tzdata1998b from ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub

1 files changed, 45 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/australasia b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/australasia
index e1e567a5bae..5121cd32fdf 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/australasia
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/australasia
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: australasia,v 1.5 1997/01/14 04:36:50 millert Exp $
-# @(#)australasia	7.31
+# @(#)australasia	7.39
 # This file also includes Pacific islands.
 
 # Notes are at the end of this file
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ 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	-	CST	1917 Jan 1 0:01
 			 9:30	Aus	CST
 # Western Australia
@@ -170,7 +170,12 @@ Zone Indian/Christmas	7:02:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 # no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists
 # no information
 #
-# Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga
+# Macquarie
+# permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948;
+# sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888-1917
+# no information
+#
+# Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga
 # no information
 
 
@@ -277,6 +282,9 @@ Zone	Pacific/Nauru	11:07:40 -	LMT	1921 Jan 15	# Uaobe
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	NC	1977	1978	-	Dec	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	NC	1978	1979	-	Feb	27	0:00	0	-
+Rule	NC	1996	only	-	Dec	1	2:00s	1:00	S
+Rule	NC	1997	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
+Rule	NC	1997	max	-	Nov	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Noumea	11:05:48 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13
 			11:00	NC	NC%sT
@@ -295,7 +303,7 @@ Rule	NZ	1928	only	-	Nov	 4	2:00	0:30	HD
 Rule	NZ	1929	only	-	Oct	30	2:00	0:30	HD
 Rule	NZ	1930	1933	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	S
 Rule	NZ	1930	1933	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00	0:30	HD
-# Whitman says DST went on and off during war years, and the base GMT offset
+# Whitman says DST went on and off during war years, and the base UT offset
 # didn't change until 1945 Apr 30; go with Shanks.
 Rule	NZ	1934	1940	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	0	S
 Rule	NZ	1934	1939	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0:30	HD
@@ -315,8 +323,13 @@ Zone Pacific/Auckland	11:39:04 -	LMT	1868
 Zone Pacific/Chatham	12:45	Chatham	CHA%sT
 
 
-# Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is
-# uninhabited except by research personnel; probably like Pacific/Auckland
+# Auckland Is
+# uninhabited
+
+# Campbell I
+# minor whaling stations operated 1909-14
+# scientific station operated 1941-1995
+# was probably like Pacific/Auckland
 
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -459,8 +472,6 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 #
 # See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii.
 # See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is.
-#
-# See the `africa' file for time zone naming and abbreviation conventions.
 
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -498,6 +509,26 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # 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 <eau@zip.com.au> (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
+# 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">
+# http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html
+# </a>
+# ACT
+# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/consol_act/stasta1972279/i">
+# http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/consol_act/stasta1972279/i
+# </a>
+# ndex.html
+# SA
+# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html">
+# http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html
+# </a>
+
 # Northern Territory
 
 # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
@@ -755,6 +786,12 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # Prem Bob Carr announced NSW will fall into line with other E states
 # and SA and continue daylight savings to the last Sun in Mar.
 
+# From Eric Ulevik <eau@ozemail.com.au> (1997-06-12):
+# The NSW state government in Australia is talking about bringing the start
+# of daylight savings time forward in the year 2000 to cater for the Olympics.
+# This is going to take some time to be negotiated, because the plan is to do
+# this in multiple states due to soccer games (which are not just in Sydney).
+
 # Yancowinna
 
 # From John Basser (1989-01-04):