australasia revision 2742
1# @(#)australasia 7.20 2# This file also includes Pacific islands. 3 4# Notes are at the end of this file 5 6############################################################################### 7 8# Australia 9 10# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 11Rule Aus 1895 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 12# Shanks gives 1917 Jan 1 0:01; go with Whitman (and guess 2:00). 13Rule Aus 1916 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 - 14Rule Aus 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 - 15Rule Aus 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 - 16Rule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 - 17Rule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 - 18Rule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 19Rule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 - 20# Whitman says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944, and that 21# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944; go with Shanks. 22 23# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 24Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 25 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 26 9:30 Aus CST 27Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 28 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 29 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00 30 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 31 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00 32 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 33 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00 34 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 35 8:00 - WST 36Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895 37 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 38 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00 39 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 3:00 40 10:00 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00 41 10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 42 10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00 43 10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 44 10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00 45 10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 46 10:00 - EST 47 48# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 49Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 50Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - 51Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 52Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 53Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 54Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - 55Rule AS 1990 max even Mar Sun>=18 3:00 0 - 56Rule AS 1990 max odd Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 57# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 58Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 59 9:00 - CST 1899 May 60 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 61 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00 62 9:30 AS CST 63 64# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 65Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 - 66Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 3:00 0 - 67Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 68Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 - 69Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 70Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 71Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - 72Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 73Rule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - 74Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - 75Rule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 76Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - 77Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - 78# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 79Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep 80 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 81 10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00 82 10:00 AT EST 83 84# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 85Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 86Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 87Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 88Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - 89Rule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - 90Rule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 91Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 92# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 93Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 94 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 95 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 96 10:00 AV EST 97 98# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 99Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 100Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 101Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 102Rule AN 1982 only - Apr 4 3:00 0 - 103Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 104Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - 105Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - 106Rule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 107Rule AN 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 108# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 109Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 110 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 111 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 112 10:00 AN EST 113Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb 114 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23 115 9:00 - CST 1899 May 116 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 117 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 118 9:30 AN CST 119Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 120 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar 121 10:30 AN LHST 122Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 123 7:00 - JVT 124 125# 126# Ashmore Is, Cartier 127# no information; probably like Australia/Perth 128# 129# Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga 130# no information 131 132 133# Belau 134Zone Pacific/Belau 8:58:00 - LMT 1901 135 9:00 - BLT 136 137# Cook Is 138# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 139Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HD 140Rule Cook 1979 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 H 141Rule Cook 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HD 142# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 143Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua 144 -10:30 - CIST 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is ST 145 -10:00 Cook T%sT 146 147# Cocos 148# From USNO (1989): 149# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 150Zone Pacific/Cocos 6:30 - CCT 151 152# Fiji 153# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 154Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva 155 12:00 - NZST 156 157# French Polynesia 158# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 159Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea 160 -9:00 - GBT 161Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct 162 -9:30 - MQT 163Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete 164 -10:00 - THT 165 166# Guam 167# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 168Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana 169 10:00 - GST 170 171# Howland, Baker 172# no information; probably like Pacific/Samoa 173 174# Jarvis 175# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritimati 176 177# Johnston 178# no information; probably like Pacific/Honolulu 179 180# Kiribati 181# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 182Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki 183 12:00 - NZST 184Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901 185 -12:00 - KJT 1979 Oct 186 -11:00 - SST 187Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901 188 -10:40 - LIT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time 189 -10:00 - THT 190 191# Nauru 192# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 193Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe 194 11:30 - NST 1942 Mar 15 195 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15 196 11:30 - NST 1979 May 197 12:00 - NZST 198 199# New Caledonia 200# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 201Rule NC 1912 only - Jan 13 0:00 0 S 202Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D 203Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 S 204# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 205Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 206 11:00 NC NC%sT 207 208 209############################################################################### 210 211# New Zealand 212 213# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 214Rule NZ 1868 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 215# Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17, 216# 1929 Oct 13 - 1930 Mar 16; go with Whitman. 217Rule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 1:00 D 218Rule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S 219Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 1:00 D 220Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 1:00 D 221Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S 222Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D 223# Shanks says DST stopped 1940 Sep lastSun; go with Whitman for war years. 224Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S 225Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Sep lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 226Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00 1:00 D 227Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 228Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00 1:00 D 229Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 230Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 3:00 0 S 231Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 232Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 S 233# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 234Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 235 # Shanks gives 1940 Sep 29 2:00; 236 # go with Whitman. 237 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1945 Apr 29 2:00 238 12:00 NZ NZ%sT 239Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 - NZ-CHAT 240 241 242# Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is 243# no information; probably like Pacific/Auckland 244 245############################################################################### 246 247 248# Niue 249# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 250Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi 251 -11:20 - NIT 1951 # Niue I Time 252 -11:30 - NIT 1978 Oct 1 253 -11:00 - SST 254 255# Norfolk 256# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 257Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston 258 11:12 - NMT 1951 259 11:30 - NST 260 261# Pacific Islands Trust Territories 262# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 263Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901 264 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct 265 12:00 - NZST 266Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 267 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct 268 -12:00 - KJT 1993 Aug 20 269 12:00 - NZST 270Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 271 10:00 - GST 1978 Oct 272 11:00 - NCST 273Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:33:00 - LMT 1901 274 11:00 - NCST 275Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:24 - LMT 1901 276 9:00 - BLT 1969 Oct 277 10:00 - GST 278 279# Palmyra 280# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritmati 281 282# Papua New Guinea 283# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 284Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 285 9:49 - PMMT 1895 286 10:00 - EST 287 288# Pitcairn 289# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 290Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown 291 -8:30 - PIT 292 293# Solomon Is 294# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea 295# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 296Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara 297 11:00 - NCST 298 299# Tokelau Is 300# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 301Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901 302 -10:00 - THT 303 304# Tonga 305# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 306Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 307 12:20 - TMT 1968 Oct 308 13:00 - TGT 309 310# Tuvalu 311# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 312Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 313 12:00 - NZST 314 315# Vanuatu 316# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 317Rule Vanuatu 1912 only - Jan 13 0:00 0 S 318Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 D 319Rule Vanuatu 1984 max - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 S 320Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 D 321Rule Vanuatu 1985 max - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 D 322# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 323Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila 324 11:00 - NCST 325 326# Wake 327# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 328Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901 329 12:00 - NZST 330 331# Wallis and Futuna 332# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 333Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 334 12:00 - NZST 335 336# Western Samoa 337# See Pacific/Samoa in the `northamerica' file, of all places. 338 339############################################################################### 340 341# NOTES 342 343# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 344# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 345# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 346 347# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (August 18, 1994): 348# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 349# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition), 350# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). 351# Except where noted, it is the source for the data above. 352# 353# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 354# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 355# I found in the UCLA library. 356# 357# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 358# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, 359# Oxford University Press (1980). 360# 361# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; 362# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. 363# Corrections are welcome! 364# std dst 365# LMT Local Mean Time 366# 6:30 CCT Cocos* 367# 7:00 JVT Java* 368# 8:00 WST WST Western Australia 369# 9:00 BLT Belau* 370# 9:00 JST Japan 371# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia 372# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia 373# 10:00 GST Guam* 374# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe* 375# 11:00 NCST NCDT New Caledonia* 376# 11:30 NRT Norfolk* 377# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 378# 12:45 NZ-CHAT Chatham 379# 13:00 TGT Tongatapu* 380# -12:00 KJT Kwajalein (no longer used)* 381# -11:00 SST Samoa 382# -10:40 LIT Line Is (no longer used)* 383# -10:00 THT Tahiti* 384# - 9:30 MQT Marquesas* 385# - 9:00 GBT Gambier* 386# - 8:30 PIT Pitcairn* 387# 388# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions. 389 390############################################################################### 391 392# Australia 393 394# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): 395# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time. 396# It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer' 397# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the 398# abbreviation does _not_ change... 399# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least 400# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the 401# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses 402# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight 403# time'. 404# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian 405# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time' 406# or `Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the 407# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers 408# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases 409# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times; 410# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC. 411 412# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992): 413# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is: 414# CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30 415# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00 416# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00 417 418# Australia/North 419 420# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 421# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ] 422# # [ Nov 1990 ] 423# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location. 424# ... 425# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST 426 427# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 428# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 429# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving. 430 431# Australia/West 432 433# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 434# # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ] 435# # [ Nov 1990 ] 436# # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to 437# # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but 438# # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus 439# # before reaching parliament. 440# ... 441# Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST 442# ... 443# Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 444# Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 445# Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 446# Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 447 448# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 449# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 450# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving. 451 452# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (November 2, 1991): 453# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney 454# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at 455# work at 9.00am.) 456# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse 457# everybody again. 458 459# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 460# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; 461# it matches what was used in the past. 462 463# Australia/Queensland 464 465# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 466# # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ] 467# # [ Dec 1990 ] 468# ... 469# Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST 470# ... 471# Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 472# Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 473# Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 474# Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 475 476# From Bradley White (December 24, 1989): 477# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from 478# October 1989). 479 480# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 481# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 482# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 483# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 484 485# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): 486# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact 487# end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised 488# me.) 489 490# From Bradley White (March 8, 1992): 491# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted 492# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ... 493# ... 494# Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 495# Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 496# ... 497 498# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 499# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes. 500 501# Australia/Tasmania, Australia/South, and Australia/Victoria 502 503# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 504# The rules from version 7.1 follow. 505# There are lots of differences between these rules and 506# the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules 507# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on 508# current DST ending dates, no worries. 509# 510# Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 511# Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - 512# Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 513# Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 514# Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 515# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST 516# Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST 517# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00 518# 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00 519# 10:00 Oz EST 520 521# From Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 522# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct... 523# that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the 524# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states 525# that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic). 526# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think 527# that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain. 528 529# Australia/South 530 531# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 532# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 533# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 534# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 535 536# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 537# # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ] 538# # [ Nov 1990 ] 539# ... 540# Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST 541# ... 542# Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 543# Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 544# Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 C 545# Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 546 547# From Bradley White (March 11, 1992): 548# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide 549# contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival, 550# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks." 551 552# From Robert Elz (March 13, 1992): 553# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that) 554# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even 555# numbered year (from 1990). That's when the Adelaide Festival 556# is on... 557 558# From Robert Elz (March 16, 1992, 00:57:07 +1000): 559# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday).... 560# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever... 561# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...). 562 563# From Bradley White (April 11, 1994): 564# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March, 565# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can 566# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated.... 567 568# Australia/Tasmania 569 570# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 571# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 572# ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31... 573 574# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 575# # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 576# # [ Nov 1990 ] 577# ... 578# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 AT %sST 579# ... 580# Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 581# Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 582# Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 583# Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 E 584# Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 585# Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 586# Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 587# Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 588# Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D 589# Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E 590# Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D 591# Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 592# Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 593# Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 594 595# From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (October 10, 1991): 596# My state Government in there eagerness to get a few more bucks for the 597# tourist industry industry decided to change the daylight savings times 598# yet again (we now have almost 6 months per year)... 599# ... 600# Rule Oz 1986 1990 - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - 601# Rule Oz 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - 602# ... 603# Rule Oz 1987 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 604# Rule Oz 1991 max - Mar Sun<=31 3:00 0 - 605 606# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (October 10, 1991): 607# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have 608# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia 609# (but nothing new about that). 610 611# Australia/Victoria 612 613# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 614# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 615# ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 616 617# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 618# # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 619# # [ Nov 1990 ] 620# ... 621# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV %sST 622# ... 623# Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 624# Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 625# Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 626# Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E 627# Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D 628# Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 629# Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 630 631# Australia/NSW 632 633# From Arthur David Olson: 634# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time. 635# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz), 636# who notes: 637# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the 638# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time'' 639# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common 640# use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the 641# legislation. This is very important to understand. 642# I have researched New South Wales time only... 643 644# From Dave Davey (March 3, 1990): 645# Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 646# Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 647 648# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 649# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 650# NSW...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 651 652# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 653# # The state of NEW SOUTH WALES.. [confirmed by Attorney General's Dept N.S.W] 654# # [ Dec 1990 ] 655# ... 656# Rule AN 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 E 657# ... 658 659# From John Mackin (March 9, 1991) 660# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the 661# file Robert forwarded 662 663# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 664# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988; 665# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules. 666 667# Australia/Yancowinna 668 669# From John Basser (January 4, 1989): 670# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. 671 672# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 673# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ] 674# # [ Dec 1990 ] 675# ... 676# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite it's location on the 677# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings 678# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government 679# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have 680# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not 681# # presently available. 682# Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST 683# ... 684# Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 685# Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C 686# [followed by other Rules] 687 688# Australia/LHI 689 690# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 691# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ] 692# [ Dec 1990 ] 693# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an 694# hour ahead of NSW time. 695 696############################################################################### 697 698# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 699# Elz says "no guarantees" 700 701# From Mark Davies (October 3, 1990): 702# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period. 703# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for 704# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start). 705# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office. 706 707# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 708# # The Country of New Zealand (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that! 709# # or is Australia the west island of N.Z. 710# # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ] 711# # [ Nov 1990 ] 712# ... 713# Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 714# Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 715# Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 716# Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S 717# ... 718# Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand 719# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island 720 721# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 722# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 723# rather than the October 1 value. 724 725############################################################################### 726 727# Fiji 728 729# Howse writes (p 162) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji 730# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on +12:00. 731# Perhaps it didn't take. We go with Shanks's more precise date in 1915. 732 733# Kwajalein 734 735# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes: 736# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday, 737# August 20, 1993. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with 738# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands, 739# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink. 740 741# Pacific Islands Trust Territories 742 743# Howse writes (p 162) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the 744# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones 745# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time. 746# Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila. 747