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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)australasia	7.48
+# @(#)australasia	7.51
 # This file also includes Pacific islands.
 
 # Notes are at the end of this file
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ 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.
+# Go with Whitman and the Australian National Standards Commission, which
+# says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944.  Ignore Whitman's claim that
+# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944.
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 # Northern Territory
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@ Zone Australia/Darwin	 8:43:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
 # 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 2:00s
+			 8:00	Aus	WST	1943 Jul
+			 8:00	-	WST	1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s
 			 8:00	1:00	WST	1975 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
 			 8:00	-	WST	1983 Oct lastSun 2:00s
 			 8:00	1:00	WST	1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
@@ -49,70 +51,70 @@ Zone Australia/Perth	 7:43:24 -	LMT	1895 Dec
 # so use Lindeman.
 #
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
+Rule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	AQ	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
 Rule	AQ	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	-
+Rule	Holiday	1992	1993	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
+Rule	Holiday	1993	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	Aus	EST	1971
 			10:00	AQ	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	Aus	EST	1971
+			10:00	AQ	EST	1992 Jul
 			10:00	Holiday	EST
 
 # South Australia
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	AS	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
 Rule	AS	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	1:00	-
-Rule	AS	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
+Rule	AS	1987	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
 Rule	AS	1972	only	-	Feb	27	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	AS	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	AS	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	AS	1990	1994	even	Mar	Sun>=18	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	AS	1990	1994	odd	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	AS	1995	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
-Rule	AS	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
-Rule	AS	2001	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
 # 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 2:00s
+			9:30	Aus	CST	1971
 			9:30	AS	CST
 
 # Tasmania
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	AT	1967	only	-	Oct	1	2:00s	1:00	-
-Rule	AT	1968	only	-	Mar	31	2:00s	0	-
+Rule	AT	1967	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
+Rule	AT	1968	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	AT	1968	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
 Rule	AT	1969	1971	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00s	0	-
-Rule	AT	1972	only	-	Feb	27	2:00s	0	-
+Rule	AT	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	AT	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	AT	1982	1983	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	AT	1984	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
-Rule	AT	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	1:00	-
+Rule	AT	1986	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:00	-
 Rule	AT	1987	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
-Rule	AT	1987	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
+Rule	AT	1987	only	-	Oct	Sun>=22	2:00s	1:00	-
+Rule	AT	1988	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
 Rule	AT	1991	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-
 Rule	AT	1991	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	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 2:00s
+			10:00	Aus	EST	1967
 			10:00	AT	EST
 
 # Victoria
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	AV	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
-Rule	AV	1972	only	-	Feb	27	2:00s	0	-
+Rule	AV	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	AV	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	AV	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-
-Rule	AV	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	1:00	-
-Rule	AV	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
+Rule	AV	1986	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:00	-
+Rule	AV	1988	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
 Rule	AV	1991	1994	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	AV	1995	max	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
 Rule	AV	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ Rule	AV	2001	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
 # 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 2:00s
+			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
 			10:00	AV	EST
 
 # New South Wales
@@ -140,14 +142,15 @@ Rule	AN	2001	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-
 # 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 2:00s
+			10:00	Aus	EST	1971
 			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 2:00s
-			9:30	AN	CST
+			9:30	Aus	CST	1971
+			9:30	AN	CST	2000
+			9:30	AS	CST
 
 # Lord Howe Island
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
@@ -176,7 +179,10 @@ 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
-# no information
+# <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.
 #
 # Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga
 # no information
@@ -388,10 +394,15 @@ Zone	Pacific/Fakaofo	-11:24:56 -	LMT	1901
 			-10:00	-	TKT	# Tokelau Time
 
 # Tonga
+# Transition time is a guess--see below
+# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
+Rule	Tonga	1999	max	-	Oct	Sat>=1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Tonga	2000	max	-	Apr	Sat>=15	0:00	-	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Pacific/Tongatapu	12:19:20 -	LMT	1901
 			12:20	-	TOT	1941 # Tonga Time
-			13:00	-	TOT
+			13:00	-	TOT	1999
+			13:00	Tonga	TO%sT
 
 # Tuvalu
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -596,6 +607,11 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
 # it matches what was used in the past.
 
+# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm">
+# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ
+# </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses
+# South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia.
+
 # Queensland
 # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
 # #   The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
@@ -707,41 +723,10 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 
 # Tasmania
 
-# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
-# 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 (1991-03-06):
+# The rules for 1967 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
+# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
 # #  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 (1991-10-10):
-# 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 (1991-10-10):
 # Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have
@@ -750,23 +735,10 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 
 # Victoria
 
-# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
-# 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 (1991-03-06):
+# The rules for 1971 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
+# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
 # #   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
 
@@ -781,46 +753,61 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 #	legislation.  This is very important to understand.
 #	I have researched New South Wales time only...
 
-# From Dave Davey (1990-03-03):
-# Rule	NSW	1988	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
-# Rule	NSW	1989	only	-	Mar	Sun<=21	3:00	0	-
-
-# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
-# 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 (1991-03-06):
-# # 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 (1991-03-09)
-# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the
-# file Robert forwarded
-
-# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
-# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988;
-# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules.
-
-# From Bradley White (1995-05-20):
-# Prem Bob Carr announced NSW will fall into line with other E states
-# and SA and continue daylight savings to the last Sun in Mar.
+# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27):
+# The Information Service of the Australian National Standards Commission
+# <a href="http://www.nsc.gov.au/InfoServ/Ileaflet/il27.htm">
+# Daylight Saving
+# </a> page (1995-04) has an excellent overall history of Australian DST.
+# The Community Relations Division of the NSW Attorney General's Department
+# publishes a history of daylight saving in NSW.  See:
+# <a href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/crd.nsf/pages/time2">
+# Lawlink NSW: Daylight Saving in New South Wales
+# </a>
 
 # From Eric Ulevik <eau@ozemail.com.au> (1999-05-26):
 # DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual
-# October in 2000.  Victoria and South Australia are expected to adopt this
-# change, Queensland is unlikely.  [See: Matthew Moore,
+# October in 2000.  [See: Matthew Moore,
 # <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html">
 # Two months more daylight saving
 # </a>
 # Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26).]
 
-# Also see the following official NSW source:
+# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27):
+# See the following official NSW source:
 # <a href="http://dir.gis.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/genobject/document/other/daylightsaving/tigGmZ">
 # Daylight Saving in New South Wales.
 # </a>
+#
+# Narrabri Shire (NSW) council has announced it will ignore the extension of
+# daylight saving next year.  See:
+# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/neweng/monthly/regeng-22jul1999-1.htm">
+# Narrabri Council to ignore daylight saving
+# </a> (1999-07-22).  For now, we'll wait to see if this really happens.
+#
+# Victoria will following NSW.  See:
+# <a href="http://abc.net.au/local/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990728112314_1.htm">
+# Vic to extend daylight saving
+# </a> (1999-07-28).
+#
+# However, South Australia rejected the DST request.  See:
+# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990719151754_1.htm">
+# South Australia rejects Olympics daylight savings request
+# </a> (1999-07-19).
+#
+# Queensland also will not observe DST for the Olympics.  See:
+# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/06/item19990601114608_1.htm">
+# Qld says no to daylight savings for Olympics
+# </a> (1999-06-01), which quotes Queensland Premier Peter Beattie as saying
+# ``Look you've got to remember in my family when this came up last time
+# I voted for it, my wife voted against it and she said to me it's all very
+# well for you, you don't have to worry about getting the children out of
+# bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night. 
+# I've been through all this argument domestically...my wife rules.''
+#
+# Broken Hill will stick with South Australian time in 2000.  See:
+# <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/brokenh/monthly/regbrok-21jul1999-6.htm">
+# Broken Hill to be behind the times
+# </a> (1999-07-21).
 
 # IATA SSIM (1998-09) says that the spring 2000 change for Australian
 # Capital Territory, New South Wales except Lord Howe Island and Broken
@@ -991,7 +978,7 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 #
 # But some of the older, more conservative members from the outer
 # islands objected. "If at midnight on Dec. 31, we move ahead 40
-# minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of th 40
+# minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of the 40
 # minutes we have lost?"
 #
 # The Crown Prince, presented an unanswerable argument: "Remember that
@@ -1007,3 +994,27 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from
 # October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan
 # Government.
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen [straen@thorsen.priv.no] (1999-09-09):
+# * Tonga will introduce DST in November
+# 
+# I was given this link by John Letts <johnletts@earthlink.net>:
+# <a hef="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm">
+# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm
+# </a>
+# 
+# I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November
+# yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead
+# of UTC as well, but as far as I know Fiji will only be 13 hours ahead
+# (12 + 1 hour DST).
+
+# From Arthur David Olson [arthur_david_olson@nih.gov] (1999-09-20):
+# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html>
+# http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html
+# </a>:
+# "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000 
+# and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the 
+# third Saturday of April.  Under the system approved by Privy Council on 
+# Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and 
+# set back an hour on the closing date."
+# Alas, no indication of the time of day.