australasia revision 8029
1# @(#)australasia 7.20 2# This file also includes Pacific islands. 3 4# Notes are at the end of this file 5 6############################################################################### 7 8# Australia 9 10# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 11Rule Aus 1895 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 12# Shanks gives 1917 Jan 1 0:01; go with Whitman (and guess 2:00). 13Rule Aus 1916 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 - 14Rule Aus 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 - 15Rule Aus 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 - 16Rule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 - 17Rule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 - 18Rule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 19Rule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 - 20# Whitman says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944, and that 21# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944; go with Shanks. 22 23# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 24Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 25 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 26 9:30 Aus CST 27 28# ZONE-DESCR Australia Darwin Australia Northern Territory 29 30Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 31 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 32 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00 33 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 34 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00 35 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 36 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00 37 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 38 8:00 - WST 39 40# ZONE-DESCR Australia Perth Australia Western_Australia 41 42Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895 43 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 44 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00 45 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 3:00 46 10:00 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00 47 10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 48 10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00 49 10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 50 10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00 51 10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 52 10:00 - EST 53 54# ZONE-DESCR Australia Brisbane Australia Queensland 55 56# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 57Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 58Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - 59Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 60Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 61Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 62Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - 63Rule AS 1990 max even Mar Sun>=18 3:00 0 - 64Rule AS 1990 max odd Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 65# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 66Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 67 9:00 - CST 1899 May 68 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 69 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00 70 9:30 AS CST 71 72# ZONE-DESCR Australia Adelaide Australia South Australia 73 74# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 75Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 - 76Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 3:00 0 - 77Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 78Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 - 79Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 80Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 81Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - 82Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 83Rule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - 84Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - 85Rule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 86Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - 87Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - 88# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 89Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep 90 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 91 10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00 92 10:00 AT EST 93 94# ZONE-DESCR Australia Hobart Australia Tasmania 95 96# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 97Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 98Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 99Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 100Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - 101Rule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - 102Rule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 103Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 104# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 105Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 106 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 107 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 108 10:00 AV EST 109 110# ZONE-DESCR Australia Melbourne Australia Victoria 111 112# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 113Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 114Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 115Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 116Rule AN 1982 only - Apr 4 3:00 0 - 117Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 118Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - 119Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - 120Rule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 121Rule AN 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 122# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 123Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 124 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 125 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 126 10:00 AN EST 127 128# ZONE-DESCR Australia Sydney Australia New South Wales 129 130Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb 131 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23 132 9:00 - CST 1899 May 133 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 134 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 135 9:30 AN CST 136 137# ZONE-DESCR Australia Broken_Hill Australia County of Yancowinna, NSW 138 139Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 140 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar 141 10:30 AN LHST 142 143# ZONE-DESCR Australia Lord_Howe Australia Lord Howe Island 144 145Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 146 7:00 - JVT 147 148# ZONE-DESCR Indian Christmas Australia Christmas Island 149 150# 151# Ashmore Is, Cartier 152# no information; probably like Australia/Perth 153# 154# Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga 155# no information 156 157 158# Belau 159Zone Pacific/Belau 8:58:00 - LMT 1901 160 9:00 - BLT 161 162# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Belau Rep_of_Palau All points 163 164# Cook Is 165# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 166Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HD 167Rule Cook 1979 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 H 168Rule Cook 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HD 169# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 170Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua 171 -10:30 - CIST 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is ST 172 -10:00 Cook T%sT 173 174# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Rarotonga Cook_Island All points 175 176# Cocos 177# From USNO (1989): 178# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 179Zone Pacific/Cocos 6:30 - CCT 180 181# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Cocos Cocos_Island All points 182 183# Fiji 184# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 185Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva 186 12:00 - NZST 187 188# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Fiji Fiji All points 189 190# French Polynesia 191# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 192Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea 193 -9:00 - GBT 194Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct 195 -9:30 - MQT 196Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete 197 -10:00 - THT 198 199# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Gambier France Gambier 200# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Marquesas France Marquesas 201# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tahiti France Tahiti 202 203# Guam 204# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 205Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana 206 10:00 - GST 207 208# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Guam United_States Guam 209 210# Howland, Baker 211# no information; probably like Pacific/Samoa 212 213# Jarvis 214# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritimati 215 216# Johnston 217# no information; probably like Pacific/Honolulu 218 219# Kiribati 220# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 221Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki 222 12:00 - NZST 223Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901 224 -12:00 - KJT 1979 Oct 225 -11:00 - SST 226Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901 227 -10:40 - LIT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time 228 -10:00 - THT 229 230# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tarawa Kiribati Tarawa 231# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Enderbury Kiribati Enderbury 232# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kiritimati Kiribati Kiritimati 233 234# Nauru 235# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 236Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe 237 11:30 - NST 1942 Mar 15 238 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15 239 11:30 - NST 1979 May 240 12:00 - NZST 241 242# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Nauru Nauru All points 243 244# New Caledonia 245# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 246Rule NC 1912 only - Jan 13 0:00 0 S 247Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D 248Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 S 249# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 250Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 251 11:00 NC NC%sT 252 253# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Noumea New_Caledonia All points 254 255############################################################################### 256 257# New Zealand 258 259# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 260Rule NZ 1868 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 261# Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17, 262# 1929 Oct 13 - 1930 Mar 16; go with Whitman. 263Rule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 1:00 D 264Rule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S 265Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 1:00 D 266Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 1:00 D 267Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S 268Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D 269# Shanks says DST stopped 1940 Sep lastSun; go with Whitman for war years. 270Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S 271Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Sep lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 272Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00 1:00 D 273Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 274Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00 1:00 D 275Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 276Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 3:00 0 S 277Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 278Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 S 279# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 280Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 281 # Shanks gives 1940 Sep 29 2:00; 282 # go with Whitman. 283 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1945 Apr 29 2:00 284 12:00 NZ NZ%sT 285Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 - NZ-CHAT 286 287 288# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Auckland New_Zealand All points except: 289# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Chatham New_Zealand Chatham 290 291# Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is 292# no information; probably like Pacific/Auckland 293 294############################################################################### 295 296 297# Niue 298# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 299Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi 300 -11:20 - NIT 1951 # Niue I Time 301 -11:30 - NIT 1978 Oct 1 302 -11:00 - SST 303 304# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Niue Niue All points 305 306# Norfolk 307# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 308Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston 309 11:12 - NMT 1951 310 11:30 - NST 311 312# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Norfolk Norfolk_Islands All points 313 314# Pacific Islands Trust Territories 315# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 316Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901 317 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct 318 12:00 - NZST 319Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 320 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct 321 -12:00 - KJT 1993 Aug 20 322 12:00 - NZST 323Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 324 10:00 - GST 1978 Oct 325 11:00 - NCST 326Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:33:00 - LMT 1901 327 11:00 - NCST 328Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:24 - LMT 1901 329 9:00 - BLT 1969 Oct 330 10:00 - GST 331 332# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Truk Fed_States_of_Micronesia Truk state 333# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Ponape Fed_States_of_Micronesia Pohnpei state 334# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Yap Fed_States_of_Micronesia Yap state 335# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Majuro Marshall_Islands Majuro 336# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kwajalein Marshall_Islands Kwajalein 337 338# Palmyra 339# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritmati 340 341# Papua New Guinea 342# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 343Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 344 9:49 - PMMT 1895 345 10:00 - EST 346 347# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Port_Moresby Papua_New_Guinea All points 348 349# Pitcairn 350# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 351Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown 352 -8:30 - PIT 353 354# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Pitcairn Pitcairn_Island All points 355 356# Solomon Is 357# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea 358# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 359Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara 360 11:00 - NCST 361 362# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Guadalcanal Solomon_Islands All points except: 363# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Port_Moresby Solomon_Islands Bougainville 364 365# Tokelau Is 366# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 367Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901 368 -10:00 - THT 369 370# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Fakaofo Tokelau_Island All points 371 372# Tonga 373# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 374Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 375 12:20 - TMT 1968 Oct 376 13:00 - TGT 377 378# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tongatapu Tonga All points 379 380# Tuvalu 381# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 382Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 383 12:00 - NZST 384 385# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Funafuti Tuvalu All points 386 387# Vanuatu 388# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 389Rule Vanuatu 1912 only - Jan 13 0:00 0 S 390Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 D 391Rule Vanuatu 1984 max - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 S 392Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 D 393Rule Vanuatu 1985 max - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 D 394# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 395Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila 396 11:00 - NCST 397 398# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Efate Vanuatu All points 399 400# Wake 401# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 402Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901 403 12:00 - NZST 404 405# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Wake United_States Wake Island 406 407# Wallis and Futuna 408# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 409Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 410 12:00 - NZST 411 412# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Wallis France Wallis and Futuna 413 414# Western Samoa 415# See Pacific/Samoa in the `northamerica' file, of all places. 416 417############################################################################### 418 419# NOTES 420 421# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 422# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 423# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 424 425# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (August 18, 1994): 426# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 427# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition), 428# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). 429# Except where noted, it is the source for the data above. 430# 431# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 432# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 433# I found in the UCLA library. 434# 435# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 436# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, 437# Oxford University Press (1980). 438# 439# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; 440# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. 441# Corrections are welcome! 442# std dst 443# LMT Local Mean Time 444# 6:30 CCT Cocos* 445# 7:00 JVT Java* 446# 8:00 WST WST Western Australia 447# 9:00 BLT Belau* 448# 9:00 JST Japan 449# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia 450# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia 451# 10:00 GST Guam* 452# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe* 453# 11:00 NCST NCDT New Caledonia* 454# 11:30 NRT Norfolk* 455# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 456# 12:45 NZ-CHAT Chatham 457# 13:00 TGT Tongatapu* 458# -12:00 KJT Kwajalein (no longer used)* 459# -11:00 SST Samoa 460# -10:40 LIT Line Is (no longer used)* 461# -10:00 THT Tahiti* 462# - 9:30 MQT Marquesas* 463# - 9:00 GBT Gambier* 464# - 8:30 PIT Pitcairn* 465# 466# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions. 467 468############################################################################### 469 470# Australia 471 472# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): 473# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time. 474# It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer' 475# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the 476# abbreviation does _not_ change... 477# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least 478# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the 479# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses 480# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight 481# time'. 482# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian 483# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time' 484# or `Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the 485# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers 486# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases 487# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times; 488# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC. 489 490# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992): 491# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is: 492# CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30 493# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00 494# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00 495 496# Australia/North 497 498# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 499# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ] 500# # [ Nov 1990 ] 501# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location. 502# ... 503# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST 504 505# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 506# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 507# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving. 508 509# Australia/West 510 511# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 512# # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ] 513# # [ Nov 1990 ] 514# # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to 515# # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but 516# # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus 517# # before reaching parliament. 518# ... 519# Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST 520# ... 521# Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 522# Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 523# Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 524# Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 525 526# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 527# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 528# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving. 529 530# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (November 2, 1991): 531# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney 532# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at 533# work at 9.00am.) 534# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse 535# everybody again. 536 537# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 538# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; 539# it matches what was used in the past. 540 541# Australia/Queensland 542 543# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 544# # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ] 545# # [ Dec 1990 ] 546# ... 547# Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST 548# ... 549# Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 550# Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 551# Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 552# Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 553 554# From Bradley White (December 24, 1989): 555# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from 556# October 1989). 557 558# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 559# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 560# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 561# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 562 563# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): 564# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact 565# end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised 566# me.) 567 568# From Bradley White (March 8, 1992): 569# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted 570# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ... 571# ... 572# Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 573# Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 574# ... 575 576# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 577# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes. 578 579# Australia/Tasmania, Australia/South, and Australia/Victoria 580 581# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 582# The rules from version 7.1 follow. 583# There are lots of differences between these rules and 584# the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules 585# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on 586# current DST ending dates, no worries. 587# 588# Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 589# Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - 590# Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 591# Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 592# Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 593# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST 594# Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST 595# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00 596# 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00 597# 10:00 Oz EST 598 599# From Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 600# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct... 601# that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the 602# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states 603# that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic). 604# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think 605# that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain. 606 607# Australia/South 608 609# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 610# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 611# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 612# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 613 614# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 615# # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ] 616# # [ Nov 1990 ] 617# ... 618# Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST 619# ... 620# Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 621# Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 622# Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 C 623# Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 624 625# From Bradley White (March 11, 1992): 626# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide 627# contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival, 628# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks." 629 630# From Robert Elz (March 13, 1992): 631# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that) 632# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even 633# numbered year (from 1990). That's when the Adelaide Festival 634# is on... 635 636# From Robert Elz (March 16, 1992, 00:57:07 +1000): 637# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday).... 638# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever... 639# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...). 640 641# From Bradley White (April 11, 1994): 642# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March, 643# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can 644# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated.... 645 646# Australia/Tasmania 647 648# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 649# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 650# ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31... 651 652# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 653# # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 654# # [ Nov 1990 ] 655# ... 656# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 AT %sST 657# ... 658# Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 659# Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 660# Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 661# Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 E 662# Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 663# Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 664# Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 665# Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 666# Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D 667# Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E 668# Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D 669# Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 670# Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 671# Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 672 673# From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (October 10, 1991): 674# My state Government in there eagerness to get a few more bucks for the 675# tourist industry industry decided to change the daylight savings times 676# yet again (we now have almost 6 months per year)... 677# ... 678# Rule Oz 1986 1990 - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - 679# Rule Oz 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - 680# ... 681# Rule Oz 1987 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 682# Rule Oz 1991 max - Mar Sun<=31 3:00 0 - 683 684# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (October 10, 1991): 685# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have 686# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia 687# (but nothing new about that). 688 689# Australia/Victoria 690 691# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 692# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 693# ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 694 695# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 696# # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 697# # [ Nov 1990 ] 698# ... 699# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV %sST 700# ... 701# Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 702# Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 703# Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 704# Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E 705# Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D 706# Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 707# Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 708 709# Australia/NSW 710 711# From Arthur David Olson: 712# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time. 713# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz), 714# who notes: 715# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the 716# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time'' 717# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common 718# use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the 719# legislation. This is very important to understand. 720# I have researched New South Wales time only... 721 722# From Dave Davey (March 3, 1990): 723# Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 724# Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 725 726# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 727# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 728# NSW...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 729 730# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 731# # The state of NEW SOUTH WALES.. [confirmed by Attorney General's Dept N.S.W] 732# # [ Dec 1990 ] 733# ... 734# Rule AN 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 E 735# ... 736 737# From John Mackin (March 9, 1991) 738# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the 739# file Robert forwarded 740 741# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 742# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988; 743# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules. 744 745# Australia/Yancowinna 746 747# From John Basser (January 4, 1989): 748# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. 749 750# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 751# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ] 752# # [ Dec 1990 ] 753# ... 754# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite it's location on the 755# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings 756# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government 757# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have 758# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not 759# # presently available. 760# Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST 761# ... 762# Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 763# Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C 764# [followed by other Rules] 765 766# Australia/LHI 767 768# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 769# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ] 770# [ Dec 1990 ] 771# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an 772# hour ahead of NSW time. 773 774############################################################################### 775 776# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 777# Elz says "no guarantees" 778 779# From Mark Davies (October 3, 1990): 780# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period. 781# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for 782# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start). 783# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office. 784 785# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 786# # The Country of New Zealand (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that! 787# # or is Australia the west island of N.Z. 788# # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ] 789# # [ Nov 1990 ] 790# ... 791# Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 792# Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 793# Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 794# Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S 795# ... 796# Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand 797# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island 798 799# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 800# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 801# rather than the October 1 value. 802 803############################################################################### 804 805# Fiji 806 807# Howse writes (p 162) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji 808# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on +12:00. 809# Perhaps it didn't take. We go with Shanks's more precise date in 1915. 810 811# Kwajalein 812 813# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes: 814# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday, 815# August 20, 1993. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with 816# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands, 817# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink. 818 819# Pacific Islands Trust Territories 820 821# Howse writes (p 162) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the 822# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones 823# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time. 824# Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila. 825