australasia revision 17200
117200Swollman# @(#)australasia 7.27 22742Swollman# This file also includes Pacific islands. 32742Swollman 42742Swollman# Notes are at the end of this file 52742Swollman 62742Swollman############################################################################### 72742Swollman 82742Swollman# Australia 92742Swollman 102742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 112742Swollman# Shanks gives 1917 Jan 1 0:01; go with Whitman (and guess 2:00). 122742SwollmanRule Aus 1916 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 - 132742SwollmanRule Aus 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 - 142742SwollmanRule Aus 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 - 152742SwollmanRule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 - 162742SwollmanRule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 - 172742SwollmanRule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 182742SwollmanRule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 - 192742Swollman# Whitman says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944, and that 202742Swollman# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944; go with Shanks. 212742Swollman 222742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 239908Swollman# Northern Territory 242742SwollmanZone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 252742Swollman 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 262742Swollman 9:30 Aus CST 278029Swollman 288049Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Australia Darwin Australia_ Northern Territory 298029Swollman 309908Swollman# Western Australia 312742SwollmanZone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 322742Swollman 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 3314343Swollman 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s 3414343Swollman 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 3514343Swollman 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00s 3614343Swollman 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 3714343Swollman 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s 3814343Swollman 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 392742Swollman 8:00 - WST 408029Swollman 418049Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Australia Perth Australia_ Western_Australia 428029Swollman 439908Swollman# Queensland 442742SwollmanZone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895 452742Swollman 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 4614343Swollman 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s 4714343Swollman 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 2:00s 4814343Swollman 10:00 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00s 4914343Swollman 10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 5014343Swollman 10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00s 5114343Swollman 10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 5214343Swollman 10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00s 5314343Swollman 10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 542742Swollman 10:00 - EST 552742Swollman 568049Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Australia Brisbane Australia_ Queensland 578029Swollman 589908Swollman# South Australia 592742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 6014343SwollmanRule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 6114343SwollmanRule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - 6214343SwollmanRule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 6314343SwollmanRule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - 6414343SwollmanRule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 6514343SwollmanRule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 6614343SwollmanRule AS 1990 1994 even Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - 6714343SwollmanRule AS 1990 1994 odd Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 6814343SwollmanRule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 692742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 702742SwollmanZone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 712742Swollman 9:00 - CST 1899 May 722742Swollman 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 7314343Swollman 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s 742742Swollman 9:30 AS CST 752742Swollman 768049Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Australia Adelaide Australia_ South Australia 778029Swollman 789908Swollman# Tasmania 792742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 8014343SwollmanRule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00s 1:00 - 8114343SwollmanRule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 2:00s 0 - 8214343SwollmanRule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 8314343SwollmanRule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 - 8414343SwollmanRule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - 8514343SwollmanRule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 8614343SwollmanRule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 8714343SwollmanRule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 8814343SwollmanRule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - 8914343SwollmanRule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 9014343SwollmanRule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 9114343SwollmanRule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - 9214343SwollmanRule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 932742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 942742SwollmanZone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep 952742Swollman 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 9614343Swollman 10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00s 972742Swollman 10:00 AT EST 982742Swollman 998049Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Australia Hobart Australia_ Tasmania 1008029Swollman 1019908Swollman# Victoria 1022742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 10314343SwollmanRule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 10414343SwollmanRule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - 10514343SwollmanRule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 10614343SwollmanRule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 10714343SwollmanRule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - 10814343SwollmanRule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 10914343SwollmanRule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 11014343SwollmanRule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 1112742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1122742SwollmanZone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 1132742Swollman 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 11414343Swollman 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s 1152742Swollman 10:00 AV EST 1162742Swollman 1178049Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Australia Melbourne Australia_ Victoria 1188029Swollman 1199908Swollman# New South Wales 1202742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 12114343SwollmanRule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 12214343SwollmanRule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - 12314343SwollmanRule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 12414343SwollmanRule AN 1982 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 12514343SwollmanRule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 12614343SwollmanRule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 12714343SwollmanRule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - 12814343SwollmanRule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 12914343SwollmanRule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 13014343SwollmanRule AN 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 1312742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1322742SwollmanZone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 1332742Swollman 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 13414343Swollman 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s 1352742Swollman 10:00 AN EST 1368029Swollman 1378049Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Australia Sydney Australia_ New South Wales 1388029Swollman 1392742SwollmanZone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb 1402742Swollman 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23 1412742Swollman 9:00 - CST 1899 May 1422742Swollman 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 14314343Swollman 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s 1442742Swollman 9:30 AN CST 1458029Swollman 1468049Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Australia Broken_Hill Australia_ County of Yancowinna, NSW 1478029Swollman 14814343Swollman# Lord Howe Island 14914343Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 15014343SwollmanRule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 15114343SwollmanRule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 15214343SwollmanRule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - 15314343SwollmanRule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 15414343SwollmanRule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 0:30 - 15514343SwollmanRule LH 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - 15614343SwollmanRule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 15714343SwollmanRule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 1582742SwollmanZone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 1592742Swollman 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar 16014343Swollman 10:30 LH LHST 1618029Swollman 1628049Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Australia Lord_Howe Australia_ Lord Howe Island 1638029Swollman 16414343Swollman# Australian miscellany 16514343Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1662742SwollmanZone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 1672742Swollman 7:00 - JVT 1682742Swollman 1698049Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Indian Christmas Australia_ Christmas Island 1708029Swollman 1712742Swollman# 1722742Swollman# Ashmore Is, Cartier 17314343Swollman# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers 1742742Swollman# no information; probably like Australia/Perth 1752742Swollman# 17614343Swollman# Coral Sea Is 17714343Swollman# no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists 17814343Swollman# no information 17914343Swollman# 1802742Swollman# Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga 1812742Swollman# no information 1822742Swollman 1832742Swollman 1842742Swollman# Cook Is 1852742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1862742SwollmanRule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HD 1872742SwollmanRule Cook 1979 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 H 1882742SwollmanRule Cook 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HD 1892742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1902742SwollmanZone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua 1912742Swollman -10:30 - CIST 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is ST 1922742Swollman -10:00 Cook T%sT 1932742Swollman 1948029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Rarotonga Cook_Island All points 1958029Swollman 1962742Swollman# Cocos 1972742Swollman# From USNO (1989): 1982742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1999908SwollmanZone Indian/Cocos 6:30 - CCT 2002742Swollman 2019908Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Indian Cocos Cocos_Island All points 2028029Swollman 2032742Swollman# Fiji 2042742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2052742SwollmanZone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva 2062742Swollman 12:00 - NZST 2072742Swollman 2088029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Fiji Fiji All points 2098029Swollman 2102742Swollman# French Polynesia 2112742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2122742SwollmanZone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea 2132742Swollman -9:00 - GBT 2142742SwollmanZone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct 2152742Swollman -9:30 - MQT 2162742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete 2172742Swollman -10:00 - THT 2182742Swollman 2198029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Gambier France Gambier 2208029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Marquesas France Marquesas 2218029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tahiti France Tahiti 2228029Swollman 2232742Swollman# Guam 2242742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2252742SwollmanZone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana 2262742Swollman 10:00 - GST 2272742Swollman 2288029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Guam United_States Guam 2298029Swollman 2302742Swollman# Howland, Baker 23114343Swollman# uninhabited since World War II 23214343Swollman# no information; was probably like Pacific/Pago_Pago 2332742Swollman 2342742Swollman# Jarvis 23514343Swollman# uninhabited since 1958 23614343Swollman# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati 2372742Swollman 2382742Swollman# Johnston 23914343Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 24014343SwollmanZone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST 2412742Swollman 24214343Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Johnston United_States Johnston Atoll 24314343Swollman 24414343Swollman# Kingman 24514343Swollman# uninhabited 24614343Swollman 2472742Swollman# Kiribati 2482742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2492742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki 2502742Swollman 12:00 - NZST 2512742SwollmanZone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901 2522742Swollman -12:00 - KJT 1979 Oct 25314343Swollman -11:00 - SST 1995 25414343Swollman 13:00 - TGT 2552742SwollmanZone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901 2562742Swollman -10:40 - LIT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time 25714343Swollman -10:00 - THT 1995 25814343Swollman 14:00 - KRT 2592742Swollman 26014343Swollman# N Mariana Is 26114343Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 26214343SwollmanZone Pacific/Saipan 9:43:00 - LMT 1901 26314343Swollman 9:00 - PLT 1969 Oct 26414343Swollman 10:00 - GST 26514343Swollman 26614343Swollman# Marshall Is 26714343Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 26814343SwollmanZone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901 26914343Swollman 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct 27014343Swollman 12:00 - NZST 27114343SwollmanZone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 27214343Swollman 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct 27314343Swollman -12:00 - KJT 1993 Aug 20 27414343Swollman 12:00 - NZST 27514343Swollman 27614343Swollman# Micronesia 27714343Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 27814343SwollmanZone Pacific/Yap 9:12:32 - LMT 1901 # Colonia 27914343Swollman 9:00 - PLT 1969 Oct 28014343Swollman 10:00 - GST 28114343SwollmanZone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 28217200Swollman 10:00 - GST 28314343SwollmanZone Pacific/Ponape 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia 28414343Swollman 11:00 - NCST 28514343SwollmanZone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901 28614343Swollman 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct 28714343Swollman 12:00 - NZST 28814343Swollman 2898029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tarawa Kiribati Tarawa 2908029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Enderbury Kiribati Enderbury 2918029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kiritimati Kiribati Kiritimati 29214343Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Truk Fed_States_of_Micronesia Truk state 29314343Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Ponape Fed_States_of_Micronesia Pohnpei state 29414343Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Yap Fed_States_of_Micronesia Yap state 29514343Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kosrae Fed_States_of_Micronesia Kosrae state 29614343Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Majuro Marshall_Islands Majuro 29714343Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kwajalein Marshall_Islands Kwajalein 2988029Swollman 2992742Swollman# Nauru 3002742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3012742SwollmanZone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe 3022742Swollman 11:30 - NST 1942 Mar 15 3032742Swollman 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15 3042742Swollman 11:30 - NST 1979 May 3052742Swollman 12:00 - NZST 3062742Swollman 3078029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Nauru Nauru All points 3088029Swollman 3092742Swollman# New Caledonia 3102742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 3112742SwollmanRule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D 3122742SwollmanRule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 S 3132742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3142742SwollmanZone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 3152742Swollman 11:00 NC NC%sT 3162742Swollman 3178029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Noumea New_Caledonia All points 3182742Swollman 3192742Swollman############################################################################### 3202742Swollman 3212742Swollman# New Zealand 3222742Swollman 3232742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 3242742Swollman# Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17, 3252742Swollman# 1929 Oct 13 - 1930 Mar 16; go with Whitman. 32614343SwollmanRule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 0:30 HD 3272742SwollmanRule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S 32814343SwollmanRule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 0:30 HD 32914343SwollmanRule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 0:30 HD 3302742SwollmanRule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S 33114343SwollmanRule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0:30 HD 33214343Swollman# Whitman says DST went on and off during war years, and the base GMT offset 33314343Swollman# didn't change until 1945 Apr 30; go with Shanks. 33414343SwollmanRule NZ 1934 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S 33514343SwollmanRule NZ 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0:30 HD 3369908SwollmanRule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D 3379908SwollmanRule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 3389908SwollmanRule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D 3399908SwollmanRule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 3409908SwollmanRule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S 3419908SwollmanRule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 3429908SwollmanRule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S 3432742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3442742SwollmanZone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 34514343Swollman 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1940 Sep 29 2:00 3462742Swollman 12:00 NZ NZ%sT 34714343SwollmanZone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 NZ CH%sT 3482742Swollman 3498029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Auckland New_Zealand All points except: 3508029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Chatham New_Zealand Chatham 3518029Swollman 3522742Swollman# Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is 3532742Swollman# no information; probably like Pacific/Auckland 3542742Swollman 3552742Swollman############################################################################### 3562742Swollman 3572742Swollman 3582742Swollman# Niue 3592742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3602742SwollmanZone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi 3612742Swollman -11:20 - NIT 1951 # Niue I Time 3622742Swollman -11:30 - NIT 1978 Oct 1 3632742Swollman -11:00 - SST 3642742Swollman 3658029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Niue Niue All points 3668029Swollman 3672742Swollman# Norfolk 3682742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3692742SwollmanZone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston 3702742Swollman 11:12 - NMT 1951 3719908Swollman 11:30 - NRFT 3722742Swollman 3738029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Norfolk Norfolk_Islands All points 3748029Swollman 3759908Swollman# Palau 3769908Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3779908SwollmanZone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror 3789908Swollman 9:00 - PLT 3799908Swollman 3809985Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Palau Rep_of_Palau Palau 3819908Swollman 3822742Swollman# Palmyra 38314343Swollman# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritmati 3842742Swollman 3852742Swollman# Papua New Guinea 3862742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3872742SwollmanZone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 3882742Swollman 9:49 - PMMT 1895 3892742Swollman 10:00 - EST 3902742Swollman 3918029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Port_Moresby Papua_New_Guinea All points 3928029Swollman 3932742Swollman# Pitcairn 3942742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3952742SwollmanZone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown 3962742Swollman -8:30 - PIT 3972742Swollman 3988029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Pitcairn Pitcairn_Island All points 3998029Swollman 40014343Swollman# American Samoa 40114343SwollmanZone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 40214343Swollman -11:22:48 - LMT 1911 40314343Swollman -11:30 - SST 1950 40414343Swollman -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome 40514343Swollman -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering 40614343Swollman -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa 40714343Swollman 40814343Swollman# W Samoa 40914343SwollmanZone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 41014343Swollman -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 41114343Swollman -11:30 - SST 1950 41214343Swollman -11:00 - SST 41314343Swollman 41414343Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Pago_Pago United_States American Samoa 41514343Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Apia Western_Samoa All points 41614343Swollman 4172742Swollman# Solomon Is 4182742Swollman# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea 4192742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4202742SwollmanZone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara 4212742Swollman 11:00 - NCST 4222742Swollman 4238029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Guadalcanal Solomon_Islands All points except: 4248029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Port_Moresby Solomon_Islands Bougainville 4258029Swollman 4262742Swollman# Tokelau Is 4272742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4282742SwollmanZone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901 4292742Swollman -10:00 - THT 4302742Swollman 4318029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Fakaofo Tokelau_Island All points 4328029Swollman 4332742Swollman# Tonga 4342742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4352742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 4362742Swollman 12:20 - TMT 1968 Oct 4372742Swollman 13:00 - TGT 4382742Swollman 4398029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tongatapu Tonga All points 4408029Swollman 4412742Swollman# Tuvalu 4422742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4432742SwollmanZone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 4442742Swollman 12:00 - NZST 4452742Swollman 4468029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Funafuti Tuvalu All points 4478029Swollman 4482742Swollman# Vanuatu 4492742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 4502742SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 D 45114343SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1984 1991 - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 S 4522742SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 D 45314343SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1985 1990 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 D 45414343SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1991 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 D 45514343SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1992 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 0 S 4562742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4572742SwollmanZone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila 4582742Swollman 11:00 - NCST 4592742Swollman 4608029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Efate Vanuatu All points 4618029Swollman 4622742Swollman# Wake 4632742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4642742SwollmanZone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901 4652742Swollman 12:00 - NZST 4662742Swollman 4678029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Wake United_States Wake Island 4688029Swollman 4692742Swollman# Wallis and Futuna 4702742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4712742SwollmanZone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 4722742Swollman 12:00 - NZST 4732742Swollman 4748029Swollman# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Wallis France Wallis and Futuna 4758029Swollman 4762742Swollman############################################################################### 4772742Swollman 4782742Swollman# NOTES 4792742Swollman 4802742Swollman# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 4812742Swollman# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 4822742Swollman# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 4832742Swollman 48414343Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-01-22); 4852742Swollman# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 4862742Swollman# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition), 4872742Swollman# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). 4882742Swollman# Except where noted, it is the source for the data above. 4892742Swollman# 4902742Swollman# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 4912742Swollman# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 4922742Swollman# I found in the UCLA library. 4932742Swollman# 4942742Swollman# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 4952742Swollman# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, 4962742Swollman# Oxford University Press (1980). 4972742Swollman# 4982742Swollman# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; 4992742Swollman# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. 5002742Swollman# Corrections are welcome! 5012742Swollman# std dst 5022742Swollman# LMT Local Mean Time 5032742Swollman# 6:30 CCT Cocos* 5042742Swollman# 7:00 JVT Java* 5052742Swollman# 8:00 WST WST Western Australia 5062742Swollman# 9:00 JST Japan 5079908Swollman# 9:00 PLT Palau* 5082742Swollman# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia 5092742Swollman# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia 5102742Swollman# 10:00 GST Guam* 5112742Swollman# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe* 5122742Swollman# 11:00 NCST NCDT New Caledonia* 5139908Swollman# 11:30 NRFT Norfolk* 5142742Swollman# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 51514343Swollman# 12:45 CHST CHDT Chatham* 5162742Swollman# 13:00 TGT Tongatapu* 51714343Swollman# 14:00 KRT Kiritimati* 5182742Swollman# -12:00 KJT Kwajalein (no longer used)* 5192742Swollman# -11:00 SST Samoa 5202742Swollman# -10:40 LIT Line Is (no longer used)* 5212742Swollman# -10:00 THT Tahiti* 52214343Swollman# -10:00 HST Hawaii 5232742Swollman# - 9:30 MQT Marquesas* 5242742Swollman# - 9:00 GBT Gambier* 5252742Swollman# - 8:30 PIT Pitcairn* 5262742Swollman# 52714343Swollman# See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii. 5289908Swollman# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is. 5299908Swollman# 5302742Swollman# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions. 5312742Swollman 5322742Swollman############################################################################### 5332742Swollman 5342742Swollman# Australia 5352742Swollman 5362742Swollman# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): 5372742Swollman# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time. 5382742Swollman# It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer' 5392742Swollman# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the 5402742Swollman# abbreviation does _not_ change... 5412742Swollman# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least 5422742Swollman# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the 5432742Swollman# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses 5442742Swollman# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight 5452742Swollman# time'. 5462742Swollman# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian 5472742Swollman# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time' 5482742Swollman# or `Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the 5492742Swollman# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers 5502742Swollman# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases 5512742Swollman# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times; 5522742Swollman# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC. 5532742Swollman 5542742Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992): 5552742Swollman# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is: 5562742Swollman# CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30 5572742Swollman# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00 5582742Swollman# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00 5592742Swollman 56014343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): 5619908Swollman# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. 5629908Swollman# Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au> writes that his newspaper 5639908Swollman# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00, 5649908Swollman# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970 5659908Swollman# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time. 56614343Swollman# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960. 5672742Swollman 5689908Swollman# Northern Territory 5699908Swollman 5702742Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 5712742Swollman# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ] 5722742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 5732742Swollman# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location. 5742742Swollman# ... 5759908Swollman# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST 5762742Swollman 5772742Swollman# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 5782742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 5792742Swollman# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving. 5802742Swollman 5819908Swollman# Western Australia 5822742Swollman 5832742Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 5842742Swollman# # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ] 5852742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 5862742Swollman# # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to 5872742Swollman# # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but 5882742Swollman# # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus 5892742Swollman# # before reaching parliament. 5902742Swollman# ... 5912742Swollman# Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST 5922742Swollman# ... 5932742Swollman# Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 5942742Swollman# Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 5952742Swollman# Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 5962742Swollman# Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 5972742Swollman 5982742Swollman# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 5992742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 6002742Swollman# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving. 6012742Swollman 6022742Swollman# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (November 2, 1991): 6032742Swollman# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney 6042742Swollman# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at 6052742Swollman# work at 9.00am.) 6062742Swollman# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse 6072742Swollman# everybody again. 6082742Swollman 6092742Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 6102742Swollman# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; 6112742Swollman# it matches what was used in the past. 6122742Swollman 6139908Swollman# Queensland 6142742Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 6152742Swollman# # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ] 6162742Swollman# # [ Dec 1990 ] 6172742Swollman# ... 6182742Swollman# Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST 6192742Swollman# ... 6202742Swollman# Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 6212742Swollman# Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 6222742Swollman# Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 6232742Swollman# Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 6242742Swollman 6252742Swollman# From Bradley White (December 24, 1989): 6262742Swollman# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from 6272742Swollman# October 1989). 6282742Swollman 6292742Swollman# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 6302742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 6312742Swollman# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 6322742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 6332742Swollman 6342742Swollman# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): 6352742Swollman# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact 6362742Swollman# end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised 6372742Swollman# me.) 6382742Swollman 6392742Swollman# From Bradley White (March 8, 1992): 6402742Swollman# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted 6412742Swollman# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ... 6422742Swollman# ... 6432742Swollman# Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 6442742Swollman# Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 6452742Swollman# ... 6462742Swollman 6472742Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 6482742Swollman# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes. 6492742Swollman 6509908Swollman# South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria 6512742Swollman 6522742Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 6532742Swollman# The rules from version 7.1 follow. 6542742Swollman# There are lots of differences between these rules and 6552742Swollman# the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules 6562742Swollman# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on 6572742Swollman# current DST ending dates, no worries. 6582742Swollman# 6592742Swollman# Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 6602742Swollman# Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - 6612742Swollman# Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 6622742Swollman# Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 6632742Swollman# Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 6642742Swollman# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST 6652742Swollman# Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST 6662742Swollman# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00 6672742Swollman# 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00 6682742Swollman# 10:00 Oz EST 6692742Swollman 6702742Swollman# From Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 6712742Swollman# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct... 6722742Swollman# that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the 6732742Swollman# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states 6742742Swollman# that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic). 6752742Swollman# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think 6762742Swollman# that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain. 6772742Swollman 6789908Swollman# South Australia 6792742Swollman 6802742Swollman# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 6812742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 6822742Swollman# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 6832742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 6842742Swollman 6852742Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 6862742Swollman# # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ] 6872742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 6882742Swollman# ... 6892742Swollman# Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST 6902742Swollman# ... 6912742Swollman# Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 6922742Swollman# Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 6932742Swollman# Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 C 6942742Swollman# Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 6952742Swollman 6962742Swollman# From Bradley White (March 11, 1992): 6972742Swollman# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide 6982742Swollman# contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival, 6992742Swollman# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks." 7002742Swollman 7012742Swollman# From Robert Elz (March 13, 1992): 7022742Swollman# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that) 7032742Swollman# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even 7042742Swollman# numbered year (from 1990). That's when the Adelaide Festival 7052742Swollman# is on... 7062742Swollman 7072742Swollman# From Robert Elz (March 16, 1992, 00:57:07 +1000): 7082742Swollman# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday).... 7092742Swollman# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever... 7102742Swollman# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...). 7112742Swollman 7122742Swollman# From Bradley White (April 11, 1994): 7132742Swollman# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March, 7142742Swollman# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can 7152742Swollman# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated.... 7162742Swollman 7179908Swollman# From John Warburton <jwarb@SACBH.com.au> (1994-10-07): 7189908Swollman# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ... 7199908Swollman# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994.... 7209908Swollman# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March. 7212742Swollman 7229908Swollman# Tasmania 7239908Swollman 7242742Swollman# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 7252742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 7262742Swollman# ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31... 7272742Swollman 7282742Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 7292742Swollman# # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 7302742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 7312742Swollman# ... 7322742Swollman# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 AT %sST 7332742Swollman# ... 7342742Swollman# Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 7352742Swollman# Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 7362742Swollman# Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 7372742Swollman# Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 E 7382742Swollman# Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 7392742Swollman# Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 7402742Swollman# Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 7412742Swollman# Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 7422742Swollman# Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D 7432742Swollman# Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E 7442742Swollman# Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D 7452742Swollman# Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 7462742Swollman# Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 7472742Swollman# Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 7482742Swollman 7492742Swollman# From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (October 10, 1991): 7502742Swollman# My state Government in there eagerness to get a few more bucks for the 7512742Swollman# tourist industry industry decided to change the daylight savings times 7522742Swollman# yet again (we now have almost 6 months per year)... 7532742Swollman# ... 7542742Swollman# Rule Oz 1986 1990 - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - 7552742Swollman# Rule Oz 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - 7562742Swollman# ... 7572742Swollman# Rule Oz 1987 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 7582742Swollman# Rule Oz 1991 max - Mar Sun<=31 3:00 0 - 7592742Swollman 7602742Swollman# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (October 10, 1991): 7612742Swollman# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have 7622742Swollman# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia 7632742Swollman# (but nothing new about that). 7642742Swollman 7659908Swollman# Victoria 7662742Swollman 7672742Swollman# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 7682742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 7692742Swollman# ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 7702742Swollman 7712742Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 7722742Swollman# # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 7732742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 7742742Swollman# ... 7752742Swollman# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV %sST 7762742Swollman# ... 7772742Swollman# Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 7782742Swollman# Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 7792742Swollman# Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 7802742Swollman# Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E 7812742Swollman# Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D 7822742Swollman# Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 7832742Swollman# Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 7842742Swollman 7859908Swollman# New South Wales 7862742Swollman 7872742Swollman# From Arthur David Olson: 7882742Swollman# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time. 7892742Swollman# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz), 7902742Swollman# who notes: 7912742Swollman# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the 7922742Swollman# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time'' 7932742Swollman# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common 7942742Swollman# use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the 7952742Swollman# legislation. This is very important to understand. 7962742Swollman# I have researched New South Wales time only... 7972742Swollman 7982742Swollman# From Dave Davey (March 3, 1990): 7992742Swollman# Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 8002742Swollman# Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 8012742Swollman 8022742Swollman# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 8032742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 8042742Swollman# NSW...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 8052742Swollman 8062742Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 8072742Swollman# # The state of NEW SOUTH WALES.. [confirmed by Attorney General's Dept N.S.W] 8082742Swollman# # [ Dec 1990 ] 8092742Swollman# ... 8102742Swollman# Rule AN 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 E 8112742Swollman# ... 8122742Swollman 8132742Swollman# From John Mackin (March 9, 1991) 8142742Swollman# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the 8152742Swollman# file Robert forwarded 8162742Swollman 8172742Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 8182742Swollman# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988; 8192742Swollman# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules. 8202742Swollman 82114343Swollman# From Bradley White (1995-05-20): 82214343Swollman# Prem Bob Carr announced NSW will fall into line with other E states 82314343Swollman# and SA and continue daylight savings to the last Sun in Mar. 82414343Swollman 8259908Swollman# Yancowinna 8262742Swollman 8272742Swollman# From John Basser (January 4, 1989): 8282742Swollman# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. 8292742Swollman 8302742Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 8312742Swollman# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ] 8322742Swollman# # [ Dec 1990 ] 8332742Swollman# ... 8342742Swollman# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite it's location on the 8352742Swollman# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings 8362742Swollman# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government 8372742Swollman# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have 8382742Swollman# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not 8392742Swollman# # presently available. 8402742Swollman# Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST 8412742Swollman# ... 8422742Swollman# Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 8432742Swollman# Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C 8442742Swollman# [followed by other Rules] 8452742Swollman 8469908Swollman# Lord Howe Island 8472742Swollman 8482742Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 8492742Swollman# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ] 8502742Swollman# [ Dec 1990 ] 8512742Swollman# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an 8522742Swollman# hour ahead of NSW time. 8532742Swollman 85414343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): 85514343Swollman# For Lord Howe we use Shanks through its time of publication (1991). 85614343Swollman# Lord Howe is part of NSW, so we'll guess it has used the same transition 85714343Swollman# times as NSW since 1991, even though Shanks writes that Lord Howe went 85814343Swollman# with Victoria when NSW and Victoria disagreed in 1982. 85914343Swollman 8602742Swollman############################################################################### 8612742Swollman 8622742Swollman# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 8632742Swollman# Elz says "no guarantees" 8642742Swollman 8652742Swollman# From Mark Davies (October 3, 1990): 8662742Swollman# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period. 8672742Swollman# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for 8682742Swollman# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start). 8692742Swollman# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office. 8702742Swollman 8712742Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 8722742Swollman# # The Country of New Zealand (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that! 8732742Swollman# # or is Australia the west island of N.Z. 8742742Swollman# # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ] 8752742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 8762742Swollman# ... 8772742Swollman# Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 8782742Swollman# Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 8792742Swollman# Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 8802742Swollman# Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S 8812742Swollman# ... 8822742Swollman# Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand 8832742Swollman# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island 8842742Swollman 8852742Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 8862742Swollman# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 8872742Swollman# rather than the October 1 value. 8882742Swollman 88914343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19); 89014343Swollman# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. 89114343Swollman# Robert Uzgalis <buz@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> writes that the New Zealand Daylight 89214343Swollman# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard 89314343Swollman# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March. 89414343Swollman# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00. 89514343Swollman# 89614343Swollman# Shanks gives no data for Chatham, but usno1995 says it's +12:45/+13:45. 89714343Swollman# Guess NZ switchover rules for now. 89814343Swollman 8992742Swollman############################################################################### 9002742Swollman 9012742Swollman# Fiji 9022742Swollman 9032742Swollman# Howse writes (p 162) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji 9042742Swollman# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on +12:00. 9052742Swollman# Perhaps it didn't take. We go with Shanks's more precise date in 1915. 9062742Swollman 90714343Swollman# Johnston 90814343Swollman 90914343Swollman# Johnston data is from usno1995. 91014343Swollman 91117200Swollman# Kiribati 91217200Swollman 91317200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): 91417200Swollman# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that Kiribati 91517200Swollman# ``declared it the same day throught the country as of Jan. 1, 1995'' 91617200Swollman# as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century. 91717200Swollman 9182742Swollman# Kwajalein 9192742Swollman 9202742Swollman# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes: 9212742Swollman# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday, 9222742Swollman# August 20, 1993. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with 9232742Swollman# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands, 9242742Swollman# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink. 9252742Swollman 92614343Swollman# N Mariana Is, Guam 9272742Swollman 9282742Swollman# Howse writes (p 162) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the 9292742Swollman# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones 9302742Swollman# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time. 9312742Swollman# Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila. 93214343Swollman 93317200Swollman# Micronesia 93417200Swollman 93517200Swollman# Alan Eugene Davis <adavis@kuentos.guam.net> writes (1996-03-16), 93617200Swollman# ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk" 93717200Swollman# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.'' 93817200Swollman# 93917200Swollman# Shanks writes that Truk switched from GMT+10 to GMT+11 on 1978-10-01; 94017200Swollman# ignore this for now. 94117200Swollman 94214343Swollman# Samoa 94314343Swollman 94414343Swollman# Howse writes that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change 94514343Swollman# ``the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system, 94614343Swollman# ordaining -- by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery -- that 94714343Swollman# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year.'' 94817200Swollman 94917200Swollman# Tonga 95017200Swollman 95117200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): 95217200Swollman# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that ``Tonga has been plotting 95317200Swollman# to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time.'' 95417200Swollman# Since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do. 955