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diff --git a/timezone/australasia b/timezone/australasia index ebe2951416..70ac421be1 100644 --- a/timezone/australasia +++ b/timezone/australasia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)australasia 7.54 +# @(#)australasia 7.55 # This file also includes Pacific islands. # Notes are at the end of this file @@ -151,11 +151,13 @@ Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb 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 1991 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - +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 1992 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule LH 1987 1999 - 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 - +Rule LH 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - +Rule LH 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar 10:30 LH LHST @@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb # # Ashmore Is, Cartier # no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers -# no information; probably like Australia/Perth +# like Australia/Perth, says Turner # # Coral Sea Is # no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists @@ -173,10 +175,7 @@ Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb # Macquarie # permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948; # sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888/1917 -# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm"> -# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ -# </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Macquarie Island follows Tasmanian practice -# irrespective of any local use of DST. This is unclear; ignore it for now. +# like Australia/Hobart, says Turner # Christmas # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -505,6 +504,10 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Australia +# <a href="http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html"> +# Australia's Daylight Saving Times +# </a>, by Margaret Turner, summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia. + # From John Mackin (1991-03-06): # We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time. # It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer' @@ -843,11 +846,19 @@ 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 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. +# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-01-27): +# Lord Howe Island summer time in 2000/2001 will commence on the same +# date as the rest of NSW (i.e. 2000-08-27). For your information the +# Lord Howe Island Board (controlling authority for the Island) is +# seeking the community's views on various options for summer time +# arrangements on the Island, e.g. advance clocks by 1 full hour +# instead of only 30 minutes. Dependant on the wishes of residents +# the Board may approach the NSW government to change the existing +# arrangements. The starting date for summer time on the Island will +# however always coincide with the rest of NSW. + +# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-31): +# For Lord Howe we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter. ############################################################################### |