australasia revision 210718
1153761Swollman# <pre>
2210718Sedwin# @(#)australasia	8.18
3192886Sedwin# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
4192886Sedwin# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
5153761Swollman
62742Swollman# This file also includes Pacific islands.
786464Swollman
82742Swollman# Notes are at the end of this file
92742Swollman
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112742Swollman
122742Swollman# Australia
132742Swollman
1486222Swollman# Please see the notes below for the controversy about "EST" versus "AEST" etc.
1586222Swollman
162742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
1758787SruRule	Aus	1917	only	-	Jan	 1	0:01	1:00	-
182742SwollmanRule	Aus	1917	only	-	Mar	25	2:00	0	-
192742SwollmanRule	Aus	1942	only	-	Jan	 1	2:00	1:00	-
202742SwollmanRule	Aus	1942	only	-	Mar	29	2:00	0	-
212742SwollmanRule	Aus	1942	only	-	Sep	27	2:00	1:00	-
222742SwollmanRule	Aus	1943	1944	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
232742SwollmanRule	Aus	1943	only	-	Oct	 3	2:00	1:00	-
2458787Sru# Go with Whitman and the Australian National Standards Commission, which
2558787Sru# says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944.  Ignore Whitman's claim that
2658787Sru# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944.
272742Swollman
282742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
299908Swollman# Northern Territory
302742SwollmanZone Australia/Darwin	 8:43:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
3130711Swollman			 9:00	-	CST	1899 May
322742Swollman			 9:30	Aus	CST
339908Swollman# Western Australia
34169811Swollman#
35169811Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
36169811SwollmanRule	AW	1974	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
37169811SwollmanRule	AW	1975	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
38169811SwollmanRule	AW	1983	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
39169811SwollmanRule	AW	1984	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
40169811SwollmanRule	AW	1991	only	-	Nov	17	2:00s	1:00	-
41169811SwollmanRule	AW	1992	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
42169811SwollmanRule	AW	2006	only	-	Dec	 3	2:00s	1:00	-
43169811SwollmanRule	AW	2007	2009	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
44169811SwollmanRule	AW	2007	2008	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
452742SwollmanZone Australia/Perth	 7:43:24 -	LMT	1895 Dec
4658787Sru			 8:00	Aus	WST	1943 Jul
47169811Swollman			 8:00	AW	WST
48169811SwollmanZone Australia/Eucla	 8:35:28 -	LMT	1895 Dec
49169811Swollman			 8:45	Aus	CWST	1943 Jul
50169811Swollman			 8:45	AW	CWST
51169811Swollman
529908Swollman# Queensland
5320094Swollman#
54149514Swollman# From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01):
5520094Swollman# I have heard or read more than once that some resort islands off the coast
5620094Swollman# of Queensland chose to keep observing daylight-saving time even after
5720094Swollman# Queensland ceased to.
5820094Swollman#
5920094Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
6020094Swollman# IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman,
6120094Swollman# Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped.
6220094Swollman# Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria,
6320094Swollman# so use Lindeman.
6420094Swollman#
6520094Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
6658787SruRule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
6758787SruRule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
6821217SwollmanRule	AQ	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
6921217SwollmanRule	AQ	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
7058787SruRule	Holiday	1992	1993	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
7158787SruRule	Holiday	1993	1994	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
722742SwollmanZone Australia/Brisbane	10:12:08 -	LMT	1895
7358787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
7421217Swollman			10:00	AQ	EST
7520094SwollmanZone Australia/Lindeman  9:55:56 -	LMT	1895
7658787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
7758787Sru			10:00	AQ	EST	1992 Jul
7820094Swollman			10:00	Holiday	EST
792742Swollman
809908Swollman# South Australia
812742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
8214343SwollmanRule	AS	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
8314343SwollmanRule	AS	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	1:00	-
84171948SedwinRule	AS	1987	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
8514343SwollmanRule	AS	1972	only	-	Feb	27	2:00s	0	-
8614343SwollmanRule	AS	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
8714343SwollmanRule	AS	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
8864499SwollmanRule	AS	1990	only	-	Mar	Sun>=18	2:00s	0	-
8964499SwollmanRule	AS	1991	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
9064499SwollmanRule	AS	1992	only	-	Mar	Sun>=18	2:00s	0	-
9164499SwollmanRule	AS	1993	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
9264499SwollmanRule	AS	1994	only	-	Mar	Sun>=18	2:00s	0	-
93149514SwollmanRule	AS	1995	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
94149514SwollmanRule	AS	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
95171948SedwinRule	AS	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
96171948SedwinRule	AS	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
97171948SedwinRule	AS	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
982742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
992742SwollmanZone Australia/Adelaide	9:14:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
1002742Swollman			9:00	-	CST	1899 May
10158787Sru			9:30	Aus	CST	1971
1022742Swollman			9:30	AS	CST
1032742Swollman
1049908Swollman# Tasmania
105149514Swollman#
106149514Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16):
107149514Swollman# <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml>
108149514Swollman# says King Island didn't observe DST from WWII until late 1971.
109149514Swollman#
1102742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
11158787SruRule	AT	1967	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
11258787SruRule	AT	1968	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
11314343SwollmanRule	AT	1968	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
11414343SwollmanRule	AT	1969	1971	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00s	0	-
11558787SruRule	AT	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
11614343SwollmanRule	AT	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
11714343SwollmanRule	AT	1982	1983	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
11814343SwollmanRule	AT	1984	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
11958787SruRule	AT	1986	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:00	-
12014343SwollmanRule	AT	1987	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
12158787SruRule	AT	1987	only	-	Oct	Sun>=22	2:00s	1:00	-
12258787SruRule	AT	1988	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
12358787SruRule	AT	1991	1999	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
124149514SwollmanRule	AT	1991	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
12558787SruRule	AT	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
12658787SruRule	AT	2001	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
127149514SwollmanRule	AT	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
128171948SedwinRule	AT	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
129171948SedwinRule	AT	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
1302742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1312742SwollmanZone Australia/Hobart	9:49:16	-	LMT	1895 Sep
13258787Sru			10:00	-	EST	1916 Oct 1 2:00
13358787Sru			10:00	1:00	EST	1917 Feb
13458787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1967
1352742Swollman			10:00	AT	EST
136149514SwollmanZone Australia/Currie	9:35:28	-	LMT	1895 Sep
137149514Swollman			10:00	-	EST	1916 Oct 1 2:00
138149514Swollman			10:00	1:00	EST	1917 Feb
139149514Swollman			10:00	Aus	EST	1971 Jul
140149514Swollman			10:00	AT	EST
1412742Swollman
1429908Swollman# Victoria
1432742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
14414343SwollmanRule	AV	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
14558787SruRule	AV	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
14614343SwollmanRule	AV	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
14714343SwollmanRule	AV	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
14858787SruRule	AV	1986	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:00	-
14958787SruRule	AV	1988	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
15014343SwollmanRule	AV	1991	1994	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
151149514SwollmanRule	AV	1995	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
15258787SruRule	AV	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
153171948SedwinRule	AV	2001	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
154149514SwollmanRule	AV	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
155171948SedwinRule	AV	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
156171948SedwinRule	AV	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
157171948SedwinRule	AV	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
1582742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1592742SwollmanZone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
16058787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
1612742Swollman			10:00	AV	EST
1622742Swollman
1639908Swollman# New South Wales
1642742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
16514343SwollmanRule	AN	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
16614343SwollmanRule	AN	1972	only	-	Feb	27	2:00s	0	-
16714343SwollmanRule	AN	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
16814343SwollmanRule	AN	1982	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
16914343SwollmanRule	AN	1983	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
17014343SwollmanRule	AN	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
17114343SwollmanRule	AN	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	1:00	-
17243543SwollmanRule	AN	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
17314343SwollmanRule	AN	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
174149514SwollmanRule	AN	1996	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
17558787SruRule	AN	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
176171948SedwinRule	AN	2001	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
177149514SwollmanRule	AN	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
178171948SedwinRule	AN	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
179171948SedwinRule	AN	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
180171948SedwinRule	AN	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
1812742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1822742SwollmanZone Australia/Sydney	10:04:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
18358787Sru			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
1842742Swollman			10:00	AN	EST
1852742SwollmanZone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 -	LMT	1895 Feb
1862742Swollman			10:00	-	EST	1896 Aug 23
1872742Swollman			9:00	-	CST	1899 May
18858787Sru			9:30	Aus	CST	1971
18958787Sru			9:30	AN	CST	2000
19058787Sru			9:30	AS	CST
1918029Swollman
19214343Swollman# Lord Howe Island
19314343Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
19475267SwollmanRule	LH	1981	1984	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
19575267SwollmanRule	LH	1982	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
19675267SwollmanRule	LH	1985	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
19775267SwollmanRule	LH	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
19875267SwollmanRule	LH	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00	0:30	-
19975267SwollmanRule	LH	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
20075267SwollmanRule	LH	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
201149514SwollmanRule	LH	1996	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
20275267SwollmanRule	LH	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
203171948SedwinRule	LH	2001	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
204149514SwollmanRule	LH	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
205171948SedwinRule	LH	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
206171948SedwinRule	LH	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
207171948SedwinRule	LH	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	0:30	-
2082742SwollmanZone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
2092742Swollman			10:00	-	EST	1981 Mar
21014343Swollman			10:30	LH	LHST
2118029Swollman
21214343Swollman# Australian miscellany
2132742Swollman#
2142742Swollman# Ashmore Is, Cartier
21514343Swollman# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers
216169811Swollman# no times are set
2172742Swollman#
21814343Swollman# Coral Sea Is
21914343Swollman# no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists
220169811Swollman# no times are set
22114343Swollman#
22230711Swollman# Macquarie
22330711Swollman# permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948;
22458787Sru# sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888/1917
225169811Swollman# like Australia/Hobart
2262742Swollman
22743014Swollman# Christmas
22843014Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
22943014SwollmanZone Indian/Christmas	7:02:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
23043014Swollman			7:00	-	CXT	# Christmas Island Time
2312742Swollman
2322742Swollman# Cook Is
233158421Swollman# From Shanks & Pottenger:
2342742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
23519878SwollmanRule	Cook	1978	only	-	Nov	12	0:00	0:30	HS
23643014SwollmanRule	Cook	1979	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
23743014SwollmanRule	Cook	1979	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0:30	HS
2382742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2392742SwollmanZone Pacific/Rarotonga	-10:39:04 -	LMT	1901		# Avarua
24019878Swollman			-10:30	-	CKT	1978 Nov 12	# Cook Is Time
24119878Swollman			-10:00	Cook	CK%sT
2422742Swollman
2432742Swollman# Cocos
244149514Swollman# These islands were ruled by the Ross family from about 1830 to 1978.
245149514Swollman# We don't know when standard time was introduced; for now, we guess 1900.
2462742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
247149514SwollmanZone	Indian/Cocos	6:27:40	-	LMT	1900
248149514Swollman			6:30	-	CCT	# Cocos Islands Time
2492742Swollman
2502742Swollman# Fiji
251199336Sedwin# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-11-10):
252199336Sedwin# According to Fiji Broadcasting Corporation,  Fiji plans to re-introduce DST
253199336Sedwin# from November 29th 2009  to April 25th 2010.
254199336Sedwin#
255199336Sedwin# "Daylight savings to commence this month"
256199336Sedwin# <a href="http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=23719">
257199336Sedwin# http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=23719
258199336Sedwin# </a>
259199336Sedwin# or
260199336Sedwin# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji01.html">
261199336Sedwin# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji01.html
262199336Sedwin# </a>
263199336Sedwin
264199336Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-11-10):
265199336Sedwin# The Fiji Government has posted some more details about the approved
266199336Sedwin# amendments:
267199336Sedwin# <a href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_16198.shtml">
268199336Sedwin# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_16198.shtml
269199336Sedwin# </a>
270204887Sedwin
271204887Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-03):
272204887Sedwin# The Cabinet in Fiji has decided to end DST about a month early, on
273204887Sedwin# 2010-03-28 at 03:00.
274204887Sedwin# The plan is to observe DST again, from 2010-10-24 to sometime in March
275204887Sedwin# 2011 (last Sunday a good guess?).
276204887Sedwin#
277204887Sedwin# Official source:
278204887Sedwin# <a href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1096:3310-cabinet-approves-change-in-daylight-savings-dates&catid=49:cabinet-releases&Itemid=166">
279204887Sedwin# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1096:3310-cabinet-approves-change-in-daylight-savings-dates&catid=49:cabinet-releases&Itemid=166
280204887Sedwin# </a>
281204887Sedwin#
282204887Sedwin# A bit more background info here:
283204887Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/fiji-dst-ends-march-2010.html">
284204887Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/fiji-dst-ends-march-2010.html
285204887Sedwin# </a>
286204887Sedwin
28743543Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
28875267SwollmanRule	Fiji	1998	1999	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
28975267SwollmanRule	Fiji	1999	2000	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	-
290199336SedwinRule	Fiji	2009	only	-	Nov	29	2:00	1:00	S
291204887SedwinRule	Fiji	2010	only	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	-
292204887SedwinRule	Fiji	2010	only	-	Oct	24	2:00	1:00	S
293204887SedwinRule	Fiji	2011	only	-	Mar	lastSun 3:00	0	-
2942742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2952742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Fiji	11:53:40 -	LMT	1915 Oct 26	# Suva
29643543Swollman			12:00	Fiji	FJ%sT	# Fiji Time
2972742Swollman
2982742Swollman# French Polynesia
2992742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3002742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Gambier	 -8:59:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Rikitea
30119878Swollman			 -9:00	-	GAMT	# Gambier Time
3022742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 -	LMT	1912 Oct
30319878Swollman			 -9:30	-	MART	# Marquesas Time
3042742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Tahiti	 -9:58:16 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Papeete
30519878Swollman			-10:00	-	TAHT	# Tahiti Time
30643014Swollman# Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia;
30743014Swollman# it is uninhabited.
3082742Swollman
3092742Swollman# Guam
3102742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
31175267SwollmanZone	Pacific/Guam	-14:21:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
31275267Swollman			 9:39:00 -	LMT	1901		# Agana
31375267Swollman			10:00	-	GST	2000 Dec 23	# Guam
31475267Swollman			10:00	-	ChST	# Chamorro Standard Time
3152742Swollman
3162742Swollman# Kiribati
3172742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3182742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tarawa	 11:32:04 -	LMT	1901		# Bairiki
31919878Swollman			 12:00	-	GILT		 # Gilbert Is Time
3202742SwollmanZone Pacific/Enderbury	-11:24:20 -	LMT	1901
32119878Swollman			-12:00	-	PHOT	1979 Oct # Phoenix Is Time
32219878Swollman			-11:00	-	PHOT	1995
32319878Swollman			 13:00	-	PHOT
3242742SwollmanZone Pacific/Kiritimati	-10:29:20 -	LMT	1901
32519878Swollman			-10:40	-	LINT	1979 Oct # Line Is Time
32619878Swollman			-10:00	-	LINT	1995
32719878Swollman			 14:00	-	LINT
3282742Swollman
32914343Swollman# N Mariana Is
33014343Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
33175267SwollmanZone Pacific/Saipan	-14:17:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
33275267Swollman			 9:43:00 -	LMT	1901
33319878Swollman			 9:00	-	MPT	1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time
33475267Swollman			10:00	-	MPT	2000 Dec 23
33575267Swollman			10:00	-	ChST	# Chamorro Standard Time
33614343Swollman
33714343Swollman# Marshall Is
33814343Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
33914343SwollmanZone Pacific/Majuro	11:24:48 -	LMT	1901
34019878Swollman			11:00	-	MHT	1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time
34119878Swollman			12:00	-	MHT
34214343SwollmanZone Pacific/Kwajalein	11:09:20 -	LMT	1901
34319878Swollman			11:00	-	MHT	1969 Oct
34419878Swollman			-12:00	-	KWAT	1993 Aug 20	# Kwajalein Time
34519878Swollman			12:00	-	MHT
34614343Swollman
34714343Swollman# Micronesia
34814343Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
349210718SedwinZone Pacific/Chuuk	10:07:08 -	LMT	1901
350210718Sedwin			10:00	-	CHUT			# Chuuk Time
351210718SedwinZone Pacific/Pohnpei	10:32:52 -	LMT	1901		# Kolonia
352210718Sedwin			11:00	-	PONT			# Pohnpei Time
35314343SwollmanZone Pacific/Kosrae	10:51:56 -	LMT	1901
35458787Sru			11:00	-	KOST	1969 Oct	# Kosrae Time
35558787Sru			12:00	-	KOST	1999
35658787Sru			11:00	-	KOST
35714343Swollman
3582742Swollman# Nauru
3592742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3602742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Nauru	11:07:40 -	LMT	1921 Jan 15	# Uaobe
36119878Swollman			11:30	-	NRT	1942 Mar 15	# Nauru Time
3622742Swollman			9:00	-	JST	1944 Aug 15
36319878Swollman			11:30	-	NRT	1979 May
36419878Swollman			12:00	-	NRT
3652742Swollman
3662742Swollman# New Caledonia
3672742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
36819878SwollmanRule	NC	1977	1978	-	Dec	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
36919878SwollmanRule	NC	1978	1979	-	Feb	27	0:00	0	-
37043014SwollmanRule	NC	1996	only	-	Dec	 1	2:00s	1:00	S
371158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger say the following was at 2:00; go with IATA.
37243014SwollmanRule	NC	1997	only	-	Mar	 2	2:00s	0	-
3732742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3742742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Noumea	11:05:48 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13
3752742Swollman			11:00	NC	NC%sT
3762742Swollman
3772742Swollman
3782742Swollman###############################################################################
3792742Swollman
3802742Swollman# New Zealand
3812742Swollman
3822742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
383121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1927	only	-	Nov	 6	2:00	1:00	S
384121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1928	only	-	Mar	 4	2:00	0	M
385121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1928	1933	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00	0:30	S
386121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1929	1933	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	M
387121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1934	1940	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	0	M
388121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1934	1940	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0:30	S
389121098SwollmanRule	NZ	1946	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	S
390121098Swollman# Since 1957 Chatham has been 45 minutes ahead of NZ, but there's no
391121098Swollman# convenient notation for this so we must duplicate the Rule lines.
392114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1974	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
393121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1974	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:45s	1:00	D
394114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1975	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
395121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1975	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:45s	0	S
3969908SwollmanRule	NZ	1975	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
397121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1975	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:45s	1:00	D
398114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1976	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
399121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1976	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:45s	0	S
400114173SwollmanRule	NZ	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00s	1:00	D
401121098SwollmanRule	Chatham	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:45s	1:00	D
402169811SwollmanRule	NZ	1990	2006	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
403169811SwollmanRule	Chatham	1990	2006	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:45s	1:00	D
404169811SwollmanRule	NZ	1990	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S
405169811SwollmanRule	Chatham	1990	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:45s	0	S
406169811SwollmanRule	NZ	2007	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
407169811SwollmanRule	Chatham	2007	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:45s	1:00	D
408169811SwollmanRule	NZ	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
409169811SwollmanRule	Chatham	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:45s	0	S
4102742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
411114173SwollmanZone Pacific/Auckland	11:39:04 -	LMT	1868 Nov  2
412121098Swollman			11:30	NZ	NZ%sT	1946 Jan  1
4132742Swollman			12:00	NZ	NZ%sT
414121098SwollmanZone Pacific/Chatham	12:13:48 -	LMT	1957 Jan  1
415121098Swollman			12:45	Chatham	CHA%sT
4162742Swollman
4178029Swollman
41830711Swollman# Auckland Is
41958787Sru# uninhabited; Maori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers,
42058787Sru# and scientific personnel have wintered
4212742Swollman
42230711Swollman# Campbell I
42358787Sru# minor whaling stations operated 1909/1914
42458787Sru# scientific station operated 1941/1995;
42558787Sru# previously whalers, sealers, pastoralists, and scientific personnel wintered
42630711Swollman# was probably like Pacific/Auckland
42730711Swollman
4282742Swollman###############################################################################
4292742Swollman
4302742Swollman
4312742Swollman# Niue
4322742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4332742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Niue	-11:19:40 -	LMT	1901		# Alofi
43419878Swollman			-11:20	-	NUT	1951	# Niue Time
43519878Swollman			-11:30	-	NUT	1978 Oct 1
43619878Swollman			-11:00	-	NUT
4372742Swollman
4382742Swollman# Norfolk
4392742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4402742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Norfolk	11:11:52 -	LMT	1901		# Kingston
44119878Swollman			11:12	-	NMT	1951	# Norfolk Mean Time
44219878Swollman			11:30	-	NFT		# Norfolk Time
4432742Swollman
44458787Sru# Palau (Belau)
4459908Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4469908SwollmanZone Pacific/Palau	8:57:56 -	LMT	1901		# Koror
44719878Swollman			9:00	-	PWT	# Palau Time
4489908Swollman
4492742Swollman# Papua New Guinea
4502742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4512742SwollmanZone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 -	LMT	1880
45286222Swollman			9:48:32	-	PMMT	1895	# Port Moresby Mean Time
45319878Swollman			10:00	-	PGT		# Papua New Guinea Time
4542742Swollman
4552742Swollman# Pitcairn
4562742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
4572742SwollmanZone Pacific/Pitcairn	-8:40:20 -	LMT	1901		# Adamstown
45858787Sru			-8:30	-	PNT	1998 Apr 27 00:00
45958787Sru			-8:00	-	PST	# Pitcairn Standard Time
4602742Swollman
46114343Swollman# American Samoa
46214343SwollmanZone Pacific/Pago_Pago	 12:37:12 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
46314343Swollman			-11:22:48 -	LMT	1911
46419878Swollman			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time
46514343Swollman			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr	# N=Nome
46614343Swollman			-11:00	-	BST	1983 Nov 30	# B=Bering
46714343Swollman			-11:00	-	SST			# S=Samoa
46814343Swollman
469149514Swollman# Samoa
470196582Sedwin
471204887Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-16):
472204887Sedwin# We have been in contact with the government of Samoa again, and received
473204887Sedwin# the following info:
474197000Sedwin#
475204887Sedwin# "Cabinet has now approved Daylight Saving to be effected next year
476204887Sedwin# commencing from the last Sunday of September 2010 and conclude first
477204887Sedwin# Sunday of April 2011."
478204887Sedwin#
479204887Sedwin# Background info:
480197000Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/samoa-dst-plan-2009.html">
481197000Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/samoa-dst-plan-2009.html
482197000Sedwin# </a>
483198270Sedwin#
484204887Sedwin# Samoa's Daylight Saving Time Act 2009 is available here, but does not
485204887Sedwin# contain any dates:
486204887Sedwin# <a href="http://www.parliament.gov.ws/documents/acts/Daylight%20Saving%20Act%20%202009%20%28English%29%20-%20Final%207-7-091.pdf">
487204887Sedwin# http://www.parliament.gov.ws/documents/acts/Daylight%20Saving%20Act%20%202009%20%28English%29%20-%20Final%207-7-091.pdf
488204887Sedwin# </a>
489198270Sedwin
49014343SwollmanZone Pacific/Apia	 12:33:04 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
49114343Swollman			-11:26:56 -	LMT	1911
49219878Swollman			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time
493205475Sedwin			-11:00	-	WST	2010 Sep 26
494204887Sedwin			-11:00	1:00	WSDT	2011 Apr 3
495197000Sedwin			-11:00	-	WST
49614343Swollman
4972742Swollman# Solomon Is
4982742Swollman# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
4992742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5002742SwollmanZone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Honiara
50119878Swollman			11:00	-	SBT	# Solomon Is Time
5022742Swollman
5032742Swollman# Tokelau Is
5042742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5052742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Fakaofo	-11:24:56 -	LMT	1901
50619878Swollman			-10:00	-	TKT	# Tokelau Time
5072742Swollman
5082742Swollman# Tonga
50958787Sru# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
51075267SwollmanRule	Tonga	1999	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00s	1:00	S
51175267SwollmanRule	Tonga	2000	only	-	Mar	19	2:00s	0	-
512114173SwollmanRule	Tonga	2000	2001	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S
513114173SwollmanRule	Tonga	2001	2002	-	Jan	lastSun	2:00	0	-
5142742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5152742SwollmanZone Pacific/Tongatapu	12:19:20 -	LMT	1901
51658787Sru			12:20	-	TOT	1941 # Tonga Time
51758787Sru			13:00	-	TOT	1999
51858787Sru			13:00	Tonga	TO%sT
5192742Swollman
5202742Swollman# Tuvalu
5212742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5222742SwollmanZone Pacific/Funafuti	11:56:52 -	LMT	1901
52319878Swollman			12:00	-	TVT	# Tuvalu Time
5242742Swollman
52543014Swollman
52643014Swollman# US minor outlying islands
52743014Swollman
52843014Swollman# Howland, Baker
529171948Sedwin# Howland was mined for guano by American companies 1857-1878 and British
530171948Sedwin# 1886-1891; Baker was similar but exact dates are not known.
531171948Sedwin# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; U.S. military bases 1943-1944;
532171948Sedwin# uninhabited thereafter.
533171948Sedwin# Howland observed Hawaii Standard Time (UTC-10:30) in 1937;
534171948Sedwin# see page 206 of Elgen M. Long and Marie K. Long,
535171948Sedwin# Amelia Earhart: the Mystery Solved, Simon & Schuster (2000).
536171948Sedwin# So most likely Howland and Baker observed Hawaii Time from 1935
537171948Sedwin# until they were abandoned after the war.
53843014Swollman
53943014Swollman# Jarvis
540171948Sedwin# Mined for guano by American companies 1857-1879 and British 1883?-1891?.
541171948Sedwin# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; IGY scientific base 1957-1958;
542171948Sedwin# uninhabited thereafter.
54343014Swollman# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
54443014Swollman
54543014Swollman# Johnston
54643014Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
54743014SwollmanZone Pacific/Johnston	-10:00	-	HST
54843014Swollman
54943014Swollman# Kingman
55043014Swollman# uninhabited
55143014Swollman
55243014Swollman# Midway
553149514Swollman#
554149514Swollman# From Mark Brader (2005-01-23):
555149514Swollman# [Fallacies and Fantasies of Air Transport History, by R.E.G. Davies,
556149514Swollman# published 1994 by Paladwr Press, McLean, VA, USA; ISBN 0-9626483-5-3]
557149514Swollman# reproduced a Pan American Airways timeables from 1936, for their weekly
558149514Swollman# "Orient Express" flights between San Francisco and Manila, and connecting
559149514Swollman# flights to Chicago and the US East Coast.  As it uses some time zone
560149514Swollman# designations that I've never seen before:....
561149514Swollman# Fri. 6:30A Lv. HONOLOLU (Pearl Harbor), H.I.   H.L.T. Ar. 5:30P Sun.
562149514Swollman#  "   3:00P Ar. MIDWAY ISLAND . . . . . . . . . M.L.T. Lv. 6:00A  "
563149514Swollman#
56443014SwollmanZone Pacific/Midway	-11:49:28 -	LMT	1901
565121098Swollman			-11:00	-	NST	1956 Jun  3
566121098Swollman			-11:00	1:00	NDT	1956 Sep  2
56743014Swollman			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr	# N=Nome
56843014Swollman			-11:00	-	BST	1983 Nov 30	# B=Bering
56943014Swollman			-11:00	-	SST			# S=Samoa
57043014Swollman
57143014Swollman# Palmyra
57243014Swollman# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
57343014Swollman
57443014Swollman# Wake
57543014Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
57643014SwollmanZone	Pacific/Wake	11:06:28 -	LMT	1901
57743014Swollman			12:00	-	WAKT	# Wake Time
57843014Swollman
57943014Swollman
5802742Swollman# Vanuatu
5812742Swollman# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
58219878SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1983	only	-	Sep	25	0:00	1:00	S
58319878SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1984	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=23	0:00	0	-
58419878SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1984	only	-	Oct	23	0:00	1:00	S
58520094SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1985	1991	-	Sep	Sun>=23	0:00	1:00	S
58620094SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1992	1993	-	Jan	Sun>=23	0:00	0	-
58720094SwollmanRule	Vanuatu	1992	only	-	Oct	Sun>=23	0:00	1:00	S
5882742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5892742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Efate	11:13:16 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13		# Vila
59019878Swollman			11:00	Vanuatu	VU%sT	# Vanuatu Time
5912742Swollman
5922742Swollman# Wallis and Futuna
5932742Swollman# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
5942742SwollmanZone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
59519878Swollman			12:00	-	WFT	# Wallis & Futuna Time
5962742Swollman
5972742Swollman###############################################################################
5982742Swollman
5992742Swollman# NOTES
6002742Swollman
6012742Swollman# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
6022742Swollman# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
6032742Swollman# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
6042742Swollman
605158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
6062742Swollman# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
607158421Swollman# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
608158421Swollman# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
6092742Swollman#
61086222Swollman# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
61120094Swollman# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
61220094Swollman# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
61320094Swollman# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
61420094Swollman# of the IATA's data after 1990.
61520094Swollman#
616158421Swollman# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
617158421Swollman# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
61820094Swollman#
6192742Swollman# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
6202742Swollman# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
6212742Swollman# I found in the UCLA library.
6222742Swollman#
6232742Swollman# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
62458787Sru# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
6252742Swollman#
6262742Swollman# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
6272742Swollman# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
6282742Swollman# Corrections are welcome!
6292742Swollman#		std dst
6302742Swollman#		LMT	Local Mean Time
6312742Swollman#	  8:00	WST WST	Western Australia
632169811Swollman#	  8:45	CWST CWST Central Western Australia*
6332742Swollman#	  9:00	JST	Japan
6342742Swollman#	  9:30	CST CST	Central Australia
6352742Swollman#	 10:00	EST EST	Eastern Australia
63675267Swollman#	 10:00	ChST	Chamorro
6372742Swollman#	 10:30	LHST LHST Lord Howe*
638121098Swollman#	 11:30	NZMT NZST New Zealand through 1945
639121098Swollman#	 12:00	NZST NZDT New Zealand 1946-present
64019878Swollman#	 12:45	CHAST CHADT Chatham*
6412742Swollman#	-11:00	SST	Samoa
64214343Swollman#	-10:00	HST	Hawaii
64358787Sru#	- 8:00	PST	Pitcairn*
6442742Swollman#
64514343Swollman# See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii.
6469908Swollman# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is.
6472742Swollman
6482742Swollman###############################################################################
6492742Swollman
6502742Swollman# Australia
6512742Swollman
652153670Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2005-12-08):
653153670Swollman# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml">
654153670Swollman# Implementation Dates of Daylight Saving Time within Australia
655153670Swollman# </a> summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia.
65658787Sru
657153670Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (2005-12-12):
658153670Swollman# <a href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/Corporate/ll_agdinfo.nsf/pages/community_relations_daylight_saving">
659153670Swollman# Lawlink NSW:Daylight Saving in New South Wales
660153670Swollman# </a> covers New South Wales in particular.
661153670Swollman
66219878Swollman# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
6632742Swollman# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time.
6642742Swollman# It is called `summer' time.  Now by a happy coincidence, `summer'
6652742Swollman# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the
6662742Swollman# abbreviation does _not_ change...
6672742Swollman# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least
6682742Swollman# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the
6692742Swollman# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses
6702742Swollman# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight
6712742Swollman# time'.
6722742Swollman# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian
6732742Swollman# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time'
6742742Swollman# or `Eastern Summer Time'.  (Note, though, that as I say in the
6752742Swollman# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.)  Announcers
6762742Swollman# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases
6772742Swollman# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times;
6782742Swollman# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.
6792742Swollman
68086222Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
6812742Swollman# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is:
6822742Swollman#	CST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30
6832742Swollman#	WST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00
6842742Swollman#	EST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00
6852742Swollman
686163302Sru# From Chuck Soper (2006-06-01):
687163302Sru# I recently found this Australian government web page on time zones:
688163302Sru# <http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia-13time>
689163302Sru# And this government web page lists time zone names and abbreviations:
690163302Sru# <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/daysavtm.shtml>
691163302Sru
69286222Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2001-04-05), summarizing a long discussion about "EST"
69386222Swollman# versus "AEST" etc.:
69486222Swollman#
69586222Swollman# I see the following points of dispute:
69686222Swollman#
69786222Swollman# * How important are unique time zone abbreviations?
69886222Swollman#
69986222Swollman#   Here I tend to agree with the point (most recently made by Chris
70086222Swollman#   Newman) that unique abbreviations should not be essential for proper
70186222Swollman#   operation of software.  We have other instances of ambiguity
70286222Swollman#   (e.g. "IST" denoting both "Israel Standard Time" and "Indian
70386222Swollman#   Standard Time"), and they are not likely to go away any time soon.
70486222Swollman#   In the old days, some software mistakenly relied on unique
70586222Swollman#   abbreviations, but this is becoming less true with time, and I don't
70686222Swollman#   think it's that important to cater to such software these days.
70786222Swollman#
70886222Swollman#   On the other hand, there is another motivation for unambiguous
70986222Swollman#   abbreviations: it cuts down on human confusion.  This is
71086222Swollman#   particularly true for Australia, where "EST" can mean one thing for
71186222Swollman#   time T and a different thing for time T plus 1 second.
71286222Swollman#
71386222Swollman# * Does the relevant legislation indicate which abbreviations should be used?
71486222Swollman#
71586222Swollman#   Here I tend to think that things are a mess, just as they are in
71686222Swollman#   many other countries.  We Americans are currently disagreeing about
71786222Swollman#   which abbreviation to use for the newly legislated Chamorro Standard
71886222Swollman#   Time, for example.
71986222Swollman#
72086222Swollman#   Personally, I would prefer to use common practice; I would like to
72186222Swollman#   refer to legislation only for examples of common practice, or as a
72286222Swollman#   tiebreaker.
72386222Swollman#
72486222Swollman# * Do Australians more often use "Eastern Daylight Time" or "Eastern
72586222Swollman#   Summer Time"?  Do they typically prefix the time zone names with
72686222Swollman#   the word "Australian"?
72786222Swollman#
72886222Swollman#   My own impression is that both "Daylight Time" and "Summer Time" are
72986222Swollman#   common and are widely understood, but that "Summer Time" is more
73086222Swollman#   popular; and that the leading "A" is also common but is omitted more
73186222Swollman#   often than not.  I just used AltaVista advanced search and got the
73286222Swollman#   following count of page hits:
73386222Swollman#
73486222Swollman#     1,103 "Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au
73586222Swollman#       971 "Australian Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au
73686222Swollman#       613 "Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au
73786222Swollman#       127 "Australian Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au
73886222Swollman#
73986222Swollman#   Here "Summer" seems quite a bit more popular than "Daylight",
74086222Swollman#   particularly when we know the time zone is Australian and not US,
74186222Swollman#   say.  The "Australian" prefix seems to be popular for Eastern Summer
74286222Swollman#   Time, but unpopular for Eastern Daylight Time.
74386222Swollman#
74486222Swollman#   For abbreviations, tools like AltaVista are less useful because of
74586222Swollman#   ambiguity.  Many hits are not really time zones, unfortunately, and
74686222Swollman#   many hits denote US time zones and not Australian ones.  But here
74786222Swollman#   are the hit counts anyway:
74886222Swollman#
74986222Swollman#     161,304 "EST" and domain:au
75086222Swollman#      25,156 "EDT" and domain:au
75186222Swollman#      18,263 "AEST" and domain:au
75286222Swollman#      10,416 "AEDT" and domain:au
75386222Swollman#
75486222Swollman#      14,538 "CST" and domain:au
75586222Swollman#       5,728 "CDT" and domain:au
75686222Swollman#         176 "ACST" and domain:au
75786222Swollman#          29 "ACDT" and domain:au
75886222Swollman#
75986222Swollman#       7,539 "WST" and domain:au
76086222Swollman#          68 "AWST" and domain:au
76186222Swollman#
76286222Swollman#   This data suggest that Australians tend to omit the "A" prefix in
76386222Swollman#   practice.  The situation for "ST" versus "DT" is less clear, given
76486222Swollman#   the ambiguities involved.
76586222Swollman#
76686222Swollman# * How do Australians feel about the abbreviations in the tz database?
76786222Swollman#
76886222Swollman#   If you just count Australians on this list, I count 2 in favor and 3
76986222Swollman#   against.  One of the "against" votes (David Keegel) counseled delay,
77086222Swollman#   saying that both AEST/AEDT and EST/EST are widely used and
77186222Swollman#   understood in Australia.
77286222Swollman
77314343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
774158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ.
775149514Swollman# Mark Prior writes that his newspaper
7769908Swollman# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00,
7779908Swollman# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970
7789908Swollman# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time.
77914343Swollman# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960.
7802742Swollman
781149514Swollman# From Eric Ulevik (1998-01-05):
78275267Swollman#
78343014Swollman# Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable,
78443014Swollman# and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more
78543014Swollman# relevant entries in this database.
78675267Swollman#
78743014Swollman# NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill):
78843014Swollman# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html">
78943014Swollman# Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04)
79043014Swollman# </a>
79143014Swollman# ACT
79258787Sru# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html">
79343014Swollman# Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972
79443014Swollman# </a>
79543014Swollman# SA
79643014Swollman# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html">
79743014Swollman# Standard Time Act, 1898
79843014Swollman# </a>
79943014Swollman
800149514Swollman# From David Grosz (2005-06-13):
801149514Swollman# It was announced last week that Daylight Saving would be extended by
802149514Swollman# one week next year to allow for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
803149514Swollman# Daylight Saving is now to end for next year only on the first Sunday
804149514Swollman# in April instead of the last Sunday in March.
805149514Swollman#
806149514Swollman# From Gwillim Law (2005-06-14):
807149514Swollman# I did some Googling and found that all of those states (and territory) plan
808149514Swollman# to extend DST together in 2006.
809149514Swollman# ACT: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/mediareleases/fileread.cfm?file=86.txt
810149514Swollman# New South Wales: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15538869%255E1702,00.html
811149514Swollman# South Australia: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15555031-1246,00.html
812149514Swollman# Tasmania: http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=14772
813149514Swollman# Victoria: I wasn't able to find anything separate, but the other articles
814149514Swollman# allude to it.
815149514Swollman# But not Queensland
816149514Swollman# http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15564030-1248,00.html.
817149514Swollman
8189908Swollman# Northern Territory
8199908Swollman
82019878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
8212742Swollman# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY..  [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
8222742Swollman# #					[ Nov 1990 ]
8232742Swollman# #	N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
8242742Swollman# ...
8259908Swollman# Zone        Australia/North         9:30    -       CST
8262742Swollman
82719878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
8282742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
8292742Swollman# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving.
8302742Swollman
8319908Swollman# Western Australia
8322742Swollman
83319878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
8342742Swollman# #  The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA..  [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]
8352742Swollman# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
8362742Swollman# #	W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to
8372742Swollman# #	DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but
8382742Swollman# #	usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus
8392742Swollman# #	before reaching parliament.
8402742Swollman# ...
8412742Swollman# Zone	Australia/West		8:00	AW	%sST
8422742Swollman# ...
8432742Swollman# Rule	AW	1974	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
8442742Swollman# Rule	AW	1975	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W
8452742Swollman# Rule	AW	1983	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
8462742Swollman# Rule	AW	1984	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W
8472742Swollman
84819878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
8492742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
8502742Swollman# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving.
8512742Swollman
85219878Swollman# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (1991-11-02):
8532742Swollman# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney
8542742Swollman# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at
8552742Swollman# work at 9.00am.)
8562742Swollman# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse
8572742Swollman# everybody again.
8582742Swollman
85919878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
8602742Swollman# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
8612742Swollman# it matches what was used in the past.
8622742Swollman
86358787Sru# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm">
86458787Sru# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ
86558787Sru# </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses
86658787Sru# South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia.
86758787Sru
8689908Swollman# Queensland
86919878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
8702742Swollman# #   The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
8712742Swollman# #						[ Dec 1990 ]
8722742Swollman# ...
8732742Swollman# Zone	Australia/Queensland	10:00	AQ	%sST
8742742Swollman# ...
8752742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
8762742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	E
8772742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1989	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
8782742Swollman# Rule	AQ	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E
8792742Swollman
88019878Swollman# From Bradley White (1989-12-24):
8812742Swollman# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from
8822742Swollman# October 1989).
8832742Swollman
88419878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
8852742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
8862742Swollman# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
8872742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
8882742Swollman
88919878Swollman# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
8902742Swollman# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact
8912742Swollman# end on Sunday, 3 March.  I don't know at what hour, though.  (It surprised
8922742Swollman# me.)
8932742Swollman
89419878Swollman# From Bradley White (1992-03-08):
8952742Swollman# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted
8962742Swollman# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ...
8972742Swollman# ...
8982742Swollman# Rule	QLD	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
8992742Swollman# Rule	QLD	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
9002742Swollman# ...
9012742Swollman
90219878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
9032742Swollman# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
9042742Swollman
905169811Swollman# From Christopher Hunt (2006-11-21), after an advance warning
906169811Swollman# from Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-11-01):
907169811Swollman# WA are trialing DST for three years.
908169811Swollman# <http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54825721200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf>
909169811Swollman
910105196Swollman# From Rives McDow (2002-04-09):
911114173Swollman# The most interesting region I have found consists of three towns on the
912169811Swollman# southern coast....  South Australia observes daylight saving time; Western
913114173Swollman# Australia does not.  The two states are one and a half hours apart.  The
914114173Swollman# residents decided to forget about this nonsense of changing the clock so
915114173Swollman# much and set the local time 20 hours and 45 minutes from the
916114173Swollman# international date line, or right in the middle of the time of South
917169811Swollman# Australia and Western Australia....
918105196Swollman#
919105196Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2002-04-09):
920105196Swollman# This is confirmed by the section entitled
921105196Swollman# "What's the deal with time zones???" in
922169811Swollman# <http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~awatkins/null.html>.
923105196Swollman#
924169811Swollman# From Alex Livingston (2006-12-07):
925169811Swollman# ... it was just on four years ago that I drove along the Eyre Highway,
926169811Swollman# which passes through eastern Western Australia close to the southern
927169811Swollman# coast of the continent.
928105196Swollman#
929169811Swollman# I paid particular attention to the time kept there. There can be no
930169811Swollman# dispute that UTC+08:45 was considered "the time" from the border
931169811Swollman# village just inside the border with South Australia to as far west
932169811Swollman# as just east of Caiguna. There can also be no dispute that Eucla is
933169811Swollman# the largest population centre in this zone....
934169811Swollman#
935169811Swollman# Now that Western Australia is observing daylight saving, the
936169811Swollman# question arose whether this part of the state would follow suit. I
937169811Swollman# just called the border village and confirmed that indeed they have,
938169811Swollman# meaning that they are now observing UTC+09:45.
939169811Swollman#
940169811Swollman# (2006-12-09):
941169811Swollman# I personally doubt that either experimentation with daylight saving
942169811Swollman# in WA or its introduction in SA had anything to do with the genesis
943169811Swollman# of this time zone.  My hunch is that it's been around since well
944169811Swollman# before 1975.  I remember seeing it noted on road maps decades ago.
945105196Swollman
946169811Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-12-15):
947169811Swollman# For lack of better info, assume the tradition dates back to the
948169811Swollman# introduction of standard time in 1895.
949169811Swollman
950169811Swollman
951171948Sedwin# southeast Australia
9522742Swollman#
953171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
954171948Sedwin# Starting autumn 2008 Victoria, NSW, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT
955171948Sedwin# end DST the first Sunday in April and start DST the first Sunday in October.
956171948Sedwin# http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/daylight-savings-to-span-six-months/2007/06/27/1182623966703.html
9572742Swollman
9582742Swollman
9599908Swollman# South Australia
9602742Swollman
96119878Swollman# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
9622742Swollman# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
9632742Swollman# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
9642742Swollman# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
9652742Swollman
96619878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
9672742Swollman# #   The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ]
9682742Swollman# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
9692742Swollman# ...
9702742Swollman# Zone	Australia/South		9:30	AS	%sST
9712742Swollman# ...
9722742Swollman# Rule	 AS	1971	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
9732742Swollman# Rule	 AS	1972	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C
974158421Swollman# Rule	 AS	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	C
9752742Swollman# Rule	 AS	1991	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C
9762742Swollman
97719878Swollman# From Bradley White (1992-03-11):
9782742Swollman# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide
9792742Swollman# contained the following exchange:  "Due to the Adelaide Festival,
9802742Swollman# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks."
9812742Swollman
98219878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1992-03-13):
9832742Swollman# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that)
9842742Swollman# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even
9852742Swollman# numbered year (from 1990).  That's when the Adelaide Festival
9862742Swollman# is on...
9872742Swollman
98819878Swollman# From Robert Elz (1992-03-16, 00:57:07 +1000):
9892742Swollman# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday)....
9902742Swollman# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever...
9912742Swollman# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...).
9922742Swollman
99319878Swollman# From Bradley White (1994-04-11):
9942742Swollman# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March,
9952742Swollman# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can
9962742Swollman# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated....
9972742Swollman
998149514Swollman# From John Warburton (1994-10-07):
9999908Swollman# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ...
10009908Swollman# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994....
10019908Swollman# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March.
10022742Swollman
1003171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
1004171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
1005171948Sedwin
10069908Swollman# Tasmania
10079908Swollman
100858787Sru# The rules for 1967 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
100958787Sru# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
10102742Swollman# #  The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
10112742Swollman# #					[ Nov 1990 ]
10122742Swollman
101319878Swollman# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10):
10142742Swollman# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have
10152742Swollman# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia
10162742Swollman# (but nothing new about that).
10172742Swollman
101858787Sru# From Alex Livingston (1999-10-04):
101958787Sru# I heard on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio news on the
102058787Sru# (long) weekend that Tasmania, which usually goes its own way in this regard,
102158787Sru# has decided to join with most of NSW, the ACT, and most of Victoria
102258787Sru# (Australia) and start daylight saving on the last Sunday in August in 2000
102358787Sru# instead of the first Sunday in October.
102458787Sru
102564499Swollman# Sim Alam (2000-07-03) reported a legal citation for the 2000/2001 rules:
102664499Swollman# http://www.thelaw.tas.gov.au/fragview/42++1968+GS3A@EN+2000070300
102764499Swollman
1028171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
1029171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
1030171948Sedwin
10319908Swollman# Victoria
10322742Swollman
103358787Sru# The rules for 1971 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
103458787Sru# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
10352742Swollman# #   The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
10362742Swollman# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
10372742Swollman
103886222Swollman# From Scott Harrington (2001-08-29):
103986222Swollman# On KQED's "City Arts and Lectures" program last night I heard an
104086222Swollman# interesting story about daylight savings time.  Dr. John Heilbron was
104186222Swollman# discussing his book "The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar
104286222Swollman# Observatories"[1], and in particular the Shrine of Remembrance[2] located
104386222Swollman# in Melbourne, Australia.
104486222Swollman#
104586222Swollman# Apparently the shrine's main purpose is a beam of sunlight which
104686222Swollman# illuminates a special spot on the floor at the 11th hour of the 11th day
104786222Swollman# of the 11th month (Remembrance Day) every year in memory of Australia's
104886222Swollman# fallen WWI soldiers.  And if you go there on Nov. 11, at 11am local time,
104986222Swollman# you will indeed see the sunbeam illuminate the special spot at the
105086222Swollman# expected time.
105186222Swollman#
105286222Swollman# However, that is only because of some special mirror contraption that had
105386222Swollman# to be employed, since due to daylight savings time, the true solar time of
105486222Swollman# the remembrance moment occurs one hour later (or earlier?).  Perhaps
105586222Swollman# someone with more information on this jury-rig can tell us more.
105686222Swollman#
105786222Swollman# [1] http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HEISUN.html
105886222Swollman# [2] http://www.shrine.org.au
105986222Swollman
1060171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
1061171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
1062171948Sedwin
10639908Swollman# New South Wales
10642742Swollman
10652742Swollman# From Arthur David Olson:
10662742Swollman# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
1067149514Swollman# Based on law library research by John Mackin,
10682742Swollman# who notes:
10692742Swollman#	In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
10702742Swollman#	individual states.  Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''
10712742Swollman#	[I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
10722742Swollman#	use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the
10732742Swollman#	legislation.  This is very important to understand.
10742742Swollman#	I have researched New South Wales time only...
10752742Swollman
1076149514Swollman# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-26):
107758787Sru# DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual
107858787Sru# October in 2000.  [See: Matthew Moore,
107958787Sru# <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html">
108058787Sru# Two months more daylight saving
108158787Sru# </a>
108258787Sru# Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26).]
10832742Swollman
108458787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27):
108558787Sru# See the following official NSW source:
108658787Sru# <a href="http://dir.gis.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/genobject/document/other/daylightsaving/tigGmZ">
108758787Sru# Daylight Saving in New South Wales.
108858787Sru# </a>
108958787Sru#
109058787Sru# Narrabri Shire (NSW) council has announced it will ignore the extension of
109158787Sru# daylight saving next year.  See:
109258787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/neweng/monthly/regeng-22jul1999-1.htm">
109358787Sru# Narrabri Council to ignore daylight saving
109458787Sru# </a> (1999-07-22).  For now, we'll wait to see if this really happens.
109558787Sru#
109658787Sru# Victoria will following NSW.  See:
109758787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/local/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990728112314_1.htm">
109858787Sru# Vic to extend daylight saving
109958787Sru# </a> (1999-07-28).
110058787Sru#
110158787Sru# However, South Australia rejected the DST request.  See:
110258787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990719151754_1.htm">
110358787Sru# South Australia rejects Olympics daylight savings request
110458787Sru# </a> (1999-07-19).
110558787Sru#
110658787Sru# Queensland also will not observe DST for the Olympics.  See:
110758787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/06/item19990601114608_1.htm">
110858787Sru# Qld says no to daylight savings for Olympics
110958787Sru# </a> (1999-06-01), which quotes Queensland Premier Peter Beattie as saying
111058787Sru# ``Look you've got to remember in my family when this came up last time
111158787Sru# I voted for it, my wife voted against it and she said to me it's all very
111258787Sru# well for you, you don't have to worry about getting the children out of
111375267Swollman# bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night.
111458787Sru# I've been through all this argument domestically...my wife rules.''
111558787Sru#
111658787Sru# Broken Hill will stick with South Australian time in 2000.  See:
111758787Sru# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/brokenh/monthly/regbrok-21jul1999-6.htm">
111858787Sru# Broken Hill to be behind the times
111958787Sru# </a> (1999-07-21).
11202742Swollman
112143543Swollman# IATA SSIM (1998-09) says that the spring 2000 change for Australian
112243543Swollman# Capital Territory, New South Wales except Lord Howe Island and Broken
112358787Sru# Hill, and Victoria will be August 27, presumably due to the Sydney Olympics.
112443543Swollman
112567578Swollman# From Eric Ulevik, referring to Sydney's Sun Herald (2000-08-13), page 29:
112675267Swollman# The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is encouraging northern NSW
112775267Swollman# towns to use Queensland time.
112867578Swollman
1129171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
1130171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
1131171948Sedwin
11329908Swollman# Yancowinna
11332742Swollman
113467578Swollman# From John Mackin (1989-01-04):
11352742Swollman# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna.
11362742Swollman
113719878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
11382742Swollman# # YANCOWINNA..  [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
11392742Swollman# #					[ Dec 1990 ]
11402742Swollman# ...
114143014Swollman# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite [its] location on the
11422742Swollman# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings
11432742Swollman# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government
11442742Swollman# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have
11452742Swollman# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not
11462742Swollman# # presently available.
11472742Swollman# Zone	Australia/Yancowinna	9:30	 AY	%sST
11482742Swollman# ...
11492742Swollman# Rule	 AY	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
11502742Swollman# Rule	 AY	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	C
11512742Swollman# [followed by other Rules]
11522742Swollman
11539908Swollman# Lord Howe Island
11542742Swollman
115519878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
1156153670Swollman# LHI...		[ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen ]
11572742Swollman#					[ Dec 1990 ]
11582742Swollman# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
11592742Swollman# hour ahead of NSW time.
11602742Swollman
116158787Sru# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-01-27):
116258787Sru# Lord Howe Island summer time in 2000/2001 will commence on the same
116358787Sru# date as the rest of NSW (i.e. 2000-08-27).  For your information the
116458787Sru# Lord Howe Island Board (controlling authority for the Island) is
116558787Sru# seeking the community's views on various options for summer time
116658787Sru# arrangements on the Island, e.g. advance clocks by 1 full hour
116786464Swollman# instead of only 30 minutes.  Dependant on the wishes of residents
116858787Sru# the Board may approach the NSW government to change the existing
116958787Sru# arrangements.  The starting date for summer time on the Island will
117058787Sru# however always coincide with the rest of NSW.
117114343Swollman
117275267Swollman# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-10-25):
117375267Swollman# Lord Howe Island advances clocks by 30 minutes during DST in NSW and retards
117475267Swollman# clocks by 30 minutes when DST finishes. Since DST was most recently
117575267Swollman# introduced in NSW, the "changeover" time on the Island has been 02:00 as
117675267Swollman# shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start
117775267Swollman# of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW.
117858787Sru
1179158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1180158421Swollman# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks & Pottenger through 1989, and
1181158421Swollman# Lonergan thereafter.  For times we use Lonergan.
118267578Swollman
1183171948Sedwin# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
1184171948Sedwin# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
1185171948Sedwin
1186192886Sedwin# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-28):
1187192886Sedwin# According to the official press release, South Australia's extended daylight 
1188192886Sedwin# saving period will continue with the same rules as used during the 2008-2009 
1189192886Sedwin# summer (southern hemisphere).
1190192886Sedwin# 
1191192886Sedwin# From
1192192886Sedwin# <a href="http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf">
1193192886Sedwin# http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf
1194192886Sedwin# </a>
1195192886Sedwin# The extended daylight saving period that South Australia has been trialling 
1196192886Sedwin# for over the last year is now set to be ongoing.
1197192886Sedwin# Daylight saving will continue to start on the first Sunday in October each 
1198192886Sedwin# year and finish on the first Sunday in April the following year.
1199192886Sedwin# Industrial Relations Minister, Paul Caica, says this provides South Australia 
1200192886Sedwin# with a consistent half hour time difference with NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and 
1201192886Sedwin# the ACT for all 52 weeks of the year...
1202192886Sedwin# 
1203192886Sedwin# We have a wrap-up here:
1204192886Sedwin# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html">
1205192886Sedwin# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html
1206192886Sedwin# </a>
12072742Swollman###############################################################################
12082742Swollman
120958787Sru# New Zealand
12102742Swollman
121119878Swollman# From Mark Davies (1990-10-03):
12122742Swollman# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period.
12132742Swollman# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for
12142742Swollman# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start).
12152742Swollman# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office.
12162742Swollman
121719878Swollman# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
12182742Swollman# # The Country of New Zealand   (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that!
12192742Swollman# #				   or is Australia the west island of N.Z.
1220153670Swollman# #	[ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Auckland N.Z. ]
12212742Swollman# #				[ Nov 1990 ]
12222742Swollman# ...
12232742Swollman# Rule	NZ      1974    1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
12242742Swollman# Rule	NZ	1989	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
12252742Swollman# Rule	NZ      1975    1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
12262742Swollman# Rule	NZ	1990	max	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	S
12272742Swollman# ...
12282742Swollman# Zone	NZ			12:00	NZ		NZ%sT	# New Zealand
12292742Swollman# Zone	NZ-CHAT			12:45	-		NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
12302742Swollman
123119878Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
12322742Swollman# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
12332742Swollman# rather than the October 1 value.
12342742Swollman
123514343Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19);
1236158421Swollman# Shank & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ.
1237149514Swollman# Robert Uzgalis writes that the New Zealand Daylight
123814343Swollman# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard
123914343Swollman# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March.
124014343Swollman# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00.
124114343Swollman#
1242158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1243121098Swollman# The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history,
1244121098Swollman# as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.htm for the full references.
1245158421Swollman# Use these sources in preference to Shanks & Pottenger.
1246121098Swollman#
1247121098Swollman# For Chatham, IATA SSIM (1991/1999) gives the NZ rules but with
1248121098Swollman# transitions at 2:45 local standard time; this confirms that Chatham
1249121098Swollman# is always exactly 45 minutes ahead of Auckland.
125014343Swollman
1251169811Swollman# From Colin Sharples (2007-04-30):
1252169811Swollman# DST will now start on the last Sunday in September, and end on the
1253169811Swollman# first Sunday in April.  The changes take effect this year, meaning
1254169811Swollman# that DST will begin on 2007-09-30 2008-04-06.
1255169811Swollman# http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Daylight-Saving-Daylight-saving-to-be-extended
1256169811Swollman
12572742Swollman###############################################################################
12582742Swollman
125958787Sru
12602742Swollman# Fiji
12612742Swollman
126258787Sru# Howse writes (p 153) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji
126358787Sru# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on Antipodean Time
126458787Sru# instead of the American system (which was one day behind).
12652742Swollman
126643543Swollman# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08):
126743543Swollman# Fiji will introduce DST effective 0200 local time, 1998-11-01
126875267Swollman# until 0300 local time 1999-02-28.  Each year the DST period will
126943543Swollman# be from the first Sunday in November until the last Sunday in February.
127043543Swollman
127158787Sru# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08):
127258787Sru# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says DST ends 0100 local time.  Go with McDow.
127358787Sru
127443543Swollman# From the BBC World Service (1998-10-31 11:32 UTC):
127543543Swollman# The Fijiian government says the main reasons for the time change is to
127643543Swollman# improve productivity and reduce road accidents.  But correspondents say it
127743543Swollman# also hopes the move will boost Fiji's ability to compete with other pacific
127843543Swollman# islands in the effort to attract tourists to witness the dawning of the new
127943543Swollman# millenium.
128043543Swollman
128175267Swollman# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/press/2000_09/2000_09_13-05.shtml (2000-09-13)
128275267Swollman# reports that Fiji has discontinued DST.
128358787Sru
128414343Swollman# Johnston
128514343Swollman
128614343Swollman# Johnston data is from usno1995.
128714343Swollman
128858787Sru
128917200Swollman# Kiribati
129017200Swollman
129117200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
129217200Swollman# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that Kiribati
129317200Swollman# ``declared it the same day throught the country as of Jan. 1, 1995''
129417200Swollman# as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century.
129517200Swollman
129658787Sru
12972742Swollman# Kwajalein
12982742Swollman
12992742Swollman# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes:
13002742Swollman# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday,
130119878Swollman# 1993-08-20.  Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with
13022742Swollman# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands,
13032742Swollman# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink.
13042742Swollman
130558787Sru
130614343Swollman# N Mariana Is, Guam
13072742Swollman
130858787Sru# Howse writes (p 153) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the
13092742Swollman# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones
13102742Swollman# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time.
131175267Swollman# For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines;
131275267Swollman# see Asia/Manila.
131314343Swollman
131475267Swollman# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UTC+10 the official standard time,
131575267Swollman# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time".  There is no official abbreviation,
131675267Swollman# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law,
131775267Swollman# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST".
131858787Sru
131975267Swollman
132017200Swollman# Micronesia
132117200Swollman
1322149514Swollman# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16),
132317200Swollman# ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk"
132417200Swollman# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.''
132517200Swollman#
1326158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger write that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11
1327158421Swollman# on 1978-10-01; ignore this for now.
132817200Swollman
132958787Sru# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
133058787Sru# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in
133158787Sru# <a href="http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html">
133258787Sru# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information
133358787Sru# </a> (1999-01-26)
133458787Sru# that Truk and Yap are UTC+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are UTC+11.
133558787Sru# We don't know when Kosrae switched from UTC+12; assume January 1 for now.
133658787Sru
133758787Sru
1338121098Swollman# Midway
1339121098Swollman
1340121098Swollman# From Charles T O'Connor, KMTH DJ (1956),
1341121098Swollman# quoted in the KTMH section of the Radio Heritage Collection
1342121098Swollman# <http://radiodx.com/spdxr/KMTH.htm> (2002-12-31):
1343121098Swollman# For the past two months we've been on what is known as Daylight
1344121098Swollman# Saving Time.  This time has put us on air at 5am in the morning,
1345121098Swollman# your time down there in New Zealand.  Starting September 2, 1956
1346121098Swollman# we'll again go back to Standard Time.  This'll mean that we'll go to
1347121098Swollman# air at 6am your time.
1348121098Swollman#
1349121098Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23):
1350121098Swollman# We don't know the date of that quote, but we'll guess they
1351121098Swollman# started DST on June 3.  Possibly DST was observed other years
1352121098Swollman# in Midway, but we have no record of it.
1353121098Swollman
1354121098Swollman
135558787Sru# Pitcairn
135658787Sru
135758787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08):
135858787Sru# A Proclamation was signed by the Governor of Pitcairn on the 27th March 1998
135958787Sru# with regard to Pitcairn Standard Time.  The Proclamation is as follows.
136058787Sru#
136158787Sru#	The local time for general purposes in the Islands shall be
136258787Sru#	Co-ordinated Universal time minus 8 hours and shall be known
136358787Sru#	as Pitcairn Standard Time.
136458787Sru#
136558787Sru# ... I have also seen Pitcairn listed as UTC minus 9 hours in several
136658787Sru# references, and can only assume that this was an error in interpretation
136758787Sru# somehow in light of this proclamation.
136858787Sru
136958787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-11-09):
137058787Sru# The Proclamation regarding Pitcairn time came into effect on 27 April 1998
137158787Sru# ... at midnight.
137258787Sru
137358787Sru# From Howie Phelps (1999-11-10), who talked to a Pitcairner via shortwave:
137458787Sru# Betty Christian told me yesterday that their local time is the same as
137558787Sru# Pacific Standard Time. They used to be 1/2 hour different from us here in
137658787Sru# Sacramento but it was changed a couple of years ago.
137758787Sru
137858787Sru
137914343Swollman# Samoa
138014343Swollman
138158787Sru# Howse writes (p 153, citing p 10 of the 1883-11-18 New York Herald)
138258787Sru# that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change
138314343Swollman# ``the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system,
138414343Swollman# ordaining -- by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery -- that
138514343Swollman# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year.''
138617200Swollman
138758787Sru
138817200Swollman# Tonga
138917200Swollman
139017200Swollman# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
139117200Swollman# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that ``Tonga has been plotting
139217200Swollman# to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time.''
139317200Swollman# Since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do.
139458787Sru
139558787Sru# Don Mundell writes in the 1997-02-20 Tonga Chronicle
139658787Sru# <a href="http://www.tongatapu.net.to/tonga/homeland/timebegins.htm">
139758787Sru# How Tonga became `The Land where Time Begins'
139858787Sru# </a>:
139958787Sru
140058787Sru# Until 1941 Tonga maintained a standard time 50 minutes ahead of NZST
140158787Sru# 12 hours and 20 minutes ahead of GMT.  When New Zealand adjusted its
140258787Sru# standard time in 1940s, Tonga had the choice of subtracting from its
140358787Sru# local time to come on the same standard time as New Zealand or of
140458787Sru# advancing its time to maintain the differential of 13 degrees
140558787Sru# (approximately 50 minutes ahead of New Zealand time).
140658787Sru#
140758787Sru# Because His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, then Crown Prince
140858787Sru# Tungi, preferred to ensure Tonga's title as the land where time
140958787Sru# begins, the Legislative Assembly approved the latter change.
141058787Sru#
141158787Sru# But some of the older, more conservative members from the outer
141258787Sru# islands objected. "If at midnight on Dec. 31, we move ahead 40
141358787Sru# minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of the 40
141458787Sru# minutes we have lost?"
141558787Sru#
141658787Sru# The Crown Prince, presented an unanswerable argument: "Remember that
141758787Sru# on the World Day of Prayer, you would be the first people on Earth
141858787Sru# to say your prayers in the morning."
141958787Sru
1420158421Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
1421158421Swollman# Shanks & Pottenger say the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell.
142258787Sru
142358787Sru# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03):
142458787Sru# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium
142558787Sru# Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front.
142658787Sru# He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from
142758787Sru# October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan
142858787Sru# Government.
142958787Sru
1430149514Swollman# From Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09):
143158787Sru# * Tonga will introduce DST in November
143275267Swollman#
1433149514Swollman# I was given this link by John Letts:
1434181421Sedwin# <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm">
143558787Sru# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm
143658787Sru# </a>
143775267Swollman#
143858787Sru# I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November
143958787Sru# yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead
144058787Sru# of UTC as well, but as far as I know Fiji will only be 13 hours ahead
144158787Sru# (12 + 1 hour DST).
144258787Sru
1443149514Swollman# From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20):
1444181421Sedwin# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html">
144558787Sru# http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html
144658787Sru# </a>:
144775267Swollman# "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000
144875267Swollman# and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the
144975267Swollman# third Saturday of April.  Under the system approved by Privy Council on
145075267Swollman# Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and
145158787Sru# set back an hour on the closing date."
145258787Sru# Alas, no indication of the time of day.
145358787Sru
145458787Sru# From Rives McDow (1999-10-06):
145558787Sru# Tonga started its Daylight Saving on Saturday morning October 2nd at 0200am.
145658787Sru# Daylight Saving ends on April 16 at 0300am which is Sunday morning.
145758787Sru
145875267Swollman# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-31):
145975267Swollman# Back in March I found a notice on the website http://www.tongaonline.com
146075267Swollman# that Tonga changed back to standard time one month early, on March 19
146175267Swollman# instead of the original reported date April 16. Unfortunately, the article
146275267Swollman# is no longer available on the site, and I did not make a copy of the
146375267Swollman# text, and I have forgotten to report it here.
146475267Swollman# (Original URL was: http://www.tongaonline.com/news/march162000.htm )
146558787Sru
146675267Swollman# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01):
146775267Swollman# Tonga is observing DST as of 2000-11-04 and will stop on 2001-01-27.
146875267Swollman
146993799Swollman# From Sione Moala-Mafi (2001-09-20) via Rives McDow:
147093799Swollman# At 2:00am on the first Sunday of November, the standard time in the Kingdom
147193799Swollman# shall be moved forward by one hour to 3:00am.  At 2:00am on the last Sunday
147293799Swollman# of January the standard time in the Kingdom shall be moved backward by one
147393799Swollman# hour to 1:00am.
147486222Swollman
1475114173Swollman# From Pulu 'Anau (2002-11-05):
1476114173Swollman# The law was for 3 years, supposedly to get renewed.  It wasn't.
147786222Swollman
1478121098Swollman
1479121098Swollman# Wake
1480121098Swollman
1481121098Swollman# From Vernice Anderson, Personal Secretary to Philip Jessup,
1482121098Swollman# US Ambassador At Large (oral history interview, 1971-02-02):
1483121098Swollman#
1484121098Swollman# Saturday, the 14th [of October, 1950] -- ...  The time was all the
1485121098Swollman# more confusing at that point, because we had crossed the
1486121098Swollman# International Date Line, thus getting two Sundays.  Furthermore, we
1487121098Swollman# discovered that Wake Island had two hours of daylight saving time
1488121098Swollman# making calculation of time in Washington difficult if not almost
1489121098Swollman# impossible.
1490121098Swollman#
1491121098Swollman# http://www.trumanlibrary.org/wake/meeting.htm
1492121098Swollman
1493121098Swollman# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23):
1494121098Swollman# We have no other report of DST in Wake Island, so omit this info for now.
1495121098Swollman
149658787Sru###############################################################################
149758787Sru
149858787Sru# The International Date Line
149958787Sru
150058787Sru# From Gwillim Law (2000-01-03):
150175267Swollman#
150258787Sru# The International Date Line is not defined by any international standard,
150358787Sru# convention, or treaty.  Mapmakers are free to draw it as they please.
150458787Sru# Reputable mapmakers will simply ensure that every point of land appears on
150558787Sru# the correct side of the IDL, according to the date legally observed there.
150658787Sru#
150758787Sru# When Kiribati adopted a uniform date in 1995, thereby moving the Phoenix and
150858787Sru# Line Islands to the west side of the IDL (or, if you prefer, moving the IDL
150958787Sru# to the east side of the Phoenix and Line Islands), I suppose that most
151058787Sru# mapmakers redrew the IDL following the boundary of Kiribati.  Even that line
151158787Sru# has a rather arbitrary nature.  The straight-line boundaries between Pacific
151258787Sru# island nations that are shown on many maps are based on an international
1513153670Swollman# convention, but are not legally binding national borders.... The date is
151458787Sru# governed by the IDL; therefore, even on the high seas, there may be some
151558787Sru# places as late as fourteen hours later than UTC.  And, since the IDL is not
151658787Sru# an international standard, there are some places on the high seas where the
151758787Sru# correct date is ambiguous.
1518149514Swollman
1519153670Swollman# From Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone> (2005-08-31):
1520153670Swollman# Before 1920, all ships kept local apparent time on the high seas by setting
1521153670Swollman# their clocks at night or at the morning sight so that, given the ship's
1522153670Swollman# speed and direction, it would be 12 o'clock when the Sun crossed the ship's
1523153670Swollman# meridian (12 o'clock = local apparent noon).  During 1917, at the
1524153670Swollman# Anglo-French Conference on Time-keeping at Sea, it was recommended that all
1525153670Swollman# ships, both military and civilian, should adopt hourly standard time zones
1526153670Swollman# on the high seas.  Whenever a ship was within the territorial waters of any
1527153670Swollman# nation it would use that nation's standard time.  The captain was permitted
1528153670Swollman# to change his ship's clocks at a time of his choice following his ship's
1529153670Swollman# entry into another zone time--he often chose midnight.  These zones were
1530153670Swollman# adopted by all major fleets between 1920 and 1925 but not by many
1531153670Swollman# independent merchant ships until World War II.
1532153670Swollman
1533149514Swollman# From Paul Eggert, using references suggested by Oscar van Vlijmen
1534149514Swollman# (2005-03-20):
1535149514Swollman#
1536149514Swollman# The American Practical Navigator (2002)
1537149514Swollman# <http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/pubs/pubs_j_apn_sections.html?rid=187>
1538149514Swollman# talks only about the 180-degree meridian with respect to ships in
1539149514Swollman# international waters; it ignores the international date line.
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