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diff --git a/time/australasia b/time/australasia index cab462b134..f885ec16b2 100644 --- a/time/australasia +++ b/time/australasia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)australasia 7.22 +# @(#)australasia 7.24 # This file also includes Pacific islands. # Notes are at the end of this file @@ -28,123 +28,132 @@ Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb # Western Australia Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00 - 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 - 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00 - 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 - 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00 - 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 + 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s + 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s + 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 8:00 - WST # Queensland Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00 - 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 3:00 - 10:00 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00 - 10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 - 10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00 - 10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 - 10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00 - 10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00 + 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 # South Australia # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - -Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - -Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - -Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - -Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - -Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - -Rule AS 1990 1994 even Mar Sun>=18 3:00 0 - -Rule AS 1990 1994 odd Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - -Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - +Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 1990 1994 even Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 1990 1994 odd Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 9:00 - CST 1899 May 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00 + 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s 9:30 AS CST # Tasmania # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 - -Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 3:00 0 - -Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - -Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 - -Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - -Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - -Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - -Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - -Rule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - -Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - -Rule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - -Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - -Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - +Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 2:00s 0 - +Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 - +Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - +Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - +Rule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00 + 10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00s 10:00 AT EST # Victoria # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - -Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - -Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - -Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - -Rule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - -Rule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - -Rule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - -Rule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - +Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - +Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - +Rule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 + 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s 10:00 AV EST # New South Wales # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - -Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - -Rule AN 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - -Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 - -Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - -Rule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - -Rule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - -Rule AN 1996 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - +Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - +Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AN 1982 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - +Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AN 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 + 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s 10:00 AN EST Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23 9:00 - CST 1899 May 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 + 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s 9:30 AN CST -# Australian Capital Territory -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Australia/Canberra 9:56:32 - LMT 1895 Feb - 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 - 10:00 AN EST 1981 Oct 25 2:00 - 10:00 1:00 EST 1982 Apr 4 3:00 - 10:00 AN EST +# Lord Howe Island +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - +Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - +Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 0:30 - +Rule LH 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - +Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb + 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar + 10:30 LH LHST # Australian miscellany # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb - 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar - 10:30 AN LHST Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 7:00 - JVT # # Ashmore Is, Cartier +# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers # no information; probably like Australia/Perth # +# Coral Sea Is +# no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists +# no information +# # Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga # no information @@ -184,13 +193,19 @@ Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana 10:00 - GST # Howland, Baker -# no information; probably like Pacific/Samoa +# uninhabited since World War II +# no information; was probably like Pacific/Pago_Pago # Jarvis -# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritimati +# uninhabited since 1958 +# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati # Johnston -# no information; probably like Pacific/Honolulu +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST + +# Kingman +# uninhabited # Kiribati # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -203,6 +218,36 @@ Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901 -10:40 - LIT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time -10:00 - THT +# 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 + +# Marshall Is +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901 + 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct + 12:00 - NZST +Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 + 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct + -12:00 - KJT 1993 Aug 20 + 12:00 - NZST + +# Micronesia +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:32 - LMT 1901 # Colonia + 9:00 - PLT 1969 Oct + 10:00 - GST +Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 + 10:00 - GST 1978 Oct + 11:00 - NCST +Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia + 11:00 - NCST +Zone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901 + 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct + 12:00 - NZST + # Nauru # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe @@ -229,15 +274,16 @@ Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 Rule NZ 1868 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S # Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17, # 1929 Oct 13 - 1930 Mar 16; go with Whitman. -Rule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 1:00 D +Rule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 0:30 HD Rule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S -Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 1:00 D -Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 1:00 D +Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 0:30 HD +Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 0:30 HD Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S -Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D -# Shanks says DST stopped 1940 Sep lastSun; go with Whitman for war years. -Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S -Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Sep lastSun 2:00 1:00 D +Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0:30 HD +# Whitman says DST went on and off during war years, and the base GMT offset +# didn't change until 1945 Apr 30; go with Shanks. +Rule NZ 1934 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S +Rule NZ 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0:30 HD Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D @@ -247,11 +293,9 @@ Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 - # Shanks gives 1940 Sep 29 2:00; - # go with Whitman. - 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1945 Apr 29 2:00 + 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1940 Sep 29 2:00 12:00 NZ NZ%sT -Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 - NZ-CHAT +Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 NZ CH%sT # Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is @@ -273,31 +317,13 @@ Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston 11:12 - NMT 1951 11:30 - NRFT -# Pacific Islands Trust Territories -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901 - 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct - 12:00 - NZST -Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 - 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct - -12:00 - KJT 1993 Aug 20 - 12:00 - NZST -Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 - 10:00 - GST 1978 Oct - 11:00 - NCST -Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:33:00 - LMT 1901 - 11:00 - NCST -Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:24 - LMT 1901 - 9:00 - PLT 1969 Oct - 10:00 - GST - # Palau # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror 9:00 - PLT # Palmyra -# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritmati +# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritmati # Papua New Guinea # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -310,6 +336,20 @@ Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown -8:30 - PIT +# American Samoa +Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 + -11:22:48 - LMT 1911 + -11:30 - SST 1950 + -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome + -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering + -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa + +# W Samoa +Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 + -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 + -11:30 - SST 1950 + -11:00 - SST + # Solomon Is # excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -336,9 +376,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Vanuatu 1912 only - Jan 13 0:00 0 S Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 D -Rule Vanuatu 1984 max - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 S +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 max - Sep Sun>=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 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila 11:00 - NCST @@ -353,9 +395,6 @@ Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901 Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 12:00 - NZST -# Western Samoa -# See Pacific/Samoa in the `northamerica' file, of all places. - ############################################################################### # NOTES @@ -395,17 +434,18 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 11:00 NCST NCDT New Caledonia* # 11:30 NRFT Norfolk* # 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand -# 12:45 NZ-CHAT Chatham +# 12:45 CHST CHDT Chatham* # 13:00 TGT Tongatapu* # -12:00 KJT Kwajalein (no longer used)* # -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 and Samoa. +# 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. @@ -438,16 +478,13 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00 # EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00 -# From Paul Eggert (November 8, 1994): +# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): # Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. # Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au> writes that his newspaper # reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00, # but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970 # and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time. -# And Robert Uzgalis <buz@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> says that the New Zealand Daylight -# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard -# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March. -# For now we'll continue to assume 3:00 for changes since 1970. +# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960. # Northern Territory @@ -735,6 +772,12 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an # hour ahead of NSW time. +# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): +# For Lord Howe we use Shanks through its time of publication (1991). +# Lord Howe is part of NSW, so we'll guess it has used the same transition +# times as NSW since 1991, even though Shanks writes that Lord Howe went +# with Victoria when NSW and Victoria disagreed in 1982. + ############################################################################### # New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 @@ -764,6 +807,16 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 # rather than the October 1 value. +# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19); +# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. +# Robert Uzgalis <buz@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> writes that the New Zealand Daylight +# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard +# 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. + ############################################################################### # Fiji @@ -772,6 +825,10 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on +12:00. # Perhaps it didn't take. We go with Shanks's more precise date in 1915. +# Johnston + +# Johnston data is from usno1995. + # Kwajalein # In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes: @@ -780,9 +837,16 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands, # going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink. -# Pacific Islands Trust Territories +# N Mariana Is, Guam # Howse writes (p 162) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the # Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones # (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time. # Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila. + +# Samoa + +# Howse writes that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change +# ``the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system, +# ordaining -- by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery -- that +# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year.'' |