343SwollmanZone Pacific/Pago_Pago	 12:37:12 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
42114343Swollman			-11:22:48 -	LMT	1911
42219878Swollman			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time
42314343Swollman			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr	# N=Nome
42414343Swollman			-11:00	-	BST	1983 Nov 30	# B=Bering
42514343Swollman			-11:00	-	SST			# S=Samoa
42614343Swollman
427149514Swollman# Samoa
42814343SwollmanZone Pacific/Apia	 12:33:04 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
42914343Swollman			-11:26:56 -	LMT	1911
43019878Swollman			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time
431149514Swollman			-11:00	-	WST			# Samoa Time
43214343Swollman
4332742Swollman# Solomon Is
4342742Swollman# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
4352742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4362742SwollmanZone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Honiara
43719878Swollman			11:00	-	SBT	# Solomon Is Time
4382742Swollman
4392742Swollman# Tokelau Is
4402742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4412742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Fakaofo	-11:24:56 -	LMT	1901
44219878Swollman			-10:00	-	TKT	# Tokelau Time
4432742Swollman
4442742Swollman# Tonga
44558787Sru# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
44675267SwollmanRule	Tonga	1999	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00s	1:00	S
44775267SwollmanRule	Tonga	2000	only	-	Mar	19	2:00s	0	-
448114173SwollmanRule	Tonga	2000	2001	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
449114173SwollmanRule	Tonga	2001	2002	-	Jan	lastSun	2:00	0	-
4502742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4512742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tongatapu	12:19:20 -	LMT	1901
45258787Sru			12:20	-	TOT	1941 # Tonga Time
45358787Sru			13:00	-	TOT	1999
45458787Sru			13:00	Tonga	TO%sT
4552742Swollman
4562742Swollman# Tuvalu
4572742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4582742SwollmanZone Pacific/Funafuti	11:56:52 -	LMT	1901
45919878Swollman			12:00	-	TVT	# Tuvalu Time
4602742Swollman
46143014Swollman
46243014Swollman# US minor outlying islands
46343014Swollman
46443014Swollman# Howland, Baker
465171948Sedwin# Howland was mined for guano by American companies 1857-1878 and British
466171948Sedwin# 1886-1891; Baker was similar but exact dates are not known.
467171948Sedwin# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; U.S. military bases 1943-1944;
468171948Sedwin# uninhabited thereafter.
469171948Sedwin# Howland observed Hawaii Standard Time (UTC-10:30) in 1937;
470171948Sedwin# see page 206 of Elgen M. Long and Marie K. Long,
471171948Sedwin# Amelia Earhart: the Mystery Solved, Simon & Schuster (2000).
472171948Sedwin# So most likely Howland and Baker observed Hawaii Time from 1935
473171948Sedwin# until they were abandoned after the war.
47443014Swollman
47543014Swollman# Jarvis
476171948Sedwin# Mined for guano by American companies 1857-1879 and British 1883?-1891?.
477171948Sedwin# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; IGY scientific base 1957-1958;
478171948Sedwin# uninhabited thereafter.
47943014Swollman# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
48043014Swollman
48143014Swollman# Johnston
48243014Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
48343014SwollmanZone Pacific/Johnston	-10:00	-	HST
48443014Swollman
48543014Swollman# Kingman
48643014Swollman# uninhabited
48743014Swollman
48843014Swollman# Midway
489149514Swollman#
490149514Swollman# From Mark Brader (2005-01-23):
491149514Swollman# [Fallacies and Fantasies of Air Transport History, by R.E.G. Davies,
492149514Swollman# published 1994 by Paladwr Press, McLean, VA, USA; ISBN 0-9626483-5-3]
493149514Swollman# reproduced a Pan American Airways timeables from 1936, for their weekly
494149514Swollman# "Orient Express" flights between San Francisco and Manila, and connecting
495149514Swollman# flights to Chicago and the US East Coast.  As it uses some time zone
496149514Swollman# designations that I've never seen before:....
497149514Swollman# Fri. 6:30A Lv. HONOLOLU (Pearl Harbor), H.I.   H.L.T. Ar. 5:30P Sun.
498149514Swollman#  "   3:00P Ar. MIDWAY ISLAND . . . . . . . . . M.L.T. Lv. 6:00A  "
499149514Swollman#
50043014SwollmanZone Pacific/Midway	-11:49:28 -	LMT	1901
501121098Swollman			-11:00	-	NST	1956 Jun  3
502121098Swollman			-11:00	1:00	NDT	1956 Sep  2
50343014Swollman			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr	# N=Nome
50443014Swollman			-11:00	-	BST	1983 Nov 30	# B=Bering
50543014Swollman			-11:00	-	SST			# S=Samoa
50643014Swollman
50743014Swollman# Palmyra
50843014Swollman# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
50943014Swollman
51043014Swollman# Wake
51143014Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
51243014SwollmanZone	Pacific/Wake	11:06:28 -	LMT	1901
51343014Swollman			12:00	-	WAKT	# Wake Time
51443014Swollman
51543014Swollman
5162742Swollman# Vanuatu
5172742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
51819878SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1983	only	-	Sep	25	0:00	1:00	S
51919878SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1984	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=23	0:00	0	-
52019878SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1984	only	-	Oct	23	0:00	1:00	S
52120094SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1985	1991	-	Sep	Sun>=23	0:00	1:00	S
52220094SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1992	1993	-	Jan	Sun>=23	0:00	0	-
52320094SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1992	only	-	Oct	Sun>=23	0:00	1:00	S
5242742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5252742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Efate	11:13:16 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13		# Vila
52619878Swollman			11:00	Vanuatu	VU%sT	# Vanuatu Time
5272742Swollman
5282742Swollman# Wallis and Futuna
5292742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5302742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
53119878Swollman			12:00	-	WFT	# Wallis & Futuna Time
5322742Swollman
5332742Swollman###############################################################################
5342742Swollman
5352742Swollman# NOTES
5362742Swollman
5372742Swollman# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
5382742Swollman# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
5392742Swollman# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
5402742Swollman
541158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
5422742Swollman# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
543158421Swollman# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
544158421Swollman# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
5452742Swollman#
54686222Swollman# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
54720094Swollman# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
54820094Swollman# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
54920094Swollman# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
55020094Swollman# of the IATA's data after 1990.
55120094Swollman#
552158421Swollman# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
553158421Swollman# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
55420094Swollman#
5552742Swollman# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
5562742Swollman# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
5572742Swollman# I found in the UCLA library.
5582742Swollman#
5592742Swollman# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
56058787Sru# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
5612742Swollman#
5622742Swollman# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
5632742Swollman# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
5642742Swollman# Corrections are welcome!
5652742Swollman#		std dst
5662742Swollman#		LMT	Local Mean Time
5672742Swollman#	  8:00	WST WST	Western Australia
568169811Swollman#	  8:45	CWST CWST Central Western Australia*
5692742Swollman#	  9:00	JST	Japan
5702742Swollman#	  9:30	CST CST	Central Australia
5712742Swollman#	 10:00	EST EST	Eastern Australia
57275267Swollman#	 10:00	ChST	Chamorro
5732742Swollman#	 10:30	LHST LHST Lord Howe*
574121098Swollman#	 11:30	NZMT NZST New Zealand through 1945
575121098Swollman#	 12:00	NZST NZDT New Zealand 1946-present
57619878Swollman#	 12:45	CHAST CHADT Chatham*
5772742Swollman#	-11:00	SST	Samoa
57814343Swollman#	-10:00	HST	Hawaii
57958787Sru#	- 8:00	PST	Pitcairn*
5802742Swollman#
58114343Swollman# See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii.
5829908Swollman# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is.
5832742Swollman
5842742Swollman###############################################################################
5852742Swollman
5862742Swollman# Australia
5872742Swollman
588153670Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2005-12-08):
589153670Swollman# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml">
590153670Swollman# Implementation Dates of Daylight Saving Time within Australia
591153670Swollman# </a> summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia.
59258787Sru
593153670Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (2005-12-12):
594153670Swollman# <a href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/Corporate/ll_agdinfo.nsf/pages/community_relations_daylight_saving">
595153670Swollman# Lawlink NSW:Daylight Saving in New South Wales
596153670Swollman# </a> covers New South Wales in particular.
597153670Swollman
59819878Swollman# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
5992742Swollman# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time.
6002742Swollman# It is called `summer' time.  Now by a happy coincidence, `summer'
6012742Swollman# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the
6022742Swollman# abbreviation does _not_ change...
6032742Swollman# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least
6042742Swollman# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the
6052742Swollman# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses
6062742Swollman# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight
6072742Swollman# time'.
6082742Swollman# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian
6092742Swollman# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time'
6102742Swollman# or `Eastern Summer Time'.  (Note, though, that as I say in the
6112742Swollman# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.)  Announcers
6122742Swollman# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases
6132742Swollman# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times;
6142742Swollman# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.
6152742Swollman
61686222Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
6172742Swollman# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is:
6182742Swollman#	CST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30
6192742Swollman#	WST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00
6202742Swollman#	EST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00
6212742Swollman
622163302Sru# From Chuck Soper (2006-06-01):
623163302Sru# I recently found this Australian government web page on time zones:
624163302Sru# <http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia-13time>
625163302Sru# And this government web page lists time zone names and abbreviations:
626163302Sru# <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/daysavtm.shtml>
627163302Sru
62886222Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2001-04-05), summarizing a long discussion about "EST"
62986222Swollman# versus "AEST" etc.:
63086222Swollman#
63186222Swollman# I see the following points of dispute:
63286222Swollman#
63386222Swollman# * How important are unique time zone abbreviations?
63486222Swollman#
63586222Swollman#   Here I tend to agree with the point (most recently made by Chris
63686222Swollman#   Newman) that unique abbreviations should not be essential for proper
63786222Swollman#   operation of software.  We have other instances of ambiguity
63886222Swollman#   (e.g. "IST" denoting both "Israel Standard Time" and "Indian
63986222Swollman#   Standard Time"), and they are not likely to go away any time soon.
64086222Swollman#   In the old days, some software mistakenly relied on unique
64186222Swollman#   abbreviations, but this is becoming less true with time, and I don't
64286222Swollman#   think it's that important to cater to such software these days.
64386222Swollman#
64486222Swollman#   On the other hand, there is another motivation for unambiguous
64586222Swollman#   abbreviations: it cuts down on human confusion.  This is
64686222Swollman#   particularly true for Australia, where "EST" can mean one thing for
64786222Swollman#   time T and a different thing for time T plus 1 second.
64886222Swollman#
64986222Swollman# * Does the relevant legislation indicate which abbreviations should be used?
65086222Swollman#
65186222Swollman#   Here I tend to think that things are a mess, just as they are in
65286222Swollman#   many other countries.  We Americans are currently disagreeing about
65386222Swollman#   which abbreviation to use for the newly legislated Chamorro Standard
65486222Swollman#   Time, for example.
65586222Swollman#
65686222Swollman#   Personally, I would prefer to use common practice; I would like to
65786222Swollman#   refer to legislation only for examples of common practice, or as a
65886222Swollman#   tiebreaker.
65986222Swollman#
66086222Swollman# * Do Australians more often use "Eastern Daylight Time" or "Eastern
66186222Swollman#   Summer Time"?  Do they typically prefix the time zone names with
66286222Swollman#   the word "Australian"?
66386222Swollman#
66486222Swollman#   My own impression is that both "Daylight Time" and "Summer Time" are
66586222Swollman#   common and are widely understood, but that "Summer Time" is more
66686222Swollman#   popular; and that the leading "A" is also common but is omitted more
66786222Swollman#   often than not.  I just used AltaVista advanced search and got the
66886222Swollman#   following count of page hits:
66986222Swollman#
67086222Swollman#     1,103 "Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au
67186222Swollman#       971 "Australian Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au
67286222Swollman#       613 "Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au
67386222Swollman#       127 "Australian Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au
67486222Swollman#
67586222Swollman#   Here "Summer" seems quite a bit more popular than "Daylight",
67686222Swollman#   particularly when we know the time zone is Australian and not US,
67786222Swollman#   say.  The "Australian" prefix seems to be popular for Eastern Summer
67886222Swollman#   Time, but unpopular for Eastern Daylight Time.
67986222Swollman#
68086222Swollman#   For abbreviations, tools like AltaVista are less useful because of
68186222Swollman#   ambiguity.  Many hits are not really time zones, unfortunately, and
68286222Swollman#   many hits denote US time zones and not Australian ones.  But here
68386222Swollman#   are the hit counts anyway:
68486222Swollman#
68586222Swollman#     161,304 "EST" and domain:au
68686222Swollman#      25,156 "EDT" and domain:au
68786222Swollman#      18,263 "AEST" and domain:au
68886222Swollman#      10,416 "AEDT" and domain:au
68986222Swollman#
69086222Swollman#      14,538 "CST" and domain:au
69186222Swollman#       5,728 "CDT" and domain:au
69286222Swollman#         176 "ACST" and domain:au
69386222Swollman#          29 "ACDT" and domain:au
69486222Swollman#
69586222Swollman#       7,539 "WST" and domain:au
69686222Swollman#          68 "AWST" and domain:au
69786222Swollman#
69886222Swollman#   This data suggest that Australians tend to omit the "A" prefix in
69986222Swollman#   practice.  The situation for "ST" versus "DT" is less clear, given
70086222Swollman#   the ambiguities involved.
70186222Swollman#
70286222Swollman# * How do Australians feel about the abbreviations in the tz database?
70386222Swollman#
70486222Swollman#   If you just count Australians on this list, I count 2 in favor and 3
70586222Swollman#   against.  One of the "against" votes (David Keegel) counseled delay,
70686222Swollman#   saying that both AEST/AEDT and EST/EST are widely used and
70786222Swollman#   understood in Australia.
70886222Swollman
70914343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
710158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ.
711149514Swollman# Mark Prior writes that his newspaper
7129908Swollman# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00,
7139908Swollman# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970
7149908Swollman# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time.
71514343Swollman# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960.
7162742Swollman
717149514Swollman# From Eric Ulevik (1998-01-05):
71875267Swollman#
71943014Swollman# Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable,
72043014Swollman# and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more
72143014Swollman# relevant entries in this database.
72275267Swollman#
72343014Swollman# NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill):
72443014Swollman# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html">
72543014Swollman# Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04)
72643014Swollman# </a>
72743014Swollman# ACT
72858787Sru# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html">
72943014Swollman# Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972
73043014Swollman# </a>
73143014Swollman# SA
73243014Swollman# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html">
73343014Swollman# Standard Time Act, 1898
73443014Swollman# </a>
73543014Swollman
736149514Swollman# From David Grosz (2005-06-13):
737149514Swollman# It was announced last week that Daylight Saving would be extended by
738149514Swollman# one week next year to allow for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
739149514Swollman# Daylight Saving is now to end for next year only on the first Sunday
740149514Swollman# in April instead of the last Sunday in March.
741149514Swollman#
742149514Swollman# From Gwillim Law (2005-06-14):
743149514Swollman# I did some Googling and found that all of those states (and territory) plan
744149514Swollman# to extend DST together in 2006.
745149514Swollman# ACT: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/mediareleases/fileread.cfm?file=86.txt
746149514Swollman# New South Wales: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15538869%255E1702,00.html
747149514Swollman# South Australia: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15555031-1246,00.html
748149514Swollman# Tasmania: http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=14772
749149514Swollman# Victoria: I wasn't able to find anything separate, but the other articles
750149514Swollman# allude to it.
751149514Swollman# But not Queensland
752149514Swollman# http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15564030-1248,00.html.
753149514Swollman
7549908Swollman# Northern Territory
7559908Swollman
75619878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
7572742Swollman# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY..  [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
7582742Swollman# #					[ Nov 1990 ]
7592742Swollman# #	N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
7602742Swollman# ...
7619908Swollman# Zone        Australia/North         9:30    -       CST
7622742Swollman
76319878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
7642742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
7652742Swollman# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving.
7662742Swollman
7679908Swollman# Western Australia
7682742Swollman
76919878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
7702742Swollman# #  The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA..  [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]
7712742Swollman# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
7722742Swollman# #	W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to
7732742Swollman# #	DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but
7742742Swollman# #	usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus
7752742Swollman# #	before reaching parliament.
7762742Swollman# ...
7772742Swollman# Zone	Australia/West		8:00	AW	%sST
7782742Swollman# ...
7792742Swollman# Rule	AW	1974	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
7802742Swollman# Rule	AW	1975	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W
7812742Swollman# Rule	AW	1983	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
7822742Swollman# Rule	AW	1984	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W
7832742Swollman
78419878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
7852742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
7862742Swollman# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving.
7872742Swollman
78819878Swollman# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (1991-11-02):
7892742Swollman# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney
7902742Swollman# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at
7912742Swollman# work at 9.00am.)
7922742Swollman# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse
7932742Swollman# everybody again.
7942742Swollman
79519878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
7962742Swollman# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
7972742Swollman# it matches what was used in the past.
7982742Swollman
79958787Sru# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm">
80058787Sru# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ
80158787Sru# </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses
80258787Sru# South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia.
80358787Sru
8049908Swollman# Queensland
80519878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
8062742Swollman# #   The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
8072742Swollman# #						[ Dec 1990 ]
8082742Swollman# ...
8092742Swollman# Zone	Australia/Queensland	10:00	AQ	%sST
8102742Swollman# ...
8112742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
8122742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	E
8132742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1989	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
8142742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E
8152742Swollman
81619878Swollman# From Bradley White (1989-12-24):
8172742Swollman# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from
8182742Swollman# October 1989).
8192742Swollman
82019878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
8212742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
8222742Swollman# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
8232742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
8242742Swollman
82519878Swollman# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
8262742Swollman# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact
8272742Swollman# end on Sunday, 3 March.  I don't know at what hour, though.  (It surprised
8282742Swollman# me.)
8292742Swollman
83019878Swollman# From Bradley White (1992-03-08):
8312742Swollman# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted
8322742Swollman# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ...
8332742Swollman# ...
8342742Swollman# Rule	QLD	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
8352742Swollman# Rule	QLD	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
8362742Swollman# ...
8372742Swollman
83819878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
8392742Swollman# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
8402742Swollman
841169811Swollman# From Christopher Hunt (2006-11-21), after an advance warning
842169811Swollman# from Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-11-01):
843169811Swollman# WA are trialing DST for three years.
844169811Swollman# <http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54825721200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf>
845169811Swollman
846105196Swollman# From Rives McDow (2002-04-09):
847114173Swollman# The most interesting region I have found consists of three towns on the
848169811Swollman# southern coast....  South Australia observes daylight saving time; Western
849114173Swollman# Australia does not.  The two states are one and a half hours apart.  The
850114173Swollman# residents decided to forget about this nonsense of changing the clock so
851114173Swollman# much and set the local time 20 hours and 45 minutes from the
852114173Swollman# international date line, or right in the middle of the time of South
853169811Swollman# Australia and Western Australia....
854105196Swollman#
855105196Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2002-04-09):
856105196Swollman# This is confirmed by the section entitled
857105196Swollman# "What's the deal with time zones???" in
858169811Swollman# <http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~awatkins/null.html>.
859105196Swollman#
860169811Swollman# From Alex Livingston (2006-12-07):
861169811Swollman# ... it was just on four years ago that I drove along the Eyre Highway,
862169811Swollman# which passes through eastern Western Australia close to the southern
863169811Swollman# coast of the continent.
864105196Swollman#
865169811Swollman# I paid particular attention to the time kept there. There can be no
866169811Swollman# dispute that UTC+08:45 was considered "the time" from the border
867169811Swollman# village just inside the border with South Australia to as far west
868169811Swollman# as just east of Caiguna. There can also be no dispute that Eucla is
869169811Swollman# the largest population centre in this zone....
870169811Swollman#
871169811Swollman# Now that Western Australia is observing daylight saving, the
872169811Swollman# question arose whether this part of the state would follow suit. I
873169811Swollman# just called the border village and confirmed that indeed they have,
874169811Swollman# meaning that they are now observing UTC+09:45.
875169811Swollman#
876169811Swollman# (2006-12-09):
877169811Swollman# I personally doubt that either experimentation with daylight saving
878169811Swollman# in WA or its introduction in SA had anything to do with the genesis
879169811Swollman# of this time zone.  My hunch is that it's been around since well
880169811Swollman# before 1975.  I remember seeing it noted on road maps decades ago.
881105196Swollman
882169811Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-12-15):
883169811Swollman# For lack of better info, assume the tradition dates back to the
884169811Swollman# introduction of standard time in 1895.
885169811Swollman
886169811Swollman
887171948Sedwin# southeast Australia
8882742Swollman#
889171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
890171948Sedwin# Starting autumn 2008 Victoria, NSW, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT
891171948Sedwin# end DST the first Sunday in April and start DST the first Sunday in October.
892171948Sedwin# http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/daylight-savings-to-span-six-months/2007/06/27/1182623966703.html
8932742Swollman
8942742Swollman
8959908Swollman# South Australia
8962742Swollman
89719878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
8982742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
8992742Swollman# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
9002742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
9012742Swollman
90219878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
9032742Swollman# #   The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ]
9042742Swollman# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
9052742Swollman# ...
9062742Swollman# Zone	Australia/South		9:30	AS	%sST
9072742Swollman# ...
9082742Swollman# Rule	 AS	1971	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
9092742Swollman# Rule	 AS	1972	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C
910158421Swollman# Rule	 AS	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	C
9112742Swollman# Rule	 AS	1991	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C
9122742Swollman
91319878Swollman# From Bradley White (1992-03-11):
9142742Swollman# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide
9152742Swollman# contained the following exchange:  "Due to the Adelaide Festival,
9162742Swollman# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks."
9172742Swollman
91819878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1992-03-13):
9192742Swollman# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that)
9202742Swollman# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even
9212742Swollman# numbered year (from 1990).  That's when the Adelaide Festival
9222742Swollman# is on...
9232742Swollman
92419878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1992-03-16, 00:57:07 +1000):
9252742Swollman# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday)....
9262742Swollman# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever...
9272742Swollman# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...).
9282742Swollman
92919878Swollman# From Bradley White (1994-04-11):
9302742Swollman# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March,
9312742Swollman# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can
9322742Swollman# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated....
9332742Swollman
934149514Swollman# From John Warburton (1994-10-07):
9359908Swollman# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ...
9369908Swollman# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994....
9379908Swollman# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March.
9382742Swollman
939171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
940171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
941171948Sedwin
9429908Swollman# Tasmania
9439908Swollman
94458787Sru# The rules for 1967 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
94558787Sru# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
9462742Swollman# #  The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
9472742Swollman# #					[ Nov 1990 ]
9482742Swollman
94919878Swollman# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10):
9502742Swollman# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have
9512742Swollman# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia
9522742Swollman# (but nothing new about that).
9532742Swollman
95458787Sru# From Alex Livingston (1999-10-04):
95558787Sru# I heard on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio news on the
95658787Sru# (long) weekend that Tasmania, which usually goes its own way in this regard,
95758787Sru# has decided to join with most of NSW, the ACT, and most of Victoria
95858787Sru# (Australia) and start daylight saving on the last Sunday in August in 2000
95958787Sru# instead of the first Sunday in October.
96058787Sru
96164499Swollman# Sim Alam (2000-07-03) reported a legal citation for the 2000/2001 rules:
96264499Swollman# http://www.thelaw.tas.gov.au/fragview/42++1968+GS3A@EN+2000070300
96364499Swollman
964171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
965171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
966171948Sedwin
9679908Swollman# Victoria
9682742Swollman
96958787Sru# The rules for 1971 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
97058787Sru# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
9712742Swollman# #   The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
9722742Swollman# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
9732742Swollman
97486222Swollman# From Scott Harrington (2001-08-29):
97586222Swollman# On KQED's "City Arts and Lectures" program last night I heard an
97686222Swollman# interesting story about daylight savings time.  Dr. John Heilbron was
97786222Swollman# discussing his book "The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar
97886222Swollman# Observatories"[1], and in particular the Shrine of Remembrance[2] located
97986222Swollman# in Melbourne, Australia.
98086222Swollman#
98186222Swollman# Apparently the shrine's main purpose is a beam of sunlight which
98286222Swollman# illuminates a special spot on the floor at the 11th hour of the 11th day
98386222Swollman# of the 11th month (Remembrance Day) every year in memory of Australia's
98486222Swollman# fallen WWI soldiers.  And if you go there on Nov. 11, at 11am local time,
98586222Swollman# you will indeed see the sunbeam illuminate the special spot at the
98686222Swollman# expected time.
98786222Swollman#
98886222Swollman# However, that is only because of some special mirror contraption that had
98986222Swollman# to be employed, since due to daylight savings time, the true solar time of
99086222Swollman# the remembrance moment occurs one hour later (or earlier?).  Perhaps
99186222Swollman# someone with more information on this jury-rig can tell us more.
99286222Swollman#
99386222Swollman# [1] http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HEISUN.html
99486222Swollman# [2] http://www.shrine.org.au
99586222Swollman
996171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
997171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
998171948Sedwin
9999908Swollman# New South Wales
10002742Swollman
10012742Swollman# From Arthur David Olson:
10022742Swollman# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
1003149514Swollman# Based on law library research by John Mackin,
10042742Swollman# who notes:
10052742Swollman#	In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
10062742Swollman#	individual states.  Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''
10072742Swollman#	[I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
10082742Swollman#	use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the
10092742Swollman#	legislation.  This is very important to understand.
10102742Swollman#	I have researched New South Wales time only...
10112742Swollman
1012149514Swollman# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-26):
101358787Sru# DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual
101458787Sru# October in 2000.  [See: Matthew Moore,
101558787Sru# <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html">
101658787Sru# Two months more daylight saving
101758787Sru# </a>
101858787Sru# Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26).]
10192742Swollman
102058787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27):
102158787Sru# See the following official NSW source:
102258787Sru# <a href="http://dir.gis.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/genobject/document/other/daylightsaving/tigGmZ">
102358787Sru# Daylight Saving in New South Wales.
102458787Sru# </a>
102558787Sru#
102658787Sru# Narrabri Shire (NSW) council has announced it will ignore the extension of
102758787Sru# daylight saving next year.  See:
102858787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/neweng/monthly/regeng-22jul1999-1.htm">
102958787Sru# Narrabri Council to ignore daylight saving
103058787Sru# </a> (1999-07-22).  For now, we'll wait to see if this really happens.
103158787Sru#
103258787Sru# Victoria will following NSW.  See:
103358787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/local/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990728112314_1.htm">
103458787Sru# Vic to extend daylight saving
103558787Sru# </a> (1999-07-28).
103658787Sru#
103758787Sru# However, South Australia rejected the DST request.  See:
103858787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990719151754_1.htm">
103958787Sru# South Australia rejects Olympics daylight savings request
104058787Sru# </a> (1999-07-19).
104158787Sru#
104258787Sru# Queensland also will not observe DST for the Olympics.  See:
104358787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/06/item19990601114608_1.htm">
104458787Sru# Qld says no to daylight savings for Olympics
104558787Sru# </a> (1999-06-01), which quotes Queensland Premier Peter Beattie as saying
104658787Sru# ``Look you've got to remember in my family when this came up last time
104758787Sru# I voted for it, my wife voted against it and she said to me it's all very
104858787Sru# well for you, you don't have to worry about getting the children out of
104975267Swollman# bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night.
105058787Sru# I've been through all this argument domestically...my wife rules.''
105158787Sru#
105258787Sru# Broken Hill will stick with South Australian time in 2000.  See:
105358787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/brokenh/monthly/regbrok-21jul1999-6.htm">
105458787Sru# Broken Hill to be behind the times
105558787Sru# </a> (1999-07-21).
10562742Swollman
105743543Swollman# IATA SSIM (1998-09) says that the spring 2000 change for Australian
105843543Swollman# Capital Territory, New South Wales except Lord Howe Island and Broken
105958787Sru# Hill, and Victoria will be August 27, presumably due to the Sydney Olympics.
106043543Swollman
106167578Swollman# From Eric Ulevik, referring to Sydney's Sun Herald (2000-08-13), page 29:
106275267Swollman# The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is encouraging northern NSW
106375267Swollman# towns to use Queensland time.
106467578Swollman
1065171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
1066171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
1067171948Sedwin
10689908Swollman# Yancowinna
10692742Swollman
107067578Swollman# From John Mackin (1989-01-04):
10712742Swollman# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna.
10722742Swollman
107319878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
10742742Swollman# # YANCOWINNA..  [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
10752742Swollman# #					[ Dec 1990 ]
10762742Swollman# ...
107743014Swollman# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite [its] location on the
10782742Swollman# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings
10792742Swollman# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government
10802742Swollman# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have
10812742Swollman# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not
10822742Swollman# # presently available.
10832742Swollman# Zone	Australia/Yancowinna	9:30	 AY	%sST
10842742Swollman# ...
10852742Swollman# Rule	 AY	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
10862742Swollman# Rule	 AY	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	C
10872742Swollman# [followed by other Rules]
10882742Swollman
10899908Swollman# Lord Howe Island
10902742Swollman
109119878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
1092153670Swollman# LHI...		[ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen ]
10932742Swollman#					[ Dec 1990 ]
10942742Swollman# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
10952742Swollman# hour ahead of NSW time.
10962742Swollman
109758787Sru# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-01-27):
109858787Sru# Lord Howe Island summer time in 2000/2001 will commence on the same
109958787Sru# date as the rest of NSW (i.e. 2000-08-27).  For your information the
110058787Sru# Lord Howe Island Board (controlling authority for the Island) is
110158787Sru# seeking the community's views on various options for summer time
110258787Sru# arrangements on the Island, e.g. advance clocks by 1 full hour
110386464Swollman# instead of only 30 minutes.  Dependant on the wishes of residents
110458787Sru# the Board may approach the NSW government to change the existing
110558787Sru# arrangements.  The starting date for summer time on the Island will
110658787Sru# however always coincide with the rest of NSW.
110714343Swollman
110875267Swollman# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-10-25):
110975267Swollman# Lord Howe Island advances clocks by 30 minutes during DST in NSW and retards
111075267Swollman# clocks by 30 minutes when DST finishes. Since DST was most recently
111175267Swollman# introduced in NSW, the "changeover" time on the Island has been 02:00 as
111275267Swollman# shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start
111375267Swollman# of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW.
111458787Sru
1115158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1116158421Swollman# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks & Pottenger through 1989, and
1117158421Swollman# Lonergan thereafter.  For times we use Lonergan.
111867578Swollman
1119171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
1120171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
1121171948Sedwin
11222742Swollman###############################################################################
11232742Swollman
112458787Sru# New Zealand
11252742Swollman
112619878Swollman# From Mark Davies (1990-10-03):
11272742Swollman# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period.
11282742Swollman# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for
11292742Swollman# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start).
11302742Swollman# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office.
11312742Swollman
113219878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
11332742Swollman# # The Country of New Zealand   (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that!
11342742Swollman# #				   or is Australia the west island of N.Z.
1135153670Swollman# #	[ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Auckland N.Z. ]
11362742Swollman# #				[ Nov 1990 ]
11372742Swollman# ...
11382742Swollman# Rule	NZ      1974    1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
11392742Swollman# Rule	NZ	1989	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
11402742Swollman# Rule	NZ      1975    1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
11412742Swollman# Rule	NZ	1990	max	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	S
11422742Swollman# ...
11432742Swollman# Zone	NZ			12:00	NZ		NZ%sT	# New Zealand
11442742Swollman# Zone	NZ-CHAT			12:45	-		NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
11452742Swollman
114619878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
11472742Swollman# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
11482742Swollman# rather than the October 1 value.
11492742Swollman
115014343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19);
1151158421Swollman# Shank & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ.
1152149514Swollman# Robert Uzgalis writes that the New Zealand Daylight
115314343Swollman# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard
115414343Swollman# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March.
115514343Swollman# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00.
115614343Swollman#
1157158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1158121098Swollman# The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history,
1159121098Swollman# as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.htm for the full references.
1160158421Swollman# Use these sources in preference to Shanks & Pottenger.
1161121098Swollman#
1162121098Swollman# For Chatham, IATA SSIM (1991/1999) gives the NZ rules but with
1163121098Swollman# transitions at 2:45 local standard time; this confirms that Chatham
1164121098Swollman# is always exactly 45 minutes ahead of Auckland.
116514343Swollman
1166169811Swollman# From Colin Sharples (2007-04-30):
1167169811Swollman# DST will now start on the last Sunday in September, and end on the
1168169811Swollman# first Sunday in April.  The changes take effect this year, meaning
1169169811Swollman# that DST will begin on 2007-09-30 2008-04-06.
1170169811Swollman# http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Daylight-Saving-Daylight-saving-to-be-extended
1171169811Swollman
11722742Swollman###############################################################################
11732742Swollman
117458787Sru
11752742Swollman# Fiji
11762742Swollman
117758787Sru# Howse writes (p 153) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji
117858787Sru# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on Antipodean Time
117958787Sru# instead of the American system (which was one day behind).
11802742Swollman
118143543Swollman# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08):
118243543Swollman# Fiji will introduce DST effective 0200 local time, 1998-11-01
118375267Swollman# until 0300 local time 1999-02-28.  Each year the DST period will
118443543Swollman# be from the first Sunday in November until the last Sunday in February.
118543543Swollman
118658787Sru# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08):
118758787Sru# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says DST ends 0100 local time.  Go with McDow.
118858787Sru
118943543Swollman# From the BBC World Service (1998-10-31 11:32 UTC):
119043543Swollman# The Fijiian government says the main reasons for the time change is to
119143543Swollman# improve productivity and reduce road accidents.  But correspondents say it
119243543Swollman# also hopes the move will boost Fiji's ability to compete with other pacific
119343543Swollman# islands in the effort to attract tourists to witness the dawning of the new
119443543Swollman# millenium.
119543543Swollman
119675267Swollman# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/press/2000_09/2000_09_13-05.shtml (2000-09-13)
119775267Swollman# reports that Fiji has discontinued DST.
119858787Sru
119914343Swollman# Johnston
120014343Swollman
120114343Swollman# Johnston data is from usno1995.
120214343Swollman
120358787Sru
120417200Swollman# Kiribati
120517200Swollman
120617200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
120717200Swollman# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that Kiribati
120817200Swollman# ``declared it the same day throught the country as of Jan. 1, 1995''
120917200Swollman# as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century.
121017200Swollman
121158787Sru
12122742Swollman# Kwajalein
12132742Swollman
12142742Swollman# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes:
12152742Swollman# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday,
121619878Swollman# 1993-08-20.  Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with
12172742Swollman# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands,
12182742Swollman# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink.
12192742Swollman
122058787Sru
122114343Swollman# N Mariana Is, Guam
12222742Swollman
122358787Sru# Howse writes (p 153) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the
12242742Swollman# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones
12252742Swollman# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time.
122675267Swollman# For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines;
122775267Swollman# see Asia/Manila.
122814343Swollman
122975267Swollman# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UTC+10 the official standard time,
123075267Swollman# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time".  There is no official abbreviation,
123175267Swollman# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law,
123275267Swollman# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST".
123358787Sru
123475267Swollman
123517200Swollman# Micronesia
123617200Swollman
1237149514Swollman# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16),
123817200Swollman# ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk"
123917200Swollman# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.''
124017200Swollman#
1241158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger write that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11
1242158421Swollman# on 1978-10-01; ignore this for now.
124317200Swollman
124458787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
124558787Sru# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in
124658787Sru# <a href="http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html">
124758787Sru# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information
124858787Sru# </a> (1999-01-26)
124958787Sru# that Truk and Yap are UTC+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are UTC+11.
125058787Sru# We don't know when Kosrae switched from UTC+12; assume January 1 for now.
125158787Sru
125258787Sru
1253121098Swollman# Midway
1254121098Swollman
1255121098Swollman# From Charles T O'Connor, KMTH DJ (1956),
1256121098Swollman# quoted in the KTMH section of the Radio Heritage Collection
1257121098Swollman# <http://radiodx.com/spdxr/KMTH.htm> (2002-12-31):
1258121098Swollman# For the past two months we've been on what is known as Daylight
1259121098Swollman# Saving Time.  This time has put us on air at 5am in the morning,
1260121098Swollman# your time down there in New Zealand.  Starting September 2, 1956
1261121098Swollman# we'll again go back to Standard Time.  This'll mean that we'll go to
1262121098Swollman# air at 6am your time.
1263121098Swollman#
1264121098Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23):
1265121098Swollman# We don't know the date of that quote, but we'll guess they
1266121098Swollman# started DST on June 3.  Possibly DST was observed other years
1267121098Swollman# in Midway, but we have no record of it.
1268121098Swollman
1269121098Swollman
127058787Sru# Pitcairn
127158787Sru
127258787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08):
127358787Sru# A Proclamation was signed by the Governor of Pitcairn on the 27th March 1998
127458787Sru# with regard to Pitcairn Standard Time.  The Proclamation is as follows.
127558787Sru#
127658787Sru#	The local time for general purposes in the Islands shall be
127758787Sru#	Co-ordinated Universal time minus 8 hours and shall be known
127858787Sru#	as Pitcairn Standard Time.
127958787Sru#
128058787Sru# ... I have also seen Pitcairn listed as UTC minus 9 hours in several
128158787Sru# references, and can only assume that this was an error in interpretation
128258787Sru# somehow in light of this proclamation.
128358787Sru
128458787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-11-09):
128558787Sru# The Proclamation regarding Pitcairn time came into effect on 27 April 1998
128658787Sru# ... at midnight.
128758787Sru
128858787Sru# From Howie Phelps (1999-11-10), who talked to a Pitcairner via shortwave:
128958787Sru# Betty Christian told me yesterday that their local time is the same as
129058787Sru# Pacific Standard Time. They used to be 1/2 hour different from us here in
129158787Sru# Sacramento but it was changed a couple of years ago.
129258787Sru
129358787Sru
129414343Swollman# Samoa
129514343Swollman
129658787Sru# Howse writes (p 153, citing p 10 of the 1883-11-18 New York Herald)
129758787Sru# that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change
129814343Swollman# ``the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system,
129914343Swollman# ordaining -- by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery -- that
130014343Swollman# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year.''
130117200Swollman
130258787Sru
130317200Swollman# Tonga
130417200Swollman
130517200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
130617200Swollman# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that ``Tonga has been plotting
130717200Swollman# to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time.''
130817200Swollman# Since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do.
130958787Sru
131058787Sru# Don Mundell writes in the 1997-02-20 Tonga Chronicle
131158787Sru# <a href="http://www.tongatapu.net.to/tonga/homeland/timebegins.htm">
131258787Sru# How Tonga became `The Land where Time Begins'
131358787Sru# </a>:
131458787Sru
131558787Sru# Until 1941 Tonga maintained a standard time 50 minutes ahead of NZST
131658787Sru# 12 hours and 20 minutes ahead of GMT.  When New Zealand adjusted its
131758787Sru# standard time in 1940s, Tonga had the choice of subtracting from its
131858787Sru# local time to come on the same standard time as New Zealand or of
131958787Sru# advancing its time to maintain the differential of 13 degrees
132058787Sru# (approximately 50 minutes ahead of New Zealand time).
132158787Sru#
132258787Sru# Because His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, then Crown Prince
132358787Sru# Tungi, preferred to ensure Tonga's title as the land where time
132458787Sru# begins, the Legislative Assembly approved the latter change.
132558787Sru#
132658787Sru# But some of the older, more conservative members from the outer
132758787Sru# islands objected. "If at midnight on Dec. 31, we move ahead 40
132858787Sru# minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of the 40
132958787Sru# minutes we have lost?"
133058787Sru#
133158787Sru# The Crown Prince, presented an unanswerable argument: "Remember that
133258787Sru# on the World Day of Prayer, you would be the first people on Earth
133358787Sru# to say your prayers in the morning."
133458787Sru
1335158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1336158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger say the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell.
133758787Sru
133858787Sru# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03):
133958787Sru# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium
134058787Sru# Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front.
134158787Sru# He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from
134258787Sru# October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan
134358787Sru# Government.
134458787Sru
1345149514Swollman# From Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09):
134658787Sru# * Tonga will introduce DST in November
134775267Swollman#
1348149514Swollman# I was given this link by John Letts:
134958787Sru# <a hef="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm">
135058787Sru# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm
135158787Sru# </a>
135275267Swollman#
135358787Sru# I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November
135458787Sru# yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead
135558787Sru# of UTC as well, but as far as I know Fiji will only be 13 hours ahead
135658787Sru# (12 + 1 hour DST).
135758787Sru
1358149514Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20):
135958787Sru# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html>
136058787Sru# http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html
136158787Sru# </a>:
136275267Swollman# "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000
136375267Swollman# and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the
136475267Swollman# third Saturday of April.  Under the system approved by Privy Council on
136575267Swollman# Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and
136658787Sru# set back an hour on the closing date."
136758787Sru# Alas, no indication of the time of day.
136858787Sru
136958787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-10-06):
137058787Sru# Tonga started its Daylight Saving on Saturday morning October 2nd at 0200am.
137158787Sru# Daylight Saving ends on April 16 at 0300am which is Sunday morning.
137258787Sru
137375267Swollman# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-31):
137475267Swollman# Back in March I found a notice on the website http://www.tongaonline.com
137575267Swollman# that Tonga changed back to standard time one month early, on March 19
137675267Swollman# instead of the original reported date April 16. Unfortunately, the article
137775267Swollman# is no longer available on the site, and I did not make a copy of the
137875267Swollman# text, and I have forgotten to report it here.
137975267Swollman# (Original URL was: http://www.tongaonline.com/news/march162000.htm )
138058787Sru
138175267Swollman# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01):
138275267Swollman# Tonga is observing DST as of 2000-11-04 and will stop on 2001-01-27.
138375267Swollman
138493799Swollman# From Sione Moala-Mafi (2001-09-20) via Rives McDow:
138593799Swollman# At 2:00am on the first Sunday of November, the standard time in the Kingdom
138693799Swollman# shall be moved forward by one hour to 3:00am.  At 2:00am on the last Sunday
138793799Swollman# of January the standard time in the Kingdom shall be moved backward by one
138893799Swollman# hour to 1:00am.
138986222Swollman
1390114173Swollman# From Pulu 'Anau (2002-11-05):
1391114173Swollman# The law was for 3 years, supposedly to get renewed.  It wasn't.
139286222Swollman
1393121098Swollman
1394121098Swollman# Wake
1395121098Swollman
1396121098Swollman# From Vernice Anderson, Personal Secretary to Philip Jessup,
1397121098Swollman# US Ambassador At Large (oral history interview, 1971-02-02):
1398121098Swollman#
1399121098Swollman# Saturday, the 14th [of October, 1950] -- ...  The time was all the
1400121098Swollman# more confusing at that point, because we had crossed the
1401121098Swollman# International Date Line, thus getting two Sundays.  Furthermore, we
1402121098Swollman# discovered that Wake Island had two hours of daylight saving time
1403121098Swollman# making calculation of time in Washington difficult if not almost
1404121098Swollman# impossible.
1405121098Swollman#
1406121098Swollman# http://www.trumanlibrary.org/wake/meeting.htm
1407121098Swollman
1408121098Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23):
1409121098Swollman# We have no other report of DST in Wake Island, so omit this info for now.
1410121098Swollman
141158787Sru###############################################################################
141258787Sru
141358787Sru# The International Date Line
141458787Sru
141558787Sru# From Gwillim Law (2000-01-03):
141675267Swollman#
141758787Sru# The International Date Line is not defined by any international standard,
141858787Sru# convention, or treaty.  Mapmakers are free to draw it as they please.
141958787Sru# Reputable mapmakers will simply ensure that every point of land appears on
142058787Sru# the correct side of the IDL, according to the date legally observed there.
142158787Sru#
142258787Sru# When Kiribati adopted a uniform date in 1995, thereby moving the Phoenix and
142358787Sru# Line Islands to the west side of the IDL (or, if you prefer, moving the IDL
142458787Sru# to the east side of the Phoenix and Line Islands), I suppose that most
142558787Sru# mapmakers redrew the IDL following the boundary of Kiribati.  Even that line
142658787Sru# has a rather arbitrary nature.  The straight-line boundaries between Pacific
142758787Sru# island nations that are shown on many maps are based on an international
1428153670Swollman# convention, but are not legally binding national borders.... The date is
142958787Sru# governed by the IDL; therefore, even on the high seas, there may be some
143058787Sru# places as late as fourteen hours later than UTC.  And, since the IDL is not
143158787Sru# an international standard, there are some places on the high seas where the
143258787Sru# correct date is ambiguous.
1433149514Swollman
1434153670Swollman# From Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone> (2005-08-31):
1435153670Swollman# Before 1920, all ships kept local apparent time on the high seas by setting
1436153670Swollman# their clocks at night or at the morning sight so that, given the ship's
1437153670Swollman# speed and direction, it would be 12 o'clock when the Sun crossed the ship's
1438153670Swollman# meridian (12 o'clock = local apparent noon).  During 1917, at the
1439153670Swollman# Anglo-French Conference on Time-keeping at Sea, it was recommended that all
1440153670Swollman# ships, both military and civilian, should adopt hourly standard time zones
1441153670Swollman# on the high seas.  Whenever a ship was within the territorial waters of any
1442153670Swollman# nation it would use that nation's standard time.  The captain was permitted
1443153670Swollman# to change his ship's clocks at a time of his choice following his ship's
1444153670Swollman# entry into another zone time--he often chose midnight.  These zones were
1445153670Swollman# adopted by all major fleets between 1920 and 1925 but not by many
1446153670Swollman# independent merchant ships until World War II.
1447153670Swollman
1448149514Swollman# From Paul Eggert, using references suggested by Oscar van Vlijmen
1449149514Swollman# (2005-03-20):
1450149514Swollman#
1451149514Swollman# The American Practical Navigator (2002)
1452149514Swollman# <http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/pubs/pubs_j_apn_sections.html?rid=187>
1453149514Swollman# talks only about the 180-degree meridian with respect to ships in
1454149514Swollman# international waters; it ignores the international date line.
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