1339630Sphilip# tzdb data for Australasia and environs, and for much of the Pacific
2339630Sphilip
3192886Sedwin# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
4192886Sedwin# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
5153761Swollman
62742Swollman# This file also includes Pacific islands.
786464Swollman
82742Swollman# Notes are at the end of this file
92742Swollman
102742Swollman###############################################################################
112742Swollman
122742Swollman# Australia
132742Swollman
1486222Swollman# Please see the notes below for the controversy about "EST" versus "AEST" etc.
1586222Swollman
16366625Sphilip# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
17368822SphilipRule	Aus	1917	only	-	Jan	 1	2:00s	1:00	D
18368822SphilipRule	Aus	1917	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
19368822SphilipRule	Aus	1942	only	-	Jan	 1	2:00s	1:00	D
20368822SphilipRule	Aus	1942	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
21368822SphilipRule	Aus	1942	only	-	Sep	27	2:00s	1:00	D
22368822SphilipRule	Aus	1943	1944	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
23368822SphilipRule	Aus	1943	only	-	Oct	 3	2:00s	1:00	D
242742Swollman
25349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
269908Swollman# Northern Territory
272742SwollmanZone Australia/Darwin	 8:43:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
28270728Spluknet			 9:00	-	ACST	1899 May
29270728Spluknet			 9:30	Aus	AC%sT
309908Swollman# Western Australia
31169811Swollman#
32366625Sphilip# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
33270728SpluknetRule	AW	1974	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
34270728SpluknetRule	AW	1975	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
35270728SpluknetRule	AW	1983	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
36270728SpluknetRule	AW	1984	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
37270728SpluknetRule	AW	1991	only	-	Nov	17	2:00s	1:00	D
38270728SpluknetRule	AW	1992	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
39270728SpluknetRule	AW	2006	only	-	Dec	 3	2:00s	1:00	D
40270728SpluknetRule	AW	2007	2009	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
41270728SpluknetRule	AW	2007	2008	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
422742SwollmanZone Australia/Perth	 7:43:24 -	LMT	1895 Dec
43270728Spluknet			 8:00	Aus	AW%sT	1943 Jul
44270728Spluknet			 8:00	AW	AW%sT
45169811SwollmanZone Australia/Eucla	 8:35:28 -	LMT	1895 Dec
46316349Sbapt			 8:45	Aus +0845/+0945	1943 Jul
47316349Sbapt			 8:45	AW  +0845/+0945
48169811Swollman
499908Swollman# Queensland
5020094Swollman#
51149514Swollman# From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01):
5220094Swollman# I have heard or read more than once that some resort islands off the coast
5320094Swollman# of Queensland chose to keep observing daylight-saving time even after
5420094Swollman# Queensland ceased to.
5520094Swollman#
5620094Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
5720094Swollman# IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman,
5820094Swollman# Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped.
5920094Swollman# Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria,
6020094Swollman# so use Lindeman.
6120094Swollman#
62307361Sbapt# From J William Piggott (2016-02-20):
63307361Sbapt# There is no location named Holiday Islands in Queensland Australia; holiday
64307361Sbapt# islands is a colloquial term used globally.  Hayman and Lindeman are at the
65307361Sbapt# north and south extremes of the Whitsunday Islands archipelago, and
66307361Sbapt# Hamilton is in between; it is reasonable to believe that this time zone
67307361Sbapt# applies to all of the Whitsundays.
68307361Sbapt# http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/austn-islands
69307361Sbapt#
70366625Sphilip# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
71270728SpluknetRule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
72270728SpluknetRule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
73270728SpluknetRule	AQ	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
74270728SpluknetRule	AQ	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
75270728SpluknetRule	Holiday	1992	1993	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
76270728SpluknetRule	Holiday	1993	1994	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
772742SwollmanZone Australia/Brisbane	10:12:08 -	LMT	1895
78270728Spluknet			10:00	Aus	AE%sT	1971
79270728Spluknet			10:00	AQ	AE%sT
8020094SwollmanZone Australia/Lindeman  9:55:56 -	LMT	1895
81270728Spluknet			10:00	Aus	AE%sT	1971
82270728Spluknet			10:00	AQ	AE%sT	1992 Jul
83270728Spluknet			10:00	Holiday	AE%sT
842742Swollman
859908Swollman# South Australia
86366625Sphilip# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
87270728SpluknetRule	AS	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
88270728SpluknetRule	AS	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	1:00	D
89270728SpluknetRule	AS	1987	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
90270728SpluknetRule	AS	1972	only	-	Feb	27	2:00s	0	S
91270728SpluknetRule	AS	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
92270728SpluknetRule	AS	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S
93270728SpluknetRule	AS	1991	only	-	Mar	3	2:00s	0	S
94270728SpluknetRule	AS	1992	only	-	Mar	22	2:00s	0	S
95270728SpluknetRule	AS	1993	only	-	Mar	7	2:00s	0	S
96270728SpluknetRule	AS	1994	only	-	Mar	20	2:00s	0	S
97270728SpluknetRule	AS	1995	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
98270728SpluknetRule	AS	2006	only	-	Apr	2	2:00s	0	S
99270728SpluknetRule	AS	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
100270728SpluknetRule	AS	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
101270728SpluknetRule	AS	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
102349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1032742SwollmanZone Australia/Adelaide	9:14:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
104270728Spluknet			9:00	-	ACST	1899 May
105270728Spluknet			9:30	Aus	AC%sT	1971
106270728Spluknet			9:30	AS	AC%sT
1072742Swollman
1089908Swollman# Tasmania
109149514Swollman#
110149514Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16):
111273718Sedwin# http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml
112149514Swollman# says King Island didn't observe DST from WWII until late 1971.
113149514Swollman#
114366625Sphilip# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
115368822SphilipRule	AT	1916	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
116368822SphilipRule	AT	1917	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
117368822SphilipRule	AT	1917	1918	-	Oct	Sun>=22	2:00s	1:00	D
118368822SphilipRule	AT	1918	1919	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
119270728SpluknetRule	AT	1967	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
120368822SphilipRule	AT	1968	only	-	Mar	Sun>=29	2:00s	0	S
121270728SpluknetRule	AT	1968	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
122270728SpluknetRule	AT	1969	1971	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00s	0	S
123270728SpluknetRule	AT	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
124270728SpluknetRule	AT	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
125270728SpluknetRule	AT	1982	1983	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
126270728SpluknetRule	AT	1984	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
127270728SpluknetRule	AT	1986	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:00	D
128270728SpluknetRule	AT	1987	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S
129270728SpluknetRule	AT	1987	only	-	Oct	Sun>=22	2:00s	1:00	D
130270728SpluknetRule	AT	1988	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
131270728SpluknetRule	AT	1991	1999	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
132270728SpluknetRule	AT	1991	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
133270728SpluknetRule	AT	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
134270728SpluknetRule	AT	2001	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
135270728SpluknetRule	AT	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
136270728SpluknetRule	AT	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
137270728SpluknetRule	AT	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
138349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1392742SwollmanZone Australia/Hobart	9:49:16	-	LMT	1895 Sep
140368822Sphilip			10:00	AT	AE%sT	1919 Oct 24
141270728Spluknet			10:00	Aus	AE%sT	1967
142270728Spluknet			10:00	AT	AE%sT
1432742Swollman
1449908Swollman# Victoria
145366625Sphilip# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
146270728SpluknetRule	AV	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
147270728SpluknetRule	AV	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
148270728SpluknetRule	AV	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
149270728SpluknetRule	AV	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S
150270728SpluknetRule	AV	1986	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:00	D
151270728SpluknetRule	AV	1988	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
152270728SpluknetRule	AV	1991	1994	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
153270728SpluknetRule	AV	1995	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
154270728SpluknetRule	AV	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
155270728SpluknetRule	AV	2001	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
156270728SpluknetRule	AV	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
157270728SpluknetRule	AV	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
158270728SpluknetRule	AV	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
159270728SpluknetRule	AV	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
160349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1612742SwollmanZone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
162270728Spluknet			10:00	Aus	AE%sT	1971
163270728Spluknet			10:00	AV	AE%sT
1642742Swollman
1659908Swollman# New South Wales
166366625Sphilip# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
167270728SpluknetRule	AN	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
168270728SpluknetRule	AN	1972	only	-	Feb	27	2:00s	0	S
169270728SpluknetRule	AN	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
170270728SpluknetRule	AN	1982	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
171270728SpluknetRule	AN	1983	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
172270728SpluknetRule	AN	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S
173270728SpluknetRule	AN	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	1:00	D
174270728SpluknetRule	AN	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
175270728SpluknetRule	AN	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
176270728SpluknetRule	AN	1996	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
177270728SpluknetRule	AN	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
178270728SpluknetRule	AN	2001	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
179270728SpluknetRule	AN	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
180270728SpluknetRule	AN	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
181270728SpluknetRule	AN	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
182270728SpluknetRule	AN	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
183349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1842742SwollmanZone Australia/Sydney	10:04:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
185270728Spluknet			10:00	Aus	AE%sT	1971
186270728Spluknet			10:00	AN	AE%sT
1872742SwollmanZone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 -	LMT	1895 Feb
188270728Spluknet			10:00	-	AEST	1896 Aug 23
189270728Spluknet			9:00	-	ACST	1899 May
190270728Spluknet			9:30	Aus	AC%sT	1971
191270728Spluknet			9:30	AN	AC%sT	2000
192270728Spluknet			9:30	AS	AC%sT
1938029Swollman
19414343Swollman# Lord Howe Island
195366625Sphilip# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
196331662SphilipRule	LH	1981	1984	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
197331662SphilipRule	LH	1982	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
198331662SphilipRule	LH	1985	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
199331662SphilipRule	LH	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
200331662SphilipRule	LH	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00	0:30	-
201331662SphilipRule	LH	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
202331662SphilipRule	LH	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
203331662SphilipRule	LH	1996	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
204331662SphilipRule	LH	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
205331662SphilipRule	LH	2001	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
206331662SphilipRule	LH	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
207331662SphilipRule	LH	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
208331662SphilipRule	LH	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
209331662SphilipRule	LH	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	0:30	-
2102742SwollmanZone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
211270728Spluknet			10:00	-	AEST	1981 Mar
212316349Sbapt			10:30	LH	+1030/+1130 1985 Jul
213316349Sbapt			10:30	LH	+1030/+11
2148029Swollman
21514343Swollman# Australian miscellany
2162742Swollman#
2172742Swollman# Ashmore Is, Cartier
21814343Swollman# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers
219169811Swollman# no times are set
2202742Swollman#
22114343Swollman# Coral Sea Is
22214343Swollman# no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists
223169811Swollman# no times are set
22414343Swollman#
22530711Swollman# Macquarie
226249692Sedwin# Permanent occupation (scientific station) 1911-1915 and since 25 March 1948;
227249692Sedwin# sealing and penguin oil station operated Nov 1899 to Apr 1919.  See the
228249692Sedwin# Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service history of sealing at Macquarie Island
229273718Sedwin# http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=1828
230273718Sedwin# http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=1831
231249692Sedwin# Guess that it was like Australia/Hobart while inhabited before 2010.
232249692Sedwin#
233249692Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10):
234249692Sedwin# We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division:
235249692Sedwin# - Macquarie Island will stay on UTC+11 for winter and therefore not
236249692Sedwin# switch back from daylight savings time when other parts of Australia do
237249692Sedwin# on 4 April.
238253009Sedwin#
239253009Sedwin# From Arthur David Olson (2013-05-23):
240253009Sedwin# The 1919 transition is overspecified below so pre-2013 zics
241270728Spluknet# will produce a binary file with an [A]EST-type as the first 32-bit type;
242253009Sedwin# this is required for correct handling of times before 1916 by
243253009Sedwin# pre-2013 versions of localtime.
244307361SbaptZone Antarctica/Macquarie 0	-	-00	1899 Nov
245273718Sedwin			10:00	-	AEST	1916 Oct  1  2:00
246270728Spluknet			10:00	1:00	AEDT	1917 Feb
247273718Sedwin			10:00	Aus	AE%sT	1919 Apr  1  0:00s
248307361Sbapt			0	-	-00	1948 Mar 25
249270728Spluknet			10:00	Aus	AE%sT	1967
250366625Sphilip			10:00	AT	AE%sT	2010
251366625Sphilip			10:00	1:00	AEDT	2011
252366625Sphilip			10:00	AT	AE%sT
2532742Swollman
25443014Swollman# Christmas
255349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
25643014SwollmanZone Indian/Christmas	7:02:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
257316349Sbapt			7:00	-	+07
2582742Swollman
259267473Sedwin# Cocos (Keeling) Is
260149514Swollman# These islands were ruled by the Ross family from about 1830 to 1978.
261149514Swollman# We don't know when standard time was introduced; for now, we guess 1900.
262349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
263149514SwollmanZone	Indian/Cocos	6:27:40	-	LMT	1900
264316349Sbapt			6:30	-	+0630
2652742Swollman
266267473Sedwin
2672742Swollman# Fiji
268248307Sedwin
269248307Sedwin# Milne gives 11:55:44 for Suva.
270248307Sedwin
271199336Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-11-10):
272199336Sedwin# According to Fiji Broadcasting Corporation,  Fiji plans to re-introduce DST
273199336Sedwin# from November 29th 2009  to April 25th 2010.
274199336Sedwin#
275199336Sedwin# "Daylight savings to commence this month"
276199336Sedwin# http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=23719
277199336Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji01.html
278199336Sedwin
279199336Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-11-10):
280199336Sedwin# The Fiji Government has posted some more details about the approved
281199336Sedwin# amendments:
282199336Sedwin# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_16198.shtml
283204887Sedwin
284204887Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-03):
285204887Sedwin# The Cabinet in Fiji has decided to end DST about a month early, on
286204887Sedwin# 2010-03-28 at 03:00.
287204887Sedwin# The plan is to observe DST again, from 2010-10-24 to sometime in March
288204887Sedwin# 2011 (last Sunday a good guess?).
289204887Sedwin#
290204887Sedwin# Official source:
291204887Sedwin# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1096:3310-cabinet-approves-change-in-daylight-savings-dates&catid=49:cabinet-releases&Itemid=166
292204887Sedwin#
293204887Sedwin# A bit more background info here:
294325159Sphilip# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/fiji-dst-ends-march-2010.html
295204887Sedwin
296214722Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-10-24):
297240457Sedwin# According to Radio Fiji and Fiji Times online, Fiji will end DST 3
298214722Sedwin# weeks earlier than expected - on March 6, 2011, not March 27, 2011...
299240457Sedwin# Here is confirmation from Government of the Republic of the Fiji Islands,
300214722Sedwin# Ministry of Information (fiji.gov.fj) web site:
301214722Sedwin# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2608:daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155
302214722Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji04.html
303214722Sedwin
304226289Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-10-03):
305240457Sedwin# Now the dates have been confirmed, and at least our start date
306226289Sedwin# assumption was correct (end date was one week wrong).
307226289Sedwin#
308270728Spluknet# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4966:daylight-saving-starts-in-fiji&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155
309226289Sedwin# which says
310240457Sedwin# Members of the public are reminded to change their time to one hour in
311240457Sedwin# advance at 2am to 3am on October 23, 2011 and one hour back at 3am to
312226289Sedwin# 2am on February 26 next year.
313226289Sedwin
314226976Sedwin# From Ken Rylander (2011-10-24)
315226976Sedwin# Another change to the Fiji DST end date. In the TZ database the end date for
316226976Sedwin# Fiji DST 2012, is currently Feb 26. This has been changed to Jan 22.
317226976Sedwin#
318226976Sedwin# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5017:amendments-to-daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155
319226976Sedwin# states:
320226976Sedwin#
321226976Sedwin# The end of daylight saving scheduled initially for the 26th of February 2012
322226976Sedwin# has been brought forward to the 22nd of January 2012.
323226976Sedwin# The commencement of daylight saving will remain unchanged and start
324226976Sedwin# on the  23rd of October, 2011.
325226976Sedwin
326240457Sedwin# From the Fiji Government Online Portal (2012-08-21) via Steffen Thorsen:
327240457Sedwin# The Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Mr Jone Usamate
328240457Sedwin# today confirmed that Fiji will start daylight savings at 2 am on Sunday 21st
329240457Sedwin# October 2012 and end at 3 am on Sunday 20th January 2013.
330240457Sedwin# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6702&catid=71&Itemid=155
331257681Sedwin
332257681Sedwin# From the Fijian Government Media Center (2013-08-30) via David Wheeler:
333263041Sedwin# Fiji will start daylight savings on Sunday 27th October, 2013 ...
334263041Sedwin# move clocks forward by one hour from 2am
335257681Sedwin# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-27th-OCTOBER-201.aspx
336263041Sedwin
337263041Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-01-10):
338263041Sedwin# Fiji will end DST on 2014-01-19 02:00:
339263041Sedwin# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVINGS-TO-END-THIS-MONTH-%281%29.aspx
340263041Sedwin
341273718Sedwin# From Ken Rylander (2014-10-20):
342273718Sedwin# DST will start Nov. 2 this year.
343273718Sedwin# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-NOVEMBER-2ND.aspx
344240457Sedwin
345290697Sedwin# From a government order dated 2015-08-26 and published as Legal Notice No. 77
346290697Sedwin# in the Government of Fiji Gazette Supplement No. 24 (2015-08-28),
347290697Sedwin# via Ken Rylander (2015-09-02):
348290697Sedwin# the daylight saving period is 1 hour in advance of the standard time
349290697Sedwin# commencing at 2.00 am on Sunday 1st November, 2015 and ending at
350290697Sedwin# 3.00 am on Sunday 17th January, 2016.
351290697Sedwin
352307912Sbapt# From Raymond Kumar (2016-10-04):
353307912Sbapt# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-6th-NOVEMBER,-2016.aspx
354307912Sbapt# "Fiji's daylight savings will begin on Sunday, 6 November 2016, when
355307912Sbapt# clocks go forward an hour at 2am to 3am....  Daylight Saving will
356307912Sbapt# end at 3.00am on Sunday 15th January 2017."
357307912Sbapt
358325159Sphilip# From Paul Eggert (2017-08-21):
359325159Sphilip# Dominic Fok writes (2017-08-20) that DST ends 2018-01-14, citing
360325159Sphilip# Extraordinary Government of Fiji Gazette Supplement No. 21 (2017-08-27),
361325159Sphilip# [Legal Notice No. 41] of an order of the previous day by J Usamate.
362339630Sphilip
363339630Sphilip# From Raymond Kumar (2018-07-13):
364339630Sphilip# http://www.fijitimes.com/government-approves-2018-daylight-saving/
365339630Sphilip# ... The daylight saving period will end at 3am on Sunday January 13, 2019.
366352354Sphilip
367352354Sphilip# From Paul Eggert (2019-08-06):
368352354Sphilip# Today Raymond Kumar reported the Government of Fiji Gazette Supplement No. 27
369352354Sphilip# (2019-08-02) said that Fiji observes DST "commencing at 2.00 am on
370352354Sphilip# Sunday, 10 November 2019 and ending at 3.00 am on Sunday, 12 January 2020."
371352354Sphilip# For now, guess DST from 02:00 the second Sunday in November to 03:00
372352354Sphilip# the first Sunday on or after January 12.  January transitions reportedly
373339630Sphilip# depend on when school terms start.  Although the guess is ad hoc, it matches
374352354Sphilip# transitions planned this year and seems more likely to match future practice
375352354Sphilip# than guessing no DST.
376352354Sphilip# From Michael Deckers (2019-08-06):
377352354Sphilip# https://www.laws.gov.fj/LawsAsMade/downloadfile/848
378273718Sedwin
379366802Sphilip# From Raymond Kumar (2020-10-08):
380366802Sphilip# [DST in Fiji] is from December 20th 2020, till 17th January 2021.
381366802Sphilip# From Alan Mintz (2020-10-08):
382366802Sphilip# https://www.laws.gov.fj/LawsAsMade/GetFile/1071
383366802Sphilip# From Tim Parenti (2020-10-08):
384366802Sphilip# https://www.fijivillage.com/news/Daylight-saving-from-Dec-20th-this-year-to-Jan-17th-2021-8rf4x5/
385366802Sphilip# "Minister for Employment, Parveen Bala says they had never thought of
386366802Sphilip# stopping daylight saving. He says it was just to decide on when it should
387366802Sphilip# start and end.  Bala says it is a short period..."
388366802Sphilip# Since the end date is still in line with our ongoing predictions, assume for
389366802Sphilip# now that the later-than-usual start date is a one-time departure from the
390366802Sphilip# recent second Sunday in November pattern.
391366802Sphilip
392366625Sphilip# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
393331662SphilipRule	Fiji	1998	1999	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
39475267SwollmanRule	Fiji	1999	2000	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	-
395331662SphilipRule	Fiji	2009	only	-	Nov	29	2:00	1:00	-
396204887SedwinRule	Fiji	2010	only	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	-
397331662SphilipRule	Fiji	2010	2013	-	Oct	Sun>=21	2:00	1:00	-
398214722SedwinRule	Fiji	2011	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
399263041SedwinRule	Fiji	2012	2013	-	Jan	Sun>=18	3:00	0	-
400273718SedwinRule	Fiji	2014	only	-	Jan	Sun>=18	2:00	0	-
401352354SphilipRule	Fiji	2014	2018	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
402352354SphilipRule	Fiji	2015	max	-	Jan	Sun>=12	3:00	0	-
403366802SphilipRule	Fiji	2019	only	-	Nov	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	-
404366802SphilipRule	Fiji	2020	only	-	Dec	20	2:00	1:00	-
405366802SphilipRule	Fiji	2021	max	-	Nov	Sun>=8	2:00	1:00	-
406349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
407273718SedwinZone	Pacific/Fiji	11:55:44 -	LMT	1915 Oct 26 # Suva
408316349Sbapt			12:00	Fiji	+12/+13
4092742Swollman
4102742Swollman# French Polynesia
411349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
412273718SedwinZone	Pacific/Gambier	 -8:59:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct # Rikitea
413316349Sbapt			 -9:00	-	-09
4142742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 -	LMT	1912 Oct
415316349Sbapt			 -9:30	-	-0930
416273718SedwinZone	Pacific/Tahiti	 -9:58:16 -	LMT	1912 Oct # Papeete
417316349Sbapt			-10:00	-	-10
41843014Swollman# Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia;
41943014Swollman# it is uninhabited.
4202742Swollman
4212742Swollman# Guam
422342668Sphilip
423366625Sphilip# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
424342668Sphilip# http://guamlegislature.com/Public_Laws_5th/PL05-025.pdf
425342668Sphilip# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-59-7-Guam-Daylight-Savings-Time-May-6-1959.pdf
426342668SphilipRule	Guam	1959	only	-	Jun	27	2:00	1:00	D
427342668Sphilip# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-61-5-Revocation-of-Daylight-Saving-Time-and-Restoratio.pdf
428342668SphilipRule	Guam	1961	only	-	Jan	29	2:00	0	S
429342668Sphilip# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-67-13-Guam-Daylight-Savings-Time.pdf
430342668SphilipRule	Guam	1967	only	-	Sep	 1	2:00	1:00	D
431342668Sphilip# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-69-2-Repeal-of-Guam-Daylight-Saving-Time.pdf
432342668SphilipRule	Guam	1969	only	-	Jan	26	0:01	0	S
433342668Sphilip# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-69-10-Guam-Daylight-Saving-Time.pdf
434342668SphilipRule	Guam	1969	only	-	Jun	22	2:00	1:00	D
435342668SphilipRule	Guam	1969	only	-	Aug	31	2:00	0	S
436342668Sphilip# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-70-10-Guam-Daylight-Saving-Time.pdf
437342668Sphilip# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-70-30-End-of-Guam-Daylight-Saving-Time.pdf
438342668Sphilip# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-71-5-Guam-Daylight-Savings-Time.pdf
439342668SphilipRule	Guam	1970	1971	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
440342668SphilipRule	Guam	1970	1971	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	0	S
441342668Sphilip# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-73-28.-Guam-Day-light-Saving-Time.pdf
442342668SphilipRule	Guam	1973	only	-	Dec	16	2:00	1:00	D
443342668Sphilip# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-74-7-Guam-Daylight-Savings-Time-Rescinded.pdf
444342668SphilipRule	Guam	1974	only	-	Feb	24	2:00	0	S
445342668Sphilip# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-76-13-Daylight-Savings-Time.pdf
446342668SphilipRule	Guam	1976	only	-	May	26	2:00	1:00	D
447342668Sphilip# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-76-25-Revocation-of-E.O.-76-13.pdf
448342668SphilipRule	Guam	1976	only	-	Aug	22	2:01	0	S
449342668Sphilip# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-77-4-Daylight-Savings-Time.pdf
450342668SphilipRule	Guam	1977	only	-	Apr	24	2:00	1:00	D
451342668Sphilip# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-77-18-Guam-Standard-Time.pdf
452342668SphilipRule	Guam	1977	only	-	Aug	28	2:00	0	S
453342668Sphilip
454349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
45575267SwollmanZone	Pacific/Guam	-14:21:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
456273718Sedwin			 9:39:00 -	LMT	1901        # Agana
457342668Sphilip			10:00	-	GST	1941 Dec 10 # Guam
458342668Sphilip			 9:00	-	+09	1944 Jul 31
459342668Sphilip			10:00	Guam	G%sT	2000 Dec 23
46075267Swollman			10:00	-	ChST	# Chamorro Standard Time
461280413SedwinLink Pacific/Guam Pacific/Saipan # N Mariana Is
4622742Swollman
4632742Swollman# Kiribati
464349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
465273718SedwinZone Pacific/Tarawa	 11:32:04 -	LMT	1901 # Bairiki
466316349Sbapt			 12:00	-	+12
4672742SwollmanZone Pacific/Enderbury	-11:24:20 -	LMT	1901
468316349Sbapt			-12:00	-	-12	1979 Oct
469331662Sphilip			-11:00	-	-11	1994 Dec 31
470316349Sbapt			 13:00	-	+13
4712742SwollmanZone Pacific/Kiritimati	-10:29:20 -	LMT	1901
472316349Sbapt			-10:40	-	-1040	1979 Oct
473331662Sphilip			-10:00	-	-10	1994 Dec 31
474316349Sbapt			 14:00	-	+14
4752742Swollman
47614343Swollman# N Mariana Is
477280413Sedwin# See Pacific/Guam.
47814343Swollman
47914343Swollman# Marshall Is
480349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
481342668SphilipZone Pacific/Majuro	 11:24:48 -	LMT	1901
482342668Sphilip			 11:00	-	+11	1914 Oct
483342668Sphilip			  9:00	-	+09	1919 Feb  1
484342668Sphilip			 11:00	-	+11	1937
485342668Sphilip			 10:00	-	+10	1941 Apr  1
486342668Sphilip			  9:00	-	+09	1944 Jan 30
487342668Sphilip			 11:00	-	+11	1969 Oct
488342668Sphilip			 12:00	-	+12
489342668SphilipZone Pacific/Kwajalein	 11:09:20 -	LMT	1901
490342668Sphilip			 11:00	-	+11	1937
491342668Sphilip			 10:00	-	+10	1941 Apr  1
492342668Sphilip			  9:00	-	+09	1944 Feb  6
493342668Sphilip			 11:00	-	+11	1969 Oct
494342668Sphilip			-12:00	-	-12	1993 Aug 20 24:00
495342668Sphilip			 12:00	-	+12
49614343Swollman
49714343Swollman# Micronesia
498349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
499342668SphilipZone Pacific/Chuuk	-13:52:52 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
500342668Sphilip			 10:07:08 -	LMT	1901
501342668Sphilip			 10:00	-	+10	1914 Oct
502342668Sphilip			  9:00	-	+09	1919 Feb  1
503342668Sphilip			 10:00	-	+10	1941 Apr  1
504342668Sphilip			  9:00	-	+09	1945 Aug
505342668Sphilip			 10:00	-	+10
506342668SphilipZone Pacific/Pohnpei	-13:27:08 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31	# Kolonia
507342668Sphilip			 10:32:52 -	LMT	1901
508342668Sphilip			 11:00	-	+11	1914 Oct
509342668Sphilip			  9:00	-	+09	1919 Feb  1
510342668Sphilip			 11:00	-	+11	1937
511342668Sphilip			 10:00	-	+10	1941 Apr  1
512342668Sphilip			  9:00	-	+09	1945 Aug
513342668Sphilip			 11:00	-	+11
514342668SphilipZone Pacific/Kosrae	-13:08:04 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
515342668Sphilip			 10:51:56 -	LMT	1901
516342668Sphilip			 11:00	-	+11	1914 Oct
517342668Sphilip			  9:00	-	+09	1919 Feb  1
518342668Sphilip			 11:00	-	+11	1937
519342668Sphilip			 10:00	-	+10	1941 Apr  1
520342668Sphilip			  9:00	-	+09	1945 Aug
521342668Sphilip			 11:00	-	+11	1969 Oct
522342668Sphilip			 12:00	-	+12	1999
523342668Sphilip			 11:00	-	+11
52414343Swollman
5252742Swollman# Nauru
526349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
527273718SedwinZone	Pacific/Nauru	11:07:40 -	LMT	1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe
528342668Sphilip			11:30	-	+1130	1942 Aug 29
529342668Sphilip			 9:00	-	+09	1945 Sep  8
530342668Sphilip			11:30	-	+1130	1979 Feb 10  2:00
531316349Sbapt			12:00	-	+12
5322742Swollman
5332742Swollman# New Caledonia
534366625Sphilip# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
535331662SphilipRule	NC	1977	1978	-	Dec	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
53619878SwollmanRule	NC	1978	1979	-	Feb	27	0:00	0	-
537331662SphilipRule	NC	1996	only	-	Dec	 1	2:00s	1:00	-
538158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger say the following was at 2:00; go with IATA.
53943014SwollmanRule	NC	1997	only	-	Mar	 2	2:00s	0	-
540349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
541270728SpluknetZone	Pacific/Noumea	11:05:48 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13 # Noum��a
542316349Sbapt			11:00	NC	+11/+12
5432742Swollman
5442742Swollman
5452742Swollman###############################################################################
5462742Swollman
5472742Swollman# New Zealand
5482742Swollman
549366625Sphilip# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
550121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1927	only	-	Nov	 6	2:00	1:00	S
551121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1928	only	-	Mar	 4	2:00	0	M
552121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1928	1933	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00	0:30	S
553121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1929	1933	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	M
554121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1934	1940	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	0	M
555121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1934	1940	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0:30	S
556121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1946	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	S
557331662Sphilip# Since 1957 Chatham has been 45 minutes ahead of NZ, but until 2018a
558331662Sphilip# there was no documented single notation for the date and time of this
559331662Sphilip# transition.  Duplicate the Rule lines for now, to give the 2018a change
560331662Sphilip# time to percolate out.
561114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1974	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
562331662SphilipRule	Chatham	1974	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:45s	1:00	-
563114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1975	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
564331662SphilipRule	Chatham	1975	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:45s	0	-
5659908SwollmanRule	NZ	1975	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
566331662SphilipRule	Chatham	1975	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:45s	1:00	-
567114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1976	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
568331662SphilipRule	Chatham	1976	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:45s	0	-
569114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00s	1:00	D
570331662SphilipRule	Chatham	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:45s	1:00	-
571169811SwollmanRule	NZ	1990	2006	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
572331662SphilipRule	Chatham	1990	2006	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:45s	1:00	-
573169811SwollmanRule	NZ	1990	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S
574331662SphilipRule	Chatham	1990	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:45s	0	-
575169811SwollmanRule	NZ	2007	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
576331662SphilipRule	Chatham	2007	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:45s	1:00	-
577169811SwollmanRule	NZ	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
578331662SphilipRule	Chatham	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:45s	0	-
579349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
580114173SwollmanZone Pacific/Auckland	11:39:04 -	LMT	1868 Nov  2
581121098Swollman			11:30	NZ	NZ%sT	1946 Jan  1
5822742Swollman			12:00	NZ	NZ%sT
583270728SpluknetZone Pacific/Chatham	12:13:48 -	LMT	1868 Nov  2
584316349Sbapt			12:15	-	+1215	1946 Jan  1
585316349Sbapt			12:45	Chatham	+1245/+1345
5862742Swollman
587257681SedwinLink Pacific/Auckland Antarctica/McMurdo
5888029Swollman
58930711Swollman# Auckland Is
590270728Spluknet# uninhabited; M��ori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers,
59158787Sru# and scientific personnel have wintered
5922742Swollman
59330711Swollman# Campbell I
59458787Sru# minor whaling stations operated 1909/1914
59558787Sru# scientific station operated 1941/1995;
59658787Sru# previously whalers, sealers, pastoralists, and scientific personnel wintered
59730711Swollman# was probably like Pacific/Auckland
59830711Swollman
599267473Sedwin# Cook Is
600267473Sedwin# From Shanks & Pottenger:
601366625Sphilip# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
602331662SphilipRule	Cook	1978	only	-	Nov	12	0:00	0:30	-
603267473SedwinRule	Cook	1979	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
604331662SphilipRule	Cook	1979	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0:30	-
605349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
606273718SedwinZone Pacific/Rarotonga	-10:39:04 -	LMT	1901        # Avarua
607316349Sbapt			-10:30	-	-1030	1978 Nov 12
608316349Sbapt			-10:00	Cook	-10/-0930
609267473Sedwin
6102742Swollman###############################################################################
6112742Swollman
6122742Swollman
6132742Swollman# Niue
614349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
615273718SedwinZone	Pacific/Niue	-11:19:40 -	LMT	1901        # Alofi
616316349Sbapt			-11:20	-	-1120	1951
617316349Sbapt			-11:30	-	-1130	1978 Oct  1
618316349Sbapt			-11:00	-	-11
6192742Swollman
6202742Swollman# Norfolk
621349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
622273718SedwinZone	Pacific/Norfolk	11:11:52 -	LMT	1901 # Kingston
623316349Sbapt			11:12	-	+1112	1951
624352354Sphilip			11:30	-	+1130	1974 Oct 27 02:00s
625352354Sphilip			11:30	1:00	+1230	1975 Mar  2 02:00s
626352354Sphilip			11:30	-	+1130	2015 Oct  4 02:00s
627352354Sphilip			11:00	-	+11	2019 Jul
628352354Sphilip			11:00	AN	+11/+12
6292742Swollman
63058787Sru# Palau (Belau)
631349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
632342668SphilipZone Pacific/Palau	-15:02:04 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31	# Koror
633342668Sphilip			  8:57:56 -	LMT	1901
634342668Sphilip			  9:00	-	+09
6359908Swollman
6362742Swollman# Papua New Guinea
637349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
6382742SwollmanZone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 -	LMT	1880
639273718Sedwin			9:48:32	-	PMMT	1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time
640316349Sbapt			10:00	-	+10
641273718Sedwin#
642273718Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-13):
643273718Sedwin# Base the Bougainville entry on the Arawa-Kieta region, which appears to have
644273718Sedwin# the most people even though it was devastated in the Bougainville Civil War.
645273718Sedwin#
646307361Sbapt# Although Shanks gives 1942-03-15 / 1943-11-01 for UT +09, these dates
647273718Sedwin# are apparently rough guesswork from the starts of military campaigns.
648273718Sedwin# The World War II entries below are instead based on Arawa-Kieta.
649273718Sedwin# The Japanese occupied Kieta in July 1942,
650273718Sedwin# according to the Pacific War Online Encyclopedia
651325159Sphilip# https://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/B/o/Bougainville.htm
652273718Sedwin# and seem to have controlled it until their 1945-08-21 surrender.
653273718Sedwin#
654307361Sbapt# The Autonomous Region of Bougainville switched from UT +10 to +11
655316349Sbapt# on 2014-12-28 at 02:00.  They call +11 "Bougainville Standard Time".
656316349Sbapt# See:
657273718Sedwin# http://www.bougainville24.com/bougainville-issues/bougainville-gets-own-timezone/
658273718Sedwin#
659273718SedwinZone Pacific/Bougainville 10:22:16 -	LMT	1880
660273718Sedwin			 9:48:32 -	PMMT	1895
661316349Sbapt			10:00	-	+10	1942 Jul
662316349Sbapt			 9:00	-	+09	1945 Aug 21
663316349Sbapt			10:00	-	+10	2014 Dec 28  2:00
664316349Sbapt			11:00	-	+11
6652742Swollman
6662742Swollman# Pitcairn
667349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
668273718SedwinZone Pacific/Pitcairn	-8:40:20 -	LMT	1901        # Adamstown
669316349Sbapt			-8:30	-	-0830	1998 Apr 27  0:00
670316349Sbapt			-8:00	-	-08
6712742Swollman
67214343Swollman# American Samoa
673325159SphilipZone Pacific/Pago_Pago	 12:37:12 -	LMT	1892 Jul  5
67414343Swollman			-11:22:48 -	LMT	1911
675273718Sedwin			-11:00	-	SST	            # S=Samoa
676280413SedwinLink Pacific/Pago_Pago Pacific/Midway # in US minor outlying islands
67714343Swollman
678270728Spluknet# Samoa (formerly and also known as Western Samoa)
679196582Sedwin
680204887Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-16):
681204887Sedwin# We have been in contact with the government of Samoa again, and received
682204887Sedwin# the following info:
683197000Sedwin#
684204887Sedwin# "Cabinet has now approved Daylight Saving to be effected next year
685204887Sedwin# commencing from the last Sunday of September 2010 and conclude first
686204887Sedwin# Sunday of April 2011."
687204887Sedwin#
688204887Sedwin# Background info:
689325159Sphilip# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/samoa-dst-plan-2009.html
690198270Sedwin#
691204887Sedwin# Samoa's Daylight Saving Time Act 2009 is available here, but does not
692204887Sedwin# contain any dates:
693204887Sedwin# http://www.parliament.gov.ws/documents/acts/Daylight%20Saving%20Act%20%202009%20%28English%29%20-%20Final%207-7-091.pdf
694198270Sedwin
695226289Sedwin# From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2010-10-07):
696214722Sedwin# Please see
697214722Sedwin# http://www.mcil.gov.ws
698214722Sedwin# the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (sideframe) "Last Sunday
699214722Sedwin# September 2010 (26/09/10) - adjust clocks forward from 12:00 midnight
700214722Sedwin# to 01:00am and First Sunday April 2011 (03/04/11) - adjust clocks
701214722Sedwin# backwards from 1:00am to 12:00am"
702214722Sedwin
703226289Sedwin# From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2011-03-07):
704270728Spluknet# [http://www.mcil.gov.ws/ftcd/daylight_saving_2011.pdf]
705219687Sedwin#
706270728Spluknet# ... when the standard time strikes the hour of four o'clock (4.00am
707270728Spluknet# or 0400 Hours) on the 2nd April 2011, then all instruments used to
708270728Spluknet# measure standard time are to be adjusted/changed to three o'clock
709270728Spluknet# (3:00am or 0300Hrs).
710219687Sedwin
711270728Spluknet# From David Z��lke (2011-05-09):
712226289Sedwin# Subject: Samoa to move timezone from east to west of international date line
713240457Sedwin#
714226289Sedwin# http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/markets/newsfeeditem.aspx?id=138501958347963
715226289Sedwin
716270728Spluknet# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-27):
717270728Spluknet# The International Date Line Act 2011
718270728Spluknet# http://www.parliament.gov.ws/images/ACTS/International_Date_Line_Act__2011_-_Eng.pdf
719307361Sbapt# changed Samoa from UT -11 to +13, effective "12 o'clock midnight, on
720270728Spluknet# Thursday 29th December 2011".  The International Date Line was adjusted
721270728Spluknet# accordingly.
722226289Sedwin
723226289Sedwin# From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2011-09-02):
724226289Sedwin# http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html
725226289Sedwin#
726226289Sedwin# here is the official website publication for Samoa DST and dateline change
727226289Sedwin#
728226289Sedwin# DST
729270728Spluknet# Year  End      Time              Start        Time
730270728Spluknet# 2011  - - -    - - -             24 September 3:00am to 4:00am
731270728Spluknet# 2012  01 April 4:00am to 3:00am  - - -        - - -
732226289Sedwin#
733226289Sedwin# Dateline Change skip Friday 30th Dec 2011
734226289Sedwin# Thursday 29th December 2011	23:59:59 Hours
735226289Sedwin# Saturday 31st December 2011	00:00:00 Hours
736233445Sedwin#
737270728Spluknet# From Nicholas Pereira (2012-09-10):
738241869Sedwin# Daylight Saving Time commences on Sunday 30th September 2012 and
739270728Spluknet# ends on Sunday 7th of April 2013....
740241869Sedwin# http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html
741241869Sedwin#
742270728Spluknet# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-08):
743270728Spluknet# That web page currently lists transitions for 2012/3 and 2013/4.
744270728Spluknet# Assume the pattern instituted in 2012 will continue indefinitely.
745370690Sphilip#
746370690Sphilip# From Geoffrey D. Bennett (2021-09-20):
747370690Sphilip# https://www.mcil.gov.ws/storage/2021/09/MCIL-Scan_20210920_120553.pdf
748370690Sphilip# DST has been cancelled for this year.
749241869Sedwin
750366625Sphilip# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
751331662SphilipRule	WS	2010	only	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1	-
752331662SphilipRule	WS	2011	only	-	Apr	Sat>=1	4:00	0	-
753331662SphilipRule	WS	2011	only	-	Sep	lastSat	3:00	1	-
754370690SphilipRule	WS	2012	2021	-	Apr	Sun>=1	4:00	0	-
755370690SphilipRule	WS	2012	2020	-	Sep	lastSun	3:00	1	-
756349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
757325159SphilipZone Pacific/Apia	 12:33:04 -	LMT	1892 Jul  5
75814343Swollman			-11:26:56 -	LMT	1911
759316349Sbapt			-11:30	-	-1130	1950
760316349Sbapt			-11:00	WS	-11/-10	2011 Dec 29 24:00
761316349Sbapt			 13:00	WS	+13/+14
76214343Swollman
7632742Swollman# Solomon Is
7642742Swollman# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
765349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
766273718SedwinZone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct # Honiara
767316349Sbapt			11:00	-	+11
7682742Swollman
769316349Sbapt# Tokelau
770233445Sedwin#
771233445Sedwin# From Gwillim Law (2011-12-29)
772233445Sedwin# A correspondent informed me that Tokelau, like Samoa, will be skipping
773240457Sedwin# December 31 this year ...
774233445Sedwin#
775240457Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-07-25)
776240457Sedwin# ... we double checked by calling hotels and offices based in Tokelau asking
777240457Sedwin# about the time there, and they all told a time that agrees with UTC+13....
778328475Sphilip# Shanks says UT-10 from 1901 [but] ... there is a good chance the change
779328475Sphilip# actually was to UT-11 back then.
780233445Sedwin#
781240457Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2012-07-25)
782240457Sedwin# A Google Books snippet of Appendix to the Journals of the House of
783240457Sedwin# Representatives of New Zealand, Session 1948,
784325159Sphilip# <https://books.google.com/books?id=ZaVCAQAAIAAJ>, page 65, says Tokelau
785240457Sedwin# was "11 hours slow on G.M.T."  Go with Thorsen and assume Shanks & Pottenger
786240457Sedwin# are off by an hour starting in 1901.
787233445Sedwin
788349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
7892742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Fakaofo	-11:24:56 -	LMT	1901
790316349Sbapt			-11:00	-	-11	2011 Dec 30
791316349Sbapt			13:00	-	+13
7922742Swollman
7932742Swollman# Tonga
794366625Sphilip# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
795331662SphilipRule	Tonga	1999	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00s	1:00	-
79675267SwollmanRule	Tonga	2000	only	-	Mar	19	2:00s	0	-
797331662SphilipRule	Tonga	2000	2001	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
798114173SwollmanRule	Tonga	2001	2002	-	Jan	lastSun	2:00	0	-
799331662SphilipRule	Tonga	2016	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
800325159SphilipRule	Tonga	2017	only	-	Jan	Sun>=15	3:00	0	-
801349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
8022742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tongatapu	12:19:20 -	LMT	1901
803308302Sgjb			12:20	-	+1220	1941
804308302Sgjb			13:00	-	+13	1999
805308302Sgjb			13:00	Tonga	+13/+14
8062742Swollman
8072742Swollman# Tuvalu
808349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
8092742SwollmanZone Pacific/Funafuti	11:56:52 -	LMT	1901
810316349Sbapt			12:00	-	+12
8112742Swollman
81243014Swollman
81343014Swollman# US minor outlying islands
81443014Swollman
81543014Swollman# Howland, Baker
816171948Sedwin# Howland was mined for guano by American companies 1857-1878 and British
817171948Sedwin# 1886-1891; Baker was similar but exact dates are not known.
818171948Sedwin# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; U.S. military bases 1943-1944;
819171948Sedwin# uninhabited thereafter.
820307361Sbapt# Howland observed Hawaii Standard Time (UT -10:30) in 1937;
821171948Sedwin# see page 206 of Elgen M. Long and Marie K. Long,
822171948Sedwin# Amelia Earhart: the Mystery Solved, Simon & Schuster (2000).
823171948Sedwin# So most likely Howland and Baker observed Hawaii Time from 1935
824171948Sedwin# until they were abandoned after the war.
82543014Swollman
82643014Swollman# Jarvis
827171948Sedwin# Mined for guano by American companies 1857-1879 and British 1883?-1891?.
828171948Sedwin# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; IGY scientific base 1957-1958;
829171948Sedwin# uninhabited thereafter.
83043014Swollman# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
83143014Swollman
83243014Swollman# Johnston
833257681Sedwin#
834316349Sbapt# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-10):
835263901Sedwin# Sometimes Johnston kept Hawaii time, and sometimes it was an hour behind.
836263901Sedwin# Details are uncertain.  We have no data for Johnston after 1970, so
837316349Sbapt# treat it like Hawaii for now.  Since Johnston is now uninhabited,
838316349Sbapt# its link to Pacific/Honolulu is in the 'backward' file.
839263901Sedwin#
840257681Sedwin# In his memoirs of June 6th to October 4, 1945
841257681Sedwin# <http://www.315bw.org/Herb_Bach.htm> (2005), Herbert C. Bach writes,
842257681Sedwin# "We started our letdown to Kwajalein Atoll and landed there at 5:00 AM
843257681Sedwin# Johnston time, 1:30 AM Kwajalein time."  This was in June 1945, and
844257681Sedwin# confirms that Johnston kept the same time as Honolulu in summer 1945.
845257681Sedwin#
846263901Sedwin# From Lyle McElhaney (2014-03-11):
847263901Sedwin# [W]hen JI was being used for that [atomic bomb] testing, the time being used
848263901Sedwin# was not Hawaiian time but rather the same time being used on the ships,
849263901Sedwin# which had a GMT offset of -11 hours.  This apparently applied to at least the
850263901Sedwin# time from Operation Newsreel (Hardtack I/Teak shot, 1958-08-01) to the last
851263901Sedwin# Operation Fishbowl shot (Tightrope, 1962-11-04).... [See] Herman Hoerlin,
852263901Sedwin# "The United States High-Altitude Test Experience: A Review Emphasizing the
853273718Sedwin# Impact on the Environment", Los Alamos LA-6405, Oct 1976.
854325159Sphilip# https://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/docs1/00322994.pdf
855263901Sedwin# See the table on page 4 where he lists GMT and local times for the tests; a
856263901Sedwin# footnote for the JI tests reads that local time is "JI time = Hawaii Time
857263901Sedwin# Minus One Hour".
85843014Swollman
85943014Swollman# Kingman
86043014Swollman# uninhabited
86143014Swollman
86243014Swollman# Midway
863280413Sedwin# See Pacific/Pago_Pago.
86443014Swollman
86543014Swollman# Palmyra
86643014Swollman# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
86743014Swollman
86843014Swollman# Wake
869349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
87043014SwollmanZone	Pacific/Wake	11:06:28 -	LMT	1901
871316349Sbapt			12:00	-	+12
87243014Swollman
87343014Swollman
8742742Swollman# Vanuatu
875368822Sphilip
876368822Sphilip# From P Chan (2020-11-27):
877368822Sphilip# Joint Daylight Saving Regulation No 59 of 1973
878368822Sphilip# New Hebrides Condominium Gazette No 336. December 1973
879368822Sphilip# http://www.paclii.org/vu/other/VUNHGovGaz//1973/11.pdf#page=15
880368822Sphilip#
881368822Sphilip# Joint Daylight Saving (Repeal) Regulation No 10 of 1974
882368822Sphilip# New Hebrides Condominium Gazette No 336. March 1974
883368822Sphilip# http://www.paclii.org/vu/other/VUNHGovGaz//1974/3.pdf#page=11
884368822Sphilip#
885368822Sphilip# Summer Time Act No. 35 of 1982 [commenced 1983-09-01]
886368822Sphilip# http://www.paclii.org/vu/other/VUGovGaz/1982/32.pdf#page=48
887368822Sphilip#
888368822Sphilip# Summer Time Act (Cap 157)
889368822Sphilip# Laws of the Republic of Vanuatu Revised Edition 1988
890368822Sphilip# http://www.paclii.org/cgi-bin/sinodisp/vu/legis/consol_act1988/sta147/sta147.html
891368822Sphilip#
892368822Sphilip# Summer Time (Amendment) Act No. 6 of 1991 [commenced 1991-11-11]
893368822Sphilip# http://www.paclii.org/vu/legis/num_act/sta1991227/
894368822Sphilip#
895368822Sphilip# Summer Time (Repeal) Act No. 4 of 1993 [commenced 1993-05-03]
896368822Sphilip# http://www.paclii.org/vu/other/VUGovGaz/1993/15.pdf#page=59
897368822Sphilip
898366625Sphilip# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	-	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
899368822SphilipRule	Vanuatu	1973	only	-	Dec	22	12:00u	1:00	-
900368822SphilipRule	Vanuatu	1974	only	-	Mar	30	12:00u	0	-
901368822SphilipRule	Vanuatu	1983	1991	-	Sep	Sat>=22	24:00	1:00	-
902368822SphilipRule	Vanuatu	1984	1991	-	Mar	Sat>=22	24:00	0	-
903368822SphilipRule	Vanuatu	1992	1993	-	Jan	Sat>=22	24:00	0	-
904368822SphilipRule	Vanuatu	1992	only	-	Oct	Sat>=22	24:00	1:00	-
905349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
906273718SedwinZone	Pacific/Efate	11:13:16 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13 # Vila
907316349Sbapt			11:00	Vanuatu	+11/+12
9082742Swollman
9092742Swollman# Wallis and Futuna
910349598Sphilip# Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
9112742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
912316349Sbapt			12:00	-	+12
9132742Swollman
9142742Swollman###############################################################################
9152742Swollman
9162742Swollman# NOTES
9172742Swollman
918273718Sedwin# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
9192742Swollman# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
920273718Sedwin# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).  For more, please see
921273718Sedwin# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
9222742Swollman
923342668Sphilip# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18):
924274559Sedwin#
925274559Sedwin# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
926158421Swollman# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
927158421Swollman# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
928274559Sedwin# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
9292742Swollman#
930316349Sbapt# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source
931316349Sbapt# for time zone data was the International Air Transport
93220094Swollman# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
93320094Swollman# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
934274559Sedwin# of the IATA's data after 1990.  Except where otherwise noted,
935274559Sedwin# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
93620094Swollman#
9372742Swollman# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
9382742Swollman# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
9392742Swollman# I found in the UCLA library.
9402742Swollman#
941248307Sedwin# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
942273718Sedwin# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94.
943325159Sphilip# https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359
944248307Sedwin#
9452742Swollman# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
94658787Sru# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
9472742Swollman#
948342668Sphilip# I invented the abbreviation marked "*".
949316349Sbapt# The following abbreviations are from other sources.
9502742Swollman# Corrections are welcome!
951270728Spluknet#		std	dst
952270728Spluknet#		LMT		Local Mean Time
953270728Spluknet#	  8:00	AWST	AWDT	Western Australia
954270728Spluknet#	  9:30	ACST	ACDT	Central Australia
955270728Spluknet#	 10:00	AEST	AEDT	Eastern Australia
956342668Sphilip#	 10:00	GST	GDT*	Guam through 2000
957270728Spluknet#	 10:00	ChST		Chamorro
958270728Spluknet#	 11:30	NZMT	NZST	New Zealand through 1945
959270728Spluknet#	 12:00	NZST	NZDT	New Zealand 1946-present
960270728Spluknet#	-11:00	SST		Samoa
961270728Spluknet#	-10:00	HST		Hawaii
9622742Swollman#
963270728Spluknet# See the 'northamerica' file for Hawaii.
964270728Spluknet# See the 'southamerica' file for Easter I and the Gal��pagos Is.
9652742Swollman
9662742Swollman###############################################################################
9672742Swollman
9682742Swollman# Australia
9692742Swollman
970270728Spluknet# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-30):
971270728Spluknet# Daylight saving time has long been controversial in Australia, pitting
972270728Spluknet# region against region, rural against urban, and local against global.
973270728Spluknet# For example, in her review of Graeme Davison's _The Unforgiving
974270728Spluknet# Minute: how Australians learned to tell the time_ (1993), Perth native
975270728Spluknet# Phillipa J Martyr wrote, "The section entitled 'Saving Daylight' was
976270728Spluknet# very informative, but was (as can, sadly, only be expected from a
977270728Spluknet# Melbourne-based study) replete with the usual chuckleheaded
978270728Spluknet# Queenslanders and straw-chewing yokels from the West prattling fables
979270728Spluknet# about fading curtains and crazed farm animals."
980270728Spluknet# Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History (1997-03-03)
981270728Spluknet# http://www.jcu.edu.au/aff/history/reviews/davison.htm
982270728Spluknet
983368822Sphilip# From P Chan (2020-11-20):
984368822Sphilip# Daylight Saving Act 1916 (No. 40 of 1916) [1916-12-21, commenced 1917-01-01]
985368822Sphilip# http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_act/dsa1916401916192/
986368822Sphilip#
987368822Sphilip# Daylight Saving Repeal Act 1917 (No. 35 of 1917) [1917-09-25]
988368822Sphilip# http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_act/dsra1917351917243/
989368822Sphilip#
990368822Sphilip# Statutory Rules 1941, No. 323 [1941-12-24]
991368822Sphilip# https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C1941L00323
992368822Sphilip#
993368822Sphilip# Statutory Rules 1942, No. 392 [1942-09-10]
994368822Sphilip# https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C1942L00392
995368822Sphilip#
996368822Sphilip# Statutory Rules 1943, No. 241 [1943-09-29]
997368822Sphilip# https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C1943L00241
998368822Sphilip#
999368822Sphilip# All transition times should be 02:00 standard time.
1000368822Sphilip
1001368822Sphilip
1002153670Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2005-12-08):
1003153670Swollman# Implementation Dates of Daylight Saving Time within Australia
1004273718Sedwin# http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml
1005270728Spluknet# summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia.
100658787Sru
1007153670Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (2005-12-12):
1008153670Swollman# Lawlink NSW:Daylight Saving in New South Wales
1009273718Sedwin# http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/Corporate/ll_agdinfo.nsf/pages/community_relations_daylight_saving
1010270728Spluknet# covers New South Wales in particular.
1011153670Swollman
101219878Swollman# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
1013270728Spluknet# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as 'daylight' time.
1014270728Spluknet# It is called 'summer' time.  Now by a happy coincidence, 'summer'
1015270728Spluknet# and 'standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the
10162742Swollman# abbreviation does _not_ change...
10172742Swollman# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least
10182742Swollman# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the
10192742Swollman# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses
1020270728Spluknet# the phrase 'summer time' and does not use the phrase 'daylight
10212742Swollman# time'.
10222742Swollman# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian
1023270728Spluknet# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases 'Eastern Standard Time'
1024270728Spluknet# or 'Eastern Summer Time'.  (Note, though, that as I say in the
10252742Swollman# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.)  Announcers
10262742Swollman# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases
1027270728Spluknet# prefixed by the word 'Australian' when referring to local times;
10282742Swollman# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.
10292742Swollman
1030270728Spluknet# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-30):
103186222Swollman#
1032270728Spluknet# Inspired by Mackin's remarks quoted above, earlier versions of this
1033270728Spluknet# file used "EST" for both Eastern Standard Time and Eastern Summer
1034270728Spluknet# Time in Australia, and similarly for "CST", "CWST", and "WST".
1035270728Spluknet# However, these abbreviations were confusing and were not common
1036270728Spluknet# practice among Australians, and there were justifiable complaints
1037270728Spluknet# about them, so I attempted to survey current Australian usage.
1038270728Spluknet# For the tz database, the full English phrase is not that important;
1039270728Spluknet# what matters is the abbreviation.  It's difficult to survey the web
1040270728Spluknet# directly for abbreviation usage, as there are so many false hits for
1041270728Spluknet# strings like "EST" and "EDT", so I looked for pages that defined an
1042270728Spluknet# abbreviation for eastern or central DST in Australia, and got the
1043270728Spluknet# following numbers of unique hits for the listed Google queries:
104486222Swollman#
1045270728Spluknet#   10 "Eastern Daylight Time AEST" site:au [some are false hits]
1046270728Spluknet#   10 "Eastern Summer Time AEST" site:au
1047270728Spluknet#   10 "Summer Time AEDT" site:au
1048270728Spluknet#   13 "EDST Eastern Daylight Saving Time" site:au
1049270728Spluknet#   18 "Summer Time ESST" site:au
1050270728Spluknet#   28 "Eastern Daylight Saving Time EDST" site:au
1051270728Spluknet#   39 "EDT Eastern Daylight Time" site:au [some are false hits]
1052270728Spluknet#   53 "Eastern Daylight Time EDT" site:au [some are false hits]
1053270728Spluknet#   54 "AEDT Australian Eastern Daylight Time" site:au
1054270728Spluknet#  182 "Eastern Daylight Time AEDT" site:au
105586222Swollman#
1056270728Spluknet#   17 "Central Daylight Time CDT" site:au [some are false hits]
1057270728Spluknet#   46 "Central Daylight Time ACDT" site:au
105886222Swollman#
1059270728Spluknet# I tried several other variants (e.g., "Eastern Summer Time EST") but
1060270728Spluknet# they all returned fewer than 10 unique hits.  I also looked for pages
1061270728Spluknet# mentioning both "western standard time" and an abbreviation, since
1062270728Spluknet# there is no WST in the US to generate false hits, and found:
106386222Swollman#
1064270728Spluknet#  156 "western standard time" AWST site:au
1065270728Spluknet#  226 "western standard time" WST site:au
106686222Swollman#
1067270728Spluknet# I then surveyed the top ten newspapers in Australia by circulation as
1068270728Spluknet# listed in Wikipedia, using Google queries like "AEDT site:heraldsun.com.au"
1069270728Spluknet# and obtaining estimated counts from the initial page of search results.
1070270728Spluknet# All ten papers greatly preferred "AEDT" to "EDT".  The papers
1071270728Spluknet# surveyed were the Herald Sun, The Daily Telegraph, The Courier-Mail,
1072270728Spluknet# The Sydney Morning Herald, The West Australian, The Age, The Advertiser,
1073270728Spluknet# The Australian, The Financial Review, and The Herald (Newcastle).
107486222Swollman#
1075270728Spluknet# I also searched for historical usage, to see whether abbreviations
1076270728Spluknet# like "AEDT" are new.  A Trove search <http://trove.nla.gov.au/>
1077270728Spluknet# found only one newspaper (The Canberra Times) with a house style
1078270728Spluknet# dating back to the 1970s, I expect because other newspapers weren't
1079270728Spluknet# fully indexed.  The Canberra Times strongly preferred abbreviations
1080270728Spluknet# like "AEDT".  The first occurrence of "AEDT" was a World Weather
1081270728Spluknet# column (1971-11-17, page 24), and of "ACDT" was a Scoreboard column
1082270728Spluknet# (1993-01-24, p 16).  The style was the typical usage but was not
1083270728Spluknet# strictly enforced; for example, "Welcome to the twilight zones ..."
1084270728Spluknet# (1994-10-29, p 1) uses the abbreviations AEST/AEDT, CST/CDT, and
1085270728Spluknet# WST, and goes on to say, "The confusion and frustration some feel
1086270728Spluknet# about the lack of uniformity among Australia's six states and two
1087270728Spluknet# territories has prompted one group to form its very own political
1088270728Spluknet# party -- the Sydney-based Daylight Saving Extension Party."
108986222Swollman#
1090270728Spluknet# I also surveyed federal government sources.  They did not agree:
109186222Swollman#
1092270728Spluknet#   The Australian Government (2014-03-26)
1093270728Spluknet#   http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/our-country/time
1094270728Spluknet#   (This document was produced by the Department of Finance.)
1095270728Spluknet#   AEST ACST AWST AEDT ACDT
109686222Swollman#
1097270728Spluknet#   Bureau of Meteorology (2012-11-08)
1098270728Spluknet#   http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/daysavtm.shtml
1099270728Spluknet#   EST CST WST EDT CDT
110086222Swollman#
1101270728Spluknet#   Civil Aviation Safety Authority (undated)
1102270728Spluknet#   http://services.casa.gov.au/outnback/inc/pages/episode3/episode-3_time_zones.shtml
1103270728Spluknet#   EST CST WST (no abbreviations given for DST)
110486222Swollman#
1105270728Spluknet#   Geoscience Australia (2011-11-24)
1106270728Spluknet#   http://www.ga.gov.au/geodesy/astro/sunrise.jsp
1107270728Spluknet#   AEST ACST AWST AEDT ACDT
110886222Swollman#
1109270728Spluknet#   Parliamentary Library (2008-11-10)
1110325159Sphilip#   https://www.aph.gov.au/binaries/library/pubs/rp/2008-09/09rp14.pdf
1111270728Spluknet#   EST CST WST preferred for standard time; AEST AEDT ACST ACDT also used
111286222Swollman#
1113270728Spluknet#   The Transport Safety Bureau has an extensive series of accident reports,
1114270728Spluknet#   and investigators seem to use whatever abbreviation they like.
1115270728Spluknet#   Googling site:atsb.gov.au found the following number of unique hits:
1116270728Spluknet#   311 "ESuT", 195 "EDT", 26 "AEDT", 83 "CSuT", 46 "CDT".
1117270728Spluknet#   "_SuT" tended to appear in older reports, and "A_DT" tended to
1118270728Spluknet#   appear in reports of events with international implications.
111986222Swollman#
1120270728Spluknet# From the above it appears that there is a working consensus in
1121270728Spluknet# Australia to use trailing "DT" for daylight saving time; although
1122270728Spluknet# some sources use trailing "SST" or "ST" or "SuT" they are by far in
1123270728Spluknet# the minority.  The case for leading "A" is weaker, but since it
1124270728Spluknet# seems to be preferred in the overall web and is preferred in all
1125270728Spluknet# the leading newspaper websites and in many government departments,
1126270728Spluknet# it has a stronger case than omitting the leading "A".  The current
1127270728Spluknet# version of the database therefore uses abbreviations like "AEST" and
1128270728Spluknet# "AEDT" for Australian time zones.
112986222Swollman
113014343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
1131158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ.
1132149514Swollman# Mark Prior writes that his newspaper
11339908Swollman# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00,
11349908Swollman# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970
1135270728Spluknet# and perhaps the newspaper's '2:00' is referring to standard time.
113614343Swollman# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960.
11372742Swollman
1138149514Swollman# From Eric Ulevik (1998-01-05):
113975267Swollman#
114043014Swollman# Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable,
114143014Swollman# and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more
114243014Swollman# relevant entries in this database.
114375267Swollman#
114443014Swollman# NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill):
114543014Swollman# Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04)
1146325159Sphilip# https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html
114743014Swollman# ACT
114843014Swollman# Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972
1149325159Sphilip# https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html
115043014Swollman# SA
115143014Swollman# Standard Time Act, 1898
1152325159Sphilip# https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html
115343014Swollman
1154149514Swollman# From David Grosz (2005-06-13):
1155149514Swollman# It was announced last week that Daylight Saving would be extended by
1156149514Swollman# one week next year to allow for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
1157149514Swollman# Daylight Saving is now to end for next year only on the first Sunday
1158149514Swollman# in April instead of the last Sunday in March.
1159149514Swollman#
1160149514Swollman# From Gwillim Law (2005-06-14):
1161149514Swollman# I did some Googling and found that all of those states (and territory) plan
1162149514Swollman# to extend DST together in 2006.
1163149514Swollman# ACT: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/mediareleases/fileread.cfm?file=86.txt
1164149514Swollman# New South Wales: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15538869%255E1702,00.html
1165149514Swollman# South Australia: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15555031-1246,00.html
1166149514Swollman# Tasmania: http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=14772
1167149514Swollman# Victoria: I wasn't able to find anything separate, but the other articles
1168149514Swollman# allude to it.
1169149514Swollman# But not Queensland
1170270728Spluknet# http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15564030-1248,00.html
1171149514Swollman
11729908Swollman# Northern Territory
11739908Swollman
117419878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
11752742Swollman# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY..  [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
11762742Swollman# #					[ Nov 1990 ]
11772742Swollman# #	N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
11782742Swollman# ...
11799908Swollman# Zone        Australia/North         9:30    -       CST
11802742Swollman
118119878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
11822742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
11832742Swollman# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving.
11842742Swollman
11859908Swollman# Western Australia
11862742Swollman
118719878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
11882742Swollman# #  The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA..  [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]
11892742Swollman# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
11902742Swollman# #	W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to
11912742Swollman# #	DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but
11922742Swollman# #	usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus
11932742Swollman# #	before reaching parliament.
11942742Swollman# ...
11952742Swollman# Zone	Australia/West		8:00	AW	%sST
11962742Swollman# ...
11972742Swollman# Rule	AW	1974	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
11982742Swollman# Rule	AW	1975	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W
11992742Swollman# Rule	AW	1983	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
12002742Swollman# Rule	AW	1984	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W
12012742Swollman
120219878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
12032742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
12042742Swollman# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving.
12052742Swollman
120619878Swollman# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (1991-11-02):
12072742Swollman# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney
12082742Swollman# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at
12092742Swollman# work at 9.00am.)
12102742Swollman# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse
12112742Swollman# everybody again.
12122742Swollman
121319878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
12142742Swollman# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
12152742Swollman# it matches what was used in the past.
12162742Swollman
121758787Sru# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ
1218273718Sedwin# http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm
1219270728Spluknet# (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses
122058787Sru# South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia.
122158787Sru
1222333312Sphilip# From Paul Eggert (2018-04-01):
1223333312Sphilip# The Guardian Express of Perth, Australia reported today that the
1224333312Sphilip# government decided to advance the clocks permanently on January 1,
1225333312Sphilip# 2019, from UT +08 to UT +09.  The article noted that an exemption
1226333312Sphilip# would be made for people aged 61 and over, who "can apply in writing
1227333312Sphilip# to have the extra hour of sunshine removed from their area."  See:
1228333312Sphilip# Daylight saving coming to WA in 2019. Guardian Express. 2018-04-01.
1229333312Sphilip# https://www.communitynews.com.au/guardian-express/news/exclusive-daylight-savings-coming-wa-summer-2018/
1230333312Sphilip
12319908Swollman# Queensland
1232331662Sphilip
1233331662Sphilip# From Paul Eggert (2018-02-26):
1234331662Sphilip# I lack access to the following source for Queensland DST:
1235331662Sphilip# Pearce C. History of daylight saving time in Queensland.
1236331662Sphilip# Queensland Hist J. 2017 Aug;23(6):389-403
1237331662Sphilip# https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=994682348436426;res=IELHSS
1238331662Sphilip
123919878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
12402742Swollman# #   The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
12412742Swollman# #						[ Dec 1990 ]
12422742Swollman# ...
12432742Swollman# Zone	Australia/Queensland	10:00	AQ	%sST
12442742Swollman# ...
12452742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
12462742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	E
12472742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1989	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
12482742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E
12492742Swollman
125019878Swollman# From Bradley White (1989-12-24):
12512742Swollman# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from
12522742Swollman# October 1989).
12532742Swollman
125419878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
12552742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
12562742Swollman# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
12572742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
12582742Swollman
125919878Swollman# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
12602742Swollman# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact
12612742Swollman# end on Sunday, 3 March.  I don't know at what hour, though.  (It surprised
12622742Swollman# me.)
12632742Swollman
126419878Swollman# From Bradley White (1992-03-08):
12652742Swollman# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted
12662742Swollman# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ...
12672742Swollman# ...
12682742Swollman# Rule	QLD	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
12692742Swollman# Rule	QLD	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
12702742Swollman# ...
12712742Swollman
127219878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
12732742Swollman# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
12742742Swollman
1275169811Swollman# From Christopher Hunt (2006-11-21), after an advance warning
1276270728Spluknet# from Jesper N��rgaard Welen (2006-11-01):
1277169811Swollman# WA are trialing DST for three years.
1278273718Sedwin# http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54825721200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf
1279169811Swollman
1280105196Swollman# From Rives McDow (2002-04-09):
1281114173Swollman# The most interesting region I have found consists of three towns on the
1282169811Swollman# southern coast....  South Australia observes daylight saving time; Western
1283114173Swollman# Australia does not.  The two states are one and a half hours apart.  The
1284114173Swollman# residents decided to forget about this nonsense of changing the clock so
1285114173Swollman# much and set the local time 20 hours and 45 minutes from the
1286114173Swollman# international date line, or right in the middle of the time of South
1287169811Swollman# Australia and Western Australia....
1288105196Swollman#
1289105196Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2002-04-09):
1290105196Swollman# This is confirmed by the section entitled
1291105196Swollman# "What's the deal with time zones???" in
1292273718Sedwin# http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~awatkins/null.html
1293105196Swollman#
1294169811Swollman# From Alex Livingston (2006-12-07):
1295169811Swollman# ... it was just on four years ago that I drove along the Eyre Highway,
1296169811Swollman# which passes through eastern Western Australia close to the southern
1297169811Swollman# coast of the continent.
1298105196Swollman#
1299169811Swollman# I paid particular attention to the time kept there. There can be no
1300169811Swollman# dispute that UTC+08:45 was considered "the time" from the border
1301169811Swollman# village just inside the border with South Australia to as far west
1302169811Swollman# as just east of Caiguna. There can also be no dispute that Eucla is
1303169811Swollman# the largest population centre in this zone....
1304169811Swollman#
1305169811Swollman# Now that Western Australia is observing daylight saving, the
1306169811Swollman# question arose whether this part of the state would follow suit. I
1307169811Swollman# just called the border village and confirmed that indeed they have,
1308169811Swollman# meaning that they are now observing UTC+09:45.
1309169811Swollman#
1310169811Swollman# (2006-12-09):
1311169811Swollman# I personally doubt that either experimentation with daylight saving
1312169811Swollman# in WA or its introduction in SA had anything to do with the genesis
1313169811Swollman# of this time zone.  My hunch is that it's been around since well
1314169811Swollman# before 1975.  I remember seeing it noted on road maps decades ago.
1315349598Sphilip#
1316349598Sphilip# From Gilmore Davidson (2019-04-08):
1317349598Sphilip# https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-08/this-remote-stretch-of-desert-has-its-own-custom-time-zone/10981000
1318349598Sphilip# ... include[s] a rough description of the geographical boundaries...
1319349598Sphilip# "The time zone exists for about 340 kilometres and takes in the tiny
1320349598Sphilip# roadhouse communities of Cocklebiddy, Madura, Eucla and Border Village."
1321349598Sphilip# ... and an indication that the zone has definitely been in existence
1322349598Sphilip# since before the 1970 cut-off of the database ...
1323349598Sphilip# From Paul Eggert (2019-05-17):
1324349598Sphilip# That ABC Esperance story by Christien de Garis also says:
1325349598Sphilip#    Although the Central Western Time Zone is not officially recognised (your
1326349598Sphilip#    phones won't automatically change), there is a sign instructing you which
1327349598Sphilip#    way to wind your clocks 45 minutes and scrawled underneath one of them in
1328349598Sphilip#    Texta is the word: 'Why'?
1329349598Sphilip#    "Good question," Mr Pike said.
1330349598Sphilip#    "I don't even know that, and it's been going for over 50 years."
1331105196Swollman
1332169811Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-12-15):
1333169811Swollman# For lack of better info, assume the tradition dates back to the
1334169811Swollman# introduction of standard time in 1895.
1335169811Swollman
1336169811Swollman
1337171948Sedwin# southeast Australia
13382742Swollman#
1339171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
1340171948Sedwin# Starting autumn 2008 Victoria, NSW, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT
1341171948Sedwin# end DST the first Sunday in April and start DST the first Sunday in October.
1342171948Sedwin# http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/daylight-savings-to-span-six-months/2007/06/27/1182623966703.html
13432742Swollman
13442742Swollman
13459908Swollman# South Australia
13462742Swollman
134719878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
13482742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
13492742Swollman# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
13502742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
13512742Swollman
135219878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
13532742Swollman# #   The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ]
13542742Swollman# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
13552742Swollman# ...
13562742Swollman# Zone	Australia/South		9:30	AS	%sST
13572742Swollman# ...
13582742Swollman# Rule	 AS	1971	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
13592742Swollman# Rule	 AS	1972	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C
1360158421Swollman# Rule	 AS	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	C
13612742Swollman# Rule	 AS	1991	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C
13622742Swollman
136319878Swollman# From Bradley White (1992-03-11):
13642742Swollman# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide
13652742Swollman# contained the following exchange:  "Due to the Adelaide Festival,
13662742Swollman# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks."
13672742Swollman
136819878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1992-03-13):
13692742Swollman# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that)
13702742Swollman# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even
13712742Swollman# numbered year (from 1990).  That's when the Adelaide Festival
13722742Swollman# is on...
13732742Swollman
137419878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1992-03-16, 00:57:07 +1000):
13752742Swollman# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday)....
13762742Swollman# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever...
13772742Swollman# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...).
13782742Swollman
137919878Swollman# From Bradley White (1994-04-11):
13802742Swollman# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March,
13812742Swollman# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can
13822742Swollman# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated....
13832742Swollman
1384149514Swollman# From John Warburton (1994-10-07):
13859908Swollman# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ...
13869908Swollman# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994....
13879908Swollman# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March.
13882742Swollman
1389171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
1390171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
1391171948Sedwin
13929908Swollman# Tasmania
13939908Swollman
1394368822Sphilip# From P Chan (2020-11-20):
1395368822Sphilip# Tasmania observed DST in 1916-1919.
1396368822Sphilip#
1397368822Sphilip# Daylight Saving Act, 1916 (7 Geo V, No 2) [1916-09-22]
1398368822Sphilip# http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/tas/num_act/tdsa19167gvn2267/
1399368822Sphilip#
1400368822Sphilip# Daylight Saving Amendment Act, 1917 (8 Geo V, No 5) [1917-10-01]
1401368822Sphilip# http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/tas/num_act/tdsaa19178gvn5347/
1402368822Sphilip#
1403368822Sphilip# Daylight Saving Act Repeal Act, 1919 (10 Geo V, No 9) [1919-10-24]
1404368822Sphilip# http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/tas/num_act/tdsara191910gvn9339/
1405368822Sphilip#
1406368822Sphilip# King Island is mentioned in the 1967 Act but not the 1968 Act.
1407368822Sphilip# Therefore it possibly observed DST from 1968/69.
1408368822Sphilip#
1409368822Sphilip# Daylight Saving Act 1967 (No. 33 of 1967) [1967-09-22]
1410368822Sphilip# http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/tas/num_act/dsa196733o1967211/
1411368822Sphilip#
1412368822Sphilip# Daylight Saving Act 1968 (No. 42 of 1968) [1968-10-15]
1413368822Sphilip# http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/tas/num_act/dsa196842o1968211/
1414368822Sphilip
141558787Sru# The rules for 1967 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
141658787Sru# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
14172742Swollman# #  The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
14182742Swollman# #					[ Nov 1990 ]
14192742Swollman
142019878Swollman# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10):
14212742Swollman# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have
14222742Swollman# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia
14232742Swollman# (but nothing new about that).
14242742Swollman
142558787Sru# From Alex Livingston (1999-10-04):
142658787Sru# I heard on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio news on the
142758787Sru# (long) weekend that Tasmania, which usually goes its own way in this regard,
142858787Sru# has decided to join with most of NSW, the ACT, and most of Victoria
142958787Sru# (Australia) and start daylight saving on the last Sunday in August in 2000
143058787Sru# instead of the first Sunday in October.
143158787Sru
143264499Swollman# Sim Alam (2000-07-03) reported a legal citation for the 2000/2001 rules:
143364499Swollman# http://www.thelaw.tas.gov.au/fragview/42++1968+GS3A@EN+2000070300
143464499Swollman
1435171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
1436171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
1437171948Sedwin
14389908Swollman# Victoria
14392742Swollman
144058787Sru# The rules for 1971 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
144158787Sru# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
14422742Swollman# #   The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
14432742Swollman# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
14442742Swollman
144586222Swollman# From Scott Harrington (2001-08-29):
144686222Swollman# On KQED's "City Arts and Lectures" program last night I heard an
144786222Swollman# interesting story about daylight savings time.  Dr. John Heilbron was
144886222Swollman# discussing his book "The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar
144986222Swollman# Observatories"[1], and in particular the Shrine of Remembrance[2] located
145086222Swollman# in Melbourne, Australia.
145186222Swollman#
145286222Swollman# Apparently the shrine's main purpose is a beam of sunlight which
145386222Swollman# illuminates a special spot on the floor at the 11th hour of the 11th day
145486222Swollman# of the 11th month (Remembrance Day) every year in memory of Australia's
145586222Swollman# fallen WWI soldiers.  And if you go there on Nov. 11, at 11am local time,
145686222Swollman# you will indeed see the sunbeam illuminate the special spot at the
145786222Swollman# expected time.
145886222Swollman#
145986222Swollman# However, that is only because of some special mirror contraption that had
146086222Swollman# to be employed, since due to daylight savings time, the true solar time of
146186222Swollman# the remembrance moment occurs one hour later (or earlier?).  Perhaps
146286222Swollman# someone with more information on this jury-rig can tell us more.
146386222Swollman#
146486222Swollman# [1] http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HEISUN.html
146586222Swollman# [2] http://www.shrine.org.au
146686222Swollman
1467171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
1468171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
1469171948Sedwin
14709908Swollman# New South Wales
14712742Swollman
14722742Swollman# From Arthur David Olson:
14732742Swollman# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
1474149514Swollman# Based on law library research by John Mackin,
14752742Swollman# who notes:
14762742Swollman#	In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
1477270728Spluknet#	individual states.  Thus, while such terms as "Eastern Standard Time"
14782742Swollman#	[I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
14792742Swollman#	use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the
14802742Swollman#	legislation.  This is very important to understand.
14812742Swollman#	I have researched New South Wales time only...
14822742Swollman
1483149514Swollman# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-26):
148458787Sru# DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual
1485273718Sedwin# October in 2000.  See: Matthew Moore,
1486273718Sedwin# Two months more daylight saving, Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26).
1487273718Sedwin# http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html
14882742Swollman
148958787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27):
149058787Sru# See the following official NSW source:
149158787Sru# Daylight Saving in New South Wales.
1492273718Sedwin# http://dir.gis.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/genobject/document/other/daylightsaving/tigGmZ
149358787Sru#
149458787Sru# Narrabri Shire (NSW) council has announced it will ignore the extension of
149558787Sru# daylight saving next year.  See:
149658787Sru# Narrabri Council to ignore daylight saving
1497273718Sedwin# http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/neweng/monthly/regeng-22jul1999-1.htm
1498270728Spluknet# (1999-07-22).  For now, we'll wait to see if this really happens.
149958787Sru#
1500325159Sphilip# Victoria will follow NSW.  See:
1501270728Spluknet# Vic to extend daylight saving (1999-07-28)
1502273718Sedwin# http://abc.net.au/local/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990728112314_1.htm
150358787Sru#
150458787Sru# However, South Australia rejected the DST request.  See:
1505270728Spluknet# South Australia rejects Olympics daylight savings request (1999-07-19)
1506273718Sedwin# http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990719151754_1.htm
150758787Sru#
150858787Sru# Queensland also will not observe DST for the Olympics.  See:
150958787Sru# Qld says no to daylight savings for Olympics
1510273718Sedwin# http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/06/item19990601114608_1.htm
1511270728Spluknet# (1999-06-01), which quotes Queensland Premier Peter Beattie as saying
1512270728Spluknet# "Look you've got to remember in my family when this came up last time
151358787Sru# I voted for it, my wife voted against it and she said to me it's all very
151458787Sru# well for you, you don't have to worry about getting the children out of
151575267Swollman# bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night.
1516270728Spluknet# I've been through all this argument domestically...my wife rules."
151758787Sru#
151858787Sru# Broken Hill will stick with South Australian time in 2000.  See:
1519270728Spluknet# Broken Hill to be behind the times (1999-07-21)
1520273718Sedwin# http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/brokenh/monthly/regbrok-21jul1999-6.htm
15212742Swollman
152243543Swollman# IATA SSIM (1998-09) says that the spring 2000 change for Australian
152343543Swollman# Capital Territory, New South Wales except Lord Howe Island and Broken
152458787Sru# Hill, and Victoria will be August 27, presumably due to the Sydney Olympics.
152543543Swollman
152667578Swollman# From Eric Ulevik, referring to Sydney's Sun Herald (2000-08-13), page 29:
152775267Swollman# The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is encouraging northern NSW
152875267Swollman# towns to use Queensland time.
152967578Swollman
1530171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
1531171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
1532171948Sedwin
15339908Swollman# Yancowinna
15342742Swollman
153567578Swollman# From John Mackin (1989-01-04):
1536270728Spluknet# 'Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna.
15372742Swollman
153819878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
15392742Swollman# # YANCOWINNA..  [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
15402742Swollman# #					[ Dec 1990 ]
15412742Swollman# ...
154243014Swollman# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite [its] location on the
15432742Swollman# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings
15442742Swollman# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government
15452742Swollman# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have
15462742Swollman# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not
15472742Swollman# # presently available.
15482742Swollman# Zone	Australia/Yancowinna	9:30	 AY	%sST
15492742Swollman# ...
15502742Swollman# Rule	 AY	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
15512742Swollman# Rule	 AY	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	C
15522742Swollman# [followed by other Rules]
15532742Swollman
15549908Swollman# Lord Howe Island
15552742Swollman
155619878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
1557153670Swollman# LHI...		[ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen ]
15582742Swollman#					[ Dec 1990 ]
15592742Swollman# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
15602742Swollman# hour ahead of NSW time.
15612742Swollman
156258787Sru# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-01-27):
156358787Sru# Lord Howe Island summer time in 2000/2001 will commence on the same
156458787Sru# date as the rest of NSW (i.e. 2000-08-27).  For your information the
156558787Sru# Lord Howe Island Board (controlling authority for the Island) is
156658787Sru# seeking the community's views on various options for summer time
156758787Sru# arrangements on the Island, e.g. advance clocks by 1 full hour
1568226289Sedwin# instead of only 30 minutes.  [Dependent] on the wishes of residents
156958787Sru# the Board may approach the NSW government to change the existing
157058787Sru# arrangements.  The starting date for summer time on the Island will
157158787Sru# however always coincide with the rest of NSW.
157214343Swollman
157375267Swollman# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-10-25):
157475267Swollman# Lord Howe Island advances clocks by 30 minutes during DST in NSW and retards
157575267Swollman# clocks by 30 minutes when DST finishes. Since DST was most recently
157675267Swollman# introduced in NSW, the "changeover" time on the Island has been 02:00 as
157775267Swollman# shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start
157875267Swollman# of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW.
157958787Sru
1580158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1581158421Swollman# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks & Pottenger through 1989, and
1582158421Swollman# Lonergan thereafter.  For times we use Lonergan.
158367578Swollman
1584171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
1585171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
1586171948Sedwin
1587192886Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-28):
1588240457Sedwin# According to the official press release, South Australia's extended daylight
1589240457Sedwin# saving period will continue with the same rules as used during the 2008-2009
1590192886Sedwin# summer (southern hemisphere).
1591240457Sedwin#
1592192886Sedwin# From
1593192886Sedwin# http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf
1594240457Sedwin# The extended daylight saving period that South Australia has been trialling
1595192886Sedwin# for over the last year is now set to be ongoing.
1596240457Sedwin# Daylight saving will continue to start on the first Sunday in October each
1597192886Sedwin# year and finish on the first Sunday in April the following year.
1598240457Sedwin# Industrial Relations Minister, Paul Caica, says this provides South Australia
1599240457Sedwin# with a consistent half hour time difference with NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and
1600192886Sedwin# the ACT for all 52 weeks of the year...
1601240457Sedwin#
1602192886Sedwin# We have a wrap-up here:
1603325159Sphilip# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html
16042742Swollman###############################################################################
16052742Swollman
160658787Sru# New Zealand
16072742Swollman
160819878Swollman# From Mark Davies (1990-10-03):
16092742Swollman# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period.
16102742Swollman# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for
16112742Swollman# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start).
1612270728Spluknet# source - phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office.
16132742Swollman
161419878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
16152742Swollman# # The Country of New Zealand   (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that!
16162742Swollman# #				   or is Australia the west island of N.Z.
1617153670Swollman# #	[ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Auckland N.Z. ]
16182742Swollman# #				[ Nov 1990 ]
16192742Swollman# ...
16202742Swollman# Rule	NZ      1974    1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
16212742Swollman# Rule	NZ	1989	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
16222742Swollman# Rule	NZ      1975    1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
16232742Swollman# Rule	NZ	1990	max	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	S
16242742Swollman# ...
16252742Swollman# Zone	NZ			12:00	NZ		NZ%sT	# New Zealand
16262742Swollman# Zone	NZ-CHAT			12:45	-		NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
16272742Swollman
162819878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
16292742Swollman# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
16302742Swollman# rather than the October 1 value.
16312742Swollman
163214343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19);
1633158421Swollman# Shank & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ.
1634149514Swollman# Robert Uzgalis writes that the New Zealand Daylight
163514343Swollman# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard
163614343Swollman# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March.
163714343Swollman# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00.
163814343Swollman#
1639158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1640121098Swollman# The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history,
1641328475Sphilip# as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.html for the full references.
1642158421Swollman# Use these sources in preference to Shanks & Pottenger.
1643121098Swollman#
1644121098Swollman# For Chatham, IATA SSIM (1991/1999) gives the NZ rules but with
1645121098Swollman# transitions at 2:45 local standard time; this confirms that Chatham
1646121098Swollman# is always exactly 45 minutes ahead of Auckland.
164714343Swollman
1648169811Swollman# From Colin Sharples (2007-04-30):
1649169811Swollman# DST will now start on the last Sunday in September, and end on the
1650169811Swollman# first Sunday in April.  The changes take effect this year, meaning
1651169811Swollman# that DST will begin on 2007-09-30 2008-04-06.
1652169811Swollman# http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Daylight-Saving-Daylight-saving-to-be-extended
1653169811Swollman
1654270728Spluknet# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-14):
1655270728Spluknet# Chatham Island time was formally standardized on 1957-01-01 by
1656273718Sedwin# New Zealand's Standard Time Amendment Act 1956 (1956-10-26).
1657325159Sphilip# https://www.austlii.edu.au/nz/legis/hist_act/staa19561956n100244.pdf
1658270728Spluknet# According to Google Books snippet view, a speaker in the New Zealand
1659270728Spluknet# parliamentary debates in 1956 said "Clause 78 makes provision for standard
1660270728Spluknet# time in the Chatham Islands.  The time there is 45 minutes in advance of New
1661270728Spluknet# Zealand time.  I understand that is the time they keep locally, anyhow."
1662270728Spluknet# For now, assume this practice goes back to the introduction of standard time
1663270728Spluknet# in New Zealand, as this would make Chatham Islands time almost exactly match
1664307361Sbapt# LMT back when New Zealand was at UT +11:30; also, assume Chatham Islands did
1665270728Spluknet# not observe New Zealand's prewar DST.
1666270728Spluknet
16672742Swollman###############################################################################
16682742Swollman
166958787Sru
1670349598Sphilip# Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands and Marcus Island (Minami-Tori-shima)
1671349598Sphilip
1672349598Sphilip# From Wakaba (2019-01-28) via Phake Nick:
1673349598Sphilip# National Diet Library of Japan has several reports by Japanese Government
1674349598Sphilip# officers that describe the time used in islands when they visited there.
1675349598Sphilip# According to them (and other sources such as newspapers), standard time UTC
1676349598Sphilip# + 10 (JST + 1) and DST UTC + 11 (JST + 2) was used until its return to Japan
1677349598Sphilip# at 1968-06-26 00:00 JST.  The exact periods of DST are still unknown.
1678349598Sphilip# I guessed Guam, Mariana, and Bonin and Marcus districts might have
1679349598Sphilip# synchronized their DST periods, but reports imply they had their own
1680349598Sphilip# decisions, i.e. there were three or more different time zones....
1681349598Sphilip#
1682349598Sphilip# https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/���������������������������
1683349598Sphilip
1684349598Sphilip# From Phake Nick (2019-02-12):
1685349598Sphilip# Because their last time change to return to Japanese time when they returned
1686349598Sphilip# to Japanese rule was right before 1970, ... per the current tz database
1687349598Sphilip# rule, the information doesn't warrant creation of a new timezone for Bonin
1688349598Sphilip# Islands itself and is thus as an anecdotal note for interest purpose only.
1689349598Sphilip# ... [The abovementioned link] described some special timekeeping phenomenon
1690349598Sphilip# regarding Marcus island, another remote island currently owned by Japanese
1691349598Sphilip# in the same administrative unit as Bonin Islands.  Many reports claim that
1692349598Sphilip# the American coastal guard on the American quarter of the island use its own
1693349598Sphilip# coastal guard time, and most sources describe the time as UTC+11, being two
1694349598Sphilip# hours faster than JST used by some Japanese personnel on the island.  Some
1695349598Sphilip# sites describe it as same as Wake Island/Guam time although it would be
1696349598Sphilip# incorrect to be same as Guam.  And then in a few Japanese governmental
1697349598Sphilip# report from 1980s (from National Institute of Information and Communications
1698349598Sphilip# Technology) regarding the construction of VLBI facility on the Marcus
1699349598Sphilip# Island, it claimed that there are three time standards being used on the
1700349598Sphilip# island at the time which include not just JST (UTC+9) or [US]CG time
1701349598Sphilip# (UTC+11) but also a JMSDF time (UTC+10) (Japan Maritime Self-Defense
1702349598Sphilip# Force).  Unfortunately there are no other sources that mentioned such time
1703349598Sphilip# and there are also no information on things like how the time was used.
1704349598Sphilip
1705349598Sphilip
17062742Swollman# Fiji
17072742Swollman
170858787Sru# Howse writes (p 153) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji
170958787Sru# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on Antipodean Time
171058787Sru# instead of the American system (which was one day behind).
17112742Swollman
171243543Swollman# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08):
171343543Swollman# Fiji will introduce DST effective 0200 local time, 1998-11-01
171475267Swollman# until 0300 local time 1999-02-28.  Each year the DST period will
171543543Swollman# be from the first Sunday in November until the last Sunday in February.
171643543Swollman
171758787Sru# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08):
171858787Sru# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says DST ends 0100 local time.  Go with McDow.
171958787Sru
1720253009Sedwin# From the BBC World Service in
1721253009Sedwin# http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/205226.stm (1998-10-31 16:03 UTC):
1722270728Spluknet# The Fijian government says the main reasons for the time change is to
1723253009Sedwin# improve productivity and reduce road accidents.... [T]he move is also
1724253009Sedwin# intended to boost Fiji's ability to attract tourists to witness the dawning
1725253009Sedwin# of the new millennium.
172643543Swollman
172775267Swollman# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/press/2000_09/2000_09_13-05.shtml (2000-09-13)
172875267Swollman# reports that Fiji has discontinued DST.
172958787Sru
173014343Swollman
173117200Swollman# Kiribati
173217200Swollman
173317200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
173417200Swollman# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that Kiribati
1735270728Spluknet# "declared it the same day [throughout] the country as of Jan. 1, 1995"
173617200Swollman# as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century.
173717200Swollman
1738331662Sphilip# From Kerry Shetline (2018-02-03):
1739331662Sphilip# December 31 was the day that was skipped, so that the transition
1740331662Sphilip# would be from Friday December 30, 1994 to Sunday January 1, 1995.
1741331662Sphilip# From Paul Eggert (2018-02-04):
1742331662Sphilip# One source for this is page 202 of: Bartky IR. One Time Fits All:
1743331662Sphilip# The Campaigns for Global Uniformity (2007).
174458787Sru
17452742Swollman# Kwajalein
17462742Swollman
1747342668Sphilip# From an AP article (1993-08-22):
1748342668Sphilip# "The nearly 3,000 Americans living on this remote Pacific atoll have a good
1749342668Sphilip# excuse for not remembering Saturday night: there wasn't one.  Residents were
1750342668Sphilip# going to bed Friday night and waking up Sunday morning because at midnight
1751342668Sphilip# -- 8 A.M. Eastern daylight time on Saturday -- Kwajalein was jumping from
1752342668Sphilip# one side of the international date line to the other."
1753342668Sphilip# "In Marshall Islands, Friday is followed by Sunday", NY Times. 1993-08-22.
1754342668Sphilip# https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/22/world/in-marshall-islands-friday-is-followed-by-sunday.html
17552742Swollman
1756342668Sphilip# From Phake Nick (2018-10-27):
1757342668Sphilip# <https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/������������������������> ... pointed out that
1758342668Sphilip# currently tzdata say Pacific/Kwajalein switched from GMT+11 to GMT-12 in
1759342668Sphilip# 1969 October without explanation, however an 1993 article from NYT say it
1760342668Sphilip# synchorized its day with US mainland about 40 years ago and thus the switch
1761342668Sphilip# should occur at around 1950s instead.
1762342668Sphilip#
1763342668Sphilip# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18):
1764342668Sphilip# The NYT (actually, AP) article is vague and possibly wrong about this.
1765342668Sphilip# The article says the earlier switch was "40 years ago when the United States
1766342668Sphilip# Army established a missile test range here".  However, the Kwajalein Test
1767342668Sphilip# Center was established on 1960-10-01 and was run by the US Navy.  It was
1768342668Sphilip# transferred to the US Army on 1964-07-01.  See "Seize the High Ground"
1769342668Sphilip# <https://history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-88-1/cmhPub_70-88-1.pdf>.
1770342668Sphilip# Given that Shanks was right on the money about the 1993 change, I'm inclined
1771342668Sphilip# to take Shanks's word for the 1969 change unless we find better evidence.
177258787Sru
1773342668Sphilip
177414343Swollman# N Mariana Is, Guam
17752742Swollman
1776342668Sphilip# From Phake Nick (2018-10-27):
1777342668Sphilip# Guam Island was briefly annexed by Japan during ... year 1941-1944 ...
1778342668Sphilip# however there are no detailed information about what time it use during that
1779342668Sphilip# period.  It would probably be reasonable to assume Guam use GMT+9 during
1780342668Sphilip# that period of time like the surrounding area.
1781342668Sphilip
1782342668Sphilip# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18):
1783270728Spluknet# Howse writes (p 153) "The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the
1784270728Spluknet# Philippines and the Ladrones from America," and implies that the Ladrones
17852742Swollman# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time.
178675267Swollman# For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines;
178775267Swollman# see Asia/Manila.
1788342668Sphilip#
1789342668Sphilip# Use 1941-12-10 and 1944-07-31 for Guam WWII transitions, as the rough start
1790342668Sphilip# and end of Japanese control of Agana.  We don't know whether the Northern
1791342668Sphilip# Marianas followed Guam's DST rules from 1959 through 1977; for now, assume
1792342668Sphilip# they did as that avoids the need for a separate zone due to our 1970 cutoff.
1793342668Sphilip#
1794307361Sbapt# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UT +10 the official standard time,
179575267Swollman# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time".  There is no official abbreviation,
179675267Swollman# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law,
179775267Swollman# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST".
179858787Sru
1799342668Sphilip# See also the commentary for Micronesia.
180075267Swollman
180117200Swollman
1802342668Sphilip# Marshall Is
1803342668Sphilip# See the commentary for Micronesia.
1804342668Sphilip
1805342668Sphilip
1806342668Sphilip# Micronesia (and nearby)
1807342668Sphilip
1808342668Sphilip# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18):
1809342668Sphilip# Like the Ladrones (see Guam commentary), assume the Spanish East Indies
1810342668Sphilip# kept American time until the Philippines switched at the end of 1844.
1811342668Sphilip
1812149514Swollman# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16),
1813270728Spluknet# "I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that 'Truk'
1814270728Spluknet# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10."
181517200Swollman#
1816307361Sbapt# Shanks & Pottenger write that Truk switched from UT +10 to +11
1817158421Swollman# on 1978-10-01; ignore this for now.
181817200Swollman
181958787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
182058787Sru# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in
1821270728Spluknet# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information (1999-01-26)
1822273718Sedwin# http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html
1823307361Sbapt# that Truk and Yap are UT +10, and Ponape and Kosrae are +11.
1824307361Sbapt# We don't know when Kosrae switched from +12; assume January 1 for now.
182558787Sru
1826342668Sphilip# From Phake Nick (2018-10-27):
1827342668Sphilip#
1828342668Sphilip# From a Japanese wiki site https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/������������������������
1829342668Sphilip# ...
1830342668Sphilip# For "Southern Islands" (modern region of Mariana + Palau + Federation of
1831342668Sphilip# Micronesia + Marshall Islands):
1832342668Sphilip#
1833342668Sphilip# A 1906 Japanese magazine shown the Caroline Islands and Mariana Islands
1834342668Sphilip# who was occupied by Germany at the time as GMT+10, together with the like
1835342668Sphilip# of German New Guinea.  However there is a marking saying it have not been
1836342668Sphilip# implemented (yet).  No further information after that were found.
1837342668Sphilip#
1838342668Sphilip# Japan invaded those islands in 1914, and records shows that they were
1839342668Sphilip# instructed to use JST at the time.
1840342668Sphilip#
1841342668Sphilip# 1915 January telecommunication record on the Jaluit Atoll shows they use
1842342668Sphilip# the meridian of 170E as standard time (GMT+11:20), which is similar to the
1843342668Sphilip# longitude of the atoll.
1844342668Sphilip# 1915 February record say the 170E standard time is to be used until
1845342668Sphilip# February 9 noon, and after February 9 noon they are to use JST.
1846342668Sphilip# However these are time used within the Japanese Military at the time and
1847342668Sphilip# probably does not reflect the time used by local resident at the time (that
1848342668Sphilip# is if they keep their own time back then)
1849342668Sphilip#
1850342668Sphilip# In January 1919 the occupying force issued a command that split the area
1851342668Sphilip# into three different timezone with meridian of 135E, 150E, 165E (JST+0, +1,
1852342668Sphilip# +2), and the command was to become effective from February 1 of the same
1853342668Sphilip# year.  Despite the target of the command is still only for the occupying
1854342668Sphilip# force itself, further publication have described the time as the standard
1855342668Sphilip# time for the occupied area and thus it can probably be seen as such.
1856342668Sphilip#  * Area that use meridian of 135E: Palau and Yap civil administration area
1857342668Sphilip#    (Southern Islands Western Standard Time)
1858342668Sphilip#  * Area that use meridian of 150E: Truk (Chuuk) and Saipan civil
1859342668Sphilip#    administration area (Southern Islands Central Standard Time)
1860342668Sphilip#  * Area that use meridian of 165E: Ponape (Pohnpei) and Jaluit civil
1861342668Sphilip#    administration area (Southern Islands Eastern Standard Time).
1862342668Sphilip#  * In the next few years Japanese occupation of those islands have been
1863342668Sphilip#    formalized via League of Nation Mandate (South Pacific Mandate) and formal
1864342668Sphilip#    governance structure have been established, these district [become
1865342668Sphilip#    subprefectures] and timezone classification have been inherited as standard
1866342668Sphilip#    time of the area.
1867342668Sphilip#  * Saipan subprefecture include Mariana islands (exclude Guam which was
1868342668Sphilip#    occupied by America at the time), Palau and Yap subprefecture rule the
1869342668Sphilip#    Western Caroline Islands with 137E longitude as border, Truk and Ponape
1870342668Sphilip#    subprefecture rule the Eastern Caroline Islands with 154E as border, Ponape
1871342668Sphilip#    subprefecture also rule part of Marshall Islands to the west of 164E
1872342668Sphilip#    starting from (1918?) and Jaluit subprefecture rule the rest of the
1873342668Sphilip#    Marshall Islands.
1874342668Sphilip#
1875342668Sphilip# And then in year 1937, an announcement was made to change the time in the
1876342668Sphilip# area into 2 timezones:
1877342668Sphilip#  * Area that use meridian of 135E: area administered by Palau, Yap and
1878342668Sphilip#    Saipan subprefecture (Southern Islands Western Standard Time)
1879342668Sphilip#  * Area that use meridian of 150E: area administered by Truk (Chuuk),
1880342668Sphilip#    Ponape (Pohnpei) and Jaluit subprefecture (Southern Islands Eastern
1881342668Sphilip#    Standard Time)
1882342668Sphilip#
1883342668Sphilip# Another announcement issued in 1941 say that on April 1 that year,
1884342668Sphilip# standard time of the Southern Islands would be changed to use the meridian
1885342668Sphilip# of 135E (GMT+9), and thus abolishing timezone different within the area.
1886342668Sphilip#
1887342668Sphilip# Then Pacific theater of WWII started and Japan slowly lose control on the
1888342668Sphilip# island.  The webpage I linked above contain no information during this
1889342668Sphilip# period of time....
1890342668Sphilip#
1891342668Sphilip# After the end of WWII, in 1946 February, a document written by the
1892342668Sphilip# (former?) Japanese military personnel describe there are 3 hours time
1893342668Sphilip# different between Caroline islands time/Wake island time and the Chungking
1894342668Sphilip# time, which would mean the time being used there at the time was GMT+10.
1895342668Sphilip#
1896342668Sphilip# After that, the area become Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands
1897342668Sphilip# under American administration from year 1947.  The site listed some
1898342668Sphilip# American/International books/maps/publications about time used in those
1899342668Sphilip# area during this period of time but they doesn't seems to be reliable
1900342668Sphilip# information so it would be the best if someone know where can more reliable
1901342668Sphilip# information can be found.
1902342668Sphilip#
1903342668Sphilip#
1904342668Sphilip# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18):
1905342668Sphilip#
1906342668Sphilip# For the above, use vague dates like "1914" and "1945" for transitions that
1907342668Sphilip# plausibly exist but for which the details are not known.  The information
1908342668Sphilip# for Wake is too sketchy to act on.
1909342668Sphilip#
1910342668Sphilip# The 1906 GMT+10 info about German-controlled islands might not have been
1911342668Sphilip# done, so omit it from the data for now.
1912342668Sphilip#
1913342668Sphilip# The Jaluit info governs Kwajalein.
191458787Sru
1915342668Sphilip
1916121098Swollman# Midway
1917121098Swollman
1918121098Swollman# From Charles T O'Connor, KMTH DJ (1956),
1919121098Swollman# quoted in the KTMH section of the Radio Heritage Collection
1920121098Swollman# <http://radiodx.com/spdxr/KMTH.htm> (2002-12-31):
1921121098Swollman# For the past two months we've been on what is known as Daylight
1922121098Swollman# Saving Time.  This time has put us on air at 5am in the morning,
1923121098Swollman# your time down there in New Zealand.  Starting September 2, 1956
1924121098Swollman# we'll again go back to Standard Time.  This'll mean that we'll go to
1925121098Swollman# air at 6am your time.
1926121098Swollman#
1927121098Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23):
1928121098Swollman# We don't know the date of that quote, but we'll guess they
1929121098Swollman# started DST on June 3.  Possibly DST was observed other years
1930121098Swollman# in Midway, but we have no record of it.
1931121098Swollman
1932342668Sphilip# Nauru
1933342668Sphilip
1934342668Sphilip# From Phake Nick (2018-10-31):
1935342668Sphilip# Currently, the tz database say Nauru use LMT until 1921, and then
1936342668Sphilip# switched to GMT+11:30 for the next two decades.
1937342668Sphilip# However, a number of timezone map published in America/Japan back then
1938342668Sphilip# showed its timezone as GMT+11 per https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/���������������������
1939342668Sphilip# And it would also be nice if the 1921 transition date could be sourced.
1940342668Sphilip# ...
1941342668Sphilip# The "Nauru Standard Time Act 1978 Time Change"
1942342668Sphilip# http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/4b23a17d2030150404db7a5fa5872f52.pdf#page=3
1943342668Sphilip# based on "Nauru Standard Time Act 1978 Time Change"
1944342668Sphilip# http://www.paclii.org/nr/legis/num_act/nsta1978207/ defined that "Nauru
1945342668Sphilip# Alternative Time" (GMT+12) should be in effect from 1979 Feb.
1946342668Sphilip#
1947342668Sphilip# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-19):
1948342668Sphilip# The 1921-01-15 introduction of standard time is in Shanks; it is also in
1949342668Sphilip# "Standard Time Throughout the World", US National Bureau of Standards (1935),
1950342668Sphilip# page 3, which does not give the UT offset.  In response to a comment by
1951342668Sphilip# Phake Nick I set the Nauru time of occupation by Japan to
1952342668Sphilip# 1942-08-29/1945-09-08 by using dates from:
1953342668Sphilip# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Nauru
1954342668Sphilip
1955290697Sedwin# Norfolk
1956121098Swollman
1957290697Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2015-09-23):
1958290697Sedwin# Norfolk Island will change ... from +1130 to +1100:
1959290697Sedwin# https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L01483/Explanatory%20Statement/Text
1960290697Sedwin# ... at 12.30 am (by legal time in New South Wales) on 4 October 2015.
1961290697Sedwin# http://www.norfolkisland.gov.nf/nia/MediaRelease/Media%20Release%20Norfolk%20Island%20Standard%20Time%20Change.pdf
1962290697Sedwin
1963352354Sphilip# From Paul Eggert (2019-08-28):
1964290697Sedwin# Transitions before 2015 are from timeanddate.com, which consulted
1965290697Sedwin# the Norfolk Island Museum and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's
1966290697Sedwin# Norfolk Island station, and found no record of Norfolk observing DST
1967290697Sedwin# other than in 1974/5.  See:
1968325159Sphilip# https://www.timeanddate.com/time/australia/norfolk-island.html
1969352354Sphilip# However, disagree with timeanddate about the 1975-03-02 transition;
1970352354Sphilip# timeanddate has 02:00 but 02:00s corresponds to what the NSW law said
1971352354Sphilip# (thanks to Michael Deckers).
1972290697Sedwin
1973352354Sphilip# Norfolk started observing Australian DST in spring 2019.
1974352354Sphilip# From Kyle Czech (2019-08-13):
1975352354Sphilip# https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2018L01702
1976352354Sphilip# From Michael Deckers (2019-08-14):
1977352354Sphilip# https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019C00010
1978352354Sphilip
1979342668Sphilip# Palau
1980342668Sphilip# See commentary for Micronesia.
1981342668Sphilip
198258787Sru# Pitcairn
198358787Sru
198458787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08):
198558787Sru# A Proclamation was signed by the Governor of Pitcairn on the 27th March 1998
198658787Sru# with regard to Pitcairn Standard Time.  The Proclamation is as follows.
198758787Sru#
198858787Sru#	The local time for general purposes in the Islands shall be
198958787Sru#	Co-ordinated Universal time minus 8 hours and shall be known
199058787Sru#	as Pitcairn Standard Time.
199158787Sru#
199258787Sru# ... I have also seen Pitcairn listed as UTC minus 9 hours in several
199358787Sru# references, and can only assume that this was an error in interpretation
199458787Sru# somehow in light of this proclamation.
199558787Sru
199658787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-11-09):
199758787Sru# The Proclamation regarding Pitcairn time came into effect on 27 April 1998
199858787Sru# ... at midnight.
199958787Sru
200058787Sru# From Howie Phelps (1999-11-10), who talked to a Pitcairner via shortwave:
200158787Sru# Betty Christian told me yesterday that their local time is the same as
2002331662Sphilip# Pacific Standard Time. They used to be �� hour different from us here in
200358787Sru# Sacramento but it was changed a couple of years ago.
200458787Sru
200558787Sru
2006270728Spluknet# (Western) Samoa and American Samoa
200714343Swollman
2008325159Sphilip# Howse writes (p 153) that after the 1879 standardization on Antipodean
2009325159Sphilip# time by the British governor of Fiji, the King of Samoa decided to change
2010270728Spluknet# "the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system,
2011270728Spluknet# ordaining - by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery - that
2012270728Spluknet# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year."
2013325159Sphilip# This happened in 1892, according to the Evening News (Sydney) of 1892-07-20.
2014325159Sphilip# https://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/idl/idl.htm
201517200Swollman
2016307361Sbapt# Although Shanks & Pottenger says they both switched to UT -11:30
2017307361Sbapt# in 1911, and to -11 in 1950. many earlier sources give -11
2018270728Spluknet# for American Samoa, e.g., the US National Bureau of Standards
2019270728Spluknet# circular "Standard Time Throughout the World", 1932.
2020307361Sbapt# Assume American Samoa switched to -11 in 1911, not 1950,
2021270728Spluknet# and that after 1950 they agreed until (western) Samoa skipped a
2022270728Spluknet# day in 2011.  Assume also that the Samoas follow the US and New
2023270728Spluknet# Zealand's "ST"/"DT" style of daylight-saving abbreviations.
202458787Sru
2025325159Sphilip
202617200Swollman# Tonga
202717200Swollman
202817200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
2029270728Spluknet# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that "Tonga has been plotting
2030270728Spluknet# to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time."
203117200Swollman# Since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do.
203258787Sru
203358787Sru# Don Mundell writes in the 1997-02-20 Tonga Chronicle
2034273718Sedwin# How Tonga became 'The Land where Time Begins':
2035273718Sedwin# http://www.tongatapu.net.to/tonga/homeland/timebegins.htm
2036273718Sedwin#
203758787Sru# Until 1941 Tonga maintained a standard time 50 minutes ahead of NZST
203858787Sru# 12 hours and 20 minutes ahead of GMT.  When New Zealand adjusted its
203958787Sru# standard time in 1940s, Tonga had the choice of subtracting from its
204058787Sru# local time to come on the same standard time as New Zealand or of
2041331662Sphilip# advancing its time to maintain the differential of 13��
204258787Sru# (approximately 50 minutes ahead of New Zealand time).
204358787Sru#
2044270728Spluknet# Because His Majesty King T��ufa����hau Tupou IV, then Crown Prince
2045270728Spluknet# Tung��, preferred to ensure Tonga's title as the land where time
204658787Sru# begins, the Legislative Assembly approved the latter change.
204758787Sru#
204858787Sru# But some of the older, more conservative members from the outer
204958787Sru# islands objected. "If at midnight on Dec. 31, we move ahead 40
205058787Sru# minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of the 40
205158787Sru# minutes we have lost?"
205258787Sru#
205358787Sru# The Crown Prince, presented an unanswerable argument: "Remember that
205458787Sru# on the World Day of Prayer, you would be the first people on Earth
205558787Sru# to say your prayers in the morning."
205658787Sru
2057158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
2058158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger say the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell.
205958787Sru
206058787Sru# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03):
2061253009Sedwin# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millennium
206258787Sru# Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front.
206358787Sru# He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from
206458787Sru# October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan
206558787Sru# Government.
206658787Sru
2067149514Swollman# From Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09):
206858787Sru# * Tonga will introduce DST in November
206975267Swollman#
2070149514Swollman# I was given this link by John Letts:
207158787Sru# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm
207275267Swollman#
207358787Sru# I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November
207458787Sru# yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead
207558787Sru# of UTC as well, but as far as I know Fiji will only be 13 hours ahead
207658787Sru# (12 + 1 hour DST).
207758787Sru
2078149514Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20):
2079270728Spluknet# According to <http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html>:
208075267Swollman# "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000
208175267Swollman# and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the
208275267Swollman# third Saturday of April.  Under the system approved by Privy Council on
208375267Swollman# Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and
208458787Sru# set back an hour on the closing date."
208558787Sru# Alas, no indication of the time of day.
208658787Sru
208758787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-10-06):
208858787Sru# Tonga started its Daylight Saving on Saturday morning October 2nd at 0200am.
208958787Sru# Daylight Saving ends on April 16 at 0300am which is Sunday morning.
209058787Sru
209175267Swollman# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-31):
209275267Swollman# Back in March I found a notice on the website http://www.tongaonline.com
209375267Swollman# that Tonga changed back to standard time one month early, on March 19
209475267Swollman# instead of the original reported date April 16. Unfortunately, the article
209575267Swollman# is no longer available on the site, and I did not make a copy of the
209675267Swollman# text, and I have forgotten to report it here.
2097270728Spluknet# (Original URL was <http://www.tongaonline.com/news/march162000.htm>)
209858787Sru
209975267Swollman# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01):
210075267Swollman# Tonga is observing DST as of 2000-11-04 and will stop on 2001-01-27.
210175267Swollman
210293799Swollman# From Sione Moala-Mafi (2001-09-20) via Rives McDow:
210393799Swollman# At 2:00am on the first Sunday of November, the standard time in the Kingdom
210493799Swollman# shall be moved forward by one hour to 3:00am.  At 2:00am on the last Sunday
210593799Swollman# of January the standard time in the Kingdom shall be moved backward by one
210693799Swollman# hour to 1:00am.
210786222Swollman
2108308302Sgjb# From Pulu ��Anau (2002-11-05):
2109114173Swollman# The law was for 3 years, supposedly to get renewed.  It wasn't.
211086222Swollman
2111308302Sgjb# From Pulu ��Anau (2016-10-27):
2112308302Sgjb# http://mic.gov.to/news-today/press-releases/6375-daylight-saving-set-to-run-from-6-november-2016-to-15-january-2017
2113308302Sgjb# Cannot find anyone who knows the rules, has seen the duration or has seen
2114308302Sgjb# the cabinet decision, but it appears we are following Fiji's rule set.
2115308302Sgjb#
2116308302Sgjb# From Tim Parenti (2016-10-26):
2117308302Sgjb# Assume Tonga will observe DST from the first Sunday in November at 02:00
2118308302Sgjb# through the third Sunday in January at 03:00, like Fiji, for now.
2119121098Swollman
2120325159Sphilip# From David Wade (2017-10-18):
2121325159Sphilip# In August government was disolved by the King.  The current prime minister
2122325159Sphilip# continued in office in care taker mode.  It is easy to see that few
2123325159Sphilip# decisions will be made until elections 16th November.
2124325159Sphilip#
2125325159Sphilip# From Paul Eggert (2017-10-18):
2126325159Sphilip# For now, guess that DST is discontinued.  That's what the IATA is guessing.
2127325159Sphilip
2128325159Sphilip
2129121098Swollman# Wake
2130121098Swollman
2131121098Swollman# From Vernice Anderson, Personal Secretary to Philip Jessup,
2132121098Swollman# US Ambassador At Large (oral history interview, 1971-02-02):
2133121098Swollman#
2134270728Spluknet# Saturday, the 14th [of October, 1950] - ...  The time was all the
2135121098Swollman# more confusing at that point, because we had crossed the
2136121098Swollman# International Date Line, thus getting two Sundays.  Furthermore, we
2137121098Swollman# discovered that Wake Island had two hours of daylight saving time
2138121098Swollman# making calculation of time in Washington difficult if not almost
2139121098Swollman# impossible.
2140121098Swollman#
2141325159Sphilip# https://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/andrsonv.htm
2142121098Swollman
2143121098Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23):
2144121098Swollman# We have no other report of DST in Wake Island, so omit this info for now.
2145121098Swollman
2146342668Sphilip# See also the commentary for Micronesia.
2147342668Sphilip
2148342668Sphilip
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215158787Sru# The International Date Line
215258787Sru
215358787Sru# From Gwillim Law (2000-01-03):
215475267Swollman#
215558787Sru# The International Date Line is not defined by any international standard,
215658787Sru# convention, or treaty.  Mapmakers are free to draw it as they please.
215758787Sru# Reputable mapmakers will simply ensure that every point of land appears on
215858787Sru# the correct side of the IDL, according to the date legally observed there.
215958787Sru#
216058787Sru# When Kiribati adopted a uniform date in 1995, thereby moving the Phoenix and
216158787Sru# Line Islands to the west side of the IDL (or, if you prefer, moving the IDL
216258787Sru# to the east side of the Phoenix and Line Islands), I suppose that most
216358787Sru# mapmakers redrew the IDL following the boundary of Kiribati.  Even that line
216458787Sru# has a rather arbitrary nature.  The straight-line boundaries between Pacific
216558787Sru# island nations that are shown on many maps are based on an international
2166153670Swollman# convention, but are not legally binding national borders.... The date is
216758787Sru# governed by the IDL; therefore, even on the high seas, there may be some
216858787Sru# places as late as fourteen hours later than UTC.  And, since the IDL is not
216958787Sru# an international standard, there are some places on the high seas where the
217058787Sru# correct date is ambiguous.
2171149514Swollman
2172325159Sphilip# From Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone> (2005-08-31):
2173153670Swollman# Before 1920, all ships kept local apparent time on the high seas by setting
2174153670Swollman# their clocks at night or at the morning sight so that, given the ship's
2175153670Swollman# speed and direction, it would be 12 o'clock when the Sun crossed the ship's
2176153670Swollman# meridian (12 o'clock = local apparent noon).  During 1917, at the
2177153670Swollman# Anglo-French Conference on Time-keeping at Sea, it was recommended that all
2178153670Swollman# ships, both military and civilian, should adopt hourly standard time zones
2179153670Swollman# on the high seas.  Whenever a ship was within the territorial waters of any
2180153670Swollman# nation it would use that nation's standard time.  The captain was permitted
2181153670Swollman# to change his ship's clocks at a time of his choice following his ship's
2182270728Spluknet# entry into another zone time - he often chose midnight.  These zones were
2183153670Swollman# adopted by all major fleets between 1920 and 1925 but not by many
2184153670Swollman# independent merchant ships until World War II.
2185153670Swollman
2186149514Swollman# From Paul Eggert, using references suggested by Oscar van Vlijmen
2187149514Swollman# (2005-03-20):
2188149514Swollman#
2189149514Swollman# The American Practical Navigator (2002)
2190273718Sedwin# http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/pubs/pubs_j_apn_sections.html?rid=187
2191149514Swollman# talks only about the 180-degree meridian with respect to ships in
2192149514Swollman# international waters; it ignores the international date line.
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