1# @(#)australasia 4.4 2 3# Incorporates updates for Australia from Robert Elz' australia 1.1 4# and further updates from the Australian consulate. 5 6############################################################################### 7 8# Australia 9 10# Australian Data (for states with DST), standard rules 11# Includes shift in 1987 to follow Vic/NSW rules for ending DST, 12# and shift in 1986 to start DST earlier. 13 14# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 15Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 16Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - 17Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - 18Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 19Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 20 21# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 22Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST 23Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 - EST # No DST here 24Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST # No DST here 25Zone Australia/West 8:00 - WST # No DST here 26Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST 27 28# Victoria jumped to a later ending date for DST in 1986 rather than 1987. 29 30Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00 31 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00 32 10:00 Oz EST 33 34# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time. 35# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz), 36# who notes: 37# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the 38# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time'' 39# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common 40# use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the 41# legislation. This is very important to understand. 42# I have researched New South Wales time only; . . .I hope that perhaps a 43# resident of each state could be found to do it for their own state. 44# (And I can guarantee that Victoria and NSW are different, so the link 45# between them in the current australasia file must be broken.) 46 47# From Robert Elz (May 5, 1989): 48# 49# From next year (1990) NSW will revert to ending DST on the 1st 50# Sunday in March (rather than the third, which it appears will 51# continue to be what everyone else uses). 52 53# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 54Rule NSW 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 55Rule NSW 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 - 56Rule NSW 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 57Rule NSW 1982 only - Apr 4 3:00 0 - 58Rule NSW 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 59Rule NSW 1986 only - Mar 16 3:00 0 - 60Rule NSW 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - 61Rule NSW 1987 only - Mar 15 3:00 0 - 62Rule NSW 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 63Rule NSW 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - 64Rule NSW 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 65 66# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 67Zone Australia/NSW 10:00 NSW EST 68# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. [john@basser.cs.su.oz.au,1/4/89] 69Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 NSW ??? 70Zone Australia/LHI 10:30 NSW ??? 71 72# A footnote here: 73# 74# . . . 75# Date: Thu, j19 Feb 87 12:02:17 EST 76# From: Bradley White <seismo!k.cs.cmu.edu!bww> 77# . . . 78# I am including a description of Australian time zones. . . 79# this stuff is definitely accurate. 80# . . . 81# a) Australian Eastern Time: (EST = GMT+10:00, EDT = GMT+11:00) 82# . . . 83# Summer of 86/87 - present (current legislation): 84# third Sun Oct 02:00 EST -> third [S]un Mar 02:00 EST 85# 86# If this turns out to be true, substitute Sun<=21 (third Sunday in October) 87# for Sun<=24 (next-to-last Sunday in October) above. . .some time before 88# October 1988, the first time it makes a difference. 89 90############################################################################### 91 92# New Zealand 93 94# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 95# Elz says "no guarantees" 96# 97# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period. 98# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for 99# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start). 100# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office. 101# Mark Davies <mark@comp.vuw.ac.nz>, 3 Oct 1990. 102# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 103Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 104Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00 1:00 D 105Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 106Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 107Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 S 108 109# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] 110Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand 111