australasia revision 75267
175267Swollman# @(#)australasia 7.64 22742Swollman# This file also includes Pacific islands. 352770Sgrog# $FreeBSD: head/share/zoneinfo/australasia 75267 2001-04-06 16:46:52Z wollman $ 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 1158787SruRule Aus 1917 only - Jan 1 0:01 1:00 - 122742SwollmanRule Aus 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 - 132742SwollmanRule Aus 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 - 142742SwollmanRule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 - 152742SwollmanRule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 - 162742SwollmanRule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 172742SwollmanRule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 - 1858787Sru# Go with Whitman and the Australian National Standards Commission, which 1958787Sru# says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944. Ignore Whitman's claim that 2058787Sru# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944. 212742Swollman 222742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 239908Swollman# Northern Territory 242742SwollmanZone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 2530711Swollman 9:00 - CST 1899 May 262742Swollman 9:30 Aus CST 279908Swollman# Western Australia 282742SwollmanZone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 2958787Sru 8:00 Aus WST 1943 Jul 3058787Sru 8:00 - 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 3820094Swollman# 3920094Swollman# From Alex Livingston <alex@agsm.unsw.edu.au> (1996-11-01): 4020094Swollman# I have heard or read more than once that some resort islands off the coast 4120094Swollman# of Queensland chose to keep observing daylight-saving time even after 4220094Swollman# Queensland ceased to. 4320094Swollman# 4420094Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): 4520094Swollman# IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman, 4620094Swollman# Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped. 4720094Swollman# Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria, 4820094Swollman# so use Lindeman. 4920094Swollman# 5020094Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 5158787SruRule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 5258787SruRule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 - 5321217SwollmanRule AQ 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 5421217SwollmanRule AQ 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 5558787SruRule Holiday 1992 1993 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 5658787SruRule Holiday 1993 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 572742SwollmanZone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895 5858787Sru 10:00 Aus EST 1971 5921217Swollman 10:00 AQ EST 6020094SwollmanZone Australia/Lindeman 9:55:56 - LMT 1895 6158787Sru 10:00 Aus EST 1971 6258787Sru 10:00 AQ EST 1992 Jul 6320094Swollman 10:00 Holiday EST 642742Swollman 659908Swollman# South Australia 662742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 6714343SwollmanRule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 6814343SwollmanRule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - 6914343SwollmanRule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 7014343SwollmanRule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - 7114343SwollmanRule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 7214343SwollmanRule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 7364499SwollmanRule AS 1990 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - 7464499SwollmanRule AS 1991 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 7564499SwollmanRule AS 1992 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - 7664499SwollmanRule AS 1993 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 7764499SwollmanRule AS 1994 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - 7814343SwollmanRule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 792742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 802742SwollmanZone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 812742Swollman 9:00 - CST 1899 May 8258787Sru 9:30 Aus CST 1971 832742Swollman 9:30 AS CST 842742Swollman 859908Swollman# Tasmania 862742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 8758787SruRule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - 8858787SruRule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 8914343SwollmanRule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 9014343SwollmanRule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 - 9158787SruRule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 - 9214343SwollmanRule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 9314343SwollmanRule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 9414343SwollmanRule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 9558787SruRule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 - 9614343SwollmanRule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 9758787SruRule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00s 1:00 - 9858787SruRule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 9958787SruRule AT 1991 1999 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - 10014343SwollmanRule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 10158787SruRule AT 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 10258787SruRule AT 2001 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - 1032742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1042742SwollmanZone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep 10558787Sru 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 10658787Sru 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb 10758787Sru 10:00 Aus EST 1967 1082742Swollman 10:00 AT EST 1092742Swollman 1109908Swollman# Victoria 1112742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 11214343SwollmanRule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 11358787SruRule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 - 11414343SwollmanRule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 11514343SwollmanRule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 11658787SruRule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 - 11758787SruRule AV 1988 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 11814343SwollmanRule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 11914343SwollmanRule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 12058787SruRule AV 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 12143543SwollmanRule AV 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 1222742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1232742SwollmanZone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 12458787Sru 10:00 Aus EST 1971 1252742Swollman 10:00 AV EST 1262742Swollman 1279908Swollman# New South Wales 1282742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 12914343SwollmanRule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 13014343SwollmanRule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - 13114343SwollmanRule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 13214343SwollmanRule AN 1982 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 13314343SwollmanRule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 13414343SwollmanRule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 13514343SwollmanRule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - 13643543SwollmanRule AN 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 13714343SwollmanRule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 13814343SwollmanRule AN 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 13958787SruRule AN 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 14043543SwollmanRule AN 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 1412742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1422742SwollmanZone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 14358787Sru 10:00 Aus EST 1971 1442742Swollman 10:00 AN EST 1452742SwollmanZone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb 1462742Swollman 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23 1472742Swollman 9:00 - CST 1899 May 14858787Sru 9:30 Aus CST 1971 14958787Sru 9:30 AN CST 2000 15058787Sru 9:30 AS CST 1518029Swollman 15214343Swollman# Lord Howe Island 15314343Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 15475267SwollmanRule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 15575267SwollmanRule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 15675267SwollmanRule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - 15775267SwollmanRule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - 15875267SwollmanRule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 0:30 - 15975267SwollmanRule LH 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - 16075267SwollmanRule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 16175267SwollmanRule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 16275267SwollmanRule LH 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00 0:30 - 16375267SwollmanRule LH 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - 1642742SwollmanZone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 1652742Swollman 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar 16614343Swollman 10:30 LH LHST 1678029Swollman 16814343Swollman# Australian miscellany 1692742Swollman# 1702742Swollman# Ashmore Is, Cartier 17114343Swollman# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers 17258787Sru# like Australia/Perth, says Turner 1732742Swollman# 17414343Swollman# Coral Sea Is 17514343Swollman# no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists 17614343Swollman# no information 17714343Swollman# 17830711Swollman# Macquarie 17930711Swollman# permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948; 18058787Sru# sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888/1917 18158787Sru# like Australia/Hobart, says Turner 1822742Swollman 18343014Swollman# Christmas 18443014Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 18543014SwollmanZone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 18643014Swollman 7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time 1872742Swollman 1882742Swollman# Cook Is 18958787Sru# From Shanks: 1902742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 19119878SwollmanRule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HS 19243014SwollmanRule Cook 1979 1991 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 19343014SwollmanRule Cook 1979 1990 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS 1942742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1952742SwollmanZone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua 19619878Swollman -10:30 - CKT 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is Time 19719878Swollman -10:00 Cook CK%sT 1982742Swollman 1992742Swollman# Cocos 2002742Swollman# From USNO (1989): 2012742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 20219878SwollmanZone Indian/Cocos 6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time 2032742Swollman 2042742Swollman# Fiji 20543543Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 20675267SwollmanRule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S 20775267SwollmanRule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 - 2082742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2092742SwollmanZone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva 21043543Swollman 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time 2112742Swollman 2122742Swollman# French Polynesia 2132742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2142742SwollmanZone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea 21519878Swollman -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time 2162742SwollmanZone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct 21719878Swollman -9:30 - MART # Marquesas Time 2182742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete 21919878Swollman -10:00 - TAHT # Tahiti Time 22043014Swollman# Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia; 22143014Swollman# it is uninhabited. 2222742Swollman 2232742Swollman# Guam 2242742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 22575267SwollmanZone Pacific/Guam -14:21:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 22675267Swollman 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana 22775267Swollman 10:00 - GST 2000 Dec 23 # Guam 22875267Swollman 10:00 - ChST # Chamorro Standard Time 2292742Swollman 2302742Swollman# Kiribati 2312742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2322742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki 23319878Swollman 12:00 - GILT # Gilbert Is Time 2342742SwollmanZone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901 23519878Swollman -12:00 - PHOT 1979 Oct # Phoenix Is Time 23619878Swollman -11:00 - PHOT 1995 23719878Swollman 13:00 - PHOT 2382742SwollmanZone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901 23919878Swollman -10:40 - LINT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time 24019878Swollman -10:00 - LINT 1995 24119878Swollman 14:00 - LINT 2422742Swollman 24314343Swollman# N Mariana Is 24414343Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 24575267SwollmanZone Pacific/Saipan -14:17:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 24675267Swollman 9:43:00 - LMT 1901 24719878Swollman 9:00 - MPT 1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time 24875267Swollman 10:00 - MPT 2000 Dec 23 24975267Swollman 10:00 - ChST # Chamorro Standard Time 25014343Swollman 25114343Swollman# Marshall Is 25214343Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 25314343SwollmanZone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901 25419878Swollman 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time 25519878Swollman 12:00 - MHT 25614343SwollmanZone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 25719878Swollman 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct 25819878Swollman -12:00 - KWAT 1993 Aug 20 # Kwajalein Time 25919878Swollman 12:00 - MHT 26014343Swollman 26114343Swollman# Micronesia 26214343Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 26314343SwollmanZone Pacific/Yap 9:12:32 - LMT 1901 # Colonia 26419878Swollman 9:00 - YAPT 1969 Oct # Yap Time 26519878Swollman 10:00 - YAPT 26614343SwollmanZone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 26719878Swollman 10:00 - TRUT # Truk Time 26814343SwollmanZone Pacific/Ponape 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia 26919878Swollman 11:00 - PONT # Ponape Time 27014343SwollmanZone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901 27158787Sru 11:00 - KOST 1969 Oct # Kosrae Time 27258787Sru 12:00 - KOST 1999 27358787Sru 11:00 - KOST 27414343Swollman 2752742Swollman# Nauru 2762742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2772742SwollmanZone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe 27819878Swollman 11:30 - NRT 1942 Mar 15 # Nauru Time 2792742Swollman 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15 28019878Swollman 11:30 - NRT 1979 May 28119878Swollman 12:00 - NRT 2822742Swollman 2832742Swollman# New Caledonia 2842742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 28519878SwollmanRule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 28619878SwollmanRule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 - 28743014SwollmanRule NC 1996 only - Dec 1 2:00s 1:00 S 28858787Sru# Shanks says the following was at 2:00; go with IATA. 28943014SwollmanRule NC 1997 only - Mar 2 2:00s 0 - 2902742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2912742SwollmanZone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 2922742Swollman 11:00 NC NC%sT 2932742Swollman 2942742Swollman 2952742Swollman############################################################################### 2962742Swollman 2972742Swollman# New Zealand 2982742Swollman 2992742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 3002742Swollman# Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17, 3012742Swollman# 1929 Oct 13 - 1930 Mar 16; go with Whitman. 30214343SwollmanRule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 0:30 HD 3032742SwollmanRule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S 30414343SwollmanRule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 0:30 HD 30514343SwollmanRule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 0:30 HD 3062742SwollmanRule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S 30714343SwollmanRule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0:30 HD 30843014Swollman# Whitman says DST went on and off during war years, and the base UT offset 30914343Swollman# didn't change until 1945 Apr 30; go with Shanks. 31014343SwollmanRule NZ 1934 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S 31114343SwollmanRule NZ 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0:30 HD 3129908SwollmanRule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D 3139908SwollmanRule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 3149908SwollmanRule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D 3159908SwollmanRule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 3169908SwollmanRule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S 3179908SwollmanRule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 3189908SwollmanRule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S 31920094SwollmanRule Chatham 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:45s 1:00 D 32020094SwollmanRule Chatham 1991 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:45s 0 S 3212742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3222742SwollmanZone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 32314343Swollman 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1940 Sep 29 2:00 3242742Swollman 12:00 NZ NZ%sT 32520094SwollmanZone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 Chatham CHA%sT 3262742Swollman 3278029Swollman 32830711Swollman# Auckland Is 32958787Sru# uninhabited; Maori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers, 33058787Sru# and scientific personnel have wintered 3312742Swollman 33230711Swollman# Campbell I 33358787Sru# minor whaling stations operated 1909/1914 33458787Sru# scientific station operated 1941/1995; 33558787Sru# previously whalers, sealers, pastoralists, and scientific personnel wintered 33630711Swollman# was probably like Pacific/Auckland 33730711Swollman 3382742Swollman############################################################################### 3392742Swollman 3402742Swollman 3412742Swollman# Niue 3422742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3432742SwollmanZone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi 34419878Swollman -11:20 - NUT 1951 # Niue Time 34519878Swollman -11:30 - NUT 1978 Oct 1 34619878Swollman -11:00 - NUT 3472742Swollman 3482742Swollman# Norfolk 3492742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3502742SwollmanZone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston 35119878Swollman 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time 35219878Swollman 11:30 - NFT # Norfolk Time 3532742Swollman 35458787Sru# Palau (Belau) 3559908Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3569908SwollmanZone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror 35719878Swollman 9:00 - PWT # Palau Time 3589908Swollman 3592742Swollman# Papua New Guinea 3602742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3612742SwollmanZone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 36219878Swollman 9:48:40 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time 36319878Swollman 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time 3642742Swollman 3652742Swollman# Pitcairn 3662742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3672742SwollmanZone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown 36858787Sru -8:30 - PNT 1998 Apr 27 00:00 36958787Sru -8:00 - PST # Pitcairn Standard Time 3702742Swollman 37114343Swollman# American Samoa 37214343SwollmanZone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 37314343Swollman -11:22:48 - LMT 1911 37419878Swollman -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time 37514343Swollman -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome 37614343Swollman -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering 37714343Swollman -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa 37814343Swollman 37914343Swollman# W Samoa 38014343SwollmanZone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 38114343Swollman -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 38219878Swollman -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time 38319878Swollman -11:00 - WST # W Samoa Time 38414343Swollman 3852742Swollman# Solomon Is 3862742Swollman# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea 3872742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3882742SwollmanZone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara 38919878Swollman 11:00 - SBT # Solomon Is Time 3902742Swollman 3912742Swollman# Tokelau Is 3922742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3932742SwollmanZone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901 39419878Swollman -10:00 - TKT # Tokelau Time 3952742Swollman 3962742Swollman# Tonga 39758787Sru# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 39875267SwollmanRule Tonga 1999 only - Oct 7 2:00s 1:00 S 39975267SwollmanRule Tonga 2000 only - Mar 19 2:00s 0 - 40075267SwollmanRule Tonga 2000 only - Nov 4 2:00s 1:00 S 40175267SwollmanRule Tonga 2001 only - Jan 27 2:00s 0 - 4022742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4032742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 40458787Sru 12:20 - TOT 1941 # Tonga Time 40558787Sru 13:00 - TOT 1999 40658787Sru 13:00 Tonga TO%sT 4072742Swollman 4082742Swollman# Tuvalu 4092742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4102742SwollmanZone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 41119878Swollman 12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time 4122742Swollman 41343014Swollman 41443014Swollman# US minor outlying islands 41543014Swollman 41643014Swollman# Howland, Baker 41743014Swollman# uninhabited since World War II 41843014Swollman# no information; was probably like Pacific/Pago_Pago 41943014Swollman 42043014Swollman# Jarvis 42143014Swollman# uninhabited since 1958 42243014Swollman# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati 42343014Swollman 42443014Swollman# Johnston 42543014Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 42643014SwollmanZone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST 42743014Swollman 42843014Swollman# Kingman 42943014Swollman# uninhabited 43043014Swollman 43143014Swollman# Midway 43243014SwollmanZone Pacific/Midway -11:49:28 - LMT 1901 43343014Swollman -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome 43443014Swollman -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering 43543014Swollman -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa 43643014Swollman 43743014Swollman# Palmyra 43843014Swollman# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati 43943014Swollman 44043014Swollman# Wake 44143014Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 44243014SwollmanZone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901 44343014Swollman 12:00 - WAKT # Wake Time 44443014Swollman 44543014Swollman 4462742Swollman# Vanuatu 4472742Swollman# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 44819878SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 S 44919878SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1984 1991 - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 - 45019878SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 S 45120094SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1985 1991 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S 45220094SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1992 1993 - Jan Sun>=23 0:00 0 - 45320094SwollmanRule Vanuatu 1992 only - Oct Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S 4542742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4552742SwollmanZone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila 45619878Swollman 11:00 Vanuatu VU%sT # Vanuatu Time 4572742Swollman 4582742Swollman# Wallis and Futuna 4592742Swollman# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4602742SwollmanZone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 46119878Swollman 12:00 - WFT # Wallis & Futuna Time 4622742Swollman 4632742Swollman############################################################################### 4642742Swollman 4652742Swollman# NOTES 4662742Swollman 4672742Swollman# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 4682742Swollman# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 4692742Swollman# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 4702742Swollman 47158787Sru# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-10-29): 4722742Swollman# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 47358787Sru# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), 47458787Sru# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). 4752742Swollman# 47658787Sru# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source 47720094Swollman# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport 47820094Swollman# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 47920094Swollman# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 48020094Swollman# of the IATA's data after 1990. 48120094Swollman# 48220094Swollman# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, 48320094Swollman# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. 48420094Swollman# 4852742Swollman# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 4862742Swollman# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 4872742Swollman# I found in the UCLA library. 4882742Swollman# 4892742Swollman# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 49058787Sru# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 4912742Swollman# 4922742Swollman# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; 4932742Swollman# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. 4942742Swollman# Corrections are welcome! 4952742Swollman# std dst 4962742Swollman# LMT Local Mean Time 4972742Swollman# 8:00 WST WST Western Australia 4982742Swollman# 9:00 JST Japan 4992742Swollman# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia 5002742Swollman# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia 50175267Swollman# 10:00 ChST Chamorro 5022742Swollman# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe* 5032742Swollman# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 50419878Swollman# 12:45 CHAST CHADT Chatham* 5052742Swollman# -11:00 SST Samoa 50614343Swollman# -10:00 HST Hawaii 50758787Sru# - 8:00 PST Pitcairn* 5082742Swollman# 50914343Swollman# See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii. 5109908Swollman# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is. 5112742Swollman 5122742Swollman############################################################################### 5132742Swollman 5142742Swollman# Australia 5152742Swollman 51658787Sru# <a href="http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html"> 51758787Sru# Australia's Daylight Saving Times 51858787Sru# </a>, by Margaret Turner, summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia. 51958787Sru 52019878Swollman# From John Mackin (1991-03-06): 5212742Swollman# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time. 5222742Swollman# It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer' 5232742Swollman# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the 5242742Swollman# abbreviation does _not_ change... 5252742Swollman# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least 5262742Swollman# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the 5272742Swollman# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses 5282742Swollman# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight 5292742Swollman# time'. 5302742Swollman# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian 5312742Swollman# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time' 5322742Swollman# or `Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the 5332742Swollman# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers 5342742Swollman# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases 5352742Swollman# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times; 5362742Swollman# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC. 5372742Swollman 5382742Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992): 5392742Swollman# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is: 5402742Swollman# CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30 5412742Swollman# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00 5422742Swollman# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00 5432742Swollman 54414343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): 5459908Swollman# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. 5469908Swollman# Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au> writes that his newspaper 5479908Swollman# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00, 5489908Swollman# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970 5499908Swollman# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time. 55014343Swollman# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960. 5512742Swollman 55243014Swollman# From Eric Ulevik <eau@zip.com.au> (1998-01-05): 55375267Swollman# 55443014Swollman# Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable, 55543014Swollman# and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more 55643014Swollman# relevant entries in this database. 55775267Swollman# 55843014Swollman# NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill): 55943014Swollman# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html"> 56043014Swollman# Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04) 56143014Swollman# </a> 56243014Swollman# ACT 56358787Sru# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html"> 56443014Swollman# Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972 56543014Swollman# </a> 56643014Swollman# SA 56743014Swollman# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html"> 56843014Swollman# Standard Time Act, 1898 56943014Swollman# </a> 57043014Swollman 5719908Swollman# Northern Territory 5729908Swollman 57319878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 5742742Swollman# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ] 5752742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 5762742Swollman# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location. 5772742Swollman# ... 5789908Swollman# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST 5792742Swollman 58019878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): 5812742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 5822742Swollman# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving. 5832742Swollman 5849908Swollman# Western Australia 5852742Swollman 58619878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 5872742Swollman# # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ] 5882742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 5892742Swollman# # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to 5902742Swollman# # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but 5912742Swollman# # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus 5922742Swollman# # before reaching parliament. 5932742Swollman# ... 5942742Swollman# Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST 5952742Swollman# ... 5962742Swollman# Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 5972742Swollman# Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 5982742Swollman# Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 5992742Swollman# Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 6002742Swollman 60119878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): 6022742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 6032742Swollman# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving. 6042742Swollman 60519878Swollman# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (1991-11-02): 6062742Swollman# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney 6072742Swollman# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at 6082742Swollman# work at 9.00am.) 6092742Swollman# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse 6102742Swollman# everybody again. 6112742Swollman 61219878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 6132742Swollman# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; 6142742Swollman# it matches what was used in the past. 6152742Swollman 61658787Sru# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm"> 61758787Sru# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ 61858787Sru# </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses 61958787Sru# South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia. 62058787Sru 6219908Swollman# Queensland 62219878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 6232742Swollman# # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ] 6242742Swollman# # [ Dec 1990 ] 6252742Swollman# ... 6262742Swollman# Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST 6272742Swollman# ... 6282742Swollman# Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 6292742Swollman# Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 6302742Swollman# Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 6312742Swollman# Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 6322742Swollman 63319878Swollman# From Bradley White (1989-12-24): 6342742Swollman# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from 6352742Swollman# October 1989). 6362742Swollman 63719878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): 6382742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 6392742Swollman# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 6402742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 6412742Swollman 64219878Swollman# From John Mackin (1991-03-06): 6432742Swollman# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact 6442742Swollman# end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised 6452742Swollman# me.) 6462742Swollman 64719878Swollman# From Bradley White (1992-03-08): 6482742Swollman# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted 6492742Swollman# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ... 6502742Swollman# ... 6512742Swollman# Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 6522742Swollman# Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 6532742Swollman# ... 6542742Swollman 65519878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 6562742Swollman# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes. 6572742Swollman 6589908Swollman# South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria 6592742Swollman 66019878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 6612742Swollman# The rules from version 7.1 follow. 6622742Swollman# There are lots of differences between these rules and 6632742Swollman# the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules 6642742Swollman# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on 6652742Swollman# current DST ending dates, no worries. 6662742Swollman# 6672742Swollman# Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 6682742Swollman# Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - 6692742Swollman# Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 6702742Swollman# Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 6712742Swollman# Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 6722742Swollman# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST 6732742Swollman# Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST 6742742Swollman# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00 6752742Swollman# 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00 6762742Swollman# 10:00 Oz EST 6772742Swollman 67819878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 6792742Swollman# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct... 6802742Swollman# that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the 6812742Swollman# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states 6822742Swollman# that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic). 6832742Swollman# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think 6842742Swollman# that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain. 6852742Swollman 6869908Swollman# South Australia 6872742Swollman 68819878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): 6892742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 6902742Swollman# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 6912742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 6922742Swollman 69319878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 6942742Swollman# # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ] 6952742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 6962742Swollman# ... 6972742Swollman# Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST 6982742Swollman# ... 6992742Swollman# Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 7002742Swollman# Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 7012742Swollman# Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 C 7022742Swollman# Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 7032742Swollman 70419878Swollman# From Bradley White (1992-03-11): 7052742Swollman# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide 7062742Swollman# contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival, 7072742Swollman# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks." 7082742Swollman 70919878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1992-03-13): 7102742Swollman# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that) 7112742Swollman# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even 7122742Swollman# numbered year (from 1990). That's when the Adelaide Festival 7132742Swollman# is on... 7142742Swollman 71519878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1992-03-16, 00:57:07 +1000): 7162742Swollman# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday).... 7172742Swollman# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever... 7182742Swollman# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...). 7192742Swollman 72019878Swollman# From Bradley White (1994-04-11): 7212742Swollman# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March, 7222742Swollman# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can 7232742Swollman# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated.... 7242742Swollman 7259908Swollman# From John Warburton <jwarb@SACBH.com.au> (1994-10-07): 7269908Swollman# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ... 7279908Swollman# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994.... 7289908Swollman# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March. 7292742Swollman 7309908Swollman# Tasmania 7319908Swollman 73258787Sru# The rules for 1967 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd 73358787Sru# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 7342742Swollman# # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 7352742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 7362742Swollman 73719878Swollman# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10): 7382742Swollman# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have 7392742Swollman# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia 7402742Swollman# (but nothing new about that). 7412742Swollman 74258787Sru# From Alex Livingston (1999-10-04): 74358787Sru# I heard on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio news on the 74458787Sru# (long) weekend that Tasmania, which usually goes its own way in this regard, 74558787Sru# has decided to join with most of NSW, the ACT, and most of Victoria 74658787Sru# (Australia) and start daylight saving on the last Sunday in August in 2000 74758787Sru# instead of the first Sunday in October. 74858787Sru 74964499Swollman# Sim Alam (2000-07-03) reported a legal citation for the 2000/2001 rules: 75064499Swollman# http://www.thelaw.tas.gov.au/fragview/42++1968+GS3A@EN+2000070300 75164499Swollman 7529908Swollman# Victoria 7532742Swollman 75458787Sru# The rules for 1971 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd 75558787Sru# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 7562742Swollman# # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 7572742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 7582742Swollman 7599908Swollman# New South Wales 7602742Swollman 7612742Swollman# From Arthur David Olson: 7622742Swollman# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time. 7632742Swollman# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz), 7642742Swollman# who notes: 7652742Swollman# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the 7662742Swollman# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time'' 7672742Swollman# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common 7682742Swollman# use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the 7692742Swollman# legislation. This is very important to understand. 7702742Swollman# I have researched New South Wales time only... 7712742Swollman 77258787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27): 77358787Sru# The Information Service of the Australian National Standards Commission 77458787Sru# <a href="http://www.nsc.gov.au/InfoServ/Ileaflet/il27.htm"> 77558787Sru# Daylight Saving 77658787Sru# </a> page (1995-04) has an excellent overall history of Australian DST. 77758787Sru# The Community Relations Division of the NSW Attorney General's Department 77858787Sru# publishes a history of daylight saving in NSW. See: 77958787Sru# <a href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/crd.nsf/pages/time2"> 78058787Sru# Lawlink NSW: Daylight Saving in New South Wales 78158787Sru# </a> 7822742Swollman 78358787Sru# From Eric Ulevik <eau@ozemail.com.au> (1999-05-26): 78458787Sru# DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual 78558787Sru# October in 2000. [See: Matthew Moore, 78658787Sru# <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html"> 78758787Sru# Two months more daylight saving 78858787Sru# </a> 78958787Sru# Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26).] 7902742Swollman 79158787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27): 79258787Sru# See the following official NSW source: 79358787Sru# <a href="http://dir.gis.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/genobject/document/other/daylightsaving/tigGmZ"> 79458787Sru# Daylight Saving in New South Wales. 79558787Sru# </a> 79658787Sru# 79758787Sru# Narrabri Shire (NSW) council has announced it will ignore the extension of 79858787Sru# daylight saving next year. See: 79958787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/neweng/monthly/regeng-22jul1999-1.htm"> 80058787Sru# Narrabri Council to ignore daylight saving 80158787Sru# </a> (1999-07-22). For now, we'll wait to see if this really happens. 80258787Sru# 80358787Sru# Victoria will following NSW. See: 80458787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/local/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990728112314_1.htm"> 80558787Sru# Vic to extend daylight saving 80658787Sru# </a> (1999-07-28). 80758787Sru# 80858787Sru# However, South Australia rejected the DST request. See: 80958787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990719151754_1.htm"> 81058787Sru# South Australia rejects Olympics daylight savings request 81158787Sru# </a> (1999-07-19). 81258787Sru# 81358787Sru# Queensland also will not observe DST for the Olympics. See: 81458787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/06/item19990601114608_1.htm"> 81558787Sru# Qld says no to daylight savings for Olympics 81658787Sru# </a> (1999-06-01), which quotes Queensland Premier Peter Beattie as saying 81758787Sru# ``Look you've got to remember in my family when this came up last time 81858787Sru# I voted for it, my wife voted against it and she said to me it's all very 81958787Sru# well for you, you don't have to worry about getting the children out of 82075267Swollman# bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night. 82158787Sru# I've been through all this argument domestically...my wife rules.'' 82258787Sru# 82358787Sru# Broken Hill will stick with South Australian time in 2000. See: 82458787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/brokenh/monthly/regbrok-21jul1999-6.htm"> 82558787Sru# Broken Hill to be behind the times 82658787Sru# </a> (1999-07-21). 8272742Swollman 82843543Swollman# IATA SSIM (1998-09) says that the spring 2000 change for Australian 82943543Swollman# Capital Territory, New South Wales except Lord Howe Island and Broken 83058787Sru# Hill, and Victoria will be August 27, presumably due to the Sydney Olympics. 83143543Swollman 83267578Swollman# From Eric Ulevik, referring to Sydney's Sun Herald (2000-08-13), page 29: 83375267Swollman# The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is encouraging northern NSW 83475267Swollman# towns to use Queensland time. 83567578Swollman 8369908Swollman# Yancowinna 8372742Swollman 83867578Swollman# From John Mackin (1989-01-04): 8392742Swollman# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. 8402742Swollman 84119878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 8422742Swollman# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ] 8432742Swollman# # [ Dec 1990 ] 8442742Swollman# ... 84543014Swollman# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite [its] location on the 8462742Swollman# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings 8472742Swollman# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government 8482742Swollman# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have 8492742Swollman# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not 8502742Swollman# # presently available. 8512742Swollman# Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST 8522742Swollman# ... 8532742Swollman# Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 8542742Swollman# Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C 8552742Swollman# [followed by other Rules] 8562742Swollman 8579908Swollman# Lord Howe Island 8582742Swollman 85919878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 8602742Swollman# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ] 8612742Swollman# [ Dec 1990 ] 8622742Swollman# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an 8632742Swollman# hour ahead of NSW time. 8642742Swollman 86558787Sru# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-01-27): 86658787Sru# Lord Howe Island summer time in 2000/2001 will commence on the same 86758787Sru# date as the rest of NSW (i.e. 2000-08-27). For your information the 86858787Sru# Lord Howe Island Board (controlling authority for the Island) is 86958787Sru# seeking the community's views on various options for summer time 87058787Sru# arrangements on the Island, e.g. advance clocks by 1 full hour 87158787Sru# instead of only 30 minutes. Dependant on the wishes of residents 87258787Sru# the Board may approach the NSW government to change the existing 87358787Sru# arrangements. The starting date for summer time on the Island will 87458787Sru# however always coincide with the rest of NSW. 87514343Swollman 87675267Swollman# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-10-25): 87775267Swollman# Lord Howe Island advances clocks by 30 minutes during DST in NSW and retards 87875267Swollman# clocks by 30 minutes when DST finishes. Since DST was most recently 87975267Swollman# introduced in NSW, the "changeover" time on the Island has been 02:00 as 88075267Swollman# shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start 88175267Swollman# of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW. 88258787Sru 88375267Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2001-02-09): 88475267Swollman# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter. 88575267Swollman# For times we use Lonergan. 88667578Swollman 8872742Swollman############################################################################### 8882742Swollman 88958787Sru# New Zealand 8902742Swollman 89119878Swollman# From Mark Davies (1990-10-03): 8922742Swollman# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period. 8932742Swollman# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for 8942742Swollman# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start). 8952742Swollman# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office. 8962742Swollman 89719878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 8982742Swollman# # The Country of New Zealand (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that! 8992742Swollman# # or is Australia the west island of N.Z. 9002742Swollman# # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ] 9012742Swollman# # [ Nov 1990 ] 9022742Swollman# ... 9032742Swollman# Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 9042742Swollman# Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 9052742Swollman# Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 9062742Swollman# Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S 9072742Swollman# ... 9082742Swollman# Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand 9092742Swollman# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island 9102742Swollman 91119878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 9122742Swollman# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 9132742Swollman# rather than the October 1 value. 9142742Swollman 91514343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19); 91614343Swollman# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. 91714343Swollman# Robert Uzgalis <buz@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> writes that the New Zealand Daylight 91814343Swollman# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard 91914343Swollman# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March. 92014343Swollman# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00. 92114343Swollman# 92258787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): 92358787Sru# Shanks gives no time data for Chatham; usno1989 says it's +12:45, 92458787Sru# usno1995 says it's +12:45/+13:45, and IATA SSIM (1991/1999) 92520094Swollman# gives the NZ rules but with transitions at 2:45 local standard time. 92658787Sru# Guess that they have been in lock-step with NZ since 1990. 92714343Swollman 9282742Swollman############################################################################### 9292742Swollman 93058787Sru 9312742Swollman# Fiji 9322742Swollman 93358787Sru# Howse writes (p 153) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji 93458787Sru# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on Antipodean Time 93558787Sru# instead of the American system (which was one day behind). 9362742Swollman 93743543Swollman# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08): 93843543Swollman# Fiji will introduce DST effective 0200 local time, 1998-11-01 93975267Swollman# until 0300 local time 1999-02-28. Each year the DST period will 94043543Swollman# be from the first Sunday in November until the last Sunday in February. 94143543Swollman 94258787Sru# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08): 94358787Sru# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says DST ends 0100 local time. Go with McDow. 94458787Sru 94543543Swollman# From the BBC World Service (1998-10-31 11:32 UTC): 94643543Swollman# The Fijiian government says the main reasons for the time change is to 94743543Swollman# improve productivity and reduce road accidents. But correspondents say it 94843543Swollman# also hopes the move will boost Fiji's ability to compete with other pacific 94943543Swollman# islands in the effort to attract tourists to witness the dawning of the new 95043543Swollman# millenium. 95143543Swollman 95275267Swollman# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/press/2000_09/2000_09_13-05.shtml (2000-09-13) 95375267Swollman# reports that Fiji has discontinued DST. 95458787Sru 95514343Swollman# Johnston 95614343Swollman 95714343Swollman# Johnston data is from usno1995. 95814343Swollman 95958787Sru 96017200Swollman# Kiribati 96117200Swollman 96217200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): 96317200Swollman# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that Kiribati 96417200Swollman# ``declared it the same day throught the country as of Jan. 1, 1995'' 96517200Swollman# as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century. 96617200Swollman 96758787Sru 9682742Swollman# Kwajalein 9692742Swollman 9702742Swollman# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes: 9712742Swollman# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday, 97219878Swollman# 1993-08-20. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with 9732742Swollman# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands, 9742742Swollman# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink. 9752742Swollman 97658787Sru 97714343Swollman# N Mariana Is, Guam 9782742Swollman 97958787Sru# Howse writes (p 153) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the 9802742Swollman# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones 9812742Swollman# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time. 98275267Swollman# For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines; 98375267Swollman# see Asia/Manila. 98414343Swollman 98575267Swollman# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UTC+10 the official standard time, 98675267Swollman# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time". There is no official abbreviation, 98775267Swollman# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law, 98875267Swollman# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST". 98958787Sru 99075267Swollman 99117200Swollman# Micronesia 99217200Swollman 99317200Swollman# Alan Eugene Davis <adavis@kuentos.guam.net> writes (1996-03-16), 99417200Swollman# ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk" 99517200Swollman# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.'' 99617200Swollman# 99758787Sru# Shanks writes that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11 on 1978-10-01; 99817200Swollman# ignore this for now. 99917200Swollman 100058787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): 100158787Sru# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in 100258787Sru# <a href="http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html"> 100358787Sru# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information 100458787Sru# </a> (1999-01-26) 100558787Sru# that Truk and Yap are UTC+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are UTC+11. 100658787Sru# We don't know when Kosrae switched from UTC+12; assume January 1 for now. 100758787Sru 100858787Sru 100958787Sru# Pitcairn 101058787Sru 101158787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08): 101258787Sru# A Proclamation was signed by the Governor of Pitcairn on the 27th March 1998 101358787Sru# with regard to Pitcairn Standard Time. The Proclamation is as follows. 101458787Sru# 101558787Sru# The local time for general purposes in the Islands shall be 101658787Sru# Co-ordinated Universal time minus 8 hours and shall be known 101758787Sru# as Pitcairn Standard Time. 101858787Sru# 101958787Sru# ... I have also seen Pitcairn listed as UTC minus 9 hours in several 102058787Sru# references, and can only assume that this was an error in interpretation 102158787Sru# somehow in light of this proclamation. 102258787Sru 102358787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-11-09): 102458787Sru# The Proclamation regarding Pitcairn time came into effect on 27 April 1998 102558787Sru# ... at midnight. 102658787Sru 102758787Sru# From Howie Phelps (1999-11-10), who talked to a Pitcairner via shortwave: 102858787Sru# Betty Christian told me yesterday that their local time is the same as 102958787Sru# Pacific Standard Time. They used to be 1/2 hour different from us here in 103058787Sru# Sacramento but it was changed a couple of years ago. 103158787Sru 103258787Sru 103314343Swollman# Samoa 103414343Swollman 103558787Sru# Howse writes (p 153, citing p 10 of the 1883-11-18 New York Herald) 103658787Sru# that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change 103714343Swollman# ``the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system, 103814343Swollman# ordaining -- by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery -- that 103914343Swollman# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year.'' 104017200Swollman 104158787Sru 104217200Swollman# Tonga 104317200Swollman 104417200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): 104517200Swollman# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that ``Tonga has been plotting 104617200Swollman# to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time.'' 104717200Swollman# Since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do. 104858787Sru 104958787Sru# Don Mundell writes in the 1997-02-20 Tonga Chronicle 105058787Sru# <a href="http://www.tongatapu.net.to/tonga/homeland/timebegins.htm"> 105158787Sru# How Tonga became `The Land where Time Begins' 105258787Sru# </a>: 105358787Sru 105458787Sru# Until 1941 Tonga maintained a standard time 50 minutes ahead of NZST 105558787Sru# 12 hours and 20 minutes ahead of GMT. When New Zealand adjusted its 105658787Sru# standard time in 1940s, Tonga had the choice of subtracting from its 105758787Sru# local time to come on the same standard time as New Zealand or of 105858787Sru# advancing its time to maintain the differential of 13 degrees 105958787Sru# (approximately 50 minutes ahead of New Zealand time). 106058787Sru# 106158787Sru# Because His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, then Crown Prince 106258787Sru# Tungi, preferred to ensure Tonga's title as the land where time 106358787Sru# begins, the Legislative Assembly approved the latter change. 106458787Sru# 106558787Sru# But some of the older, more conservative members from the outer 106658787Sru# islands objected. "If at midnight on Dec. 31, we move ahead 40 106758787Sru# minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of the 40 106858787Sru# minutes we have lost?" 106958787Sru# 107058787Sru# The Crown Prince, presented an unanswerable argument: "Remember that 107158787Sru# on the World Day of Prayer, you would be the first people on Earth 107258787Sru# to say your prayers in the morning." 107358787Sru 107458787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-08-12): 107558787Sru# Shanks says the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell. 107658787Sru 107758787Sru# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03): 107858787Sru# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium 107958787Sru# Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front. 108058787Sru# He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from 108158787Sru# October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan 108258787Sru# Government. 108358787Sru 108458787Sru# From Steffen Thorsen [straen@thorsen.priv.no] (1999-09-09): 108558787Sru# * Tonga will introduce DST in November 108675267Swollman# 108758787Sru# I was given this link by John Letts <johnletts@earthlink.net>: 108858787Sru# <a hef="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm"> 108958787Sru# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm 109058787Sru# </a> 109175267Swollman# 109258787Sru# I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November 109358787Sru# yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead 109458787Sru# of UTC as well, but as far as I know Fiji will only be 13 hours ahead 109558787Sru# (12 + 1 hour DST). 109658787Sru 109758787Sru# From Arthur David Olson [arthur_david_olson@nih.gov] (1999-09-20): 109858787Sru# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html> 109958787Sru# http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html 110058787Sru# </a>: 110175267Swollman# "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000 110275267Swollman# and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the 110375267Swollman# third Saturday of April. Under the system approved by Privy Council on 110475267Swollman# Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and 110558787Sru# set back an hour on the closing date." 110658787Sru# Alas, no indication of the time of day. 110758787Sru 110858787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-10-06): 110958787Sru# Tonga started its Daylight Saving on Saturday morning October 2nd at 0200am. 111058787Sru# Daylight Saving ends on April 16 at 0300am which is Sunday morning. 111158787Sru 111275267Swollman# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-31): 111375267Swollman# Back in March I found a notice on the website http://www.tongaonline.com 111475267Swollman# that Tonga changed back to standard time one month early, on March 19 111575267Swollman# instead of the original reported date April 16. Unfortunately, the article 111675267Swollman# is no longer available on the site, and I did not make a copy of the 111775267Swollman# text, and I have forgotten to report it here. 111875267Swollman# (Original URL was: http://www.tongaonline.com/news/march162000.htm ) 111958787Sru 112075267Swollman# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01): 112175267Swollman# Tonga is observing DST as of 2000-11-04 and will stop on 2001-01-27. 112275267Swollman 112358787Sru############################################################################### 112458787Sru 112558787Sru# The International Date Line 112658787Sru 112758787Sru# From Gwillim Law (2000-01-03): 112875267Swollman# 112958787Sru# The International Date Line is not defined by any international standard, 113058787Sru# convention, or treaty. Mapmakers are free to draw it as they please. 113158787Sru# Reputable mapmakers will simply ensure that every point of land appears on 113258787Sru# the correct side of the IDL, according to the date legally observed there. 113358787Sru# 113458787Sru# When Kiribati adopted a uniform date in 1995, thereby moving the Phoenix and 113558787Sru# Line Islands to the west side of the IDL (or, if you prefer, moving the IDL 113658787Sru# to the east side of the Phoenix and Line Islands), I suppose that most 113758787Sru# mapmakers redrew the IDL following the boundary of Kiribati. Even that line 113858787Sru# has a rather arbitrary nature. The straight-line boundaries between Pacific 113958787Sru# island nations that are shown on many maps are based on an international 114058787Sru# convention, but are not legally binding national borders. 114158787Sru# 114258787Sru# An Anglo-French Conference on Time-Keeping at Sea (June, 1917) agreed that 114358787Sru# legal time on the high seas would be zone time, i.e., the standard time at 114458787Sru# the nearest meridian that is a multiple of fifteen degrees. The date is 114558787Sru# governed by the IDL; therefore, even on the high seas, there may be some 114658787Sru# places as late as fourteen hours later than UTC. And, since the IDL is not 114758787Sru# an international standard, there are some places on the high seas where the 114858787Sru# correct date is ambiguous. 1149