# @(#)australasia 7.31
# This file also includes Pacific islands.
# Notes are at the end of this file
###############################################################################
# Australia
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
# Shanks gives 1917 Jan 1 0:01; go with Whitman (and guess 2:00).
Rule Aus 1916 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 -
Rule Aus 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 -
Rule Aus 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 -
Rule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 -
Rule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 -
Rule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 -
Rule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 -
# Whitman says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944, and that
# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944; go with Shanks.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
# Northern Territory
Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
9:30 Aus CST
# Western Australia
Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec
8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s
8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00s
8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s
8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
8:00 - WST
# Queensland
#
# From Alex Livingston <alex@agsm.unsw.edu.au> (1996-11-01):
# I have heard or read more than once that some resort islands off the coast
# of Queensland chose to keep observing daylight-saving time even after
# Queensland ceased to.
#
# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
# IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman,
# Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped.
# Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria,
# so use Lindeman.
#
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule AQ 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
Rule AQ 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
Rule Holiday 1989 1993 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
Rule Holiday 1990 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895
10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s
10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 2:00s
10:00 AQ EST
Zone Australia/Lindeman 9:55:56 - LMT 1895
10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s
10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 2:00s
10:00 Holiday EST
# South Australia
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 -
Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 -
Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
Rule AS 1990 1994 even Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 -
Rule AS 1990 1994 odd Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
9:00 - CST 1899 May
9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s
9:30 AS CST
# Tasmania
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00s 1:00 -
Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 2:00s 0 -
Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 -
Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 -
Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
Rule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 -
Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
Rule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 -
Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep
10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00s
10:00 AT EST
# Victoria
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 -
Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
Rule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 -
Rule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
Rule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
Rule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s
10:00 AV EST
# New South Wales
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 -
Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
Rule AN 1982 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 -
Rule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
Rule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
Rule AN 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s
10:00 AN EST
Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb
10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23
9:00 - CST 1899 May
9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s
9:30 AN CST
# Lord Howe Island
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 -
Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 0:30 -
Rule LH 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 -
Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
10:00 - EST 1981 Mar
10:30 LH LHST
# Australian miscellany
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time
#
# Ashmore Is, Cartier
# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers
# no information; probably like Australia/Perth
#
# Coral Sea Is
# no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists
# no information
#
# Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga
# no information
# Cook Is
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HS
Rule Cook 1979 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
Rule Cook 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua
-10:30 - CKT 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is Time
-10:00 Cook CK%sT
# Cocos
# From USNO (1989):
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Indian/Cocos 6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time
# Fiji
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
12:00 - FJT # Fiji Time
# French Polynesia
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea
-9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time
Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct
-9:30 - MART # Marquesas Time
Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete
-10:00 - TAHT # Tahiti Time
# Guam
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana
10:00 - GST
# Howland, Baker
# uninhabited since World War II
# no information; was probably like Pacific/Pago_Pago
# Jarvis
# uninhabited since 1958
# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
# Johnston
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST
# Kingman
# uninhabited
# Kiribati
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki
12:00 - GILT # Gilbert Is Time
Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901
-12:00 - PHOT 1979 Oct # Phoenix Is Time
-11:00 - PHOT 1995
13:00 - PHOT
Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901
-10:40 - LINT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time
-10:00 - LINT 1995
14:00 - LINT
# N Mariana Is
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Saipan 9:43:00 - LMT 1901
9:00 - MPT 1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time
10:00 - MPT
# Marshall Is
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901
11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time
12:00 - MHT
Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901
11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct
-12:00 - KWAT 1993 Aug 20 # Kwajalein Time
12:00 - MHT
# Micronesia
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:32 - LMT 1901 # Colonia
9:00 - YAPT 1969 Oct # Yap Time
10:00 - YAPT
Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901
10:00 - TRUT # Truk Time
Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia
11:00 - PONT # Ponape Time
Zone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901
11:00 - PONT 1969 Oct
12:00 - KOST # Kosrae Time
# Nauru
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe
11:30 - NRT 1942 Mar 15 # Nauru Time
9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15
11:30 - NRT 1979 May
12:00 - NRT
# New Caledonia
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13
11:00 NC NC%sT
###############################################################################
# New Zealand
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
# Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17,
# 1929 Oct 13 - 1930 Mar 16; go with Whitman.
Rule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 0:30 HD
Rule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 0:30 HD
Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 0:30 HD
Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S
Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0:30 HD
# Whitman says DST went on and off during war years, and the base GMT offset
# didn't change until 1945 Apr 30; go with Shanks.
Rule NZ 1934 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S
Rule NZ 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0:30 HD
Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D
Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D
Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D
Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S
Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S
Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S
Rule Chatham 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:45s 1:00 D
Rule Chatham 1991 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:45s 0 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868
11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1940 Sep 29 2:00
12:00 NZ NZ%sT
Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 Chatham CHA%sT
# Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is
# uninhabited except by research personnel; probably like Pacific/Auckland
###############################################################################
# Niue
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi
-11:20 - NUT 1951 # Niue Time
-11:30 - NUT 1978 Oct 1
-11:00 - NUT
# Norfolk
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston
11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time
11:30 - NFT # Norfolk Time
# Palau
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror
9:00 - PWT # Palau Time
# Palmyra
# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
# Papua New Guinea
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
9:48:40 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time
10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time
# Pitcairn
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown
-8:30 - PNT # Pitcairn Time
# American Samoa
Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5
-11:22:48 - LMT 1911
-11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time
-11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome
-11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering
-11:00 - SST # S=Samoa
# W Samoa
Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5
-11:26:56 - LMT 1911
-11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time
-11:00 - WST # W Samoa Time
# Solomon Is
# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara
11:00 - SBT # Solomon Is Time
# Tokelau Is
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901
-10:00 - TKT # Tokelau Time
# Tonga
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901
12:20 - TOT 1968 Oct # Tonga Time
13:00 - TOT
# Tuvalu
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901
12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time
# Vanuatu
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Vanuatu 1984 1991 - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 -
Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Vanuatu 1985 1991 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Vanuatu 1992 1993 - Jan Sun>=23 0:00 0 -
Rule Vanuatu 1992 only - Oct Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila
11:00 Vanuatu VU%sT # Vanuatu Time
# Wake
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901
12:00 - WAKT # Wake Time
# Wallis and Futuna
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
12:00 - WFT # Wallis & Futuna Time
###############################################################################
# NOTES
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22):
# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
#
# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source
# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
# of the IATA's data after 1990.
#
# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
#
# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
# I found in the UCLA library.
#
# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
# Oxford University Press (1980).
#
# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
# Corrections are welcome!
# std dst
# LMT Local Mean Time
# 8:00 WST WST Western Australia
# 9:00 JST Japan
# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia
# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia
# 10:00 GST Guam
# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe*
# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand
# 12:45 CHAST CHADT Chatham*
# -11:00 SST Samoa
# -10:00 HST Hawaii
#
# See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii.
# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is.
#
# See the `africa' file for time zone naming and abbreviation conventions.
###############################################################################
# Australia
# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time.
# It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer'
# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the
# abbreviation does _not_ change...
# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least
# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the
# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses
# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight
# time'.
# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian
# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time'
# or `Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the
# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers
# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases
# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times;
# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.
# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992):
# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is:
# CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30
# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00
# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00
# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand.
# Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au> writes that his newspaper
# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00,
# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970
# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time.
# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960.
# Northern Territory
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
# # [ Nov 1990 ]
# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
# ...
# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST
# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving.
# Western Australia
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
# # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]
# # [ Nov 1990 ]
# # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to
# # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but
# # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus
# # before reaching parliament.
# ...
# Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST
# ...
# Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W
# Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W
# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving.
# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (1991-11-02):
# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney
# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at
# work at 9.00am.)
# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse
# everybody again.
# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
# it matches what was used in the past.
# Queensland
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
# # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
# # [ Dec 1990 ]
# ...
# Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST
# ...
# Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
# Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
# From Bradley White (1989-12-24):
# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from
# October 1989).
# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact
# end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised
# me.)
# From Bradley White (1992-03-08):
# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted
# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ...
# ...
# Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
# ...
# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
# South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
# The rules from version 7.1 follow.
# There are lots of differences between these rules and
# the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules
# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on
# current DST ending dates, no worries.
#
# Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
# Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 -
# Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
# Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
# Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST
# Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST
# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00
# 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00
# 10:00 Oz EST
# From Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct...
# that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the
# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states
# that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic).
# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think
# that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain.
# South Australia
# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
# # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ]
# # [ Nov 1990 ]
# ...
# Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST
# ...
# Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C
# Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 C
# Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C
# From Bradley White (1992-03-11):
# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide
# contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival,
# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks."
# From Robert Elz (1992-03-13):
# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that)
# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even
# numbered year (from 1990). That's when the Adelaide Festival
# is on...
# From Robert Elz (1992-03-16, 00:57:07 +1000):
# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday)....
# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever...
# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...).
# From Bradley White (1994-04-11):
# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March,
# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can
# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated....
# From John Warburton <jwarb@SACBH.com.au> (1994-10-07):
# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ...
# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994....
# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March.
# Tasmania
# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31...
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
# # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
# # [ Nov 1990 ]
# ...
# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 AT %sST
# ...
# Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E
# Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 E
# Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
# Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
# Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E
# Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
# Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E
# Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E
# From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (1991-10-10):
# My state Government in there eagerness to get a few more bucks for the
# tourist industry industry decided to change the daylight savings times
# yet again (we now have almost 6 months per year)...
# ...
# Rule Oz 1986 1990 - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 -
# Rule Oz 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 -
# ...
# Rule Oz 1987 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
# Rule Oz 1991 max - Mar Sun<=31 3:00 0 -
# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10):
# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have
# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia
# (but nothing new about that).
# Victoria
# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
# # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
# # [ Nov 1990 ]
# ...
# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV %sST
# ...
# Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
# Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
# Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E
# Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
# New South Wales
# From Arthur David Olson:
# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz),
# who notes:
# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''
# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
# use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the
# legislation. This is very important to understand.
# I have researched New South Wales time only...
# From Dave Davey (1990-03-03):
# Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
# Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# NSW...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
# # The state of NEW SOUTH WALES.. [confirmed by Attorney General's Dept N.S.W]
# # [ Dec 1990 ]
# ...
# Rule AN 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 E
# ...
# From John Mackin (1991-03-09)
# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the
# file Robert forwarded
# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988;
# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules.
# From Bradley White (1995-05-20):
# Prem Bob Carr announced NSW will fall into line with other E states
# and SA and continue daylight savings to the last Sun in Mar.
# Yancowinna
# From John Basser (1989-01-04):
# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna.
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
# # [ Dec 1990 ]
# ...
# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite it's location on the
# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings
# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government
# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have
# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not
# # presently available.
# Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST
# ...
# Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C
# [followed by other Rules]
# Lord Howe Island
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ]
# [ Dec 1990 ]
# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
# hour ahead of NSW time.
# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
# For Lord Howe we use Shanks through its time of publication (1991).
# Lord Howe is part of NSW, so we'll guess it has used the same transition
# times as NSW since 1991, even though Shanks writes that Lord Howe went
# with Victoria when NSW and Victoria disagreed in 1982.
###############################################################################
# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1
# Elz says "no guarantees"
# From Mark Davies (1990-10-03):
# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period.
# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for
# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start).
# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office.
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
# # The Country of New Zealand (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that!
# # or is Australia the west island of N.Z.
# # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ]
# # [ Nov 1990 ]
# ...
# Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
# Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
# Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S
# ...
# Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand
# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
# rather than the October 1 value.
# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19);
# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand.
# Robert Uzgalis <buz@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> writes that the New Zealand Daylight
# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard
# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March.
# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00.
#
# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
# Shanks gives no data for Chatham; usno1989 says it's +12:45,
# usno1995 says it's +12:45/+13:45, and IATA SSIM (1991/1996)
# gives the NZ rules but with transitions at 2:45 local standard time.
# Guess that they adopted DST in 1990.
###############################################################################
# Fiji
# Howse writes (p 162) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji
# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on +12:00.
# Perhaps it didn't take. We go with Shanks's more precise date in 1915.
# Johnston
# Johnston data is from usno1995.
# Kiribati
# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that Kiribati
# ``declared it the same day throught the country as of Jan. 1, 1995''
# as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century.
# Kwajalein
# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes:
# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday,
# 1993-08-20. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with
# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands,
# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink.
# N Mariana Is, Guam
# Howse writes (p 162) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the
# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones
# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time.
# Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila.
# Micronesia
# Alan Eugene Davis <adavis@kuentos.guam.net> writes (1996-03-16),
# ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk"
# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.''
#
# Shanks writes that Truk switched from GMT+10 to GMT+11 on 1978-10-01;
# ignore this for now.
# Samoa
# Howse writes that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change
# ``the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system,
# ordaining -- by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery -- that
# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year.''
# Tonga
# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that ``Tonga has been plotting
# to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time.''
# Since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do.
