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diff --git a/time/australasia b/time/australasia index 27e018bcde..be15771b07 100644 --- a/time/australasia +++ b/time/australasia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)australasia 7.29 +# @(#)australasia 7.30 # This file also includes Pacific islands. # Notes are at the end of this file @@ -35,17 +35,33 @@ Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 8:00 - WST # Queensland +# +# From Alex Livingston <alex@agsm.unsw.edu.au> (1996-11-01): +# I have heard or read more than once that some resort islands off the coast +# of Queensland chose to keep observing daylight-saving time even after +# Queensland ceased to. +# +# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): +# IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman, +# Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped. +# Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria, +# so use Lindeman. +# +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule QL 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule QL 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule Holiday 1989 1993 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule Holiday 1990 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 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 + 10:00 QL EST +Zone Australia/Lindeman 9:55:56 - LMT 1895 + 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 + 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s + 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 2:00s + 10:00 Holiday EST # South Australia # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -289,11 +305,13 @@ Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S +Rule Chatham 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:45s 1:00 D +Rule Chatham 1991 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:45s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 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 CHA%sT +Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 Chatham CHA%sT # Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is @@ -375,9 +393,9 @@ Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 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 - +Rule Vanuatu 1985 1991 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S +Rule Vanuatu 1992 1993 - Jan Sun>=23 0:00 0 - +Rule Vanuatu 1992 only - Oct Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila 11:00 Vanuatu VU%sT # Vanuatu Time @@ -400,11 +418,19 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). -# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-01-22); +# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is # Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition), # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). -# Except where noted, it is the source for the data above. +# +# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source +# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport +# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), +# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries +# of the IATA's data after 1990. +# +# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, +# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. # # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which @@ -799,8 +825,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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. +# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): +# Shanks gives no data for Chatham; usno1989 says it's +12:45, +# usno1995 says it's +12:45/+13:45, and IATA SSIM (1991/1996) +# gives the NZ rules but with transitions at 2:45 local standard time. +# Guess that they adopted DST in 1990. ############################################################################### |