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@@ -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.
 
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