1 # <pre>

     2 # @(#)australasia	8.23

     3 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of

     4 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.

     5 

     6 # This file also includes Pacific islands.

     7 

     8 # Notes are at the end of this file

     9 

    10 ###############################################################################

    11 

    12 # Australia

    13 

    14 # Please see the notes below for the controversy about "EST" versus "AEST" etc.

    15 

    16 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

    17 Rule	Aus	1917	only	-	Jan	 1	0:01	1:00	-

    18 Rule	Aus	1917	only	-	Mar	25	2:00	0	-

    19 Rule	Aus	1942	only	-	Jan	 1	2:00	1:00	-

    20 Rule	Aus	1942	only	-	Mar	29	2:00	0	-

    21 Rule	Aus	1942	only	-	Sep	27	2:00	1:00	-

    22 Rule	Aus	1943	1944	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-

    23 Rule	Aus	1943	only	-	Oct	 3	2:00	1:00	-

    24 # Go with Whitman and the Australian National Standards Commission, which

    25 # says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944.  Ignore Whitman's claim that

    26 # 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944.

    27 

    28 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

    29 # Northern Territory

    30 Zone Australia/Darwin	 8:43:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb

    31 			 9:00	-	CST	1899 May

    32 			 9:30	Aus	CST

    33 # Western Australia

    34 #

    35 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

    36 Rule	AW	1974	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-

    37 Rule	AW	1975	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

    38 Rule	AW	1983	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-

    39 Rule	AW	1984	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

    40 Rule	AW	1991	only	-	Nov	17	2:00s	1:00	-

    41 Rule	AW	1992	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

    42 Rule	AW	2006	only	-	Dec	 3	2:00s	1:00	-

    43 Rule	AW	2007	2009	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-

    44 Rule	AW	2007	2008	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-

    45 Zone Australia/Perth	 7:43:24 -	LMT	1895 Dec

    46 			 8:00	Aus	WST	1943 Jul

    47 			 8:00	AW	WST

    48 Zone Australia/Eucla	 8:35:28 -	LMT	1895 Dec

    49 			 8:45	Aus	CWST	1943 Jul

    50 			 8:45	AW	CWST

    51 

    52 # Queensland

    53 #

    54 # From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01):

    55 # I have heard or read more than once that some resort islands off the coast

    56 # of Queensland chose to keep observing daylight-saving time even after

    57 # Queensland ceased to.

    58 #

    59 # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):

    60 # IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman,

    61 # Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped.

    62 # Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria,

    63 # so use Lindeman.

    64 #

    65 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

    66 Rule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-

    67 Rule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-

    68 Rule	AQ	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-

    69 Rule	AQ	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

    70 Rule	Holiday	1992	1993	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-

    71 Rule	Holiday	1993	1994	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

    72 Zone Australia/Brisbane	10:12:08 -	LMT	1895

    73 			10:00	Aus	EST	1971

    74 			10:00	AQ	EST

    75 Zone Australia/Lindeman  9:55:56 -	LMT	1895

    76 			10:00	Aus	EST	1971

    77 			10:00	AQ	EST	1992 Jul

    78 			10:00	Holiday	EST

    79 

    80 # South Australia

    81 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

    82 Rule	AS	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-

    83 Rule	AS	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	1:00	-

    84 Rule	AS	1987	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-

    85 Rule	AS	1972	only	-	Feb	27	2:00s	0	-

    86 Rule	AS	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

    87 Rule	AS	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-

    88 Rule	AS	1991	only	-	Mar	3	2:00s	0	-

    89 Rule	AS	1992	only	-	Mar	22	2:00s	0	-

    90 Rule	AS	1993	only	-	Mar	7	2:00s	0	-

    91 Rule	AS	1994	only	-	Mar	20	2:00s	0	-

    92 Rule	AS	1995	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-

    93 Rule	AS	2006	only	-	Apr	2	2:00s	0	-

    94 Rule	AS	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-

    95 Rule	AS	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

    96 Rule	AS	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-

    97 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

    98 Zone Australia/Adelaide	9:14:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb

    99 			9:00	-	CST	1899 May

   100 			9:30	Aus	CST	1971

   101 			9:30	AS	CST

   102 

   103 # Tasmania

   104 #

   105 # From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16):

   106 # <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml>

   107 # says King Island didn't observe DST from WWII until late 1971.

   108 #

   109 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

   110 Rule	AT	1967	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-

   111 Rule	AT	1968	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-

   112 Rule	AT	1968	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-

   113 Rule	AT	1969	1971	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00s	0	-

   114 Rule	AT	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-

   115 Rule	AT	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

   116 Rule	AT	1982	1983	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-

   117 Rule	AT	1984	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

   118 Rule	AT	1986	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:00	-

   119 Rule	AT	1987	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-

   120 Rule	AT	1987	only	-	Oct	Sun>=22	2:00s	1:00	-

   121 Rule	AT	1988	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-

   122 Rule	AT	1991	1999	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-

   123 Rule	AT	1991	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-

   124 Rule	AT	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-

   125 Rule	AT	2001	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-

   126 Rule	AT	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

   127 Rule	AT	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-

   128 Rule	AT	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

   129 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   130 Zone Australia/Hobart	9:49:16	-	LMT	1895 Sep

   131 			10:00	-	EST	1916 Oct 1 2:00

   132 			10:00	1:00	EST	1917 Feb

   133 			10:00	Aus	EST	1967

   134 			10:00	AT	EST

   135 Zone Australia/Currie	9:35:28	-	LMT	1895 Sep

   136 			10:00	-	EST	1916 Oct 1 2:00

   137 			10:00	1:00	EST	1917 Feb

   138 			10:00	Aus	EST	1971 Jul

   139 			10:00	AT	EST

   140 

   141 # Victoria

   142 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

   143 Rule	AV	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-

   144 Rule	AV	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	-

   145 Rule	AV	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

   146 Rule	AV	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-

   147 Rule	AV	1986	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:00	-

   148 Rule	AV	1988	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-

   149 Rule	AV	1991	1994	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

   150 Rule	AV	1995	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-

   151 Rule	AV	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-

   152 Rule	AV	2001	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-

   153 Rule	AV	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

   154 Rule	AV	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-

   155 Rule	AV	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

   156 Rule	AV	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-

   157 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   158 Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb

   159 			10:00	Aus	EST	1971

   160 			10:00	AV	EST

   161 

   162 # New South Wales

   163 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

   164 Rule	AN	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-

   165 Rule	AN	1972	only	-	Feb	27	2:00s	0	-

   166 Rule	AN	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

   167 Rule	AN	1982	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

   168 Rule	AN	1983	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

   169 Rule	AN	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	-

   170 Rule	AN	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	1:00	-

   171 Rule	AN	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-

   172 Rule	AN	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

   173 Rule	AN	1996	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-

   174 Rule	AN	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-

   175 Rule	AN	2001	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	-

   176 Rule	AN	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

   177 Rule	AN	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	-

   178 Rule	AN	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	-

   179 Rule	AN	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	-

   180 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   181 Zone Australia/Sydney	10:04:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb

   182 			10:00	Aus	EST	1971

   183 			10:00	AN	EST

   184 Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 -	LMT	1895 Feb

   185 			10:00	-	EST	1896 Aug 23

   186 			9:00	-	CST	1899 May

   187 			9:30	Aus	CST	1971

   188 			9:30	AN	CST	2000

   189 			9:30	AS	CST

   190 

   191 # Lord Howe Island

   192 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

   193 Rule	LH	1981	1984	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-

   194 Rule	LH	1982	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-

   195 Rule	LH	1985	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-

   196 Rule	LH	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-

   197 Rule	LH	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00	0:30	-

   198 Rule	LH	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-

   199 Rule	LH	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-

   200 Rule	LH	1996	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-

   201 Rule	LH	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-

   202 Rule	LH	2001	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-

   203 Rule	LH	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-

   204 Rule	LH	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-

   205 Rule	LH	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-

   206 Rule	LH	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	0:30	-

   207 Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb

   208 			10:00	-	EST	1981 Mar

   209 			10:30	LH	LHST

   210 

   211 # Australian miscellany

   212 #

   213 # Ashmore Is, Cartier

   214 # no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers

   215 # no times are set

   216 #

   217 # Coral Sea Is

   218 # no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists

   219 # no times are set

   220 #

   221 # Macquarie

   222 # permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948;

   223 # sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888/1917

   224 # like Australia/Hobart

   225 

   226 # Christmas

   227 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   228 Zone Indian/Christmas	7:02:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb

   229 			7:00	-	CXT	# Christmas Island Time

   230 

   231 # Cook Is

   232 # From Shanks & Pottenger:

   233 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

   234 Rule	Cook	1978	only	-	Nov	12	0:00	0:30	HS

   235 Rule	Cook	1979	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-

   236 Rule	Cook	1979	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0:30	HS

   237 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   238 Zone Pacific/Rarotonga	-10:39:04 -	LMT	1901		# Avarua

   239 			-10:30	-	CKT	1978 Nov 12	# Cook Is Time

   240 			-10:00	Cook	CK%sT

   241 

   242 # Cocos

   243 # These islands were ruled by the Ross family from about 1830 to 1978.

   244 # We don't know when standard time was introduced; for now, we guess 1900.

   245 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   246 Zone	Indian/Cocos	6:27:40	-	LMT	1900

   247 			6:30	-	CCT	# Cocos Islands Time

   248 

   249 # Fiji

   250 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-11-10):

   251 # According to Fiji Broadcasting Corporation,  Fiji plans to re-introduce DST

   252 # from November 29th 2009  to April 25th 2010.

   253 #

   254 # "Daylight savings to commence this month"

   255 # <a href="http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=23719">

   256 # http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=23719

   257 # </a>

   258 # or

   259 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji01.html">

   260 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji01.html

   261 # </a>

   262 

   263 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-11-10):

   264 # The Fiji Government has posted some more details about the approved

   265 # amendments:

   266 # <a href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_16198.shtml">

   267 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_16198.shtml

   268 # </a>

   269 

   270 # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-03):

   271 # The Cabinet in Fiji has decided to end DST about a month early, on

   272 # 2010-03-28 at 03:00.

   273 # The plan is to observe DST again, from 2010-10-24 to sometime in March

   274 # 2011 (last Sunday a good guess?).

   275 #

   276 # Official source:

   277 # <a href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1096:3310-cabinet-approves-change-in-daylight-savings-dates&catid=49:cabinet-releases&Itemid=166">

   278 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1096:3310-cabinet-approves-change-in-daylight-savings-dates&catid=49:cabinet-releases&Itemid=166

   279 # </a>

   280 #

   281 # A bit more background info here:

   282 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/fiji-dst-ends-march-2010.html">

   283 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/fiji-dst-ends-march-2010.html

   284 # </a>

   285 

   286 # From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-10-24):

   287 # According to Radio Fiji and Fiji Times online, Fiji will end DST 3 

   288 # weeks earlier than expected - on March 6, 2011, not March 27, 2011...

   289 # Here is confirmation from Government of the Republic of the Fiji Islands, 

   290 # Ministry of Information (fiji.gov.fj) web site:

   291 # <a href="http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2608:daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155">

   292 # http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2608:daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155

   293 # </a>

   294 # or

   295 # <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji04.html">

   296 # http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji04.html

   297 # </a>

   298 

   299 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

   300 Rule	Fiji	1998	1999	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S

   301 Rule	Fiji	1999	2000	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	-

   302 Rule	Fiji	2009	only	-	Nov	29	2:00	1:00	S

   303 Rule	Fiji	2010	only	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	-

   304 Rule	Fiji	2010	only	-	Oct	24	2:00	1:00	S

   305 Rule	Fiji	2011	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-

   306 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   307 Zone	Pacific/Fiji	11:53:40 -	LMT	1915 Oct 26	# Suva

   308 			12:00	Fiji	FJ%sT	# Fiji Time

   309 

   310 # French Polynesia

   311 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   312 Zone	Pacific/Gambier	 -8:59:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Rikitea

   313 			 -9:00	-	GAMT	# Gambier Time

   314 Zone	Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 -	LMT	1912 Oct

   315 			 -9:30	-	MART	# Marquesas Time

   316 Zone	Pacific/Tahiti	 -9:58:16 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Papeete

   317 			-10:00	-	TAHT	# Tahiti Time

   318 # Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia;

   319 # it is uninhabited.

   320 

   321 # Guam

   322 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   323 Zone	Pacific/Guam	-14:21:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31

   324 			 9:39:00 -	LMT	1901		# Agana

   325 			10:00	-	GST	2000 Dec 23	# Guam

   326 			10:00	-	ChST	# Chamorro Standard Time

   327 

   328 # Kiribati

   329 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   330 Zone Pacific/Tarawa	 11:32:04 -	LMT	1901		# Bairiki

   331 			 12:00	-	GILT		 # Gilbert Is Time

   332 Zone Pacific/Enderbury	-11:24:20 -	LMT	1901

   333 			-12:00	-	PHOT	1979 Oct # Phoenix Is Time

   334 			-11:00	-	PHOT	1995

   335 			 13:00	-	PHOT

   336 Zone Pacific/Kiritimati	-10:29:20 -	LMT	1901

   337 			-10:40	-	LINT	1979 Oct # Line Is Time

   338 			-10:00	-	LINT	1995

   339 			 14:00	-	LINT

   340 

   341 # N Mariana Is

   342 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   343 Zone Pacific/Saipan	-14:17:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31

   344 			 9:43:00 -	LMT	1901

   345 			 9:00	-	MPT	1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time

   346 			10:00	-	MPT	2000 Dec 23

   347 			10:00	-	ChST	# Chamorro Standard Time

   348 

   349 # Marshall Is

   350 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   351 Zone Pacific/Majuro	11:24:48 -	LMT	1901

   352 			11:00	-	MHT	1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time

   353 			12:00	-	MHT

   354 Zone Pacific/Kwajalein	11:09:20 -	LMT	1901

   355 			11:00	-	MHT	1969 Oct

   356 			-12:00	-	KWAT	1993 Aug 20	# Kwajalein Time

   357 			12:00	-	MHT

   358 

   359 # Micronesia

   360 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   361 Zone Pacific/Chuuk	10:07:08 -	LMT	1901

   362 			10:00	-	CHUT			# Chuuk Time

   363 Zone Pacific/Pohnpei	10:32:52 -	LMT	1901		# Kolonia

   364 			11:00	-	PONT			# Pohnpei Time

   365 Zone Pacific/Kosrae	10:51:56 -	LMT	1901

   366 			11:00	-	KOST	1969 Oct	# Kosrae Time

   367 			12:00	-	KOST	1999

   368 			11:00	-	KOST

   369 

   370 # Nauru

   371 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   372 Zone	Pacific/Nauru	11:07:40 -	LMT	1921 Jan 15	# Uaobe

   373 			11:30	-	NRT	1942 Mar 15	# Nauru Time

   374 			9:00	-	JST	1944 Aug 15

   375 			11:30	-	NRT	1979 May

   376 			12:00	-	NRT

   377 

   378 # New Caledonia

   379 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

   380 Rule	NC	1977	1978	-	Dec	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S

   381 Rule	NC	1978	1979	-	Feb	27	0:00	0	-

   382 Rule	NC	1996	only	-	Dec	 1	2:00s	1:00	S

   383 # Shanks & Pottenger say the following was at 2:00; go with IATA.

   384 Rule	NC	1997	only	-	Mar	 2	2:00s	0	-

   385 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   386 Zone	Pacific/Noumea	11:05:48 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13

   387 			11:00	NC	NC%sT

   388 

   389 

   390 ###############################################################################

   391 

   392 # New Zealand

   393 

   394 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

   395 Rule	NZ	1927	only	-	Nov	 6	2:00	1:00	S

   396 Rule	NZ	1928	only	-	Mar	 4	2:00	0	M

   397 Rule	NZ	1928	1933	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00	0:30	S

   398 Rule	NZ	1929	1933	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	M

   399 Rule	NZ	1934	1940	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	0	M

   400 Rule	NZ	1934	1940	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0:30	S

   401 Rule	NZ	1946	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	S

   402 # Since 1957 Chatham has been 45 minutes ahead of NZ, but there's no

   403 # convenient notation for this so we must duplicate the Rule lines.

   404 Rule	NZ	1974	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D

   405 Rule	Chatham	1974	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:45s	1:00	D

   406 Rule	NZ	1975	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	S

   407 Rule	Chatham	1975	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:45s	0	S

   408 Rule	NZ	1975	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D

   409 Rule	Chatham	1975	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:45s	1:00	D

   410 Rule	NZ	1976	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S

   411 Rule	Chatham	1976	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:45s	0	S

   412 Rule	NZ	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00s	1:00	D

   413 Rule	Chatham	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:45s	1:00	D

   414 Rule	NZ	1990	2006	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D

   415 Rule	Chatham	1990	2006	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:45s	1:00	D

   416 Rule	NZ	1990	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S

   417 Rule	Chatham	1990	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:45s	0	S

   418 Rule	NZ	2007	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D

   419 Rule	Chatham	2007	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:45s	1:00	D

   420 Rule	NZ	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S

   421 Rule	Chatham	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:45s	0	S

   422 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   423 Zone Pacific/Auckland	11:39:04 -	LMT	1868 Nov  2

   424 			11:30	NZ	NZ%sT	1946 Jan  1

   425 			12:00	NZ	NZ%sT

   426 Zone Pacific/Chatham	12:13:48 -	LMT	1957 Jan  1

   427 			12:45	Chatham	CHA%sT

   428 

   429 

   430 # Auckland Is

   431 # uninhabited; Maori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers,

   432 # and scientific personnel have wintered

   433 

   434 # Campbell I

   435 # minor whaling stations operated 1909/1914

   436 # scientific station operated 1941/1995;

   437 # previously whalers, sealers, pastoralists, and scientific personnel wintered

   438 # was probably like Pacific/Auckland

   439 

   440 ###############################################################################

   441 

   442 

   443 # Niue

   444 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   445 Zone	Pacific/Niue	-11:19:40 -	LMT	1901		# Alofi

   446 			-11:20	-	NUT	1951	# Niue Time

   447 			-11:30	-	NUT	1978 Oct 1

   448 			-11:00	-	NUT

   449 

   450 # Norfolk

   451 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   452 Zone	Pacific/Norfolk	11:11:52 -	LMT	1901		# Kingston

   453 			11:12	-	NMT	1951	# Norfolk Mean Time

   454 			11:30	-	NFT		# Norfolk Time

   455 

   456 # Palau (Belau)

   457 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   458 Zone Pacific/Palau	8:57:56 -	LMT	1901		# Koror

   459 			9:00	-	PWT	# Palau Time

   460 

   461 # Papua New Guinea

   462 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   463 Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 -	LMT	1880

   464 			9:48:32	-	PMMT	1895	# Port Moresby Mean Time

   465 			10:00	-	PGT		# Papua New Guinea Time

   466 

   467 # Pitcairn

   468 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   469 Zone Pacific/Pitcairn	-8:40:20 -	LMT	1901		# Adamstown

   470 			-8:30	-	PNT	1998 Apr 27 00:00

   471 			-8:00	-	PST	# Pitcairn Standard Time

   472 

   473 # American Samoa

   474 Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago	 12:37:12 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5

   475 			-11:22:48 -	LMT	1911

   476 			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time

   477 			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr	# N=Nome

   478 			-11:00	-	BST	1983 Nov 30	# B=Bering

   479 			-11:00	-	SST			# S=Samoa

   480 

   481 # Samoa

   482 

   483 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-16):

   484 # We have been in contact with the government of Samoa again, and received

   485 # the following info:

   486 #

   487 # "Cabinet has now approved Daylight Saving to be effected next year

   488 # commencing from the last Sunday of September 2010 and conclude first

   489 # Sunday of April 2011."

   490 #

   491 # Background info:

   492 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/samoa-dst-plan-2009.html">

   493 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/samoa-dst-plan-2009.html

   494 # </a>

   495 #

   496 # Samoa's Daylight Saving Time Act 2009 is available here, but does not

   497 # contain any dates:

   498 # <a href="http://www.parliament.gov.ws/documents/acts/Daylight%20Saving%20Act%20%202009%20%28English%29%20-%20Final%207-7-091.pdf">

   499 # http://www.parliament.gov.ws/documents/acts/Daylight%20Saving%20Act%20%202009%20%28English%29%20-%20Final%207-7-091.pdf

   500 # </a>

   501 

   502 # From Raymond Hughes (2010-10-07):

   503 # Please see

   504 # <a href="http://www.mcil.gov.ws">

   505 # http://www.mcil.gov.ws

   506 # </a>,

   507 # the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (sideframe) "Last Sunday

   508 # September 2010 (26/09/10) - adjust clocks forward from 12:00 midnight

   509 # to 01:00am and First Sunday April 2011 (03/04/11) - adjust clocks

   510 # backwards from 1:00am to 12:00am"

   511 

   512 # From Raymond Hughes (2011-03-07)

   513 # I believe this will be posted shortly on the website

   514 # <a href="http://www.mcil.gov.ws">

   515 # www.mcil.gov.ws

   516 # </a>

   517 #

   518 # PUBLIC NOTICE ON DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

   519 #

   520 # Pursuant to the Daylight Saving Act 2009 and Cabinets decision,

   521 # businesses and the general public are hereby advised that daylight

   522 # saving time is on the first Saturday of April 2011 (02/04/11).

   523 #

   524 # The public is therefore advised that when the standard time strikes

   525 # the hour of four oclock (4.00am or 0400 Hours) on the 2nd April 2011,

   526 # then all instruments used to measure standard time are to be

   527 # adjusted/changed to three oclock (3:00am or 0300Hrs).

   528 #

   529 # Margaret Fruean ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER MINISTRY OF COMMERCE,

   530 # INDUSTRY AND LABOUR 28th February 2011

   531 

   532 Zone Pacific/Apia	 12:33:04 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5

   533 			-11:26:56 -	LMT	1911

   534 			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time

   535 			-11:00	-	WST	2010 Sep 26

   536 			-11:00	1:00	WSDT	2011 Apr 2 4:00

   537 			-11:00	-	WST

   538 

   539 # Solomon Is

   540 # excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea

   541 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   542 Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct	# Honiara

   543 			11:00	-	SBT	# Solomon Is Time

   544 

   545 # Tokelau Is

   546 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   547 Zone	Pacific/Fakaofo	-11:24:56 -	LMT	1901

   548 			-10:00	-	TKT	# Tokelau Time

   549 

   550 # Tonga

   551 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

   552 Rule	Tonga	1999	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00s	1:00	S

   553 Rule	Tonga	2000	only	-	Mar	19	2:00s	0	-

   554 Rule	Tonga	2000	2001	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	S

   555 Rule	Tonga	2001	2002	-	Jan	lastSun	2:00	0	-

   556 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   557 Zone Pacific/Tongatapu	12:19:20 -	LMT	1901

   558 			12:20	-	TOT	1941 # Tonga Time

   559 			13:00	-	TOT	1999

   560 			13:00	Tonga	TO%sT

   561 

   562 # Tuvalu

   563 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   564 Zone Pacific/Funafuti	11:56:52 -	LMT	1901

   565 			12:00	-	TVT	# Tuvalu Time

   566 

   567 

   568 # US minor outlying islands

   569 

   570 # Howland, Baker

   571 # Howland was mined for guano by American companies 1857-1878 and British

   572 # 1886-1891; Baker was similar but exact dates are not known.

   573 # Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; U.S. military bases 1943-1944;

   574 # uninhabited thereafter.

   575 # Howland observed Hawaii Standard Time (UTC-10:30) in 1937;

   576 # see page 206 of Elgen M. Long and Marie K. Long,

   577 # Amelia Earhart: the Mystery Solved, Simon & Schuster (2000).

   578 # So most likely Howland and Baker observed Hawaii Time from 1935

   579 # until they were abandoned after the war.

   580 

   581 # Jarvis

   582 # Mined for guano by American companies 1857-1879 and British 1883?-1891?.

   583 # Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; IGY scientific base 1957-1958;

   584 # uninhabited thereafter.

   585 # no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati

   586 

   587 # Johnston

   588 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   589 Zone Pacific/Johnston	-10:00	-	HST

   590 

   591 # Kingman

   592 # uninhabited

   593 

   594 # Midway

   595 #

   596 # From Mark Brader (2005-01-23):

   597 # [Fallacies and Fantasies of Air Transport History, by R.E.G. Davies,

   598 # published 1994 by Paladwr Press, McLean, VA, USA; ISBN 0-9626483-5-3]

   599 # reproduced a Pan American Airways timeables from 1936, for their weekly

   600 # "Orient Express" flights between San Francisco and Manila, and connecting

   601 # flights to Chicago and the US East Coast.  As it uses some time zone

   602 # designations that I've never seen before:....

   603 # Fri. 6:30A Lv. HONOLOLU (Pearl Harbor), H.I.   H.L.T. Ar. 5:30P Sun.

   604 #  "   3:00P Ar. MIDWAY ISLAND . . . . . . . . . M.L.T. Lv. 6:00A  "

   605 #

   606 Zone Pacific/Midway	-11:49:28 -	LMT	1901

   607 			-11:00	-	NST	1956 Jun  3

   608 			-11:00	1:00	NDT	1956 Sep  2

   609 			-11:00	-	NST	1967 Apr	# N=Nome

   610 			-11:00	-	BST	1983 Nov 30	# B=Bering

   611 			-11:00	-	SST			# S=Samoa

   612 

   613 # Palmyra

   614 # uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati

   615 

   616 # Wake

   617 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   618 Zone	Pacific/Wake	11:06:28 -	LMT	1901

   619 			12:00	-	WAKT	# Wake Time

   620 

   621 

   622 # Vanuatu

   623 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S

   624 Rule	Vanuatu	1983	only	-	Sep	25	0:00	1:00	S

   625 Rule	Vanuatu	1984	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=23	0:00	0	-

   626 Rule	Vanuatu	1984	only	-	Oct	23	0:00	1:00	S

   627 Rule	Vanuatu	1985	1991	-	Sep	Sun>=23	0:00	1:00	S

   628 Rule	Vanuatu	1992	1993	-	Jan	Sun>=23	0:00	0	-

   629 Rule	Vanuatu	1992	only	-	Oct	Sun>=23	0:00	1:00	S

   630 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   631 Zone	Pacific/Efate	11:13:16 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13		# Vila

   632 			11:00	Vanuatu	VU%sT	# Vanuatu Time

   633 

   634 # Wallis and Futuna

   635 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

   636 Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901

   637 			12:00	-	WFT	# Wallis & Futuna Time

   638 

   639 ###############################################################################

   640 

   641 # NOTES

   642 

   643 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,

   644 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to

   645 # [email protected] for general use in the future).

   646 

   647 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):

   648 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is

   649 # Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),

   650 # San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).

   651 #

   652 # Gwillim Law writes that a good source

   653 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport

   654 # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),

   655 # published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries

   656 # of the IATA's data after 1990.

   657 #

   658 # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for

   659 # entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.

   660 #

   661 # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,

   662 # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which

   663 # I found in the UCLA library.

   664 #

   665 # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is

   666 # Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).

   667 #

   668 # I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;

   669 # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.

   670 # Corrections are welcome!

   671 #		std dst

   672 #		LMT	Local Mean Time

   673 #	  8:00	WST WST	Western Australia

   674 #	  8:45	CWST CWST Central Western Australia*

   675 #	  9:00	JST	Japan

   676 #	  9:30	CST CST	Central Australia

   677 #	 10:00	EST EST	Eastern Australia

   678 #	 10:00	ChST	Chamorro

   679 #	 10:30	LHST LHST Lord Howe*

   680 #	 11:30	NZMT NZST New Zealand through 1945

   681 #	 12:00	NZST NZDT New Zealand 1946-present

   682 #	 12:45	CHAST CHADT Chatham*

   683 #	-11:00	SST	Samoa

   684 #	-10:00	HST	Hawaii

   685 #	- 8:00	PST	Pitcairn*

   686 #

   687 # See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii.

   688 # See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is.

   689 

   690 ###############################################################################

   691 

   692 # Australia

   693 

   694 # From Paul Eggert (2005-12-08):

   695 # <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml">

   696 # Implementation Dates of Daylight Saving Time within Australia

   697 # </a> summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia.

   698 

   699 # From Arthur David Olson (2005-12-12):

   700 # <a href="http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/Corporate/ll_agdinfo.nsf/pages/community_relations_daylight_saving">

   701 # Lawlink NSW:Daylight Saving in New South Wales

   702 # </a> covers New South Wales in particular.

   703 

   704 # From John Mackin (1991-03-06):

   705 # We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time.

   706 # It is called `summer' time.  Now by a happy coincidence, `summer'

   707 # and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the

   708 # abbreviation does _not_ change...

   709 # The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least

   710 # in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the

   711 # initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses

   712 # the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight

   713 # time'.

   714 # Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian

   715 # Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time'

   716 # or `Eastern Summer Time'.  (Note, though, that as I say in the

   717 # current australasia file, there is really no such thing.)  Announcers

   718 # on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases

   719 # prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times;

   720 # time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.

   721 

   722 # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):

   723 # Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is:

   724 #	CST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30

   725 #	WST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00

   726 #	EST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00

   727 

   728 # From Chuck Soper (2006-06-01):

   729 # I recently found this Australian government web page on time zones:

   730 # <http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia-13time>

   731 # And this government web page lists time zone names and abbreviations:

   732 # <http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/daysavtm.shtml>

   733 

   734 # From Paul Eggert (2001-04-05), summarizing a long discussion about "EST"

   735 # versus "AEST" etc.:

   736 #

   737 # I see the following points of dispute:

   738 #

   739 # * How important are unique time zone abbreviations?

   740 #

   741 #   Here I tend to agree with the point (most recently made by Chris

   742 #   Newman) that unique abbreviations should not be essential for proper

   743 #   operation of software.  We have other instances of ambiguity

   744 #   (e.g. "IST" denoting both "Israel Standard Time" and "Indian

   745 #   Standard Time"), and they are not likely to go away any time soon.

   746 #   In the old days, some software mistakenly relied on unique

   747 #   abbreviations, but this is becoming less true with time, and I don't

   748 #   think it's that important to cater to such software these days.

   749 #

   750 #   On the other hand, there is another motivation for unambiguous

   751 #   abbreviations: it cuts down on human confusion.  This is

   752 #   particularly true for Australia, where "EST" can mean one thing for

   753 #   time T and a different thing for time T plus 1 second.

   754 #

   755 # * Does the relevant legislation indicate which abbreviations should be used?

   756 #

   757 #   Here I tend to think that things are a mess, just as they are in

   758 #   many other countries.  We Americans are currently disagreeing about

   759 #   which abbreviation to use for the newly legislated Chamorro Standard

   760 #   Time, for example.

   761 #

   762 #   Personally, I would prefer to use common practice; I would like to

   763 #   refer to legislation only for examples of common practice, or as a

   764 #   tiebreaker.

   765 #

   766 # * Do Australians more often use "Eastern Daylight Time" or "Eastern

   767 #   Summer Time"?  Do they typically prefix the time zone names with

   768 #   the word "Australian"?

   769 #

   770 #   My own impression is that both "Daylight Time" and "Summer Time" are

   771 #   common and are widely understood, but that "Summer Time" is more

   772 #   popular; and that the leading "A" is also common but is omitted more

   773 #   often than not.  I just used AltaVista advanced search and got the

   774 #   following count of page hits:

   775 #

   776 #     1,103 "Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au

   777 #       971 "Australian Eastern Summer Time" AND domain:au

   778 #       613 "Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au

   779 #       127 "Australian Eastern Daylight Time" AND domain:au

   780 #

   781 #   Here "Summer" seems quite a bit more popular than "Daylight",

   782 #   particularly when we know the time zone is Australian and not US,

   783 #   say.  The "Australian" prefix seems to be popular for Eastern Summer

   784 #   Time, but unpopular for Eastern Daylight Time.

   785 #

   786 #   For abbreviations, tools like AltaVista are less useful because of

   787 #   ambiguity.  Many hits are not really time zones, unfortunately, and

   788 #   many hits denote US time zones and not Australian ones.  But here

   789 #   are the hit counts anyway:

   790 #

   791 #     161,304 "EST" and domain:au

   792 #      25,156 "EDT" and domain:au

   793 #      18,263 "AEST" and domain:au

   794 #      10,416 "AEDT" and domain:au

   795 #

   796 #      14,538 "CST" and domain:au

   797 #       5,728 "CDT" and domain:au

   798 #         176 "ACST" and domain:au

   799 #          29 "ACDT" and domain:au

   800 #

   801 #       7,539 "WST" and domain:au

   802 #          68 "AWST" and domain:au

   803 #

   804 #   This data suggest that Australians tend to omit the "A" prefix in

   805 #   practice.  The situation for "ST" versus "DT" is less clear, given

   806 #   the ambiguities involved.

   807 #

   808 # * How do Australians feel about the abbreviations in the tz database?

   809 #

   810 #   If you just count Australians on this list, I count 2 in favor and 3

   811 #   against.  One of the "against" votes (David Keegel) counseled delay,

   812 #   saying that both AEST/AEDT and EST/EST are widely used and

   813 #   understood in Australia.

   814 

   815 # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):

   816 # Shanks & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ.

   817 # Mark Prior writes that his newspaper

   818 # reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00,

   819 # but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970

   820 # and perhaps the newspaper's `2:00' is referring to standard time.

   821 # For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960.

   822 

   823 # From Eric Ulevik (1998-01-05):

   824 #

   825 # Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable,

   826 # and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more

   827 # relevant entries in this database.

   828 #

   829 # NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill):

   830 # <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html">

   831 # Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04)

   832 # </a>

   833 # ACT

   834 # <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html">

   835 # Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972

   836 # </a>

   837 # SA

   838 # <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html">

   839 # Standard Time Act, 1898

   840 # </a>

   841 

   842 # From David Grosz (2005-06-13):

   843 # It was announced last week that Daylight Saving would be extended by

   844 # one week next year to allow for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

   845 # Daylight Saving is now to end for next year only on the first Sunday

   846 # in April instead of the last Sunday in March.

   847 #

   848 # From Gwillim Law (2005-06-14):

   849 # I did some Googling and found that all of those states (and territory) plan

   850 # to extend DST together in 2006.

   851 # ACT: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/mediareleases/fileread.cfm?file=86.txt

   852 # New South Wales: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15538869%255E1702,00.html

   853 # South Australia: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15555031-1246,00.html

   854 # Tasmania: http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=14772

   855 # Victoria: I wasn't able to find anything separate, but the other articles

   856 # allude to it.

   857 # But not Queensland

   858 # http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15564030-1248,00.html.

   859 

   860 # Northern Territory

   861 

   862 # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):

   863 # # The NORTHERN TERRITORY..  [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]

   864 # #					[ Nov 1990 ]

   865 # #	N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.

   866 # ...

   867 # Zone        Australia/North         9:30    -       CST

   868 

   869 # From Bradley White (1991-03-04):

   870 # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...

   871 # the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving.

   872 

   873 # Western Australia

   874 

   875 # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):

   876 # #  The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA..  [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]

   877 # #						[ Nov 1990 ]

   878 # #	W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to

   879 # #	DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but

   880 # #	usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus

   881 # #	before reaching parliament.

   882 # ...

   883 # Zone	Australia/West		8:00	AW	%sST

   884 # ...

   885 # Rule	AW	1974	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D

   886 # Rule	AW	1975	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W

   887 # Rule	AW	1983	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D

   888 # Rule	AW	1984	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W

   889 

   890 # From Bradley White (1991-03-04):

   891 # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...

   892 # Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving.

   893 

   894 # From John D. Newman via Bradley White (1991-11-02):

   895 # Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney

   896 # rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at

   897 # work at 9.00am.)

   898 # W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse

   899 # everybody again.

   900 

   901 # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):

   902 # The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;

   903 # it matches what was used in the past.

   904 

   905 # <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm">

   906 # The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ

   907 # </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses

   908 # South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia.

   909 

   910 # Queensland

   911 # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):

   912 # #   The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]

   913 # #						[ Dec 1990 ]

   914 # ...

   915 # Zone	Australia/Queensland	10:00	AQ	%sST

   916 # ...

   917 # Rule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D

   918 # Rule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	E

   919 # Rule	AQ	1989	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D

   920 # Rule	AQ	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E

   921 

   922 # From Bradley White (1989-12-24):

   923 # "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from

   924 # October 1989).

   925 

   926 # From Bradley White (1991-03-04):

   927 # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...

   928 # ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving

   929 # at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...

   930 

   931 # From John Mackin (1991-03-06):

   932 # I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact

   933 # end on Sunday, 3 March.  I don't know at what hour, though.  (It surprised

   934 # me.)

   935 

   936 # From Bradley White (1992-03-08):

   937 # ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted

   938 # in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ...

   939 # ...

   940 # Rule	QLD	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D

   941 # Rule	QLD	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S

   942 # ...

   943 

   944 # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):

   945 # The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.

   946 

   947 # From Christopher Hunt (2006-11-21), after an advance warning

   948 # from Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-11-01):

   949 # WA are trialing DST for three years.

   950 # <http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54825721200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf>

   951 

   952 # From Rives McDow (2002-04-09):

   953 # The most interesting region I have found consists of three towns on the

   954 # southern coast....  South Australia observes daylight saving time; Western

   955 # Australia does not.  The two states are one and a half hours apart.  The

   956 # residents decided to forget about this nonsense of changing the clock so

   957 # much and set the local time 20 hours and 45 minutes from the

   958 # international date line, or right in the middle of the time of South

   959 # Australia and Western Australia....

   960 #

   961 # From Paul Eggert (2002-04-09):

   962 # This is confirmed by the section entitled

   963 # "What's the deal with time zones???" in

   964 # <http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~awatkins/null.html>.

   965 #

   966 # From Alex Livingston (2006-12-07):

   967 # ... it was just on four years ago that I drove along the Eyre Highway,

   968 # which passes through eastern Western Australia close to the southern

   969 # coast of the continent.

   970 #

   971 # I paid particular attention to the time kept there. There can be no

   972 # dispute that UTC+08:45 was considered "the time" from the border

   973 # village just inside the border with South Australia to as far west

   974 # as just east of Caiguna. There can also be no dispute that Eucla is

   975 # the largest population centre in this zone....

   976 #

   977 # Now that Western Australia is observing daylight saving, the

   978 # question arose whether this part of the state would follow suit. I

   979 # just called the border village and confirmed that indeed they have,

   980 # meaning that they are now observing UTC+09:45.

   981 #

   982 # (2006-12-09):

   983 # I personally doubt that either experimentation with daylight saving

   984 # in WA or its introduction in SA had anything to do with the genesis

   985 # of this time zone.  My hunch is that it's been around since well

   986 # before 1975.  I remember seeing it noted on road maps decades ago.

   987 

   988 # From Paul Eggert (2006-12-15):

   989 # For lack of better info, assume the tradition dates back to the

   990 # introduction of standard time in 1895.

   991 

   992 

   993 # southeast Australia

   994 #

   995 # From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):

   996 # Starting autumn 2008 Victoria, NSW, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT

   997 # end DST the first Sunday in April and start DST the first Sunday in October.

   998 # http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/daylight-savings-to-span-six-months/2007/06/27/1182623966703.html

   999 

  1000 

  1001 # South Australia

  1002 

  1003 # From Bradley White (1991-03-04):

  1004 # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...

  1005 # ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving

  1006 # at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...

  1007 

  1008 # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):

  1009 # #   The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ]

  1010 # #						[ Nov 1990 ]

  1011 # ...

  1012 # Zone	Australia/South		9:30	AS	%sST

  1013 # ...

  1014 # Rule	 AS	1971	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D

  1015 # Rule	 AS	1972	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C

  1016 # Rule	 AS	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	C

  1017 # Rule	 AS	1991	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C

  1018 

  1019 # From Bradley White (1992-03-11):

  1020 # Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide

  1021 # contained the following exchange:  "Due to the Adelaide Festival,

  1022 # South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks."

  1023 

  1024 # From Robert Elz (1992-03-13):

  1025 # I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that)

  1026 # South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even

  1027 # numbered year (from 1990).  That's when the Adelaide Festival

  1028 # is on...

  1029 

  1030 # From Robert Elz (1992-03-16, 00:57:07 +1000):

  1031 # DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday)....

  1032 # But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever...

  1033 # (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...).

  1034 

  1035 # From Bradley White (1994-04-11):

  1036 # If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March,

  1037 # 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can

  1038 # only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated....

  1039 

  1040 # From John Warburton (1994-10-07):

  1041 # The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ...

  1042 # was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994....

  1043 # start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March.

  1044 

  1045 # From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):

  1046 # See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.

  1047 

  1048 # Tasmania

  1049 

  1050 # The rules for 1967 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd

  1051 # via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):

  1052 # #  The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]

  1053 # #					[ Nov 1990 ]

  1054 

  1055 # From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10):

  1056 # Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have

  1057 # 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia

  1058 # (but nothing new about that).

  1059 

  1060 # From Alex Livingston (1999-10-04):

  1061 # I heard on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio news on the

  1062 # (long) weekend that Tasmania, which usually goes its own way in this regard,

  1063 # has decided to join with most of NSW, the ACT, and most of Victoria

  1064 # (Australia) and start daylight saving on the last Sunday in August in 2000

  1065 # instead of the first Sunday in October.

  1066 

  1067 # Sim Alam (2000-07-03) reported a legal citation for the 2000/2001 rules:

  1068 # http://www.thelaw.tas.gov.au/fragview/42++1968+GS3A@EN+2000070300

  1069 

  1070 # From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):

  1071 # See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.

  1072 

  1073 # Victoria

  1074 

  1075 # The rules for 1971 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd

  1076 # via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):

  1077 # #   The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]

  1078 # #						[ Nov 1990 ]

  1079 

  1080 # From Scott Harrington (2001-08-29):

  1081 # On KQED's "City Arts and Lectures" program last night I heard an

  1082 # interesting story about daylight savings time.  Dr. John Heilbron was

  1083 # discussing his book "The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar

  1084 # Observatories"[1], and in particular the Shrine of Remembrance[2] located

  1085 # in Melbourne, Australia.

  1086 #

  1087 # Apparently the shrine's main purpose is a beam of sunlight which

  1088 # illuminates a special spot on the floor at the 11th hour of the 11th day

  1089 # of the 11th month (Remembrance Day) every year in memory of Australia's

  1090 # fallen WWI soldiers.  And if you go there on Nov. 11, at 11am local time,

  1091 # you will indeed see the sunbeam illuminate the special spot at the

  1092 # expected time.

  1093 #

  1094 # However, that is only because of some special mirror contraption that had

  1095 # to be employed, since due to daylight savings time, the true solar time of

  1096 # the remembrance moment occurs one hour later (or earlier?).  Perhaps

  1097 # someone with more information on this jury-rig can tell us more.

  1098 #

  1099 # [1] http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HEISUN.html

  1100 # [2] http://www.shrine.org.au

  1101 

  1102 # From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):

  1103 # See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.

  1104 

  1105 # New South Wales

  1106 

  1107 # From Arthur David Olson:

  1108 # New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.

  1109 # Based on law library research by John Mackin,

  1110 # who notes:

  1111 #	In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the

  1112 #	individual states.  Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''

  1113 #	[I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common

  1114 #	use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the

  1115 #	legislation.  This is very important to understand.

  1116 #	I have researched New South Wales time only...

  1117 

  1118 # From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-26):

  1119 # DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual

  1120 # October in 2000.  [See: Matthew Moore,

  1121 # <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html">

  1122 # Two months more daylight saving

  1123 # </a>

  1124 # Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26).]

  1125 

  1126 # From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27):

  1127 # See the following official NSW source:

  1128 # <a href="http://dir.gis.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/genobject/document/other/daylightsaving/tigGmZ">

  1129 # Daylight Saving in New South Wales.

  1130 # </a>

  1131 #

  1132 # Narrabri Shire (NSW) council has announced it will ignore the extension of

  1133 # daylight saving next year.  See:

  1134 # <a href="http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/neweng/monthly/regeng-22jul1999-1.htm">

  1135 # Narrabri Council to ignore daylight saving