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-# @(#)australasia	8.9
 # <pre>
+# @(#)australasia	8.11
+# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
+# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
 # This file also includes Pacific islands.
 
@@ -1119,6 +1121,27 @@ Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
 # From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
 # See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-28):
+# According to the official press release, South Australia's extended daylight 
+# saving period will continue with the same rules as used during the 2008-2009 
+# summer (southern hemisphere).
+# 
+# From
+# <a href="http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf">
+# http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf
+# </a>
+# The extended daylight saving period that South Australia has been trialling 
+# for over the last year is now set to be ongoing.
+# Daylight saving will continue to start on the first Sunday in October each 
+# year and finish on the first Sunday in April the following year.
+# Industrial Relations Minister, Paul Caica, says this provides South Australia 
+# with a consistent half hour time difference with NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and 
+# the ACT for all 52 weeks of the year...
+# 
+# We have a wrap-up here:
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html">
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html
+# </a>
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 # New Zealand