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diff --git a/timezone/australasia b/timezone/australasia index 70b845560e..2e17bcc0c3 100644 --- a/timezone/australasia +++ b/timezone/australasia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)australasia 8.1 +# @(#)australasia 8.3 # <pre> # This file also includes Pacific islands. @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time # Cook Is -# From Shanks: +# From Shanks & Pottenger: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HS Rule Cook 1979 1991 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - @@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 - Rule NC 1996 only - Dec 1 2:00s 1:00 S -# Shanks says the following was at 2:00; go with IATA. +# Shanks & Pottenger say the following was at 2:00; go with IATA. Rule NC 1997 only - Mar 2 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 @@ -507,10 +507,10 @@ 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 (1999-10-29): +# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is -# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), -# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). +# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), +# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). # # Gwillim Law writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport @@ -518,8 +518,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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. +# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for +# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards. # # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which @@ -587,6 +587,12 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00 # EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00 +# From Chuck Soper (2006-06-01): +# I recently found this Australian government web page on time zones: +# <http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia-13time> +# And this government web page lists time zone names and abbreviations: +# <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/daysavtm.shtml> + # From Paul Eggert (2001-04-05), summarizing a long discussion about "EST" # versus "AEST" etc.: # @@ -669,7 +675,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # understood in Australia. # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): -# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. +# Shanks & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ. # Mark Prior 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 @@ -842,14 +848,14 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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 1986 max - Oct Sun>=18 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 - +# Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun>=15 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 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun>=15 3:00 # 10:00 Oz EST # From Robert Elz (1991-03-06): @@ -875,7 +881,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # ... # 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 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 C # Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C # From Bradley White (1992-03-11): @@ -1068,9 +1074,9 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start # of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW. -# From Paul Eggert (2001-02-09): -# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter. -# For times we use Lonergan. +# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): +# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks & Pottenger through 1989, and +# Lonergan thereafter. For times we use Lonergan. ############################################################################### @@ -1101,16 +1107,16 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # rather than the October 1 value. # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19); -# Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. +# Shank & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ. # Robert Uzgalis writes 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. # As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00. # -# From Paul Eggert (2003-05-26): +# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): # The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history, # as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.htm for the full references. -# Use these sources in preference to Shanks. +# Use these sources in preference to Shanks & Pottenger. # # For Chatham, IATA SSIM (1991/1999) gives the NZ rules but with # transitions at 2:45 local standard time; this confirms that Chatham @@ -1185,8 +1191,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk" # (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.'' # -# Shanks writes that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11 on 1978-10-01; -# ignore this for now. +# Shanks & Pottenger write that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11 +# on 1978-10-01; ignore this for now. # From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): # The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in @@ -1279,8 +1285,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # on the World Day of Prayer, you would be the first people on Earth # to say your prayers in the morning." -# From Paul Eggert (1999-08-12): -# Shanks says the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell. +# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): +# Shanks & Pottenger say the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell. # From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03): # Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium |