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diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/australasia b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/australasia index c5b018e9526..32699605f24 100644 --- a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/australasia +++ b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/australasia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)australasia 7.46 +# @(#)australasia 7.56 # This file also includes Pacific islands. # Notes are at the end of this file @@ -8,27 +8,26 @@ # Australia # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -# Shanks gives 1917 Jan 1 0:01; go with Whitman (and guess 2:00). -Rule Aus 1916 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 - +Rule Aus 1917 only - 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 - -# Whitman says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944, and that -# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944; go with Shanks. +# 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. # 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 Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec - 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 Aus WST 1943 Jul + 8:00 - WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00s 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s @@ -49,19 +48,18 @@ Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - 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 1989 1993 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule Holiday 1990 1994 - 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 - Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895 - 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s - 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 2:00s + 10:00 Aus EST 1971 10:00 AQ EST Zone Australia/Lindeman 9:55:56 - LMT 1895 - 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s - 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 2:00s + 10:00 Aus EST 1971 + 10:00 AQ EST 1992 Jul 10:00 Holiday EST # South Australia @@ -78,47 +76,49 @@ Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 9:00 - CST 1899 May - 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s + 9:30 Aus CST 1971 9:30 AS CST # Tasmania # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 2:00s 0 - +Rule AT 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 27 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 19 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - -Rule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AT 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 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AT 2001 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep - 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00s + 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 + 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb + 10:00 Aus EST 1967 10:00 AT EST # Victoria # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - +Rule AV 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 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AV 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +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 2000 only - Aug 26 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AV 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AV 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb - 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s + 10:00 Aus EST 1971 10:00 AV EST # New South Wales @@ -133,19 +133,18 @@ 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 2000 only - Aug 26 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AN 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AN 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb - 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s + 10:00 Aus EST 1971 10:00 AN EST Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23 9:00 - CST 1899 May - 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s - 9:30 AN CST + 9:30 Aus CST 1971 + 9:30 AN CST 2000 + 9:30 AS CST # Lord Howe Island # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -154,9 +153,11 @@ Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 0:30 - -Rule LH 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - +Rule LH 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule LH 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - +Rule LH 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar 10:30 LH LHST @@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb # # Ashmore Is, Cartier # no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers -# no information; probably like Australia/Perth +# like Australia/Perth, says Turner # # Coral Sea Is # no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists @@ -174,10 +175,7 @@ Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb # Macquarie # permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948; # sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888/1917 -# no information -# -# Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga -# no information +# like Australia/Hobart, says Turner # Christmas # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -185,7 +183,7 @@ Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time # Cook Is -# From Shanks (1995): +# From Shanks: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HS Rule Cook 1979 1991 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - @@ -263,8 +261,9 @@ Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia 11:00 - PONT # Ponape Time Zone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901 - 11:00 - PONT 1969 Oct - 12:00 - KOST # Kosrae Time + 11:00 - KOST 1969 Oct # Kosrae Time + 12:00 - KOST 1999 + 11:00 - KOST # Nauru # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -279,6 +278,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe 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 +# Shanks says 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 @@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time 11:30 - NFT # Norfolk Time -# Palau +# Palau (Belau) # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror 9:00 - PWT # Palau Time @@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 # Pitcairn # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown - -8:30 - PNT # Pitcairn Time + -8:30 - PNT 1998 Apr 27 00:00 + -8:00 - PST # Pitcairn Standard Time # American Samoa Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 @@ -386,10 +387,14 @@ Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901 -10:00 - TKT # Tokelau Time # Tonga +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Tonga 1999 max - Oct Sat>=1 2:00s 1:00 S +Rule Tonga 2000 max - Apr Sun>=16 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 - 12:20 - TOT 1968 Oct # Tonga Time - 13:00 - TOT + 12:20 - TOT 1941 # Tonga Time + 13:00 - TOT 1999 + 13:00 Tonga TO%sT # Tuvalu # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -454,12 +459,12 @@ 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 <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-03-22): +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-10-29): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is -# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (4th edition), -# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1995). +# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), +# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # -# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source +# Gwillim Law <Gwil_Law@bridge-point.com> writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries @@ -473,7 +478,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # I found in the UCLA library. # # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is -# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Antique Collectors Club (1997). +# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). # # I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. @@ -490,6 +495,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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. @@ -498,6 +504,10 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Australia +# <a href="http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html"> +# Australia's Daylight Saving Times +# </a>, by Margaret Turner, summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia. + # From John Mackin (1991-03-06): # We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time. # It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer' @@ -541,7 +551,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04) # </a> # ACT -# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html"> +# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html"> # Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972 # </a> # SA @@ -594,6 +604,11 @@ 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 +# South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia. + # Queensland # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ] @@ -705,66 +720,29 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Tasmania -# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): -# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... -# ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31... - -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): +# The rules for 1967 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd +# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] -# ... -# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 AT %sST -# ... -# Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E - -# From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (1991-10-10): -# My state Government in there eagerness to get a few more bucks for the -# tourist industry industry decided to change the daylight savings times -# yet again (we now have almost 6 months per year)... -# ... -# Rule Oz 1986 1990 - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - -# Rule Oz 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - -# ... -# Rule Oz 1987 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - -# Rule Oz 1991 max - Mar Sun<=31 3:00 0 - # From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10): # Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have # 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia # (but nothing new about that). -# Victoria +# From Alex Livingston (1999-10-04): +# I heard on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio news on the +# (long) weekend that Tasmania, which usually goes its own way in this regard, +# has decided to join with most of NSW, the ACT, and most of Victoria +# (Australia) and start daylight saving on the last Sunday in August in 2000 +# instead of the first Sunday in October. -# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): -# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... -# ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... +# Victoria -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): +# The rules for 1971 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd +# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] -# ... -# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV %sST -# ... -# Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E -# Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E -# Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E -# Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E # New South Wales @@ -779,42 +757,65 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # legislation. This is very important to understand. # I have researched New South Wales time only... -# From Dave Davey (1990-03-03): -# Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - -# Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - - -# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): -# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... -# NSW...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... - -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): -# # The state of NEW SOUTH WALES.. [confirmed by Attorney General's Dept N.S.W] -# # [ Dec 1990 ] -# ... -# Rule AN 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 E -# ... - -# From John Mackin (1991-03-09) -# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the -# file Robert forwarded - -# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): -# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988; -# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules. +# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27): +# The Information Service of the Australian National Standards Commission +# <a href="http://www.nsc.gov.au/InfoServ/Ileaflet/il27.htm"> +# Daylight Saving +# </a> page (1995-04) has an excellent overall history of Australian DST. +# The Community Relations Division of the NSW Attorney General's Department +# publishes a history of daylight saving in NSW. See: +# <a href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/crd.nsf/pages/time2"> +# Lawlink NSW: Daylight Saving in New South Wales +# </a> -# From Bradley White (1995-05-20): -# Prem Bob Carr announced NSW will fall into line with other E states -# and SA and continue daylight savings to the last Sun in Mar. +# From Eric Ulevik <eau@ozemail.com.au> (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).] -# 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). +# 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> +# +# 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. +# +# 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). +# +# 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). +# +# 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 +# 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.'' +# +# 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). # IATA SSIM (1998-09) says that the spring 2000 change for Australian # Capital Territory, New South Wales except Lord Howe Island and Broken -# Hill, and Victoria will be August 26, presumably due to the Sydney Olympics. +# Hill, and Victoria will be August 27, presumably due to the Sydney Olympics. # Yancowinna @@ -845,16 +846,23 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an # hour ahead of NSW time. -# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): -# For Lord Howe we use Shanks through 1991. -# Lord Howe is part of NSW, so we'll guess it has used the same transition -# times as NSW since 1991, even though Shanks writes that Lord Howe went -# with Victoria when NSW and Victoria disagreed in 1982. +# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-01-27): +# Lord Howe Island summer time in 2000/2001 will commence on the same +# date as the rest of NSW (i.e. 2000-08-27). For your information the +# Lord Howe Island Board (controlling authority for the Island) is +# seeking the community's views on various options for summer time +# arrangements on the Island, e.g. advance clocks by 1 full hour +# instead of only 30 minutes. Dependant on the wishes of residents +# the Board may approach the NSW government to change the existing +# arrangements. The starting date for summer time on the Island will +# however always coincide with the rest of NSW. + +# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-31): +# For Lord Howe we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter. ############################################################################### -# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 -# Elz says "no guarantees" +# New Zealand # From Mark Davies (1990-10-03): # the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period. @@ -887,25 +895,29 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March. # As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00. # -# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): -# Shanks gives no data for Chatham; usno1989 says it's +12:45, -# usno1995 says it's +12:45/+13:45, and IATA SSIM (1991/1996) +# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): +# Shanks gives no time data for Chatham; usno1989 says it's +12:45, +# usno1995 says it's +12:45/+13:45, and IATA SSIM (1991/1999) # gives the NZ rules but with transitions at 2:45 local standard time. -# Guess that they adopted DST in 1990. +# Guess that they have been in lock-step with NZ since 1990. ############################################################################### + # Fiji -# Howse writes 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. +# Howse writes (p 153) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji +# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on Antipodean Time +# instead of the American system (which was one day behind). # From Rives McDow (1998-10-08): # Fiji will introduce DST effective 0200 local time, 1998-11-01 # until 0300 local time 1999-02-28. Each year the DST period will # be from the first Sunday in November until the last Sunday in February. +# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08): +# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says DST ends 0100 local time. Go with McDow. + # From the BBC World Service (1998-10-31 11:32 UTC): # The Fijiian government says the main reasons for the time change is to # improve productivity and reduce road accidents. But correspondents say it @@ -913,10 +925,12 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # islands in the effort to attract tourists to witness the dawning of the new # millenium. + # Johnston # Johnston data is from usno1995. + # Kiribati # From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): @@ -924,6 +938,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # ``declared it the same day throught the country as of Jan. 1, 1995'' # as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century. + # Kwajalein # In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes: @@ -932,32 +947,160 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands, # going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink. + # N Mariana Is, Guam -# Howse writes ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the +# 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. # Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila. + # Micronesia # Alan Eugene Davis <adavis@kuentos.guam.net> writes (1996-03-16), # ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk" # (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.'' # -# Shanks writes that Truk switched from GMT+10 to GMT+11 on 1978-10-01; +# Shanks writes 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) +# 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. + + +# Pitcairn + +# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08): +# A Proclamation was signed by the Governor of Pitcairn on the 27th March 1998 +# with regard to Pitcairn Standard Time. The Proclamation is as follows. +# +# The local time for general purposes in the Islands shall be +# Co-ordinated Universal time minus 8 hours and shall be known +# as Pitcairn Standard Time. +# +# ... I have also seen Pitcairn listed as UTC minus 9 hours in several +# references, and can only assume that this was an error in interpretation +# somehow in light of this proclamation. + +# From Rives McDow (1999-11-09): +# The Proclamation regarding Pitcairn time came into effect on 27 April 1998 +# ... at midnight. + +# From Howie Phelps (1999-11-10), who talked to a Pitcairner via shortwave: +# Betty Christian told me yesterday that their local time is the same as +# Pacific Standard Time. They used to be 1/2 hour different from us here in +# Sacramento but it was changed a couple of years ago. + + # Samoa -# Howse writes that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change +# 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.'' + # Tonga # From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): # Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that ``Tonga has been plotting # to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time.'' # Since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do. + +# 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>: + +# 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 +# standard time in 1940s, Tonga had the choice of subtracting from its +# local time to come on the same standard time as New Zealand or of +# 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 +# begins, the Legislative Assembly approved the latter change. +# +# But some of the older, more conservative members from the outer +# islands objected. "If at midnight on Dec. 31, we move ahead 40 +# minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of the 40 +# minutes we have lost?" +# +# The Crown Prince, presented an unanswerable argument: "Remember that +# on the World Day of Prayer, you would be the first people on Earth +# to say your prayers in the morning." + +# From Paul Eggert (1999-08-12): +# Shanks says the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell. + +# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03): +# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium +# Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front. +# He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from +# October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan +# Government. + +# From Steffen Thorsen [straen@thorsen.priv.no] (1999-09-09): +# * Tonga will introduce DST in November +# +# I was given this link by John Letts <johnletts@earthlink.net>: +# <a hef="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 +# 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): +# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html> +# http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html +# </a>: +# "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 +# Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and +# set back an hour on the closing date." +# Alas, no indication of the time of day. + +# From Rives McDow (1999-10-06): +# Tonga started its Daylight Saving on Saturday morning October 2nd at 0200am. +# Daylight Saving ends on April 16 at 0300am which is Sunday morning. + + +############################################################################### + +# The International Date Line + +# From Gwillim Law (2000-01-03): +# +# The International Date Line is not defined by any international standard, +# convention, or treaty. Mapmakers are free to draw it as they please. +# Reputable mapmakers will simply ensure that every point of land appears on +# the correct side of the IDL, according to the date legally observed there. +# +# When Kiribati adopted a uniform date in 1995, thereby moving the Phoenix and +# Line Islands to the west side of the IDL (or, if you prefer, moving the IDL +# to the east side of the Phoenix and Line Islands), I suppose that most +# mapmakers redrew the IDL following the boundary of Kiribati. Even that line +# has a rather arbitrary nature. The straight-line boundaries between Pacific +# island nations that are shown on many maps are based on an international +# convention, but are not legally binding national borders. +# +# An Anglo-French Conference on Time-Keeping at Sea (June, 1917) agreed that +# legal time on the high seas would be zone time, i.e., the standard time at +# the nearest meridian that is a multiple of fifteen degrees. The date is +# governed by the IDL; therefore, even on the high seas, there may be some +# places as late as fourteen hours later than UTC. And, since the IDL is not +# an international standard, there are some places on the high seas where the +# correct date is ambiguous. |