1# @(#)australasia 7.22 2# This file also includes Pacific islands. 3 4# Notes are at the end of this file 5 6############################################################################### 7 8# Australia 9 10# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 11Rule Aus 1895 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 - 12# Shanks gives 1917 Jan 1 0:01; go with Whitman (and guess 2:00). 13Rule Aus 1916 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 - 14Rule Aus 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 - 15Rule Aus 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 - 16Rule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 - 17Rule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 - 18Rule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 19Rule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 - 20# Whitman says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944, and that 21# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944; go with Shanks. 22 23# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 24# Northern Territory 25Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 26 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 27 9:30 Aus CST 28# Western Australia 29Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 30 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 31 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00 32 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 33 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00 34 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 35 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00 36 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 37 8:00 - WST 38# Queensland 39Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895 40 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 41 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00 42 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 3:00 43 10:00 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00 44 10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 45 10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00 46 10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 47 10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00 48 10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 49 10:00 - EST 50 51# South Australia 52# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 53Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 54Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - 55Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 56Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 57Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 58Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - 59Rule AS 1990 1994 even Mar Sun>=18 3:00 0 - 60Rule AS 1990 1994 odd Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 61Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - 62# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 63Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 64 9:00 - CST 1899 May 65 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 66 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00 67 9:30 AS CST 68 69# Tasmania 70# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 71Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 - 72Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 3:00 0 - 73Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 74Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 - 75Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 76Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 77Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - 78Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 79Rule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - 80Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - 81Rule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 82Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - 83Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - 84# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 85Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep 86 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 87 10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00 88 10:00 AT EST 89 90# Victoria 91# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 92Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 93Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 94Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 95Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - 96Rule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - 97Rule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 98Rule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 99Rule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - 100# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 101Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 102 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 103 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 104 10:00 AV EST 105 106# New South Wales 107# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 108Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 109Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 110Rule AN 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 111Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - 112Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - 113Rule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 114Rule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 115Rule AN 1996 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - 116# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 117Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 118 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 119 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 120 10:00 AN EST 121Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb 122 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23 123 9:00 - CST 1899 May 124 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 125 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 126 9:30 AN CST 127 128# Australian Capital Territory 129# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 130Zone Australia/Canberra 9:56:32 - LMT 1895 Feb 131 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 132 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 133 10:00 AN EST 1981 Oct 25 2:00 134 10:00 1:00 EST 1982 Apr 4 3:00 135 10:00 AN EST 136 137# Australian miscellany 138# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 139Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 140 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar 141 10:30 AN LHST 142Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 143 7:00 - JVT 144# 145# Ashmore Is, Cartier 146# no information; probably like Australia/Perth 147# 148# Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga 149# no information 150 151 152# Cook Is 153# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 154Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HD 155Rule Cook 1979 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 H 156Rule Cook 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HD 157# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 158Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua 159 -10:30 - CIST 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is ST 160 -10:00 Cook T%sT 161 162# Cocos 163# From USNO (1989): 164# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 165Zone Indian/Cocos 6:30 - CCT 166 167# Fiji 168# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 169Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva 170 12:00 - NZST 171 172# French Polynesia 173# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 174Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea 175 -9:00 - GBT 176Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct 177 -9:30 - MQT 178Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete 179 -10:00 - THT 180 181# Guam 182# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 183Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana 184 10:00 - GST 185 186# Howland, Baker 187# no information; probably like Pacific/Samoa 188 189# Jarvis 190# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritimati 191 192# Johnston 193# no information; probably like Pacific/Honolulu 194 195# Kiribati 196# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 197Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki 198 12:00 - NZST 199Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901 200 -12:00 - KJT 1979 Oct 201 -11:00 - SST 202Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901 203 -10:40 - LIT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time 204 -10:00 - THT 205 206# Nauru 207# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 208Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe 209 11:30 - NST 1942 Mar 15 210 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15 211 11:30 - NST 1979 May 212 12:00 - NZST 213 214# New Caledonia 215# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 216Rule NC 1912 only - Jan 13 0:00 0 S 217Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D 218Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 S 219# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 220Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 221 11:00 NC NC%sT 222 223 224############################################################################### 225 226# New Zealand 227 228# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 229Rule NZ 1868 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 230# Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17, 231# 1929 Oct 13 - 1930 Mar 16; go with Whitman. 232Rule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 1:00 D 233Rule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S 234Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 1:00 D 235Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 1:00 D 236Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S 237Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D 238# Shanks says DST stopped 1940 Sep lastSun; go with Whitman for war years. 239Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S 240Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Sep lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 241Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D 242Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 243Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D 244Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 245Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S 246Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 247Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S 248# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 249Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 250 # Shanks gives 1940 Sep 29 2:00; 251 # go with Whitman. 252 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1945 Apr 29 2:00 253 12:00 NZ NZ%sT 254Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 - NZ-CHAT 255 256 257# Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is 258# no information; probably like Pacific/Auckland 259 260############################################################################### 261 262 263# Niue 264# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 265Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi 266 -11:20 - NIT 1951 # Niue I Time 267 -11:30 - NIT 1978 Oct 1 268 -11:00 - SST 269 270# Norfolk 271# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 272Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston 273 11:12 - NMT 1951 274 11:30 - NRFT 275 276# Pacific Islands Trust Territories 277# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 278Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901 279 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct 280 12:00 - NZST 281Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 282 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct 283 -12:00 - KJT 1993 Aug 20 284 12:00 - NZST 285Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 286 10:00 - GST 1978 Oct 287 11:00 - NCST 288Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:33:00 - LMT 1901 289 11:00 - NCST 290Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:24 - LMT 1901 291 9:00 - PLT 1969 Oct 292 10:00 - GST 293 294# Palau 295# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 296Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror 297 9:00 - PLT 298 299# Palmyra 300# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritmati 301 302# Papua New Guinea 303# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 304Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 305 9:49 - PMMT 1895 306 10:00 - EST 307 308# Pitcairn 309# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 310Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown 311 -8:30 - PIT 312 313# Solomon Is 314# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea 315# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 316Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara 317 11:00 - NCST 318 319# Tokelau Is 320# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 321Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901 322 -10:00 - THT 323 324# Tonga 325# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 326Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 327 12:20 - TMT 1968 Oct 328 13:00 - TGT 329 330# Tuvalu 331# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 332Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 333 12:00 - NZST 334 335# Vanuatu 336# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 337Rule Vanuatu 1912 only - Jan 13 0:00 0 S 338Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 D 339Rule Vanuatu 1984 max - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 S 340Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 D 341Rule Vanuatu 1985 max - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 D 342# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 343Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila 344 11:00 - NCST 345 346# Wake 347# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 348Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901 349 12:00 - NZST 350 351# Wallis and Futuna 352# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 353Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 354 12:00 - NZST 355 356# Western Samoa 357# See Pacific/Samoa in the `northamerica' file, of all places. 358 359############################################################################### 360 361# NOTES 362 363# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 364# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 365# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 366 367# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (August 18, 1994): 368# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 369# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition), 370# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). 371# Except where noted, it is the source for the data above. 372# 373# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 374# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 375# I found in the UCLA library. 376# 377# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 378# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, 379# Oxford University Press (1980). 380# 381# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; 382# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. 383# Corrections are welcome! 384# std dst 385# LMT Local Mean Time 386# 6:30 CCT Cocos* 387# 7:00 JVT Java* 388# 8:00 WST WST Western Australia 389# 9:00 JST Japan 390# 9:00 PLT Palau* 391# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia 392# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia 393# 10:00 GST Guam* 394# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe* 395# 11:00 NCST NCDT New Caledonia* 396# 11:30 NRFT Norfolk* 397# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 398# 12:45 NZ-CHAT Chatham 399# 13:00 TGT Tongatapu* 400# -12:00 KJT Kwajalein (no longer used)* 401# -11:00 SST Samoa 402# -10:40 LIT Line Is (no longer used)* 403# -10:00 THT Tahiti* 404# - 9:30 MQT Marquesas* 405# - 9:00 GBT Gambier* 406# - 8:30 PIT Pitcairn* 407# 408# See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii and Samoa. 409# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is. 410# 411# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions. 412 413############################################################################### 414 415# Australia 416 417# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): 418# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time. 419# It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer' 420# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the 421# abbreviation does _not_ change... 422# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least 423# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the 424# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses 425# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight 426# time'. 427# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian 428# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time' 429# or `Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the 430# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers 431# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases 432# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times; 433# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC. 434 435# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992): 436# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is: 437# CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30 438# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00 439# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00 440 441# From Paul Eggert (November 8, 1994): 442# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. 443# Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au> writes that his newspaper 444# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00, 445# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970 446# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time. 447# And Robert Uzgalis <buz@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> says that the New Zealand Daylight 448# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard 449# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March. 450# For now we'll continue to assume 3:00 for changes since 1970. 451 452# Northern Territory 453 454# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 455# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ] 456# # [ Nov 1990 ] 457# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location. 458# ... 459# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST 460 461# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 462# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 463# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving. 464 465# Western Australia 466 467# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 468# # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ] 469# # [ Nov 1990 ] 470# # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to 471# # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but 472# # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus 473# # before reaching parliament. 474# ... 475# Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST 476# ... 477# Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 478# Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 479# Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 480# Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 481 482# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 483# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 484# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving. 485 486# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (November 2, 1991): 487# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney 488# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at 489# work at 9.00am.) 490# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse 491# everybody again. 492 493# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 494# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; 495# it matches what was used in the past. 496 497# Queensland 498# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 499# # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ] 500# # [ Dec 1990 ] 501# ... 502# Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST 503# ... 504# Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 505# Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 506# Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 507# Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 508 509# From Bradley White (December 24, 1989): 510# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from 511# October 1989). 512 513# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 514# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 515# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 516# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 517 518# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991): 519# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact 520# end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised 521# me.) 522 523# From Bradley White (March 8, 1992): 524# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted 525# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ... 526# ... 527# Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 528# Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 529# ... 530 531# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 532# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes. 533 534# South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria 535 536# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 537# The rules from version 7.1 follow. 538# There are lots of differences between these rules and 539# the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules 540# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on 541# current DST ending dates, no worries. 542# 543# Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 544# Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - 545# Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 546# Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 547# Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 548# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST 549# Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST 550# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00 551# 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00 552# 10:00 Oz EST 553 554# From Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 555# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct... 556# that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the 557# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states 558# that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic). 559# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think 560# that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain. 561 562# South Australia 563 564# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 565# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 566# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 567# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 568 569# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 570# # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ] 571# # [ Nov 1990 ] 572# ... 573# Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST 574# ... 575# Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 576# Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 577# Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 C 578# Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 579 580# From Bradley White (March 11, 1992): 581# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide 582# contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival, 583# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks." 584 585# From Robert Elz (March 13, 1992): 586# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that) 587# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even 588# numbered year (from 1990). That's when the Adelaide Festival 589# is on... 590 591# From Robert Elz (March 16, 1992, 00:57:07 +1000): 592# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday).... 593# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever... 594# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...). 595 596# From Bradley White (April 11, 1994): 597# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March, 598# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can 599# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated.... 600 601# From John Warburton <jwarb@SACBH.com.au> (1994-10-07): 602# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ... 603# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994.... 604# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March. 605 606# Tasmania 607 608# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 609# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 610# ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31... 611 612# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 613# # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 614# # [ Nov 1990 ] 615# ... 616# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 AT %sST 617# ... 618# Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 619# Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 620# Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 621# Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 E 622# Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 623# Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 624# Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 625# Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 626# Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D 627# Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E 628# Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D 629# Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 630# Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 631# Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E 632 633# From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (October 10, 1991): 634# My state Government in there eagerness to get a few more bucks for the 635# tourist industry industry decided to change the daylight savings times 636# yet again (we now have almost 6 months per year)... 637# ... 638# Rule Oz 1986 1990 - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - 639# Rule Oz 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - 640# ... 641# Rule Oz 1987 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 642# Rule Oz 1991 max - Mar Sun<=31 3:00 0 - 643 644# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (October 10, 1991): 645# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have 646# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia 647# (but nothing new about that). 648 649# Victoria 650 651# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 652# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 653# ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 654 655# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 656# # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 657# # [ Nov 1990 ] 658# ... 659# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV %sST 660# ... 661# Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 662# Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 663# Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 664# Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E 665# Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D 666# Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 667# Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 668 669# New South Wales 670 671# From Arthur David Olson: 672# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time. 673# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz), 674# who notes: 675# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the 676# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time'' 677# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common 678# use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the 679# legislation. This is very important to understand. 680# I have researched New South Wales time only... 681 682# From Dave Davey (March 3, 1990): 683# Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 684# Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 685 686# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991): 687# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 688# NSW...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 689 690# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 691# # The state of NEW SOUTH WALES.. [confirmed by Attorney General's Dept N.S.W] 692# # [ Dec 1990 ] 693# ... 694# Rule AN 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 E 695# ... 696 697# From John Mackin (March 9, 1991) 698# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the 699# file Robert forwarded 700 701# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 702# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988; 703# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules. 704 705# From Bradley White (1995-05-20): 706# Prem Bob Carr announced NSW will fall into line with other E states 707# and SA and continue daylight savings to the last Sun in Mar. 708 709# Yancowinna 710 711# From John Basser (January 4, 1989): 712# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. 713 714# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 715# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ] 716# # [ Dec 1990 ] 717# ... 718# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite it's location on the 719# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings 720# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government 721# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have 722# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not 723# # presently available. 724# Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST 725# ... 726# Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 727# Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C 728# [followed by other Rules] 729 730# Lord Howe Island 731 732# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 733# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ] 734# [ Dec 1990 ] 735# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an 736# hour ahead of NSW time. 737 738############################################################################### 739 740# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 741# Elz says "no guarantees" 742 743# From Mark Davies (October 3, 1990): 744# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period. 745# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for 746# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start). 747# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office. 748 749# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991): 750# # The Country of New Zealand (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that! 751# # or is Australia the west island of N.Z. 752# # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ] 753# # [ Nov 1990 ] 754# ... 755# Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 756# Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 757# Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 758# Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S 759# ... 760# Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand 761# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island 762 763# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992): 764# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 765# rather than the October 1 value. 766 767############################################################################### 768 769# Fiji 770 771# Howse writes (p 162) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji 772# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on +12:00. 773# Perhaps it didn't take. We go with Shanks's more precise date in 1915. 774 775# Kwajalein 776 777# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes: 778# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday, 779# August 20, 1993. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with 780# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands, 781# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink. 782 783# Pacific Islands Trust Territories 784 785# Howse writes (p 162) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the 786# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones 787# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time. 788# Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila. 789