From 0d64aeef3bf631e4210f8afafbdaf927d935d6c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Garrett Wollman Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:39:31 +0000 Subject: Vendor update of timezone database. Changes to historical dates in: Azerbaijan, B.I.O.T., China, Denmark, Libya, and Poland. Changes to current dates in: East Timor, Haiti, Israel, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Samoa, Tunisia, Uruguay Changes to future dates in: Australia, Iran, United States Obtained from: ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2005l.tar.gz --- share/zoneinfo/australasia | 106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 81 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) (limited to 'share/zoneinfo/australasia') diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/australasia b/share/zoneinfo/australasia index d8a8e36d5351..57bd60adb489 100644 --- a/share/zoneinfo/australasia +++ b/share/zoneinfo/australasia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)australasia 7.69 +# @(#)australasia 7.73 # This file also includes Pacific islands. # Notes are at the end of this file @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 8:00 - WST # Queensland # -# From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01): +# From Alex Livingston (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. @@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ Rule AS 1991 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1992 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1993 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1994 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - -Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 1995 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 2007 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 @@ -85,6 +87,11 @@ Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 9:30 AS CST # Tasmania +# +# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16): +# +# 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 - @@ -99,15 +106,22 @@ 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 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +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 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # 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 +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 # Victoria # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -118,9 +132,11 @@ 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 max - Mar lastSun 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 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AV 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AV 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 Aus EST 1971 @@ -137,9 +153,11 @@ 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 max - Mar lastSun 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 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AN 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AN 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 Aus EST 1971 @@ -160,9 +178,11 @@ 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 max - Mar lastSun 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 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - +Rule LH 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - +Rule LH 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar 10:30 LH LHST @@ -199,9 +219,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua -10:00 Cook CK%sT # Cocos -# From USNO (1989): +# These islands were ruled by the Ross family from about 1830 to 1978. +# We don't know when standard time was introduced; for now, we guess 1900. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Cocos 6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time +Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900 + 6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time # Fiji # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -262,9 +284,6 @@ Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 # 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 @@ -381,11 +400,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa -# W Samoa +# 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 + -11:00 - WST # Samoa Time # Solomon Is # excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea @@ -434,6 +453,17 @@ Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST # uninhabited # Midway +# +# From Mark Brader (2005-01-23): +# [Fallacies and Fantasies of Air Transport History, by R.E.G. Davies, +# published 1994 by Paladwr Press, McLean, VA, USA; ISBN 0-9626483-5-3] +# reproduced a Pan American Airways timeables from 1936, for their weekly +# "Orient Express" flights between San Francisco and Manila, and connecting +# flights to Chicago and the US East Coast. As it uses some time zone +# designations that I've never seen before:.... +# Fri. 6:30A Lv. HONOLOLU (Pearl Harbor), H.I. H.L.T. Ar. 5:30P Sun. +# " 3:00P Ar. MIDWAY ISLAND . . . . . . . . . M.L.T. Lv. 6:00A " +# Zone Pacific/Midway -11:49:28 - LMT 1901 -11:00 - NST 1956 Jun 3 -11:00 1:00 NDT 1956 Sep 2 @@ -475,7 +505,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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 (1999-10-29): +# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). @@ -632,13 +662,13 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): # Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. -# Mark Prior writes that his newspaper +# 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. # For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960. -# From Eric Ulevik (1998-01-05): +# From Eric Ulevik (1998-01-05): # # Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable, # and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more @@ -657,6 +687,24 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Standard Time Act, 1898 # +# From David Grosz (2005-06-13): +# It was announced last week that Daylight Saving would be extended by +# one week next year to allow for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. +# Daylight Saving is now to end for next year only on the first Sunday +# in April instead of the last Sunday in March. +# +# From Gwillim Law (2005-06-14): +# I did some Googling and found that all of those states (and territory) plan +# to extend DST together in 2006. +# ACT: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/mediareleases/fileread.cfm?file=86.txt +# New South Wales: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15538869%255E1702,00.html +# South Australia: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15555031-1246,00.html +# Tasmania: http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=14772 +# 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. + # Northern Territory # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): @@ -843,7 +891,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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 (1994-10-07): +# From John Warburton (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. @@ -903,7 +951,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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), +# 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'' @@ -923,7 +971,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Lawlink NSW: Daylight Saving in New South Wales # -# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-26): +# 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, # @@ -1057,7 +1105,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19); # Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. -# Robert Uzgalis writes that the New Zealand Daylight +# Robert Uzgalis 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. @@ -1136,7 +1184,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Micronesia -# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16), +# 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.'' # @@ -1244,10 +1292,10 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan # Government. -# From Steffen Thorsen [straen@thorsen.priv.no] (1999-09-09): +# From Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09): # * Tonga will introduce DST in November # -# I was given this link by John Letts : +# I was given this link by John Letts: # # http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm # @@ -1257,7 +1305,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # of UTC as well, but as far as I know Fiji will only be 13 hours ahead # (12 + 1 hour DST). -# From Arthur David Olson [arthur_david_olson@nih.gov] (1999-09-20): +# From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20): # According to