australasia revision 169811
1169811Swollman# @(#)australasia	8.7
2153761Swollman# <pre>
3153761Swollman
42742Swollman# This file also includes Pacific islands.
586464Swollman
62742Swollman# Notes are at the end of this file
72742Swollman
82742Swollman###############################################################################
92742Swollman
102742Swollman# Australia
112742Swollman
1286222Swollman# Please see the notes below for the controversy about "EST" versus "AEST" etc.
1386222Swollman
142742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1558787SruRule	Aus	1917	only	-	Jan	 1	0:01	1:00	-
162742SwollmanRule	Aus	1917	only	-	Mar	25	2:00	0	-
172742SwollmanRule	Aus	1942	only	-	Jan	 1	2:00	1:00	-
182742SwollmanRule	Aus	1942	only	-	Mar	29	2:00	0	-
192742SwollmanRule	Aus	1942	only	-	Sep	27	2:00	1:00	-
202742SwollmanRule	Aus	1943	1944	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
212742SwollmanRule	Aus	1943	only	-	Oct	 3	2:00	1:00	-
2258787Sru# Go with Whitman and the Australian National Standards Commission, which
2358787Sru# says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944.  Ignore Whitman's claim that
2458787Sru# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944.
252742Swollman
262742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
279908Swollman# Northern Territory
282742SwollmanZone Australia/Darwin	 8:43:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
2930711Swollman			 9:00	-	CST	1899 May
302742Swollman			 9:30	Aus	CST
319908Swollman# Western Australia
32169811Swollman#
33169811Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
34169811SwollmanRule	AW	1974	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
35169811SwollmanRule	AW	1975	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
36169811SwollmanRule	AW	1983	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
37169811SwollmanRule	AW	1984	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
38169811SwollmanRule	AW	1991	only	-	Nov	17	2:00s	1:00	-
39169811SwollmanRule	AW	1992	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
40169811SwollmanRule	AW	2006	only	-	Dec	 3	2:00s	1:00	-
41169811SwollmanRule	AW	2007	2009	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
42169811SwollmanRule	AW	2007	2008	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
432742SwollmanZone Australia/Perth	 7:43:24 -	LMT	1895 Dec
4458787Sru			 8:00	Aus	WST	1943 Jul
45169811Swollman			 8:00	AW	WST
46169811SwollmanZone Australia/Eucla	 8:35:28 -	LMT	1895 Dec
47169811Swollman			 8:45	Aus	CWST	1943 Jul
48169811Swollman			 8:45	AW	CWST
49169811Swollman
509908Swollman# Queensland
5120094Swollman#
52149514Swollman# From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01):
5320094Swollman# I have heard or read more than once that some resort islands off the coast
5420094Swollman# of Queensland chose to keep observing daylight-saving time even after
5520094Swollman# Queensland ceased to.
5620094Swollman#
5720094Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
5820094Swollman# IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman,
5920094Swollman# Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped.
6020094Swollman# Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria,
6120094Swollman# so use Lindeman.
6220094Swollman#
6320094Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
6458787SruRule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
6558787SruRule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
6621217SwollmanRule	AQ	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
6721217SwollmanRule	AQ	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
6858787SruRule	Holiday	1992	1993	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
6958787SruRule	Holiday	1993	1994	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
702742SwollmanZone Australia/Brisbane	10:12:08 -	LMT	1895
7158787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
7221217Swollman			10:00	AQ	EST
7320094SwollmanZone Australia/Lindeman  9:55:56 -	LMT	1895
7458787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
7558787Sru			10:00	AQ	EST	1992 Jul
7620094Swollman			10:00	Holiday	EST
772742Swollman
789908Swollman# South Australia
792742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
8014343SwollmanRule	AS	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
8114343SwollmanRule	AS	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	1:00	-
8214343SwollmanRule	AS	1987	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
8314343SwollmanRule	AS	1972	only	-	Feb	27	2:00s	0	-
8414343SwollmanRule	AS	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
8514343SwollmanRule	AS	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
8664499SwollmanRule	AS	1990	only	-	Mar	Sun>=18	2:00s	0	-
8764499SwollmanRule	AS	1991	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
8864499SwollmanRule	AS	1992	only	-	Mar	Sun>=18	2:00s	0	-
8964499SwollmanRule	AS	1993	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
9064499SwollmanRule	AS	1994	only	-	Mar	Sun>=18	2:00s	0	-
91149514SwollmanRule	AS	1995	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
92149514SwollmanRule	AS	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
93149514SwollmanRule	AS	2007	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
942742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
952742SwollmanZone Australia/Adelaide	9:14:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
962742Swollman			9:00	-	CST	1899 May
9758787Sru			9:30	Aus	CST	1971
982742Swollman			9:30	AS	CST
992742Swollman
1009908Swollman# Tasmania
101149514Swollman#
102149514Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16):
103149514Swollman# <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml>
104149514Swollman# says King Island didn't observe DST from WWII until late 1971.
105149514Swollman#
1062742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
10758787SruRule	AT	1967	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
10858787SruRule	AT	1968	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
10914343SwollmanRule	AT	1968	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
11014343SwollmanRule	AT	1969	1971	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00s	0	-
11158787SruRule	AT	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
11214343SwollmanRule	AT	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
11314343SwollmanRule	AT	1982	1983	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
11414343SwollmanRule	AT	1984	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
11558787SruRule	AT	1986	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:00	-
11614343SwollmanRule	AT	1987	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
11758787SruRule	AT	1987	only	-	Oct	Sun>=22	2:00s	1:00	-
11858787SruRule	AT	1988	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
11958787SruRule	AT	1991	1999	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
120149514SwollmanRule	AT	1991	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
12158787SruRule	AT	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
12258787SruRule	AT	2001	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
123149514SwollmanRule	AT	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
124149514SwollmanRule	AT	2007	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
1252742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1262742SwollmanZone Australia/Hobart	9:49:16	-	LMT	1895 Sep
12758787Sru			10:00	-	EST	1916 Oct 1 2:00
12858787Sru			10:00	1:00	EST	1917 Feb
12958787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1967
1302742Swollman			10:00	AT	EST
131149514SwollmanZone Australia/Currie	9:35:28	-	LMT	1895 Sep
132149514Swollman			10:00	-	EST	1916 Oct 1 2:00
133149514Swollman			10:00	1:00	EST	1917 Feb
134149514Swollman			10:00	Aus	EST	1971 Jul
135149514Swollman			10:00	AT	EST
1362742Swollman
1379908Swollman# Victoria
1382742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
13914343SwollmanRule	AV	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
14058787SruRule	AV	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
14114343SwollmanRule	AV	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
14214343SwollmanRule	AV	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
14358787SruRule	AV	1986	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:00	-
14458787SruRule	AV	1988	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
14514343SwollmanRule	AV	1991	1994	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
146149514SwollmanRule	AV	1995	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
14758787SruRule	AV	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
14843543SwollmanRule	AV	2001	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
149149514SwollmanRule	AV	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
150149514SwollmanRule	AV	2007	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
1512742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1522742SwollmanZone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
15358787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
1542742Swollman			10:00	AV	EST
1552742Swollman
1569908Swollman# New South Wales
1572742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
15814343SwollmanRule	AN	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
15914343SwollmanRule	AN	1972	only	-	Feb	27	2:00s	0	-
16014343SwollmanRule	AN	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
16114343SwollmanRule	AN	1982	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
16214343SwollmanRule	AN	1983	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
16314343SwollmanRule	AN	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
16414343SwollmanRule	AN	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	1:00	-
16543543SwollmanRule	AN	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
16614343SwollmanRule	AN	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
167149514SwollmanRule	AN	1996	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
16858787SruRule	AN	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
16943543SwollmanRule	AN	2001	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
170149514SwollmanRule	AN	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
171149514SwollmanRule	AN	2007	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
1722742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1732742SwollmanZone Australia/Sydney	10:04:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
17458787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
1752742Swollman			10:00	AN	EST
1762742SwollmanZone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 -	LMT	1895 Feb
1772742Swollman			10:00	-	EST	1896 Aug 23
1782742Swollman			9:00	-	CST	1899 May
17958787Sru			9:30	Aus	CST	1971
18058787Sru			9:30	AN	CST	2000
18158787Sru			9:30	AS	CST
1828029Swollman
18314343Swollman# Lord Howe Island
18414343Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
18575267SwollmanRule	LH	1981	1984	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
18675267SwollmanRule	LH	1982	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
18775267SwollmanRule	LH	1985	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
18875267SwollmanRule	LH	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
18975267SwollmanRule	LH	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00	0:30	-
19075267SwollmanRule	LH	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
19175267SwollmanRule	LH	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
192149514SwollmanRule	LH	1996	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
19375267SwollmanRule	LH	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
19475267SwollmanRule	LH	2001	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
195149514SwollmanRule	LH	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
196149514SwollmanRule	LH	2007	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
1972742SwollmanZone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
1982742Swollman			10:00	-	EST	1981 Mar
19914343Swollman			10:30	LH	LHST
2008029Swollman
20114343Swollman# Australian miscellany
2022742Swollman#
2032742Swollman# Ashmore Is, Cartier
20414343Swollman# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers
205169811Swollman# no times are set
2062742Swollman#
20714343Swollman# Coral Sea Is
20814343Swollman# no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists
209169811Swollman# no times are set
21014343Swollman#
21130711Swollman# Macquarie
21230711Swollman# permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948;
21358787Sru# sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888/1917
214169811Swollman# like Australia/Hobart
2152742Swollman
21643014Swollman# Christmas
21743014Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
21843014SwollmanZone Indian/Christmas	7:02:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
21943014Swollman			7:00	-	CXT	# Christmas Island Time
2202742Swollman
2212742Swollman# Cook Is
222158421Swollman# From Shanks & Pottenger:
2232742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
22419878SwollmanRule	Cook	1978	only	-	Nov	12	0:00	0:30	HS
22543014SwollmanRule	Cook	1979	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
22643014SwollmanRule	Cook	1979	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0:30	HS
2272742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2282742SwollmanZone Pacific/Rarotonga	-10:39:04 -	LMT	1901		# Avarua
22919878Swollman			-10:30	-	CKT	1978 Nov 12	# Cook Is Time
23019878Swollman			-10:00	Cook	CK%sT
2312742Swollman
2322742Swollman# Cocos
233149514Swollman# These islands were ruled by the Ross family from about 1830 to 1978.
234149514Swollman# We don't know when standard time was introduced; for now, we guess 1900.
2352742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
236149514SwollmanZone	Indian/Cocos	6:27:40	-	LMT	1900
237149514Swollman			6:30	-	CCT	# Cocos Islands Time
2382742Swollman
2392742Swollman# Fiji
24043543Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
24175267SwollmanRule	Fiji	1998	1999	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
24275267SwollmanRule	Fiji	1999	2000	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	-
2432742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2442742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Fiji	11:53:40 -	LMT	1915 Oct 26	# Suva
24543543Swollman			12:00	Fiji	FJ%sT	# Fiji Time
2462742Swollman
2472742Swollman# French Polynesia
2482742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2492742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Gambier	 -8:59:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Rikitea
25019878Swollman			 -9:00	-	GAMT	# Gambier Time
2512742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 -	LMT	1912 Oct
25219878Swollman			 -9:30	-	MART	# Marquesas Time
2532742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Tahiti	 -9:58:16 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Papeete
25419878Swollman			-10:00	-	TAHT	# Tahiti Time
25543014Swollman# Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia;
25643014Swollman# it is uninhabited.
2572742Swollman
2582742Swollman# Guam
2592742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
26075267SwollmanZone	Pacific/Guam	-14:21:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
26175267Swollman			 9:39:00 -	LMT	1901		# Agana
26275267Swollman			10:00	-	GST	2000 Dec 23	# Guam
26375267Swollman			10:00	-	ChST	# Chamorro Standard Time
2642742Swollman
2652742Swollman# Kiribati
2662742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2672742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tarawa	 11:32:04 -	LMT	1901		# Bairiki
26819878Swollman			 12:00	-	GILT		 # Gilbert Is Time
2692742SwollmanZone Pacific/Enderbury	-11:24:20 -	LMT	1901
27019878Swollman			-12:00	-	PHOT	1979 Oct # Phoenix Is Time
27119878Swollman			-11:00	-	PHOT	1995
27219878Swollman			 13:00	-	PHOT
2732742SwollmanZone Pacific/Kiritimati	-10:29:20 -	LMT	1901
27419878Swollman			-10:40	-	LINT	1979 Oct # Line Is Time
27519878Swollman			-10:00	-	LINT	1995
27619878Swollman			 14:00	-	LINT
2772742Swollman
27814343Swollman# N Mariana Is
27914343Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
28075267SwollmanZone Pacific/Saipan	-14:17:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
28175267Swollman			 9:43:00 -	LMT	1901
28219878Swollman			 9:00	-	MPT	1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time
28375267Swollman			10:00	-	MPT	2000 Dec 23
28475267Swollman			10:00	-	ChST	# Chamorro Standard Time
28514343Swollman
28614343Swollman# Marshall Is
28714343Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
28814343SwollmanZone Pacific/Majuro	11:24:48 -	LMT	1901
28919878Swollman			11:00	-	MHT	1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time
29019878Swollman			12:00	-	MHT
29114343SwollmanZone Pacific/Kwajalein	11:09:20 -	LMT	1901
29219878Swollman			11:00	-	MHT	1969 Oct
29319878Swollman			-12:00	-	KWAT	1993 Aug 20	# Kwajalein Time
29419878Swollman			12:00	-	MHT
29514343Swollman
29614343Swollman# Micronesia
29714343Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
29814343SwollmanZone Pacific/Truk	10:07:08 -	LMT	1901
29919878Swollman			10:00	-	TRUT			# Truk Time
30014343SwollmanZone Pacific/Ponape	10:32:52 -	LMT	1901		# Kolonia
30119878Swollman			11:00	-	PONT			# Ponape Time
30214343SwollmanZone Pacific/Kosrae	10:51:56 -	LMT	1901
30358787Sru			11:00	-	KOST	1969 Oct	# Kosrae Time
30458787Sru			12:00	-	KOST	1999
30558787Sru			11:00	-	KOST
30614343Swollman
3072742Swollman# Nauru
3082742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3092742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Nauru	11:07:40 -	LMT	1921 Jan 15	# Uaobe
31019878Swollman			11:30	-	NRT	1942 Mar 15	# Nauru Time
3112742Swollman			9:00	-	JST	1944 Aug 15
31219878Swollman			11:30	-	NRT	1979 May
31319878Swollman			12:00	-	NRT
3142742Swollman
3152742Swollman# New Caledonia
3162742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
31719878SwollmanRule	NC	1977	1978	-	Dec	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
31819878SwollmanRule	NC	1978	1979	-	Feb	27	0:00	0	-
31943014SwollmanRule	NC	1996	only	-	Dec	 1	2:00s	1:00	S
320158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger say the following was at 2:00; go with IATA.
32143014SwollmanRule	NC	1997	only	-	Mar	 2	2:00s	0	-
3222742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3232742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Noumea	11:05:48 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13
3242742Swollman			11:00	NC	NC%sT
3252742Swollman
3262742Swollman
3272742Swollman###############################################################################
3282742Swollman
3292742Swollman# New Zealand
3302742Swollman
3312742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
332121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1927	only	-	Nov	 6	2:00	1:00	S
333121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1928	only	-	Mar	 4	2:00	0	M
334121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1928	1933	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00	0:30	S
335121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1929	1933	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	M
336121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1934	1940	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	0	M
337121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1934	1940	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0:30	S
338121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1946	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	S
339121098Swollman# Since 1957 Chatham has been 45 minutes ahead of NZ, but there's no
340121098Swollman# convenient notation for this so we must duplicate the Rule lines.
341114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1974	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
342121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1974	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:45s	1:00	D
343114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1975	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
344121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1975	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:45s	0	S
3459908SwollmanRule	NZ	1975	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
346121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1975	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:45s	1:00	D
347114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1976	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
348121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1976	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:45s	0	S
349114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00s	1:00	D
350121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:45s	1:00	D
351169811SwollmanRule	NZ	1990	2006	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
352169811SwollmanRule	Chatham	1990	2006	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:45s	1:00	D
353169811SwollmanRule	NZ	1990	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S
354169811SwollmanRule	Chatham	1990	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:45s	0	S
355169811SwollmanRule	NZ	2007	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
356169811SwollmanRule	Chatham	2007	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:45s	1:00	D
357169811SwollmanRule	NZ	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
358169811SwollmanRule	Chatham	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:45s	0	S
3592742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
360114173SwollmanZone Pacific/Auckland	11:39:04 -	LMT	1868 Nov  2
361121098Swollman			11:30	NZ	NZ%sT	1946 Jan  1
3622742Swollman			12:00	NZ	NZ%sT
363121098SwollmanZone Pacific/Chatham	12:13:48 -	LMT	1957 Jan  1
364121098Swollman			12:45	Chatham	CHA%sT
3652742Swollman
3668029Swollman
36730711Swollman# Auckland Is
36858787Sru# uninhabited; Maori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers,
36958787Sru# and scientific personnel have wintered
3702742Swollman
37130711Swollman# Campbell I
37258787Sru# minor whaling stations operated 1909/1914
37358787Sru# scientific station operated 1941/1995;
37458787Sru# previously whalers, sealers, pastoralists, and scientific personnel wintered
37530711Swollman# was probably like Pacific/Auckland
37630711Swollman
3772742Swollman###############################################################################
3782742Swollman
3792742Swollman
3802742Swollman# Niue
3812742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3822742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Niue	-11:19:40 -	LMT	1901		# Alofi
38319878Swollman			-11:20	-	NUT	1951	# Niue Time
38419878Swollman			-11:30	-	NUT	1978 Oct 1
38519878Swollman			-11:00	-	NUT
3862742Swollman
3872742Swollman# Norfolk
3882742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3892742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Norfolk	11:11:52 -	LMT	1901		# Kingston
39019878Swollman			11:12	-	NMT	1951	# Norfolk Mean Time
39119878Swollman			11:30	-	NFT		# Norfolk Time
3922742Swollman
39358787Sru# Palau (Belau)
3949908Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3959908SwollmanZone Pacific/Palau	8:57:56 -	LMT	1901		# Koror
39619878Swollman			9:00	-	PWT	# Palau Time
3979908Swollman
3982742Swollman# Papua New Guinea
3992742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4002742SwollmanZone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 -	LMT	1880
40186222Swollman			9:48:32	-	PMMT	1895	# Port Moresby Mean Time
40219878Swollman			10:00	-	PGT		# Papua New Guinea Time
4032742Swollman
4042742Swollman# Pitcairn
4052742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4062742SwollmanZone Pacific/Pitcairn	-8:40:20 -	LMT	1901		# Adamstown
40758787Sru			-8:30	-	PNT	1998 Apr 27 00:00
40858787Sru			-8:00	-	PST	# Pitcairn Standard Time
4092742Swollman
41014343Swollman# American Samoa
41114343SwollmanZone Pacific/Pago_Pago	 12:37:12 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
41214343Swollman			-11:22:48 -	LMT	1911
41319878Swollman			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time
41414343Swollman			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr	# N=Nome
41514343Swollman			-11:00	-	BST	1983 Nov 30	# B=Bering
41614343Swollman			-11:00	-	SST			# S=Samoa
41714343Swollman
418149514Swollman# Samoa
41914343SwollmanZone Pacific/Apia	 12:33:04 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
42014343Swollman			-11:26:56 -	LMT	1911
42119878Swollman			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time
422149514Swollman			-11:00	-	WST			# Samoa Time
42314343Swollman
4242742Swollman# Solomon Is
4252742Swollman# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
4262742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4272742SwollmanZone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Honiara
42819878Swollman			11:00	-	SBT	# Solomon Is Time
4292742Swollman
4302742Swollman# Tokelau Is
4312742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4322742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Fakaofo	-11:24:56 -	LMT	1901
43319878Swollman			-10:00	-	TKT	# Tokelau Time
4342742Swollman
4352742Swollman# Tonga
43658787Sru# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
43775267SwollmanRule	Tonga	1999	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00s	1:00	S
43875267SwollmanRule	Tonga	2000	only	-	Mar	19	2:00s	0	-
439114173SwollmanRule	Tonga	2000	2001	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
440114173SwollmanRule	Tonga	2001	2002	-	Jan	lastSun	2:00	0	-
4412742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4422742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tongatapu	12:19:20 -	LMT	1901
44358787Sru			12:20	-	TOT	1941 # Tonga Time
44458787Sru			13:00	-	TOT	1999
44558787Sru			13:00	Tonga	TO%sT
4462742Swollman
4472742Swollman# Tuvalu
4482742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4492742SwollmanZone Pacific/Funafuti	11:56:52 -	LMT	1901
45019878Swollman			12:00	-	TVT	# Tuvalu Time
4512742Swollman
45243014Swollman
45343014Swollman# US minor outlying islands
45443014Swollman
45543014Swollman# Howland, Baker
45643014Swollman# uninhabited since World War II
45743014Swollman# no information; was probably like Pacific/Pago_Pago
45843014Swollman
45943014Swollman# Jarvis
46043014Swollman# uninhabited since 1958
46143014Swollman# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
46243014Swollman
46343014Swollman# Johnston
46443014Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
46543014SwollmanZone Pacific/Johnston	-10:00	-	HST
46643014Swollman
46743014Swollman# Kingman
46843014Swollman# uninhabited
46943014Swollman
47043014Swollman# Midway
471149514Swollman#
472149514Swollman# From Mark Brader (2005-01-23):
473149514Swollman# [Fallacies and Fantasies of Air Transport History, by R.E.G. Davies,
474149514Swollman# published 1994 by Paladwr Press, McLean, VA, USA; ISBN 0-9626483-5-3]
475149514Swollman# reproduced a Pan American Airways timeables from 1936, for their weekly
476149514Swollman# "Orient Express" flights between San Francisco and Manila, and connecting
477149514Swollman# flights to Chicago and the US East Coast.  As it uses some time zone
478149514Swollman# designations that I've never seen before:....
479149514Swollman# Fri. 6:30A Lv. HONOLOLU (Pearl Harbor), H.I.   H.L.T. Ar. 5:30P Sun.
480149514Swollman#  "   3:00P Ar. MIDWAY ISLAND . . . . . . . . . M.L.T. Lv. 6:00A  "
481149514Swollman#
48243014SwollmanZone Pacific/Midway	-11:49:28 -	LMT	1901
483121098Swollman			-11:00	-	NST	1956 Jun  3
484121098Swollman			-11:00	1:00	NDT	1956 Sep  2
48543014Swollman			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr	# N=Nome
48643014Swollman			-11:00	-	BST	1983 Nov 30	# B=Bering
48743014Swollman			-11:00	-	SST			# S=Samoa
48843014Swollman
48943014Swollman# Palmyra
49043014Swollman# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
49143014Swollman
49243014Swollman# Wake
49343014Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
49443014SwollmanZone	Pacific/Wake	11:06:28 -	LMT	1901
49543014Swollman			12:00	-	WAKT	# Wake Time
49643014Swollman
49743014Swollman
4982742Swollman# Vanuatu
4992742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
50019878SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1983	only	-	Sep	25	0:00	1:00	S
50119878SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1984	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=23	0:00	0	-
50219878SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1984	only	-	Oct	23	0:00	1:00	S
50320094SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1985	1991	-	Sep	Sun>=23	0:00	1:00	S
50420094SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1992	1993	-	Jan	Sun>=23	0:00	0	-
50520094SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1992	only	-	Oct	Sun>=23	0:00	1:00	S
5062742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5072742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Efate	11:13:16 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13		# Vila
50819878Swollman			11:00	Vanuatu	VU%sT	# Vanuatu Time
5092742Swollman
5102742Swollman# Wallis and Futuna
5112742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5122742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
51319878Swollman			12:00	-	WFT	# Wallis & Futuna Time
5142742Swollman
5152742Swollman###############################################################################
5162742Swollman
5172742Swollman# NOTES
5182742Swollman
5192742Swollman# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
5202742Swollman# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
5212742Swollman# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
5222742Swollman
523158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
5242742Swollman# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
525158421Swollman# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
526158421Swollman# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
5272742Swollman#
52886222Swollman# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
52920094Swollman# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
53020094Swollman# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
53120094Swollman# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
53220094Swollman# of the IATA's data after 1990.
53320094Swollman#
534158421Swollman# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
535158421Swollman# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
53620094Swollman#
5372742Swollman# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
5382742Swollman# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
5392742Swollman# I found in the UCLA library.
5402742Swollman#
5412742Swollman# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
54258787Sru# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
5432742Swollman#
5442742Swollman# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
5452742Swollman# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
5462742Swollman# Corrections are welcome!
5472742Swollman#		std dst
5482742Swollman#		LMT	Local Mean Time
5492742Swollman#	  8:00	WST WST	Western Australia
550169811Swollman#	  8:45	CWST CWST Central Western Australia*
5512742Swollman#	  9:00	JST	Japan
5522742Swollman#	  9:30	CST CST	Central Australia
5532742Swollman#	 10:00	EST EST	Eastern Australia
55475267Swollman#	 10:00	ChST	Chamorro
5552742Swollman#	 10:30	LHST LHST Lord Howe*
556121098Swollman#	 11:30	NZMT NZST New Zealand through 1945
557121098Swollman#	 12:00	NZST NZDT New Zealand 1946-present
55819878Swollman#	 12:45	CHAST CHADT Chatham*
5592742Swollman#	-11:00	SST	Samoa
56014343Swollman#	-10:00	HST	Hawaii
56158787Sru#	- 8:00	PST	Pitcairn*
5622742Swollman#
56314343Swollman# See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii.
5649908Swollman# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is.
5652742Swollman
5662742Swollman###############################################################################
5672742Swollman
5682742Swollman# Australia
5692742Swollman
570153670Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2005-12-08):
571153670Swollman# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml">
572153670Swollman# Implementation Dates of Daylight Saving Time within Australia
573153670Swollman# </a> summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia.
57458787Sru
575153670Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (2005-12-12):
576153670Swollman# <a href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/Corporate/ll_agdinfo.nsf/pages/community_relations_daylight_saving">
577153670Swollman# Lawlink NSW:Daylight Saving in New South Wales
578153670Swollman# </a> covers New South Wales in particular.
579153670Swollman
58019878Swollman# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
5812742Swollman# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time.
5822742Swollman# It is called `summer' time.  Now by a happy coincidence, `summer'
5832742Swollman# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the
5842742Swollman# abbreviation does _not_ change...
5852742Swollman# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least
5862742Swollman# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the
5872742Swollman# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses
5882742Swollman# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight
5892742Swollman# time'.
5902742Swollman# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian
5912742Swollman# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time'
5922742Swollman# or `Eastern Summer Time'.  (Note, though, that as I say in the
5932742Swollman# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.)  Announcers
5942742Swollman# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases
5952742Swollman# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times;
5962742Swollman# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.
5972742Swollman
59886222Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
5992742Swollman# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is:
6002742Swollman#	CST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30
6012742Swollman#	WST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00
6022742Swollman#	EST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00
6032742Swollman
604163302Sru# From Chuck Soper (2006-06-01):
605163302Sru# I recently found this Australian government web page on time zones:
606163302Sru# <http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia-13time>
607163302Sru# And this government web page lists time zone names and abbreviations:
608163302Sru# <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/daysavtm.shtml>
609163302Sru
61086222Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2001-04-05), summarizing a long discussion about "EST"
61186222Swollman# versus "AEST" etc.:
61286222Swollman#
61386222Swollman# I see the following points of dispute:
61486222Swollman#
61586222Swollman# * How important are unique time zone abbreviations?
61686222Swollman#
61786222Swollman#   Here I tend to agree with the point (most recently made by Chris
61886222Swollman#   Newman) that unique abbreviations should not be essential for proper
61986222Swollman#   operation of software.  We have other instances of ambiguity
62086222Swollman#   (e.g. "IST" denoting both "Israel Standard Time" and "Indian
62186222Swollman#   Standard Time"), and they are not likely to go away any time soon.
62286222Swollman#   In the old days, some software mistakenly relied on unique
62386222Swollman#   abbreviations, but this is becoming less true with time, and I don't
62486222Swollman#   think it's that important to cater to such software these days.
62586222Swollman#
62686222Swollman#   On the other hand, there is another motivation for unambiguous
62786222Swollman#   abbreviations: it cuts down on human confusion.  This is
62886222Swollman#   particularly true for Australia, where "EST" can mean one thing for
62986222Swollman#   time T and a different thing for time T plus 1 second.
63086222Swollman#
63186222Swollman# * Does the relevant legislation indicate which abbreviations should be used?
63286222Swollman#
63386222Swollman#   Here I tend to think that things are a mess, just as they are in
63486222Swollman#   many other countries.  We Americans are currently disagreeing about
63586222Swollman#   which abbreviation to use for the newly legislated Chamorro Standard
63686222Swollman#   Time, for example.
63786222Swollman#
63886222Swollman#   Personally, I would prefer to use common practice; I would like to
63986222Swollman#   refer to legislation only for examples of common practice, or as a
64086222Swollman#   tiebreaker.
64186222Swollman#
64286222Swollman# * Do Australians more often use "Eastern Daylight Time" or "Eastern
64386222Swollman#   Summer Time"?  Do they typically prefix the time zone names with
64486222Swollman#   the word "Australian"?
64586222Swollman#
64686222Swollman#   My own impression is that both "Daylight Time" and "Summer Time" are
64786222Swollman#   common and are widely understood, but that "Summer Time" is more
64886222Swollman#   popular; and that the leading "A" is also common but is omitted more
64986222Swollman#   often than not.  I just used AltaVista advanced search and got the
65086222Swollman#   following count of page hits:
65186222Swollman#
65286222Swollman#     1,103 "Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au
65386222Swollman#       971 "Australian Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au
65486222Swollman#       613 "Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au
65586222Swollman#       127 "Australian Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au
65686222Swollman#
65786222Swollman#   Here "Summer" seems quite a bit more popular than "Daylight",
65886222Swollman#   particularly when we know the time zone is Australian and not US,
65986222Swollman#   say.  The "Australian" prefix seems to be popular for Eastern Summer
66086222Swollman#   Time, but unpopular for Eastern Daylight Time.
66186222Swollman#
66286222Swollman#   For abbreviations, tools like AltaVista are less useful because of
66386222Swollman#   ambiguity.  Many hits are not really time zones, unfortunately, and
66486222Swollman#   many hits denote US time zones and not Australian ones.  But here
66586222Swollman#   are the hit counts anyway:
66686222Swollman#
66786222Swollman#     161,304 "EST" and domain:au
66886222Swollman#      25,156 "EDT" and domain:au
66986222Swollman#      18,263 "AEST" and domain:au
67086222Swollman#      10,416 "AEDT" and domain:au
67186222Swollman#
67286222Swollman#      14,538 "CST" and domain:au
67386222Swollman#       5,728 "CDT" and domain:au
67486222Swollman#         176 "ACST" and domain:au
67586222Swollman#          29 "ACDT" and domain:au
67686222Swollman#
67786222Swollman#       7,539 "WST" and domain:au
67886222Swollman#          68 "AWST" and domain:au
67986222Swollman#
68086222Swollman#   This data suggest that Australians tend to omit the "A" prefix in
68186222Swollman#   practice.  The situation for "ST" versus "DT" is less clear, given
68286222Swollman#   the ambiguities involved.
68386222Swollman#
68486222Swollman# * How do Australians feel about the abbreviations in the tz database?
68586222Swollman#
68686222Swollman#   If you just count Australians on this list, I count 2 in favor and 3
68786222Swollman#   against.  One of the "against" votes (David Keegel) counseled delay,
68886222Swollman#   saying that both AEST/AEDT and EST/EST are widely used and
68986222Swollman#   understood in Australia.
69086222Swollman
69114343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
692158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ.
693149514Swollman# Mark Prior writes that his newspaper
6949908Swollman# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00,
6959908Swollman# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970
6969908Swollman# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time.
69714343Swollman# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960.
6982742Swollman
699149514Swollman# From Eric Ulevik (1998-01-05):
70075267Swollman#
70143014Swollman# Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable,
70243014Swollman# and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more
70343014Swollman# relevant entries in this database.
70475267Swollman#
70543014Swollman# NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill):
70643014Swollman# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html">
70743014Swollman# Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04)
70843014Swollman# </a>
70943014Swollman# ACT
71058787Sru# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html">
71143014Swollman# Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972
71243014Swollman# </a>
71343014Swollman# SA
71443014Swollman# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html">
71543014Swollman# Standard Time Act, 1898
71643014Swollman# </a>
71743014Swollman
718149514Swollman# From David Grosz (2005-06-13):
719149514Swollman# It was announced last week that Daylight Saving would be extended by
720149514Swollman# one week next year to allow for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
721149514Swollman# Daylight Saving is now to end for next year only on the first Sunday
722149514Swollman# in April instead of the last Sunday in March.
723149514Swollman#
724149514Swollman# From Gwillim Law (2005-06-14):
725149514Swollman# I did some Googling and found that all of those states (and territory) plan
726149514Swollman# to extend DST together in 2006.
727149514Swollman# ACT: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/mediareleases/fileread.cfm?file=86.txt
728149514Swollman# New South Wales: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15538869%255E1702,00.html
729149514Swollman# South Australia: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15555031-1246,00.html
730149514Swollman# Tasmania: http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=14772
731149514Swollman# Victoria: I wasn't able to find anything separate, but the other articles
732149514Swollman# allude to it.
733149514Swollman# But not Queensland
734149514Swollman# http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15564030-1248,00.html.
735149514Swollman
7369908Swollman# Northern Territory
7379908Swollman
73819878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
7392742Swollman# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY..  [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
7402742Swollman# #					[ Nov 1990 ]
7412742Swollman# #	N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
7422742Swollman# ...
7439908Swollman# Zone        Australia/North         9:30    -       CST
7442742Swollman
74519878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
7462742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
7472742Swollman# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving.
7482742Swollman
7499908Swollman# Western Australia
7502742Swollman
75119878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
7522742Swollman# #  The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA..  [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]
7532742Swollman# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
7542742Swollman# #	W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to
7552742Swollman# #	DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but
7562742Swollman# #	usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus
7572742Swollman# #	before reaching parliament.
7582742Swollman# ...
7592742Swollman# Zone	Australia/West		8:00	AW	%sST
7602742Swollman# ...
7612742Swollman# Rule	AW	1974	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
7622742Swollman# Rule	AW	1975	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W
7632742Swollman# Rule	AW	1983	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
7642742Swollman# Rule	AW	1984	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W
7652742Swollman
76619878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
7672742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
7682742Swollman# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving.
7692742Swollman
77019878Swollman# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (1991-11-02):
7712742Swollman# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney
7722742Swollman# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at
7732742Swollman# work at 9.00am.)
7742742Swollman# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse
7752742Swollman# everybody again.
7762742Swollman
77719878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
7782742Swollman# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
7792742Swollman# it matches what was used in the past.
7802742Swollman
78158787Sru# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm">
78258787Sru# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ
78358787Sru# </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses
78458787Sru# South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia.
78558787Sru
7869908Swollman# Queensland
78719878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
7882742Swollman# #   The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
7892742Swollman# #						[ Dec 1990 ]
7902742Swollman# ...
7912742Swollman# Zone	Australia/Queensland	10:00	AQ	%sST
7922742Swollman# ...
7932742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
7942742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	E
7952742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1989	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
7962742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E
7972742Swollman
79819878Swollman# From Bradley White (1989-12-24):
7992742Swollman# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from
8002742Swollman# October 1989).
8012742Swollman
80219878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
8032742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
8042742Swollman# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
8052742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
8062742Swollman
80719878Swollman# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
8082742Swollman# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact
8092742Swollman# end on Sunday, 3 March.  I don't know at what hour, though.  (It surprised
8102742Swollman# me.)
8112742Swollman
81219878Swollman# From Bradley White (1992-03-08):
8132742Swollman# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted
8142742Swollman# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ...
8152742Swollman# ...
8162742Swollman# Rule	QLD	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
8172742Swollman# Rule	QLD	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
8182742Swollman# ...
8192742Swollman
82019878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
8212742Swollman# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
8222742Swollman
823169811Swollman# From Christopher Hunt (2006-11-21), after an advance warning
824169811Swollman# from Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-11-01):
825169811Swollman# WA are trialing DST for three years.
826169811Swollman# <http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54825721200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf>
827169811Swollman
828105196Swollman# From Rives McDow (2002-04-09):
829114173Swollman# The most interesting region I have found consists of three towns on the
830169811Swollman# southern coast....  South Australia observes daylight saving time; Western
831114173Swollman# Australia does not.  The two states are one and a half hours apart.  The
832114173Swollman# residents decided to forget about this nonsense of changing the clock so
833114173Swollman# much and set the local time 20 hours and 45 minutes from the
834114173Swollman# international date line, or right in the middle of the time of South
835169811Swollman# Australia and Western Australia....
836105196Swollman#
837105196Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2002-04-09):
838105196Swollman# This is confirmed by the section entitled
839105196Swollman# "What's the deal with time zones???" in
840169811Swollman# <http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~awatkins/null.html>.
841105196Swollman#
842169811Swollman# From Alex Livingston (2006-12-07):
843169811Swollman# ... it was just on four years ago that I drove along the Eyre Highway,
844169811Swollman# which passes through eastern Western Australia close to the southern
845169811Swollman# coast of the continent.
846105196Swollman#
847169811Swollman# I paid particular attention to the time kept there. There can be no
848169811Swollman# dispute that UTC+08:45 was considered "the time" from the border
849169811Swollman# village just inside the border with South Australia to as far west
850169811Swollman# as just east of Caiguna. There can also be no dispute that Eucla is
851169811Swollman# the largest population centre in this zone....
852169811Swollman#
853169811Swollman# Now that Western Australia is observing daylight saving, the
854169811Swollman# question arose whether this part of the state would follow suit. I
855169811Swollman# just called the border village and confirmed that indeed they have,
856169811Swollman# meaning that they are now observing UTC+09:45.
857169811Swollman#
858169811Swollman# (2006-12-09):
859169811Swollman# I personally doubt that either experimentation with daylight saving
860169811Swollman# in WA or its introduction in SA had anything to do with the genesis
861169811Swollman# of this time zone.  My hunch is that it's been around since well
862169811Swollman# before 1975.  I remember seeing it noted on road maps decades ago.
863105196Swollman
864169811Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-12-15):
865169811Swollman# For lack of better info, assume the tradition dates back to the
866169811Swollman# introduction of standard time in 1895.
867169811Swollman
868169811Swollman
8699908Swollman# South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
8702742Swollman
87119878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
8722742Swollman# The rules from version 7.1 follow.
8732742Swollman# There are lots of differences between these rules and
8742742Swollman# the Shepherd et al. rules.  Since the Shepherd et al. rules
8752742Swollman# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on
8762742Swollman# current DST ending dates, no worries.
8772742Swollman#
8782742Swollman# Rule	Oz	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
879158421Swollman# Rule	Oz	1986	max	-	Oct	Sun>=18	2:00	1:00	-
8802742Swollman# Rule	Oz	1972	only	-	Feb	27	3:00	0	-
8812742Swollman# Rule	Oz	1973	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
882158421Swollman# Rule	Oz	1987	max	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	-
8832742Swollman# Zone	Australia/Tasmania	10:00	Oz	EST
8842742Swollman# Zone	Australia/South		9:30	Oz	CST
8852742Swollman# Zone	Australia/Victoria	10:00	Oz	EST	1985 Oct lastSun 2:00
886158421Swollman#				10:00	1:00	EST	1986 Mar Sun>=15 3:00
8872742Swollman#				10:00	Oz	EST
8882742Swollman
88919878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
8902742Swollman# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct...
8912742Swollman# that changed Oct 89.  That is, we're back to the
8922742Swollman# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states
8932742Swollman# that have dst, incl Qld.  (Certainly it was true in Vic).
8942742Swollman# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think
8952742Swollman# that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain.
8962742Swollman
8979908Swollman# South Australia
8982742Swollman
89919878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
9002742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
9012742Swollman# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
9022742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
9032742Swollman
90419878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
9052742Swollman# #   The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ]
9062742Swollman# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
9072742Swollman# ...
9082742Swollman# Zone	Australia/South		9:30	AS	%sST
9092742Swollman# ...
9102742Swollman# Rule	 AS	1971	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
9112742Swollman# Rule	 AS	1972	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C
912158421Swollman# Rule	 AS	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	C
9132742Swollman# Rule	 AS	1991	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C
9142742Swollman
91519878Swollman# From Bradley White (1992-03-11):
9162742Swollman# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide
9172742Swollman# contained the following exchange:  "Due to the Adelaide Festival,
9182742Swollman# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks."
9192742Swollman
92019878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1992-03-13):
9212742Swollman# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that)
9222742Swollman# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even
9232742Swollman# numbered year (from 1990).  That's when the Adelaide Festival
9242742Swollman# is on...
9252742Swollman
92619878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1992-03-16, 00:57:07 +1000):
9272742Swollman# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday)....
9282742Swollman# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever...
9292742Swollman# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...).
9302742Swollman
93119878Swollman# From Bradley White (1994-04-11):
9322742Swollman# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March,
9332742Swollman# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can
9342742Swollman# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated....
9352742Swollman
936149514Swollman# From John Warburton (1994-10-07):
9379908Swollman# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ...
9389908Swollman# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994....
9399908Swollman# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March.
9402742Swollman
9419908Swollman# Tasmania
9429908Swollman
94358787Sru# The rules for 1967 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
94458787Sru# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
9452742Swollman# #  The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
9462742Swollman# #					[ Nov 1990 ]
9472742Swollman
94819878Swollman# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10):
9492742Swollman# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have
9502742Swollman# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia
9512742Swollman# (but nothing new about that).
9522742Swollman
95358787Sru# From Alex Livingston (1999-10-04):
95458787Sru# I heard on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio news on the
95558787Sru# (long) weekend that Tasmania, which usually goes its own way in this regard,
95658787Sru# has decided to join with most of NSW, the ACT, and most of Victoria
95758787Sru# (Australia) and start daylight saving on the last Sunday in August in 2000
95858787Sru# instead of the first Sunday in October.
95958787Sru
96064499Swollman# Sim Alam (2000-07-03) reported a legal citation for the 2000/2001 rules:
96164499Swollman# http://www.thelaw.tas.gov.au/fragview/42++1968+GS3A@EN+2000070300
96264499Swollman
9639908Swollman# Victoria
9642742Swollman
96558787Sru# The rules for 1971 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
96658787Sru# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
9672742Swollman# #   The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
9682742Swollman# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
9692742Swollman
97086222Swollman# From Scott Harrington (2001-08-29):
97186222Swollman# On KQED's "City Arts and Lectures" program last night I heard an
97286222Swollman# interesting story about daylight savings time.  Dr. John Heilbron was
97386222Swollman# discussing his book "The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar
97486222Swollman# Observatories"[1], and in particular the Shrine of Remembrance[2] located
97586222Swollman# in Melbourne, Australia.
97686222Swollman#
97786222Swollman# Apparently the shrine's main purpose is a beam of sunlight which
97886222Swollman# illuminates a special spot on the floor at the 11th hour of the 11th day
97986222Swollman# of the 11th month (Remembrance Day) every year in memory of Australia's
98086222Swollman# fallen WWI soldiers.  And if you go there on Nov. 11, at 11am local time,
98186222Swollman# you will indeed see the sunbeam illuminate the special spot at the
98286222Swollman# expected time.
98386222Swollman#
98486222Swollman# However, that is only because of some special mirror contraption that had
98586222Swollman# to be employed, since due to daylight savings time, the true solar time of
98686222Swollman# the remembrance moment occurs one hour later (or earlier?).  Perhaps
98786222Swollman# someone with more information on this jury-rig can tell us more.
98886222Swollman#
98986222Swollman# [1] http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HEISUN.html
99086222Swollman# [2] http://www.shrine.org.au
99186222Swollman
9929908Swollman# New South Wales
9932742Swollman
9942742Swollman# From Arthur David Olson:
9952742Swollman# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
996149514Swollman# Based on law library research by John Mackin,
9972742Swollman# who notes:
9982742Swollman#	In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
9992742Swollman#	individual states.  Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''
10002742Swollman#	[I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
10012742Swollman#	use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the
10022742Swollman#	legislation.  This is very important to understand.
10032742Swollman#	I have researched New South Wales time only...
10042742Swollman
1005149514Swollman# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-26):
100658787Sru# DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual
100758787Sru# October in 2000.  [See: Matthew Moore,
100858787Sru# <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html">
100958787Sru# Two months more daylight saving
101058787Sru# </a>
101158787Sru# Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26).]
10122742Swollman
101358787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27):
101458787Sru# See the following official NSW source:
101558787Sru# <a href="http://dir.gis.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/genobject/document/other/daylightsaving/tigGmZ">
101658787Sru# Daylight Saving in New South Wales.
101758787Sru# </a>
101858787Sru#
101958787Sru# Narrabri Shire (NSW) council has announced it will ignore the extension of
102058787Sru# daylight saving next year.  See:
102158787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/neweng/monthly/regeng-22jul1999-1.htm">
102258787Sru# Narrabri Council to ignore daylight saving
102358787Sru# </a> (1999-07-22).  For now, we'll wait to see if this really happens.
102458787Sru#
102558787Sru# Victoria will following NSW.  See:
102658787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/local/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990728112314_1.htm">
102758787Sru# Vic to extend daylight saving
102858787Sru# </a> (1999-07-28).
102958787Sru#
103058787Sru# However, South Australia rejected the DST request.  See:
103158787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990719151754_1.htm">
103258787Sru# South Australia rejects Olympics daylight savings request
103358787Sru# </a> (1999-07-19).
103458787Sru#
103558787Sru# Queensland also will not observe DST for the Olympics.  See:
103658787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/06/item19990601114608_1.htm">
103758787Sru# Qld says no to daylight savings for Olympics
103858787Sru# </a> (1999-06-01), which quotes Queensland Premier Peter Beattie as saying
103958787Sru# ``Look you've got to remember in my family when this came up last time
104058787Sru# I voted for it, my wife voted against it and she said to me it's all very
104158787Sru# well for you, you don't have to worry about getting the children out of
104275267Swollman# bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night.
104358787Sru# I've been through all this argument domestically...my wife rules.''
104458787Sru#
104558787Sru# Broken Hill will stick with South Australian time in 2000.  See:
104658787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/brokenh/monthly/regbrok-21jul1999-6.htm">
104758787Sru# Broken Hill to be behind the times
104858787Sru# </a> (1999-07-21).
10492742Swollman
105043543Swollman# IATA SSIM (1998-09) says that the spring 2000 change for Australian
105143543Swollman# Capital Territory, New South Wales except Lord Howe Island and Broken
105258787Sru# Hill, and Victoria will be August 27, presumably due to the Sydney Olympics.
105343543Swollman
105467578Swollman# From Eric Ulevik, referring to Sydney's Sun Herald (2000-08-13), page 29:
105575267Swollman# The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is encouraging northern NSW
105675267Swollman# towns to use Queensland time.
105767578Swollman
10589908Swollman# Yancowinna
10592742Swollman
106067578Swollman# From John Mackin (1989-01-04):
10612742Swollman# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna.
10622742Swollman
106319878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
10642742Swollman# # YANCOWINNA..  [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
10652742Swollman# #					[ Dec 1990 ]
10662742Swollman# ...
106743014Swollman# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite [its] location on the
10682742Swollman# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings
10692742Swollman# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government
10702742Swollman# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have
10712742Swollman# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not
10722742Swollman# # presently available.
10732742Swollman# Zone	Australia/Yancowinna	9:30	 AY	%sST
10742742Swollman# ...
10752742Swollman# Rule	 AY	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
10762742Swollman# Rule	 AY	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	C
10772742Swollman# [followed by other Rules]
10782742Swollman
10799908Swollman# Lord Howe Island
10802742Swollman
108119878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
1082153670Swollman# LHI...		[ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen ]
10832742Swollman#					[ Dec 1990 ]
10842742Swollman# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
10852742Swollman# hour ahead of NSW time.
10862742Swollman
108758787Sru# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-01-27):
108858787Sru# Lord Howe Island summer time in 2000/2001 will commence on the same
108958787Sru# date as the rest of NSW (i.e. 2000-08-27).  For your information the
109058787Sru# Lord Howe Island Board (controlling authority for the Island) is
109158787Sru# seeking the community's views on various options for summer time
109258787Sru# arrangements on the Island, e.g. advance clocks by 1 full hour
109386464Swollman# instead of only 30 minutes.  Dependant on the wishes of residents
109458787Sru# the Board may approach the NSW government to change the existing
109558787Sru# arrangements.  The starting date for summer time on the Island will
109658787Sru# however always coincide with the rest of NSW.
109714343Swollman
109875267Swollman# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-10-25):
109975267Swollman# Lord Howe Island advances clocks by 30 minutes during DST in NSW and retards
110075267Swollman# clocks by 30 minutes when DST finishes. Since DST was most recently
110175267Swollman# introduced in NSW, the "changeover" time on the Island has been 02:00 as
110275267Swollman# shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start
110375267Swollman# of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW.
110458787Sru
1105158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1106158421Swollman# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks & Pottenger through 1989, and
1107158421Swollman# Lonergan thereafter.  For times we use Lonergan.
110867578Swollman
11092742Swollman###############################################################################
11102742Swollman
111158787Sru# New Zealand
11122742Swollman
111319878Swollman# From Mark Davies (1990-10-03):
11142742Swollman# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period.
11152742Swollman# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for
11162742Swollman# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start).
11172742Swollman# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office.
11182742Swollman
111919878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
11202742Swollman# # The Country of New Zealand   (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that!
11212742Swollman# #				   or is Australia the west island of N.Z.
1122153670Swollman# #	[ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Auckland N.Z. ]
11232742Swollman# #				[ Nov 1990 ]
11242742Swollman# ...
11252742Swollman# Rule	NZ      1974    1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
11262742Swollman# Rule	NZ	1989	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
11272742Swollman# Rule	NZ      1975    1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
11282742Swollman# Rule	NZ	1990	max	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	S
11292742Swollman# ...
11302742Swollman# Zone	NZ			12:00	NZ		NZ%sT	# New Zealand
11312742Swollman# Zone	NZ-CHAT			12:45	-		NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
11322742Swollman
113319878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
11342742Swollman# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
11352742Swollman# rather than the October 1 value.
11362742Swollman
113714343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19);
1138158421Swollman# Shank & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ.
1139149514Swollman# Robert Uzgalis writes that the New Zealand Daylight
114014343Swollman# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard
114114343Swollman# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March.
114214343Swollman# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00.
114314343Swollman#
1144158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1145121098Swollman# The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history,
1146121098Swollman# as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.htm for the full references.
1147158421Swollman# Use these sources in preference to Shanks & Pottenger.
1148121098Swollman#
1149121098Swollman# For Chatham, IATA SSIM (1991/1999) gives the NZ rules but with
1150121098Swollman# transitions at 2:45 local standard time; this confirms that Chatham
1151121098Swollman# is always exactly 45 minutes ahead of Auckland.
115214343Swollman
1153169811Swollman# From Colin Sharples (2007-04-30):
1154169811Swollman# DST will now start on the last Sunday in September, and end on the
1155169811Swollman# first Sunday in April.  The changes take effect this year, meaning
1156169811Swollman# that DST will begin on 2007-09-30 2008-04-06.
1157169811Swollman# http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Daylight-Saving-Daylight-saving-to-be-extended
1158169811Swollman
11592742Swollman###############################################################################
11602742Swollman
116158787Sru
11622742Swollman# Fiji
11632742Swollman
116458787Sru# Howse writes (p 153) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji
116558787Sru# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on Antipodean Time
116658787Sru# instead of the American system (which was one day behind).
11672742Swollman
116843543Swollman# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08):
116943543Swollman# Fiji will introduce DST effective 0200 local time, 1998-11-01
117075267Swollman# until 0300 local time 1999-02-28.  Each year the DST period will
117143543Swollman# be from the first Sunday in November until the last Sunday in February.
117243543Swollman
117358787Sru# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08):
117458787Sru# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says DST ends 0100 local time.  Go with McDow.
117558787Sru
117643543Swollman# From the BBC World Service (1998-10-31 11:32 UTC):
117743543Swollman# The Fijiian government says the main reasons for the time change is to
117843543Swollman# improve productivity and reduce road accidents.  But correspondents say it
117943543Swollman# also hopes the move will boost Fiji's ability to compete with other pacific
118043543Swollman# islands in the effort to attract tourists to witness the dawning of the new
118143543Swollman# millenium.
118243543Swollman
118375267Swollman# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/press/2000_09/2000_09_13-05.shtml (2000-09-13)
118475267Swollman# reports that Fiji has discontinued DST.
118558787Sru
118614343Swollman# Johnston
118714343Swollman
118814343Swollman# Johnston data is from usno1995.
118914343Swollman
119058787Sru
119117200Swollman# Kiribati
119217200Swollman
119317200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
119417200Swollman# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that Kiribati
119517200Swollman# ``declared it the same day throught the country as of Jan. 1, 1995''
119617200Swollman# as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century.
119717200Swollman
119858787Sru
11992742Swollman# Kwajalein
12002742Swollman
12012742Swollman# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes:
12022742Swollman# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday,
120319878Swollman# 1993-08-20.  Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with
12042742Swollman# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands,
12052742Swollman# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink.
12062742Swollman
120758787Sru
120814343Swollman# N Mariana Is, Guam
12092742Swollman
121058787Sru# Howse writes (p 153) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the
12112742Swollman# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones
12122742Swollman# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time.
121375267Swollman# For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines;
121475267Swollman# see Asia/Manila.
121514343Swollman
121675267Swollman# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UTC+10 the official standard time,
121775267Swollman# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time".  There is no official abbreviation,
121875267Swollman# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law,
121975267Swollman# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST".
122058787Sru
122175267Swollman
122217200Swollman# Micronesia
122317200Swollman
1224149514Swollman# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16),
122517200Swollman# ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk"
122617200Swollman# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.''
122717200Swollman#
1228158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger write that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11
1229158421Swollman# on 1978-10-01; ignore this for now.
123017200Swollman
123158787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
123258787Sru# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in
123358787Sru# <a href="http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html">
123458787Sru# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information
123558787Sru# </a> (1999-01-26)
123658787Sru# that Truk and Yap are UTC+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are UTC+11.
123758787Sru# We don't know when Kosrae switched from UTC+12; assume January 1 for now.
123858787Sru
123958787Sru
1240121098Swollman# Midway
1241121098Swollman
1242121098Swollman# From Charles T O'Connor, KMTH DJ (1956),
1243121098Swollman# quoted in the KTMH section of the Radio Heritage Collection
1244121098Swollman# <http://radiodx.com/spdxr/KMTH.htm> (2002-12-31):
1245121098Swollman# For the past two months we've been on what is known as Daylight
1246121098Swollman# Saving Time.  This time has put us on air at 5am in the morning,
1247121098Swollman# your time down there in New Zealand.  Starting September 2, 1956
1248121098Swollman# we'll again go back to Standard Time.  This'll mean that we'll go to
1249121098Swollman# air at 6am your time.
1250121098Swollman#
1251121098Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23):
1252121098Swollman# We don't know the date of that quote, but we'll guess they
1253121098Swollman# started DST on June 3.  Possibly DST was observed other years
1254121098Swollman# in Midway, but we have no record of it.
1255121098Swollman
1256121098Swollman
125758787Sru# Pitcairn
125858787Sru
125958787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08):
126058787Sru# A Proclamation was signed by the Governor of Pitcairn on the 27th March 1998
126158787Sru# with regard to Pitcairn Standard Time.  The Proclamation is as follows.
126258787Sru#
126358787Sru#	The local time for general purposes in the Islands shall be
126458787Sru#	Co-ordinated Universal time minus 8 hours and shall be known
126558787Sru#	as Pitcairn Standard Time.
126658787Sru#
126758787Sru# ... I have also seen Pitcairn listed as UTC minus 9 hours in several
126858787Sru# references, and can only assume that this was an error in interpretation
126958787Sru# somehow in light of this proclamation.
127058787Sru
127158787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-11-09):
127258787Sru# The Proclamation regarding Pitcairn time came into effect on 27 April 1998
127358787Sru# ... at midnight.
127458787Sru
127558787Sru# From Howie Phelps (1999-11-10), who talked to a Pitcairner via shortwave:
127658787Sru# Betty Christian told me yesterday that their local time is the same as
127758787Sru# Pacific Standard Time. They used to be 1/2 hour different from us here in
127858787Sru# Sacramento but it was changed a couple of years ago.
127958787Sru
128058787Sru
128114343Swollman# Samoa
128214343Swollman
128358787Sru# Howse writes (p 153, citing p 10 of the 1883-11-18 New York Herald)
128458787Sru# that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change
128514343Swollman# ``the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system,
128614343Swollman# ordaining -- by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery -- that
128714343Swollman# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year.''
128817200Swollman
128958787Sru
129017200Swollman# Tonga
129117200Swollman
129217200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
129317200Swollman# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that ``Tonga has been plotting
129417200Swollman# to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time.''
129517200Swollman# Since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do.
129658787Sru
129758787Sru# Don Mundell writes in the 1997-02-20 Tonga Chronicle
129858787Sru# <a href="http://www.tongatapu.net.to/tonga/homeland/timebegins.htm">
129958787Sru# How Tonga became `The Land where Time Begins'
130058787Sru# </a>:
130158787Sru
130258787Sru# Until 1941 Tonga maintained a standard time 50 minutes ahead of NZST
130358787Sru# 12 hours and 20 minutes ahead of GMT.  When New Zealand adjusted its
130458787Sru# standard time in 1940s, Tonga had the choice of subtracting from its
130558787Sru# local time to come on the same standard time as New Zealand or of
130658787Sru# advancing its time to maintain the differential of 13 degrees
130758787Sru# (approximately 50 minutes ahead of New Zealand time).
130858787Sru#
130958787Sru# Because His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, then Crown Prince
131058787Sru# Tungi, preferred to ensure Tonga's title as the land where time
131158787Sru# begins, the Legislative Assembly approved the latter change.
131258787Sru#
131358787Sru# But some of the older, more conservative members from the outer
131458787Sru# islands objected. "If at midnight on Dec. 31, we move ahead 40
131558787Sru# minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of the 40
131658787Sru# minutes we have lost?"
131758787Sru#
131858787Sru# The Crown Prince, presented an unanswerable argument: "Remember that
131958787Sru# on the World Day of Prayer, you would be the first people on Earth
132058787Sru# to say your prayers in the morning."
132158787Sru
1322158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1323158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger say the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell.
132458787Sru
132558787Sru# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03):
132658787Sru# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium
132758787Sru# Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front.
132858787Sru# He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from
132958787Sru# October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan
133058787Sru# Government.
133158787Sru
1332149514Swollman# From Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09):
133358787Sru# * Tonga will introduce DST in November
133475267Swollman#
1335149514Swollman# I was given this link by John Letts:
133658787Sru# <a hef="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm">
133758787Sru# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm
133858787Sru# </a>
133975267Swollman#
134058787Sru# I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November
134158787Sru# yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead
134258787Sru# of UTC as well, but as far as I know Fiji will only be 13 hours ahead
134358787Sru# (12 + 1 hour DST).
134458787Sru
1345149514Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20):
134658787Sru# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html>
134758787Sru# http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html
134858787Sru# </a>:
134975267Swollman# "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000
135075267Swollman# and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the
135175267Swollman# third Saturday of April.  Under the system approved by Privy Council on
135275267Swollman# Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and
135358787Sru# set back an hour on the closing date."
135458787Sru# Alas, no indication of the time of day.
135558787Sru
135658787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-10-06):
135758787Sru# Tonga started its Daylight Saving on Saturday morning October 2nd at 0200am.
135858787Sru# Daylight Saving ends on April 16 at 0300am which is Sunday morning.
135958787Sru
136075267Swollman# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-31):
136175267Swollman# Back in March I found a notice on the website http://www.tongaonline.com
136275267Swollman# that Tonga changed back to standard time one month early, on March 19
136375267Swollman# instead of the original reported date April 16. Unfortunately, the article
136475267Swollman# is no longer available on the site, and I did not make a copy of the
136575267Swollman# text, and I have forgotten to report it here.
136675267Swollman# (Original URL was: http://www.tongaonline.com/news/march162000.htm )
136758787Sru
136875267Swollman# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01):
136975267Swollman# Tonga is observing DST as of 2000-11-04 and will stop on 2001-01-27.
137075267Swollman
137193799Swollman# From Sione Moala-Mafi (2001-09-20) via Rives McDow:
137293799Swollman# At 2:00am on the first Sunday of November, the standard time in the Kingdom
137393799Swollman# shall be moved forward by one hour to 3:00am.  At 2:00am on the last Sunday
137493799Swollman# of January the standard time in the Kingdom shall be moved backward by one
137593799Swollman# hour to 1:00am.
137686222Swollman
1377114173Swollman# From Pulu 'Anau (2002-11-05):
1378114173Swollman# The law was for 3 years, supposedly to get renewed.  It wasn't.
137986222Swollman
1380121098Swollman
1381121098Swollman# Wake
1382121098Swollman
1383121098Swollman# From Vernice Anderson, Personal Secretary to Philip Jessup,
1384121098Swollman# US Ambassador At Large (oral history interview, 1971-02-02):
1385121098Swollman#
1386121098Swollman# Saturday, the 14th [of October, 1950] -- ...  The time was all the
1387121098Swollman# more confusing at that point, because we had crossed the
1388121098Swollman# International Date Line, thus getting two Sundays.  Furthermore, we
1389121098Swollman# discovered that Wake Island had two hours of daylight saving time
1390121098Swollman# making calculation of time in Washington difficult if not almost
1391121098Swollman# impossible.
1392121098Swollman#
1393121098Swollman# http://www.trumanlibrary.org/wake/meeting.htm
1394121098Swollman
1395121098Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23):
1396121098Swollman# We have no other report of DST in Wake Island, so omit this info for now.
1397121098Swollman
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139958787Sru
140058787Sru# The International Date Line
140158787Sru
140258787Sru# From Gwillim Law (2000-01-03):
140375267Swollman#
140458787Sru# The International Date Line is not defined by any international standard,
140558787Sru# convention, or treaty.  Mapmakers are free to draw it as they please.
140658787Sru# Reputable mapmakers will simply ensure that every point of land appears on
140758787Sru# the correct side of the IDL, according to the date legally observed there.
140858787Sru#
140958787Sru# When Kiribati adopted a uniform date in 1995, thereby moving the Phoenix and
141058787Sru# Line Islands to the west side of the IDL (or, if you prefer, moving the IDL
141158787Sru# to the east side of the Phoenix and Line Islands), I suppose that most
141258787Sru# mapmakers redrew the IDL following the boundary of Kiribati.  Even that line
141358787Sru# has a rather arbitrary nature.  The straight-line boundaries between Pacific
141458787Sru# island nations that are shown on many maps are based on an international
1415153670Swollman# convention, but are not legally binding national borders.... The date is
141658787Sru# governed by the IDL; therefore, even on the high seas, there may be some
141758787Sru# places as late as fourteen hours later than UTC.  And, since the IDL is not
141858787Sru# an international standard, there are some places on the high seas where the
141958787Sru# correct date is ambiguous.
1420149514Swollman
1421153670Swollman# From Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone> (2005-08-31):
1422153670Swollman# Before 1920, all ships kept local apparent time on the high seas by setting
1423153670Swollman# their clocks at night or at the morning sight so that, given the ship's
1424153670Swollman# speed and direction, it would be 12 o'clock when the Sun crossed the ship's
1425153670Swollman# meridian (12 o'clock = local apparent noon).  During 1917, at the
1426153670Swollman# Anglo-French Conference on Time-keeping at Sea, it was recommended that all
1427153670Swollman# ships, both military and civilian, should adopt hourly standard time zones
1428153670Swollman# on the high seas.  Whenever a ship was within the territorial waters of any
1429153670Swollman# nation it would use that nation's standard time.  The captain was permitted
1430153670Swollman# to change his ship's clocks at a time of his choice following his ship's
1431153670Swollman# entry into another zone time--he often chose midnight.  These zones were
1432153670Swollman# adopted by all major fleets between 1920 and 1925 but not by many
1433153670Swollman# independent merchant ships until World War II.
1434153670Swollman
1435149514Swollman# From Paul Eggert, using references suggested by Oscar van Vlijmen
1436149514Swollman# (2005-03-20):
1437149514Swollman#
1438149514Swollman# The American Practical Navigator (2002)
1439149514Swollman# <http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/pubs/pubs_j_apn_sections.html?rid=187>
1440149514Swollman# talks only about the 180-degree meridian with respect to ships in
1441149514Swollman# international waters; it ignores the international date line.
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