australasia revision 196582
1153761Swollman# <pre>
2196582Sedwin# @(#)australasia	8.12
3192886Sedwin# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
4192886Sedwin# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
5153761Swollman
62742Swollman# This file also includes Pacific islands.
786464Swollman
82742Swollman# Notes are at the end of this file
92742Swollman
102742Swollman###############################################################################
112742Swollman
122742Swollman# Australia
132742Swollman
1486222Swollman# Please see the notes below for the controversy about "EST" versus "AEST" etc.
1586222Swollman
162742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1758787SruRule	Aus	1917	only	-	Jan	 1	0:01	1:00	-
182742SwollmanRule	Aus	1917	only	-	Mar	25	2:00	0	-
192742SwollmanRule	Aus	1942	only	-	Jan	 1	2:00	1:00	-
202742SwollmanRule	Aus	1942	only	-	Mar	29	2:00	0	-
212742SwollmanRule	Aus	1942	only	-	Sep	27	2:00	1:00	-
222742SwollmanRule	Aus	1943	1944	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
232742SwollmanRule	Aus	1943	only	-	Oct	 3	2:00	1:00	-
2458787Sru# Go with Whitman and the Australian National Standards Commission, which
2558787Sru# says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944.  Ignore Whitman's claim that
2658787Sru# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944.
272742Swollman
282742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
299908Swollman# Northern Territory
302742SwollmanZone Australia/Darwin	 8:43:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
3130711Swollman			 9:00	-	CST	1899 May
322742Swollman			 9:30	Aus	CST
339908Swollman# Western Australia
34169811Swollman#
35169811Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
36169811SwollmanRule	AW	1974	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
37169811SwollmanRule	AW	1975	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
38169811SwollmanRule	AW	1983	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
39169811SwollmanRule	AW	1984	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
40169811SwollmanRule	AW	1991	only	-	Nov	17	2:00s	1:00	-
41169811SwollmanRule	AW	1992	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
42169811SwollmanRule	AW	2006	only	-	Dec	 3	2:00s	1:00	-
43169811SwollmanRule	AW	2007	2009	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
44169811SwollmanRule	AW	2007	2008	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
452742SwollmanZone Australia/Perth	 7:43:24 -	LMT	1895 Dec
4658787Sru			 8:00	Aus	WST	1943 Jul
47169811Swollman			 8:00	AW	WST
48169811SwollmanZone Australia/Eucla	 8:35:28 -	LMT	1895 Dec
49169811Swollman			 8:45	Aus	CWST	1943 Jul
50169811Swollman			 8:45	AW	CWST
51169811Swollman
529908Swollman# Queensland
5320094Swollman#
54149514Swollman# From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01):
5520094Swollman# I have heard or read more than once that some resort islands off the coast
5620094Swollman# of Queensland chose to keep observing daylight-saving time even after
5720094Swollman# Queensland ceased to.
5820094Swollman#
5920094Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
6020094Swollman# IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman,
6120094Swollman# Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped.
6220094Swollman# Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria,
6320094Swollman# so use Lindeman.
6420094Swollman#
6520094Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
6658787SruRule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
6758787SruRule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
6821217SwollmanRule	AQ	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
6921217SwollmanRule	AQ	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
7058787SruRule	Holiday	1992	1993	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
7158787SruRule	Holiday	1993	1994	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
722742SwollmanZone Australia/Brisbane	10:12:08 -	LMT	1895
7358787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
7421217Swollman			10:00	AQ	EST
7520094SwollmanZone Australia/Lindeman  9:55:56 -	LMT	1895
7658787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
7758787Sru			10:00	AQ	EST	1992 Jul
7820094Swollman			10:00	Holiday	EST
792742Swollman
809908Swollman# South Australia
812742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
8214343SwollmanRule	AS	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
8314343SwollmanRule	AS	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	1:00	-
84171948SedwinRule	AS	1987	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
8514343SwollmanRule	AS	1972	only	-	Feb	27	2:00s	0	-
8614343SwollmanRule	AS	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
8714343SwollmanRule	AS	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
8864499SwollmanRule	AS	1990	only	-	Mar	Sun>=18	2:00s	0	-
8964499SwollmanRule	AS	1991	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
9064499SwollmanRule	AS	1992	only	-	Mar	Sun>=18	2:00s	0	-
9164499SwollmanRule	AS	1993	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
9264499SwollmanRule	AS	1994	only	-	Mar	Sun>=18	2:00s	0	-
93149514SwollmanRule	AS	1995	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
94149514SwollmanRule	AS	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
95171948SedwinRule	AS	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
96171948SedwinRule	AS	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
97171948SedwinRule	AS	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
982742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
992742SwollmanZone Australia/Adelaide	9:14:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
1002742Swollman			9:00	-	CST	1899 May
10158787Sru			9:30	Aus	CST	1971
1022742Swollman			9:30	AS	CST
1032742Swollman
1049908Swollman# Tasmania
105149514Swollman#
106149514Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16):
107149514Swollman# <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml>
108149514Swollman# says King Island didn't observe DST from WWII until late 1971.
109149514Swollman#
1102742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
11158787SruRule	AT	1967	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
11258787SruRule	AT	1968	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
11314343SwollmanRule	AT	1968	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
11414343SwollmanRule	AT	1969	1971	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00s	0	-
11558787SruRule	AT	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
11614343SwollmanRule	AT	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
11714343SwollmanRule	AT	1982	1983	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
11814343SwollmanRule	AT	1984	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
11958787SruRule	AT	1986	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:00	-
12014343SwollmanRule	AT	1987	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
12158787SruRule	AT	1987	only	-	Oct	Sun>=22	2:00s	1:00	-
12258787SruRule	AT	1988	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
12358787SruRule	AT	1991	1999	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
124149514SwollmanRule	AT	1991	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
12558787SruRule	AT	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
12658787SruRule	AT	2001	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
127149514SwollmanRule	AT	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
128171948SedwinRule	AT	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
129171948SedwinRule	AT	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
1302742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1312742SwollmanZone Australia/Hobart	9:49:16	-	LMT	1895 Sep
13258787Sru			10:00	-	EST	1916 Oct 1 2:00
13358787Sru			10:00	1:00	EST	1917 Feb
13458787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1967
1352742Swollman			10:00	AT	EST
136149514SwollmanZone Australia/Currie	9:35:28	-	LMT	1895 Sep
137149514Swollman			10:00	-	EST	1916 Oct 1 2:00
138149514Swollman			10:00	1:00	EST	1917 Feb
139149514Swollman			10:00	Aus	EST	1971 Jul
140149514Swollman			10:00	AT	EST
1412742Swollman
1429908Swollman# Victoria
1432742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
14414343SwollmanRule	AV	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
14558787SruRule	AV	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
14614343SwollmanRule	AV	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
14714343SwollmanRule	AV	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
14858787SruRule	AV	1986	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:00	-
14958787SruRule	AV	1988	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
15014343SwollmanRule	AV	1991	1994	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
151149514SwollmanRule	AV	1995	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
15258787SruRule	AV	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
153171948SedwinRule	AV	2001	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
154149514SwollmanRule	AV	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
155171948SedwinRule	AV	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
156171948SedwinRule	AV	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
157171948SedwinRule	AV	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
1582742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1592742SwollmanZone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
16058787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
1612742Swollman			10:00	AV	EST
1622742Swollman
1639908Swollman# New South Wales
1642742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
16514343SwollmanRule	AN	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
16614343SwollmanRule	AN	1972	only	-	Feb	27	2:00s	0	-
16714343SwollmanRule	AN	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
16814343SwollmanRule	AN	1982	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
16914343SwollmanRule	AN	1983	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
17014343SwollmanRule	AN	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
17114343SwollmanRule	AN	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	1:00	-
17243543SwollmanRule	AN	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
17314343SwollmanRule	AN	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
174149514SwollmanRule	AN	1996	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
17558787SruRule	AN	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
176171948SedwinRule	AN	2001	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
177149514SwollmanRule	AN	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
178171948SedwinRule	AN	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
179171948SedwinRule	AN	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
180171948SedwinRule	AN	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
1812742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1822742SwollmanZone Australia/Sydney	10:04:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
18358787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
1842742Swollman			10:00	AN	EST
1852742SwollmanZone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 -	LMT	1895 Feb
1862742Swollman			10:00	-	EST	1896 Aug 23
1872742Swollman			9:00	-	CST	1899 May
18858787Sru			9:30	Aus	CST	1971
18958787Sru			9:30	AN	CST	2000
19058787Sru			9:30	AS	CST
1918029Swollman
19214343Swollman# Lord Howe Island
19314343Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
19475267SwollmanRule	LH	1981	1984	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
19575267SwollmanRule	LH	1982	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
19675267SwollmanRule	LH	1985	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
19775267SwollmanRule	LH	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
19875267SwollmanRule	LH	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00	0:30	-
19975267SwollmanRule	LH	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
20075267SwollmanRule	LH	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
201149514SwollmanRule	LH	1996	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
20275267SwollmanRule	LH	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
203171948SedwinRule	LH	2001	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
204149514SwollmanRule	LH	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
205171948SedwinRule	LH	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
206171948SedwinRule	LH	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
207171948SedwinRule	LH	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	0:30	-
2082742SwollmanZone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
2092742Swollman			10:00	-	EST	1981 Mar
21014343Swollman			10:30	LH	LHST
2118029Swollman
21214343Swollman# Australian miscellany
2132742Swollman#
2142742Swollman# Ashmore Is, Cartier
21514343Swollman# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers
216169811Swollman# no times are set
2172742Swollman#
21814343Swollman# Coral Sea Is
21914343Swollman# no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists
220169811Swollman# no times are set
22114343Swollman#
22230711Swollman# Macquarie
22330711Swollman# permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948;
22458787Sru# sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888/1917
225169811Swollman# like Australia/Hobart
2262742Swollman
22743014Swollman# Christmas
22843014Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
22943014SwollmanZone Indian/Christmas	7:02:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
23043014Swollman			7:00	-	CXT	# Christmas Island Time
2312742Swollman
2322742Swollman# Cook Is
233158421Swollman# From Shanks & Pottenger:
2342742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
23519878SwollmanRule	Cook	1978	only	-	Nov	12	0:00	0:30	HS
23643014SwollmanRule	Cook	1979	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
23743014SwollmanRule	Cook	1979	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0:30	HS
2382742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2392742SwollmanZone Pacific/Rarotonga	-10:39:04 -	LMT	1901		# Avarua
24019878Swollman			-10:30	-	CKT	1978 Nov 12	# Cook Is Time
24119878Swollman			-10:00	Cook	CK%sT
2422742Swollman
2432742Swollman# Cocos
244149514Swollman# These islands were ruled by the Ross family from about 1830 to 1978.
245149514Swollman# We don't know when standard time was introduced; for now, we guess 1900.
2462742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
247149514SwollmanZone	Indian/Cocos	6:27:40	-	LMT	1900
248149514Swollman			6:30	-	CCT	# Cocos Islands Time
2492742Swollman
2502742Swollman# Fiji
25143543Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
25275267SwollmanRule	Fiji	1998	1999	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
25375267SwollmanRule	Fiji	1999	2000	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	-
2542742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2552742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Fiji	11:53:40 -	LMT	1915 Oct 26	# Suva
25643543Swollman			12:00	Fiji	FJ%sT	# Fiji Time
2572742Swollman
2582742Swollman# French Polynesia
2592742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2602742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Gambier	 -8:59:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Rikitea
26119878Swollman			 -9:00	-	GAMT	# Gambier Time
2622742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 -	LMT	1912 Oct
26319878Swollman			 -9:30	-	MART	# Marquesas Time
2642742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Tahiti	 -9:58:16 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Papeete
26519878Swollman			-10:00	-	TAHT	# Tahiti Time
26643014Swollman# Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia;
26743014Swollman# it is uninhabited.
2682742Swollman
2692742Swollman# Guam
2702742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
27175267SwollmanZone	Pacific/Guam	-14:21:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
27275267Swollman			 9:39:00 -	LMT	1901		# Agana
27375267Swollman			10:00	-	GST	2000 Dec 23	# Guam
27475267Swollman			10:00	-	ChST	# Chamorro Standard Time
2752742Swollman
2762742Swollman# Kiribati
2772742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2782742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tarawa	 11:32:04 -	LMT	1901		# Bairiki
27919878Swollman			 12:00	-	GILT		 # Gilbert Is Time
2802742SwollmanZone Pacific/Enderbury	-11:24:20 -	LMT	1901
28119878Swollman			-12:00	-	PHOT	1979 Oct # Phoenix Is Time
28219878Swollman			-11:00	-	PHOT	1995
28319878Swollman			 13:00	-	PHOT
2842742SwollmanZone Pacific/Kiritimati	-10:29:20 -	LMT	1901
28519878Swollman			-10:40	-	LINT	1979 Oct # Line Is Time
28619878Swollman			-10:00	-	LINT	1995
28719878Swollman			 14:00	-	LINT
2882742Swollman
28914343Swollman# N Mariana Is
29014343Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
29175267SwollmanZone Pacific/Saipan	-14:17:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
29275267Swollman			 9:43:00 -	LMT	1901
29319878Swollman			 9:00	-	MPT	1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time
29475267Swollman			10:00	-	MPT	2000 Dec 23
29575267Swollman			10:00	-	ChST	# Chamorro Standard Time
29614343Swollman
29714343Swollman# Marshall Is
29814343Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
29914343SwollmanZone Pacific/Majuro	11:24:48 -	LMT	1901
30019878Swollman			11:00	-	MHT	1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time
30119878Swollman			12:00	-	MHT
30214343SwollmanZone Pacific/Kwajalein	11:09:20 -	LMT	1901
30319878Swollman			11:00	-	MHT	1969 Oct
30419878Swollman			-12:00	-	KWAT	1993 Aug 20	# Kwajalein Time
30519878Swollman			12:00	-	MHT
30614343Swollman
30714343Swollman# Micronesia
30814343Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
30914343SwollmanZone Pacific/Truk	10:07:08 -	LMT	1901
31019878Swollman			10:00	-	TRUT			# Truk Time
31114343SwollmanZone Pacific/Ponape	10:32:52 -	LMT	1901		# Kolonia
31219878Swollman			11:00	-	PONT			# Ponape Time
31314343SwollmanZone Pacific/Kosrae	10:51:56 -	LMT	1901
31458787Sru			11:00	-	KOST	1969 Oct	# Kosrae Time
31558787Sru			12:00	-	KOST	1999
31658787Sru			11:00	-	KOST
31714343Swollman
3182742Swollman# Nauru
3192742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3202742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Nauru	11:07:40 -	LMT	1921 Jan 15	# Uaobe
32119878Swollman			11:30	-	NRT	1942 Mar 15	# Nauru Time
3222742Swollman			9:00	-	JST	1944 Aug 15
32319878Swollman			11:30	-	NRT	1979 May
32419878Swollman			12:00	-	NRT
3252742Swollman
3262742Swollman# New Caledonia
3272742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
32819878SwollmanRule	NC	1977	1978	-	Dec	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
32919878SwollmanRule	NC	1978	1979	-	Feb	27	0:00	0	-
33043014SwollmanRule	NC	1996	only	-	Dec	 1	2:00s	1:00	S
331158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger say the following was at 2:00; go with IATA.
33243014SwollmanRule	NC	1997	only	-	Mar	 2	2:00s	0	-
3332742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3342742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Noumea	11:05:48 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13
3352742Swollman			11:00	NC	NC%sT
3362742Swollman
3372742Swollman
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3392742Swollman
3402742Swollman# New Zealand
3412742Swollman
3422742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
343121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1927	only	-	Nov	 6	2:00	1:00	S
344121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1928	only	-	Mar	 4	2:00	0	M
345121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1928	1933	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00	0:30	S
346121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1929	1933	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	M
347121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1934	1940	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	0	M
348121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1934	1940	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0:30	S
349121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1946	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	S
350121098Swollman# Since 1957 Chatham has been 45 minutes ahead of NZ, but there's no
351121098Swollman# convenient notation for this so we must duplicate the Rule lines.
352114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1974	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
353121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1974	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:45s	1:00	D
354114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1975	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
355121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1975	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:45s	0	S
3569908SwollmanRule	NZ	1975	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
357121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1975	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:45s	1:00	D
358114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1976	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
359121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1976	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:45s	0	S
360114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00s	1:00	D
361121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:45s	1:00	D
362169811SwollmanRule	NZ	1990	2006	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
363169811SwollmanRule	Chatham	1990	2006	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:45s	1:00	D
364169811SwollmanRule	NZ	1990	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S
365169811SwollmanRule	Chatham	1990	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:45s	0	S
366169811SwollmanRule	NZ	2007	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
367169811SwollmanRule	Chatham	2007	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:45s	1:00	D
368169811SwollmanRule	NZ	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
369169811SwollmanRule	Chatham	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:45s	0	S
3702742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
371114173SwollmanZone Pacific/Auckland	11:39:04 -	LMT	1868 Nov  2
372121098Swollman			11:30	NZ	NZ%sT	1946 Jan  1
3732742Swollman			12:00	NZ	NZ%sT
374121098SwollmanZone Pacific/Chatham	12:13:48 -	LMT	1957 Jan  1
375121098Swollman			12:45	Chatham	CHA%sT
3762742Swollman
3778029Swollman
37830711Swollman# Auckland Is
37958787Sru# uninhabited; Maori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers,
38058787Sru# and scientific personnel have wintered
3812742Swollman
38230711Swollman# Campbell I
38358787Sru# minor whaling stations operated 1909/1914
38458787Sru# scientific station operated 1941/1995;
38558787Sru# previously whalers, sealers, pastoralists, and scientific personnel wintered
38630711Swollman# was probably like Pacific/Auckland
38730711Swollman
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3892742Swollman
3902742Swollman
3912742Swollman# Niue
3922742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3932742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Niue	-11:19:40 -	LMT	1901		# Alofi
39419878Swollman			-11:20	-	NUT	1951	# Niue Time
39519878Swollman			-11:30	-	NUT	1978 Oct 1
39619878Swollman			-11:00	-	NUT
3972742Swollman
3982742Swollman# Norfolk
3992742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4002742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Norfolk	11:11:52 -	LMT	1901		# Kingston
40119878Swollman			11:12	-	NMT	1951	# Norfolk Mean Time
40219878Swollman			11:30	-	NFT		# Norfolk Time
4032742Swollman
40458787Sru# Palau (Belau)
4059908Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4069908SwollmanZone Pacific/Palau	8:57:56 -	LMT	1901		# Koror
40719878Swollman			9:00	-	PWT	# Palau Time
4089908Swollman
4092742Swollman# Papua New Guinea
4102742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4112742SwollmanZone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 -	LMT	1880
41286222Swollman			9:48:32	-	PMMT	1895	# Port Moresby Mean Time
41319878Swollman			10:00	-	PGT		# Papua New Guinea Time
4142742Swollman
4152742Swollman# Pitcairn
4162742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4172742SwollmanZone Pacific/Pitcairn	-8:40:20 -	LMT	1901		# Adamstown
41858787Sru			-8:30	-	PNT	1998 Apr 27 00:00
41958787Sru			-8:00	-	PST	# Pitcairn Standard Time
4202742Swollman
42114343Swollman# American Samoa
42214343SwollmanZone Pacific/Pago_Pago	 12:37:12 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
42314343Swollman			-11:22:48 -	LMT	1911
42419878Swollman			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time
42514343Swollman			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr	# N=Nome
42614343Swollman			-11:00	-	BST	1983 Nov 30	# B=Bering
42714343Swollman			-11:00	-	SST			# S=Samoa
42814343Swollman
429149514Swollman# Samoa
430196582Sedwin
431196582Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-12-06):
432196582Sedwin# The Samoa government (Western Samoa) may implement DST on the first Sunday of 
433196582Sedwin# October 2009 (October 4, 2009) until the last Sunday of March 2010 (March 28, 
434196582Sedwin# 2010). 
435196582Sedwin# 
436196582Sedwin# "Selected Committee reports to Cabinet on Daylight Saving Time",
437196582Sedwin# Government of Samoa:
438196582Sedwin# <a href="http://www.govt.ws/pr_article.cfm?pr_id=560">
439196582Sedwin# http://www.govt.ws/pr_article.cfm?pr_id=560
440196582Sedwin# </a>
441196582Sedwin# or
442196582Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_samoa01.html">
443196582Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_samoa01.html
444196582Sedwin# </a>
445196582Sedwin
44614343SwollmanZone Pacific/Apia	 12:33:04 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
44714343Swollman			-11:26:56 -	LMT	1911
44819878Swollman			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time
449149514Swollman			-11:00	-	WST			# Samoa Time
45014343Swollman
4512742Swollman# Solomon Is
4522742Swollman# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
4532742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4542742SwollmanZone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Honiara
45519878Swollman			11:00	-	SBT	# Solomon Is Time
4562742Swollman
4572742Swollman# Tokelau Is
4582742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4592742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Fakaofo	-11:24:56 -	LMT	1901
46019878Swollman			-10:00	-	TKT	# Tokelau Time
4612742Swollman
4622742Swollman# Tonga
46358787Sru# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
46475267SwollmanRule	Tonga	1999	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00s	1:00	S
46575267SwollmanRule	Tonga	2000	only	-	Mar	19	2:00s	0	-
466114173SwollmanRule	Tonga	2000	2001	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
467114173SwollmanRule	Tonga	2001	2002	-	Jan	lastSun	2:00	0	-
4682742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4692742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tongatapu	12:19:20 -	LMT	1901
47058787Sru			12:20	-	TOT	1941 # Tonga Time
47158787Sru			13:00	-	TOT	1999
47258787Sru			13:00	Tonga	TO%sT
4732742Swollman
4742742Swollman# Tuvalu
4752742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4762742SwollmanZone Pacific/Funafuti	11:56:52 -	LMT	1901
47719878Swollman			12:00	-	TVT	# Tuvalu Time
4782742Swollman
47943014Swollman
48043014Swollman# US minor outlying islands
48143014Swollman
48243014Swollman# Howland, Baker
483171948Sedwin# Howland was mined for guano by American companies 1857-1878 and British
484171948Sedwin# 1886-1891; Baker was similar but exact dates are not known.
485171948Sedwin# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; U.S. military bases 1943-1944;
486171948Sedwin# uninhabited thereafter.
487171948Sedwin# Howland observed Hawaii Standard Time (UTC-10:30) in 1937;
488171948Sedwin# see page 206 of Elgen M. Long and Marie K. Long,
489171948Sedwin# Amelia Earhart: the Mystery Solved, Simon & Schuster (2000).
490171948Sedwin# So most likely Howland and Baker observed Hawaii Time from 1935
491171948Sedwin# until they were abandoned after the war.
49243014Swollman
49343014Swollman# Jarvis
494171948Sedwin# Mined for guano by American companies 1857-1879 and British 1883?-1891?.
495171948Sedwin# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; IGY scientific base 1957-1958;
496171948Sedwin# uninhabited thereafter.
49743014Swollman# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
49843014Swollman
49943014Swollman# Johnston
50043014Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
50143014SwollmanZone Pacific/Johnston	-10:00	-	HST
50243014Swollman
50343014Swollman# Kingman
50443014Swollman# uninhabited
50543014Swollman
50643014Swollman# Midway
507149514Swollman#
508149514Swollman# From Mark Brader (2005-01-23):
509149514Swollman# [Fallacies and Fantasies of Air Transport History, by R.E.G. Davies,
510149514Swollman# published 1994 by Paladwr Press, McLean, VA, USA; ISBN 0-9626483-5-3]
511149514Swollman# reproduced a Pan American Airways timeables from 1936, for their weekly
512149514Swollman# "Orient Express" flights between San Francisco and Manila, and connecting
513149514Swollman# flights to Chicago and the US East Coast.  As it uses some time zone
514149514Swollman# designations that I've never seen before:....
515149514Swollman# Fri. 6:30A Lv. HONOLOLU (Pearl Harbor), H.I.   H.L.T. Ar. 5:30P Sun.
516149514Swollman#  "   3:00P Ar. MIDWAY ISLAND . . . . . . . . . M.L.T. Lv. 6:00A  "
517149514Swollman#
51843014SwollmanZone Pacific/Midway	-11:49:28 -	LMT	1901
519121098Swollman			-11:00	-	NST	1956 Jun  3
520121098Swollman			-11:00	1:00	NDT	1956 Sep  2
52143014Swollman			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr	# N=Nome
52243014Swollman			-11:00	-	BST	1983 Nov 30	# B=Bering
52343014Swollman			-11:00	-	SST			# S=Samoa
52443014Swollman
52543014Swollman# Palmyra
52643014Swollman# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
52743014Swollman
52843014Swollman# Wake
52943014Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
53043014SwollmanZone	Pacific/Wake	11:06:28 -	LMT	1901
53143014Swollman			12:00	-	WAKT	# Wake Time
53243014Swollman
53343014Swollman
5342742Swollman# Vanuatu
5352742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
53619878SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1983	only	-	Sep	25	0:00	1:00	S
53719878SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1984	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=23	0:00	0	-
53819878SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1984	only	-	Oct	23	0:00	1:00	S
53920094SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1985	1991	-	Sep	Sun>=23	0:00	1:00	S
54020094SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1992	1993	-	Jan	Sun>=23	0:00	0	-
54120094SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1992	only	-	Oct	Sun>=23	0:00	1:00	S
5422742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5432742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Efate	11:13:16 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13		# Vila
54419878Swollman			11:00	Vanuatu	VU%sT	# Vanuatu Time
5452742Swollman
5462742Swollman# Wallis and Futuna
5472742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5482742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
54919878Swollman			12:00	-	WFT	# Wallis & Futuna Time
5502742Swollman
5512742Swollman###############################################################################
5522742Swollman
5532742Swollman# NOTES
5542742Swollman
5552742Swollman# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
5562742Swollman# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
5572742Swollman# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
5582742Swollman
559158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
5602742Swollman# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
561158421Swollman# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
562158421Swollman# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
5632742Swollman#
56486222Swollman# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
56520094Swollman# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
56620094Swollman# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
56720094Swollman# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
56820094Swollman# of the IATA's data after 1990.
56920094Swollman#
570158421Swollman# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
571158421Swollman# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
57220094Swollman#
5732742Swollman# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
5742742Swollman# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
5752742Swollman# I found in the UCLA library.
5762742Swollman#
5772742Swollman# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
57858787Sru# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
5792742Swollman#
5802742Swollman# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
5812742Swollman# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
5822742Swollman# Corrections are welcome!
5832742Swollman#		std dst
5842742Swollman#		LMT	Local Mean Time
5852742Swollman#	  8:00	WST WST	Western Australia
586169811Swollman#	  8:45	CWST CWST Central Western Australia*
5872742Swollman#	  9:00	JST	Japan
5882742Swollman#	  9:30	CST CST	Central Australia
5892742Swollman#	 10:00	EST EST	Eastern Australia
59075267Swollman#	 10:00	ChST	Chamorro
5912742Swollman#	 10:30	LHST LHST Lord Howe*
592121098Swollman#	 11:30	NZMT NZST New Zealand through 1945
593121098Swollman#	 12:00	NZST NZDT New Zealand 1946-present
59419878Swollman#	 12:45	CHAST CHADT Chatham*
5952742Swollman#	-11:00	SST	Samoa
59614343Swollman#	-10:00	HST	Hawaii
59758787Sru#	- 8:00	PST	Pitcairn*
5982742Swollman#
59914343Swollman# See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii.
6009908Swollman# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is.
6012742Swollman
6022742Swollman###############################################################################
6032742Swollman
6042742Swollman# Australia
6052742Swollman
606153670Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2005-12-08):
607153670Swollman# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml">
608153670Swollman# Implementation Dates of Daylight Saving Time within Australia
609153670Swollman# </a> summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia.
61058787Sru
611153670Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (2005-12-12):
612153670Swollman# <a href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/Corporate/ll_agdinfo.nsf/pages/community_relations_daylight_saving">
613153670Swollman# Lawlink NSW:Daylight Saving in New South Wales
614153670Swollman# </a> covers New South Wales in particular.
615153670Swollman
61619878Swollman# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
6172742Swollman# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time.
6182742Swollman# It is called `summer' time.  Now by a happy coincidence, `summer'
6192742Swollman# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the
6202742Swollman# abbreviation does _not_ change...
6212742Swollman# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least
6222742Swollman# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the
6232742Swollman# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses
6242742Swollman# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight
6252742Swollman# time'.
6262742Swollman# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian
6272742Swollman# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time'
6282742Swollman# or `Eastern Summer Time'.  (Note, though, that as I say in the
6292742Swollman# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.)  Announcers
6302742Swollman# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases
6312742Swollman# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times;
6322742Swollman# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.
6332742Swollman
63486222Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
6352742Swollman# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is:
6362742Swollman#	CST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30
6372742Swollman#	WST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00
6382742Swollman#	EST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00
6392742Swollman
640163302Sru# From Chuck Soper (2006-06-01):
641163302Sru# I recently found this Australian government web page on time zones:
642163302Sru# <http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia-13time>
643163302Sru# And this government web page lists time zone names and abbreviations:
644163302Sru# <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/daysavtm.shtml>
645163302Sru
64686222Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2001-04-05), summarizing a long discussion about "EST"
64786222Swollman# versus "AEST" etc.:
64886222Swollman#
64986222Swollman# I see the following points of dispute:
65086222Swollman#
65186222Swollman# * How important are unique time zone abbreviations?
65286222Swollman#
65386222Swollman#   Here I tend to agree with the point (most recently made by Chris
65486222Swollman#   Newman) that unique abbreviations should not be essential for proper
65586222Swollman#   operation of software.  We have other instances of ambiguity
65686222Swollman#   (e.g. "IST" denoting both "Israel Standard Time" and "Indian
65786222Swollman#   Standard Time"), and they are not likely to go away any time soon.
65886222Swollman#   In the old days, some software mistakenly relied on unique
65986222Swollman#   abbreviations, but this is becoming less true with time, and I don't
66086222Swollman#   think it's that important to cater to such software these days.
66186222Swollman#
66286222Swollman#   On the other hand, there is another motivation for unambiguous
66386222Swollman#   abbreviations: it cuts down on human confusion.  This is
66486222Swollman#   particularly true for Australia, where "EST" can mean one thing for
66586222Swollman#   time T and a different thing for time T plus 1 second.
66686222Swollman#
66786222Swollman# * Does the relevant legislation indicate which abbreviations should be used?
66886222Swollman#
66986222Swollman#   Here I tend to think that things are a mess, just as they are in
67086222Swollman#   many other countries.  We Americans are currently disagreeing about
67186222Swollman#   which abbreviation to use for the newly legislated Chamorro Standard
67286222Swollman#   Time, for example.
67386222Swollman#
67486222Swollman#   Personally, I would prefer to use common practice; I would like to
67586222Swollman#   refer to legislation only for examples of common practice, or as a
67686222Swollman#   tiebreaker.
67786222Swollman#
67886222Swollman# * Do Australians more often use "Eastern Daylight Time" or "Eastern
67986222Swollman#   Summer Time"?  Do they typically prefix the time zone names with
68086222Swollman#   the word "Australian"?
68186222Swollman#
68286222Swollman#   My own impression is that both "Daylight Time" and "Summer Time" are
68386222Swollman#   common and are widely understood, but that "Summer Time" is more
68486222Swollman#   popular; and that the leading "A" is also common but is omitted more
68586222Swollman#   often than not.  I just used AltaVista advanced search and got the
68686222Swollman#   following count of page hits:
68786222Swollman#
68886222Swollman#     1,103 "Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au
68986222Swollman#       971 "Australian Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au
69086222Swollman#       613 "Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au
69186222Swollman#       127 "Australian Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au
69286222Swollman#
69386222Swollman#   Here "Summer" seems quite a bit more popular than "Daylight",
69486222Swollman#   particularly when we know the time zone is Australian and not US,
69586222Swollman#   say.  The "Australian" prefix seems to be popular for Eastern Summer
69686222Swollman#   Time, but unpopular for Eastern Daylight Time.
69786222Swollman#
69886222Swollman#   For abbreviations, tools like AltaVista are less useful because of
69986222Swollman#   ambiguity.  Many hits are not really time zones, unfortunately, and
70086222Swollman#   many hits denote US time zones and not Australian ones.  But here
70186222Swollman#   are the hit counts anyway:
70286222Swollman#
70386222Swollman#     161,304 "EST" and domain:au
70486222Swollman#      25,156 "EDT" and domain:au
70586222Swollman#      18,263 "AEST" and domain:au
70686222Swollman#      10,416 "AEDT" and domain:au
70786222Swollman#
70886222Swollman#      14,538 "CST" and domain:au
70986222Swollman#       5,728 "CDT" and domain:au
71086222Swollman#         176 "ACST" and domain:au
71186222Swollman#          29 "ACDT" and domain:au
71286222Swollman#
71386222Swollman#       7,539 "WST" and domain:au
71486222Swollman#          68 "AWST" and domain:au
71586222Swollman#
71686222Swollman#   This data suggest that Australians tend to omit the "A" prefix in
71786222Swollman#   practice.  The situation for "ST" versus "DT" is less clear, given
71886222Swollman#   the ambiguities involved.
71986222Swollman#
72086222Swollman# * How do Australians feel about the abbreviations in the tz database?
72186222Swollman#
72286222Swollman#   If you just count Australians on this list, I count 2 in favor and 3
72386222Swollman#   against.  One of the "against" votes (David Keegel) counseled delay,
72486222Swollman#   saying that both AEST/AEDT and EST/EST are widely used and
72586222Swollman#   understood in Australia.
72686222Swollman
72714343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
728158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ.
729149514Swollman# Mark Prior writes that his newspaper
7309908Swollman# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00,
7319908Swollman# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970
7329908Swollman# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time.
73314343Swollman# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960.
7342742Swollman
735149514Swollman# From Eric Ulevik (1998-01-05):
73675267Swollman#
73743014Swollman# Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable,
73843014Swollman# and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more
73943014Swollman# relevant entries in this database.
74075267Swollman#
74143014Swollman# NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill):
74243014Swollman# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html">
74343014Swollman# Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04)
74443014Swollman# </a>
74543014Swollman# ACT
74658787Sru# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html">
74743014Swollman# Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972
74843014Swollman# </a>
74943014Swollman# SA
75043014Swollman# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html">
75143014Swollman# Standard Time Act, 1898
75243014Swollman# </a>
75343014Swollman
754149514Swollman# From David Grosz (2005-06-13):
755149514Swollman# It was announced last week that Daylight Saving would be extended by
756149514Swollman# one week next year to allow for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
757149514Swollman# Daylight Saving is now to end for next year only on the first Sunday
758149514Swollman# in April instead of the last Sunday in March.
759149514Swollman#
760149514Swollman# From Gwillim Law (2005-06-14):
761149514Swollman# I did some Googling and found that all of those states (and territory) plan
762149514Swollman# to extend DST together in 2006.
763149514Swollman# ACT: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/mediareleases/fileread.cfm?file=86.txt
764149514Swollman# New South Wales: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15538869%255E1702,00.html
765149514Swollman# South Australia: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15555031-1246,00.html
766149514Swollman# Tasmania: http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=14772
767149514Swollman# Victoria: I wasn't able to find anything separate, but the other articles
768149514Swollman# allude to it.
769149514Swollman# But not Queensland
770149514Swollman# http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15564030-1248,00.html.
771149514Swollman
7729908Swollman# Northern Territory
7739908Swollman
77419878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
7752742Swollman# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY..  [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
7762742Swollman# #					[ Nov 1990 ]
7772742Swollman# #	N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
7782742Swollman# ...
7799908Swollman# Zone        Australia/North         9:30    -       CST
7802742Swollman
78119878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
7822742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
7832742Swollman# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving.
7842742Swollman
7859908Swollman# Western Australia
7862742Swollman
78719878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
7882742Swollman# #  The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA..  [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]
7892742Swollman# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
7902742Swollman# #	W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to
7912742Swollman# #	DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but
7922742Swollman# #	usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus
7932742Swollman# #	before reaching parliament.
7942742Swollman# ...
7952742Swollman# Zone	Australia/West		8:00	AW	%sST
7962742Swollman# ...
7972742Swollman# Rule	AW	1974	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
7982742Swollman# Rule	AW	1975	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W
7992742Swollman# Rule	AW	1983	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
8002742Swollman# Rule	AW	1984	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W
8012742Swollman
80219878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
8032742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
8042742Swollman# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving.
8052742Swollman
80619878Swollman# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (1991-11-02):
8072742Swollman# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney
8082742Swollman# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at
8092742Swollman# work at 9.00am.)
8102742Swollman# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse
8112742Swollman# everybody again.
8122742Swollman
81319878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
8142742Swollman# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
8152742Swollman# it matches what was used in the past.
8162742Swollman
81758787Sru# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm">
81858787Sru# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ
81958787Sru# </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses
82058787Sru# South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia.
82158787Sru
8229908Swollman# Queensland
82319878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
8242742Swollman# #   The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
8252742Swollman# #						[ Dec 1990 ]
8262742Swollman# ...
8272742Swollman# Zone	Australia/Queensland	10:00	AQ	%sST
8282742Swollman# ...
8292742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
8302742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	E
8312742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1989	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
8322742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E
8332742Swollman
83419878Swollman# From Bradley White (1989-12-24):
8352742Swollman# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from
8362742Swollman# October 1989).
8372742Swollman
83819878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
8392742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
8402742Swollman# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
8412742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
8422742Swollman
84319878Swollman# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
8442742Swollman# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact
8452742Swollman# end on Sunday, 3 March.  I don't know at what hour, though.  (It surprised
8462742Swollman# me.)
8472742Swollman
84819878Swollman# From Bradley White (1992-03-08):
8492742Swollman# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted
8502742Swollman# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ...
8512742Swollman# ...
8522742Swollman# Rule	QLD	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
8532742Swollman# Rule	QLD	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
8542742Swollman# ...
8552742Swollman
85619878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
8572742Swollman# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
8582742Swollman
859169811Swollman# From Christopher Hunt (2006-11-21), after an advance warning
860169811Swollman# from Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-11-01):
861169811Swollman# WA are trialing DST for three years.
862169811Swollman# <http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54825721200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf>
863169811Swollman
864105196Swollman# From Rives McDow (2002-04-09):
865114173Swollman# The most interesting region I have found consists of three towns on the
866169811Swollman# southern coast....  South Australia observes daylight saving time; Western
867114173Swollman# Australia does not.  The two states are one and a half hours apart.  The
868114173Swollman# residents decided to forget about this nonsense of changing the clock so
869114173Swollman# much and set the local time 20 hours and 45 minutes from the
870114173Swollman# international date line, or right in the middle of the time of South
871169811Swollman# Australia and Western Australia....
872105196Swollman#
873105196Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2002-04-09):
874105196Swollman# This is confirmed by the section entitled
875105196Swollman# "What's the deal with time zones???" in
876169811Swollman# <http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~awatkins/null.html>.
877105196Swollman#
878169811Swollman# From Alex Livingston (2006-12-07):
879169811Swollman# ... it was just on four years ago that I drove along the Eyre Highway,
880169811Swollman# which passes through eastern Western Australia close to the southern
881169811Swollman# coast of the continent.
882105196Swollman#
883169811Swollman# I paid particular attention to the time kept there. There can be no
884169811Swollman# dispute that UTC+08:45 was considered "the time" from the border
885169811Swollman# village just inside the border with South Australia to as far west
886169811Swollman# as just east of Caiguna. There can also be no dispute that Eucla is
887169811Swollman# the largest population centre in this zone....
888169811Swollman#
889169811Swollman# Now that Western Australia is observing daylight saving, the
890169811Swollman# question arose whether this part of the state would follow suit. I
891169811Swollman# just called the border village and confirmed that indeed they have,
892169811Swollman# meaning that they are now observing UTC+09:45.
893169811Swollman#
894169811Swollman# (2006-12-09):
895169811Swollman# I personally doubt that either experimentation with daylight saving
896169811Swollman# in WA or its introduction in SA had anything to do with the genesis
897169811Swollman# of this time zone.  My hunch is that it's been around since well
898169811Swollman# before 1975.  I remember seeing it noted on road maps decades ago.
899105196Swollman
900169811Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-12-15):
901169811Swollman# For lack of better info, assume the tradition dates back to the
902169811Swollman# introduction of standard time in 1895.
903169811Swollman
904169811Swollman
905171948Sedwin# southeast Australia
9062742Swollman#
907171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
908171948Sedwin# Starting autumn 2008 Victoria, NSW, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT
909171948Sedwin# end DST the first Sunday in April and start DST the first Sunday in October.
910171948Sedwin# http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/daylight-savings-to-span-six-months/2007/06/27/1182623966703.html
9112742Swollman
9122742Swollman
9139908Swollman# South Australia
9142742Swollman
91519878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
9162742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
9172742Swollman# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
9182742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
9192742Swollman
92019878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
9212742Swollman# #   The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ]
9222742Swollman# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
9232742Swollman# ...
9242742Swollman# Zone	Australia/South		9:30	AS	%sST
9252742Swollman# ...
9262742Swollman# Rule	 AS	1971	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
9272742Swollman# Rule	 AS	1972	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C
928158421Swollman# Rule	 AS	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	C
9292742Swollman# Rule	 AS	1991	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C
9302742Swollman
93119878Swollman# From Bradley White (1992-03-11):
9322742Swollman# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide
9332742Swollman# contained the following exchange:  "Due to the Adelaide Festival,
9342742Swollman# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks."
9352742Swollman
93619878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1992-03-13):
9372742Swollman# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that)
9382742Swollman# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even
9392742Swollman# numbered year (from 1990).  That's when the Adelaide Festival
9402742Swollman# is on...
9412742Swollman
94219878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1992-03-16, 00:57:07 +1000):
9432742Swollman# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday)....
9442742Swollman# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever...
9452742Swollman# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...).
9462742Swollman
94719878Swollman# From Bradley White (1994-04-11):
9482742Swollman# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March,
9492742Swollman# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can
9502742Swollman# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated....
9512742Swollman
952149514Swollman# From John Warburton (1994-10-07):
9539908Swollman# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ...
9549908Swollman# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994....
9559908Swollman# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March.
9562742Swollman
957171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
958171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
959171948Sedwin
9609908Swollman# Tasmania
9619908Swollman
96258787Sru# The rules for 1967 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
96358787Sru# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
9642742Swollman# #  The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
9652742Swollman# #					[ Nov 1990 ]
9662742Swollman
96719878Swollman# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10):
9682742Swollman# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have
9692742Swollman# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia
9702742Swollman# (but nothing new about that).
9712742Swollman
97258787Sru# From Alex Livingston (1999-10-04):
97358787Sru# I heard on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio news on the
97458787Sru# (long) weekend that Tasmania, which usually goes its own way in this regard,
97558787Sru# has decided to join with most of NSW, the ACT, and most of Victoria
97658787Sru# (Australia) and start daylight saving on the last Sunday in August in 2000
97758787Sru# instead of the first Sunday in October.
97858787Sru
97964499Swollman# Sim Alam (2000-07-03) reported a legal citation for the 2000/2001 rules:
98064499Swollman# http://www.thelaw.tas.gov.au/fragview/42++1968+GS3A@EN+2000070300
98164499Swollman
982171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
983171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
984171948Sedwin
9859908Swollman# Victoria
9862742Swollman
98758787Sru# The rules for 1971 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
98858787Sru# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
9892742Swollman# #   The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
9902742Swollman# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
9912742Swollman
99286222Swollman# From Scott Harrington (2001-08-29):
99386222Swollman# On KQED's "City Arts and Lectures" program last night I heard an
99486222Swollman# interesting story about daylight savings time.  Dr. John Heilbron was
99586222Swollman# discussing his book "The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar
99686222Swollman# Observatories"[1], and in particular the Shrine of Remembrance[2] located
99786222Swollman# in Melbourne, Australia.
99886222Swollman#
99986222Swollman# Apparently the shrine's main purpose is a beam of sunlight which
100086222Swollman# illuminates a special spot on the floor at the 11th hour of the 11th day
100186222Swollman# of the 11th month (Remembrance Day) every year in memory of Australia's
100286222Swollman# fallen WWI soldiers.  And if you go there on Nov. 11, at 11am local time,
100386222Swollman# you will indeed see the sunbeam illuminate the special spot at the
100486222Swollman# expected time.
100586222Swollman#
100686222Swollman# However, that is only because of some special mirror contraption that had
100786222Swollman# to be employed, since due to daylight savings time, the true solar time of
100886222Swollman# the remembrance moment occurs one hour later (or earlier?).  Perhaps
100986222Swollman# someone with more information on this jury-rig can tell us more.
101086222Swollman#
101186222Swollman# [1] http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HEISUN.html
101286222Swollman# [2] http://www.shrine.org.au
101386222Swollman
1014171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
1015171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
1016171948Sedwin
10179908Swollman# New South Wales
10182742Swollman
10192742Swollman# From Arthur David Olson:
10202742Swollman# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
1021149514Swollman# Based on law library research by John Mackin,
10222742Swollman# who notes:
10232742Swollman#	In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
10242742Swollman#	individual states.  Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''
10252742Swollman#	[I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
10262742Swollman#	use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the
10272742Swollman#	legislation.  This is very important to understand.
10282742Swollman#	I have researched New South Wales time only...
10292742Swollman
1030149514Swollman# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-26):
103158787Sru# DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual
103258787Sru# October in 2000.  [See: Matthew Moore,
103358787Sru# <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html">
103458787Sru# Two months more daylight saving
103558787Sru# </a>
103658787Sru# Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26).]
10372742Swollman
103858787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27):
103958787Sru# See the following official NSW source:
104058787Sru# <a href="http://dir.gis.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/genobject/document/other/daylightsaving/tigGmZ">
104158787Sru# Daylight Saving in New South Wales.
104258787Sru# </a>
104358787Sru#
104458787Sru# Narrabri Shire (NSW) council has announced it will ignore the extension of
104558787Sru# daylight saving next year.  See:
104658787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/neweng/monthly/regeng-22jul1999-1.htm">
104758787Sru# Narrabri Council to ignore daylight saving
104858787Sru# </a> (1999-07-22).  For now, we'll wait to see if this really happens.
104958787Sru#
105058787Sru# Victoria will following NSW.  See:
105158787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/local/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990728112314_1.htm">
105258787Sru# Vic to extend daylight saving
105358787Sru# </a> (1999-07-28).
105458787Sru#
105558787Sru# However, South Australia rejected the DST request.  See:
105658787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990719151754_1.htm">
105758787Sru# South Australia rejects Olympics daylight savings request
105858787Sru# </a> (1999-07-19).
105958787Sru#
106058787Sru# Queensland also will not observe DST for the Olympics.  See:
106158787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/06/item19990601114608_1.htm">
106258787Sru# Qld says no to daylight savings for Olympics
106358787Sru# </a> (1999-06-01), which quotes Queensland Premier Peter Beattie as saying
106458787Sru# ``Look you've got to remember in my family when this came up last time
106558787Sru# I voted for it, my wife voted against it and she said to me it's all very
106658787Sru# well for you, you don't have to worry about getting the children out of
106775267Swollman# bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night.
106858787Sru# I've been through all this argument domestically...my wife rules.''
106958787Sru#
107058787Sru# Broken Hill will stick with South Australian time in 2000.  See:
107158787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/brokenh/monthly/regbrok-21jul1999-6.htm">
107258787Sru# Broken Hill to be behind the times
107358787Sru# </a> (1999-07-21).
10742742Swollman
107543543Swollman# IATA SSIM (1998-09) says that the spring 2000 change for Australian
107643543Swollman# Capital Territory, New South Wales except Lord Howe Island and Broken
107758787Sru# Hill, and Victoria will be August 27, presumably due to the Sydney Olympics.
107843543Swollman
107967578Swollman# From Eric Ulevik, referring to Sydney's Sun Herald (2000-08-13), page 29:
108075267Swollman# The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is encouraging northern NSW
108175267Swollman# towns to use Queensland time.
108267578Swollman
1083171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
1084171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
1085171948Sedwin
10869908Swollman# Yancowinna
10872742Swollman
108867578Swollman# From John Mackin (1989-01-04):
10892742Swollman# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna.
10902742Swollman
109119878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
10922742Swollman# # YANCOWINNA..  [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
10932742Swollman# #					[ Dec 1990 ]
10942742Swollman# ...
109543014Swollman# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite [its] location on the
10962742Swollman# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings
10972742Swollman# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government
10982742Swollman# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have
10992742Swollman# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not
11002742Swollman# # presently available.
11012742Swollman# Zone	Australia/Yancowinna	9:30	 AY	%sST
11022742Swollman# ...
11032742Swollman# Rule	 AY	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
11042742Swollman# Rule	 AY	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	C
11052742Swollman# [followed by other Rules]
11062742Swollman
11079908Swollman# Lord Howe Island
11082742Swollman
110919878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
1110153670Swollman# LHI...		[ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen ]
11112742Swollman#					[ Dec 1990 ]
11122742Swollman# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
11132742Swollman# hour ahead of NSW time.
11142742Swollman
111558787Sru# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-01-27):
111658787Sru# Lord Howe Island summer time in 2000/2001 will commence on the same
111758787Sru# date as the rest of NSW (i.e. 2000-08-27).  For your information the
111858787Sru# Lord Howe Island Board (controlling authority for the Island) is
111958787Sru# seeking the community's views on various options for summer time
112058787Sru# arrangements on the Island, e.g. advance clocks by 1 full hour
112186464Swollman# instead of only 30 minutes.  Dependant on the wishes of residents
112258787Sru# the Board may approach the NSW government to change the existing
112358787Sru# arrangements.  The starting date for summer time on the Island will
112458787Sru# however always coincide with the rest of NSW.
112514343Swollman
112675267Swollman# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-10-25):
112775267Swollman# Lord Howe Island advances clocks by 30 minutes during DST in NSW and retards
112875267Swollman# clocks by 30 minutes when DST finishes. Since DST was most recently
112975267Swollman# introduced in NSW, the "changeover" time on the Island has been 02:00 as
113075267Swollman# shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start
113175267Swollman# of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW.
113258787Sru
1133158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1134158421Swollman# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks & Pottenger through 1989, and
1135158421Swollman# Lonergan thereafter.  For times we use Lonergan.
113667578Swollman
1137171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
1138171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
1139171948Sedwin
1140192886Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-28):
1141192886Sedwin# According to the official press release, South Australia's extended daylight 
1142192886Sedwin# saving period will continue with the same rules as used during the 2008-2009 
1143192886Sedwin# summer (southern hemisphere).
1144192886Sedwin# 
1145192886Sedwin# From
1146192886Sedwin# <a href="http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf">
1147192886Sedwin# http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf
1148192886Sedwin# </a>
1149192886Sedwin# The extended daylight saving period that South Australia has been trialling 
1150192886Sedwin# for over the last year is now set to be ongoing.
1151192886Sedwin# Daylight saving will continue to start on the first Sunday in October each 
1152192886Sedwin# year and finish on the first Sunday in April the following year.
1153192886Sedwin# Industrial Relations Minister, Paul Caica, says this provides South Australia 
1154192886Sedwin# with a consistent half hour time difference with NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and 
1155192886Sedwin# the ACT for all 52 weeks of the year...
1156192886Sedwin# 
1157192886Sedwin# We have a wrap-up here:
1158192886Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html">
1159192886Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html
1160192886Sedwin# </a>
11612742Swollman###############################################################################
11622742Swollman
116358787Sru# New Zealand
11642742Swollman
116519878Swollman# From Mark Davies (1990-10-03):
11662742Swollman# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period.
11672742Swollman# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for
11682742Swollman# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start).
11692742Swollman# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office.
11702742Swollman
117119878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
11722742Swollman# # The Country of New Zealand   (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that!
11732742Swollman# #				   or is Australia the west island of N.Z.
1174153670Swollman# #	[ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Auckland N.Z. ]
11752742Swollman# #				[ Nov 1990 ]
11762742Swollman# ...
11772742Swollman# Rule	NZ      1974    1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
11782742Swollman# Rule	NZ	1989	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
11792742Swollman# Rule	NZ      1975    1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
11802742Swollman# Rule	NZ	1990	max	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	S
11812742Swollman# ...
11822742Swollman# Zone	NZ			12:00	NZ		NZ%sT	# New Zealand
11832742Swollman# Zone	NZ-CHAT			12:45	-		NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
11842742Swollman
118519878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
11862742Swollman# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
11872742Swollman# rather than the October 1 value.
11882742Swollman
118914343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19);
1190158421Swollman# Shank & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ.
1191149514Swollman# Robert Uzgalis writes that the New Zealand Daylight
119214343Swollman# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard
119314343Swollman# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March.
119414343Swollman# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00.
119514343Swollman#
1196158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1197121098Swollman# The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history,
1198121098Swollman# as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.htm for the full references.
1199158421Swollman# Use these sources in preference to Shanks & Pottenger.
1200121098Swollman#
1201121098Swollman# For Chatham, IATA SSIM (1991/1999) gives the NZ rules but with
1202121098Swollman# transitions at 2:45 local standard time; this confirms that Chatham
1203121098Swollman# is always exactly 45 minutes ahead of Auckland.
120414343Swollman
1205169811Swollman# From Colin Sharples (2007-04-30):
1206169811Swollman# DST will now start on the last Sunday in September, and end on the
1207169811Swollman# first Sunday in April.  The changes take effect this year, meaning
1208169811Swollman# that DST will begin on 2007-09-30 2008-04-06.
1209169811Swollman# http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Daylight-Saving-Daylight-saving-to-be-extended
1210169811Swollman
12112742Swollman###############################################################################
12122742Swollman
121358787Sru
12142742Swollman# Fiji
12152742Swollman
121658787Sru# Howse writes (p 153) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji
121758787Sru# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on Antipodean Time
121858787Sru# instead of the American system (which was one day behind).
12192742Swollman
122043543Swollman# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08):
122143543Swollman# Fiji will introduce DST effective 0200 local time, 1998-11-01
122275267Swollman# until 0300 local time 1999-02-28.  Each year the DST period will
122343543Swollman# be from the first Sunday in November until the last Sunday in February.
122443543Swollman
122558787Sru# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08):
122658787Sru# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says DST ends 0100 local time.  Go with McDow.
122758787Sru
122843543Swollman# From the BBC World Service (1998-10-31 11:32 UTC):
122943543Swollman# The Fijiian government says the main reasons for the time change is to
123043543Swollman# improve productivity and reduce road accidents.  But correspondents say it
123143543Swollman# also hopes the move will boost Fiji's ability to compete with other pacific
123243543Swollman# islands in the effort to attract tourists to witness the dawning of the new
123343543Swollman# millenium.
123443543Swollman
123575267Swollman# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/press/2000_09/2000_09_13-05.shtml (2000-09-13)
123675267Swollman# reports that Fiji has discontinued DST.
123758787Sru
123814343Swollman# Johnston
123914343Swollman
124014343Swollman# Johnston data is from usno1995.
124114343Swollman
124258787Sru
124317200Swollman# Kiribati
124417200Swollman
124517200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
124617200Swollman# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that Kiribati
124717200Swollman# ``declared it the same day throught the country as of Jan. 1, 1995''
124817200Swollman# as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century.
124917200Swollman
125058787Sru
12512742Swollman# Kwajalein
12522742Swollman
12532742Swollman# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes:
12542742Swollman# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday,
125519878Swollman# 1993-08-20.  Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with
12562742Swollman# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands,
12572742Swollman# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink.
12582742Swollman
125958787Sru
126014343Swollman# N Mariana Is, Guam
12612742Swollman
126258787Sru# Howse writes (p 153) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the
12632742Swollman# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones
12642742Swollman# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time.
126575267Swollman# For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines;
126675267Swollman# see Asia/Manila.
126714343Swollman
126875267Swollman# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UTC+10 the official standard time,
126975267Swollman# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time".  There is no official abbreviation,
127075267Swollman# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law,
127175267Swollman# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST".
127258787Sru
127375267Swollman
127417200Swollman# Micronesia
127517200Swollman
1276149514Swollman# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16),
127717200Swollman# ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk"
127817200Swollman# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.''
127917200Swollman#
1280158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger write that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11
1281158421Swollman# on 1978-10-01; ignore this for now.
128217200Swollman
128358787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
128458787Sru# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in
128558787Sru# <a href="http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html">
128658787Sru# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information
128758787Sru# </a> (1999-01-26)
128858787Sru# that Truk and Yap are UTC+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are UTC+11.
128958787Sru# We don't know when Kosrae switched from UTC+12; assume January 1 for now.
129058787Sru
129158787Sru
1292121098Swollman# Midway
1293121098Swollman
1294121098Swollman# From Charles T O'Connor, KMTH DJ (1956),
1295121098Swollman# quoted in the KTMH section of the Radio Heritage Collection
1296121098Swollman# <http://radiodx.com/spdxr/KMTH.htm> (2002-12-31):
1297121098Swollman# For the past two months we've been on what is known as Daylight
1298121098Swollman# Saving Time.  This time has put us on air at 5am in the morning,
1299121098Swollman# your time down there in New Zealand.  Starting September 2, 1956
1300121098Swollman# we'll again go back to Standard Time.  This'll mean that we'll go to
1301121098Swollman# air at 6am your time.
1302121098Swollman#
1303121098Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23):
1304121098Swollman# We don't know the date of that quote, but we'll guess they
1305121098Swollman# started DST on June 3.  Possibly DST was observed other years
1306121098Swollman# in Midway, but we have no record of it.
1307121098Swollman
1308121098Swollman
130958787Sru# Pitcairn
131058787Sru
131158787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08):
131258787Sru# A Proclamation was signed by the Governor of Pitcairn on the 27th March 1998
131358787Sru# with regard to Pitcairn Standard Time.  The Proclamation is as follows.
131458787Sru#
131558787Sru#	The local time for general purposes in the Islands shall be
131658787Sru#	Co-ordinated Universal time minus 8 hours and shall be known
131758787Sru#	as Pitcairn Standard Time.
131858787Sru#
131958787Sru# ... I have also seen Pitcairn listed as UTC minus 9 hours in several
132058787Sru# references, and can only assume that this was an error in interpretation
132158787Sru# somehow in light of this proclamation.
132258787Sru
132358787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-11-09):
132458787Sru# The Proclamation regarding Pitcairn time came into effect on 27 April 1998
132558787Sru# ... at midnight.
132658787Sru
132758787Sru# From Howie Phelps (1999-11-10), who talked to a Pitcairner via shortwave:
132858787Sru# Betty Christian told me yesterday that their local time is the same as
132958787Sru# Pacific Standard Time. They used to be 1/2 hour different from us here in
133058787Sru# Sacramento but it was changed a couple of years ago.
133158787Sru
133258787Sru
133314343Swollman# Samoa
133414343Swollman
133558787Sru# Howse writes (p 153, citing p 10 of the 1883-11-18 New York Herald)
133658787Sru# that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change
133714343Swollman# ``the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system,
133814343Swollman# ordaining -- by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery -- that
133914343Swollman# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year.''
134017200Swollman
134158787Sru
134217200Swollman# Tonga
134317200Swollman
134417200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
134517200Swollman# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that ``Tonga has been plotting
134617200Swollman# to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time.''
134717200Swollman# Since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do.
134858787Sru
134958787Sru# Don Mundell writes in the 1997-02-20 Tonga Chronicle
135058787Sru# <a href="http://www.tongatapu.net.to/tonga/homeland/timebegins.htm">
135158787Sru# How Tonga became `The Land where Time Begins'
135258787Sru# </a>:
135358787Sru
135458787Sru# Until 1941 Tonga maintained a standard time 50 minutes ahead of NZST
135558787Sru# 12 hours and 20 minutes ahead of GMT.  When New Zealand adjusted its
135658787Sru# standard time in 1940s, Tonga had the choice of subtracting from its
135758787Sru# local time to come on the same standard time as New Zealand or of
135858787Sru# advancing its time to maintain the differential of 13 degrees
135958787Sru# (approximately 50 minutes ahead of New Zealand time).
136058787Sru#
136158787Sru# Because His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, then Crown Prince
136258787Sru# Tungi, preferred to ensure Tonga's title as the land where time
136358787Sru# begins, the Legislative Assembly approved the latter change.
136458787Sru#
136558787Sru# But some of the older, more conservative members from the outer
136658787Sru# islands objected. "If at midnight on Dec. 31, we move ahead 40
136758787Sru# minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of the 40
136858787Sru# minutes we have lost?"
136958787Sru#
137058787Sru# The Crown Prince, presented an unanswerable argument: "Remember that
137158787Sru# on the World Day of Prayer, you would be the first people on Earth
137258787Sru# to say your prayers in the morning."
137358787Sru
1374158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1375158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger say the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell.
137658787Sru
137758787Sru# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03):
137858787Sru# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium
137958787Sru# Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front.
138058787Sru# He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from
138158787Sru# October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan
138258787Sru# Government.
138358787Sru
1384149514Swollman# From Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09):
138558787Sru# * Tonga will introduce DST in November
138675267Swollman#
1387149514Swollman# I was given this link by John Letts:
1388181421Sedwin# <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm">
138958787Sru# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm
139058787Sru# </a>
139175267Swollman#
139258787Sru# I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November
139358787Sru# yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead
139458787Sru# of UTC as well, but as far as I know Fiji will only be 13 hours ahead
139558787Sru# (12 + 1 hour DST).
139658787Sru
1397149514Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20):
1398181421Sedwin# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html">
139958787Sru# http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html
140058787Sru# </a>:
140175267Swollman# "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000
140275267Swollman# and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the
140375267Swollman# third Saturday of April.  Under the system approved by Privy Council on
140475267Swollman# Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and
140558787Sru# set back an hour on the closing date."
140658787Sru# Alas, no indication of the time of day.
140758787Sru
140858787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-10-06):
140958787Sru# Tonga started its Daylight Saving on Saturday morning October 2nd at 0200am.
141058787Sru# Daylight Saving ends on April 16 at 0300am which is Sunday morning.
141158787Sru
141275267Swollman# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-31):
141375267Swollman# Back in March I found a notice on the website http://www.tongaonline.com
141475267Swollman# that Tonga changed back to standard time one month early, on March 19
141575267Swollman# instead of the original reported date April 16. Unfortunately, the article
141675267Swollman# is no longer available on the site, and I did not make a copy of the
141775267Swollman# text, and I have forgotten to report it here.
141875267Swollman# (Original URL was: http://www.tongaonline.com/news/march162000.htm )
141958787Sru
142075267Swollman# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01):
142175267Swollman# Tonga is observing DST as of 2000-11-04 and will stop on 2001-01-27.
142275267Swollman
142393799Swollman# From Sione Moala-Mafi (2001-09-20) via Rives McDow:
142493799Swollman# At 2:00am on the first Sunday of November, the standard time in the Kingdom
142593799Swollman# shall be moved forward by one hour to 3:00am.  At 2:00am on the last Sunday
142693799Swollman# of January the standard time in the Kingdom shall be moved backward by one
142793799Swollman# hour to 1:00am.
142886222Swollman
1429114173Swollman# From Pulu 'Anau (2002-11-05):
1430114173Swollman# The law was for 3 years, supposedly to get renewed.  It wasn't.
143186222Swollman
1432121098Swollman
1433121098Swollman# Wake
1434121098Swollman
1435121098Swollman# From Vernice Anderson, Personal Secretary to Philip Jessup,
1436121098Swollman# US Ambassador At Large (oral history interview, 1971-02-02):
1437121098Swollman#
1438121098Swollman# Saturday, the 14th [of October, 1950] -- ...  The time was all the
1439121098Swollman# more confusing at that point, because we had crossed the
1440121098Swollman# International Date Line, thus getting two Sundays.  Furthermore, we
1441121098Swollman# discovered that Wake Island had two hours of daylight saving time
1442121098Swollman# making calculation of time in Washington difficult if not almost
1443121098Swollman# impossible.
1444121098Swollman#
1445121098Swollman# http://www.trumanlibrary.org/wake/meeting.htm
1446121098Swollman
1447121098Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23):
1448121098Swollman# We have no other report of DST in Wake Island, so omit this info for now.
1449121098Swollman
145058787Sru###############################################################################
145158787Sru
145258787Sru# The International Date Line
145358787Sru
145458787Sru# From Gwillim Law (2000-01-03):
145575267Swollman#
145658787Sru# The International Date Line is not defined by any international standard,
145758787Sru# convention, or treaty.  Mapmakers are free to draw it as they please.
145858787Sru# Reputable mapmakers will simply ensure that every point of land appears on
145958787Sru# the correct side of the IDL, according to the date legally observed there.
146058787Sru#
146158787Sru# When Kiribati adopted a uniform date in 1995, thereby moving the Phoenix and
146258787Sru# Line Islands to the west side of the IDL (or, if you prefer, moving the IDL
146358787Sru# to the east side of the Phoenix and Line Islands), I suppose that most
146458787Sru# mapmakers redrew the IDL following the boundary of Kiribati.  Even that line
146558787Sru# has a rather arbitrary nature.  The straight-line boundaries between Pacific
146658787Sru# island nations that are shown on many maps are based on an international
1467153670Swollman# convention, but are not legally binding national borders.... The date is
146858787Sru# governed by the IDL; therefore, even on the high seas, there may be some
146958787Sru# places as late as fourteen hours later than UTC.  And, since the IDL is not
147058787Sru# an international standard, there are some places on the high seas where the
147158787Sru# correct date is ambiguous.
1472149514Swollman
1473153670Swollman# From Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone> (2005-08-31):
1474153670Swollman# Before 1920, all ships kept local apparent time on the high seas by setting
1475153670Swollman# their clocks at night or at the morning sight so that, given the ship's
1476153670Swollman# speed and direction, it would be 12 o'clock when the Sun crossed the ship's
1477153670Swollman# meridian (12 o'clock = local apparent noon).  During 1917, at the
1478153670Swollman# Anglo-French Conference on Time-keeping at Sea, it was recommended that all
1479153670Swollman# ships, both military and civilian, should adopt hourly standard time zones
1480153670Swollman# on the high seas.  Whenever a ship was within the territorial waters of any
1481153670Swollman# nation it would use that nation's standard time.  The captain was permitted
1482153670Swollman# to change his ship's clocks at a time of his choice following his ship's
1483153670Swollman# entry into another zone time--he often chose midnight.  These zones were
1484153670Swollman# adopted by all major fleets between 1920 and 1925 but not by many
1485153670Swollman# independent merchant ships until World War II.
1486153670Swollman
1487149514Swollman# From Paul Eggert, using references suggested by Oscar van Vlijmen
1488149514Swollman# (2005-03-20):
1489149514Swollman#
1490149514Swollman# The American Practical Navigator (2002)
1491149514Swollman# <http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/pubs/pubs_j_apn_sections.html?rid=187>
1492149514Swollman# talks only about the 180-degree meridian with respect to ships in
1493149514Swollman# international waters; it ignores the international date line.
1494