australasia revision 19878
119878Swollman# @(#)australasia 7.29 22742Swollman# This file also includes Pacific islands. 32742Swollman 42742Swollman# Notes are at the end of this file 52742Swollman 62742Swollman############################################################################### 72742Swollman 82742Swollman# Australia 92742Swollman 102742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 112742Swollman# Shanks gives 1917 Jan 1 0:01; go with Whitman (and guess 2:00). 122742SwollmanRule Aus 1916 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 - 132742SwollmanRule Aus 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 - 142742SwollmanRule Aus 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 - 152742SwollmanRule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 - 162742SwollmanRule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 - 172742SwollmanRule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 182742SwollmanRule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 - 192742Swollman# Whitman says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944, and that 202742Swollman# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944; go with Shanks. 212742Swollman 222742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 239908Swollman# Northern Territory 242742SwollmanZone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 252742Swollman 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 262742Swollman 9:30 Aus CST 279908Swollman# Western Australia 282742SwollmanZone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 292742Swollman 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 3014343Swollman 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s 3114343Swollman 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 3214343Swollman 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00s 3314343Swollman 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 3414343Swollman 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s 3514343Swollman 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 362742Swollman 8:00 - WST 379908Swollman# Queensland 382742SwollmanZone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895 392742Swollman 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 4014343Swollman 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s 4114343Swollman 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 2:00s 4214343Swollman 10:00 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00s 4314343Swollman 10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 4414343Swollman 10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00s 4514343Swollman 10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 4614343Swollman 10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00s 4714343Swollman 10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 482742Swollman 10:00 - EST 492742Swollman 509908Swollman# South Australia 512742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 5214343SwollmanRule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 5314343SwollmanRule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - 5414343SwollmanRule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 5514343SwollmanRule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - 5614343SwollmanRule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 5714343SwollmanRule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 5814343SwollmanRule AS 1990 1994 even Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - 5914343SwollmanRule AS 1990 1994 odd Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 6014343SwollmanRule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 612742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 622742SwollmanZone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 632742Swollman 9:00 - CST 1899 May 642742Swollman 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 6514343Swollman 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s 662742Swollman 9:30 AS CST 672742Swollman 689908Swollman# Tasmania 692742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 7014343SwollmanRule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00s 1:00 - 7114343SwollmanRule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 2:00s 0 - 7214343SwollmanRule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 7314343SwollmanRule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 - 7414343SwollmanRule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - 7514343SwollmanRule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 7614343SwollmanRule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 7714343SwollmanRule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 7814343SwollmanRule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - 7914343SwollmanRule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 8014343SwollmanRule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 8114343SwollmanRule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - 8214343SwollmanRule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 832742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 842742SwollmanZone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep 852742Swollman 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 8614343Swollman 10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00s 872742Swollman 10:00 AT EST 882742Swollman 899908Swollman# Victoria 902742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 9114343SwollmanRule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 9214343SwollmanRule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - 9314343SwollmanRule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 9414343SwollmanRule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 9514343SwollmanRule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - 9614343SwollmanRule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 9714343SwollmanRule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 9814343SwollmanRule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 992742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1002742SwollmanZone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 1012742Swollman 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 10214343Swollman 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s 1032742Swollman 10:00 AV EST 1042742Swollman 1059908Swollman# New South Wales 1062742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 10714343SwollmanRule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 10814343SwollmanRule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - 10914343SwollmanRule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 11014343SwollmanRule AN 1982 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 11114343SwollmanRule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 11214343SwollmanRule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 11314343SwollmanRule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - 11414343SwollmanRule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 11514343SwollmanRule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 11614343SwollmanRule AN 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 1172742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1182742SwollmanZone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 1192742Swollman 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 12014343Swollman 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s 1212742Swollman 10:00 AN EST 1222742SwollmanZone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb 1232742Swollman 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23 1242742Swollman 9:00 - CST 1899 May 1252742Swollman 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 12614343Swollman 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s 1272742Swollman 9:30 AN CST 1288029Swollman 12914343Swollman# Lord Howe Island 13014343Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 13114343SwollmanRule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 13214343SwollmanRule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 13314343SwollmanRule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - 13414343SwollmanRule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 13514343SwollmanRule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 0:30 - 13614343SwollmanRule LH 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - 13714343SwollmanRule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 13814343SwollmanRule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 1392742SwollmanZone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 1402742Swollman 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar 14114343Swollman 10:30 LH LHST 1428029Swollman 14314343Swollman# Australian miscellany 14414343Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1452742SwollmanZone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 14619878Swollman 7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time 1472742Swollman# 1482742Swollman# Ashmore Is, Cartier 14914343Swollman# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers 1502742Swollman# no information; probably like Australia/Perth 1512742Swollman# 15214343Swollman# Coral Sea Is 15314343Swollman# no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists 15414343Swollman# no information 15514343Swollman# 1562742Swollman# Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga 1572742Swollman# no information 1582742Swollman 1592742Swollman 1602742Swollman# Cook Is 1612742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 16219878SwollmanRule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HS 16319878SwollmanRule Cook 1979 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 16419878SwollmanRule Cook 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS 1652742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1662742SwollmanZone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua 16719878Swollman -10:30 - CKT 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is Time 16819878Swollman -10:00 Cook CK%sT 1692742Swollman 1702742Swollman# Cocos 1712742Swollman# From USNO (1989): 1722742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 17319878SwollmanZone Indian/Cocos 6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time 1742742Swollman 1752742Swollman# Fiji 1762742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1772742SwollmanZone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva 17819878Swollman 12:00 - FJT # Fiji Time 1792742Swollman 1802742Swollman# French Polynesia 1812742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1822742SwollmanZone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea 18319878Swollman -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time 1842742SwollmanZone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct 18519878Swollman -9:30 - MART # Marquesas Time 1862742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete 18719878Swollman -10:00 - TAHT # Tahiti Time 1882742Swollman 1892742Swollman# Guam 1902742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1912742SwollmanZone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana 1922742Swollman 10:00 - GST 1932742Swollman 1942742Swollman# Howland, Baker 19514343Swollman# uninhabited since World War II 19614343Swollman# no information; was probably like Pacific/Pago_Pago 1972742Swollman 1982742Swollman# Jarvis 19914343Swollman# uninhabited since 1958 20014343Swollman# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati 2012742Swollman 2022742Swollman# Johnston 20314343Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 20414343SwollmanZone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST 2052742Swollman 20614343Swollman# Kingman 20714343Swollman# uninhabited 20814343Swollman 2092742Swollman# Kiribati 2102742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2112742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki 21219878Swollman 12:00 - GILT # Gilbert Is Time 2132742SwollmanZone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901 21419878Swollman -12:00 - PHOT 1979 Oct # Phoenix Is Time 21519878Swollman -11:00 - PHOT 1995 21619878Swollman 13:00 - PHOT 2172742SwollmanZone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901 21819878Swollman -10:40 - LINT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time 21919878Swollman -10:00 - LINT 1995 22019878Swollman 14:00 - LINT 2212742Swollman 22214343Swollman# N Mariana Is 22314343Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 22414343SwollmanZone Pacific/Saipan 9:43:00 - LMT 1901 22519878Swollman 9:00 - MPT 1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time 22619878Swollman 10:00 - MPT 22714343Swollman 22814343Swollman# Marshall Is 22914343Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 23014343SwollmanZone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901 23119878Swollman 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time 23219878Swollman 12:00 - MHT 23314343SwollmanZone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 23419878Swollman 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct 23519878Swollman -12:00 - KWAT 1993 Aug 20 # Kwajalein Time 23619878Swollman 12:00 - MHT 23714343Swollman 23814343Swollman# Micronesia 23914343Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 24014343SwollmanZone Pacific/Yap 9:12:32 - LMT 1901 # Colonia 24119878Swollman 9:00 - YAPT 1969 Oct # Yap Time 24219878Swollman 10:00 - YAPT 24314343SwollmanZone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 24419878Swollman 10:00 - TRUT # Truk Time 24514343SwollmanZone Pacific/Ponape 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia 24619878Swollman 11:00 - PONT # Ponape Time 24714343SwollmanZone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901 24819878Swollman 11:00 - PONT 1969 Oct 24919878Swollman 12:00 - KOST # Kosrae Time 25014343Swollman 2512742Swollman# Nauru 2522742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2532742SwollmanZone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe 25419878Swollman 11:30 - NRT 1942 Mar 15 # Nauru Time 2552742Swollman 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15 25619878Swollman 11:30 - NRT 1979 May 25719878Swollman 12:00 - NRT 2582742Swollman 2592742Swollman# New Caledonia 2602742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 26119878SwollmanRule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 26219878SwollmanRule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 - 2632742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2642742SwollmanZone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 2652742Swollman 11:00 NC NC%sT 2662742Swollman 2672742Swollman 2682742Swollman############################################################################### 2692742Swollman 2702742Swollman# New Zealand 2712742Swollman 2722742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 2732742Swollman# Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17, 2742742Swollman# 1929 Oct 13 - 1930 Mar 16; go with Whitman. 27514343SwollmanRule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 0:30 HD 2762742SwollmanRule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S 27714343SwollmanRule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 0:30 HD 27814343SwollmanRule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 0:30 HD 2792742SwollmanRule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S 28014343SwollmanRule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0:30 HD 28114343Swollman# Whitman says DST went on and off during war years, and the base GMT offset 28214343Swollman# didn't change until 1945 Apr 30; go with Shanks. 28314343SwollmanRule NZ 1934 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S 28414343SwollmanRule NZ 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0:30 HD 2859908SwollmanRule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D 2869908SwollmanRule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 2879908SwollmanRule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D 2889908SwollmanRule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 2899908SwollmanRule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S 2909908SwollmanRule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 2919908SwollmanRule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S 2922742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2932742SwollmanZone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 29414343Swollman 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1940 Sep 29 2:00 2952742Swollman 12:00 NZ NZ%sT 29619878SwollmanZone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 NZ CHA%sT 2972742Swollman 2988029Swollman 2992742Swollman# Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is 30019878Swollman# uninhabited except by research personnel; probably like Pacific/Auckland 3012742Swollman 3022742Swollman############################################################################### 3032742Swollman 3042742Swollman 3052742Swollman# Niue 3062742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3072742SwollmanZone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi 30819878Swollman -11:20 - NUT 1951 # Niue Time 30919878Swollman -11:30 - NUT 1978 Oct 1 31019878Swollman -11:00 - NUT 3112742Swollman 3122742Swollman# Norfolk 3132742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3142742SwollmanZone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston 31519878Swollman 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time 31619878Swollman 11:30 - NFT # Norfolk Time 3172742Swollman 3189908Swollman# Palau 3199908Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3209908SwollmanZone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror 32119878Swollman 9:00 - PWT # Palau Time 3229908Swollman 3232742Swollman# Palmyra 32414343Swollman# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritmati 3252742Swollman 3262742Swollman# Papua New Guinea 3272742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3282742SwollmanZone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 32919878Swollman 9:48:40 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time 33019878Swollman 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time 3312742Swollman 3322742Swollman# Pitcairn 3332742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3342742SwollmanZone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown 33519878Swollman -8:30 - PNT # Pitcairn Time 3362742Swollman 33714343Swollman# American Samoa 33814343SwollmanZone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 33914343Swollman -11:22:48 - LMT 1911 34019878Swollman -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time 34114343Swollman -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome 34214343Swollman -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering 34314343Swollman -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa 34414343Swollman 34514343Swollman# W Samoa 34614343SwollmanZone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 34714343Swollman -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 34819878Swollman -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time 34919878Swollman -11:00 - WST # W Samoa Time 35014343Swollman 3512742Swollman# Solomon Is 3522742Swollman# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea 3532742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3542742SwollmanZone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara 35519878Swollman 11:00 - SBT # Solomon Is Time 3562742Swollman 3572742Swollman# Tokelau Is 3582742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3592742SwollmanZone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901 36019878Swollman -10:00 - TKT # Tokelau Time 3612742Swollman 3622742Swollman# Tonga 3632742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3642742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 36519878Swollman 12:20 - TOT 1968 Oct # Tonga Time 36619878Swollman 13:00 - TOT 3672742Swollman 3682742Swollman# Tuvalu 3692742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3702742SwollmanZone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 37119878Swollman 12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time 3722742Swollman 3732742Swollman# Vanuatu 3742742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 37519878SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 S 37619878SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1984 1991 - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 - 37719878SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 S 37819878SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1985 1990 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S 37919878SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1991 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 S 38019878SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1992 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 0 - 3812742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3822742SwollmanZone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila 38319878Swollman 11:00 Vanuatu VU%sT # Vanuatu Time 3842742Swollman 3852742Swollman# Wake 3862742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3872742SwollmanZone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901 38819878Swollman 12:00 - WAKT # Wake Time 3892742Swollman 3902742Swollman# Wallis and Futuna 3912742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3922742SwollmanZone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 39319878Swollman 12:00 - WFT # Wallis & Futuna Time 3942742Swollman 3952742Swollman############################################################################### 3962742Swollman 3972742Swollman# NOTES 3982742Swollman 3992742Swollman# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 4002742Swollman# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 4012742Swollman# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 4022742Swollman 40314343Swollman# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-01-22); 4042742Swollman# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 4052742Swollman# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition), 4062742Swollman# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). 4072742Swollman# Except where noted, it is the source for the data above. 4082742Swollman# 4092742Swollman# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 4102742Swollman# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 4112742Swollman# I found in the UCLA library. 4122742Swollman# 4132742Swollman# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 4142742Swollman# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, 4152742Swollman# Oxford University Press (1980). 4162742Swollman# 4172742Swollman# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; 4182742Swollman# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. 4192742Swollman# Corrections are welcome! 4202742Swollman# std dst 4212742Swollman# LMT Local Mean Time 4222742Swollman# 8:00 WST WST Western Australia 4232742Swollman# 9:00 JST Japan 4242742Swollman# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia 4252742Swollman# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia 42619878Swollman# 10:00 GST Guam 4272742Swollman# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe* 4282742Swollman# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 42919878Swollman# 12:45 CHAST CHADT Chatham* 4302742Swollman# -11:00 SST Samoa 43114343Swollman# -10:00 HST Hawaii 4322742Swollman# 43314343Swollman# See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii. 4349908Swollman# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is. 4359908Swollman# 43619878Swollman# See the `africa' file for time zone naming and abbreviation conventions. 4372742Swollman 4382742Swollman############################################################################### 4392742Swollman 4402742Swollman# Australia 4412742Swollman 44219878Swollman# From John Mackin (1991-03-06): 4432742Swollman# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time. 4442742Swollman# It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer' 4452742Swollman# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the 4462742Swollman# abbreviation does _not_ change... 4472742Swollman# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least 4482742Swollman# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the 4492742Swollman# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses 4502742Swollman# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight 4512742Swollman# time'. 4522742Swollman# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian 4532742Swollman# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time' 4542742Swollman# or `Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the 4552742Swollman# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers 4562742Swollman# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases 4572742Swollman# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times; 4582742Swollman# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC. 4592742Swollman 4602742Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992): 4612742Swollman# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is: 4622742Swollman# CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30 4632742Swollman# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00 4642742Swollman# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00 4652742Swollman 46614343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): 4679908Swollman# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. 4689908Swollman# Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au> writes that his newspaper 4699908Swollman# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00, 4709908Swollman# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970 4719908Swollman# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time. 47214343Swollman# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960. 4732742Swollman 4749908Swollman# Northern Territory 4759908Swollman 47619878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 4772742Swollman# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ] 4782742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 4792742Swollman# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location. 4802742Swollman# ... 4819908Swollman# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST 4822742Swollman 48319878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): 4842742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 4852742Swollman# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving. 4862742Swollman 4879908Swollman# Western Australia 4882742Swollman 48919878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 4902742Swollman# # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ] 4912742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 4922742Swollman# # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to 4932742Swollman# # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but 4942742Swollman# # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus 4952742Swollman# # before reaching parliament. 4962742Swollman# ... 4972742Swollman# Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST 4982742Swollman# ... 4992742Swollman# Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 5002742Swollman# Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 5012742Swollman# Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 5022742Swollman# Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 5032742Swollman 50419878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): 5052742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 5062742Swollman# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving. 5072742Swollman 50819878Swollman# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (1991-11-02): 5092742Swollman# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney 5102742Swollman# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at 5112742Swollman# work at 9.00am.) 5122742Swollman# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse 5132742Swollman# everybody again. 5142742Swollman 51519878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 5162742Swollman# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; 5172742Swollman# it matches what was used in the past. 5182742Swollman 5199908Swollman# Queensland 52019878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 5212742Swollman# # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ] 5222742Swollman# # [ Dec 1990 ] 5232742Swollman# ... 5242742Swollman# Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST 5252742Swollman# ... 5262742Swollman# Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 5272742Swollman# Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 5282742Swollman# Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 5292742Swollman# Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 5302742Swollman 53119878Swollman# From Bradley White (1989-12-24): 5322742Swollman# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from 5332742Swollman# October 1989). 5342742Swollman 53519878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): 5362742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 5372742Swollman# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 5382742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 5392742Swollman 54019878Swollman# From John Mackin (1991-03-06): 5412742Swollman# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact 5422742Swollman# end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised 5432742Swollman# me.) 5442742Swollman 54519878Swollman# From Bradley White (1992-03-08): 5462742Swollman# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted 5472742Swollman# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ... 5482742Swollman# ... 5492742Swollman# Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 5502742Swollman# Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 5512742Swollman# ... 5522742Swollman 55319878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 5542742Swollman# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes. 5552742Swollman 5569908Swollman# South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria 5572742Swollman 55819878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 5592742Swollman# The rules from version 7.1 follow. 5602742Swollman# There are lots of differences between these rules and 5612742Swollman# the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules 5622742Swollman# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on 5632742Swollman# current DST ending dates, no worries. 5642742Swollman# 5652742Swollman# Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 5662742Swollman# Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - 5672742Swollman# Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 5682742Swollman# Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 5692742Swollman# Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 5702742Swollman# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST 5712742Swollman# Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST 5722742Swollman# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00 5732742Swollman# 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00 5742742Swollman# 10:00 Oz EST 5752742Swollman 57619878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 5772742Swollman# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct... 5782742Swollman# that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the 5792742Swollman# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states 5802742Swollman# that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic). 5812742Swollman# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think 5822742Swollman# that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain. 5832742Swollman 5849908Swollman# South Australia 5852742Swollman 58619878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): 5872742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 5882742Swollman# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 5892742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 5902742Swollman 59119878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 5922742Swollman# # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ] 5932742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 5942742Swollman# ... 5952742Swollman# Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST 5962742Swollman# ... 5972742Swollman# Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 5982742Swollman# Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 5992742Swollman# Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 C 6002742Swollman# Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 6012742Swollman 60219878Swollman# From Bradley White (1992-03-11): 6032742Swollman# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide 6042742Swollman# contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival, 6052742Swollman# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks." 6062742Swollman 60719878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1992-03-13): 6082742Swollman# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that) 6092742Swollman# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even 6102742Swollman# numbered year (from 1990). That's when the Adelaide Festival 6112742Swollman# is on... 6122742Swollman 61319878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1992-03-16, 00:57:07 +1000): 6142742Swollman# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday).... 6152742Swollman# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever... 6162742Swollman# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...). 6172742Swollman 61819878Swollman# From Bradley White (1994-04-11): 6192742Swollman# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March, 6202742Swollman# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can 6212742Swollman# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated.... 6222742Swollman 6239908Swollman# From John Warburton <jwarb@SACBH.com.au> (1994-10-07): 6249908Swollman# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ... 6259908Swollman# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994.... 6269908Swollman# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March. 6272742Swollman 6289908Swollman# Tasmania 6299908Swollman 63019878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): 6312742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 6322742Swollman# ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31... 6332742Swollman 63419878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 6352742Swollman# # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 6362742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 6372742Swollman# ... 6382742Swollman# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 AT %sST 6392742Swollman# ... 6402742Swollman# Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 6412742Swollman# Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 6422742Swollman# Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 6432742Swollman# Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 E 6442742Swollman# Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 6452742Swollman# Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 6462742Swollman# Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 6472742Swollman# Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 6482742Swollman# Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D 6492742Swollman# Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E 6502742Swollman# Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D 6512742Swollman# Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 6522742Swollman# Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 6532742Swollman# Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 6542742Swollman 65519878Swollman# From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (1991-10-10): 6562742Swollman# My state Government in there eagerness to get a few more bucks for the 6572742Swollman# tourist industry industry decided to change the daylight savings times 6582742Swollman# yet again (we now have almost 6 months per year)... 6592742Swollman# ... 6602742Swollman# Rule Oz 1986 1990 - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - 6612742Swollman# Rule Oz 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - 6622742Swollman# ... 6632742Swollman# Rule Oz 1987 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 6642742Swollman# Rule Oz 1991 max - Mar Sun<=31 3:00 0 - 6652742Swollman 66619878Swollman# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10): 6672742Swollman# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have 6682742Swollman# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia 6692742Swollman# (but nothing new about that). 6702742Swollman 6719908Swollman# Victoria 6722742Swollman 67319878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): 6742742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 6752742Swollman# ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 6762742Swollman 67719878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 6782742Swollman# # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 6792742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 6802742Swollman# ... 6812742Swollman# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV %sST 6822742Swollman# ... 6832742Swollman# Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 6842742Swollman# Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 6852742Swollman# Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 6862742Swollman# Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E 6872742Swollman# Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D 6882742Swollman# Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 6892742Swollman# Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 6902742Swollman 6919908Swollman# New South Wales 6922742Swollman 6932742Swollman# From Arthur David Olson: 6942742Swollman# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time. 6952742Swollman# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz), 6962742Swollman# who notes: 6972742Swollman# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the 6982742Swollman# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time'' 6992742Swollman# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common 7002742Swollman# use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the 7012742Swollman# legislation. This is very important to understand. 7022742Swollman# I have researched New South Wales time only... 7032742Swollman 70419878Swollman# From Dave Davey (1990-03-03): 7052742Swollman# Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 7062742Swollman# Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 7072742Swollman 70819878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): 7092742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 7102742Swollman# NSW...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 7112742Swollman 71219878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 7132742Swollman# # The state of NEW SOUTH WALES.. [confirmed by Attorney General's Dept N.S.W] 7142742Swollman# # [ Dec 1990 ] 7152742Swollman# ... 7162742Swollman# Rule AN 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 E 7172742Swollman# ... 7182742Swollman 71919878Swollman# From John Mackin (1991-03-09) 7202742Swollman# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the 7212742Swollman# file Robert forwarded 7222742Swollman 72319878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 7242742Swollman# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988; 7252742Swollman# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules. 7262742Swollman 72714343Swollman# From Bradley White (1995-05-20): 72814343Swollman# Prem Bob Carr announced NSW will fall into line with other E states 72914343Swollman# and SA and continue daylight savings to the last Sun in Mar. 73014343Swollman 7319908Swollman# Yancowinna 7322742Swollman 73319878Swollman# From John Basser (1989-01-04): 7342742Swollman# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. 7352742Swollman 73619878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 7372742Swollman# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ] 7382742Swollman# # [ Dec 1990 ] 7392742Swollman# ... 7402742Swollman# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite it's location on the 7412742Swollman# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings 7422742Swollman# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government 7432742Swollman# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have 7442742Swollman# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not 7452742Swollman# # presently available. 7462742Swollman# Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST 7472742Swollman# ... 7482742Swollman# Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 7492742Swollman# Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C 7502742Swollman# [followed by other Rules] 7512742Swollman 7529908Swollman# Lord Howe Island 7532742Swollman 75419878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 7552742Swollman# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ] 7562742Swollman# [ Dec 1990 ] 7572742Swollman# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an 7582742Swollman# hour ahead of NSW time. 7592742Swollman 76014343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): 76114343Swollman# For Lord Howe we use Shanks through its time of publication (1991). 76214343Swollman# Lord Howe is part of NSW, so we'll guess it has used the same transition 76314343Swollman# times as NSW since 1991, even though Shanks writes that Lord Howe went 76414343Swollman# with Victoria when NSW and Victoria disagreed in 1982. 76514343Swollman 7662742Swollman############################################################################### 7672742Swollman 7682742Swollman# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 7692742Swollman# Elz says "no guarantees" 7702742Swollman 77119878Swollman# From Mark Davies (1990-10-03): 7722742Swollman# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period. 7732742Swollman# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for 7742742Swollman# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start). 7752742Swollman# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office. 7762742Swollman 77719878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 7782742Swollman# # The Country of New Zealand (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that! 7792742Swollman# # or is Australia the west island of N.Z. 7802742Swollman# # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ] 7812742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 7822742Swollman# ... 7832742Swollman# Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 7842742Swollman# Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 7852742Swollman# Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 7862742Swollman# Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S 7872742Swollman# ... 7882742Swollman# Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand 7892742Swollman# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island 7902742Swollman 79119878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 7922742Swollman# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 7932742Swollman# rather than the October 1 value. 7942742Swollman 79514343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19); 79614343Swollman# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. 79714343Swollman# Robert Uzgalis <buz@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> writes that the New Zealand Daylight 79814343Swollman# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard 79914343Swollman# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March. 80014343Swollman# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00. 80114343Swollman# 80214343Swollman# Shanks gives no data for Chatham, but usno1995 says it's +12:45/+13:45. 80314343Swollman# Guess NZ switchover rules for now. 80414343Swollman 8052742Swollman############################################################################### 8062742Swollman 8072742Swollman# Fiji 8082742Swollman 8092742Swollman# Howse writes (p 162) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji 8102742Swollman# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on +12:00. 8112742Swollman# Perhaps it didn't take. We go with Shanks's more precise date in 1915. 8122742Swollman 81314343Swollman# Johnston 81414343Swollman 81514343Swollman# Johnston data is from usno1995. 81614343Swollman 81717200Swollman# Kiribati 81817200Swollman 81917200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): 82017200Swollman# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that Kiribati 82117200Swollman# ``declared it the same day throught the country as of Jan. 1, 1995'' 82217200Swollman# as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century. 82317200Swollman 8242742Swollman# Kwajalein 8252742Swollman 8262742Swollman# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes: 8272742Swollman# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday, 82819878Swollman# 1993-08-20. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with 8292742Swollman# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands, 8302742Swollman# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink. 8312742Swollman 83214343Swollman# N Mariana Is, Guam 8332742Swollman 8342742Swollman# Howse writes (p 162) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the 8352742Swollman# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones 8362742Swollman# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time. 8372742Swollman# Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila. 83814343Swollman 83917200Swollman# Micronesia 84017200Swollman 84117200Swollman# Alan Eugene Davis <adavis@kuentos.guam.net> writes (1996-03-16), 84217200Swollman# ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk" 84317200Swollman# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.'' 84417200Swollman# 84517200Swollman# Shanks writes that Truk switched from GMT+10 to GMT+11 on 1978-10-01; 84617200Swollman# ignore this for now. 84717200Swollman 84814343Swollman# Samoa 84914343Swollman 85014343Swollman# Howse writes that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change 85114343Swollman# ``the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system, 85214343Swollman# ordaining -- by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery -- that 85314343Swollman# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year.'' 85417200Swollman 85517200Swollman# Tonga 85617200Swollman 85717200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): 85817200Swollman# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that ``Tonga has been plotting 85917200Swollman# to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time.'' 86017200Swollman# Since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do. 861