From 0ecb606cb6cf65de1d9fc8a919bceb4be476c602 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jakub Jelinek Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:26:36 +0000 Subject: 2.5-18.1 --- timezone/australasia | 155 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 109 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-) (limited to 'timezone/australasia') 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 +# 
+
 # 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  (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):
+# 
+# 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  (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
 
-# 
-# Australia's Daylight Saving Times
-# , by Margaret Turner, summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia.
+# From Paul Eggert (2005-12-08):
+# 
+# Implementation Dates of Daylight Saving Time within Australia
+#  summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia.
+
+# From Arthur David Olson (2005-12-12):
+# 
+# Lawlink NSW:Daylight Saving in New South Wales
+#  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  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  (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
 # 
 
+# 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  (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
-# 
-# Daylight Saving
-#  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:
-# 
-# Lawlink NSW: Daylight Saving in New South Wales
-# 
-
-# From Eric Ulevik  (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,
 # 
@@ -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  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  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 :
+# I was given this link by John Letts:
 # 
 # http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm
 # 
@@ -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