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a7123f0e 1# @(#)australasia 7.51
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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
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11# Shanks gives 1917 Jan 1 0:01; go with Whitman (and guess 2:00).
12Rule Aus 1916 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 -
13Rule Aus 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 -
14Rule Aus 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 -
15Rule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 -
16Rule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 -
17Rule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 -
18Rule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 -
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19# Go with Whitman and the Australian National Standards Commission, which
20# says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944. Ignore Whitman's claim that
21# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944.
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22
23# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
24# Northern Territory
25Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
1ef32c3d 26 9:00 - CST 1899 May
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27 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
28 9:30 Aus CST
29# Western Australia
30Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec
31 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
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32 8:00 Aus WST 1943 Jul
33 8:00 - WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s
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34 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
35 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00s
36 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
37 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s
38 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
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39 8:00 - WST
40# Queensland
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41#
42# From Alex Livingston <alex@agsm.unsw.edu.au> (1996-11-01):
43# I have heard or read more than once that some resort islands off the coast
44# of Queensland chose to keep observing daylight-saving time even after
45# Queensland ceased to.
46#
47# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
48# IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman,
49# Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped.
50# Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria,
51# so use Lindeman.
52#
53# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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54Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
55Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 -
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56Rule AQ 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
57Rule AQ 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
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58Rule Holiday 1992 1993 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
59Rule Holiday 1993 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
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60Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895
61 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
a7123f0e 62 10:00 Aus EST 1971
6bc31da0 63 10:00 AQ EST
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64Zone Australia/Lindeman 9:55:56 - LMT 1895
65 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
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66 10:00 Aus EST 1971
67 10:00 AQ EST 1992 Jul
8a523922 68 10:00 Holiday EST
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69
70# South Australia
71# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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72Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
73Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 -
a7123f0e 74Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
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75Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 -
76Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
77Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
78Rule AS 1990 1994 even Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 -
79Rule AS 1990 1994 odd Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
80Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
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81# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
82Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
83 9:00 - CST 1899 May
84 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
a7123f0e 85 9:30 Aus CST 1971
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86 9:30 AS CST
87
88# Tasmania
89# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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90Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 -
91Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
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92Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
93Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 -
a7123f0e 94Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 -
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95Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
96Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
97Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
a7123f0e 98Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 -
72d8cdf0 99Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
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100Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00s 1:00 -
101Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
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102Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 -
103Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
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104# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
105Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep
106 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
a7123f0e 107 10:00 Aus EST 1967
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108 10:00 AT EST
109
110# Victoria
111# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
72d8cdf0 112Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
a7123f0e 113Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 -
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114Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
115Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
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116Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 -
117Rule AV 1988 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
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118Rule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
119Rule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
38c097ca 120Rule AV 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
b21c5832 121Rule AV 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
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122# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
123Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
124 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
a7123f0e 125 10:00 Aus EST 1971
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126 10:00 AV EST
127
128# New South Wales
129# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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130Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
131Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 -
132Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
133Rule AN 1982 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
134Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
135Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
136Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 -
b21c5832 137Rule AN 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
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138Rule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
139Rule AN 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
38c097ca 140Rule AN 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
b21c5832 141Rule AN 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
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142# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
143Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
144 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
a7123f0e 145 10:00 Aus EST 1971
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146 10:00 AN EST
147Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb
148 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23
149 9:00 - CST 1899 May
150 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
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151 9:30 Aus CST 1971
152 9:30 AN CST 2000
153 9:30 AS CST
28f540f4 154
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155# Lord Howe Island
156# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
157Rule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
158Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
159Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 -
160Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
161Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 0:30 -
162Rule LH 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 -
163Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
164Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
165Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
166 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar
167 10:30 LH LHST
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168
169# Australian miscellany
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170#
171# Ashmore Is, Cartier
72d8cdf0 172# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers
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173# no information; probably like Australia/Perth
174#
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175# Coral Sea Is
176# no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists
177# no information
178#
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179# Macquarie
180# permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948;
b9f1792a 181# sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888/1917
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182# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm">
183# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ
184# </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Macquarie Island follows Tasmanian practice
185# irrespective of any local use of DST. This is unclear; ignore it for now.
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186#
187# Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga
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188# no information
189
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190# Christmas
191# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
192Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
193 7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time
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194
195# Cook Is
2b79b6d5 196# From Shanks (1995):
28f540f4 197# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
569c558c 198Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HS
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199Rule Cook 1979 1991 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
200Rule Cook 1979 1990 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS
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201# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
202Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua
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203 -10:30 - CKT 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is Time
204 -10:00 Cook CK%sT
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205
206# Cocos
207# From USNO (1989):
208# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
569c558c 209Zone Indian/Cocos 6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time
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210
211# Fiji
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212# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
213Rule Fiji 1998 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
214Rule Fiji 1999 max - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 -
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215# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
216Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
b21c5832 217 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time
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218
219# French Polynesia
220# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
221Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea
569c558c 222 -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time
28f540f4 223Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct
569c558c 224 -9:30 - MART # Marquesas Time
28f540f4 225Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete
569c558c 226 -10:00 - TAHT # Tahiti Time
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227# Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia;
228# it is uninhabited.
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229
230# Guam
231# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
232Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana
233 10:00 - GST
234
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235# Kiribati
236# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
237Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki
569c558c 238 12:00 - GILT # Gilbert Is Time
28f540f4 239Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901
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240 -12:00 - PHOT 1979 Oct # Phoenix Is Time
241 -11:00 - PHOT 1995
242 13:00 - PHOT
28f540f4 243Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901
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244 -10:40 - LINT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time
245 -10:00 - LINT 1995
246 14:00 - LINT
28f540f4 247
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248# N Mariana Is
249# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
250Zone Pacific/Saipan 9:43:00 - LMT 1901
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251 9:00 - MPT 1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time
252 10:00 - MPT
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253
254# Marshall Is
255# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
256Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901
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257 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time
258 12:00 - MHT
72d8cdf0 259Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901
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260 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct
261 -12:00 - KWAT 1993 Aug 20 # Kwajalein Time
262 12:00 - MHT
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263
264# Micronesia
265# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
266Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:32 - LMT 1901 # Colonia
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267 9:00 - YAPT 1969 Oct # Yap Time
268 10:00 - YAPT
72d8cdf0 269Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901
569c558c 270 10:00 - TRUT # Truk Time
72d8cdf0 271Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia
569c558c 272 11:00 - PONT # Ponape Time
72d8cdf0 273Zone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901
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274 11:00 - PONT 1969 Oct
275 12:00 - KOST # Kosrae Time
72d8cdf0 276
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277# Nauru
278# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
279Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe
569c558c 280 11:30 - NRT 1942 Mar 15 # Nauru Time
28f540f4 281 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15
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282 11:30 - NRT 1979 May
283 12:00 - NRT
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284
285# New Caledonia
286# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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287Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
288Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 -
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289Rule NC 1996 only - Dec 1 2:00s 1:00 S
290Rule NC 1997 only - Mar 2 2:00s 0 -
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291# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
292Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13
293 11:00 NC NC%sT
294
295
296###############################################################################
297
298# New Zealand
299
300# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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301# Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17,
302# 1929 Oct 13 - 1930 Mar 16; go with Whitman.
72d8cdf0 303Rule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 0:30 HD
28f540f4 304Rule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
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305Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 0:30 HD
306Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 0:30 HD
28f540f4 307Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S
72d8cdf0 308Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0:30 HD
74015205 309# Whitman says DST went on and off during war years, and the base UT offset
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310# didn't change until 1945 Apr 30; go with Shanks.
311Rule NZ 1934 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S
312Rule NZ 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0:30 HD
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313Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D
314Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
315Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D
316Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D
317Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S
318Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S
319Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S
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320Rule Chatham 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:45s 1:00 D
321Rule Chatham 1991 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:45s 0 S
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322# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
323Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868
72d8cdf0 324 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1940 Sep 29 2:00
28f540f4 325 12:00 NZ NZ%sT
8a523922 326Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 Chatham CHA%sT
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327
328
5929563f 329# Auckland Is
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330# uninhabited; Maori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers,
331# and scientific personnel have wintered
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333# Campbell I
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334# minor whaling stations operated 1909/1914
335# scientific station operated 1941/1995;
336# previously whalers, sealers, pastoralists, and scientific personnel wintered
5929563f 337# was probably like Pacific/Auckland
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339###############################################################################
340
341
342# Niue
343# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
344Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi
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345 -11:20 - NUT 1951 # Niue Time
346 -11:30 - NUT 1978 Oct 1
347 -11:00 - NUT
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348
349# Norfolk
350# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
351Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston
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352 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time
353 11:30 - NFT # Norfolk Time
28f540f4 354
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355# Palau
356# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
357Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror
569c558c 358 9:00 - PWT # Palau Time
28f540f4 359
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360# Papua New Guinea
361# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
362Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
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363 9:48:40 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time
364 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time
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365
366# Pitcairn
367# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
368Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown
569c558c 369 -8:30 - PNT # Pitcairn Time
28f540f4 370
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371# American Samoa
372Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5
373 -11:22:48 - LMT 1911
569c558c 374 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time
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375 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome
376 -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering
377 -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa
378
379# W Samoa
380Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5
381 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911
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382 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time
383 -11:00 - WST # W Samoa Time
72d8cdf0 384
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385# Solomon Is
386# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
387# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
388Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara
569c558c 389 11:00 - SBT # Solomon Is Time
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390
391# Tokelau Is
392# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
393Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901
569c558c 394 -10:00 - TKT # Tokelau Time
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395
396# Tonga
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397# Transition time is a guess--see below
398# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
399Rule Tonga 1999 max - Oct Sat>=1 0:00 1:00 S
400Rule Tonga 2000 max - Apr Sat>=15 0:00 - -
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401# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
402Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901
38c097ca 403 12:20 - TOT 1941 # Tonga Time
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404 13:00 - TOT 1999
405 13:00 Tonga TO%sT
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406
407# Tuvalu
408# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
409Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901
569c558c 410 12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time
28f540f4 411
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413# US minor outlying islands
414
415# Howland, Baker
416# uninhabited since World War II
417# no information; was probably like Pacific/Pago_Pago
418
419# Jarvis
420# uninhabited since 1958
421# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
422
423# Johnston
424# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
425Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST
426
427# Kingman
428# uninhabited
429
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430# Midway
431Zone Pacific/Midway -11:49:28 - LMT 1901
432 -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome
433 -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering
434 -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa
435
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436# Palmyra
437# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
438
439# Wake
440# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
441Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901
442 12:00 - WAKT # Wake Time
443
444
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445# Vanuatu
446# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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447Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 S
448Rule Vanuatu 1984 1991 - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 -
449Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 S
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450Rule Vanuatu 1985 1991 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S
451Rule Vanuatu 1992 1993 - Jan Sun>=23 0:00 0 -
452Rule Vanuatu 1992 only - Oct Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S
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453# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
454Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila
569c558c 455 11:00 Vanuatu VU%sT # Vanuatu Time
28f540f4 456
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457# Wallis and Futuna
458# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
459Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
569c558c 460 12:00 - WFT # Wallis & Futuna Time
28f540f4 461
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462###############################################################################
463
464# NOTES
465
466# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
467# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
468# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
469
b9f1792a 470# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1999-03-22):
28f540f4 471# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
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472# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (4th edition),
473# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1995).
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474#
475# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source
476# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
477# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
478# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
479# of the IATA's data after 1990.
480#
481# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
482# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
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483#
484# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
485# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
486# I found in the UCLA library.
487#
488# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
38c097ca 489# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
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490#
491# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
492# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
493# Corrections are welcome!
494# std dst
495# LMT Local Mean Time
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496# 8:00 WST WST Western Australia
497# 9:00 JST Japan
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498# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia
499# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia
569c558c 500# 10:00 GST Guam
28f540f4 501# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe*
28f540f4 502# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand
569c558c 503# 12:45 CHAST CHADT Chatham*
28f540f4 504# -11:00 SST Samoa
72d8cdf0 505# -10:00 HST Hawaii
28f540f4 506#
72d8cdf0 507# See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii.
28f540f4 508# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is.
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511
512# Australia
513
b5791037 514# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
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515# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time.
516# It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer'
517# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the
518# abbreviation does _not_ change...
519# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least
520# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the
521# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses
522# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight
523# time'.
524# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian
525# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time'
526# or `Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the
527# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers
528# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases
529# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times;
530# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.
531
532# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992):
533# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is:
534# CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30
535# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00
536# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00
537
72d8cdf0 538# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
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539# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand.
540# Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au> writes that his newspaper
541# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00,
542# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970
543# and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time.
72d8cdf0 544# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960.
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546# From Eric Ulevik <eau@zip.com.au> (1998-01-05):
547#
548# Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable,
549# and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more
550# relevant entries in this database.
551#
552# NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill):
553# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html">
ae828bc6 554# Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04)
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556# ACT
38c097ca 557# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html">
ae828bc6 558# Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972
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560# SA
561# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html">
ae828bc6 562# Standard Time Act, 1898
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563# </a>
564
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565# Northern Territory
566
b5791037 567# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
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568# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
569# # [ Nov 1990 ]
570# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
571# ...
572# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST
573
b5791037 574# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
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575# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
576# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving.
577
578# Western Australia
579
b5791037 580# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
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581# # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]
582# # [ Nov 1990 ]
583# # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to
584# # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but
585# # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus
586# # before reaching parliament.
587# ...
588# Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST
589# ...
590# Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
591# Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W
592# Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
593# Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W
594
b5791037 595# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
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596# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
597# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving.
598
b5791037 599# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (1991-11-02):
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600# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney
601# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at
602# work at 9.00am.)
603# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse
604# everybody again.
605
b5791037 606# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
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607# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
608# it matches what was used in the past.
609
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611# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ
612# </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses
613# South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia.
614
28f540f4 615# Queensland
b5791037 616# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
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617# # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
618# # [ Dec 1990 ]
619# ...
620# Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST
621# ...
622# Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
623# Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
624# Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
625# Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
626
b5791037 627# From Bradley White (1989-12-24):
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628# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from
629# October 1989).
630
b5791037 631# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
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632# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
633# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
634# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
635
b5791037 636# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
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637# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact
638# end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised
639# me.)
640
b5791037 641# From Bradley White (1992-03-08):
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642# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted
643# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ...
644# ...
645# Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
646# Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
647# ...
648
b5791037 649# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
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650# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
651
652# South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
653
b5791037 654# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
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655# The rules from version 7.1 follow.
656# There are lots of differences between these rules and
657# the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules
658# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on
659# current DST ending dates, no worries.
660#
661# Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
662# Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 -
663# Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
664# Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
665# Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
666# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST
667# Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST
668# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00
669# 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00
670# 10:00 Oz EST
671
b5791037 672# From Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
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673# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct...
674# that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the
675# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states
676# that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic).
677# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think
678# that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain.
679
680# South Australia
681
b5791037 682# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
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683# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
684# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
685# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
686
b5791037 687# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
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688# # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ]
689# # [ Nov 1990 ]
690# ...
691# Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST
692# ...
693# Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
694# Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C
695# Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 C
696# Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C
697
b5791037 698# From Bradley White (1992-03-11):
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699# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide
700# contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival,
701# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks."
702
b5791037 703# From Robert Elz (1992-03-13):
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704# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that)
705# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even
706# numbered year (from 1990). That's when the Adelaide Festival
707# is on...
708
b5791037 709# From Robert Elz (1992-03-16, 00:57:07 +1000):
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710# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday)....
711# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever...
712# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...).
713
b5791037 714# From Bradley White (1994-04-11):
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715# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March,
716# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can
717# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated....
718
719# From John Warburton <jwarb@SACBH.com.au> (1994-10-07):
720# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ...
721# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994....
722# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March.
723
724# Tasmania
725
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727# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
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728# # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
729# # [ Nov 1990 ]
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b5791037 731# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10):
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732# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have
733# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia
734# (but nothing new about that).
735
736# Victoria
737
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738# The rules for 1971 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
739# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
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740# # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
741# # [ Nov 1990 ]
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743# New South Wales
744
745# From Arthur David Olson:
746# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
747# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz),
748# who notes:
749# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
750# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''
751# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
752# use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the
753# legislation. This is very important to understand.
754# I have researched New South Wales time only...
755
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756# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27):
757# The Information Service of the Australian National Standards Commission
758# <a href="http://www.nsc.gov.au/InfoServ/Ileaflet/il27.htm">
759# Daylight Saving
760# </a> page (1995-04) has an excellent overall history of Australian DST.
761# The Community Relations Division of the NSW Attorney General's Department
762# publishes a history of daylight saving in NSW. See:
763# <a href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/crd.nsf/pages/time2">
764# Lawlink NSW: Daylight Saving in New South Wales
765# </a>
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767# From Eric Ulevik <eau@ozemail.com.au> (1999-05-26):
768# DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual
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770# <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html">
771# Two months more daylight saving
772# </a>
773# Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26).]
774
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775# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27):
776# See the following official NSW source:
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777# <a href="http://dir.gis.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/genobject/document/other/daylightsaving/tigGmZ">
778# Daylight Saving in New South Wales.
779# </a>
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780#
781# Narrabri Shire (NSW) council has announced it will ignore the extension of
782# daylight saving next year. See:
783# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/neweng/monthly/regeng-22jul1999-1.htm">
784# Narrabri Council to ignore daylight saving
785# </a> (1999-07-22). For now, we'll wait to see if this really happens.
786#
787# Victoria will following NSW. See:
788# <a href="http://abc.net.au/local/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990728112314_1.htm">
789# Vic to extend daylight saving
790# </a> (1999-07-28).
791#
792# However, South Australia rejected the DST request. See:
793# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990719151754_1.htm">
794# South Australia rejects Olympics daylight savings request
795# </a> (1999-07-19).
796#
797# Queensland also will not observe DST for the Olympics. See:
798# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/06/item19990601114608_1.htm">
799# Qld says no to daylight savings for Olympics
800# </a> (1999-06-01), which quotes Queensland Premier Peter Beattie as saying
801# ``Look you've got to remember in my family when this came up last time
802# I voted for it, my wife voted against it and she said to me it's all very
803# well for you, you don't have to worry about getting the children out of
804# bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night.
805# I've been through all this argument domestically...my wife rules.''
806#
807# Broken Hill will stick with South Australian time in 2000. See:
808# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/brokenh/monthly/regbrok-21jul1999-6.htm">
809# Broken Hill to be behind the times
810# </a> (1999-07-21).
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813# Capital Territory, New South Wales except Lord Howe Island and Broken
38c097ca 814# Hill, and Victoria will be August 27, presumably due to the Sydney Olympics.
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816# Yancowinna
817
b5791037 818# From John Basser (1989-01-04):
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819# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna.
820
b5791037 821# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
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822# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
823# # [ Dec 1990 ]
824# ...
ff152e3f 825# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite [its] location on the
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826# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings
827# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government
828# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have
829# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not
830# # presently available.
831# Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST
832# ...
833# Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
834# Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C
835# [followed by other Rules]
836
837# Lord Howe Island
838
b5791037 839# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
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840# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ]
841# [ Dec 1990 ]
842# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
843# hour ahead of NSW time.
844
72d8cdf0 845# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
2b79b6d5 846# For Lord Howe we use Shanks through 1991.
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848# times as NSW since 1991, even though Shanks writes that Lord Howe went
849# with Victoria when NSW and Victoria disagreed in 1982.
850
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853# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1
854# Elz says "no guarantees"
855
b5791037 856# From Mark Davies (1990-10-03):
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857# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period.
858# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for
859# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start).
860# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office.
861
b5791037 862# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
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863# # The Country of New Zealand (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that!
864# # or is Australia the west island of N.Z.
865# # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ]
866# # [ Nov 1990 ]
867# ...
868# Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
869# Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
870# Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
871# Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S
872# ...
873# Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand
874# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
875
b5791037 876# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
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877# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
878# rather than the October 1 value.
879
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880# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19);
881# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand.
882# Robert Uzgalis <buz@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> writes that the New Zealand Daylight
883# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard
884# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March.
885# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00.
886#
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888# Shanks gives no data for Chatham; usno1989 says it's +12:45,
889# usno1995 says it's +12:45/+13:45, and IATA SSIM (1991/1996)
890# gives the NZ rules but with transitions at 2:45 local standard time.
891# Guess that they adopted DST in 1990.
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894
895# Fiji
896
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897# Howse writes (p 153) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji
898# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on Antipodean Time
899# instead of the American system (which was one day behind).
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902# Fiji will introduce DST effective 0200 local time, 1998-11-01
903# until 0300 local time 1999-02-28. Each year the DST period will
904# be from the first Sunday in November until the last Sunday in February.
905
906# From the BBC World Service (1998-10-31 11:32 UTC):
907# The Fijiian government says the main reasons for the time change is to
908# improve productivity and reduce road accidents. But correspondents say it
909# also hopes the move will boost Fiji's ability to compete with other pacific
910# islands in the effort to attract tourists to witness the dawning of the new
911# millenium.
912
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914
915# Johnston data is from usno1995.
916
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917# Kiribati
918
919# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
920# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that Kiribati
921# ``declared it the same day throught the country as of Jan. 1, 1995''
922# as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century.
923
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924# Kwajalein
925
926# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes:
927# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday,
b5791037 928# 1993-08-20. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with
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929# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands,
930# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink.
931
72d8cdf0 932# N Mariana Is, Guam
28f540f4 933
38c097ca 934# Howse writes (p 153) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the
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935# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones
936# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time.
937# Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila.
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940
941# Alan Eugene Davis <adavis@kuentos.guam.net> writes (1996-03-16),
942# ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk"
943# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.''
944#
945# Shanks writes that Truk switched from GMT+10 to GMT+11 on 1978-10-01;
946# ignore this for now.
947
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949
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950# Howse writes (p 153, citing p 10 of the 1883-11-18 New York Herald)
951# that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change
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952# ``the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system,
953# ordaining -- by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery -- that
954# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year.''
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956# Tonga
957
958# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
959# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that ``Tonga has been plotting
960# to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time.''
961# Since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do.
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963# Don Mundell writes in the 1997-02-20 Tonga Chronicle
964# <a href="http://www.tongatapu.net.to/tonga/homeland/timebegins.htm">
965# How Tonga became `The Land where Time Begins'
966# </a>:
967
968# Until 1941 Tonga maintained a standard time 50 minutes ahead of NZST
969# 12 hours and 20 minutes ahead of GMT. When New Zealand adjusted its
970# standard time in 1940s, Tonga had the choice of subtracting from its
971# local time to come on the same standard time as New Zealand or of
972# advancing its time to maintain the differential of 13 degrees
973# (approximately 50 minutes ahead of New Zealand time).
974#
975# Because His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, then Crown Prince
976# Tungi, preferred to ensure Tonga's title as the land where time
977# begins, the Legislative Assembly approved the latter change.
978#
979# But some of the older, more conservative members from the outer
980# islands objected. "If at midnight on Dec. 31, we move ahead 40
a7123f0e 981# minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of the 40
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982# minutes we have lost?"
983#
984# The Crown Prince, presented an unanswerable argument: "Remember that
985# on the World Day of Prayer, you would be the first people on Earth
986# to say your prayers in the morning."
987
988# From Paul Eggert (1999-08-12):
989# Shanks says the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell.
990
991# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03):
992# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium
993# Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front.
994# He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from
995# October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan
996# Government.
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998# From Steffen Thorsen [straen@thorsen.priv.no] (1999-09-09):
999# * Tonga will introduce DST in November
1000#
1001# I was given this link by John Letts <johnletts@earthlink.net>:
1002# <a hef="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm">
1003# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm
1004# </a>
1005#
1006# I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November
1007# yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead
1008# of UTC as well, but as far as I know Fiji will only be 13 hours ahead
1009# (12 + 1 hour DST).
1010
1011# From Arthur David Olson [arthur_david_olson@nih.gov] (1999-09-20):
1012# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html>
1013# http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html
1014# </a>:
1015# "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000
1016# and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the
1017# third Saturday of April. Under the system approved by Privy Council on
1018# Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and
1019# set back an hour on the closing date."
1020# Alas, no indication of the time of day.