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1 # @(#)australasia 7.30
2 # This file also includes Pacific islands.
4 # Notes are at the end of this file
6 ###############################################################################
8 # Australia
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).
12 Rule Aus 1916 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 -
13 Rule Aus 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 -
14 Rule Aus 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 -
15 Rule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 -
16 Rule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 -
17 Rule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 -
18 Rule 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.
22 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
23 # Northern Territory
24 Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
25 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
26 9:30 Aus CST
27 # Western Australia
28 Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec
29 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
30 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s
31 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
32 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00s
33 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
34 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s
35 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
36 8:00 - WST
37 # Queensland
38 #
39 # From Alex Livingston <alex@agsm.unsw.edu.au> (1996-11-01):
40 # I have heard or read more than once that some resort islands off the coast
41 # of Queensland chose to keep observing daylight-saving time even after
42 # Queensland ceased to.
43 #
44 # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
45 # IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman,
46 # Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped.
47 # Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria,
48 # so use Lindeman.
49 #
50 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
51 Rule QL 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
52 Rule QL 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
53 Rule Holiday 1989 1993 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
54 Rule Holiday 1990 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
55 Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895
56 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
57 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s
58 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 2:00s
59 10:00 QL EST
60 Zone Australia/Lindeman 9:55:56 - LMT 1895
61 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
62 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s
63 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 2:00s
64 10:00 Holiday EST
66 # South Australia
67 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
68 Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
69 Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 -
70 Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
71 Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 -
72 Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
73 Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
74 Rule AS 1990 1994 even Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 -
75 Rule AS 1990 1994 odd Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
76 Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
77 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
78 Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
79 9:00 - CST 1899 May
80 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
81 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s
82 9:30 AS CST
84 # Tasmania
85 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
86 Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00s 1:00 -
87 Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 2:00s 0 -
88 Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
89 Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 -
90 Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 -
91 Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
92 Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
93 Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
94 Rule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 -
95 Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
96 Rule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
97 Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 -
98 Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
99 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
100 Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep
101 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
102 10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00s
103 10:00 AT EST
105 # Victoria
106 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
107 Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
108 Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 -
109 Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
110 Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
111 Rule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 -
112 Rule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
113 Rule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
114 Rule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
115 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
116 Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
117 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
118 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s
119 10:00 AV EST
121 # New South Wales
122 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
123 Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
124 Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 -
125 Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
126 Rule AN 1982 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
127 Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
128 Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
129 Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 -
130 Rule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
131 Rule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
132 Rule AN 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
133 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
134 Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
135 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
136 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s
137 10:00 AN EST
138 Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb
139 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23
140 9:00 - CST 1899 May
141 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
142 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s
143 9:30 AN CST
145 # Lord Howe Island
146 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
147 Rule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
148 Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
149 Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 -
150 Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
151 Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 0:30 -
152 Rule LH 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 -
153 Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
154 Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
155 Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
156 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar
157 10:30 LH LHST
159 # Australian miscellany
160 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
161 Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
162 7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time
163 #
164 # Ashmore Is, Cartier
165 # no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers
166 # no information; probably like Australia/Perth
167 #
168 # Coral Sea Is
169 # no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists
170 # no information
171 #
172 # Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga
173 # no information
176 # Cook Is
177 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
178 Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HS
179 Rule Cook 1979 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
180 Rule Cook 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS
181 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
182 Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua
183 -10:30 - CKT 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is Time
184 -10:00 Cook CK%sT
186 # Cocos
187 # From USNO (1989):
188 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
189 Zone Indian/Cocos 6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time
191 # Fiji
192 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
193 Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
194 12:00 - FJT # Fiji Time
196 # French Polynesia
197 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
198 Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea
199 -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time
200 Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct
201 -9:30 - MART # Marquesas Time
202 Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete
203 -10:00 - TAHT # Tahiti Time
205 # Guam
206 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
207 Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana
208 10:00 - GST
210 # Howland, Baker
211 # uninhabited since World War II
212 # no information; was probably like Pacific/Pago_Pago
214 # Jarvis
215 # uninhabited since 1958
216 # no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
218 # Johnston
219 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
220 Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST
222 # Kingman
223 # uninhabited
225 # Kiribati
226 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
227 Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki
228 12:00 - GILT # Gilbert Is Time
229 Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901
230 -12:00 - PHOT 1979 Oct # Phoenix Is Time
231 -11:00 - PHOT 1995
232 13:00 - PHOT
233 Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901
234 -10:40 - LINT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time
235 -10:00 - LINT 1995
236 14:00 - LINT
238 # N Mariana Is
239 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
240 Zone Pacific/Saipan 9:43:00 - LMT 1901
241 9:00 - MPT 1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time
242 10:00 - MPT
244 # Marshall Is
245 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
246 Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901
247 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time
248 12:00 - MHT
249 Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901
250 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct
251 -12:00 - KWAT 1993 Aug 20 # Kwajalein Time
252 12:00 - MHT
254 # Micronesia
255 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
256 Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:32 - LMT 1901 # Colonia
257 9:00 - YAPT 1969 Oct # Yap Time
258 10:00 - YAPT
259 Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901
260 10:00 - TRUT # Truk Time
261 Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia
262 11:00 - PONT # Ponape Time
263 Zone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901
264 11:00 - PONT 1969 Oct
265 12:00 - KOST # Kosrae Time
267 # Nauru
268 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
269 Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe
270 11:30 - NRT 1942 Mar 15 # Nauru Time
271 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15
272 11:30 - NRT 1979 May
273 12:00 - NRT
275 # New Caledonia
276 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
277 Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
278 Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 -
279 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
280 Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13
281 11:00 NC NC%sT
284 ###############################################################################
286 # New Zealand
288 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
289 # Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17,
290 # 1929 Oct 13 - 1930 Mar 16; go with Whitman.
291 Rule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 0:30 HD
292 Rule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
293 Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 0:30 HD
294 Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 0:30 HD
295 Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S
296 Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0:30 HD
297 # Whitman says DST went on and off during war years, and the base GMT offset
298 # didn't change until 1945 Apr 30; go with Shanks.
299 Rule NZ 1934 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S
300 Rule NZ 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0:30 HD
301 Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D
302 Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
303 Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D
304 Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D
305 Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S
306 Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S
307 Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S
308 Rule Chatham 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:45s 1:00 D
309 Rule Chatham 1991 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:45s 0 S
310 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
311 Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868
312 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1940 Sep 29 2:00
313 12:00 NZ NZ%sT
314 Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 Chatham CHA%sT
317 # Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is
318 # uninhabited except by research personnel; probably like Pacific/Auckland
320 ###############################################################################
323 # Niue
324 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
325 Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi
326 -11:20 - NUT 1951 # Niue Time
327 -11:30 - NUT 1978 Oct 1
328 -11:00 - NUT
330 # Norfolk
331 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
332 Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston
333 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time
334 11:30 - NFT # Norfolk Time
336 # Palau
337 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
338 Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror
339 9:00 - PWT # Palau Time
341 # Palmyra
342 # uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritmati
344 # Papua New Guinea
345 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
346 Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
347 9:48:40 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time
348 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time
350 # Pitcairn
351 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
352 Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown
353 -8:30 - PNT # Pitcairn Time
355 # American Samoa
356 Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5
357 -11:22:48 - LMT 1911
358 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time
359 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome
360 -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering
361 -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa
363 # W Samoa
364 Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5
365 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911
366 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time
367 -11:00 - WST # W Samoa Time
369 # Solomon Is
370 # excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
371 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
372 Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara
373 11:00 - SBT # Solomon Is Time
375 # Tokelau Is
376 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
377 Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901
378 -10:00 - TKT # Tokelau Time
380 # Tonga
381 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
382 Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901
383 12:20 - TOT 1968 Oct # Tonga Time
384 13:00 - TOT
386 # Tuvalu
387 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
388 Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901
389 12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time
391 # Vanuatu
392 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
393 Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 S
394 Rule Vanuatu 1984 1991 - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 -
395 Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 S
396 Rule Vanuatu 1985 1991 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S
397 Rule Vanuatu 1992 1993 - Jan Sun>=23 0:00 0 -
398 Rule Vanuatu 1992 only - Oct Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S
399 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
400 Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila
401 11:00 Vanuatu VU%sT # Vanuatu Time
403 # Wake
404 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
405 Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901
406 12:00 - WAKT # Wake Time
408 # Wallis and Futuna
409 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
410 Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
411 12:00 - WFT # Wallis & Futuna Time
413 ###############################################################################
415 # NOTES
417 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
418 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
419 # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
421 # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22):
422 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
423 # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
424 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
425 #
426 # Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source
427 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
428 # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
429 # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
430 # of the IATA's data after 1990.
431 #
432 # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
433 # and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
434 #
435 # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
436 # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
437 # I found in the UCLA library.
438 #
439 # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
440 # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
441 # Oxford University Press (1980).
442 #
443 # I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
444 # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
445 # Corrections are welcome!
446 # std dst
447 # LMT Local Mean Time
448 # 8:00 WST WST Western Australia
449 # 9:00 JST Japan
450 # 9:30 CST CST Central Australia
451 # 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia
452 # 10:00 GST Guam
453 # 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe*
454 # 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand
455 # 12:45 CHAST CHADT Chatham*
456 # -11:00 SST Samoa
457 # -10:00 HST Hawaii
458 #
459 # See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii.
460 # See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is.
461 #
462 # See the `africa' file for time zone naming and abbreviation conventions.
464 ###############################################################################
466 # Australia
468 # From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
469 # We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time.
470 # It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer'
471 # and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the
472 # abbreviation does _not_ change...
473 # The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least
474 # in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the
475 # initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses
476 # the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight
477 # time'.
478 # Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian
479 # Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time'
480 # or `Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the
481 # current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers
482 # on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases
483 # prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times;
484 # time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.
486 # From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992):
487 # Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is:
488 # CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30
489 # WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00
490 # EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00
492 # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
493 # Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand.
494 # Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au> writes that his newspaper
495 # reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00,
496 # but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970
497 # and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time.
498 # For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960.
500 # Northern Territory
502 # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
503 # # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
504 # # [ Nov 1990 ]
505 # # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
506 # ...
507 # Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST
509 # From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
510 # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
511 # the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving.
513 # Western Australia
515 # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
516 # # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]
517 # # [ Nov 1990 ]
518 # # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to
519 # # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but
520 # # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus
521 # # before reaching parliament.
522 # ...
523 # Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST
524 # ...
525 # Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
526 # Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W
527 # Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
528 # Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W
530 # From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
531 # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
532 # Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving.
534 # From John D. Newman via Bradley White (1991-11-02):
535 # Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney
536 # rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at
537 # work at 9.00am.)
538 # W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse
539 # everybody again.
541 # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
542 # The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
543 # it matches what was used in the past.
545 # Queensland
546 # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
547 # # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
548 # # [ Dec 1990 ]
549 # ...
550 # Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST
551 # ...
552 # Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
553 # Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
554 # Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
555 # Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
557 # From Bradley White (1989-12-24):
558 # "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from
559 # October 1989).
561 # From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
562 # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
563 # ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
564 # at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
566 # From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
567 # I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact
568 # end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised
569 # me.)
571 # From Bradley White (1992-03-08):
572 # ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted
573 # in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ...
574 # ...
575 # Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
576 # Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
577 # ...
579 # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
580 # The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
582 # South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
584 # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
585 # The rules from version 7.1 follow.
586 # There are lots of differences between these rules and
587 # the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules
588 # and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on
589 # current DST ending dates, no worries.
590 #
591 # Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
592 # Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 -
593 # Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
594 # Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
595 # Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
596 # Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST
597 # Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST
598 # Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00
599 # 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00
600 # 10:00 Oz EST
602 # From Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
603 # I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct...
604 # that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the
605 # original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states
606 # that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic).
607 # The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think
608 # that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain.
610 # South Australia
612 # From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
613 # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
614 # ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
615 # at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
617 # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
618 # # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ]
619 # # [ Nov 1990 ]
620 # ...
621 # Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST
622 # ...
623 # Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
624 # Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C
625 # Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 C
626 # Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C
628 # From Bradley White (1992-03-11):
629 # Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide
630 # contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival,
631 # South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks."
633 # From Robert Elz (1992-03-13):
634 # I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that)
635 # South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even
636 # numbered year (from 1990). That's when the Adelaide Festival
637 # is on...
639 # From Robert Elz (1992-03-16, 00:57:07 +1000):
640 # DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday)....
641 # But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever...
642 # (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...).
644 # From Bradley White (1994-04-11):
645 # If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March,
646 # 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can
647 # only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated....
649 # From John Warburton <jwarb@SACBH.com.au> (1994-10-07):
650 # The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ...
651 # was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994....
652 # start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March.
654 # Tasmania
656 # From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
657 # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
658 # ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31...
660 # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
661 # # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
662 # # [ Nov 1990 ]
663 # ...
664 # Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 AT %sST
665 # ...
666 # Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
667 # Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E
668 # Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
669 # Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 E
670 # Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
671 # Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
672 # Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E
673 # Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
674 # Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D
675 # Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E
676 # Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D
677 # Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
678 # Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
679 # Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E
681 # From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (1991-10-10):
682 # My state Government in there eagerness to get a few more bucks for the
683 # tourist industry industry decided to change the daylight savings times
684 # yet again (we now have almost 6 months per year)...
685 # ...
686 # Rule Oz 1986 1990 - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 -
687 # Rule Oz 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 -
688 # ...
689 # Rule Oz 1987 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
690 # Rule Oz 1991 max - Mar Sun<=31 3:00 0 -
692 # From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10):
693 # Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have
694 # 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia
695 # (but nothing new about that).
697 # Victoria
699 # From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
700 # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
701 # ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
703 # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
704 # # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
705 # # [ Nov 1990 ]
706 # ...
707 # Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV %sST
708 # ...
709 # Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
710 # Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
711 # Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
712 # Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E
713 # Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D
714 # Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
715 # Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
717 # New South Wales
719 # From Arthur David Olson:
720 # New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
721 # Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz),
722 # who notes:
723 # In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
724 # individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''
725 # [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
726 # use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the
727 # legislation. This is very important to understand.
728 # I have researched New South Wales time only...
730 # From Dave Davey (1990-03-03):
731 # Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
732 # Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
734 # From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
735 # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
736 # NSW...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
738 # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
739 # # The state of NEW SOUTH WALES.. [confirmed by Attorney General's Dept N.S.W]
740 # # [ Dec 1990 ]
741 # ...
742 # Rule AN 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 E
743 # ...
745 # From John Mackin (1991-03-09)
746 # I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the
747 # file Robert forwarded
749 # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
750 # Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988;
751 # March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules.
753 # From Bradley White (1995-05-20):
754 # Prem Bob Carr announced NSW will fall into line with other E states
755 # and SA and continue daylight savings to the last Sun in Mar.
757 # Yancowinna
759 # From John Basser (1989-01-04):
760 # `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna.
762 # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
763 # # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
764 # # [ Dec 1990 ]
765 # ...
766 # # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite it's location on the
767 # # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings
768 # # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government
769 # # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have
770 # # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not
771 # # presently available.
772 # Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST
773 # ...
774 # Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
775 # Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C
776 # [followed by other Rules]
778 # Lord Howe Island
780 # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
781 # LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ]
782 # [ Dec 1990 ]
783 # Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
784 # hour ahead of NSW time.
786 # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
787 # For Lord Howe we use Shanks through its time of publication (1991).
788 # Lord Howe is part of NSW, so we'll guess it has used the same transition
789 # times as NSW since 1991, even though Shanks writes that Lord Howe went
790 # with Victoria when NSW and Victoria disagreed in 1982.
792 ###############################################################################
794 # New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1
795 # Elz says "no guarantees"
797 # From Mark Davies (1990-10-03):
798 # the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period.
799 # This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for
800 # subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start).
801 # source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office.
803 # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
804 # # The Country of New Zealand (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that!
805 # # or is Australia the west island of N.Z.
806 # # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ]
807 # # [ Nov 1990 ]
808 # ...
809 # Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
810 # Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
811 # Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
812 # Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S
813 # ...
814 # Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand
815 # Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
817 # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
818 # The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
819 # rather than the October 1 value.
821 # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19);
822 # Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand.
823 # Robert Uzgalis <buz@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> writes that the New Zealand Daylight
824 # Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard
825 # time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March.
826 # As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00.
827 #
828 # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
829 # Shanks gives no data for Chatham; usno1989 says it's +12:45,
830 # usno1995 says it's +12:45/+13:45, and IATA SSIM (1991/1996)
831 # gives the NZ rules but with transitions at 2:45 local standard time.
832 # Guess that they adopted DST in 1990.
834 ###############################################################################
836 # Fiji
838 # Howse writes (p 162) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji
839 # enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on +12:00.
840 # Perhaps it didn't take. We go with Shanks's more precise date in 1915.
842 # Johnston
844 # Johnston data is from usno1995.
846 # Kiribati
848 # From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
849 # Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that Kiribati
850 # ``declared it the same day throught the country as of Jan. 1, 1995''
851 # as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century.
853 # Kwajalein
855 # In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes:
856 # I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday,
857 # 1993-08-20. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with
858 # respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands,
859 # going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink.
861 # N Mariana Is, Guam
863 # Howse writes (p 162) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the
864 # Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones
865 # (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time.
866 # Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila.
868 # Micronesia
870 # Alan Eugene Davis <adavis@kuentos.guam.net> writes (1996-03-16),
871 # ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk"
872 # (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.''
873 #
874 # Shanks writes that Truk switched from GMT+10 to GMT+11 on 1978-10-01;
875 # ignore this for now.
877 # Samoa
879 # Howse writes that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change
880 # ``the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system,
881 # ordaining -- by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery -- that
882 # the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year.''
884 # Tonga
886 # From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
887 # Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that ``Tonga has been plotting
888 # to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time.''
889 # Since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do.