australasia revision 153670
1153670Swollman# @(#)australasia	7.77
22742Swollman# This file also includes Pacific islands.
386464Swollman
42742Swollman# Notes are at the end of this file
52742Swollman
62742Swollman###############################################################################
72742Swollman
82742Swollman# Australia
92742Swollman
1086222Swollman# Please see the notes below for the controversy about "EST" versus "AEST" etc.
1186222Swollman
122742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1358787SruRule	Aus	1917	only	-	Jan	 1	0:01	1:00	-
142742SwollmanRule	Aus	1917	only	-	Mar	25	2:00	0	-
152742SwollmanRule	Aus	1942	only	-	Jan	 1	2:00	1:00	-
162742SwollmanRule	Aus	1942	only	-	Mar	29	2:00	0	-
172742SwollmanRule	Aus	1942	only	-	Sep	27	2:00	1:00	-
182742SwollmanRule	Aus	1943	1944	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
192742SwollmanRule	Aus	1943	only	-	Oct	 3	2:00	1:00	-
2058787Sru# Go with Whitman and the Australian National Standards Commission, which
2158787Sru# says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944.  Ignore Whitman's claim that
2258787Sru# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944.
232742Swollman
242742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
259908Swollman# Northern Territory
262742SwollmanZone Australia/Darwin	 8:43:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
2730711Swollman			 9:00	-	CST	1899 May
282742Swollman			 9:30	Aus	CST
299908Swollman# Western Australia
302742SwollmanZone Australia/Perth	 7:43:24 -	LMT	1895 Dec
3158787Sru			 8:00	Aus	WST	1943 Jul
3258787Sru			 8:00	-	WST	1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s
3314343Swollman			 8:00	1:00	WST	1975 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
3414343Swollman			 8:00	-	WST	1983 Oct lastSun 2:00s
3514343Swollman			 8:00	1:00	WST	1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
3614343Swollman			 8:00	-	WST	1991 Nov 17 2:00s
3714343Swollman			 8:00	1:00	WST	1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
382742Swollman			 8:00	-	WST
399908Swollman# Queensland
4020094Swollman#
41149514Swollman# From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01):
4220094Swollman# I have heard or read more than once that some resort islands off the coast
4320094Swollman# of Queensland chose to keep observing daylight-saving time even after
4420094Swollman# Queensland ceased to.
4520094Swollman#
4620094Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
4720094Swollman# IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman,
4820094Swollman# Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped.
4920094Swollman# Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria,
5020094Swollman# so use Lindeman.
5120094Swollman#
5220094Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
5358787SruRule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
5458787SruRule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
5521217SwollmanRule	AQ	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
5621217SwollmanRule	AQ	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
5758787SruRule	Holiday	1992	1993	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
5858787SruRule	Holiday	1993	1994	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
592742SwollmanZone Australia/Brisbane	10:12:08 -	LMT	1895
6058787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
6121217Swollman			10:00	AQ	EST
6220094SwollmanZone Australia/Lindeman  9:55:56 -	LMT	1895
6358787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
6458787Sru			10:00	AQ	EST	1992 Jul
6520094Swollman			10:00	Holiday	EST
662742Swollman
679908Swollman# South Australia
682742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
6914343SwollmanRule	AS	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
7014343SwollmanRule	AS	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	1:00	-
7114343SwollmanRule	AS	1987	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
7214343SwollmanRule	AS	1972	only	-	Feb	27	2:00s	0	-
7314343SwollmanRule	AS	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
7414343SwollmanRule	AS	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
7564499SwollmanRule	AS	1990	only	-	Mar	Sun>=18	2:00s	0	-
7664499SwollmanRule	AS	1991	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
7764499SwollmanRule	AS	1992	only	-	Mar	Sun>=18	2:00s	0	-
7864499SwollmanRule	AS	1993	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
7964499SwollmanRule	AS	1994	only	-	Mar	Sun>=18	2:00s	0	-
80149514SwollmanRule	AS	1995	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
81149514SwollmanRule	AS	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
82149514SwollmanRule	AS	2007	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
832742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
842742SwollmanZone Australia/Adelaide	9:14:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
852742Swollman			9:00	-	CST	1899 May
8658787Sru			9:30	Aus	CST	1971
872742Swollman			9:30	AS	CST
882742Swollman
899908Swollman# Tasmania
90149514Swollman#
91149514Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16):
92149514Swollman# <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml>
93149514Swollman# says King Island didn't observe DST from WWII until late 1971.
94149514Swollman#
952742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
9658787SruRule	AT	1967	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
9758787SruRule	AT	1968	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
9814343SwollmanRule	AT	1968	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
9914343SwollmanRule	AT	1969	1971	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00s	0	-
10058787SruRule	AT	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
10114343SwollmanRule	AT	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
10214343SwollmanRule	AT	1982	1983	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
10314343SwollmanRule	AT	1984	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
10458787SruRule	AT	1986	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:00	-
10514343SwollmanRule	AT	1987	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
10658787SruRule	AT	1987	only	-	Oct	Sun>=22	2:00s	1:00	-
10758787SruRule	AT	1988	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
10858787SruRule	AT	1991	1999	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
109149514SwollmanRule	AT	1991	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
11058787SruRule	AT	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
11158787SruRule	AT	2001	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
112149514SwollmanRule	AT	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
113149514SwollmanRule	AT	2007	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
1142742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1152742SwollmanZone Australia/Hobart	9:49:16	-	LMT	1895 Sep
11658787Sru			10:00	-	EST	1916 Oct 1 2:00
11758787Sru			10:00	1:00	EST	1917 Feb
11858787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1967
1192742Swollman			10:00	AT	EST
120149514SwollmanZone Australia/Currie	9:35:28	-	LMT	1895 Sep
121149514Swollman			10:00	-	EST	1916 Oct 1 2:00
122149514Swollman			10:00	1:00	EST	1917 Feb
123149514Swollman			10:00	Aus	EST	1971 Jul
124149514Swollman			10:00	AT	EST
1252742Swollman
1269908Swollman# Victoria
1272742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
12814343SwollmanRule	AV	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
12958787SruRule	AV	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
13014343SwollmanRule	AV	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
13114343SwollmanRule	AV	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
13258787SruRule	AV	1986	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:00	-
13358787SruRule	AV	1988	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
13414343SwollmanRule	AV	1991	1994	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
135149514SwollmanRule	AV	1995	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
13658787SruRule	AV	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
13743543SwollmanRule	AV	2001	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
138149514SwollmanRule	AV	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
139149514SwollmanRule	AV	2007	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
1402742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1412742SwollmanZone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
14258787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
1432742Swollman			10:00	AV	EST
1442742Swollman
1459908Swollman# New South Wales
1462742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
14714343SwollmanRule	AN	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
14814343SwollmanRule	AN	1972	only	-	Feb	27	2:00s	0	-
14914343SwollmanRule	AN	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
15014343SwollmanRule	AN	1982	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
15114343SwollmanRule	AN	1983	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
15214343SwollmanRule	AN	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
15314343SwollmanRule	AN	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	1:00	-
15443543SwollmanRule	AN	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
15514343SwollmanRule	AN	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
156149514SwollmanRule	AN	1996	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
15758787SruRule	AN	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
15843543SwollmanRule	AN	2001	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
159149514SwollmanRule	AN	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
160149514SwollmanRule	AN	2007	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
1612742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1622742SwollmanZone Australia/Sydney	10:04:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
16358787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
1642742Swollman			10:00	AN	EST
1652742SwollmanZone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 -	LMT	1895 Feb
1662742Swollman			10:00	-	EST	1896 Aug 23
1672742Swollman			9:00	-	CST	1899 May
16858787Sru			9:30	Aus	CST	1971
16958787Sru			9:30	AN	CST	2000
17058787Sru			9:30	AS	CST
1718029Swollman
17214343Swollman# Lord Howe Island
17314343Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
17475267SwollmanRule	LH	1981	1984	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
17575267SwollmanRule	LH	1982	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
17675267SwollmanRule	LH	1985	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
17775267SwollmanRule	LH	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
17875267SwollmanRule	LH	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00	0:30	-
17975267SwollmanRule	LH	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
18075267SwollmanRule	LH	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
181149514SwollmanRule	LH	1996	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
18275267SwollmanRule	LH	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
18375267SwollmanRule	LH	2001	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
184149514SwollmanRule	LH	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
185149514SwollmanRule	LH	2007	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
1862742SwollmanZone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
1872742Swollman			10:00	-	EST	1981 Mar
18814343Swollman			10:30	LH	LHST
1898029Swollman
19014343Swollman# Australian miscellany
1912742Swollman#
1922742Swollman# Ashmore Is, Cartier
19314343Swollman# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers
19458787Sru# like Australia/Perth, says Turner
1952742Swollman#
19614343Swollman# Coral Sea Is
19714343Swollman# no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists
19814343Swollman# no information
19914343Swollman#
20030711Swollman# Macquarie
20130711Swollman# permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948;
20258787Sru# sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888/1917
20358787Sru# like Australia/Hobart, says Turner
2042742Swollman
20543014Swollman# Christmas
20643014Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
20743014SwollmanZone Indian/Christmas	7:02:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
20843014Swollman			7:00	-	CXT	# Christmas Island Time
2092742Swollman
2102742Swollman# Cook Is
21158787Sru# From Shanks:
2122742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
21319878SwollmanRule	Cook	1978	only	-	Nov	12	0:00	0:30	HS
21443014SwollmanRule	Cook	1979	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
21543014SwollmanRule	Cook	1979	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0:30	HS
2162742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2172742SwollmanZone Pacific/Rarotonga	-10:39:04 -	LMT	1901		# Avarua
21819878Swollman			-10:30	-	CKT	1978 Nov 12	# Cook Is Time
21919878Swollman			-10:00	Cook	CK%sT
2202742Swollman
2212742Swollman# Cocos
222149514Swollman# These islands were ruled by the Ross family from about 1830 to 1978.
223149514Swollman# We don't know when standard time was introduced; for now, we guess 1900.
2242742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
225149514SwollmanZone	Indian/Cocos	6:27:40	-	LMT	1900
226149514Swollman			6:30	-	CCT	# Cocos Islands Time
2272742Swollman
2282742Swollman# Fiji
22943543Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
23075267SwollmanRule	Fiji	1998	1999	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
23175267SwollmanRule	Fiji	1999	2000	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	-
2322742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2332742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Fiji	11:53:40 -	LMT	1915 Oct 26	# Suva
23443543Swollman			12:00	Fiji	FJ%sT	# Fiji Time
2352742Swollman
2362742Swollman# French Polynesia
2372742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2382742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Gambier	 -8:59:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Rikitea
23919878Swollman			 -9:00	-	GAMT	# Gambier Time
2402742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 -	LMT	1912 Oct
24119878Swollman			 -9:30	-	MART	# Marquesas Time
2422742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Tahiti	 -9:58:16 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Papeete
24319878Swollman			-10:00	-	TAHT	# Tahiti Time
24443014Swollman# Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia;
24543014Swollman# it is uninhabited.
2462742Swollman
2472742Swollman# Guam
2482742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
24975267SwollmanZone	Pacific/Guam	-14:21:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
25075267Swollman			 9:39:00 -	LMT	1901		# Agana
25175267Swollman			10:00	-	GST	2000 Dec 23	# Guam
25275267Swollman			10:00	-	ChST	# Chamorro Standard Time
2532742Swollman
2542742Swollman# Kiribati
2552742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2562742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tarawa	 11:32:04 -	LMT	1901		# Bairiki
25719878Swollman			 12:00	-	GILT		 # Gilbert Is Time
2582742SwollmanZone Pacific/Enderbury	-11:24:20 -	LMT	1901
25919878Swollman			-12:00	-	PHOT	1979 Oct # Phoenix Is Time
26019878Swollman			-11:00	-	PHOT	1995
26119878Swollman			 13:00	-	PHOT
2622742SwollmanZone Pacific/Kiritimati	-10:29:20 -	LMT	1901
26319878Swollman			-10:40	-	LINT	1979 Oct # Line Is Time
26419878Swollman			-10:00	-	LINT	1995
26519878Swollman			 14:00	-	LINT
2662742Swollman
26714343Swollman# N Mariana Is
26814343Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
26975267SwollmanZone Pacific/Saipan	-14:17:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
27075267Swollman			 9:43:00 -	LMT	1901
27119878Swollman			 9:00	-	MPT	1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time
27275267Swollman			10:00	-	MPT	2000 Dec 23
27375267Swollman			10:00	-	ChST	# Chamorro Standard Time
27414343Swollman
27514343Swollman# Marshall Is
27614343Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
27714343SwollmanZone Pacific/Majuro	11:24:48 -	LMT	1901
27819878Swollman			11:00	-	MHT	1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time
27919878Swollman			12:00	-	MHT
28014343SwollmanZone Pacific/Kwajalein	11:09:20 -	LMT	1901
28119878Swollman			11:00	-	MHT	1969 Oct
28219878Swollman			-12:00	-	KWAT	1993 Aug 20	# Kwajalein Time
28319878Swollman			12:00	-	MHT
28414343Swollman
28514343Swollman# Micronesia
28614343Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
28714343SwollmanZone Pacific/Truk	10:07:08 -	LMT	1901
28819878Swollman			10:00	-	TRUT			# Truk Time
28914343SwollmanZone Pacific/Ponape	10:32:52 -	LMT	1901		# Kolonia
29019878Swollman			11:00	-	PONT			# Ponape Time
29114343SwollmanZone Pacific/Kosrae	10:51:56 -	LMT	1901
29258787Sru			11:00	-	KOST	1969 Oct	# Kosrae Time
29358787Sru			12:00	-	KOST	1999
29458787Sru			11:00	-	KOST
29514343Swollman
2962742Swollman# Nauru
2972742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2982742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Nauru	11:07:40 -	LMT	1921 Jan 15	# Uaobe
29919878Swollman			11:30	-	NRT	1942 Mar 15	# Nauru Time
3002742Swollman			9:00	-	JST	1944 Aug 15
30119878Swollman			11:30	-	NRT	1979 May
30219878Swollman			12:00	-	NRT
3032742Swollman
3042742Swollman# New Caledonia
3052742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
30619878SwollmanRule	NC	1977	1978	-	Dec	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
30719878SwollmanRule	NC	1978	1979	-	Feb	27	0:00	0	-
30843014SwollmanRule	NC	1996	only	-	Dec	 1	2:00s	1:00	S
30958787Sru# Shanks says the following was at 2:00; go with IATA.
31043014SwollmanRule	NC	1997	only	-	Mar	 2	2:00s	0	-
3112742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3122742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Noumea	11:05:48 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13
3132742Swollman			11:00	NC	NC%sT
3142742Swollman
3152742Swollman
3162742Swollman###############################################################################
3172742Swollman
3182742Swollman# New Zealand
3192742Swollman
3202742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
321121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1927	only	-	Nov	 6	2:00	1:00	S
322121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1928	only	-	Mar	 4	2:00	0	M
323121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1928	1933	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00	0:30	S
324121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1929	1933	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	M
325121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1934	1940	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	0	M
326121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1934	1940	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0:30	S
327121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1946	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	S
328121098Swollman# Since 1957 Chatham has been 45 minutes ahead of NZ, but there's no
329121098Swollman# convenient notation for this so we must duplicate the Rule lines.
330114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1974	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
331121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1974	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:45s	1:00	D
332114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1975	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
333121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1975	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:45s	0	S
3349908SwollmanRule	NZ	1975	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
335121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1975	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:45s	1:00	D
336114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1976	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
337121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1976	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:45s	0	S
338114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00s	1:00	D
339121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:45s	1:00	D
3409908SwollmanRule	NZ	1990	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
341121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1990	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:45s	1:00	D
3429908SwollmanRule	NZ	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S
343121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:45s	0	S
3442742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
345114173SwollmanZone Pacific/Auckland	11:39:04 -	LMT	1868 Nov  2
346121098Swollman			11:30	NZ	NZ%sT	1946 Jan  1
3472742Swollman			12:00	NZ	NZ%sT
348121098SwollmanZone Pacific/Chatham	12:13:48 -	LMT	1957 Jan  1
349121098Swollman			12:45	Chatham	CHA%sT
3502742Swollman
3518029Swollman
35230711Swollman# Auckland Is
35358787Sru# uninhabited; Maori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers,
35458787Sru# and scientific personnel have wintered
3552742Swollman
35630711Swollman# Campbell I
35758787Sru# minor whaling stations operated 1909/1914
35858787Sru# scientific station operated 1941/1995;
35958787Sru# previously whalers, sealers, pastoralists, and scientific personnel wintered
36030711Swollman# was probably like Pacific/Auckland
36130711Swollman
3622742Swollman###############################################################################
3632742Swollman
3642742Swollman
3652742Swollman# Niue
3662742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3672742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Niue	-11:19:40 -	LMT	1901		# Alofi
36819878Swollman			-11:20	-	NUT	1951	# Niue Time
36919878Swollman			-11:30	-	NUT	1978 Oct 1
37019878Swollman			-11:00	-	NUT
3712742Swollman
3722742Swollman# Norfolk
3732742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3742742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Norfolk	11:11:52 -	LMT	1901		# Kingston
37519878Swollman			11:12	-	NMT	1951	# Norfolk Mean Time
37619878Swollman			11:30	-	NFT		# Norfolk Time
3772742Swollman
37858787Sru# Palau (Belau)
3799908Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3809908SwollmanZone Pacific/Palau	8:57:56 -	LMT	1901		# Koror
38119878Swollman			9:00	-	PWT	# Palau Time
3829908Swollman
3832742Swollman# Papua New Guinea
3842742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3852742SwollmanZone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 -	LMT	1880
38686222Swollman			9:48:32	-	PMMT	1895	# Port Moresby Mean Time
38719878Swollman			10:00	-	PGT		# Papua New Guinea Time
3882742Swollman
3892742Swollman# Pitcairn
3902742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3912742SwollmanZone Pacific/Pitcairn	-8:40:20 -	LMT	1901		# Adamstown
39258787Sru			-8:30	-	PNT	1998 Apr 27 00:00
39358787Sru			-8:00	-	PST	# Pitcairn Standard Time
3942742Swollman
39514343Swollman# American Samoa
39614343SwollmanZone Pacific/Pago_Pago	 12:37:12 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
39714343Swollman			-11:22:48 -	LMT	1911
39819878Swollman			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time
39914343Swollman			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr	# N=Nome
40014343Swollman			-11:00	-	BST	1983 Nov 30	# B=Bering
40114343Swollman			-11:00	-	SST			# S=Samoa
40214343Swollman
403149514Swollman# Samoa
40414343SwollmanZone Pacific/Apia	 12:33:04 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
40514343Swollman			-11:26:56 -	LMT	1911
40619878Swollman			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time
407149514Swollman			-11:00	-	WST			# Samoa Time
40814343Swollman
4092742Swollman# Solomon Is
4102742Swollman# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
4112742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4122742SwollmanZone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Honiara
41319878Swollman			11:00	-	SBT	# Solomon Is Time
4142742Swollman
4152742Swollman# Tokelau Is
4162742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4172742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Fakaofo	-11:24:56 -	LMT	1901
41819878Swollman			-10:00	-	TKT	# Tokelau Time
4192742Swollman
4202742Swollman# Tonga
42158787Sru# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
42275267SwollmanRule	Tonga	1999	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00s	1:00	S
42375267SwollmanRule	Tonga	2000	only	-	Mar	19	2:00s	0	-
424114173SwollmanRule	Tonga	2000	2001	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
425114173SwollmanRule	Tonga	2001	2002	-	Jan	lastSun	2:00	0	-
4262742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4272742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tongatapu	12:19:20 -	LMT	1901
42858787Sru			12:20	-	TOT	1941 # Tonga Time
42958787Sru			13:00	-	TOT	1999
43058787Sru			13:00	Tonga	TO%sT
4312742Swollman
4322742Swollman# Tuvalu
4332742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4342742SwollmanZone Pacific/Funafuti	11:56:52 -	LMT	1901
43519878Swollman			12:00	-	TVT	# Tuvalu Time
4362742Swollman
43743014Swollman
43843014Swollman# US minor outlying islands
43943014Swollman
44043014Swollman# Howland, Baker
44143014Swollman# uninhabited since World War II
44243014Swollman# no information; was probably like Pacific/Pago_Pago
44343014Swollman
44443014Swollman# Jarvis
44543014Swollman# uninhabited since 1958
44643014Swollman# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
44743014Swollman
44843014Swollman# Johnston
44943014Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
45043014SwollmanZone Pacific/Johnston	-10:00	-	HST
45143014Swollman
45243014Swollman# Kingman
45343014Swollman# uninhabited
45443014Swollman
45543014Swollman# Midway
456149514Swollman#
457149514Swollman# From Mark Brader (2005-01-23):
458149514Swollman# [Fallacies and Fantasies of Air Transport History, by R.E.G. Davies,
459149514Swollman# published 1994 by Paladwr Press, McLean, VA, USA; ISBN 0-9626483-5-3]
460149514Swollman# reproduced a Pan American Airways timeables from 1936, for their weekly
461149514Swollman# "Orient Express" flights between San Francisco and Manila, and connecting
462149514Swollman# flights to Chicago and the US East Coast.  As it uses some time zone
463149514Swollman# designations that I've never seen before:....
464149514Swollman# Fri. 6:30A Lv. HONOLOLU (Pearl Harbor), H.I.   H.L.T. Ar. 5:30P Sun.
465149514Swollman#  "   3:00P Ar. MIDWAY ISLAND . . . . . . . . . M.L.T. Lv. 6:00A  "
466149514Swollman#
46743014SwollmanZone Pacific/Midway	-11:49:28 -	LMT	1901
468121098Swollman			-11:00	-	NST	1956 Jun  3
469121098Swollman			-11:00	1:00	NDT	1956 Sep  2
47043014Swollman			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr	# N=Nome
47143014Swollman			-11:00	-	BST	1983 Nov 30	# B=Bering
47243014Swollman			-11:00	-	SST			# S=Samoa
47343014Swollman
47443014Swollman# Palmyra
47543014Swollman# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
47643014Swollman
47743014Swollman# Wake
47843014Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
47943014SwollmanZone	Pacific/Wake	11:06:28 -	LMT	1901
48043014Swollman			12:00	-	WAKT	# Wake Time
48143014Swollman
48243014Swollman
4832742Swollman# Vanuatu
4842742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
48519878SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1983	only	-	Sep	25	0:00	1:00	S
48619878SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1984	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=23	0:00	0	-
48719878SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1984	only	-	Oct	23	0:00	1:00	S
48820094SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1985	1991	-	Sep	Sun>=23	0:00	1:00	S
48920094SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1992	1993	-	Jan	Sun>=23	0:00	0	-
49020094SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1992	only	-	Oct	Sun>=23	0:00	1:00	S
4912742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4922742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Efate	11:13:16 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13		# Vila
49319878Swollman			11:00	Vanuatu	VU%sT	# Vanuatu Time
4942742Swollman
4952742Swollman# Wallis and Futuna
4962742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4972742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
49819878Swollman			12:00	-	WFT	# Wallis & Futuna Time
4992742Swollman
5002742Swollman###############################################################################
5012742Swollman
5022742Swollman# NOTES
5032742Swollman
5042742Swollman# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
5052742Swollman# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
5062742Swollman# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
5072742Swollman
508149514Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
5092742Swollman# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
51058787Sru# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
51158787Sru# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
5122742Swollman#
51386222Swollman# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
51420094Swollman# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
51520094Swollman# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
51620094Swollman# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
51720094Swollman# of the IATA's data after 1990.
51820094Swollman#
51920094Swollman# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
52020094Swollman# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
52120094Swollman#
5222742Swollman# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
5232742Swollman# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
5242742Swollman# I found in the UCLA library.
5252742Swollman#
5262742Swollman# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
52758787Sru# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
5282742Swollman#
5292742Swollman# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
5302742Swollman# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
5312742Swollman# Corrections are welcome!
5322742Swollman#		std dst
5332742Swollman#		LMT	Local Mean Time
5342742Swollman#	  8:00	WST WST	Western Australia
5352742Swollman#	  9:00	JST	Japan
5362742Swollman#	  9:30	CST CST	Central Australia
5372742Swollman#	 10:00	EST EST	Eastern Australia
53875267Swollman#	 10:00	ChST	Chamorro
5392742Swollman#	 10:30	LHST LHST Lord Howe*
540121098Swollman#	 11:30	NZMT NZST New Zealand through 1945
541121098Swollman#	 12:00	NZST NZDT New Zealand 1946-present
54219878Swollman#	 12:45	CHAST CHADT Chatham*
5432742Swollman#	-11:00	SST	Samoa
54414343Swollman#	-10:00	HST	Hawaii
54558787Sru#	- 8:00	PST	Pitcairn*
5462742Swollman#
54714343Swollman# See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii.
5489908Swollman# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is.
5492742Swollman
5502742Swollman###############################################################################
5512742Swollman
5522742Swollman# Australia
5532742Swollman
554153670Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2005-12-08):
555153670Swollman# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml">
556153670Swollman# Implementation Dates of Daylight Saving Time within Australia
557153670Swollman# </a> summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia.
55858787Sru
559153670Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (2005-12-12):
560153670Swollman# <a href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/Corporate/ll_agdinfo.nsf/pages/community_relations_daylight_saving">
561153670Swollman# Lawlink NSW:Daylight Saving in New South Wales
562153670Swollman# </a> covers New South Wales in particular.
563153670Swollman
56419878Swollman# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
5652742Swollman# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time.
5662742Swollman# It is called `summer' time.  Now by a happy coincidence, `summer'
5672742Swollman# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the
5682742Swollman# abbreviation does _not_ change...
5692742Swollman# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least
5702742Swollman# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the
5712742Swollman# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses
5722742Swollman# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight
5732742Swollman# time'.
5742742Swollman# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian
5752742Swollman# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time'
5762742Swollman# or `Eastern Summer Time'.  (Note, though, that as I say in the
5772742Swollman# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.)  Announcers
5782742Swollman# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases
5792742Swollman# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times;
5802742Swollman# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.
5812742Swollman
58286222Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
5832742Swollman# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is:
5842742Swollman#	CST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30
5852742Swollman#	WST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00
5862742Swollman#	EST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00
5872742Swollman
58886222Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2001-04-05), summarizing a long discussion about "EST"
58986222Swollman# versus "AEST" etc.:
59086222Swollman#
59186222Swollman# I see the following points of dispute:
59286222Swollman#
59386222Swollman# * How important are unique time zone abbreviations?
59486222Swollman#
59586222Swollman#   Here I tend to agree with the point (most recently made by Chris
59686222Swollman#   Newman) that unique abbreviations should not be essential for proper
59786222Swollman#   operation of software.  We have other instances of ambiguity
59886222Swollman#   (e.g. "IST" denoting both "Israel Standard Time" and "Indian
59986222Swollman#   Standard Time"), and they are not likely to go away any time soon.
60086222Swollman#   In the old days, some software mistakenly relied on unique
60186222Swollman#   abbreviations, but this is becoming less true with time, and I don't
60286222Swollman#   think it's that important to cater to such software these days.
60386222Swollman#
60486222Swollman#   On the other hand, there is another motivation for unambiguous
60586222Swollman#   abbreviations: it cuts down on human confusion.  This is
60686222Swollman#   particularly true for Australia, where "EST" can mean one thing for
60786222Swollman#   time T and a different thing for time T plus 1 second.
60886222Swollman#
60986222Swollman# * Does the relevant legislation indicate which abbreviations should be used?
61086222Swollman#
61186222Swollman#   Here I tend to think that things are a mess, just as they are in
61286222Swollman#   many other countries.  We Americans are currently disagreeing about
61386222Swollman#   which abbreviation to use for the newly legislated Chamorro Standard
61486222Swollman#   Time, for example.
61586222Swollman#
61686222Swollman#   Personally, I would prefer to use common practice; I would like to
61786222Swollman#   refer to legislation only for examples of common practice, or as a
61886222Swollman#   tiebreaker.
61986222Swollman#
62086222Swollman# * Do Australians more often use "Eastern Daylight Time" or "Eastern
62186222Swollman#   Summer Time"?  Do they typically prefix the time zone names with
62286222Swollman#   the word "Australian"?
62386222Swollman#
62486222Swollman#   My own impression is that both "Daylight Time" and "Summer Time" are
62586222Swollman#   common and are widely understood, but that "Summer Time" is more
62686222Swollman#   popular; and that the leading "A" is also common but is omitted more
62786222Swollman#   often than not.  I just used AltaVista advanced search and got the
62886222Swollman#   following count of page hits:
62986222Swollman#
63086222Swollman#     1,103 "Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au
63186222Swollman#       971 "Australian Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au
63286222Swollman#       613 "Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au
63386222Swollman#       127 "Australian Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au
63486222Swollman#
63586222Swollman#   Here "Summer" seems quite a bit more popular than "Daylight",
63686222Swollman#   particularly when we know the time zone is Australian and not US,
63786222Swollman#   say.  The "Australian" prefix seems to be popular for Eastern Summer
63886222Swollman#   Time, but unpopular for Eastern Daylight Time.
63986222Swollman#
64086222Swollman#   For abbreviations, tools like AltaVista are less useful because of
64186222Swollman#   ambiguity.  Many hits are not really time zones, unfortunately, and
64286222Swollman#   many hits denote US time zones and not Australian ones.  But here
64386222Swollman#   are the hit counts anyway:
64486222Swollman#
64586222Swollman#     161,304 "EST" and domain:au
64686222Swollman#      25,156 "EDT" and domain:au
64786222Swollman#      18,263 "AEST" and domain:au
64886222Swollman#      10,416 "AEDT" and domain:au
64986222Swollman#
65086222Swollman#      14,538 "CST" and domain:au
65186222Swollman#       5,728 "CDT" and domain:au
65286222Swollman#         176 "ACST" and domain:au
65386222Swollman#          29 "ACDT" and domain:au
65486222Swollman#
65586222Swollman#       7,539 "WST" and domain:au
65686222Swollman#          68 "AWST" and domain:au
65786222Swollman#
65886222Swollman#   This data suggest that Australians tend to omit the "A" prefix in
65986222Swollman#   practice.  The situation for "ST" versus "DT" is less clear, given
66086222Swollman#   the ambiguities involved.
66186222Swollman#
66286222Swollman# * How do Australians feel about the abbreviations in the tz database?
66386222Swollman#
66486222Swollman#   If you just count Australians on this list, I count 2 in favor and 3
66586222Swollman#   against.  One of the "against" votes (David Keegel) counseled delay,
66686222Swollman#   saying that both AEST/AEDT and EST/EST are widely used and
66786222Swollman#   understood in Australia.
66886222Swollman
66914343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
6709908Swollman# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand.
671149514Swollman# Mark Prior writes that his newspaper
6729908Swollman# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00,
6739908Swollman# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970
6749908Swollman# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time.
67514343Swollman# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960.
6762742Swollman
677149514Swollman# From Eric Ulevik (1998-01-05):
67875267Swollman#
67943014Swollman# Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable,
68043014Swollman# and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more
68143014Swollman# relevant entries in this database.
68275267Swollman#
68343014Swollman# NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill):
68443014Swollman# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html">
68543014Swollman# Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04)
68643014Swollman# </a>
68743014Swollman# ACT
68858787Sru# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html">
68943014Swollman# Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972
69043014Swollman# </a>
69143014Swollman# SA
69243014Swollman# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html">
69343014Swollman# Standard Time Act, 1898
69443014Swollman# </a>
69543014Swollman
696149514Swollman# From David Grosz (2005-06-13):
697149514Swollman# It was announced last week that Daylight Saving would be extended by
698149514Swollman# one week next year to allow for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
699149514Swollman# Daylight Saving is now to end for next year only on the first Sunday
700149514Swollman# in April instead of the last Sunday in March.
701149514Swollman#
702149514Swollman# From Gwillim Law (2005-06-14):
703149514Swollman# I did some Googling and found that all of those states (and territory) plan
704149514Swollman# to extend DST together in 2006.
705149514Swollman# ACT: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/mediareleases/fileread.cfm?file=86.txt
706149514Swollman# New South Wales: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15538869%255E1702,00.html
707149514Swollman# South Australia: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15555031-1246,00.html
708149514Swollman# Tasmania: http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=14772
709149514Swollman# Victoria: I wasn't able to find anything separate, but the other articles
710149514Swollman# allude to it.
711149514Swollman# But not Queensland
712149514Swollman# http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15564030-1248,00.html.
713149514Swollman
7149908Swollman# Northern Territory
7159908Swollman
71619878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
7172742Swollman# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY..  [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
7182742Swollman# #					[ Nov 1990 ]
7192742Swollman# #	N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
7202742Swollman# ...
7219908Swollman# Zone        Australia/North         9:30    -       CST
7222742Swollman
72319878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
7242742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
7252742Swollman# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving.
7262742Swollman
7279908Swollman# Western Australia
7282742Swollman
72919878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
7302742Swollman# #  The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA..  [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]
7312742Swollman# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
7322742Swollman# #	W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to
7332742Swollman# #	DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but
7342742Swollman# #	usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus
7352742Swollman# #	before reaching parliament.
7362742Swollman# ...
7372742Swollman# Zone	Australia/West		8:00	AW	%sST
7382742Swollman# ...
7392742Swollman# Rule	AW	1974	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
7402742Swollman# Rule	AW	1975	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W
7412742Swollman# Rule	AW	1983	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
7422742Swollman# Rule	AW	1984	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W
7432742Swollman
74419878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
7452742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
7462742Swollman# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving.
7472742Swollman
74819878Swollman# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (1991-11-02):
7492742Swollman# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney
7502742Swollman# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at
7512742Swollman# work at 9.00am.)
7522742Swollman# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse
7532742Swollman# everybody again.
7542742Swollman
75519878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
7562742Swollman# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
7572742Swollman# it matches what was used in the past.
7582742Swollman
75958787Sru# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm">
76058787Sru# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ
76158787Sru# </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses
76258787Sru# South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia.
76358787Sru
7649908Swollman# Queensland
76519878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
7662742Swollman# #   The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
7672742Swollman# #						[ Dec 1990 ]
7682742Swollman# ...
7692742Swollman# Zone	Australia/Queensland	10:00	AQ	%sST
7702742Swollman# ...
7712742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
7722742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	E
7732742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1989	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
7742742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E
7752742Swollman
77619878Swollman# From Bradley White (1989-12-24):
7772742Swollman# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from
7782742Swollman# October 1989).
7792742Swollman
78019878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
7812742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
7822742Swollman# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
7832742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
7842742Swollman
78519878Swollman# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
7862742Swollman# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact
7872742Swollman# end on Sunday, 3 March.  I don't know at what hour, though.  (It surprised
7882742Swollman# me.)
7892742Swollman
79019878Swollman# From Bradley White (1992-03-08):
7912742Swollman# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted
7922742Swollman# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ...
7932742Swollman# ...
7942742Swollman# Rule	QLD	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
7952742Swollman# Rule	QLD	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
7962742Swollman# ...
7972742Swollman
79819878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
7992742Swollman# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
8002742Swollman
801105196Swollman# From Rives McDow (2002-04-09):
802114173Swollman# The most interesting region I have found consists of three towns on the
803114173Swollman# southern coast of Australia, population 10 at last report, along with
804114173Swollman# 50,000 sheep, about 100 kilometers long and 40 kilometers into the
805114173Swollman# continent.  The primary town is Madura, with the other towns being
806114173Swollman# Mundrabilla and Eucla.  According to the sheriff of Madura, the
807114173Swollman# residents got tired of having to change the time so often, as they are
808114173Swollman# located in a strip overlapping the border of South Australia and Western
809114173Swollman# Australia.  South Australia observes daylight saving time; Western
810114173Swollman# Australia does not.  The two states are one and a half hours apart.  The
811114173Swollman# residents decided to forget about this nonsense of changing the clock so
812114173Swollman# much and set the local time 20 hours and 45 minutes from the
813114173Swollman# international date line, or right in the middle of the time of South
814114173Swollman# Australia and Western Australia.  As it only affects about 10 people and
815114173Swollman# tourists staying at the Madura Motel, it has never really made as big an
816114173Swollman# impact as Broken Hill.  However, as tourist visiting there or anyone
817105196Swollman# calling the local sheriff will attest, they do keep time in this way.
818105196Swollman#
819105196Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2002-04-09):
820105196Swollman# This is confirmed by the section entitled
821105196Swollman# "What's the deal with time zones???" in
822105196Swollman# <http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~awatkins/null.html>,
823105196Swollman# which says a few other things:
824105196Swollman#
825105196Swollman# * Border Village, SA also is 45 minutes ahead of Perth.
826105196Swollman# * The locals call this time zone "central W.A. Time" (presumably "CWAT").
827105196Swollman# * The locals also call Western Australia time "Perth time".
828105196Swollman#
829105196Swollman# It's not clear from context whether everyone in Western Australia
830105196Swollman# knows of this naming convention, or whether it's just the people in
831105196Swollman# this subregion.
832105196Swollman
8339908Swollman# South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
8342742Swollman
83519878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
8362742Swollman# The rules from version 7.1 follow.
8372742Swollman# There are lots of differences between these rules and
8382742Swollman# the Shepherd et al. rules.  Since the Shepherd et al. rules
8392742Swollman# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on
8402742Swollman# current DST ending dates, no worries.
8412742Swollman#
8422742Swollman# Rule	Oz	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
8432742Swollman# Rule	Oz	1986	max	-	Oct	Sun<=24	2:00	1:00	-
8442742Swollman# Rule	Oz	1972	only	-	Feb	27	3:00	0	-
8452742Swollman# Rule	Oz	1973	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
8462742Swollman# Rule	Oz	1987	max	-	Mar	Sun<=21	3:00	0	-
8472742Swollman# Zone	Australia/Tasmania	10:00	Oz	EST
8482742Swollman# Zone	Australia/South		9:30	Oz	CST
8492742Swollman# Zone	Australia/Victoria	10:00	Oz	EST	1985 Oct lastSun 2:00
8502742Swollman#				10:00	1:00	EST	1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00
8512742Swollman#				10:00	Oz	EST
8522742Swollman
85319878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
8542742Swollman# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct...
8552742Swollman# that changed Oct 89.  That is, we're back to the
8562742Swollman# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states
8572742Swollman# that have dst, incl Qld.  (Certainly it was true in Vic).
8582742Swollman# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think
8592742Swollman# that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain.
8602742Swollman
8619908Swollman# South Australia
8622742Swollman
86319878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
8642742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
8652742Swollman# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
8662742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
8672742Swollman
86819878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
8692742Swollman# #   The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ]
8702742Swollman# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
8712742Swollman# ...
8722742Swollman# Zone	Australia/South		9:30	AS	%sST
8732742Swollman# ...
8742742Swollman# Rule	 AS	1971	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
8752742Swollman# Rule	 AS	1972	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C
8762742Swollman# Rule	 AS	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun<=21	3:00	0	C
8772742Swollman# Rule	 AS	1991	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C
8782742Swollman
87919878Swollman# From Bradley White (1992-03-11):
8802742Swollman# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide
8812742Swollman# contained the following exchange:  "Due to the Adelaide Festival,
8822742Swollman# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks."
8832742Swollman
88419878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1992-03-13):
8852742Swollman# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that)
8862742Swollman# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even
8872742Swollman# numbered year (from 1990).  That's when the Adelaide Festival
8882742Swollman# is on...
8892742Swollman
89019878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1992-03-16, 00:57:07 +1000):
8912742Swollman# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday)....
8922742Swollman# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever...
8932742Swollman# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...).
8942742Swollman
89519878Swollman# From Bradley White (1994-04-11):
8962742Swollman# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March,
8972742Swollman# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can
8982742Swollman# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated....
8992742Swollman
900149514Swollman# From John Warburton (1994-10-07):
9019908Swollman# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ...
9029908Swollman# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994....
9039908Swollman# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March.
9042742Swollman
9059908Swollman# Tasmania
9069908Swollman
90758787Sru# The rules for 1967 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
90858787Sru# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
9092742Swollman# #  The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
9102742Swollman# #					[ Nov 1990 ]
9112742Swollman
91219878Swollman# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10):
9132742Swollman# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have
9142742Swollman# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia
9152742Swollman# (but nothing new about that).
9162742Swollman
91758787Sru# From Alex Livingston (1999-10-04):
91858787Sru# I heard on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio news on the
91958787Sru# (long) weekend that Tasmania, which usually goes its own way in this regard,
92058787Sru# has decided to join with most of NSW, the ACT, and most of Victoria
92158787Sru# (Australia) and start daylight saving on the last Sunday in August in 2000
92258787Sru# instead of the first Sunday in October.
92358787Sru
92464499Swollman# Sim Alam (2000-07-03) reported a legal citation for the 2000/2001 rules:
92564499Swollman# http://www.thelaw.tas.gov.au/fragview/42++1968+GS3A@EN+2000070300
92664499Swollman
9279908Swollman# Victoria
9282742Swollman
92958787Sru# The rules for 1971 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
93058787Sru# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
9312742Swollman# #   The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
9322742Swollman# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
9332742Swollman
93486222Swollman# From Scott Harrington (2001-08-29):
93586222Swollman# On KQED's "City Arts and Lectures" program last night I heard an
93686222Swollman# interesting story about daylight savings time.  Dr. John Heilbron was
93786222Swollman# discussing his book "The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar
93886222Swollman# Observatories"[1], and in particular the Shrine of Remembrance[2] located
93986222Swollman# in Melbourne, Australia.
94086222Swollman#
94186222Swollman# Apparently the shrine's main purpose is a beam of sunlight which
94286222Swollman# illuminates a special spot on the floor at the 11th hour of the 11th day
94386222Swollman# of the 11th month (Remembrance Day) every year in memory of Australia's
94486222Swollman# fallen WWI soldiers.  And if you go there on Nov. 11, at 11am local time,
94586222Swollman# you will indeed see the sunbeam illuminate the special spot at the
94686222Swollman# expected time.
94786222Swollman#
94886222Swollman# However, that is only because of some special mirror contraption that had
94986222Swollman# to be employed, since due to daylight savings time, the true solar time of
95086222Swollman# the remembrance moment occurs one hour later (or earlier?).  Perhaps
95186222Swollman# someone with more information on this jury-rig can tell us more.
95286222Swollman#
95386222Swollman# [1] http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HEISUN.html
95486222Swollman# [2] http://www.shrine.org.au
95586222Swollman
9569908Swollman# New South Wales
9572742Swollman
9582742Swollman# From Arthur David Olson:
9592742Swollman# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
960149514Swollman# Based on law library research by John Mackin,
9612742Swollman# who notes:
9622742Swollman#	In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
9632742Swollman#	individual states.  Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''
9642742Swollman#	[I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
9652742Swollman#	use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the
9662742Swollman#	legislation.  This is very important to understand.
9672742Swollman#	I have researched New South Wales time only...
9682742Swollman
969149514Swollman# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-26):
97058787Sru# DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual
97158787Sru# October in 2000.  [See: Matthew Moore,
97258787Sru# <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html">
97358787Sru# Two months more daylight saving
97458787Sru# </a>
97558787Sru# Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26).]
9762742Swollman
97758787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27):
97858787Sru# See the following official NSW source:
97958787Sru# <a href="http://dir.gis.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/genobject/document/other/daylightsaving/tigGmZ">
98058787Sru# Daylight Saving in New South Wales.
98158787Sru# </a>
98258787Sru#
98358787Sru# Narrabri Shire (NSW) council has announced it will ignore the extension of
98458787Sru# daylight saving next year.  See:
98558787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/neweng/monthly/regeng-22jul1999-1.htm">
98658787Sru# Narrabri Council to ignore daylight saving
98758787Sru# </a> (1999-07-22).  For now, we'll wait to see if this really happens.
98858787Sru#
98958787Sru# Victoria will following NSW.  See:
99058787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/local/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990728112314_1.htm">
99158787Sru# Vic to extend daylight saving
99258787Sru# </a> (1999-07-28).
99358787Sru#
99458787Sru# However, South Australia rejected the DST request.  See:
99558787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990719151754_1.htm">
99658787Sru# South Australia rejects Olympics daylight savings request
99758787Sru# </a> (1999-07-19).
99858787Sru#
99958787Sru# Queensland also will not observe DST for the Olympics.  See:
100058787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/06/item19990601114608_1.htm">
100158787Sru# Qld says no to daylight savings for Olympics
100258787Sru# </a> (1999-06-01), which quotes Queensland Premier Peter Beattie as saying
100358787Sru# ``Look you've got to remember in my family when this came up last time
100458787Sru# I voted for it, my wife voted against it and she said to me it's all very
100558787Sru# well for you, you don't have to worry about getting the children out of
100675267Swollman# bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night.
100758787Sru# I've been through all this argument domestically...my wife rules.''
100858787Sru#
100958787Sru# Broken Hill will stick with South Australian time in 2000.  See:
101058787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/brokenh/monthly/regbrok-21jul1999-6.htm">
101158787Sru# Broken Hill to be behind the times
101258787Sru# </a> (1999-07-21).
10132742Swollman
101443543Swollman# IATA SSIM (1998-09) says that the spring 2000 change for Australian
101543543Swollman# Capital Territory, New South Wales except Lord Howe Island and Broken
101658787Sru# Hill, and Victoria will be August 27, presumably due to the Sydney Olympics.
101743543Swollman
101867578Swollman# From Eric Ulevik, referring to Sydney's Sun Herald (2000-08-13), page 29:
101975267Swollman# The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is encouraging northern NSW
102075267Swollman# towns to use Queensland time.
102167578Swollman
10229908Swollman# Yancowinna
10232742Swollman
102467578Swollman# From John Mackin (1989-01-04):
10252742Swollman# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna.
10262742Swollman
102719878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
10282742Swollman# # YANCOWINNA..  [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
10292742Swollman# #					[ Dec 1990 ]
10302742Swollman# ...
103143014Swollman# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite [its] location on the
10322742Swollman# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings
10332742Swollman# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government
10342742Swollman# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have
10352742Swollman# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not
10362742Swollman# # presently available.
10372742Swollman# Zone	Australia/Yancowinna	9:30	 AY	%sST
10382742Swollman# ...
10392742Swollman# Rule	 AY	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
10402742Swollman# Rule	 AY	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	C
10412742Swollman# [followed by other Rules]
10422742Swollman
10439908Swollman# Lord Howe Island
10442742Swollman
104519878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
1046153670Swollman# LHI...		[ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen ]
10472742Swollman#					[ Dec 1990 ]
10482742Swollman# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
10492742Swollman# hour ahead of NSW time.
10502742Swollman
105158787Sru# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-01-27):
105258787Sru# Lord Howe Island summer time in 2000/2001 will commence on the same
105358787Sru# date as the rest of NSW (i.e. 2000-08-27).  For your information the
105458787Sru# Lord Howe Island Board (controlling authority for the Island) is
105558787Sru# seeking the community's views on various options for summer time
105658787Sru# arrangements on the Island, e.g. advance clocks by 1 full hour
105786464Swollman# instead of only 30 minutes.  Dependant on the wishes of residents
105858787Sru# the Board may approach the NSW government to change the existing
105958787Sru# arrangements.  The starting date for summer time on the Island will
106058787Sru# however always coincide with the rest of NSW.
106114343Swollman
106275267Swollman# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-10-25):
106375267Swollman# Lord Howe Island advances clocks by 30 minutes during DST in NSW and retards
106475267Swollman# clocks by 30 minutes when DST finishes. Since DST was most recently
106575267Swollman# introduced in NSW, the "changeover" time on the Island has been 02:00 as
106675267Swollman# shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start
106775267Swollman# of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW.
106858787Sru
106975267Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2001-02-09):
107075267Swollman# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter.
107175267Swollman# For times we use Lonergan.
107267578Swollman
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10742742Swollman
107558787Sru# New Zealand
10762742Swollman
107719878Swollman# From Mark Davies (1990-10-03):
10782742Swollman# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period.
10792742Swollman# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for
10802742Swollman# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start).
10812742Swollman# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office.
10822742Swollman
108319878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
10842742Swollman# # The Country of New Zealand   (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that!
10852742Swollman# #				   or is Australia the west island of N.Z.
1086153670Swollman# #	[ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Auckland N.Z. ]
10872742Swollman# #				[ Nov 1990 ]
10882742Swollman# ...
10892742Swollman# Rule	NZ      1974    1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
10902742Swollman# Rule	NZ	1989	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
10912742Swollman# Rule	NZ      1975    1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
10922742Swollman# Rule	NZ	1990	max	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	S
10932742Swollman# ...
10942742Swollman# Zone	NZ			12:00	NZ		NZ%sT	# New Zealand
10952742Swollman# Zone	NZ-CHAT			12:45	-		NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
10962742Swollman
109719878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
10982742Swollman# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
10992742Swollman# rather than the October 1 value.
11002742Swollman
110114343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19);
110214343Swollman# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand.
1103149514Swollman# Robert Uzgalis writes that the New Zealand Daylight
110414343Swollman# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard
110514343Swollman# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March.
110614343Swollman# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00.
110714343Swollman#
1108121098Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2003-05-26):
1109121098Swollman# The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history,
1110121098Swollman# as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.htm for the full references.
1111121098Swollman# Use these sources in preference to Shanks.
1112121098Swollman#
1113121098Swollman# For Chatham, IATA SSIM (1991/1999) gives the NZ rules but with
1114121098Swollman# transitions at 2:45 local standard time; this confirms that Chatham
1115121098Swollman# is always exactly 45 minutes ahead of Auckland.
111614343Swollman
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11182742Swollman
111958787Sru
11202742Swollman# Fiji
11212742Swollman
112258787Sru# Howse writes (p 153) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji
112358787Sru# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on Antipodean Time
112458787Sru# instead of the American system (which was one day behind).
11252742Swollman
112643543Swollman# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08):
112743543Swollman# Fiji will introduce DST effective 0200 local time, 1998-11-01
112875267Swollman# until 0300 local time 1999-02-28.  Each year the DST period will
112943543Swollman# be from the first Sunday in November until the last Sunday in February.
113043543Swollman
113158787Sru# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08):
113258787Sru# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says DST ends 0100 local time.  Go with McDow.
113358787Sru
113443543Swollman# From the BBC World Service (1998-10-31 11:32 UTC):
113543543Swollman# The Fijiian government says the main reasons for the time change is to
113643543Swollman# improve productivity and reduce road accidents.  But correspondents say it
113743543Swollman# also hopes the move will boost Fiji's ability to compete with other pacific
113843543Swollman# islands in the effort to attract tourists to witness the dawning of the new
113943543Swollman# millenium.
114043543Swollman
114175267Swollman# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/press/2000_09/2000_09_13-05.shtml (2000-09-13)
114275267Swollman# reports that Fiji has discontinued DST.
114358787Sru
114414343Swollman# Johnston
114514343Swollman
114614343Swollman# Johnston data is from usno1995.
114714343Swollman
114858787Sru
114917200Swollman# Kiribati
115017200Swollman
115117200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
115217200Swollman# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that Kiribati
115317200Swollman# ``declared it the same day throught the country as of Jan. 1, 1995''
115417200Swollman# as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century.
115517200Swollman
115658787Sru
11572742Swollman# Kwajalein
11582742Swollman
11592742Swollman# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes:
11602742Swollman# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday,
116119878Swollman# 1993-08-20.  Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with
11622742Swollman# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands,
11632742Swollman# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink.
11642742Swollman
116558787Sru
116614343Swollman# N Mariana Is, Guam
11672742Swollman
116858787Sru# Howse writes (p 153) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the
11692742Swollman# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones
11702742Swollman# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time.
117175267Swollman# For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines;
117275267Swollman# see Asia/Manila.
117314343Swollman
117475267Swollman# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UTC+10 the official standard time,
117575267Swollman# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time".  There is no official abbreviation,
117675267Swollman# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law,
117775267Swollman# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST".
117858787Sru
117975267Swollman
118017200Swollman# Micronesia
118117200Swollman
1182149514Swollman# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16),
118317200Swollman# ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk"
118417200Swollman# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.''
118517200Swollman#
118658787Sru# Shanks writes that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11 on 1978-10-01;
118717200Swollman# ignore this for now.
118817200Swollman
118958787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
119058787Sru# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in
119158787Sru# <a href="http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html">
119258787Sru# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information
119358787Sru# </a> (1999-01-26)
119458787Sru# that Truk and Yap are UTC+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are UTC+11.
119558787Sru# We don't know when Kosrae switched from UTC+12; assume January 1 for now.
119658787Sru
119758787Sru
1198121098Swollman# Midway
1199121098Swollman
1200121098Swollman# From Charles T O'Connor, KMTH DJ (1956),
1201121098Swollman# quoted in the KTMH section of the Radio Heritage Collection
1202121098Swollman# <http://radiodx.com/spdxr/KMTH.htm> (2002-12-31):
1203121098Swollman# For the past two months we've been on what is known as Daylight
1204121098Swollman# Saving Time.  This time has put us on air at 5am in the morning,
1205121098Swollman# your time down there in New Zealand.  Starting September 2, 1956
1206121098Swollman# we'll again go back to Standard Time.  This'll mean that we'll go to
1207121098Swollman# air at 6am your time.
1208121098Swollman#
1209121098Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23):
1210121098Swollman# We don't know the date of that quote, but we'll guess they
1211121098Swollman# started DST on June 3.  Possibly DST was observed other years
1212121098Swollman# in Midway, but we have no record of it.
1213121098Swollman
1214121098Swollman
121558787Sru# Pitcairn
121658787Sru
121758787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08):
121858787Sru# A Proclamation was signed by the Governor of Pitcairn on the 27th March 1998
121958787Sru# with regard to Pitcairn Standard Time.  The Proclamation is as follows.
122058787Sru#
122158787Sru#	The local time for general purposes in the Islands shall be
122258787Sru#	Co-ordinated Universal time minus 8 hours and shall be known
122358787Sru#	as Pitcairn Standard Time.
122458787Sru#
122558787Sru# ... I have also seen Pitcairn listed as UTC minus 9 hours in several
122658787Sru# references, and can only assume that this was an error in interpretation
122758787Sru# somehow in light of this proclamation.
122858787Sru
122958787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-11-09):
123058787Sru# The Proclamation regarding Pitcairn time came into effect on 27 April 1998
123158787Sru# ... at midnight.
123258787Sru
123358787Sru# From Howie Phelps (1999-11-10), who talked to a Pitcairner via shortwave:
123458787Sru# Betty Christian told me yesterday that their local time is the same as
123558787Sru# Pacific Standard Time. They used to be 1/2 hour different from us here in
123658787Sru# Sacramento but it was changed a couple of years ago.
123758787Sru
123858787Sru
123914343Swollman# Samoa
124014343Swollman
124158787Sru# Howse writes (p 153, citing p 10 of the 1883-11-18 New York Herald)
124258787Sru# that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change
124314343Swollman# ``the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system,
124414343Swollman# ordaining -- by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery -- that
124514343Swollman# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year.''
124617200Swollman
124758787Sru
124817200Swollman# Tonga
124917200Swollman
125017200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
125117200Swollman# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that ``Tonga has been plotting
125217200Swollman# to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time.''
125317200Swollman# Since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do.
125458787Sru
125558787Sru# Don Mundell writes in the 1997-02-20 Tonga Chronicle
125658787Sru# <a href="http://www.tongatapu.net.to/tonga/homeland/timebegins.htm">
125758787Sru# How Tonga became `The Land where Time Begins'
125858787Sru# </a>:
125958787Sru
126058787Sru# Until 1941 Tonga maintained a standard time 50 minutes ahead of NZST
126158787Sru# 12 hours and 20 minutes ahead of GMT.  When New Zealand adjusted its
126258787Sru# standard time in 1940s, Tonga had the choice of subtracting from its
126358787Sru# local time to come on the same standard time as New Zealand or of
126458787Sru# advancing its time to maintain the differential of 13 degrees
126558787Sru# (approximately 50 minutes ahead of New Zealand time).
126658787Sru#
126758787Sru# Because His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, then Crown Prince
126858787Sru# Tungi, preferred to ensure Tonga's title as the land where time
126958787Sru# begins, the Legislative Assembly approved the latter change.
127058787Sru#
127158787Sru# But some of the older, more conservative members from the outer
127258787Sru# islands objected. "If at midnight on Dec. 31, we move ahead 40
127358787Sru# minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of the 40
127458787Sru# minutes we have lost?"
127558787Sru#
127658787Sru# The Crown Prince, presented an unanswerable argument: "Remember that
127758787Sru# on the World Day of Prayer, you would be the first people on Earth
127858787Sru# to say your prayers in the morning."
127958787Sru
128058787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-08-12):
128158787Sru# Shanks says the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell.
128258787Sru
128358787Sru# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03):
128458787Sru# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium
128558787Sru# Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front.
128658787Sru# He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from
128758787Sru# October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan
128858787Sru# Government.
128958787Sru
1290149514Swollman# From Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09):
129158787Sru# * Tonga will introduce DST in November
129275267Swollman#
1293149514Swollman# I was given this link by John Letts:
129458787Sru# <a hef="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm">
129558787Sru# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm
129658787Sru# </a>
129775267Swollman#
129858787Sru# I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November
129958787Sru# yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead
130058787Sru# of UTC as well, but as far as I know Fiji will only be 13 hours ahead
130158787Sru# (12 + 1 hour DST).
130258787Sru
1303149514Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20):
130458787Sru# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html>
130558787Sru# http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html
130658787Sru# </a>:
130775267Swollman# "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000
130875267Swollman# and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the
130975267Swollman# third Saturday of April.  Under the system approved by Privy Council on
131075267Swollman# Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and
131158787Sru# set back an hour on the closing date."
131258787Sru# Alas, no indication of the time of day.
131358787Sru
131458787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-10-06):
131558787Sru# Tonga started its Daylight Saving on Saturday morning October 2nd at 0200am.
131658787Sru# Daylight Saving ends on April 16 at 0300am which is Sunday morning.
131758787Sru
131875267Swollman# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-31):
131975267Swollman# Back in March I found a notice on the website http://www.tongaonline.com
132075267Swollman# that Tonga changed back to standard time one month early, on March 19
132175267Swollman# instead of the original reported date April 16. Unfortunately, the article
132275267Swollman# is no longer available on the site, and I did not make a copy of the
132375267Swollman# text, and I have forgotten to report it here.
132475267Swollman# (Original URL was: http://www.tongaonline.com/news/march162000.htm )
132558787Sru
132675267Swollman# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01):
132775267Swollman# Tonga is observing DST as of 2000-11-04 and will stop on 2001-01-27.
132875267Swollman
132993799Swollman# From Sione Moala-Mafi (2001-09-20) via Rives McDow:
133093799Swollman# At 2:00am on the first Sunday of November, the standard time in the Kingdom
133193799Swollman# shall be moved forward by one hour to 3:00am.  At 2:00am on the last Sunday
133293799Swollman# of January the standard time in the Kingdom shall be moved backward by one
133393799Swollman# hour to 1:00am.
133486222Swollman
1335114173Swollman# From Pulu 'Anau (2002-11-05):
1336114173Swollman# The law was for 3 years, supposedly to get renewed.  It wasn't.
133786222Swollman
1338121098Swollman
1339121098Swollman# Wake
1340121098Swollman
1341121098Swollman# From Vernice Anderson, Personal Secretary to Philip Jessup,
1342121098Swollman# US Ambassador At Large (oral history interview, 1971-02-02):
1343121098Swollman#
1344121098Swollman# Saturday, the 14th [of October, 1950] -- ...  The time was all the
1345121098Swollman# more confusing at that point, because we had crossed the
1346121098Swollman# International Date Line, thus getting two Sundays.  Furthermore, we
1347121098Swollman# discovered that Wake Island had two hours of daylight saving time
1348121098Swollman# making calculation of time in Washington difficult if not almost
1349121098Swollman# impossible.
1350121098Swollman#
1351121098Swollman# http://www.trumanlibrary.org/wake/meeting.htm
1352121098Swollman
1353121098Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23):
1354121098Swollman# We have no other report of DST in Wake Island, so omit this info for now.
1355121098Swollman
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135758787Sru
135858787Sru# The International Date Line
135958787Sru
136058787Sru# From Gwillim Law (2000-01-03):
136175267Swollman#
136258787Sru# The International Date Line is not defined by any international standard,
136358787Sru# convention, or treaty.  Mapmakers are free to draw it as they please.
136458787Sru# Reputable mapmakers will simply ensure that every point of land appears on
136558787Sru# the correct side of the IDL, according to the date legally observed there.
136658787Sru#
136758787Sru# When Kiribati adopted a uniform date in 1995, thereby moving the Phoenix and
136858787Sru# Line Islands to the west side of the IDL (or, if you prefer, moving the IDL
136958787Sru# to the east side of the Phoenix and Line Islands), I suppose that most
137058787Sru# mapmakers redrew the IDL following the boundary of Kiribati.  Even that line
137158787Sru# has a rather arbitrary nature.  The straight-line boundaries between Pacific
137258787Sru# island nations that are shown on many maps are based on an international
1373153670Swollman# convention, but are not legally binding national borders.... The date is
137458787Sru# governed by the IDL; therefore, even on the high seas, there may be some
137558787Sru# places as late as fourteen hours later than UTC.  And, since the IDL is not
137658787Sru# an international standard, there are some places on the high seas where the
137758787Sru# correct date is ambiguous.
1378149514Swollman
1379153670Swollman# From Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone> (2005-08-31):
1380153670Swollman# Before 1920, all ships kept local apparent time on the high seas by setting
1381153670Swollman# their clocks at night or at the morning sight so that, given the ship's
1382153670Swollman# speed and direction, it would be 12 o'clock when the Sun crossed the ship's
1383153670Swollman# meridian (12 o'clock = local apparent noon).  During 1917, at the
1384153670Swollman# Anglo-French Conference on Time-keeping at Sea, it was recommended that all
1385153670Swollman# ships, both military and civilian, should adopt hourly standard time zones
1386153670Swollman# on the high seas.  Whenever a ship was within the territorial waters of any
1387153670Swollman# nation it would use that nation's standard time.  The captain was permitted
1388153670Swollman# to change his ship's clocks at a time of his choice following his ship's
1389153670Swollman# entry into another zone time--he often chose midnight.  These zones were
1390153670Swollman# adopted by all major fleets between 1920 and 1925 but not by many
1391153670Swollman# independent merchant ships until World War II.
1392153670Swollman
1393149514Swollman# From Paul Eggert, using references suggested by Oscar van Vlijmen
1394149514Swollman# (2005-03-20):
1395149514Swollman#
1396149514Swollman# The American Practical Navigator (2002)
1397149514Swollman# <http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/pubs/pubs_j_apn_sections.html?rid=187>
1398149514Swollman# talks only about the 180-degree meridian with respect to ships in
1399149514Swollman# international waters; it ignores the international date line.
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