australasia revision 17200
1# @(#)australasia 7.27 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 11# Shanks gives 1917 Jan 1 0:01; go with Whitman (and guess 2:00). 12Rule Aus 1916 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 - 13Rule Aus 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 - 14Rule Aus 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 - 15Rule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 - 16Rule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 - 17Rule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 18Rule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 - 19# Whitman says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944, and that 20# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944; go with Shanks. 21 22# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 23# Northern Territory 24Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 25 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 26 9:30 Aus CST 27 28# ZONE-DESCR Australia Darwin Australia_ Northern Territory 29 30# Western Australia 31Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 32 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 33 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s 34 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 35 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00s 36 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 37 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s 38 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 39 8:00 - WST 40 41# ZONE-DESCR Australia Perth Australia_ Western_Australia 42 43# Queensland 44Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895 45 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 46 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s 47 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 2:00s 48 10:00 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00s 49 10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 50 10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00s 51 10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 52 10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00s 53 10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 54 10:00 - EST 55 56# ZONE-DESCR Australia Brisbane Australia_ Queensland 57 58# South Australia 59# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 60Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 61Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - 62Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 63Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - 64Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 65Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 66Rule AS 1990 1994 even Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - 67Rule AS 1990 1994 odd Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 68Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 69# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 70Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 71 9:00 - CST 1899 May 72 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 73 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s 74 9:30 AS CST 75 76# ZONE-DESCR Australia Adelaide Australia_ South Australia 77 78# Tasmania 79# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 80Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00s 1:00 - 81Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 2:00s 0 - 82Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 83Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 - 84Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - 85Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 86Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 87Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 88Rule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - 89Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 90Rule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 91Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - 92Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 93# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 94Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep 95 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 96 10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00s 97 10:00 AT EST 98 99# ZONE-DESCR Australia Hobart Australia_ Tasmania 100 101# Victoria 102# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 103Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 104Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - 105Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 106Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 107Rule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - 108Rule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 109Rule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 110Rule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 111# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 112Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 113 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 114 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s 115 10:00 AV EST 116 117# ZONE-DESCR Australia Melbourne Australia_ Victoria 118 119# New South Wales 120# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 121Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 122Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - 123Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 124Rule AN 1982 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 125Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 126Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 127Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - 128Rule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 129Rule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 130Rule AN 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 131# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 132Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 133 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 134 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s 135 10:00 AN EST 136 137# ZONE-DESCR Australia Sydney Australia_ New South Wales 138 139Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb 140 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23 141 9:00 - CST 1899 May 142 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 143 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s 144 9:30 AN CST 145 146# ZONE-DESCR Australia Broken_Hill Australia_ County of Yancowinna, NSW 147 148# Lord Howe Island 149# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 150Rule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 151Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 152Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - 153Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 154Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 0:30 - 155Rule LH 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - 156Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 157Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 158Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 159 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar 160 10:30 LH LHST 161 162# ZONE-DESCR Australia Lord_Howe Australia_ Lord Howe Island 163 164# Australian miscellany 165# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 166Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 167 7:00 - JVT 168 169# ZONE-DESCR Indian Christmas Australia_ Christmas Island 170 171# 172# Ashmore Is, Cartier 173# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers 174# no information; probably like Australia/Perth 175# 176# Coral Sea Is 177# no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists 178# no information 179# 180# Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga 181# no information 182 183 184# Cook Is 185# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 186Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HD 187Rule Cook 1979 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 H 188Rule Cook 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HD 189# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 190Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua 191 -10:30 - CIST 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is ST 192 -10:00 Cook T%sT 193 194# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Rarotonga Cook_Island All points 195 196# Cocos 197# From USNO (1989): 198# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 199Zone Indian/Cocos 6:30 - CCT 200 201# ZONE-DESCR Indian Cocos Cocos_Island All points 202 203# Fiji 204# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 205Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva 206 12:00 - NZST 207 208# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Fiji Fiji All points 209 210# French Polynesia 211# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 212Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea 213 -9:00 - GBT 214Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct 215 -9:30 - MQT 216Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete 217 -10:00 - THT 218 219# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Gambier France Gambier 220# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Marquesas France Marquesas 221# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tahiti France Tahiti 222 223# Guam 224# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 225Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana 226 10:00 - GST 227 228# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Guam United_States Guam 229 230# Howland, Baker 231# uninhabited since World War II 232# no information; was probably like Pacific/Pago_Pago 233 234# Jarvis 235# uninhabited since 1958 236# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati 237 238# Johnston 239# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 240Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST 241 242# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Johnston United_States Johnston Atoll 243 244# Kingman 245# uninhabited 246 247# Kiribati 248# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 249Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki 250 12:00 - NZST 251Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901 252 -12:00 - KJT 1979 Oct 253 -11:00 - SST 1995 254 13:00 - TGT 255Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901 256 -10:40 - LIT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time 257 -10:00 - THT 1995 258 14:00 - KRT 259 260# N Mariana Is 261# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 262Zone Pacific/Saipan 9:43:00 - LMT 1901 263 9:00 - PLT 1969 Oct 264 10:00 - GST 265 266# Marshall Is 267# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 268Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901 269 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct 270 12:00 - NZST 271Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 272 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct 273 -12:00 - KJT 1993 Aug 20 274 12:00 - NZST 275 276# Micronesia 277# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 278Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:32 - LMT 1901 # Colonia 279 9:00 - PLT 1969 Oct 280 10:00 - GST 281Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 282 10:00 - GST 283Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia 284 11:00 - NCST 285Zone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901 286 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct 287 12:00 - NZST 288 289# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tarawa Kiribati Tarawa 290# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Enderbury Kiribati Enderbury 291# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kiritimati Kiribati Kiritimati 292# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Truk Fed_States_of_Micronesia Truk state 293# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Ponape Fed_States_of_Micronesia Pohnpei state 294# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Yap Fed_States_of_Micronesia Yap state 295# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kosrae Fed_States_of_Micronesia Kosrae state 296# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Majuro Marshall_Islands Majuro 297# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kwajalein Marshall_Islands Kwajalein 298 299# Nauru 300# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 301Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe 302 11:30 - NST 1942 Mar 15 303 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15 304 11:30 - NST 1979 May 305 12:00 - NZST 306 307# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Nauru Nauru All points 308 309# New Caledonia 310# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 311Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D 312Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 S 313# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 314Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 315 11:00 NC NC%sT 316 317# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Noumea New_Caledonia All points 318 319############################################################################### 320 321# New Zealand 322 323# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 324# Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17, 325# 1929 Oct 13 - 1930 Mar 16; go with Whitman. 326Rule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 0:30 HD 327Rule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S 328Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 0:30 HD 329Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 0:30 HD 330Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S 331Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0:30 HD 332# Whitman says DST went on and off during war years, and the base GMT offset 333# didn't change until 1945 Apr 30; go with Shanks. 334Rule NZ 1934 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S 335Rule NZ 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0:30 HD 336Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D 337Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 338Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D 339Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 340Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S 341Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 342Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S 343# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 344Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 345 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1940 Sep 29 2:00 346 12:00 NZ NZ%sT 347Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 NZ CH%sT 348 349# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Auckland New_Zealand All points except: 350# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Chatham New_Zealand Chatham 351 352# Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is 353# no information; probably like Pacific/Auckland 354 355############################################################################### 356 357 358# Niue 359# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 360Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi 361 -11:20 - NIT 1951 # Niue I Time 362 -11:30 - NIT 1978 Oct 1 363 -11:00 - SST 364 365# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Niue Niue All points 366 367# Norfolk 368# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 369Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston 370 11:12 - NMT 1951 371 11:30 - NRFT 372 373# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Norfolk Norfolk_Islands All points 374 375# Palau 376# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 377Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror 378 9:00 - PLT 379 380# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Palau Rep_of_Palau Palau 381 382# Palmyra 383# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritmati 384 385# Papua New Guinea 386# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 387Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 388 9:49 - PMMT 1895 389 10:00 - EST 390 391# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Port_Moresby Papua_New_Guinea All points 392 393# Pitcairn 394# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 395Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown 396 -8:30 - PIT 397 398# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Pitcairn Pitcairn_Island All points 399 400# American Samoa 401Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 402 -11:22:48 - LMT 1911 403 -11:30 - SST 1950 404 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome 405 -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering 406 -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa 407 408# W Samoa 409Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 410 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 411 -11:30 - SST 1950 412 -11:00 - SST 413 414# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Pago_Pago United_States American Samoa 415# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Apia Western_Samoa All points 416 417# Solomon Is 418# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea 419# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 420Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara 421 11:00 - NCST 422 423# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Guadalcanal Solomon_Islands All points except: 424# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Port_Moresby Solomon_Islands Bougainville 425 426# Tokelau Is 427# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 428Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901 429 -10:00 - THT 430 431# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Fakaofo Tokelau_Island All points 432 433# Tonga 434# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 435Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 436 12:20 - TMT 1968 Oct 437 13:00 - TGT 438 439# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tongatapu Tonga All points 440 441# Tuvalu 442# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 443Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 444 12:00 - NZST 445 446# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Funafuti Tuvalu All points 447 448# Vanuatu 449# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 450Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 D 451Rule Vanuatu 1984 1991 - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 S 452Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 D 453Rule Vanuatu 1985 1990 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 D 454Rule Vanuatu 1991 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 D 455Rule Vanuatu 1992 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 0 S 456# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 457Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila 458 11:00 - NCST 459 460# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Efate Vanuatu All points 461 462# Wake 463# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 464Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901 465 12:00 - NZST 466 467# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Wake United_States Wake Island 468 469# Wallis and Futuna 470# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 471Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 472 12:00 - NZST 473 474# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Wallis France Wallis and Futuna 475 476############################################################################### 477 478# NOTES 479 480# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 481# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 482# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 483 484# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-01-22); 485# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 486# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition), 487# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). 488# Except where noted, it is the source for the data above. 489# 490# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 491# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 492# I found in the UCLA library. 493# 494# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 495# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, 496# Oxford University Press (1980). 497# 498# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; 499# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. 500# Corrections are welcome! 501# std dst 502# LMT Local Mean Time 503# 6:30 CCT Cocos* 504# 7:00 JVT Java* 505# 8:00 WST WST Western Australia 506# 9:00 JST Japan 507# 9:00 PLT Palau* 508# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia 509# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia 510# 10:00 GST Guam* 511# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe* 512# 11:00 NCST NCDT New Caledonia* 513# 11:30 NRFT Norfolk* 514# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 515# 12:45 CHST CHDT Chatham* 516# 13:00 TGT Tongatapu* 517# 14:00 KRT Kiritimati* 518# -12:00 KJT Kwajalein (no longer used)* 519# -11:00 SST Samoa 520# -10:40 LIT Line Is (no longer used)* 521# -10:00 THT Tahiti* 522# -10:00 HST Hawaii 523# - 9:30 MQT Marquesas* 524# - 9:00 GBT Gambier* 525# - 8:30 PIT Pitcairn* 526# 527# See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii. 528# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is. 529# 530# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions. 531 532############################################################################### 533 534# Australia 535 536# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): 537# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time. 538# It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer' 539# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the 540# abbreviation does _not_ change... 541# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least 542# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the 543# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses 544# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight 545# time'. 546# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian 547# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time' 548# or `Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the 549# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers 550# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases 551# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times; 552# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC. 553 554# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992): 555# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is: 556# CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30 557# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00 558# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00 559 560# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): 561# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. 562# Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au> writes that his newspaper 563# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00, 564# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970 565# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time. 566# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960. 567 568# Northern Territory 569 570# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 571# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ] 572# # [ Nov 1990 ] 573# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location. 574# ... 575# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST 576 577# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 578# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 579# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving. 580 581# Western Australia 582 583# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 584# # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ] 585# # [ Nov 1990 ] 586# # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to 587# # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but 588# # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus 589# # before reaching parliament. 590# ... 591# Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST 592# ... 593# Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 594# Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 595# Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 596# Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 597 598# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 599# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 600# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving. 601 602# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (November 2, 1991): 603# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney 604# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at 605# work at 9.00am.) 606# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse 607# everybody again. 608 609# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 610# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; 611# it matches what was used in the past. 612 613# Queensland 614# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 615# # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ] 616# # [ Dec 1990 ] 617# ... 618# Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST 619# ... 620# Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 621# Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 622# Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 623# Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 624 625# From Bradley White (December 24, 1989): 626# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from 627# October 1989). 628 629# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 630# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 631# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 632# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 633 634# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): 635# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact 636# end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised 637# me.) 638 639# From Bradley White (March 8, 1992): 640# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted 641# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ... 642# ... 643# Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 644# Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 645# ... 646 647# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 648# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes. 649 650# South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria 651 652# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 653# The rules from version 7.1 follow. 654# There are lots of differences between these rules and 655# the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules 656# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on 657# current DST ending dates, no worries. 658# 659# Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 660# Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - 661# Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 662# Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 663# Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 664# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST 665# Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST 666# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00 667# 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00 668# 10:00 Oz EST 669 670# From Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 671# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct... 672# that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the 673# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states 674# that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic). 675# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think 676# that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain. 677 678# South Australia 679 680# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 681# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 682# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 683# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 684 685# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 686# # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ] 687# # [ Nov 1990 ] 688# ... 689# Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST 690# ... 691# Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 692# Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 693# Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 C 694# Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 695 696# From Bradley White (March 11, 1992): 697# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide 698# contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival, 699# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks." 700 701# From Robert Elz (March 13, 1992): 702# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that) 703# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even 704# numbered year (from 1990). That's when the Adelaide Festival 705# is on... 706 707# From Robert Elz (March 16, 1992, 00:57:07 +1000): 708# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday).... 709# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever... 710# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...). 711 712# From Bradley White (April 11, 1994): 713# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March, 714# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can 715# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated.... 716 717# From John Warburton <jwarb@SACBH.com.au> (1994-10-07): 718# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ... 719# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994.... 720# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March. 721 722# Tasmania 723 724# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 725# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 726# ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31... 727 728# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 729# # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 730# # [ Nov 1990 ] 731# ... 732# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 AT %sST 733# ... 734# Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 735# Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 736# Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 737# Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 E 738# Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 739# Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 740# Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 741# Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 742# Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D 743# Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E 744# Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D 745# Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 746# Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 747# Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 748 749# From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (October 10, 1991): 750# My state Government in there eagerness to get a few more bucks for the 751# tourist industry industry decided to change the daylight savings times 752# yet again (we now have almost 6 months per year)... 753# ... 754# Rule Oz 1986 1990 - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - 755# Rule Oz 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - 756# ... 757# Rule Oz 1987 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 758# Rule Oz 1991 max - Mar Sun<=31 3:00 0 - 759 760# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (October 10, 1991): 761# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have 762# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia 763# (but nothing new about that). 764 765# Victoria 766 767# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 768# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 769# ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 770 771# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 772# # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 773# # [ Nov 1990 ] 774# ... 775# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV %sST 776# ... 777# Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 778# Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 779# Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 780# Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E 781# Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D 782# Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 783# Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 784 785# New South Wales 786 787# From Arthur David Olson: 788# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time. 789# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz), 790# who notes: 791# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the 792# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time'' 793# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common 794# use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the 795# legislation. This is very important to understand. 796# I have researched New South Wales time only... 797 798# From Dave Davey (March 3, 1990): 799# Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 800# Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 801 802# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 803# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 804# NSW...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 805 806# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 807# # The state of NEW SOUTH WALES.. [confirmed by Attorney General's Dept N.S.W] 808# # [ Dec 1990 ] 809# ... 810# Rule AN 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 E 811# ... 812 813# From John Mackin (March 9, 1991) 814# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the 815# file Robert forwarded 816 817# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 818# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988; 819# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules. 820 821# From Bradley White (1995-05-20): 822# Prem Bob Carr announced NSW will fall into line with other E states 823# and SA and continue daylight savings to the last Sun in Mar. 824 825# Yancowinna 826 827# From John Basser (January 4, 1989): 828# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. 829 830# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 831# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ] 832# # [ Dec 1990 ] 833# ... 834# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite it's location on the 835# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings 836# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government 837# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have 838# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not 839# # presently available. 840# Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST 841# ... 842# Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 843# Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C 844# [followed by other Rules] 845 846# Lord Howe Island 847 848# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 849# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ] 850# [ Dec 1990 ] 851# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an 852# hour ahead of NSW time. 853 854# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): 855# For Lord Howe we use Shanks through its time of publication (1991). 856# Lord Howe is part of NSW, so we'll guess it has used the same transition 857# times as NSW since 1991, even though Shanks writes that Lord Howe went 858# with Victoria when NSW and Victoria disagreed in 1982. 859 860############################################################################### 861 862# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 863# Elz says "no guarantees" 864 865# From Mark Davies (October 3, 1990): 866# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period. 867# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for 868# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start). 869# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office. 870 871# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 872# # The Country of New Zealand (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that! 873# # or is Australia the west island of N.Z. 874# # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ] 875# # [ Nov 1990 ] 876# ... 877# Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 878# Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 879# Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 880# Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S 881# ... 882# Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand 883# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island 884 885# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 886# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 887# rather than the October 1 value. 888 889# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19); 890# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. 891# Robert Uzgalis <buz@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> writes that the New Zealand Daylight 892# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard 893# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March. 894# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00. 895# 896# Shanks gives no data for Chatham, but usno1995 says it's +12:45/+13:45. 897# Guess NZ switchover rules for now. 898 899############################################################################### 900 901# Fiji 902 903# Howse writes (p 162) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji 904# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on +12:00. 905# Perhaps it didn't take. We go with Shanks's more precise date in 1915. 906 907# Johnston 908 909# Johnston data is from usno1995. 910 911# Kiribati 912 913# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): 914# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that Kiribati 915# ``declared it the same day throught the country as of Jan. 1, 1995'' 916# as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century. 917 918# Kwajalein 919 920# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes: 921# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday, 922# August 20, 1993. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with 923# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands, 924# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink. 925 926# N Mariana Is, Guam 927 928# Howse writes (p 162) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the 929# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones 930# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time. 931# Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila. 932 933# Micronesia 934 935# Alan Eugene Davis <adavis@kuentos.guam.net> writes (1996-03-16), 936# ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk" 937# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.'' 938# 939# Shanks writes that Truk switched from GMT+10 to GMT+11 on 1978-10-01; 940# ignore this for now. 941 942# Samoa 943 944# Howse writes that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change 945# ``the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system, 946# ordaining -- by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery -- that 947# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year.'' 948 949# Tonga 950 951# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): 952# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that ``Tonga has been plotting 953# to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time.'' 954# Since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do. 955