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diff --git a/timezone/australasia b/timezone/australasia index f35cc2e452..5fc7b1b58b 100644 --- a/timezone/australasia +++ b/timezone/australasia @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)australasia 7.67 +# @(#)australasia 7.68 # This file also includes Pacific islands. # Notes are at the end of this file @@ -297,6 +297,17 @@ Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 ############################################################################### # New Zealand +# +# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-23): +# The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history; +# see tz-link.htm for the full reference. +# +# Shanks gives 1868 for the introduction of standard time; go with the +# DIA's more-precise 1868-11-02. The DIA says that clocks were +# advanced by half an hour in 1941; go with Shanks's more-precise +# 1940-09-29 02:00. The DIA says that starting in 1933 DST began the +# first Sunday in September; go with Shanks's last Sunday starting in +# 1934. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S # Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17, @@ -311,17 +322,17 @@ Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0:30 HD # didn't change until 1945 Apr 30; go with Shanks. Rule NZ 1934 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S Rule NZ 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0:30 HD -Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 S Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D -Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D -Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D -Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct Sun>=8 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S Rule Chatham 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:45s 1:00 D Rule Chatham 1991 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:45s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 +Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 Nov 2 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1940 Sep 29 2:00 12:00 NZ NZ%sT Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 Chatham CHA%sT @@ -399,8 +410,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Tonga 1999 only - Oct 7 2:00s 1:00 S Rule Tonga 2000 only - Mar 19 2:00s 0 - -Rule Tonga 2000 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S -Rule Tonga 2001 max - Jan lastSun 2:00 0 - +Rule Tonga 2000 2001 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Tonga 2001 2002 - Jan lastSun 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 12:20 - TOT 1941 # Tonga Time @@ -739,21 +750,21 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes. # From Rives McDow (2002-04-09): -# The most interesting region I have found consists of three towns on the -# southern coast of Australia, population 10 at last report, along with -# 50,000 sheep, about 100 kilometers long and 40 kilometers into the -# continent. The primary town is Madura, with the other towns being -# Mundrabilla and Eucla. According to the sheriff of Madura, the -# residents got tired of having to change the time so often, as they are -# located in a strip overlapping the border of South Australia and Western -# Australia. South Australia observes daylight saving time; Western -# Australia does not. The two states are one and a half hours apart. The -# residents decided to forget about this nonsense of changing the clock so -# much and set the local time 20 hours and 45 minutes from the -# international date line, or right in the middle of the time of South -# Australia and Western Australia. As it only affects about 10 people and -# tourists staying at the Madura Motel, it has never really made as big an -# impact as Broken Hill. However, as tourist visiting there or anyone +# The most interesting region I have found consists of three towns on the +# southern coast of Australia, population 10 at last report, along with +# 50,000 sheep, about 100 kilometers long and 40 kilometers into the +# continent. The primary town is Madura, with the other towns being +# Mundrabilla and Eucla. According to the sheriff of Madura, the +# residents got tired of having to change the time so often, as they are +# located in a strip overlapping the border of South Australia and Western +# Australia. South Australia observes daylight saving time; Western +# Australia does not. The two states are one and a half hours apart. The +# residents decided to forget about this nonsense of changing the clock so +# much and set the local time 20 hours and 45 minutes from the +# international date line, or right in the middle of the time of South +# Australia and Western Australia. As it only affects about 10 people and +# tourists staying at the Madura Motel, it has never really made as big an +# impact as Broken Hill. However, as tourist visiting there or anyone # calling the local sheriff will attest, they do keep time in this way. # # From Paul Eggert (2002-04-09): @@ -1263,6 +1274,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # of January the standard time in the Kingdom shall be moved backward by one # hour to 1:00am. +# From Pulu 'Anau (2002-11-05): +# The law was for 3 years, supposedly to get renewed. It wasn't. ############################################################################### |