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diff --git a/timezone/australasia b/timezone/australasia index d8a8e36d53..70b845560e 100644 --- a/timezone/australasia +++ b/timezone/australasia @@ -1,4 +1,6 @@ -# @(#)australasia 7.69 +# @(#)australasia 8.1 +# <pre> + # This file also includes Pacific islands. # Notes are at the end of this file @@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 8:00 - WST # Queensland # -# From Alex Livingston <alex@agsm.unsw.edu.au> (1996-11-01): +# From Alex Livingston (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. @@ -77,7 +79,9 @@ Rule AS 1991 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1992 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1993 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1994 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - -Rule AS 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 1995 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 9:00 - CST 1899 May @@ -85,6 +89,11 @@ Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 9:30 AS CST # Tasmania +# +# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16): +# <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml> +# says King Island didn't observe DST from WWII until late 1971. +# # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - @@ -99,15 +108,22 @@ Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AT 1991 1999 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AT 1991 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AT 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AT 2001 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AT 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AT 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb 10:00 Aus EST 1967 10:00 AT EST +Zone Australia/Currie 9:35:28 - LMT 1895 Sep + 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 + 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb + 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Jul + 10:00 AT EST # Victoria # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -118,9 +134,11 @@ Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 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 1995 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AV 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AV 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AV 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AV 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 Aus EST 1971 @@ -137,9 +155,11 @@ Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AN 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AN 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AN 1996 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AN 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AN 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AN 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AN 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 Aus EST 1971 @@ -160,9 +180,11 @@ Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 0:30 - Rule LH 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 - -Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - +Rule LH 1996 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - Rule LH 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00 0:30 - Rule LH 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - +Rule LH 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - +Rule LH 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar 10:30 LH LHST @@ -199,9 +221,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua -10:00 Cook CK%sT # Cocos -# From USNO (1989): +# These islands were ruled by the Ross family from about 1830 to 1978. +# We don't know when standard time was introduced; for now, we guess 1900. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Cocos 6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time +Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900 + 6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time # Fiji # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S @@ -262,9 +286,6 @@ Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 # Micronesia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:32 - LMT 1901 # Colonia - 9:00 - YAPT 1969 Oct # Yap Time - 10:00 - YAPT Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 10:00 - TRUT # Truk Time Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia @@ -381,11 +402,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa -# W Samoa +# Samoa Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time - -11:00 - WST # W Samoa Time + -11:00 - WST # Samoa Time # Solomon Is # excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea @@ -434,6 +455,17 @@ Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST # uninhabited # Midway +# +# From Mark Brader (2005-01-23): +# [Fallacies and Fantasies of Air Transport History, by R.E.G. Davies, +# published 1994 by Paladwr Press, McLean, VA, USA; ISBN 0-9626483-5-3] +# reproduced a Pan American Airways timeables from 1936, for their weekly +# "Orient Express" flights between San Francisco and Manila, and connecting +# flights to Chicago and the US East Coast. As it uses some time zone +# designations that I've never seen before:.... +# Fri. 6:30A Lv. HONOLOLU (Pearl Harbor), H.I. H.L.T. Ar. 5:30P Sun. +# " 3:00P Ar. MIDWAY ISLAND . . . . . . . . . M.L.T. Lv. 6:00A " +# Zone Pacific/Midway -11:49:28 - LMT 1901 -11:00 - NST 1956 Jun 3 -11:00 1:00 NDT 1956 Sep 2 @@ -475,7 +507,7 @@ 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> (1999-10-29): +# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): # 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). @@ -521,9 +553,15 @@ 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 Paul Eggert (2005-12-08): +# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml"> +# Implementation Dates of Daylight Saving Time within Australia +# </a> summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia. + +# From Arthur David Olson (2005-12-12): +# <a href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/Corporate/ll_agdinfo.nsf/pages/community_relations_daylight_saving"> +# Lawlink NSW:Daylight Saving in New South Wales +# </a> covers New South Wales in particular. # From John Mackin (1991-03-06): # We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time. @@ -632,13 +670,13 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): # Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. -# Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au> writes that his newspaper +# 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 # and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time. # For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960. -# From Eric Ulevik <eau@zip.com.au> (1998-01-05): +# From Eric Ulevik (1998-01-05): # # Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable, # and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more @@ -657,6 +695,24 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Standard Time Act, 1898 # </a> +# From David Grosz (2005-06-13): +# It was announced last week that Daylight Saving would be extended by +# one week next year to allow for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. +# Daylight Saving is now to end for next year only on the first Sunday +# in April instead of the last Sunday in March. +# +# From Gwillim Law (2005-06-14): +# I did some Googling and found that all of those states (and territory) plan +# to extend DST together in 2006. +# ACT: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/mediareleases/fileread.cfm?file=86.txt +# New South Wales: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15538869%255E1702,00.html +# South Australia: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15555031-1246,00.html +# Tasmania: http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=14772 +# Victoria: I wasn't able to find anything separate, but the other articles +# allude to it. +# But not Queensland +# http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15564030-1248,00.html. + # Northern Territory # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): @@ -843,7 +899,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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): +# From John Warburton (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. @@ -903,7 +959,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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), +# Based on law library research by John Mackin, # who notes: # In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the # individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time'' @@ -912,18 +968,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # legislation. This is very important to understand. # I have researched New South Wales time only... -# 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): +# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-26): # DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual # October in 2000. [See: Matthew Moore, # <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html"> @@ -1000,7 +1045,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Lord Howe Island # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): -# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ] +# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen ] # [ Dec 1990 ] # Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an # hour ahead of NSW time. @@ -1040,7 +1085,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # 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. ] +# # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Auckland N.Z. ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] # ... # Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D @@ -1057,7 +1102,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19); # Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. -# Robert Uzgalis <buz@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> writes that the New Zealand Daylight +# 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. @@ -1136,7 +1181,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Micronesia -# Alan Eugene Davis <adavis@kuentos.guam.net> writes (1996-03-16), +# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16), # ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk" # (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.'' # @@ -1244,10 +1289,10 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan # Government. -# From Steffen Thorsen [straen@thorsen.priv.no] (1999-09-09): +# From Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09): # * Tonga will introduce DST in November # -# I was given this link by John Letts <johnletts@earthlink.net>: +# I was given this link by John Letts: # <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> @@ -1257,7 +1302,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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): +# From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20): # According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html> # http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html # </a>: @@ -1327,12 +1372,30 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # mapmakers redrew the IDL following the boundary of Kiribati. Even that line # has a rather arbitrary nature. The straight-line boundaries between Pacific # island nations that are shown on many maps are based on an international -# convention, but are not legally binding national borders. -# -# An Anglo-French Conference on Time-Keeping at Sea (June, 1917) agreed that -# legal time on the high seas would be zone time, i.e., the standard time at -# the nearest meridian that is a multiple of fifteen degrees. The date is +# convention, but are not legally binding national borders.... The date is # governed by the IDL; therefore, even on the high seas, there may be some # places as late as fourteen hours later than UTC. And, since the IDL is not # an international standard, there are some places on the high seas where the # correct date is ambiguous. + +# From Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone> (2005-08-31): +# Before 1920, all ships kept local apparent time on the high seas by setting +# their clocks at night or at the morning sight so that, given the ship's +# speed and direction, it would be 12 o'clock when the Sun crossed the ship's +# meridian (12 o'clock = local apparent noon). During 1917, at the +# Anglo-French Conference on Time-keeping at Sea, it was recommended that all +# ships, both military and civilian, should adopt hourly standard time zones +# on the high seas. Whenever a ship was within the territorial waters of any +# nation it would use that nation's standard time. The captain was permitted +# to change his ship's clocks at a time of his choice following his ship's +# entry into another zone time--he often chose midnight. These zones were +# adopted by all major fleets between 1920 and 1925 but not by many +# independent merchant ships until World War II. + +# From Paul Eggert, using references suggested by Oscar van Vlijmen +# (2005-03-20): +# +# The American Practical Navigator (2002) +# <http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/pubs/pubs_j_apn_sections.html?rid=187> +# talks only about the 180-degree meridian with respect to ships in +# international waters; it ignores the international date line. |