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index 960f9e3f55..e65546feb8 100644
--- a/time/australasia
+++ b/time/australasia
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)australasia	7.27
+# @(#)australasia	7.28
 # This file also includes Pacific islands.
 
 # Notes are at the end of this file
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 # Australian miscellany
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Indian/Christmas	7:02:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
-			7:00	-	JVT
+			7:00	-	CXT	# Christmas Island Time
 #
 # Ashmore Is, Cartier
 # no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers
@@ -159,32 +159,32 @@ Zone Indian/Christmas	7:02:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 
 # Cook Is
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Cook	1978	only	-	Nov	12	0:00	0:30	HD
-Rule	Cook	1979	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	H
-Rule	Cook	1979	max	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0:30	HD
+Rule	Cook	1978	only	-	Nov	12	0:00	0:30	HS
+Rule	Cook	1979	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Cook	1979	max	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0:30	HS
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Pacific/Rarotonga	-10:39:04 -	LMT	1901		# Avarua
-			-10:30	-	CIST	1978 Nov 12	# Cook Is ST
-			-10:00	Cook	T%sT
+			-10:30	-	CKT	1978 Nov 12	# Cook Is Time
+			-10:00	Cook	CK%sT
 
 # Cocos
 # From USNO (1989):
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Indian/Cocos	6:30	-	CCT
+Zone	Indian/Cocos	6:30	-	CCT	# Cocos Islands Time
 
 # Fiji
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Fiji	11:53:40 -	LMT	1915 Oct 26	# Suva
-			12:00	-	NZST
+			12:00	-	FJT	# Fiji Time
 
 # French Polynesia
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Gambier	 -8:59:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Rikitea
-			 -9:00	-	GBT
+			 -9:00	-	GAMT	# Gambier Time
 Zone	Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 -	LMT	1912 Oct
-			 -9:30	-	MQT
+			 -9:30	-	MART	# Marquesas Time
 Zone	Pacific/Tahiti	 -9:58:16 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Papeete
-			-10:00	-	THT
+			-10:00	-	TAHT	# Tahiti Time
 
 # Guam
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -209,57 +209,57 @@ Zone Pacific/Johnston	-10:00	-	HST
 # Kiribati
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Pacific/Tarawa	 11:32:04 -	LMT	1901		# Bairiki
-			 12:00	-	NZST
+			 12:00	-	GILT		 # Gilbert Is Time
 Zone Pacific/Enderbury	-11:24:20 -	LMT	1901
-			-12:00	-	KJT	1979 Oct
-			-11:00	-	SST	1995
-			 13:00	-	TGT
+			-12:00	-	PHOT	1979 Oct # Phoenix Is Time
+			-11:00	-	PHOT	1995
+			 13:00	-	PHOT
 Zone Pacific/Kiritimati	-10:29:20 -	LMT	1901
-			-10:40	-	LIT	1979 Oct	# Line Is Time
-			-10:00	-	THT	1995
-			 14:00	-	KRT
+			-10:40	-	LINT	1979 Oct # Line Is Time
+			-10:00	-	LINT	1995
+			 14:00	-	LINT
 
 # N Mariana Is
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Pacific/Saipan	 9:43:00 -	LMT	1901
-			 9:00	-	PLT	1969 Oct
-			10:00	-	GST
+			 9:00	-	MPT	1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time
+			10:00	-	MPT
 
 # Marshall Is
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Pacific/Majuro	11:24:48 -	LMT	1901
-			11:00	-	NCST	1969 Oct
-			12:00	-	NZST
+			11:00	-	MHT	1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time
+			12:00	-	MHT
 Zone Pacific/Kwajalein	11:09:20 -	LMT	1901
-			11:00	-	NCST	1969 Oct
-			-12:00	-	KJT	1993 Aug 20
-			12:00	-	NZST
+			11:00	-	MHT	1969 Oct
+			-12:00	-	KWAT	1993 Aug 20	# Kwajalein Time
+			12:00	-	MHT
 
 # Micronesia
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Pacific/Yap	9:12:32	-	LMT	1901		# Colonia
-			9:00	-	PLT	1969 Oct
-			10:00	-	GST
+			9:00	-	YAPT	1969 Oct	# Yap Time
+			10:00	-	YAPT
 Zone Pacific/Truk	10:07:08 -	LMT	1901
-			10:00	-	GST
+			10:00	-	TRUT			# Truk Time
 Zone Pacific/Ponape	10:32:52 -	LMT	1901		# Kolonia
-			11:00	-	NCST
+			11:00	-	PONT			# Ponape Time
 Zone Pacific/Kosrae	10:51:56 -	LMT	1901
-			11:00	-	NCST	1969 Oct
-			12:00	-	NZST
+			11:00	-	PONT	1969 Oct
+			12:00	-	KOST			# Kosrae Time
 
 # Nauru
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Nauru	11:07:40 -	LMT	1921 Jan 15	# Uaobe
-			11:30	-	NST	1942 Mar 15
+			11:30	-	NRT	1942 Mar 15	# Nauru Time
 			9:00	-	JST	1944 Aug 15
-			11:30	-	NST	1979 May
-			12:00	-	NZST
+			11:30	-	NRT	1979 May
+			12:00	-	NRT
 
 # New Caledonia
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	NC	1977	1978	-	Dec	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	NC	1978	1979	-	Feb	27	0:00	0	S
+Rule	NC	1977	1978	-	Dec	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	NC	1978	1979	-	Feb	27	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Noumea	11:05:48 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13
 			11:00	NC	NC%sT
@@ -293,11 +293,11 @@ Rule	NZ	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S
 Zone Pacific/Auckland	11:39:04 -	LMT	1868
 			11:30	NZ	NZ%sT	1940 Sep 29 2:00
 			12:00	NZ	NZ%sT
-Zone Pacific/Chatham	12:45	NZ	CH%sT
+Zone Pacific/Chatham	12:45	NZ	CHA%sT
 
 
 # Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is
-# no information; probably like Pacific/Auckland
+# uninhabited except by research personnel; probably like Pacific/Auckland
 
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -305,20 +305,20 @@ Zone Pacific/Chatham	12:45	NZ	CH%sT
 # Niue
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Niue	-11:19:40 -	LMT	1901		# Alofi
-			-11:20	-	NIT	1951	    # Niue I Time
-			-11:30	-	NIT	1978 Oct 1
-			-11:00	-	SST
+			-11:20	-	NUT	1951	# Niue Time
+			-11:30	-	NUT	1978 Oct 1
+			-11:00	-	NUT
 
 # Norfolk
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Norfolk	11:11:52 -	LMT	1901		# Kingston
-			11:12	-	NMT	1951
-			11:30	-	NRFT
+			11:12	-	NMT	1951	# Norfolk Mean Time
+			11:30	-	NFT		# Norfolk Time
 
 # Palau
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Pacific/Palau	8:57:56 -	LMT	1901		# Koror
-			9:00	-	PLT
+			9:00	-	PWT	# Palau Time
 
 # Palmyra
 # uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritmati
@@ -326,18 +326,18 @@ Zone Pacific/Palau	8:57:56 -	LMT	1901		# Koror
 # Papua New Guinea
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 -	LMT	1880
-			9:49	-	PMMT	1895
-			10:00	-	EST
+			9:48:40	-	PMMT	1895	# Port Moresby Mean Time
+			10:00	-	PGT		# Papua New Guinea Time
 
 # Pitcairn
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Pacific/Pitcairn	-8:40:20 -	LMT	1901		# Adamstown
-			-8:30	-	PIT
+			-8:30	-	PNT	# Pitcairn Time
 
 # American Samoa
 Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago	 12:37:12 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
 			-11:22:48 -	LMT	1911
-			-11:30	-	SST	1950
+			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time
 			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr	# N=Nome
 			-11:00	-	BST	1983 Nov 30	# B=Bering
 			-11:00	-	SST			# S=Samoa
@@ -345,52 +345,52 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago	 12:37:12 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
 # W Samoa
 Zone Pacific/Apia	 12:33:04 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
 			-11:26:56 -	LMT	1911
-			-11:30	-	SST	1950
-			-11:00	-	SST
+			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time
+			-11:00	-	WST			# W Samoa Time
 
 # Solomon Is
 # excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Honiara
-			11:00	-	NCST
+			11:00	-	SBT	# Solomon Is Time
 
 # Tokelau Is
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Fakaofo	-11:24:56 -	LMT	1901
-			-10:00	-	THT
+			-10:00	-	TKT	# Tokelau Time
 
 # Tonga
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Pacific/Tongatapu	12:19:20 -	LMT	1901
-			12:20	-	TMT	1968 Oct
-			13:00	-	TGT
+			12:20	-	TOT	1968 Oct # Tonga Time
+			13:00	-	TOT
 
 # Tuvalu
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Pacific/Funafuti	11:56:52 -	LMT	1901
-			12:00	-	NZST
+			12:00	-	TVT	# Tuvalu Time
 
 # Vanuatu
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Vanuatu	1983	only	-	Sep	25	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Vanuatu	1984	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=23	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Vanuatu	1984	only	-	Oct	23	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Vanuatu	1985	1990	-	Sep	Sun>=23	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Vanuatu	1991	max	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Vanuatu	1992	max	-	Mar	lastSun	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Vanuatu	1983	only	-	Sep	25	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Vanuatu	1984	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=23	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Vanuatu	1984	only	-	Oct	23	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Vanuatu	1985	1990	-	Sep	Sun>=23	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Vanuatu	1991	max	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Vanuatu	1992	max	-	Mar	lastSun	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Efate	11:13:16 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13		# Vila
-			11:00	-	NCST
+			11:00	Vanuatu	VU%sT	# Vanuatu Time
 
 # Wake
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Wake	11:06:28 -	LMT	1901
-			12:00	-	NZST
+			12:00	-	WAKT	# Wake Time
 
 # Wallis and Futuna
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
-			12:00	-	NZST
+			12:00	-	WFT	# Wallis & Futuna Time
 
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -419,34 +419,21 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # Corrections are welcome!
 #		std dst
 #		LMT	Local Mean Time
-#	  6:30	CCT	Cocos*
-#	  7:00	JVT	Java*
 #	  8:00	WST WST	Western Australia
 #	  9:00	JST	Japan
-#	  9:00	PLT	Palau*
 #	  9:30	CST CST	Central Australia
 #	 10:00	EST EST	Eastern Australia
-#	 10:00	GST	Guam*
+#	 10:00	GST	Guam
 #	 10:30	LHST LHST Lord Howe*
-#	 11:00	NCST NCDT New Caledonia*
-#	 11:30	NRFT	Norfolk*
 #	 12:00	NZST NZDT New Zealand
-#	 12:45	CHST CHDT Chatham*
-#	 13:00	TGT	Tongatapu*
-#	 14:00	KRT	Kiritimati*
-#	-12:00	KJT	Kwajalein (no longer used)*
+#	 12:45	CHAST CHADT Chatham*
 #	-11:00	SST	Samoa
-#	-10:40	LIT	Line Is (no longer used)*
-#	-10:00	THT	Tahiti*
 #	-10:00	HST	Hawaii
-#	- 9:30	MQT	Marquesas*
-#	- 9:00	GBT	Gambier*
-#	- 8:30	PIT	Pitcairn*
 #
 # See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii.
 # See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is.
 #
-# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
+# See the `africa' file for time zone naming and abbreviation conventions.
 
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