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diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/australasia b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/australasia index 960f9e3f559..e1e567a5bae 100644 --- a/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/australasia +++ b/share/zoneinfo/datfiles/australasia @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -# @(#)australasia 7.27 +# $OpenBSD: australasia,v 1.5 1997/01/14 04:36:50 millert Exp $ +# @(#)australasia 7.31 # This file also includes Pacific islands. # Notes are at the end of this file @@ -35,17 +36,33 @@ Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 8:00 - WST # Queensland +# +# From Alex Livingston <alex@agsm.unsw.edu.au> (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. +# +# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): +# IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman, +# Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped. +# Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria, +# so use Lindeman. +# +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +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 - 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 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00s - 10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s - 10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00s - 10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s - 10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00s - 10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s - 10:00 - EST + 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 Holiday EST # South Australia # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -143,7 +160,7 @@ Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb # Australian miscellany # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb - 7:00 - JVT + 7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time # # Ashmore Is, Cartier # no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers @@ -159,32 +176,32 @@ Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb # 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 +Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HS +Rule Cook 1979 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - +Rule Cook 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS # 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 + -10:30 - CKT 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is Time + -10:00 Cook CK%sT # Cocos # From USNO (1989): # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Cocos 6:30 - CCT +Zone Indian/Cocos 6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time # Fiji # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva - 12:00 - NZST + 12:00 - FJT # Fiji Time # French Polynesia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea - -9:00 - GBT + -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct - -9:30 - MQT + -9:30 - MART # Marquesas Time Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete - -10:00 - THT + -10:00 - TAHT # Tahiti Time # Guam # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -209,57 +226,57 @@ Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST # Kiribati # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki - 12:00 - NZST + 12:00 - GILT # Gilbert Is Time Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901 - -12:00 - KJT 1979 Oct - -11:00 - SST 1995 - 13:00 - TGT + -12:00 - PHOT 1979 Oct # Phoenix Is Time + -11:00 - PHOT 1995 + 13:00 - PHOT Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901 - -10:40 - LIT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time - -10:00 - THT 1995 - 14:00 - KRT + -10:40 - LINT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time + -10:00 - LINT 1995 + 14:00 - LINT # N Mariana Is # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Saipan 9:43:00 - LMT 1901 - 9:00 - PLT 1969 Oct - 10:00 - GST + 9:00 - MPT 1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time + 10:00 - MPT # Marshall Is # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901 - 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct - 12:00 - NZST + 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time + 12:00 - MHT Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 - 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct - -12:00 - KJT 1993 Aug 20 - 12:00 - NZST + 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct + -12:00 - KWAT 1993 Aug 20 # Kwajalein Time + 12:00 - MHT # Micronesia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:32 - LMT 1901 # Colonia - 9:00 - PLT 1969 Oct - 10:00 - GST + 9:00 - YAPT 1969 Oct # Yap Time + 10:00 - YAPT Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 - 10:00 - GST + 10:00 - TRUT # Truk Time Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia - 11:00 - NCST + 11:00 - PONT # Ponape Time Zone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901 - 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct - 12:00 - NZST + 11:00 - PONT 1969 Oct + 12:00 - KOST # Kosrae Time # Nauru # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe - 11:30 - NST 1942 Mar 15 + 11:30 - NRT 1942 Mar 15 # Nauru Time 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15 - 11:30 - NST 1979 May - 12:00 - NZST + 11:30 - NRT 1979 May + 12:00 - NRT # New Caledonia # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D -Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 S +Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S +Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 11:00 NC NC%sT @@ -289,15 +306,17 @@ Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S +Rule Chatham 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:45s 1:00 D +Rule Chatham 1991 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:45s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1940 Sep 29 2:00 12:00 NZ NZ%sT -Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 NZ CH%sT +Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 Chatham CHA%sT # Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is -# no information; probably like Pacific/Auckland +# uninhabited except by research personnel; probably like Pacific/Auckland ############################################################################### @@ -305,39 +324,39 @@ Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 NZ CH%sT # 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 + -11:20 - NUT 1951 # Niue Time + -11:30 - NUT 1978 Oct 1 + -11:00 - NUT # Norfolk # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston - 11:12 - NMT 1951 - 11:30 - NRFT + 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time + 11:30 - NFT # Norfolk Time # Palau # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror - 9:00 - PLT + 9:00 - PWT # Palau Time # Palmyra -# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritmati +# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati # 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 + 9:48:40 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time + 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time # Pitcairn # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown - -8:30 - PIT + -8:30 - PNT # Pitcairn Time # American Samoa Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:22:48 - LMT 1911 - -11:30 - SST 1950 + -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 @@ -345,52 +364,52 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 # W Samoa Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 - -11:30 - SST 1950 - -11:00 - SST + -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time + -11:00 - WST # W Samoa Time # 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 + 11:00 - SBT # Solomon Is Time # Tokelau Is # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901 - -10:00 - THT + -10:00 - TKT # Tokelau Time # Tonga # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 - 12:20 - TMT 1968 Oct - 13:00 - TGT + 12:20 - TOT 1968 Oct # Tonga Time + 13:00 - TOT # Tuvalu # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 - 12:00 - NZST + 12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time # Vanuatu # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Vanuatu 1984 1991 - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 S -Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Vanuatu 1985 1990 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Vanuatu 1991 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Vanuatu 1992 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 0 S +Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Vanuatu 1984 1991 - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 - +Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Vanuatu 1985 1991 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Vanuatu 1992 1993 - Jan Sun>=23 0:00 0 - +Rule Vanuatu 1992 only - Oct Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila - 11:00 - NCST + 11:00 Vanuatu VU%sT # Vanuatu Time # Wake # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901 - 12:00 - NZST + 12:00 - WAKT # Wake Time # Wallis and Futuna # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 - 12:00 - NZST + 12:00 - WFT # Wallis & Futuna Time ############################################################################### @@ -400,11 +419,19 @@ 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> (1996-01-22); +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22): # 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. +# +# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.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 +# of the IATA's data after 1990. +# +# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, +# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which @@ -419,40 +446,27 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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 JST Japan -# 9:00 PLT Palau* # 9:30 CST CST Central Australia # 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia -# 10:00 GST Guam* +# 10:00 GST Guam # 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe* -# 11:00 NCST NCDT New Caledonia* -# 11:30 NRFT Norfolk* # 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand -# 12:45 CHST CHDT Chatham* -# 13:00 TGT Tongatapu* -# 14:00 KRT Kiritimati* -# -12:00 KJT Kwajalein (no longer used)* +# 12:45 CHAST CHADT Chatham* # -11:00 SST Samoa -# -10:40 LIT Line Is (no longer used)* -# -10:00 THT Tahiti* # -10:00 HST Hawaii -# - 9:30 MQT Marquesas* -# - 9:00 GBT Gambier* -# - 8:30 PIT Pitcairn* # # See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii. # See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is. # -# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions. +# See the `africa' file for time zone naming and abbreviation conventions. ############################################################################### # Australia -# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): +# 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 @@ -486,20 +500,20 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Northern Territory -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): +# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # 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): +# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... # the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving. # Western Australia -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): +# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # 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 @@ -514,23 +528,23 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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): +# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): # 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): +# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (1991-11-02): # 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): +# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): # The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; # it matches what was used in the past. # Queensland -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): +# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ] # # [ Dec 1990 ] # ... @@ -541,21 +555,21 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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): +# From Bradley White (1989-12-24): # "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from # October 1989). -# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): +# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): # 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): +# From John Mackin (1991-03-06): # 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): +# From Bradley White (1992-03-08): # ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted # in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ... # ... @@ -563,12 +577,12 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S # ... -# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): +# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): # The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes. # South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria -# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): +# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): # 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 @@ -586,7 +600,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00 # 10:00 Oz EST -# From Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): +# From Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # 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 @@ -596,12 +610,12 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # South Australia -# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): +# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): # 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): +# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # ... @@ -612,23 +626,23 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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): +# From Bradley White (1992-03-11): # 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): +# From Robert Elz (1992-03-13): # 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): +# From Robert Elz (1992-03-16, 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): +# From Bradley White (1994-04-11): # 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.... @@ -640,11 +654,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Tasmania -# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): +# 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 (March 6, 1991): +# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # ... @@ -665,7 +679,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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): +# 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)... @@ -676,18 +690,18 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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): +# 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 Bradley White (March 4, 1991): +# 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)... -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): +# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # ... @@ -714,26 +728,26 @@ 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 (March 3, 1990): +# 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 (March 4, 1991): +# 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 (March 6, 1991): +# 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 (March 9, 1991) +# 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 (March 8, 1992): +# 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. @@ -743,10 +757,10 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Yancowinna -# From John Basser (January 4, 1989): +# From John Basser (1989-01-04): # `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): +# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ] # # [ Dec 1990 ] # ... @@ -764,7 +778,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Lord Howe Island -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): +# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # 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 @@ -781,13 +795,13 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 # Elz says "no guarantees" -# From Mark Davies (October 3, 1990): +# From Mark Davies (1990-10-03): # 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): +# 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! # # or is Australia the west island of N.Z. # # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ] @@ -801,7 +815,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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): +# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): # The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 # rather than the October 1 value. @@ -812,8 +826,11 @@ 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. # -# Shanks gives no data for Chatham, but usno1995 says it's +12:45/+13:45. -# Guess NZ switchover rules for now. +# 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) +# gives the NZ rules but with transitions at 2:45 local standard time. +# Guess that they adopted DST in 1990. ############################################################################### @@ -838,7 +855,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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 +# 1993-08-20. 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. |