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# @(#)australasia 7.20 # 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 Rule Aus 1895 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - # 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] Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 9:30 Aus CST Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 8:00 - WST Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 3:00 10:00 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00 10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00 10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00 10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 10:00 - EST # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - Rule AS 1990 max even Mar Sun>=18 3:00 0 - Rule AS 1990 max odd Mar Sun>=1 3:00 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 2:00 9:30 AS CST # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 - Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - Rule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 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 2:00 10:00 AT EST # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - Rule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - Rule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 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 2:00 10:00 AV EST # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule AN 1982 only - Apr 4 3:00 0 - Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - Rule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule AN 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 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 2:00 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 2:00 9:30 AN CST Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar 10:30 AN LHST Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 7:00 - JVT # # Ashmore Is, Cartier # no information; probably like Australia/Perth # # Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga # no information # Belau Zone Pacific/Belau 8:58:00 - LMT 1901 9:00 - BLT # Cook Is # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HD Rule Cook 1979 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 H Rule Cook 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HD # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua -10:30 - CIST 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is ST -10:00 Cook T%sT # Cocos # From USNO (1989): # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Cocos 6:30 - CCT # Fiji # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva 12:00 - NZST # French Polynesia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea -9:00 - GBT Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct -9:30 - MQT Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete -10:00 - THT # Guam # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana 10:00 - GST # Howland, Baker # no information; probably like Pacific/Samoa # Jarvis # no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritimati # Johnston # no information; probably like Pacific/Honolulu # Kiribati # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki 12:00 - NZST Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901 -12:00 - KJT 1979 Oct -11:00 - SST Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901 -10:40 - LIT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time -10:00 - THT # Nauru # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe 11:30 - NST 1942 Mar 15 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15 11:30 - NST 1979 May 12:00 - NZST # New Caledonia # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NC 1912 only - Jan 13 0:00 0 S Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 S # 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 Rule NZ 1868 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 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 1:00 D Rule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 1:00 D Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 1:00 D Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D # Shanks says DST stopped 1940 Sep lastSun; go with Whitman for war years. Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Sep lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00 1:00 D Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00 1:00 D Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 3:00 0 S Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 # Shanks gives 1940 Sep 29 2:00; # go with Whitman. 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1945 Apr 29 2:00 12:00 NZ NZ%sT Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is # no information; probably like Pacific/Auckland ############################################################################### # Niue # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi -11:20 - NIT 1951 # Niue I Time -11:30 - NIT 1978 Oct 1 -11:00 - SST # Norfolk # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston 11:12 - NMT 1951 11:30 - NST # Pacific Islands Trust Territories # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct 12:00 - NZST Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct -12:00 - KJT 1993 Aug 20 12:00 - NZST Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 10:00 - GST 1978 Oct 11:00 - NCST Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:33:00 - LMT 1901 11:00 - NCST Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:24 - LMT 1901 9:00 - BLT 1969 Oct 10:00 - GST # Palmyra # no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritmati # Papua New Guinea # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 9:49 - PMMT 1895 10:00 - EST # Pitcairn # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown -8:30 - PIT # 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 - NCST # Tokelau Is # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901 -10:00 - THT # Tonga # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 12:20 - TMT 1968 Oct 13:00 - TGT # Tuvalu # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 12:00 - NZST # Vanuatu # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Vanuatu 1912 only - Jan 13 0:00 0 S Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 D Rule Vanuatu 1984 max - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 S Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 D Rule Vanuatu 1985 max - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 D # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila 11:00 - NCST # Wake # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901 12:00 - NZST # Wallis and Futuna # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 12:00 - NZST # Western Samoa # See Pacific/Samoa in the `northamerica' file, of all places. ############################################################################### # 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> (August 18, 1994): # 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). # Except where noted, it is the source for the data above. # # 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 # 6:30 CCT Cocos* # 7:00 JVT Java* # 8:00 WST WST Western Australia # 9:00 BLT Belau* # 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* # 11:00 NCST NCDT New Caledonia* # 11:30 NRT Norfolk* # 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand # 12:45 NZ-CHAT Chatham # 13:00 TGT Tongatapu* # -12:00 KJT Kwajalein (no longer used)* # -11:00 SST Samoa # -10:40 LIT Line Is (no longer used)* # -10:00 THT Tahiti* # - 9:30 MQT Marquesas* # - 9:00 GBT Gambier* # - 8:30 PIT Pitcairn* # # See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions. ############################################################################### # Australia # From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): # 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 # Australia/North # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # 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 (March 4, 1991): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving. # Australia/West # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # 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 (March 4, 1991): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving. # From John D. Newman via Bradley White (November 2, 1991): # 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 (March 8, 1992): # The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; # it matches what was used in the past. # Australia/Queensland # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # 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 (December 24, 1989): # "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from # October 1989). # From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving # at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... # From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): # 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 (March 8, 1992): # ...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 (March 8, 1992): # The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes. # Australia/Tasmania, Australia/South, and Australia/Victoria # From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): # 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 (March 6, 1991): # 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. # Australia/South # From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): # 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 (March 6, 1991): # # 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 (March 11, 1992): # 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 (March 13, 1992): # 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 (March 16, 1992, 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 (April 11, 1994): # 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.... # Australia/Tasmania # From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): # 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 (March 6, 1991): # # 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 (October 10, 1991): # 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 (October 10, 1991): # 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). # Australia/Victoria # From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): # 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 (March 6, 1991): # # 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 # Australia/NSW # 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 (March 3, 1990): # Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - # Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - # From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): # 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 (March 6, 1991): # # 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 (March 9, 1991) # I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the # file Robert forwarded # From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): # Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988; # March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules. # Australia/Yancowinna # From John Basser (January 4, 1989): # `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # # 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] # Australia/LHI # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): # 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. ############################################################################### # New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 # Elz says "no guarantees" # From Mark Davies (October 3, 1990): # 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 (March 6, 1991): # # 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 (March 8, 1992): # The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 # rather than the October 1 value. ############################################################################### # 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. # Kwajalein # In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes: # I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday, # August 20, 1993. 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. # Pacific Islands Trust Territories # 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.