australasia revision 9908
1# @(#)australasia 7.21 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] 24# Northern Territory 25Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 26 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 27 9:30 Aus CST 28 29# ZONE-DESCR Australia Darwin Australia_ Northern Territory 30 31# Western Australia 32Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 33 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 34 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00 35 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 36 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00 37 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 38 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00 39 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 40 8:00 - WST 41 42# ZONE-DESCR Australia Perth Australia_ Western_Australia 43 44# Queensland 45Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895 46 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 47 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00 48 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 3:00 49 10:00 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00 50 10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 51 10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00 52 10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 53 10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00 54 10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 55 10:00 - EST 56 57# ZONE-DESCR Australia Brisbane Australia_ Queensland 58 59# South Australia 60# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 61Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 62Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - 63Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 64Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 65Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 66Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - 67Rule AS 1990 1994 even Mar Sun>=18 3:00 0 - 68Rule AS 1990 1994 odd Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 69Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - 70# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 71Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 72 9:00 - CST 1899 May 73 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 74 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00 75 9:30 AS CST 76 77# ZONE-DESCR Australia Adelaide Australia_ South Australia 78 79# Tasmania 80# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 81Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 - 82Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 3:00 0 - 83Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 84Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 - 85Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 86Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 87Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - 88Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 89Rule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - 90Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - 91Rule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 92Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - 93Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - 94# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 95Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep 96 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 97 10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00 98 10:00 AT EST 99 100# ZONE-DESCR Australia Hobart Australia_ Tasmania 101 102# Victoria 103# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 104Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 105Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 106Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 107Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - 108Rule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - 109Rule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 110Rule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 111Rule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - 112# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 113Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 114 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 115 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 116 10:00 AV EST 117 118# ZONE-DESCR Australia Melbourne Australia_ Victoria 119 120# New South Wales 121# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 122Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 123Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 124Rule AN 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 125Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - 126Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - 127Rule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 128Rule AN 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 129# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 130Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 131 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 132 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 133 10:00 AN EST 134 135# ZONE-DESCR Australia Sydney Australia_ New South Wales 136 137Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb 138 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23 139 9:00 - CST 1899 May 140 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 141 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 142 9:30 AN CST 143 144# ZONE-DESCR Australia Broken_Hill Australia_ County of Yancowinna, NSW 145 146# Australian Capital Territory 147# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 148Zone Australia/Canberra 9:56:32 - LMT 1895 Feb 149 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 150 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 151 10:00 AN EST 1981 Oct 25 2:00 152 10:00 1:00 EST 1982 Apr 4 3:00 153 10:00 AN EST 154 155# ZONE-DESCR Australia Canberra Australia_ Canberra 156 157# Australian miscellany 158# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 159Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 160 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar 161 10:30 AN LHST 162 163# ZONE-DESCR Australia Lord_Howe Australia_ Lord Howe Island 164 165Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 166 7:00 - JVT 167 168# ZONE-DESCR Indian Christmas Australia_ Christmas Island 169 170# 171# Ashmore Is, Cartier 172# no information; probably like Australia/Perth 173# 174# Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga 175# no information 176 177 178# Cook Is 179# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 180Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HD 181Rule Cook 1979 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 H 182Rule Cook 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HD 183# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 184Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua 185 -10:30 - CIST 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is ST 186 -10:00 Cook T%sT 187 188# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Rarotonga Cook_Island All points 189 190# Cocos 191# From USNO (1989): 192# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 193Zone Indian/Cocos 6:30 - CCT 194 195# ZONE-DESCR Indian Cocos Cocos_Island All points 196 197# Fiji 198# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 199Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva 200 12:00 - NZST 201 202# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Fiji Fiji All points 203 204# French Polynesia 205# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 206Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea 207 -9:00 - GBT 208Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct 209 -9:30 - MQT 210Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete 211 -10:00 - THT 212 213# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Gambier France Gambier 214# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Marquesas France Marquesas 215# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tahiti France Tahiti 216 217# Guam 218# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 219Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana 220 10:00 - GST 221 222# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Guam United_States Guam 223 224# Howland, Baker 225# no information; probably like Pacific/Samoa 226 227# Jarvis 228# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritimati 229 230# Johnston 231# no information; probably like Pacific/Honolulu 232 233# Kiribati 234# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 235Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki 236 12:00 - NZST 237Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901 238 -12:00 - KJT 1979 Oct 239 -11:00 - SST 240Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901 241 -10:40 - LIT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time 242 -10:00 - THT 243 244# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tarawa Kiribati Tarawa 245# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Enderbury Kiribati Enderbury 246# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kiritimati Kiribati Kiritimati 247 248# Nauru 249# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 250Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe 251 11:30 - NST 1942 Mar 15 252 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15 253 11:30 - NST 1979 May 254 12:00 - NZST 255 256# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Nauru Nauru All points 257 258# New Caledonia 259# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 260Rule NC 1912 only - Jan 13 0:00 0 S 261Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D 262Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 S 263# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 264Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 265 11:00 NC NC%sT 266 267# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Noumea New_Caledonia All points 268 269############################################################################### 270 271# New Zealand 272 273# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 274Rule NZ 1868 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 275# Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17, 276# 1929 Oct 13 - 1930 Mar 16; go with Whitman. 277Rule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 1:00 D 278Rule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S 279Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 1:00 D 280Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 1:00 D 281Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S 282Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D 283# Shanks says DST stopped 1940 Sep lastSun; go with Whitman for war years. 284Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S 285Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Sep lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 286Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D 287Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 288Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D 289Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 290Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S 291Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 292Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S 293# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 294Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 295 # Shanks gives 1940 Sep 29 2:00; 296 # go with Whitman. 297 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1945 Apr 29 2:00 298 12:00 NZ NZ%sT 299Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 - NZ-CHAT 300 301 302# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Auckland New_Zealand All points except: 303# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Chatham New_Zealand Chatham 304 305# Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is 306# no information; probably like Pacific/Auckland 307 308############################################################################### 309 310 311# Niue 312# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 313Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi 314 -11:20 - NIT 1951 # Niue I Time 315 -11:30 - NIT 1978 Oct 1 316 -11:00 - SST 317 318# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Niue Niue All points 319 320# Norfolk 321# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 322Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston 323 11:12 - NMT 1951 324 11:30 - NRFT 325 326# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Norfolk Norfolk_Islands All points 327 328# Pacific Islands Trust Territories 329# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 330Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901 331 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct 332 12:00 - NZST 333Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 334 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct 335 -12:00 - KJT 1993 Aug 20 336 12:00 - NZST 337Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 338 10:00 - GST 1978 Oct 339 11:00 - NCST 340Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:33:00 - LMT 1901 341 11:00 - NCST 342Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:24 - LMT 1901 343 9:00 - PLT 1969 Oct 344 10:00 - GST 345 346# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Truk Fed_States_of_Micronesia Truk state 347# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Ponape Fed_States_of_Micronesia Pohnpei state 348# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Yap Fed_States_of_Micronesia Yap state 349# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Majuro Marshall_Islands Majuro 350# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kwajalein Marshall_Islands Kwajalein 351 352# Palau 353# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 354Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror 355 9:00 - PLT 356 357# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Palau Rep._of_Palau Palau 358 359# Palmyra 360# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritmati 361 362# Papua New Guinea 363# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 364Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 365 9:49 - PMMT 1895 366 10:00 - EST 367 368# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Port_Moresby Papua_New_Guinea All points 369 370# Pitcairn 371# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 372Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown 373 -8:30 - PIT 374 375# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Pitcairn Pitcairn_Island All points 376 377# Solomon Is 378# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea 379# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 380Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara 381 11:00 - NCST 382 383# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Guadalcanal Solomon_Islands All points except: 384# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Port_Moresby Solomon_Islands Bougainville 385 386# Tokelau Is 387# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 388Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901 389 -10:00 - THT 390 391# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Fakaofo Tokelau_Island All points 392 393# Tonga 394# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 395Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 396 12:20 - TMT 1968 Oct 397 13:00 - TGT 398 399# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tongatapu Tonga All points 400 401# Tuvalu 402# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 403Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 404 12:00 - NZST 405 406# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Funafuti Tuvalu All points 407 408# Vanuatu 409# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 410Rule Vanuatu 1912 only - Jan 13 0:00 0 S 411Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 D 412Rule Vanuatu 1984 max - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 S 413Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 D 414Rule Vanuatu 1985 max - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 D 415# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 416Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila 417 11:00 - NCST 418 419# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Efate Vanuatu All points 420 421# Wake 422# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 423Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901 424 12:00 - NZST 425 426# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Wake United_States Wake Island 427 428# Wallis and Futuna 429# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 430Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 431 12:00 - NZST 432 433# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Wallis France Wallis and Futuna 434 435# Western Samoa 436# See Pacific/Samoa in the `northamerica' file, of all places. 437 438############################################################################### 439 440# NOTES 441 442# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 443# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 444# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 445 446# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (August 18, 1994): 447# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 448# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition), 449# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). 450# Except where noted, it is the source for the data above. 451# 452# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 453# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 454# I found in the UCLA library. 455# 456# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 457# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, 458# Oxford University Press (1980). 459# 460# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; 461# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. 462# Corrections are welcome! 463# std dst 464# LMT Local Mean Time 465# 6:30 CCT Cocos* 466# 7:00 JVT Java* 467# 8:00 WST WST Western Australia 468# 9:00 JST Japan 469# 9:00 PLT Palau* 470# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia 471# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia 472# 10:00 GST Guam* 473# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe* 474# 11:00 NCST NCDT New Caledonia* 475# 11:30 NRFT Norfolk* 476# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 477# 12:45 NZ-CHAT Chatham 478# 13:00 TGT Tongatapu* 479# -12:00 KJT Kwajalein (no longer used)* 480# -11:00 SST Samoa 481# -10:40 LIT Line Is (no longer used)* 482# -10:00 THT Tahiti* 483# - 9:30 MQT Marquesas* 484# - 9:00 GBT Gambier* 485# - 8:30 PIT Pitcairn* 486# 487# See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii and Samoa. 488# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is. 489# 490# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions. 491 492############################################################################### 493 494# Australia 495 496# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): 497# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time. 498# It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer' 499# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the 500# abbreviation does _not_ change... 501# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least 502# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the 503# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses 504# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight 505# time'. 506# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian 507# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time' 508# or `Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the 509# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers 510# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases 511# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times; 512# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC. 513 514# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992): 515# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is: 516# CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30 517# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00 518# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00 519 520# From Paul Eggert (November 8, 1994): 521# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. 522# Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au> writes that his newspaper 523# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00, 524# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970 525# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time. 526# And Robert Uzgalis <buz@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> says that the New Zealand Daylight 527# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard 528# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March. 529# For now we'll continue to assume 3:00 for changes since 1970. 530 531# Northern Territory 532 533# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 534# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ] 535# # [ Nov 1990 ] 536# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location. 537# ... 538# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST 539 540# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 541# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 542# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving. 543 544# Western Australia 545 546# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 547# # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ] 548# # [ Nov 1990 ] 549# # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to 550# # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but 551# # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus 552# # before reaching parliament. 553# ... 554# Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST 555# ... 556# Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 557# Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 558# Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 559# Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 560 561# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 562# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 563# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving. 564 565# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (November 2, 1991): 566# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney 567# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at 568# work at 9.00am.) 569# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse 570# everybody again. 571 572# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 573# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; 574# it matches what was used in the past. 575 576# Queensland 577# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 578# # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ] 579# # [ Dec 1990 ] 580# ... 581# Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST 582# ... 583# Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 584# Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 585# Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 586# Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 587 588# From Bradley White (December 24, 1989): 589# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from 590# October 1989). 591 592# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 593# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 594# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 595# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 596 597# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): 598# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact 599# end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised 600# me.) 601 602# From Bradley White (March 8, 1992): 603# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted 604# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ... 605# ... 606# Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 607# Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 608# ... 609 610# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 611# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes. 612 613# South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria 614 615# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 616# The rules from version 7.1 follow. 617# There are lots of differences between these rules and 618# the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules 619# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on 620# current DST ending dates, no worries. 621# 622# Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 623# Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - 624# Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 625# Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 626# Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 627# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST 628# Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST 629# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00 630# 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00 631# 10:00 Oz EST 632 633# From Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 634# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct... 635# that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the 636# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states 637# that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic). 638# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think 639# that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain. 640 641# South Australia 642 643# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 644# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 645# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 646# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 647 648# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 649# # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ] 650# # [ Nov 1990 ] 651# ... 652# Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST 653# ... 654# Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 655# Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 656# Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 C 657# Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 658 659# From Bradley White (March 11, 1992): 660# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide 661# contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival, 662# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks." 663 664# From Robert Elz (March 13, 1992): 665# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that) 666# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even 667# numbered year (from 1990). That's when the Adelaide Festival 668# is on... 669 670# From Robert Elz (March 16, 1992, 00:57:07 +1000): 671# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday).... 672# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever... 673# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...). 674 675# From Bradley White (April 11, 1994): 676# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March, 677# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can 678# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated.... 679 680# From John Warburton <jwarb@SACBH.com.au> (1994-10-07): 681# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ... 682# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994.... 683# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March. 684 685# Tasmania 686 687# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 688# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 689# ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31... 690 691# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 692# # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 693# # [ Nov 1990 ] 694# ... 695# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 AT %sST 696# ... 697# Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 698# Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 699# Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 700# Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 E 701# Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 702# Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 703# Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 704# Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 705# Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D 706# Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E 707# Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D 708# Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 709# Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 710# Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 711 712# From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (October 10, 1991): 713# My state Government in there eagerness to get a few more bucks for the 714# tourist industry industry decided to change the daylight savings times 715# yet again (we now have almost 6 months per year)... 716# ... 717# Rule Oz 1986 1990 - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - 718# Rule Oz 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - 719# ... 720# Rule Oz 1987 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 721# Rule Oz 1991 max - Mar Sun<=31 3:00 0 - 722 723# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (October 10, 1991): 724# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have 725# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia 726# (but nothing new about that). 727 728# Victoria 729 730# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 731# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 732# ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 733 734# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 735# # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 736# # [ Nov 1990 ] 737# ... 738# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV %sST 739# ... 740# Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 741# Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 742# Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 743# Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E 744# Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D 745# Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 746# Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 747 748# New South Wales 749 750# From Arthur David Olson: 751# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time. 752# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz), 753# who notes: 754# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the 755# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time'' 756# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common 757# use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the 758# legislation. This is very important to understand. 759# I have researched New South Wales time only... 760 761# From Dave Davey (March 3, 1990): 762# Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 763# Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 764 765# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 766# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 767# NSW...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 768 769# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 770# # The state of NEW SOUTH WALES.. [confirmed by Attorney General's Dept N.S.W] 771# # [ Dec 1990 ] 772# ... 773# Rule AN 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 E 774# ... 775 776# From John Mackin (March 9, 1991) 777# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the 778# file Robert forwarded 779 780# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 781# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988; 782# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules. 783 784# Yancowinna 785 786# From John Basser (January 4, 1989): 787# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. 788 789# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 790# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ] 791# # [ Dec 1990 ] 792# ... 793# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite it's location on the 794# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings 795# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government 796# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have 797# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not 798# # presently available. 799# Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST 800# ... 801# Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 802# Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C 803# [followed by other Rules] 804 805# Lord Howe Island 806 807# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 808# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ] 809# [ Dec 1990 ] 810# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an 811# hour ahead of NSW time. 812 813############################################################################### 814 815# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 816# Elz says "no guarantees" 817 818# From Mark Davies (October 3, 1990): 819# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period. 820# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for 821# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start). 822# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office. 823 824# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 825# # The Country of New Zealand (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that! 826# # or is Australia the west island of N.Z. 827# # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ] 828# # [ Nov 1990 ] 829# ... 830# Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 831# Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 832# Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 833# Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S 834# ... 835# Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand 836# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island 837 838# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 839# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 840# rather than the October 1 value. 841 842############################################################################### 843 844# Fiji 845 846# Howse writes (p 162) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji 847# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on +12:00. 848# Perhaps it didn't take. We go with Shanks's more precise date in 1915. 849 850# Kwajalein 851 852# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes: 853# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday, 854# August 20, 1993. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with 855# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands, 856# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink. 857 858# Pacific Islands Trust Territories 859 860# Howse writes (p 162) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the 861# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones 862# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time. 863# Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila. 864