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diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 2a8297b01faa..4911e8db6d16 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ -# <pre> # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. @@ -13,13 +12,13 @@ # Please see the notes below for the controversy about "EST" versus "AEST" etc. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Aus 1917 only - Jan 1 0:01 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 - +Rule Aus 1917 only - Jan 1 0:01 1:00 D +Rule Aus 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 S +Rule Aus 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 S +Rule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 D +Rule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 D # Go with Whitman and the Australian National Standards Commission, which # says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944. Ignore Whitman's claim that # 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944. @@ -27,26 +26,26 @@ Rule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Northern Territory Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb - 9:00 - CST 1899 May - 9:30 Aus CST + 9:00 - ACST 1899 May + 9:30 Aus AC%sT # Western Australia # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AW 1991 only - Nov 17 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AW 1992 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AW 2006 only - Dec 3 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AW 2007 2009 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - -Rule AW 2007 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule AW 1991 only - Nov 17 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AW 1992 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule AW 2006 only - Dec 3 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AW 2007 2009 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S +Rule AW 2007 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec - 8:00 Aus WST 1943 Jul - 8:00 AW WST + 8:00 Aus AW%sT 1943 Jul + 8:00 AW AW%sT Zone Australia/Eucla 8:35:28 - LMT 1895 Dec - 8:45 Aus CWST 1943 Jul - 8:45 AW CWST + 8:45 Aus ACW%sT 1943 Jul + 8:45 AW ACW%sT # Queensland # @@ -62,42 +61,42 @@ Zone Australia/Eucla 8:35:28 - LMT 1895 Dec # so use Lindeman. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 - -Rule AQ 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AQ 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule Holiday 1992 1993 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule Holiday 1993 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 S +Rule AQ 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AQ 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule Holiday 1992 1993 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule Holiday 1993 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895 - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 - 10:00 AQ EST + 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1971 + 10:00 AQ AE%sT Zone Australia/Lindeman 9:55:56 - LMT 1895 - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 - 10:00 AQ EST 1992 Jul - 10:00 Holiday EST + 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1971 + 10:00 AQ AE%sT 1992 Jul + 10:00 Holiday AE%sT # 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 2007 - 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 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - -Rule AS 1991 only - Mar 3 2:00s 0 - -Rule AS 1992 only - Mar 22 2:00s 0 - -Rule AS 1993 only - Mar 7 2:00s 0 - -Rule AS 1994 only - Mar 20 2:00s 0 - -Rule AS 1995 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - -Rule AS 2006 only - Apr 2 2:00s 0 - -Rule AS 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - -Rule AS 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AS 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AS 1987 2007 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 S +Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S +Rule AS 1991 only - Mar 3 2:00s 0 S +Rule AS 1992 only - Mar 22 2:00s 0 S +Rule AS 1993 only - Mar 7 2:00s 0 S +Rule AS 1994 only - Mar 20 2:00s 0 S +Rule AS 1995 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S +Rule AS 2006 only - Apr 2 2:00s 0 S +Rule AS 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S +Rule AS 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule AS 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb - 9:00 - CST 1899 May - 9:30 Aus CST 1971 - 9:30 AS CST + 9:00 - ACST 1899 May + 9:30 Aus AC%sT 1971 + 9:30 AS AC%sT # Tasmania # @@ -106,106 +105,106 @@ Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb # says King Island didn't observe DST from WWII until late 1971. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 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 lastSun 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 Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - -Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AT 1991 1999 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AT 1991 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - -Rule AT 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AT 2001 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AT 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AT 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - -Rule AT 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S +Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 S +Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 S +Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S +Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S +Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AT 1991 1999 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AT 1991 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S +Rule AT 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AT 2001 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AT 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule AT 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S +Rule AT 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep - 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 - 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb - 10:00 Aus EST 1967 - 10:00 AT EST + 10:00 - AEST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 + 10:00 1:00 AEDT 1917 Feb + 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1967 + 10:00 AT AE%sT Zone Australia/Currie 9:35:28 - LMT 1895 Sep - 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 - 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Jul - 10:00 AT EST + 10:00 - AEST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 + 10:00 1:00 AEDT 1917 Feb + 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1971 Jul + 10:00 AT AE%sT # 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 lastSun 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 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AV 1988 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AV 1995 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - -Rule AV 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AV 2001 2007 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AV 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AV 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - -Rule AV 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AV 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 S +Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S +Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AV 1988 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule AV 1995 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S +Rule AV 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AV 2001 2007 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AV 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule AV 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S +Rule AV 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule AV 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 - 10:00 AV EST + 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1971 + 10:00 AV AE%sT # 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 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AN 1996 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - -Rule AN 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AN 2001 2007 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AN 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AN 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - -Rule AN 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AN 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 S +Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule AN 1982 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S +Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AN 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule AN 1996 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S +Rule AN 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AN 2001 2007 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule AN 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule AN 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S +Rule AN 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule AN 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 - 10:00 AN EST + 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1971 + 10:00 AN AE%sT Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb - 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23 - 9:00 - CST 1899 May - 9:30 Aus CST 1971 - 9:30 AN CST 2000 - 9:30 AS CST + 10:00 - AEST 1896 Aug 23 + 9:00 - ACST 1899 May + 9:30 Aus AC%sT 1971 + 9:30 AN AC%sT 2000 + 9:30 AS AC%sT # Lord Howe Island # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - -Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 - -Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - -Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - -Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 0:30 - -Rule LH 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - -Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 - -Rule LH 1996 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - -Rule LH 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00 0:30 - -Rule LH 2001 2007 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - -Rule LH 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - -Rule LH 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - -Rule LH 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - -Rule LH 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0:30 - +Rule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S +Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 D +Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S +Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 0:30 D +Rule LH 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 D +Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S +Rule LH 1996 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule LH 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00 0:30 D +Rule LH 2001 2007 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 D +Rule LH 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 S +Rule LH 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule LH 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 S +Rule LH 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0:30 D Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb - 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar - 10:30 LH LHST + 10:00 - AEST 1981 Mar + 10:30 LH LH%sT # Australian miscellany # @@ -233,16 +232,16 @@ Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb # # From Arthur David Olson (2013-05-23): # The 1919 transition is overspecified below so pre-2013 zics -# will produce a binary file with an EST-type as the first 32-bit type; +# will produce a binary file with an [A]EST-type as the first 32-bit type; # this is required for correct handling of times before 1916 by # pre-2013 versions of localtime. Zone Antarctica/Macquarie 0 - zzz 1899 Nov - 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 - 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb - 10:00 Aus EST 1919 Apr 1 0:00s + 10:00 - AEST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 + 10:00 1:00 AEDT 1917 Feb + 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1919 Apr 1 0:00s 0 - zzz 1948 Mar 25 - 10:00 Aus EST 1967 - 10:00 AT EST 2010 Apr 4 3:00 + 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1967 + 10:00 AT AE%sT 2010 Apr 4 3:00 11:00 - MIST # Macquarie I Standard Time # Christmas @@ -267,20 +266,13 @@ Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900 # from November 29th 2009 to April 25th 2010. # # "Daylight savings to commence this month" -# <a href="http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=23719"> # http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=23719 -# </a> -# or -# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji01.html"> # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji01.html -# </a> # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-11-10): # The Fiji Government has posted some more details about the approved # amendments: -# <a href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_16198.shtml"> # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_16198.shtml -# </a> # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-03): # The Cabinet in Fiji has decided to end DST about a month early, on @@ -289,35 +281,24 @@ Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900 # 2011 (last Sunday a good guess?). # # Official source: -# <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"> # 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 -# </a> # # A bit more background info here: -# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/fiji-dst-ends-march-2010.html"> # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/fiji-dst-ends-march-2010.html -# </a> # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-10-24): # According to Radio Fiji and Fiji Times online, Fiji will end DST 3 # weeks earlier than expected - on March 6, 2011, not March 27, 2011... # Here is confirmation from Government of the Republic of the Fiji Islands, # Ministry of Information (fiji.gov.fj) web site: -# <a href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2608:daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155"> # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2608:daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155 -# </a> -# or -# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji04.html"> # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji04.html -# </a> # From Steffen Thorsen (2011-10-03): # Now the dates have been confirmed, and at least our start date # assumption was correct (end date was one week wrong). # -# <a href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4966:daylight-saving-starts-in-fiji&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155"> -# www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4966:daylight-saving-starts-in-fiji&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155 -# </a> +# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4966:daylight-saving-starts-in-fiji&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155 # which says # Members of the public are reminded to change their time to one hour in # advance at 2am to 3am on October 23, 2011 and one hour back at 3am to @@ -327,9 +308,7 @@ Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900 # Another change to the Fiji DST end date. In the TZ database the end date for # Fiji DST 2012, is currently Feb 26. This has been changed to Jan 22. # -# <a href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5017:amendments-to-daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155"> # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5017:amendments-to-daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155 -# </a> # states: # # The end of daylight saving scheduled initially for the 26th of February 2012 @@ -446,7 +425,7 @@ Rule NC 1996 only - Dec 1 2:00s 1:00 S # Shanks & Pottenger say the following was at 2:00; go with IATA. Rule NC 1997 only - Mar 2 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 +Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Nouméa 11:00 NC NC%sT @@ -487,13 +466,14 @@ Rule Chatham 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:45s 0 S Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 Nov 2 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1946 Jan 1 12:00 NZ NZ%sT -Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:13:48 - LMT 1957 Jan 1 +Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:13:48 - LMT 1868 Nov 2 + 12:15 - CHAST 1946 Jan 1 12:45 Chatham CHA%sT Link Pacific/Auckland Antarctica/McMurdo # Auckland Is -# uninhabited; Maori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers, +# uninhabited; Māori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers, # and scientific personnel have wintered # Campbell I @@ -549,12 +529,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown # 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 -# Samoa +# Samoa (formerly and also known as Western Samoa) # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-16): # We have been in contact with the government of Samoa again, and received @@ -565,135 +544,74 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 # Sunday of April 2011." # # Background info: -# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/samoa-dst-plan-2009.html"> # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/samoa-dst-plan-2009.html -# </a> # # Samoa's Daylight Saving Time Act 2009 is available here, but does not # contain any dates: -# <a href="http://www.parliament.gov.ws/documents/acts/Daylight%20Saving%20Act%20%202009%20%28English%29%20-%20Final%207-7-091.pdf"> # http://www.parliament.gov.ws/documents/acts/Daylight%20Saving%20Act%20%202009%20%28English%29%20-%20Final%207-7-091.pdf -# </a> # From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2010-10-07): # Please see -# <a href="http://www.mcil.gov.ws"> # http://www.mcil.gov.ws -# </a>, # the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (sideframe) "Last Sunday # September 2010 (26/09/10) - adjust clocks forward from 12:00 midnight # to 01:00am and First Sunday April 2011 (03/04/11) - adjust clocks # backwards from 1:00am to 12:00am" # From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2011-03-07): -# I believe this will be posted shortly on the website -# <a href="http://www.mcil.gov.ws"> -# www.mcil.gov.ws -# </a> +# [http://www.mcil.gov.ws/ftcd/daylight_saving_2011.pdf] # -# PUBLIC NOTICE ON DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME -# -# Pursuant to the Daylight Saving Act 2009 and Cabinets decision, -# businesses and the general public are hereby advised that daylight -# saving time is on the first Saturday of April 2011 (02/04/11). -# -# The public is therefore advised that when the standard time strikes -# the hour of four oclock (4.00am or 0400 Hours) on the 2nd April 2011, -# then all instruments used to measure standard time are to be -# adjusted/changed to three oclock (3:00am or 0300Hrs). -# -# Margaret Fruean ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER MINISTRY OF COMMERCE, -# INDUSTRY AND LABOUR 28th February 2011 +# ... when the standard time strikes the hour of four o'clock (4.00am +# or 0400 Hours) on the 2nd April 2011, then all instruments used to +# measure standard time are to be adjusted/changed to three o'clock +# (3:00am or 0300Hrs). -# From David Zuelke (2011-05-09): +# From David Zülke (2011-05-09): # Subject: Samoa to move timezone from east to west of international date line # -# <a href="http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/markets/newsfeeditem.aspx?id=138501958347963"> # http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/markets/newsfeeditem.aspx?id=138501958347963 -# </a> -# From Mark Sim-Smith (2011-08-17): -# I have been in contact with Leilani Tuala Warren from the Samoa Law -# Reform Commission, and she has sent me a copy of the Bill that she -# confirmed has been passed...Most of the sections are about maps rather -# than the time zone change, but I'll paste the relevant bits below. But -# the essence is that at midnight 29 Dec (UTC-11 I suppose), Samoa -# changes from UTC-11 to UTC+13: -# -# International Date Line Bill 2011 -# -# AN ACT to provide for the change to standard time in Samoa and to make -# consequential amendments to the position of the International Date -# Line, and for related purposes. -# -# BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in Parliament -# assembled as follows: -# -# 1. Short title and commencement-(1) This Act may be cited as the -# International Date Line Act 2011. (2) Except for section 5(3) this Act -# commences at 12 o'clock midnight, on Thursday 29th December 2011. (3) -# Section 5(3) commences on the date of assent by the Head of State. -# -# [snip] -# -# 3. Interpretation - [snip] "Samoa standard time" in this Act and any -# other statute of Samoa which refers to 'Samoa standard time' means the -# time 13 hours in advance of Co-ordinated Universal Time. -# -# 4. Samoa standard time - (1) Upon the commencement of this Act, Samoa -# standard time shall be set at 13 hours in advance of Co-ordinated -# Universal Time for the whole of Samoa. (2) All references to Samoa's -# time zone and to Samoa standard time in Samoa in all legislation and -# instruments after the commencement of this Act shall be references to -# Samoa standard time as provided for in this Act. (3) Nothing in this -# Act affects the provisions of the Daylight Saving Act 2009, except that -# it defines Samoa standard time.... +# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-27): +# The International Date Line Act 2011 +# http://www.parliament.gov.ws/images/ACTS/International_Date_Line_Act__2011_-_Eng.pdf +# changed Samoa from UTC-11 to UTC+13, effective "12 o'clock midnight, on +# Thursday 29th December 2011". The International Date Line was adjusted +# accordingly. # From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2011-09-02): -# <a href="http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html"> # http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html -# </a> # # here is the official website publication for Samoa DST and dateline change # # DST -# Year End Time Start Time -# 2011 - - - - - - 24 September 3:00am to 4:00am -# 2012 01 April 4:00am to 3:00am - - - - - - +# Year End Time Start Time +# 2011 - - - - - - 24 September 3:00am to 4:00am +# 2012 01 April 4:00am to 3:00am - - - - - - # # Dateline Change skip Friday 30th Dec 2011 # Thursday 29th December 2011 23:59:59 Hours # Saturday 31st December 2011 00:00:00 Hours # -# Clarification by Tim Parenti (2012-01-03): -# Although Samoa has used Daylight Saving Time in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 -# seasons, there is not yet any indication that this trend will continue on -# a regular basis. For now, we have explicitly listed the transitions below. -# -# From Nicky (2012-09-10): +# From Nicholas Pereira (2012-09-10): # Daylight Saving Time commences on Sunday 30th September 2012 and -# ends on Sunday 7th of April 2013. -# -# Please find link below for more information. +# ends on Sunday 7th of April 2013.... # http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html # -# That publication also includes dates for Summer of 2013/4 as well -# which give the impression of a pattern in selecting dates for the -# future, so for now, we will guess this will continue. +# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-08): +# That web page currently lists transitions for 2012/3 and 2013/4. +# Assume the pattern instituted in 2012 will continue indefinitely. -# Western Samoa # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule WS 2010 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 1 D +Rule WS 2011 only - Apr Sat>=1 4:00 0 S +Rule WS 2011 only - Sep lastSat 3:00 1 D +Rule WS 2012 max - Apr Sun>=1 4:00 0 S Rule WS 2012 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 1 D -Rule WS 2012 max - Apr Sun>=1 4:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 - -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time - -11:00 - WST 2010 Sep 26 - -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Apr 2 4:00 - -11:00 - WST 2011 Sep 24 3:00 - -11:00 1:00 WSDT 2011 Dec 30 - 13:00 1:00 WSDT 2012 Apr Sun>=1 4:00 + -11:30 - WSST 1950 + -11:00 WS S%sT 2011 Dec 29 24:00 # S=Samoa 13:00 WS WS%sT # Solomon Is @@ -872,159 +790,182 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). # -# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; +# 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 -# 8:45 CWST CWST Central Western Australia* -# 9:00 JST Japan -# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia -# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia -# 10:00 ChST Chamorro -# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe* -# 11:30 NZMT NZST New Zealand through 1945 -# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 1946-present -# 12:45 CHAST CHADT Chatham* -# -11:00 SST Samoa -# -10:00 HST Hawaii -# - 8:00 PST Pitcairn* -# -# See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii. -# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is. +# std dst +# LMT Local Mean Time +# 8:00 AWST AWDT Western Australia +# 8:45 ACWST ACWDT Central Western Australia* +# 9:00 JST Japan +# 9:30 ACST ACDT Central Australia +# 10:00 AEST AEDT Eastern Australia +# 10:00 ChST Chamorro +# 10:30 LHST LHDT Lord Howe* +# 11:30 NZMT NZST New Zealand through 1945 +# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 1946-present +# 12:15 CHAST Chatham through 1945* +# 12:45 CHAST CHADT Chatham 1946-present* +# 13:00 WSST WSDT (western) Samoa 2011-present* +# -11:30 WSST Western Samoa through 1950* +# -11:00 SST Samoa +# -10:00 HST Hawaii +# - 8:00 PST Pitcairn* +# +# See the 'northamerica' file for Hawaii. +# See the 'southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galápagos Is. ############################################################################### # Australia +# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-30): +# Daylight saving time has long been controversial in Australia, pitting +# region against region, rural against urban, and local against global. +# For example, in her review of Graeme Davison's _The Unforgiving +# Minute: how Australians learned to tell the time_ (1993), Perth native +# Phillipa J Martyr wrote, "The section entitled 'Saving Daylight' was +# very informative, but was (as can, sadly, only be expected from a +# Melbourne-based study) replete with the usual chuckleheaded +# Queenslanders and straw-chewing yokels from the West prattling fables +# about fading curtains and crazed farm animals." +# Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History (1997-03-03) +# http://www.jcu.edu.au/aff/history/reviews/davison.htm + # From Paul Eggert (2005-12-08): -# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml"> # Implementation Dates of Daylight Saving Time within Australia -# </a> summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia. +# <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml> +# summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia. # From Arthur David Olson (2005-12-12): -# <a href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/Corporate/ll_agdinfo.nsf/pages/community_relations_daylight_saving"> # Lawlink NSW:Daylight Saving in New South Wales -# </a> covers New South Wales in particular. +# <http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/Corporate/ll_agdinfo.nsf/pages/community_relations_daylight_saving> +# covers New South Wales in particular. # 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 +# 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 +# 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 +# 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; +# 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 (1992-03-08): -# 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 Chuck Soper (2006-06-01): -# I recently found this Australian government web page on time zones: -# <http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia-13time> -# And this government web page lists time zone names and abbreviations: -# <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/daysavtm.shtml> - -# From Paul Eggert (2001-04-05), summarizing a long discussion about "EST" -# versus "AEST" etc.: -# -# I see the following points of dispute: -# -# * How important are unique time zone abbreviations? -# -# Here I tend to agree with the point (most recently made by Chris -# Newman) that unique abbreviations should not be essential for proper -# operation of software. We have other instances of ambiguity -# (e.g. "IST" denoting both "Israel Standard Time" and "Indian -# Standard Time"), and they are not likely to go away any time soon. -# In the old days, some software mistakenly relied on unique -# abbreviations, but this is becoming less true with time, and I don't -# think it's that important to cater to such software these days. -# -# On the other hand, there is another motivation for unambiguous -# abbreviations: it cuts down on human confusion. This is -# particularly true for Australia, where "EST" can mean one thing for -# time T and a different thing for time T plus 1 second. -# -# * Does the relevant legislation indicate which abbreviations should be used? -# -# Here I tend to think that things are a mess, just as they are in -# many other countries. We Americans are currently disagreeing about -# which abbreviation to use for the newly legislated Chamorro Standard -# Time, for example. -# -# Personally, I would prefer to use common practice; I would like to -# refer to legislation only for examples of common practice, or as a -# tiebreaker. -# -# * Do Australians more often use "Eastern Daylight Time" or "Eastern -# Summer Time"? Do they typically prefix the time zone names with -# the word "Australian"? -# -# My own impression is that both "Daylight Time" and "Summer Time" are -# common and are widely understood, but that "Summer Time" is more -# popular; and that the leading "A" is also common but is omitted more -# often than not. I just used AltaVista advanced search and got the -# following count of page hits: -# -# 1,103 "Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au -# 971 "Australian Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au -# 613 "Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au -# 127 "Australian Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au -# -# Here "Summer" seems quite a bit more popular than "Daylight", -# particularly when we know the time zone is Australian and not US, -# say. The "Australian" prefix seems to be popular for Eastern Summer -# Time, but unpopular for Eastern Daylight Time. -# -# For abbreviations, tools like AltaVista are less useful because of -# ambiguity. Many hits are not really time zones, unfortunately, and -# many hits denote US time zones and not Australian ones. But here -# are the hit counts anyway: -# -# 161,304 "EST" and domain:au -# 25,156 "EDT" and domain:au -# 18,263 "AEST" and domain:au -# 10,416 "AEDT" and domain:au -# -# 14,538 "CST" and domain:au -# 5,728 "CDT" and domain:au -# 176 "ACST" and domain:au -# 29 "ACDT" and domain:au -# -# 7,539 "WST" and domain:au -# 68 "AWST" and domain:au -# -# This data suggest that Australians tend to omit the "A" prefix in -# practice. The situation for "ST" versus "DT" is less clear, given -# the ambiguities involved. -# -# * How do Australians feel about the abbreviations in the tz database? -# -# If you just count Australians on this list, I count 2 in favor and 3 -# against. One of the "against" votes (David Keegel) counseled delay, -# saying that both AEST/AEDT and EST/EST are widely used and -# understood in Australia. +# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-30): +# +# Inspired by Mackin's remarks quoted above, earlier versions of this +# file used "EST" for both Eastern Standard Time and Eastern Summer +# Time in Australia, and similarly for "CST", "CWST", and "WST". +# However, these abbreviations were confusing and were not common +# practice among Australians, and there were justifiable complaints +# about them, so I attempted to survey current Australian usage. +# For the tz database, the full English phrase is not that important; +# what matters is the abbreviation. It's difficult to survey the web +# directly for abbreviation usage, as there are so many false hits for +# strings like "EST" and "EDT", so I looked for pages that defined an +# abbreviation for eastern or central DST in Australia, and got the +# following numbers of unique hits for the listed Google queries: +# +# 10 "Eastern Daylight Time AEST" site:au [some are false hits] +# 10 "Eastern Summer Time AEST" site:au +# 10 "Summer Time AEDT" site:au +# 13 "EDST Eastern Daylight Saving Time" site:au +# 18 "Summer Time ESST" site:au +# 28 "Eastern Daylight Saving Time EDST" site:au +# 39 "EDT Eastern Daylight Time" site:au [some are false hits] +# 53 "Eastern Daylight Time EDT" site:au [some are false hits] +# 54 "AEDT Australian Eastern Daylight Time" site:au +# 182 "Eastern Daylight Time AEDT" site:au +# +# 17 "Central Daylight Time CDT" site:au [some are false hits] +# 46 "Central Daylight Time ACDT" site:au +# +# I tried several other variants (e.g., "Eastern Summer Time EST") but +# they all returned fewer than 10 unique hits. I also looked for pages +# mentioning both "western standard time" and an abbreviation, since +# there is no WST in the US to generate false hits, and found: +# +# 156 "western standard time" AWST site:au +# 226 "western standard time" WST site:au +# +# I then surveyed the top ten newspapers in Australia by circulation as +# listed in Wikipedia, using Google queries like "AEDT site:heraldsun.com.au" +# and obtaining estimated counts from the initial page of search results. +# All ten papers greatly preferred "AEDT" to "EDT". The papers +# surveyed were the Herald Sun, The Daily Telegraph, The Courier-Mail, +# The Sydney Morning Herald, The West Australian, The Age, The Advertiser, +# The Australian, The Financial Review, and The Herald (Newcastle). +# +# I also searched for historical usage, to see whether abbreviations +# like "AEDT" are new. A Trove search <http://trove.nla.gov.au/> +# found only one newspaper (The Canberra Times) with a house style +# dating back to the 1970s, I expect because other newspapers weren't +# fully indexed. The Canberra Times strongly preferred abbreviations +# like "AEDT". The first occurrence of "AEDT" was a World Weather +# column (1971-11-17, page 24), and of "ACDT" was a Scoreboard column +# (1993-01-24, p 16). The style was the typical usage but was not +# strictly enforced; for example, "Welcome to the twilight zones ..." +# (1994-10-29, p 1) uses the abbreviations AEST/AEDT, CST/CDT, and +# WST, and goes on to say, "The confusion and frustration some feel +# about the lack of uniformity among Australia's six states and two +# territories has prompted one group to form its very own political +# party -- the Sydney-based Daylight Saving Extension Party." +# +# I also surveyed federal government sources. They did not agree: +# +# The Australian Government (2014-03-26) +# http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/our-country/time +# (This document was produced by the Department of Finance.) +# AEST ACST AWST AEDT ACDT +# +# Bureau of Meteorology (2012-11-08) +# http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/daysavtm.shtml +# EST CST WST EDT CDT +# +# Civil Aviation Safety Authority (undated) +# http://services.casa.gov.au/outnback/inc/pages/episode3/episode-3_time_zones.shtml +# EST CST WST (no abbreviations given for DST) +# +# Geoscience Australia (2011-11-24) +# http://www.ga.gov.au/geodesy/astro/sunrise.jsp +# AEST ACST AWST AEDT ACDT +# +# Parliamentary Library (2008-11-10) +# http://www.aph.gov.au/binaries/library/pubs/rp/2008-09/09rp14.pdf +# EST CST WST preferred for standard time; AEST AEDT ACST ACDT also used +# +# The Transport Safety Bureau has an extensive series of accident reports, +# and investigators seem to use whatever abbreviation they like. +# Googling site:atsb.gov.au found the following number of unique hits: +# 311 "ESuT", 195 "EDT", 26 "AEDT", 83 "CSuT", 46 "CDT". +# "_SuT" tended to appear in older reports, and "A_DT" tended to +# appear in reports of events with international implications. +# +# From the above it appears that there is a working consensus in +# Australia to use trailing "DT" for daylight saving time; although +# some sources use trailing "SST" or "ST" or "SuT" they are by far in +# the minority. The case for leading "A" is weaker, but since it +# seems to be preferred in the overall web and is preferred in all +# the leading newspaper websites and in many government departments, +# it has a stronger case than omitting the leading "A". The current +# version of the database therefore uses abbreviations like "AEST" and +# "AEDT" for Australian time zones. # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): # Shanks & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ. # Mark Prior 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. +# 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. # From Eric Ulevik (1998-01-05): @@ -1034,17 +975,14 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # relevant entries in this database. # # NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill): -# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html"> # Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04) -# </a> +# <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html> # ACT -# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html"> # Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972 -# </a> +# <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html> # SA -# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html"> # Standard Time Act, 1898 -# </a> +# <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html> # From David Grosz (2005-06-13): # It was announced last week that Daylight Saving would be extended by @@ -1062,7 +1000,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Victoria: I wasn't able to find anything separate, but the other articles # allude to it. # But not Queensland -# http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15564030-1248,00.html. +# http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15564030-1248,00.html # Northern Territory @@ -1109,9 +1047,9 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; # it matches what was used in the past. -# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm"> # The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ -# </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses +# <http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm> +# (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses # South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia. # Queensland @@ -1152,7 +1090,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes. # From Christopher Hunt (2006-11-21), after an advance warning -# from Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-11-01): +# from Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-11-01): # WA are trialing DST for three years. # <http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54825721200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf> @@ -1316,7 +1254,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Based on law library research by John Mackin, # who notes: # In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the -# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time'' +# 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. @@ -1325,47 +1263,42 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-26): # DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual # October in 2000. [See: Matthew Moore, -# <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html"> # Two months more daylight saving -# </a> -# Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26).] +# Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26) +# <http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html>] # From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27): # See the following official NSW source: -# <a href="http://dir.gis.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/genobject/document/other/daylightsaving/tigGmZ"> # Daylight Saving in New South Wales. -# </a> +# <http://dir.gis.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/genobject/document/other/daylightsaving/tigGmZ> # # Narrabri Shire (NSW) council has announced it will ignore the extension of # daylight saving next year. See: -# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/neweng/monthly/regeng-22jul1999-1.htm"> # Narrabri Council to ignore daylight saving -# </a> (1999-07-22). For now, we'll wait to see if this really happens. +# <http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/neweng/monthly/regeng-22jul1999-1.htm> +# (1999-07-22). For now, we'll wait to see if this really happens. # # Victoria will following NSW. See: -# <a href="http://abc.net.au/local/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990728112314_1.htm"> -# Vic to extend daylight saving -# </a> (1999-07-28). +# Vic to extend daylight saving (1999-07-28) +# <http://abc.net.au/local/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990728112314_1.htm> # # However, South Australia rejected the DST request. See: -# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990719151754_1.htm"> -# South Australia rejects Olympics daylight savings request -# </a> (1999-07-19). +# South Australia rejects Olympics daylight savings request (1999-07-19) +# <http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990719151754_1.htm> # # Queensland also will not observe DST for the Olympics. See: -# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/06/item19990601114608_1.htm"> # Qld says no to daylight savings for Olympics -# </a> (1999-06-01), which quotes Queensland Premier Peter Beattie as saying -# ``Look you've got to remember in my family when this came up last time +# <http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/06/item19990601114608_1.htm> +# (1999-06-01), which quotes Queensland Premier Peter Beattie as saying +# "Look you've got to remember in my family when this came up last time # I voted for it, my wife voted against it and she said to me it's all very # well for you, you don't have to worry about getting the children out of # bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night. -# I've been through all this argument domestically...my wife rules.'' +# I've been through all this argument domestically...my wife rules." # # Broken Hill will stick with South Australian time in 2000. See: -# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/brokenh/monthly/regbrok-21jul1999-6.htm"> -# Broken Hill to be behind the times -# </a> (1999-07-21). +# Broken Hill to be behind the times (1999-07-21) +# <http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/brokenh/monthly/regbrok-21jul1999-6.htm> # IATA SSIM (1998-09) says that the spring 2000 change for Australian # Capital Territory, New South Wales except Lord Howe Island and Broken @@ -1381,7 +1314,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Yancowinna # From John Mackin (1989-01-04): -# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. +# '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 ] @@ -1438,9 +1371,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # summer (southern hemisphere). # # From -# <a href="http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf"> # http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf -# </a> # The extended daylight saving period that South Australia has been trialling # for over the last year is now set to be ongoing. # Daylight saving will continue to start on the first Sunday in October each @@ -1450,9 +1381,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # the ACT for all 52 weeks of the year... # # We have a wrap-up here: -# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html"> # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html -# </a> ############################################################################### # New Zealand @@ -1461,7 +1390,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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. +# 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! @@ -1503,6 +1432,19 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # that DST will begin on 2007-09-30 2008-04-06. # http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Daylight-Saving-Daylight-saving-to-be-extended +# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-14): +# Chatham Island time was formally standardized on 1957-01-01 by +# New Zealand's Standard Time Amendment Act 1956 (1956-10-26) +# <http://www.austlii.edu.au/nz/legis/hist_act/staa19561956n100244.pdf>. +# According to Google Books snippet view, a speaker in the New Zealand +# parliamentary debates in 1956 said "Clause 78 makes provision for standard +# time in the Chatham Islands. The time there is 45 minutes in advance of New +# Zealand time. I understand that is the time they keep locally, anyhow." +# For now, assume this practice goes back to the introduction of standard time +# in New Zealand, as this would make Chatham Islands time almost exactly match +# LMT back when New Zealand was at UTC+11:30; also, assume Chatham Islands did +# not observe New Zealand's prewar DST. + ############################################################################### @@ -1522,7 +1464,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # From the BBC World Service in # http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/205226.stm (1998-10-31 16:03 UTC): -# The Fijiian government says the main reasons for the time change is to +# The Fijian government says the main reasons for the time change is to # improve productivity and reduce road accidents.... [T]he move is also # intended to boost Fiji's ability to attract tourists to witness the dawning # of the new millennium. @@ -1530,16 +1472,12 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/press/2000_09/2000_09_13-05.shtml (2000-09-13) # reports that Fiji has discontinued DST. -# 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 [throughout] the country as of Jan. 1, 1995'' +# "declared it the same day [throughout] the country as of Jan. 1, 1995" # as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century. @@ -1554,8 +1492,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # N Mariana Is, Guam -# Howse writes (p 153) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the -# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones +# Howse writes (p 153) "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. # For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines; # see Asia/Manila. @@ -1569,17 +1507,16 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Micronesia # Alan Eugene Davis 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.'' +# "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 & Pottenger write that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11 # on 1978-10-01; ignore this for now. # From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): # The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in -# <a href="http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html"> -# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information -# </a> (1999-01-26) +# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information (1999-01-26) +# <http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html> # that Truk and Yap are UTC+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are UTC+11. # We don't know when Kosrae switched from UTC+12; assume January 1 for now. @@ -1625,26 +1562,33 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Sacramento but it was changed a couple of years ago. -# Samoa +# (Western) Samoa and American Samoa # Howse writes (p 153, citing p 10 of the 1883-11-18 New York Herald) # 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.'' - +# "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." + +# Although Shanks & Pottenger says they both switched to UTC-11:30 +# in 1911, and to UTC-11 in 1950. many earlier sources give UTC-11 +# for American Samoa, e.g., the US National Bureau of Standards +# circular "Standard Time Throughout the World", 1932. +# Assume American Samoa switched to UTC-11 in 1911, not 1950, +# and that after 1950 they agreed until (western) Samoa skipped a +# day in 2011. Assume also that the Samoas follow the US and New +# Zealand's "ST"/"DT" style of daylight-saving abbreviations. # 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.'' +# 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. # Don Mundell writes in the 1997-02-20 Tonga Chronicle -# <a href="http://www.tongatapu.net.to/tonga/homeland/timebegins.htm"> -# How Tonga became `The Land where Time Begins' -# </a>: +# How Tonga became 'The Land where Time Begins' +# <http://www.tongatapu.net.to/tonga/homeland/timebegins.htm>: # Until 1941 Tonga maintained a standard time 50 minutes ahead of NZST # 12 hours and 20 minutes ahead of GMT. When New Zealand adjusted its @@ -1653,8 +1597,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # advancing its time to maintain the differential of 13 degrees # (approximately 50 minutes ahead of New Zealand time). # -# Because His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, then Crown Prince -# Tungi, preferred to ensure Tonga's title as the land where time +# Because His Majesty King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, then Crown Prince +# Tungī, preferred to ensure Tonga's title as the land where time # begins, the Legislative Assembly approved the latter change. # # But some of the older, more conservative members from the outer @@ -1680,9 +1624,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # * Tonga will introduce DST in November # # I was given this link by John Letts: -# <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm"> # http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm -# </a> # # I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November # yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead @@ -1690,9 +1632,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # (12 + 1 hour DST). # From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20): -# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html"> -# http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html -# </a>: +# According to <http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html>: # "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000 # and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the # third Saturday of April. Under the system approved by Privy Council on @@ -1710,7 +1650,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # instead of the original reported date April 16. Unfortunately, the article # is no longer available on the site, and I did not make a copy of the # text, and I have forgotten to report it here. -# (Original URL was: http://www.tongaonline.com/news/march162000.htm ) +# (Original URL was <http://www.tongaonline.com/news/march162000.htm>) # From Rives McDow (2000-12-01): # Tonga is observing DST as of 2000-11-04 and will stop on 2001-01-27. @@ -1730,7 +1670,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # From Vernice Anderson, Personal Secretary to Philip Jessup, # US Ambassador At Large (oral history interview, 1971-02-02): # -# Saturday, the 14th [of October, 1950] -- ... The time was all the +# Saturday, the 14th [of October, 1950] - ... The time was all the # more confusing at that point, because we had crossed the # International Date Line, thus getting two Sundays. Furthermore, we # discovered that Wake Island had two hours of daylight saving time @@ -1775,7 +1715,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # on the high seas. Whenever a ship was within the territorial waters of any # nation it would use that nation's standard time. The captain was permitted # to change his ship's clocks at a time of his choice following his ship's -# entry into another zone time--he often chose midnight. These zones were +# entry into another zone time - he often chose midnight. These zones were # adopted by all major fleets between 1920 and 1925 but not by many # independent merchant ships until World War II. |