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+# @(#)australasia	7.21
+# This file also includes Pacific islands.
+
+# Notes are at the end of this file
+
+###############################################################################
+
+# Australia
+
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	Aus	1895	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	-
+# Shanks gives 1917 Jan 1 0:01; go with Whitman (and guess 2:00).
+Rule	Aus	1916	only	-	Oct	 1	2:00	1:00	-
+Rule	Aus	1917	only	-	Mar	25	2:00	0	-
+Rule	Aus	1942	only	-	Jan	 1	2:00	1:00	-
+Rule	Aus	1942	only	-	Mar	29	2:00	0	-
+Rule	Aus	1942	only	-	Sep	27	2:00	1:00	-
+Rule	Aus	1943	1944	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
+Rule	Aus	1943	only	-	Oct	 3	2:00	1:00	-
+# Whitman says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944, and that
+# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944; go with Shanks.
+
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+# Northern Territory
+Zone Australia/Darwin	 8:43:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
+			 9:30	-	CST	1917 Jan 1 0:01
+			 9:30	Aus	CST
+# 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	-	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	-	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	-
+# 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	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	-
+# 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	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	-
+# 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	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	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	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	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	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
+
+# 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 information; probably like Australia/Perth
+#
+# Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga
+# no information
+
+
+# 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
+# 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
+
+# Cocos
+# From USNO (1989):
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Indian/Cocos	6:30	-	CCT
+
+# Fiji
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Pacific/Fiji	11:53:40 -	LMT	1915 Oct 26	# Suva
+			12:00	-	NZST
+
+# French Polynesia
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Pacific/Gambier	 -8:59:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Rikitea
+			 -9:00	-	GBT
+Zone	Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 -	LMT	1912 Oct
+			 -9:30	-	MQT
+Zone	Pacific/Tahiti	 -9:58:16 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Papeete
+			-10:00	-	THT
+
+# Guam
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Pacific/Guam	 9:39:00 -	LMT	1901		# Agana
+			10:00	-	GST
+
+# Howland, Baker
+# no information; probably like Pacific/Samoa
+
+# Jarvis
+# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
+
+# Johnston
+# no information; probably like Pacific/Honolulu
+
+# Kiribati
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone Pacific/Tarawa	 11:32:04 -	LMT	1901		# Bairiki
+			 12:00	-	NZST
+Zone Pacific/Enderbury	-11:24:20 -	LMT	1901
+			-12:00	-	KJT	1979 Oct
+			-11:00	-	SST
+Zone Pacific/Kiritimati	-10:29:20 -	LMT	1901
+			-10:40	-	LIT	1979 Oct	# Line Is Time
+			-10:00	-	THT
+
+# Nauru
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Pacific/Nauru	11:07:40 -	LMT	1921 Jan 15	# Uaobe
+			11:30	-	NST	1942 Mar 15
+			9:00	-	JST	1944 Aug 15
+			11:30	-	NST	1979 May
+			12:00	-	NZST
+
+# New Caledonia
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	NC	1912	only	-	Jan	13	0:00	0	S
+Rule	NC	1977	1978	-	Dec	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	NC	1978	1979	-	Feb	27	0:00	0	S
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Pacific/Noumea	11:05:48 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13
+			11:00	NC	NC%sT
+
+
+###############################################################################
+
+# New Zealand
+
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+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	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	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	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
+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
+# 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
+			12:00	NZ	NZ%sT
+Zone Pacific/Chatham	12:45	-	NZ-CHAT
+
+
+# Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is
+# no information; probably like Pacific/Auckland
+
+###############################################################################
+
+
+# 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
+
+# Norfolk
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+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
+
+# 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
+
+# Pitcairn
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone Pacific/Pitcairn	-8:40:20 -	LMT	1901		# Adamstown
+			-8:30	-	PIT
+
+# 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
+
+# Tokelau Is
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Pacific/Fakaofo	-11:24:56 -	LMT	1901
+			-10:00	-	THT
+
+# Tonga
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone Pacific/Tongatapu	12:19:20 -	LMT	1901
+			12:20	-	TMT	1968 Oct
+			13:00	-	TGT
+
+# Tuvalu
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone Pacific/Funafuti	11:56:52 -	LMT	1901
+			12:00	-	NZST
+
+# Vanuatu
+# 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	only	-	Oct	23	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Vanuatu	1985	max	-	Sep	Sun>=23	0:00	1:00	D
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Pacific/Efate	11:13:16 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13		# Vila
+			11:00	-	NCST
+
+# Wake
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Pacific/Wake	11:06:28 -	LMT	1901
+			12:00	-	NZST
+
+# Wallis and Futuna
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
+			12:00	-	NZST
+
+# Western Samoa
+# See Pacific/Samoa in the `northamerica' file, of all places.
+
+###############################################################################
+
+# NOTES
+
+# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
+# 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> (August 18, 1994):
+# 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.
+#
+# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
+# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
+# I found in the UCLA library.
+#
+# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
+# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
+# Oxford University Press (1980).
+#
+# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
+# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
+# 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*
+#	 10:30	LHST LHST Lord Howe*
+#	 11:00	NCST NCDT New Caledonia*
+#	 11:30	NRFT	Norfolk*
+#	 12:00	NZST NZDT New Zealand
+#	 12:45	NZ-CHAT	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*
+#	- 9:30	MQT	Marquesas*
+#	- 9:00	GBT	Gambier*
+#	- 8:30	PIT	Pitcairn*
+#
+# See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii and Samoa.
+# See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is.
+#
+# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
+
+###############################################################################
+
+# Australia
+
+# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991):
+# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time.
+# It is called `summer' time.  Now by a happy coincidence, `summer'
+# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the
+# abbreviation does _not_ change...
+# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least
+# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the
+# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses
+# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight
+# time'.
+# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian
+# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time'
+# or `Eastern Summer Time'.  (Note, though, that as I say in the
+# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.)  Announcers
+# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases
+# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times;
+# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992):
+# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is:
+#	CST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30
+#	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):
+# 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.
+
+# Northern Territory
+
+# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
+# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY..  [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
+# #					[ Nov 1990 ]
+# #	N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
+# ...
+# Zone        Australia/North         9:30    -       CST
+
+# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
+# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
+# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving.
+
+# Western Australia
+
+# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
+# #  The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA..  [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]
+# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
+# #	W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to
+# #	DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but
+# #	usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus
+# #	before reaching parliament.
+# ...
+# Zone	Australia/West		8:00	AW	%sST
+# ...
+# Rule	AW	1974	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	AW	1975	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W
+# Rule	AW	1983	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	AW	1984	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W
+
+# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
+# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
+# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving.
+
+# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (November 2, 1991):
+# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney
+# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at
+# work at 9.00am.)
+# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse
+# everybody again.
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
+# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
+# it matches what was used in the past.
+
+# Queensland
+# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
+# #   The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
+# #						[ Dec 1990 ]
+# ...
+# Zone	Australia/Queensland	10:00	AQ	%sST
+# ...
+# Rule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	E
+# Rule	AQ	1989	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	AQ	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E
+
+# From Bradley White (December 24, 1989):
+# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from
+# October 1989).
+
+# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
+# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
+# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
+# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
+
+# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991):
+# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact
+# end on Sunday, 3 March.  I don't know at what hour, though.  (It surprised
+# me.)
+
+# From Bradley White (March 8, 1992):
+# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted
+# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ...
+# ...
+# Rule	QLD	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	QLD	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
+# ...
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
+# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
+
+# South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
+# The rules from version 7.1 follow.
+# There are lots of differences between these rules and
+# the Shepherd et al. rules.  Since the Shepherd et al. rules
+# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on
+# current DST ending dates, no worries.
+#
+# Rule	Oz	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
+# Rule	Oz	1986	max	-	Oct	Sun<=24	2:00	1:00	-
+# Rule	Oz	1972	only	-	Feb	27	3:00	0	-
+# Rule	Oz	1973	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
+# Rule	Oz	1987	max	-	Mar	Sun<=21	3:00	0	-
+# Zone	Australia/Tasmania	10:00	Oz	EST
+# Zone	Australia/South		9:30	Oz	CST
+# Zone	Australia/Victoria	10:00	Oz	EST	1985 Oct lastSun 2:00
+#				10:00	1:00	EST	1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00
+#				10:00	Oz	EST
+
+# From Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
+# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct...
+# that changed Oct 89.  That is, we're back to the
+# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states
+# that have dst, incl Qld.  (Certainly it was true in Vic).
+# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think
+# that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain.
+
+# South Australia
+
+# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
+# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
+# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
+# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
+
+# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
+# #   The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ]
+# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
+# ...
+# Zone	Australia/South		9:30	AS	%sST
+# ...
+# Rule	 AS	1971	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	 AS	1972	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C
+# Rule	 AS	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun<=21	3:00	0	C
+# Rule	 AS	1991	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C
+
+# From Bradley White (March 11, 1992):
+# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide
+# contained the following exchange:  "Due to the Adelaide Festival,
+# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks."
+
+# From Robert Elz (March 13, 1992):
+# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that)
+# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even
+# numbered year (from 1990).  That's when the Adelaide Festival
+# is on...
+
+# From Robert Elz (March 16, 1992, 00:57:07 +1000):
+# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday)....
+# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever...
+# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...).
+
+# From Bradley White (April 11, 1994):
+# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March,
+# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can
+# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated....
+
+# From John Warburton <jwarb@SACBH.com.au> (1994-10-07):
+# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ...
+# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994....
+# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March.
+
+# Tasmania
+
+# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
+# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
+# ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31...
+
+# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
+# #  The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
+# #					[ Nov 1990 ]
+# ...
+# Zone	Australia/Tasmania	10:00	AT	%sST
+# ...
+# Rule	AT	1967	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	AT	1968	only	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	E
+# Rule	AT	1968	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	AT	1969	1971	-	Mar	Sun>=8	3:00	0	E
+# Rule	AT	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	E
+# Rule	AT	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E
+# Rule	AT	1982	1983	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	E
+# Rule	AT	1984	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E
+# Rule	AT	1986	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	AT	1987	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	E
+# Rule	AT	1987	only	-	Oct	Sun>=22	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	AT	1988	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	AT	1991	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	AT	1991	max	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	E
+
+# From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (October 10, 1991):
+# My state Government in there eagerness to get a few more bucks for the
+# tourist industry industry decided to change the daylight savings times
+# yet again (we now have almost 6 months per year)...
+# ...
+# Rule  Oz      1986    1990    -       Oct     Sun<=24 2:00    1:00    -
+# Rule  Oz      1991    max     -       Oct     Sun>=1  2:00    1:00    -
+# ...
+# Rule  Oz      1987    1990    -       Mar     Sun<=21 3:00    0       -
+# Rule  Oz      1991    max     -       Mar     Sun<=31 3:00    0       -
+
+# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (October 10, 1991):
+# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have
+# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia
+# (but nothing new about that).
+
+# Victoria
+
+# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
+# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
+# ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
+
+# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
+# #   The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
+# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
+# ...
+# Zone	Australia/Victoria	10:00	AV	%sST
+# ...
+# Rule	AV	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	AV	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	E
+# Rule	AV	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E
+# Rule	AV	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	E
+# Rule	AV	1986	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	AV	1988	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	AV	1991	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E
+
+# New South Wales
+
+# From Arthur David Olson:
+# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
+# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz),
+# who notes:
+#	In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
+#	individual states.  Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''
+#	[I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
+#	use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the
+#	legislation.  This is very important to understand.
+#	I have researched New South Wales time only...
+
+# From Dave Davey (March 3, 1990):
+# Rule	NSW	1988	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
+# Rule	NSW	1989	only	-	Mar	Sun<=21	3:00	0	-
+
+# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
+# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
+# NSW...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
+
+# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
+# # The state of NEW SOUTH WALES.. [confirmed by Attorney General's Dept N.S.W]
+# #					[ Dec 1990 ]
+# ...
+# Rule	 AN	1988	1989	-	Mar	Sun<=21	3:00	0	E
+# ...
+
+# From John Mackin (March 9, 1991)
+# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the
+# file Robert forwarded
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
+# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988;
+# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules.
+
+# Yancowinna
+
+# From John Basser (January 4, 1989):
+# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna.
+
+# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
+# # YANCOWINNA..  [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
+# #					[ Dec 1990 ]
+# ...
+# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite it's location on the
+# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings
+# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government
+# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have
+# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not
+# # presently available.
+# Zone	Australia/Yancowinna	9:30	 AY	%sST
+# ...
+# Rule	 AY	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	 AY	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	C
+# [followed by other Rules]
+
+# Lord Howe Island
+
+# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
+# LHI...		[ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ]
+#					[ Dec 1990 ]
+# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
+# hour ahead of NSW time.
+
+###############################################################################
+
+# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1
+# Elz says "no guarantees"
+
+# From Mark Davies (October 3, 1990):
+# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period.
+# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for
+# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start).
+# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office.
+
+# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
+# # The Country of New Zealand   (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that!
+# #				   or is Australia the west island of N.Z.
+# #	[ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ]
+# #				[ Nov 1990 ]
+# ...
+# Rule	NZ      1974    1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	NZ	1989	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
+# Rule	NZ      1975    1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
+# Rule	NZ	1990	max	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	S
+# ...
+# Zone	NZ			12:00	NZ		NZ%sT	# New Zealand
+# Zone	NZ-CHAT			12:45	-		NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
+# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
+# rather than the October 1 value.
+
+###############################################################################
+
+# Fiji
+
+# Howse writes (p 162) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji
+# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on +12:00.
+# Perhaps it didn't take.  We go with Shanks's more precise date in 1915.
+
+# Kwajalein
+
+# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes:
+# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday,
+# August 20, 1993.  Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with
+# 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
+
+# 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.