australasia revision 197000
1153761Swollman# <pre> 2197000Sedwin# @(#)australasia 8.13 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 3382742Swollman############################################################################### 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 3882742Swollman############################################################################### 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 446197000Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-27): 447197000Sedwin# Samoa's parliament passed the Daylight Saving Bill 2009, and will start 448197000Sedwin# daylight saving time on the first Sunday of October 2009 and end on the 449197000Sedwin# last Sunday of March 2010. We hope that the full text will be published 450197000Sedwin# soon, but we believe that the bill is only valid for 2009-2010. Samoa's 451197000Sedwin# Daylight Saving Act 2009 will be enforced as soon as the Head of State 452197000Sedwin# executes a proclamation publicizing this Act. 453197000Sedwin# 454197000Sedwin# Some background information here, which will be updated once we have 455197000Sedwin# more details: 456197000Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/samoa-dst-plan-2009.html"> 457197000Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/samoa-dst-plan-2009.html 458197000Sedwin# </a> 459197000Sedwin 46014343SwollmanZone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 46114343Swollman -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 46219878Swollman -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time 463197000Sedwin -11:00 - WST 2009 Oct 4 464197000Sedwin -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2010 Mar 28 465197000Sedwin -11:00 - WST 46614343Swollman 4672742Swollman# Solomon Is 4682742Swollman# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea 4692742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4702742SwollmanZone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara 47119878Swollman 11:00 - SBT # Solomon Is Time 4722742Swollman 4732742Swollman# Tokelau Is 4742742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4752742SwollmanZone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901 47619878Swollman -10:00 - TKT # Tokelau Time 4772742Swollman 4782742Swollman# Tonga 47958787Sru# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 48075267SwollmanRule Tonga 1999 only - Oct 7 2:00s 1:00 S 48175267SwollmanRule Tonga 2000 only - Mar 19 2:00s 0 - 482114173SwollmanRule Tonga 2000 2001 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 483114173SwollmanRule Tonga 2001 2002 - Jan lastSun 2:00 0 - 4842742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4852742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 48658787Sru 12:20 - TOT 1941 # Tonga Time 48758787Sru 13:00 - TOT 1999 48858787Sru 13:00 Tonga TO%sT 4892742Swollman 4902742Swollman# Tuvalu 4912742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4922742SwollmanZone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 49319878Swollman 12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time 4942742Swollman 49543014Swollman 49643014Swollman# US minor outlying islands 49743014Swollman 49843014Swollman# Howland, Baker 499171948Sedwin# Howland was mined for guano by American companies 1857-1878 and British 500171948Sedwin# 1886-1891; Baker was similar but exact dates are not known. 501171948Sedwin# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; U.S. military bases 1943-1944; 502171948Sedwin# uninhabited thereafter. 503171948Sedwin# Howland observed Hawaii Standard Time (UTC-10:30) in 1937; 504171948Sedwin# see page 206 of Elgen M. Long and Marie K. Long, 505171948Sedwin# Amelia Earhart: the Mystery Solved, Simon & Schuster (2000). 506171948Sedwin# So most likely Howland and Baker observed Hawaii Time from 1935 507171948Sedwin# until they were abandoned after the war. 50843014Swollman 50943014Swollman# Jarvis 510171948Sedwin# Mined for guano by American companies 1857-1879 and British 1883?-1891?. 511171948Sedwin# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; IGY scientific base 1957-1958; 512171948Sedwin# uninhabited thereafter. 51343014Swollman# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati 51443014Swollman 51543014Swollman# Johnston 51643014Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 51743014SwollmanZone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST 51843014Swollman 51943014Swollman# Kingman 52043014Swollman# uninhabited 52143014Swollman 52243014Swollman# Midway 523149514Swollman# 524149514Swollman# From Mark Brader (2005-01-23): 525149514Swollman# [Fallacies and Fantasies of Air Transport History, by R.E.G. Davies, 526149514Swollman# published 1994 by Paladwr Press, McLean, VA, USA; ISBN 0-9626483-5-3] 527149514Swollman# reproduced a Pan American Airways timeables from 1936, for their weekly 528149514Swollman# "Orient Express" flights between San Francisco and Manila, and connecting 529149514Swollman# flights to Chicago and the US East Coast. As it uses some time zone 530149514Swollman# designations that I've never seen before:.... 531149514Swollman# Fri. 6:30A Lv. HONOLOLU (Pearl Harbor), H.I. H.L.T. Ar. 5:30P Sun. 532149514Swollman# " 3:00P Ar. MIDWAY ISLAND . . . . . . . . . M.L.T. Lv. 6:00A " 533149514Swollman# 53443014SwollmanZone Pacific/Midway -11:49:28 - LMT 1901 535121098Swollman -11:00 - NST 1956 Jun 3 536121098Swollman -11:00 1:00 NDT 1956 Sep 2 53743014Swollman -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome 53843014Swollman -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering 53943014Swollman -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa 54043014Swollman 54143014Swollman# Palmyra 54243014Swollman# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati 54343014Swollman 54443014Swollman# Wake 54543014Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 54643014SwollmanZone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901 54743014Swollman 12:00 - WAKT # Wake Time 54843014Swollman 54943014Swollman 5502742Swollman# Vanuatu 5512742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 55219878SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 S 55319878SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1984 1991 - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 - 55419878SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 S 55520094SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1985 1991 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S 55620094SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1992 1993 - Jan Sun>=23 0:00 0 - 55720094SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1992 only - Oct Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S 5582742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5592742SwollmanZone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila 56019878Swollman 11:00 Vanuatu VU%sT # Vanuatu Time 5612742Swollman 5622742Swollman# Wallis and Futuna 5632742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5642742SwollmanZone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 56519878Swollman 12:00 - WFT # Wallis & Futuna Time 5662742Swollman 5672742Swollman############################################################################### 5682742Swollman 5692742Swollman# NOTES 5702742Swollman 5712742Swollman# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 5722742Swollman# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 5732742Swollman# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 5742742Swollman 575158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 5762742Swollman# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 577158421Swollman# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), 578158421Swollman# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). 5792742Swollman# 58086222Swollman# Gwillim Law writes that a good source 58120094Swollman# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 58220094Swollman# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 58320094Swollman# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 58420094Swollman# of the IATA's data after 1990. 58520094Swollman# 586158421Swollman# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for 587158421Swollman# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. 58820094Swollman# 5892742Swollman# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 5902742Swollman# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 5912742Swollman# I found in the UCLA library. 5922742Swollman# 5932742Swollman# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 59458787Sru# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 5952742Swollman# 5962742Swollman# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; 5972742Swollman# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. 5982742Swollman# Corrections are welcome! 5992742Swollman# std dst 6002742Swollman# LMT Local Mean Time 6012742Swollman# 8:00 WST WST Western Australia 602169811Swollman# 8:45 CWST CWST Central Western Australia* 6032742Swollman# 9:00 JST Japan 6042742Swollman# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia 6052742Swollman# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia 60675267Swollman# 10:00 ChST Chamorro 6072742Swollman# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe* 608121098Swollman# 11:30 NZMT NZST New Zealand through 1945 609121098Swollman# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 1946-present 61019878Swollman# 12:45 CHAST CHADT Chatham* 6112742Swollman# -11:00 SST Samoa 61214343Swollman# -10:00 HST Hawaii 61358787Sru# - 8:00 PST Pitcairn* 6142742Swollman# 61514343Swollman# See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii. 6169908Swollman# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is. 6172742Swollman 6182742Swollman############################################################################### 6192742Swollman 6202742Swollman# Australia 6212742Swollman 622153670Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2005-12-08): 623153670Swollman# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml"> 624153670Swollman# Implementation Dates of Daylight Saving Time within Australia 625153670Swollman# </a> summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia. 62658787Sru 627153670Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (2005-12-12): 628153670Swollman# <a href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/Corporate/ll_agdinfo.nsf/pages/community_relations_daylight_saving"> 629153670Swollman# Lawlink NSW:Daylight Saving in New South Wales 630153670Swollman# </a> covers New South Wales in particular. 631153670Swollman 63219878Swollman# From John Mackin (1991-03-06): 6332742Swollman# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time. 6342742Swollman# It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer' 6352742Swollman# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the 6362742Swollman# abbreviation does _not_ change... 6372742Swollman# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least 6382742Swollman# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the 6392742Swollman# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses 6402742Swollman# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight 6412742Swollman# time'. 6422742Swollman# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian 6432742Swollman# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time' 6442742Swollman# or `Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the 6452742Swollman# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers 6462742Swollman# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases 6472742Swollman# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times; 6482742Swollman# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC. 6492742Swollman 65086222Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 6512742Swollman# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is: 6522742Swollman# CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30 6532742Swollman# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00 6542742Swollman# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00 6552742Swollman 656163302Sru# From Chuck Soper (2006-06-01): 657163302Sru# I recently found this Australian government web page on time zones: 658163302Sru# <http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia-13time> 659163302Sru# And this government web page lists time zone names and abbreviations: 660163302Sru# <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/daysavtm.shtml> 661163302Sru 66286222Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2001-04-05), summarizing a long discussion about "EST" 66386222Swollman# versus "AEST" etc.: 66486222Swollman# 66586222Swollman# I see the following points of dispute: 66686222Swollman# 66786222Swollman# * How important are unique time zone abbreviations? 66886222Swollman# 66986222Swollman# Here I tend to agree with the point (most recently made by Chris 67086222Swollman# Newman) that unique abbreviations should not be essential for proper 67186222Swollman# operation of software. We have other instances of ambiguity 67286222Swollman# (e.g. "IST" denoting both "Israel Standard Time" and "Indian 67386222Swollman# Standard Time"), and they are not likely to go away any time soon. 67486222Swollman# In the old days, some software mistakenly relied on unique 67586222Swollman# abbreviations, but this is becoming less true with time, and I don't 67686222Swollman# think it's that important to cater to such software these days. 67786222Swollman# 67886222Swollman# On the other hand, there is another motivation for unambiguous 67986222Swollman# abbreviations: it cuts down on human confusion. This is 68086222Swollman# particularly true for Australia, where "EST" can mean one thing for 68186222Swollman# time T and a different thing for time T plus 1 second. 68286222Swollman# 68386222Swollman# * Does the relevant legislation indicate which abbreviations should be used? 68486222Swollman# 68586222Swollman# Here I tend to think that things are a mess, just as they are in 68686222Swollman# many other countries. We Americans are currently disagreeing about 68786222Swollman# which abbreviation to use for the newly legislated Chamorro Standard 68886222Swollman# Time, for example. 68986222Swollman# 69086222Swollman# Personally, I would prefer to use common practice; I would like to 69186222Swollman# refer to legislation only for examples of common practice, or as a 69286222Swollman# tiebreaker. 69386222Swollman# 69486222Swollman# * Do Australians more often use "Eastern Daylight Time" or "Eastern 69586222Swollman# Summer Time"? Do they typically prefix the time zone names with 69686222Swollman# the word "Australian"? 69786222Swollman# 69886222Swollman# My own impression is that both "Daylight Time" and "Summer Time" are 69986222Swollman# common and are widely understood, but that "Summer Time" is more 70086222Swollman# popular; and that the leading "A" is also common but is omitted more 70186222Swollman# often than not. I just used AltaVista advanced search and got the 70286222Swollman# following count of page hits: 70386222Swollman# 70486222Swollman# 1,103 "Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au 70586222Swollman# 971 "Australian Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au 70686222Swollman# 613 "Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au 70786222Swollman# 127 "Australian Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au 70886222Swollman# 70986222Swollman# Here "Summer" seems quite a bit more popular than "Daylight", 71086222Swollman# particularly when we know the time zone is Australian and not US, 71186222Swollman# say. The "Australian" prefix seems to be popular for Eastern Summer 71286222Swollman# Time, but unpopular for Eastern Daylight Time. 71386222Swollman# 71486222Swollman# For abbreviations, tools like AltaVista are less useful because of 71586222Swollman# ambiguity. Many hits are not really time zones, unfortunately, and 71686222Swollman# many hits denote US time zones and not Australian ones. But here 71786222Swollman# are the hit counts anyway: 71886222Swollman# 71986222Swollman# 161,304 "EST" and domain:au 72086222Swollman# 25,156 "EDT" and domain:au 72186222Swollman# 18,263 "AEST" and domain:au 72286222Swollman# 10,416 "AEDT" and domain:au 72386222Swollman# 72486222Swollman# 14,538 "CST" and domain:au 72586222Swollman# 5,728 "CDT" and domain:au 72686222Swollman# 176 "ACST" and domain:au 72786222Swollman# 29 "ACDT" and domain:au 72886222Swollman# 72986222Swollman# 7,539 "WST" and domain:au 73086222Swollman# 68 "AWST" and domain:au 73186222Swollman# 73286222Swollman# This data suggest that Australians tend to omit the "A" prefix in 73386222Swollman# practice. The situation for "ST" versus "DT" is less clear, given 73486222Swollman# the ambiguities involved. 73586222Swollman# 73686222Swollman# * How do Australians feel about the abbreviations in the tz database? 73786222Swollman# 73886222Swollman# If you just count Australians on this list, I count 2 in favor and 3 73986222Swollman# against. One of the "against" votes (David Keegel) counseled delay, 74086222Swollman# saying that both AEST/AEDT and EST/EST are widely used and 74186222Swollman# understood in Australia. 74286222Swollman 74314343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): 744158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ. 745149514Swollman# Mark Prior writes that his newspaper 7469908Swollman# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00, 7479908Swollman# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970 7489908Swollman# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time. 74914343Swollman# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960. 7502742Swollman 751149514Swollman# From Eric Ulevik (1998-01-05): 75275267Swollman# 75343014Swollman# Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable, 75443014Swollman# and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more 75543014Swollman# relevant entries in this database. 75675267Swollman# 75743014Swollman# NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill): 75843014Swollman# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html"> 75943014Swollman# Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04) 76043014Swollman# </a> 76143014Swollman# ACT 76258787Sru# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html"> 76343014Swollman# Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972 76443014Swollman# </a> 76543014Swollman# SA 76643014Swollman# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html"> 76743014Swollman# Standard Time Act, 1898 76843014Swollman# </a> 76943014Swollman 770149514Swollman# From David Grosz (2005-06-13): 771149514Swollman# It was announced last week that Daylight Saving would be extended by 772149514Swollman# one week next year to allow for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. 773149514Swollman# Daylight Saving is now to end for next year only on the first Sunday 774149514Swollman# in April instead of the last Sunday in March. 775149514Swollman# 776149514Swollman# From Gwillim Law (2005-06-14): 777149514Swollman# I did some Googling and found that all of those states (and territory) plan 778149514Swollman# to extend DST together in 2006. 779149514Swollman# ACT: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/mediareleases/fileread.cfm?file=86.txt 780149514Swollman# New South Wales: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15538869%255E1702,00.html 781149514Swollman# South Australia: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15555031-1246,00.html 782149514Swollman# Tasmania: http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=14772 783149514Swollman# Victoria: I wasn't able to find anything separate, but the other articles 784149514Swollman# allude to it. 785149514Swollman# But not Queensland 786149514Swollman# http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15564030-1248,00.html. 787149514Swollman 7889908Swollman# Northern Territory 7899908Swollman 79019878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 7912742Swollman# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ] 7922742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 7932742Swollman# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location. 7942742Swollman# ... 7959908Swollman# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST 7962742Swollman 79719878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): 7982742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 7992742Swollman# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving. 8002742Swollman 8019908Swollman# Western Australia 8022742Swollman 80319878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 8042742Swollman# # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ] 8052742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 8062742Swollman# # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to 8072742Swollman# # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but 8082742Swollman# # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus 8092742Swollman# # before reaching parliament. 8102742Swollman# ... 8112742Swollman# Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST 8122742Swollman# ... 8132742Swollman# Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 8142742Swollman# Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 8152742Swollman# Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 8162742Swollman# Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 8172742Swollman 81819878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): 8192742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 8202742Swollman# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving. 8212742Swollman 82219878Swollman# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (1991-11-02): 8232742Swollman# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney 8242742Swollman# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at 8252742Swollman# work at 9.00am.) 8262742Swollman# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse 8272742Swollman# everybody again. 8282742Swollman 82919878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 8302742Swollman# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; 8312742Swollman# it matches what was used in the past. 8322742Swollman 83358787Sru# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm"> 83458787Sru# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ 83558787Sru# </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses 83658787Sru# South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia. 83758787Sru 8389908Swollman# Queensland 83919878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 8402742Swollman# # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ] 8412742Swollman# # [ Dec 1990 ] 8422742Swollman# ... 8432742Swollman# Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST 8442742Swollman# ... 8452742Swollman# Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 8462742Swollman# Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 8472742Swollman# Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 8482742Swollman# Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 8492742Swollman 85019878Swollman# From Bradley White (1989-12-24): 8512742Swollman# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from 8522742Swollman# October 1989). 8532742Swollman 85419878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): 8552742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 8562742Swollman# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 8572742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 8582742Swollman 85919878Swollman# From John Mackin (1991-03-06): 8602742Swollman# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact 8612742Swollman# end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised 8622742Swollman# me.) 8632742Swollman 86419878Swollman# From Bradley White (1992-03-08): 8652742Swollman# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted 8662742Swollman# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ... 8672742Swollman# ... 8682742Swollman# Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 8692742Swollman# Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 8702742Swollman# ... 8712742Swollman 87219878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 8732742Swollman# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes. 8742742Swollman 875169811Swollman# From Christopher Hunt (2006-11-21), after an advance warning 876169811Swollman# from Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-11-01): 877169811Swollman# WA are trialing DST for three years. 878169811Swollman# <http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54825721200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf> 879169811Swollman 880105196Swollman# From Rives McDow (2002-04-09): 881114173Swollman# The most interesting region I have found consists of three towns on the 882169811Swollman# southern coast.... South Australia observes daylight saving time; Western 883114173Swollman# Australia does not. The two states are one and a half hours apart. The 884114173Swollman# residents decided to forget about this nonsense of changing the clock so 885114173Swollman# much and set the local time 20 hours and 45 minutes from the 886114173Swollman# international date line, or right in the middle of the time of South 887169811Swollman# Australia and Western Australia.... 888105196Swollman# 889105196Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2002-04-09): 890105196Swollman# This is confirmed by the section entitled 891105196Swollman# "What's the deal with time zones???" in 892169811Swollman# <http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~awatkins/null.html>. 893105196Swollman# 894169811Swollman# From Alex Livingston (2006-12-07): 895169811Swollman# ... it was just on four years ago that I drove along the Eyre Highway, 896169811Swollman# which passes through eastern Western Australia close to the southern 897169811Swollman# coast of the continent. 898105196Swollman# 899169811Swollman# I paid particular attention to the time kept there. There can be no 900169811Swollman# dispute that UTC+08:45 was considered "the time" from the border 901169811Swollman# village just inside the border with South Australia to as far west 902169811Swollman# as just east of Caiguna. There can also be no dispute that Eucla is 903169811Swollman# the largest population centre in this zone.... 904169811Swollman# 905169811Swollman# Now that Western Australia is observing daylight saving, the 906169811Swollman# question arose whether this part of the state would follow suit. I 907169811Swollman# just called the border village and confirmed that indeed they have, 908169811Swollman# meaning that they are now observing UTC+09:45. 909169811Swollman# 910169811Swollman# (2006-12-09): 911169811Swollman# I personally doubt that either experimentation with daylight saving 912169811Swollman# in WA or its introduction in SA had anything to do with the genesis 913169811Swollman# of this time zone. My hunch is that it's been around since well 914169811Swollman# before 1975. I remember seeing it noted on road maps decades ago. 915105196Swollman 916169811Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-12-15): 917169811Swollman# For lack of better info, assume the tradition dates back to the 918169811Swollman# introduction of standard time in 1895. 919169811Swollman 920169811Swollman 921171948Sedwin# southeast Australia 9222742Swollman# 923171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23): 924171948Sedwin# Starting autumn 2008 Victoria, NSW, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT 925171948Sedwin# end DST the first Sunday in April and start DST the first Sunday in October. 926171948Sedwin# http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/daylight-savings-to-span-six-months/2007/06/27/1182623966703.html 9272742Swollman 9282742Swollman 9299908Swollman# South Australia 9302742Swollman 93119878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): 9322742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 9332742Swollman# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 9342742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 9352742Swollman 93619878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 9372742Swollman# # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ] 9382742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 9392742Swollman# ... 9402742Swollman# Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST 9412742Swollman# ... 9422742Swollman# Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 9432742Swollman# Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 944158421Swollman# Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 C 9452742Swollman# Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 9462742Swollman 94719878Swollman# From Bradley White (1992-03-11): 9482742Swollman# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide 9492742Swollman# contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival, 9502742Swollman# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks." 9512742Swollman 95219878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1992-03-13): 9532742Swollman# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that) 9542742Swollman# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even 9552742Swollman# numbered year (from 1990). That's when the Adelaide Festival 9562742Swollman# is on... 9572742Swollman 95819878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1992-03-16, 00:57:07 +1000): 9592742Swollman# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday).... 9602742Swollman# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever... 9612742Swollman# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...). 9622742Swollman 96319878Swollman# From Bradley White (1994-04-11): 9642742Swollman# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March, 9652742Swollman# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can 9662742Swollman# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated.... 9672742Swollman 968149514Swollman# From John Warburton (1994-10-07): 9699908Swollman# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ... 9709908Swollman# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994.... 9719908Swollman# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March. 9722742Swollman 973171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23): 974171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later. 975171948Sedwin 9769908Swollman# Tasmania 9779908Swollman 97858787Sru# The rules for 1967 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd 97958787Sru# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 9802742Swollman# # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 9812742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 9822742Swollman 98319878Swollman# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10): 9842742Swollman# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have 9852742Swollman# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia 9862742Swollman# (but nothing new about that). 9872742Swollman 98858787Sru# From Alex Livingston (1999-10-04): 98958787Sru# I heard on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio news on the 99058787Sru# (long) weekend that Tasmania, which usually goes its own way in this regard, 99158787Sru# has decided to join with most of NSW, the ACT, and most of Victoria 99258787Sru# (Australia) and start daylight saving on the last Sunday in August in 2000 99358787Sru# instead of the first Sunday in October. 99458787Sru 99564499Swollman# Sim Alam (2000-07-03) reported a legal citation for the 2000/2001 rules: 99664499Swollman# http://www.thelaw.tas.gov.au/fragview/42++1968+GS3A@EN+2000070300 99764499Swollman 998171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23): 999171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later. 1000171948Sedwin 10019908Swollman# Victoria 10022742Swollman 100358787Sru# The rules for 1971 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd 100458787Sru# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 10052742Swollman# # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 10062742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 10072742Swollman 100886222Swollman# From Scott Harrington (2001-08-29): 100986222Swollman# On KQED's "City Arts and Lectures" program last night I heard an 101086222Swollman# interesting story about daylight savings time. Dr. John Heilbron was 101186222Swollman# discussing his book "The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar 101286222Swollman# Observatories"[1], and in particular the Shrine of Remembrance[2] located 101386222Swollman# in Melbourne, Australia. 101486222Swollman# 101586222Swollman# Apparently the shrine's main purpose is a beam of sunlight which 101686222Swollman# illuminates a special spot on the floor at the 11th hour of the 11th day 101786222Swollman# of the 11th month (Remembrance Day) every year in memory of Australia's 101886222Swollman# fallen WWI soldiers. And if you go there on Nov. 11, at 11am local time, 101986222Swollman# you will indeed see the sunbeam illuminate the special spot at the 102086222Swollman# expected time. 102186222Swollman# 102286222Swollman# However, that is only because of some special mirror contraption that had 102386222Swollman# to be employed, since due to daylight savings time, the true solar time of 102486222Swollman# the remembrance moment occurs one hour later (or earlier?). Perhaps 102586222Swollman# someone with more information on this jury-rig can tell us more. 102686222Swollman# 102786222Swollman# [1] http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HEISUN.html 102886222Swollman# [2] http://www.shrine.org.au 102986222Swollman 1030171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23): 1031171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later. 1032171948Sedwin 10339908Swollman# New South Wales 10342742Swollman 10352742Swollman# From Arthur David Olson: 10362742Swollman# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time. 1037149514Swollman# Based on law library research by John Mackin, 10382742Swollman# who notes: 10392742Swollman# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the 10402742Swollman# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time'' 10412742Swollman# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common 10422742Swollman# use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the 10432742Swollman# legislation. This is very important to understand. 10442742Swollman# I have researched New South Wales time only... 10452742Swollman 1046149514Swollman# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-26): 104758787Sru# DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual 104858787Sru# October in 2000. [See: Matthew Moore, 104958787Sru# <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html"> 105058787Sru# Two months more daylight saving 105158787Sru# </a> 105258787Sru# Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26).] 10532742Swollman 105458787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27): 105558787Sru# See the following official NSW source: 105658787Sru# <a href="http://dir.gis.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/genobject/document/other/daylightsaving/tigGmZ"> 105758787Sru# Daylight Saving in New South Wales. 105858787Sru# </a> 105958787Sru# 106058787Sru# Narrabri Shire (NSW) council has announced it will ignore the extension of 106158787Sru# daylight saving next year. See: 106258787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/neweng/monthly/regeng-22jul1999-1.htm"> 106358787Sru# Narrabri Council to ignore daylight saving 106458787Sru# </a> (1999-07-22). For now, we'll wait to see if this really happens. 106558787Sru# 106658787Sru# Victoria will following NSW. See: 106758787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/local/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990728112314_1.htm"> 106858787Sru# Vic to extend daylight saving 106958787Sru# </a> (1999-07-28). 107058787Sru# 107158787Sru# However, South Australia rejected the DST request. See: 107258787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990719151754_1.htm"> 107358787Sru# South Australia rejects Olympics daylight savings request 107458787Sru# </a> (1999-07-19). 107558787Sru# 107658787Sru# Queensland also will not observe DST for the Olympics. See: 107758787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/06/item19990601114608_1.htm"> 107858787Sru# Qld says no to daylight savings for Olympics 107958787Sru# </a> (1999-06-01), which quotes Queensland Premier Peter Beattie as saying 108058787Sru# ``Look you've got to remember in my family when this came up last time 108158787Sru# I voted for it, my wife voted against it and she said to me it's all very 108258787Sru# well for you, you don't have to worry about getting the children out of 108375267Swollman# bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night. 108458787Sru# I've been through all this argument domestically...my wife rules.'' 108558787Sru# 108658787Sru# Broken Hill will stick with South Australian time in 2000. See: 108758787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/brokenh/monthly/regbrok-21jul1999-6.htm"> 108858787Sru# Broken Hill to be behind the times 108958787Sru# </a> (1999-07-21). 10902742Swollman 109143543Swollman# IATA SSIM (1998-09) says that the spring 2000 change for Australian 109243543Swollman# Capital Territory, New South Wales except Lord Howe Island and Broken 109358787Sru# Hill, and Victoria will be August 27, presumably due to the Sydney Olympics. 109443543Swollman 109567578Swollman# From Eric Ulevik, referring to Sydney's Sun Herald (2000-08-13), page 29: 109675267Swollman# The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is encouraging northern NSW 109775267Swollman# towns to use Queensland time. 109867578Swollman 1099171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23): 1100171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later. 1101171948Sedwin 11029908Swollman# Yancowinna 11032742Swollman 110467578Swollman# From John Mackin (1989-01-04): 11052742Swollman# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. 11062742Swollman 110719878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 11082742Swollman# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ] 11092742Swollman# # [ Dec 1990 ] 11102742Swollman# ... 111143014Swollman# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite [its] location on the 11122742Swollman# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings 11132742Swollman# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government 11142742Swollman# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have 11152742Swollman# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not 11162742Swollman# # presently available. 11172742Swollman# Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST 11182742Swollman# ... 11192742Swollman# Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 11202742Swollman# Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C 11212742Swollman# [followed by other Rules] 11222742Swollman 11239908Swollman# Lord Howe Island 11242742Swollman 112519878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 1126153670Swollman# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen ] 11272742Swollman# [ Dec 1990 ] 11282742Swollman# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an 11292742Swollman# hour ahead of NSW time. 11302742Swollman 113158787Sru# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-01-27): 113258787Sru# Lord Howe Island summer time in 2000/2001 will commence on the same 113358787Sru# date as the rest of NSW (i.e. 2000-08-27). For your information the 113458787Sru# Lord Howe Island Board (controlling authority for the Island) is 113558787Sru# seeking the community's views on various options for summer time 113658787Sru# arrangements on the Island, e.g. advance clocks by 1 full hour 113786464Swollman# instead of only 30 minutes. Dependant on the wishes of residents 113858787Sru# the Board may approach the NSW government to change the existing 113958787Sru# arrangements. The starting date for summer time on the Island will 114058787Sru# however always coincide with the rest of NSW. 114114343Swollman 114275267Swollman# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-10-25): 114375267Swollman# Lord Howe Island advances clocks by 30 minutes during DST in NSW and retards 114475267Swollman# clocks by 30 minutes when DST finishes. Since DST was most recently 114575267Swollman# introduced in NSW, the "changeover" time on the Island has been 02:00 as 114675267Swollman# shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start 114775267Swollman# of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW. 114858787Sru 1149158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 1150158421Swollman# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks & Pottenger through 1989, and 1151158421Swollman# Lonergan thereafter. For times we use Lonergan. 115267578Swollman 1153171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23): 1154171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later. 1155171948Sedwin 1156192886Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-28): 1157192886Sedwin# According to the official press release, South Australia's extended daylight 1158192886Sedwin# saving period will continue with the same rules as used during the 2008-2009 1159192886Sedwin# summer (southern hemisphere). 1160192886Sedwin# 1161192886Sedwin# From 1162192886Sedwin# <a href="http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf"> 1163192886Sedwin# http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf 1164192886Sedwin# </a> 1165192886Sedwin# The extended daylight saving period that South Australia has been trialling 1166192886Sedwin# for over the last year is now set to be ongoing. 1167192886Sedwin# Daylight saving will continue to start on the first Sunday in October each 1168192886Sedwin# year and finish on the first Sunday in April the following year. 1169192886Sedwin# Industrial Relations Minister, Paul Caica, says this provides South Australia 1170192886Sedwin# with a consistent half hour time difference with NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and 1171192886Sedwin# the ACT for all 52 weeks of the year... 1172192886Sedwin# 1173192886Sedwin# We have a wrap-up here: 1174192886Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html"> 1175192886Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html 1176192886Sedwin# </a> 11772742Swollman############################################################################### 11782742Swollman 117958787Sru# New Zealand 11802742Swollman 118119878Swollman# From Mark Davies (1990-10-03): 11822742Swollman# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period. 11832742Swollman# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for 11842742Swollman# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start). 11852742Swollman# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office. 11862742Swollman 118719878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 11882742Swollman# # The Country of New Zealand (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that! 11892742Swollman# # or is Australia the west island of N.Z. 1190153670Swollman# # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Auckland N.Z. ] 11912742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 11922742Swollman# ... 11932742Swollman# Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 11942742Swollman# Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 11952742Swollman# Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 11962742Swollman# Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S 11972742Swollman# ... 11982742Swollman# Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand 11992742Swollman# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island 12002742Swollman 120119878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 12022742Swollman# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 12032742Swollman# rather than the October 1 value. 12042742Swollman 120514343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19); 1206158421Swollman# Shank & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ. 1207149514Swollman# Robert Uzgalis writes that the New Zealand Daylight 120814343Swollman# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard 120914343Swollman# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March. 121014343Swollman# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00. 121114343Swollman# 1212158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 1213121098Swollman# The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history, 1214121098Swollman# as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.htm for the full references. 1215158421Swollman# Use these sources in preference to Shanks & Pottenger. 1216121098Swollman# 1217121098Swollman# For Chatham, IATA SSIM (1991/1999) gives the NZ rules but with 1218121098Swollman# transitions at 2:45 local standard time; this confirms that Chatham 1219121098Swollman# is always exactly 45 minutes ahead of Auckland. 122014343Swollman 1221169811Swollman# From Colin Sharples (2007-04-30): 1222169811Swollman# DST will now start on the last Sunday in September, and end on the 1223169811Swollman# first Sunday in April. The changes take effect this year, meaning 1224169811Swollman# that DST will begin on 2007-09-30 2008-04-06. 1225169811Swollman# http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Daylight-Saving-Daylight-saving-to-be-extended 1226169811Swollman 12272742Swollman############################################################################### 12282742Swollman 122958787Sru 12302742Swollman# Fiji 12312742Swollman 123258787Sru# Howse writes (p 153) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji 123358787Sru# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on Antipodean Time 123458787Sru# instead of the American system (which was one day behind). 12352742Swollman 123643543Swollman# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08): 123743543Swollman# Fiji will introduce DST effective 0200 local time, 1998-11-01 123875267Swollman# until 0300 local time 1999-02-28. Each year the DST period will 123943543Swollman# be from the first Sunday in November until the last Sunday in February. 124043543Swollman 124158787Sru# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08): 124258787Sru# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says DST ends 0100 local time. Go with McDow. 124358787Sru 124443543Swollman# From the BBC World Service (1998-10-31 11:32 UTC): 124543543Swollman# The Fijiian government says the main reasons for the time change is to 124643543Swollman# improve productivity and reduce road accidents. But correspondents say it 124743543Swollman# also hopes the move will boost Fiji's ability to compete with other pacific 124843543Swollman# islands in the effort to attract tourists to witness the dawning of the new 124943543Swollman# millenium. 125043543Swollman 125175267Swollman# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/press/2000_09/2000_09_13-05.shtml (2000-09-13) 125275267Swollman# reports that Fiji has discontinued DST. 125358787Sru 125414343Swollman# Johnston 125514343Swollman 125614343Swollman# Johnston data is from usno1995. 125714343Swollman 125858787Sru 125917200Swollman# Kiribati 126017200Swollman 126117200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): 126217200Swollman# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that Kiribati 126317200Swollman# ``declared it the same day throught the country as of Jan. 1, 1995'' 126417200Swollman# as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century. 126517200Swollman 126658787Sru 12672742Swollman# Kwajalein 12682742Swollman 12692742Swollman# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes: 12702742Swollman# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday, 127119878Swollman# 1993-08-20. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with 12722742Swollman# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands, 12732742Swollman# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink. 12742742Swollman 127558787Sru 127614343Swollman# N Mariana Is, Guam 12772742Swollman 127858787Sru# Howse writes (p 153) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the 12792742Swollman# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones 12802742Swollman# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time. 128175267Swollman# For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines; 128275267Swollman# see Asia/Manila. 128314343Swollman 128475267Swollman# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UTC+10 the official standard time, 128575267Swollman# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time". There is no official abbreviation, 128675267Swollman# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law, 128775267Swollman# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST". 128858787Sru 128975267Swollman 129017200Swollman# Micronesia 129117200Swollman 1292149514Swollman# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16), 129317200Swollman# ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk" 129417200Swollman# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.'' 129517200Swollman# 1296158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger write that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11 1297158421Swollman# on 1978-10-01; ignore this for now. 129817200Swollman 129958787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): 130058787Sru# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in 130158787Sru# <a href="http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html"> 130258787Sru# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information 130358787Sru# </a> (1999-01-26) 130458787Sru# that Truk and Yap are UTC+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are UTC+11. 130558787Sru# We don't know when Kosrae switched from UTC+12; assume January 1 for now. 130658787Sru 130758787Sru 1308121098Swollman# Midway 1309121098Swollman 1310121098Swollman# From Charles T O'Connor, KMTH DJ (1956), 1311121098Swollman# quoted in the KTMH section of the Radio Heritage Collection 1312121098Swollman# <http://radiodx.com/spdxr/KMTH.htm> (2002-12-31): 1313121098Swollman# For the past two months we've been on what is known as Daylight 1314121098Swollman# Saving Time. This time has put us on air at 5am in the morning, 1315121098Swollman# your time down there in New Zealand. Starting September 2, 1956 1316121098Swollman# we'll again go back to Standard Time. This'll mean that we'll go to 1317121098Swollman# air at 6am your time. 1318121098Swollman# 1319121098Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23): 1320121098Swollman# We don't know the date of that quote, but we'll guess they 1321121098Swollman# started DST on June 3. Possibly DST was observed other years 1322121098Swollman# in Midway, but we have no record of it. 1323121098Swollman 1324121098Swollman 132558787Sru# Pitcairn 132658787Sru 132758787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08): 132858787Sru# A Proclamation was signed by the Governor of Pitcairn on the 27th March 1998 132958787Sru# with regard to Pitcairn Standard Time. The Proclamation is as follows. 133058787Sru# 133158787Sru# The local time for general purposes in the Islands shall be 133258787Sru# Co-ordinated Universal time minus 8 hours and shall be known 133358787Sru# as Pitcairn Standard Time. 133458787Sru# 133558787Sru# ... I have also seen Pitcairn listed as UTC minus 9 hours in several 133658787Sru# references, and can only assume that this was an error in interpretation 133758787Sru# somehow in light of this proclamation. 133858787Sru 133958787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-11-09): 134058787Sru# The Proclamation regarding Pitcairn time came into effect on 27 April 1998 134158787Sru# ... at midnight. 134258787Sru 134358787Sru# From Howie Phelps (1999-11-10), who talked to a Pitcairner via shortwave: 134458787Sru# Betty Christian told me yesterday that their local time is the same as 134558787Sru# Pacific Standard Time. They used to be 1/2 hour different from us here in 134658787Sru# Sacramento but it was changed a couple of years ago. 134758787Sru 134858787Sru 134914343Swollman# Samoa 135014343Swollman 135158787Sru# Howse writes (p 153, citing p 10 of the 1883-11-18 New York Herald) 135258787Sru# that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change 135314343Swollman# ``the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system, 135414343Swollman# ordaining -- by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery -- that 135514343Swollman# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year.'' 135617200Swollman 135758787Sru 135817200Swollman# Tonga 135917200Swollman 136017200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): 136117200Swollman# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that ``Tonga has been plotting 136217200Swollman# to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time.'' 136317200Swollman# Since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do. 136458787Sru 136558787Sru# Don Mundell writes in the 1997-02-20 Tonga Chronicle 136658787Sru# <a href="http://www.tongatapu.net.to/tonga/homeland/timebegins.htm"> 136758787Sru# How Tonga became `The Land where Time Begins' 136858787Sru# </a>: 136958787Sru 137058787Sru# Until 1941 Tonga maintained a standard time 50 minutes ahead of NZST 137158787Sru# 12 hours and 20 minutes ahead of GMT. When New Zealand adjusted its 137258787Sru# standard time in 1940s, Tonga had the choice of subtracting from its 137358787Sru# local time to come on the same standard time as New Zealand or of 137458787Sru# advancing its time to maintain the differential of 13 degrees 137558787Sru# (approximately 50 minutes ahead of New Zealand time). 137658787Sru# 137758787Sru# Because His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, then Crown Prince 137858787Sru# Tungi, preferred to ensure Tonga's title as the land where time 137958787Sru# begins, the Legislative Assembly approved the latter change. 138058787Sru# 138158787Sru# But some of the older, more conservative members from the outer 138258787Sru# islands objected. "If at midnight on Dec. 31, we move ahead 40 138358787Sru# minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of the 40 138458787Sru# minutes we have lost?" 138558787Sru# 138658787Sru# The Crown Prince, presented an unanswerable argument: "Remember that 138758787Sru# on the World Day of Prayer, you would be the first people on Earth 138858787Sru# to say your prayers in the morning." 138958787Sru 1390158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 1391158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger say the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell. 139258787Sru 139358787Sru# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03): 139458787Sru# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium 139558787Sru# Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front. 139658787Sru# He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from 139758787Sru# October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan 139858787Sru# Government. 139958787Sru 1400149514Swollman# From Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09): 140158787Sru# * Tonga will introduce DST in November 140275267Swollman# 1403149514Swollman# I was given this link by John Letts: 1404181421Sedwin# <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm"> 140558787Sru# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm 140658787Sru# </a> 140775267Swollman# 140858787Sru# I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November 140958787Sru# yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead 141058787Sru# of UTC as well, but as far as I know Fiji will only be 13 hours ahead 141158787Sru# (12 + 1 hour DST). 141258787Sru 1413149514Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20): 1414181421Sedwin# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html"> 141558787Sru# http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html 141658787Sru# </a>: 141775267Swollman# "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000 141875267Swollman# and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the 141975267Swollman# third Saturday of April. Under the system approved by Privy Council on 142075267Swollman# Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and 142158787Sru# set back an hour on the closing date." 142258787Sru# Alas, no indication of the time of day. 142358787Sru 142458787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-10-06): 142558787Sru# Tonga started its Daylight Saving on Saturday morning October 2nd at 0200am. 142658787Sru# Daylight Saving ends on April 16 at 0300am which is Sunday morning. 142758787Sru 142875267Swollman# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-31): 142975267Swollman# Back in March I found a notice on the website http://www.tongaonline.com 143075267Swollman# that Tonga changed back to standard time one month early, on March 19 143175267Swollman# instead of the original reported date April 16. Unfortunately, the article 143275267Swollman# is no longer available on the site, and I did not make a copy of the 143375267Swollman# text, and I have forgotten to report it here. 143475267Swollman# (Original URL was: http://www.tongaonline.com/news/march162000.htm ) 143558787Sru 143675267Swollman# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01): 143775267Swollman# Tonga is observing DST as of 2000-11-04 and will stop on 2001-01-27. 143875267Swollman 143993799Swollman# From Sione Moala-Mafi (2001-09-20) via Rives McDow: 144093799Swollman# At 2:00am on the first Sunday of November, the standard time in the Kingdom 144193799Swollman# shall be moved forward by one hour to 3:00am. At 2:00am on the last Sunday 144293799Swollman# of January the standard time in the Kingdom shall be moved backward by one 144393799Swollman# hour to 1:00am. 144486222Swollman 1445114173Swollman# From Pulu 'Anau (2002-11-05): 1446114173Swollman# The law was for 3 years, supposedly to get renewed. It wasn't. 144786222Swollman 1448121098Swollman 1449121098Swollman# Wake 1450121098Swollman 1451121098Swollman# From Vernice Anderson, Personal Secretary to Philip Jessup, 1452121098Swollman# US Ambassador At Large (oral history interview, 1971-02-02): 1453121098Swollman# 1454121098Swollman# Saturday, the 14th [of October, 1950] -- ... The time was all the 1455121098Swollman# more confusing at that point, because we had crossed the 1456121098Swollman# International Date Line, thus getting two Sundays. Furthermore, we 1457121098Swollman# discovered that Wake Island had two hours of daylight saving time 1458121098Swollman# making calculation of time in Washington difficult if not almost 1459121098Swollman# impossible. 1460121098Swollman# 1461121098Swollman# http://www.trumanlibrary.org/wake/meeting.htm 1462121098Swollman 1463121098Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23): 1464121098Swollman# We have no other report of DST in Wake Island, so omit this info for now. 1465121098Swollman 146658787Sru############################################################################### 146758787Sru 146858787Sru# The International Date Line 146958787Sru 147058787Sru# From Gwillim Law (2000-01-03): 147175267Swollman# 147258787Sru# The International Date Line is not defined by any international standard, 147358787Sru# convention, or treaty. Mapmakers are free to draw it as they please. 147458787Sru# Reputable mapmakers will simply ensure that every point of land appears on 147558787Sru# the correct side of the IDL, according to the date legally observed there. 147658787Sru# 147758787Sru# When Kiribati adopted a uniform date in 1995, thereby moving the Phoenix and 147858787Sru# Line Islands to the west side of the IDL (or, if you prefer, moving the IDL 147958787Sru# to the east side of the Phoenix and Line Islands), I suppose that most 148058787Sru# mapmakers redrew the IDL following the boundary of Kiribati. Even that line 148158787Sru# has a rather arbitrary nature. The straight-line boundaries between Pacific 148258787Sru# island nations that are shown on many maps are based on an international 1483153670Swollman# convention, but are not legally binding national borders.... The date is 148458787Sru# governed by the IDL; therefore, even on the high seas, there may be some 148558787Sru# places as late as fourteen hours later than UTC. And, since the IDL is not 148658787Sru# an international standard, there are some places on the high seas where the 148758787Sru# correct date is ambiguous. 1488149514Swollman 1489153670Swollman# From Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone> (2005-08-31): 1490153670Swollman# Before 1920, all ships kept local apparent time on the high seas by setting 1491153670Swollman# their clocks at night or at the morning sight so that, given the ship's 1492153670Swollman# speed and direction, it would be 12 o'clock when the Sun crossed the ship's 1493153670Swollman# meridian (12 o'clock = local apparent noon). During 1917, at the 1494153670Swollman# Anglo-French Conference on Time-keeping at Sea, it was recommended that all 1495153670Swollman# ships, both military and civilian, should adopt hourly standard time zones 1496153670Swollman# on the high seas. Whenever a ship was within the territorial waters of any 1497153670Swollman# nation it would use that nation's standard time. The captain was permitted 1498153670Swollman# to change his ship's clocks at a time of his choice following his ship's 1499153670Swollman# entry into another zone time--he often chose midnight. These zones were 1500153670Swollman# adopted by all major fleets between 1920 and 1925 but not by many 1501153670Swollman# independent merchant ships until World War II. 1502153670Swollman 1503149514Swollman# From Paul Eggert, using references suggested by Oscar van Vlijmen 1504149514Swollman# (2005-03-20): 1505149514Swollman# 1506149514Swollman# The American Practical Navigator (2002) 1507149514Swollman# <http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/pubs/pubs_j_apn_sections.html?rid=187> 1508149514Swollman# talks only about the 180-degree meridian with respect to ships in 1509149514Swollman# international waters; it ignores the international date line. 1510