X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apple/system_cmds.git/blobdiff_plain/1c51fdde6f257ffe2a1b92d1a783dab947211e95..b51d5b5f06948960f0bfd4ad974e625ca2350936:/zic.tproj/datfiles/australasia diff --git a/zic.tproj/datfiles/australasia b/zic.tproj/datfiles/australasia index e1e567a..f0db6a9 100644 --- a/zic.tproj/datfiles/australasia +++ b/zic.tproj/datfiles/australasia @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ -# $OpenBSD: australasia,v 1.5 1997/01/14 04:36:50 millert Exp $ -# @(#)australasia 7.31 +# @(#)australasia 7.64 # This file also includes Pacific islands. - +# $FreeBSD: src/share/zoneinfo/australasia,v 1.19 2001/05/01 14:10:12 schweikh Exp $ # Notes are at the end of this file ############################################################################### @@ -9,26 +8,26 @@ # Australia # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -# Shanks gives 1917 Jan 1 0:01; go with Whitman (and guess 2:00). -Rule Aus 1916 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 - +Rule Aus 1917 only - Jan 1 0:01 1:00 - Rule Aus 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 - Rule Aus 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 - Rule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 - Rule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 - Rule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - Rule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 - -# Whitman says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944, and that -# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944; go with Shanks. +# Go with Whitman and the Australian National Standards Commission, which +# says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944. Ignore Whitman's claim that +# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # Northern Territory Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb - 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 + 9:00 - CST 1899 May 9:30 Aus CST # Western Australia Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec - 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 Aus WST 1943 Jul + 8:00 - WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00s 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00s 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s @@ -49,19 +48,18 @@ Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec # so use Lindeman. # # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AQ 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AQ 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule Holiday 1989 1993 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule Holiday 1990 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule Holiday 1992 1993 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule Holiday 1993 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895 - 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s - 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 2:00s + 10:00 Aus EST 1971 10:00 AQ EST Zone Australia/Lindeman 9:55:56 - LMT 1895 - 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s - 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 2:00s + 10:00 Aus EST 1971 + 10:00 AQ EST 1992 Jul 10:00 Holiday EST # South Australia @@ -72,51 +70,58 @@ Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - -Rule AS 1990 1994 even Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - -Rule AS 1990 1994 odd Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 1990 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - +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 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 9:00 - CST 1899 May - 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s + 9:30 Aus CST 1971 9:30 AS CST # Tasmania # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 2:00s 0 - +Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 - -Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - +Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - -Rule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - +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 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AT 2001 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep - 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00s + 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 + 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb + 10:00 Aus EST 1967 10:00 AT EST # Victoria # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - +Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - -Rule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +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 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AV 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb - 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s + 10:00 Aus EST 1971 10:00 AV EST # New South Wales @@ -128,57 +133,64 @@ Rule AN 1982 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 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 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AN 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb - 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s + 10:00 Aus EST 1971 10:00 AN EST Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23 9:00 - CST 1899 May - 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 - 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00s - 9:30 AN CST + 9:30 Aus CST 1971 + 9:30 AN CST 2000 + 9:30 AS CST # Lord Howe Island # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S -Rule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - -Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - -Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 0:30 - -Rule LH 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 - -Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - +Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 - +Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - +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 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00 0:30 - +Rule LH 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar 10:30 LH LHST # Australian miscellany -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb - 7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time # # Ashmore Is, Cartier # no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers -# no information; probably like Australia/Perth +# like Australia/Perth, says Turner # # Coral Sea Is # no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists # no information # -# Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga -# no information +# Macquarie +# permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948; +# sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888/1917 +# like Australia/Hobart, says Turner +# Christmas +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb + 7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time # Cook Is +# From Shanks: # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HS -Rule Cook 1979 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - -Rule Cook 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS +Rule Cook 1979 1991 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - +Rule Cook 1979 1990 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua -10:30 - CKT 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is Time @@ -190,9 +202,12 @@ Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua Zone Indian/Cocos 6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time # Fiji +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S +Rule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva - 12:00 - FJT # Fiji Time + 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time # French Polynesia # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -202,26 +217,15 @@ Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct -9:30 - MART # Marquesas Time Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete -10:00 - TAHT # Tahiti Time +# Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia; +# it is uninhabited. # Guam # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana - 10:00 - GST - -# Howland, Baker -# uninhabited since World War II -# no information; was probably like Pacific/Pago_Pago - -# Jarvis -# uninhabited since 1958 -# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati - -# Johnston -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST - -# Kingman -# uninhabited +Zone Pacific/Guam -14:21:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 + 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana + 10:00 - GST 2000 Dec 23 # Guam + 10:00 - ChST # Chamorro Standard Time # Kiribati # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -238,9 +242,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901 # N Mariana Is # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Pacific/Saipan 9:43:00 - LMT 1901 +Zone Pacific/Saipan -14:17:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 + 9:43:00 - LMT 1901 9:00 - MPT 1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time - 10:00 - MPT + 10:00 - MPT 2000 Dec 23 + 10:00 - ChST # Chamorro Standard Time # Marshall Is # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -262,8 +268,9 @@ Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia 11:00 - PONT # Ponape Time Zone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901 - 11:00 - PONT 1969 Oct - 12:00 - KOST # Kosrae Time + 11:00 - KOST 1969 Oct # Kosrae Time + 12:00 - KOST 1999 + 11:00 - KOST # Nauru # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] @@ -277,6 +284,9 @@ Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 - +Rule NC 1996 only - Dec 1 2:00s 1:00 S +# Shanks says the following was at 2:00; go with IATA. +Rule NC 1997 only - Mar 2 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 11:00 NC NC%sT @@ -295,7 +305,7 @@ Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 0:30 HD Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 0:30 HD Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0:30 HD -# Whitman says DST went on and off during war years, and the base GMT offset +# Whitman says DST went on and off during war years, and the base UT offset # 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 @@ -315,8 +325,15 @@ Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 Chatham CHA%sT -# Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is -# uninhabited except by research personnel; probably like Pacific/Auckland +# Auckland Is +# uninhabited; Maori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers, +# and scientific personnel have wintered + +# Campbell I +# minor whaling stations operated 1909/1914 +# scientific station operated 1941/1995; +# previously whalers, sealers, pastoralists, and scientific personnel wintered +# was probably like Pacific/Auckland ############################################################################### @@ -334,14 +351,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time 11:30 - NFT # Norfolk Time -# Palau +# Palau (Belau) # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror 9:00 - PWT # Palau Time -# Palmyra -# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati - # Papua New Guinea # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 @@ -351,7 +365,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 # Pitcairn # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown - -8:30 - PNT # Pitcairn Time + -8:30 - PNT 1998 Apr 27 00:00 + -8:00 - PST # Pitcairn Standard Time # American Samoa Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 @@ -379,16 +394,55 @@ Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901 -10:00 - TKT # Tokelau Time # Tonga +# 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 only - Nov 4 2:00s 1:00 S +Rule Tonga 2001 only - Jan 27 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 - 12:20 - TOT 1968 Oct # Tonga Time - 13:00 - TOT + 12:20 - TOT 1941 # Tonga Time + 13:00 - TOT 1999 + 13:00 Tonga TO%sT # Tuvalu # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time + +# US minor outlying islands + +# Howland, Baker +# uninhabited since World War II +# no information; was probably like Pacific/Pago_Pago + +# Jarvis +# uninhabited since 1958 +# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati + +# Johnston +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Pacific/Johnston -10:00 - HST + +# Kingman +# uninhabited + +# Midway +Zone Pacific/Midway -11:49:28 - LMT 1901 + -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome + -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering + -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa + +# Palmyra +# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati + +# Wake +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901 + 12:00 - WAKT # Wake Time + + # Vanuatu # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 S @@ -401,11 +455,6 @@ Rule Vanuatu 1992 only - Oct Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila 11:00 Vanuatu VU%sT # Vanuatu Time -# Wake -# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901 - 12:00 - WAKT # Wake Time - # Wallis and Futuna # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 @@ -419,12 +468,12 @@ 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 (1996-11-22): +# 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 (3rd edition), -# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). +# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition), +# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999). # -# Gwillim Law writes that a good source +# Gwillim Law writes that a good source # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport # Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), # published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries @@ -438,8 +487,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # I found in the UCLA library. # # A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is -# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude, -# Oxford University Press (1980). +# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). # # I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. @@ -450,22 +498,25 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 9:00 JST Japan # 9:30 CST CST Central Australia # 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia -# 10:00 GST Guam +# 10:00 ChST Chamorro # 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe* # 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand # 12:45 CHAST CHADT Chatham* # -11:00 SST Samoa # -10:00 HST Hawaii +# - 8:00 PST Pitcairn* # # See the `northamerica' file for Hawaii. # See the `southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galapagos Is. -# -# See the `africa' file for time zone naming and abbreviation conventions. ############################################################################### # Australia +# +# Australia's Daylight Saving Times +# , by Margaret Turner, summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia. + # From John Mackin (1991-03-06): # We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time. # It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer' @@ -498,6 +549,25 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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): +# +# 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 +# relevant entries in this database. +# +# NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill): +# +# Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04) +# +# ACT +# +# Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972 +# +# SA +# +# Standard Time Act, 1898 +# + # Northern Territory # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): @@ -543,6 +613,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; # it matches what was used in the past. +# +# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ +# (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses +# South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia. + # Queensland # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ] @@ -654,66 +729,32 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Tasmania -# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): -# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... -# ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31... - -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): +# The rules for 1967 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd +# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] -# ... -# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 AT %sST -# ... -# Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E -# Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E - -# From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (1991-10-10): -# My state Government in there eagerness to get a few more bucks for the -# tourist industry industry decided to change the daylight savings times -# yet again (we now have almost 6 months per year)... -# ... -# Rule Oz 1986 1990 - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - -# Rule Oz 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - -# ... -# Rule Oz 1987 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - -# Rule Oz 1991 max - Mar Sun<=31 3:00 0 - # From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10): # Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have # 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia # (but nothing new about that). -# Victoria +# From Alex Livingston (1999-10-04): +# I heard on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio news on the +# (long) weekend that Tasmania, which usually goes its own way in this regard, +# has decided to join with most of NSW, the ACT, and most of Victoria +# (Australia) and start daylight saving on the last Sunday in August in 2000 +# instead of the first Sunday in October. -# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): -# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... -# ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... +# Sim Alam (2000-07-03) reported a legal citation for the 2000/2001 rules: +# http://www.thelaw.tas.gov.au/fragview/42++1968+GS3A@EN+2000070300 -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): +# Victoria + +# The rules for 1971 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd +# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] # # [ Nov 1990 ] -# ... -# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV %sST -# ... -# Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E -# Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E -# Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E -# Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D -# Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E # New South Wales @@ -728,43 +769,80 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # legislation. This is very important to understand. # I have researched New South Wales time only... -# From Dave Davey (1990-03-03): -# Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - -# Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - - -# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): -# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... -# NSW...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... - -# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): -# # The state of NEW SOUTH WALES.. [confirmed by Attorney General's Dept N.S.W] -# # [ Dec 1990 ] -# ... -# Rule AN 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 E -# ... - -# From John Mackin (1991-03-09) -# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the -# file Robert forwarded +# 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): +# DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual +# October in 2000. [See: Matthew Moore, +# +# Two months more daylight saving +# +# Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26).] + +# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27): +# See the following official NSW source: +# +# Daylight Saving in New South Wales. +# +# +# Narrabri Shire (NSW) council has announced it will ignore the extension of +# daylight saving next year. See: +# +# Narrabri Council to ignore daylight saving +# (1999-07-22). For now, we'll wait to see if this really happens. +# +# Victoria will following NSW. See: +# +# Vic to extend daylight saving +# (1999-07-28). +# +# However, South Australia rejected the DST request. See: +# +# South Australia rejects Olympics daylight savings request +# (1999-07-19). +# +# Queensland also will not observe DST for the Olympics. See: +# +# Qld says no to daylight savings for Olympics +# (1999-06-01), which quotes Queensland Premier Peter Beattie as saying +# ``Look you've got to remember in my family when this came up last time +# I voted for it, my wife voted against it and she said to me it's all very +# well for you, you don't have to worry about getting the children out of +# bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night. +# I've been through all this argument domestically...my wife rules.'' +# +# Broken Hill will stick with South Australian time in 2000. See: +# +# Broken Hill to be behind the times +# (1999-07-21). -# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): -# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988; -# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules. +# IATA SSIM (1998-09) says that the spring 2000 change for Australian +# Capital Territory, New South Wales except Lord Howe Island and Broken +# Hill, and Victoria will be August 27, presumably due to the Sydney Olympics. -# From Bradley White (1995-05-20): -# Prem Bob Carr announced NSW will fall into line with other E states -# and SA and continue daylight savings to the last Sun in Mar. +# From Eric Ulevik, referring to Sydney's Sun Herald (2000-08-13), page 29: +# The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is encouraging northern NSW +# towns to use Queensland time. # Yancowinna -# From John Basser (1989-01-04): +# From John Mackin (1989-01-04): # `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): # # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ] # # [ Dec 1990 ] # ... -# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite it's location on the +# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite [its] location on the # # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings # # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government # # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have @@ -784,16 +862,31 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an # hour ahead of NSW time. -# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): -# For Lord Howe we use Shanks through its time of publication (1991). -# Lord Howe is part of NSW, so we'll guess it has used the same transition -# times as NSW since 1991, even though Shanks writes that Lord Howe went -# with Victoria when NSW and Victoria disagreed in 1982. +# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-01-27): +# Lord Howe Island summer time in 2000/2001 will commence on the same +# date as the rest of NSW (i.e. 2000-08-27). For your information the +# Lord Howe Island Board (controlling authority for the Island) is +# seeking the community's views on various options for summer time +# arrangements on the Island, e.g. advance clocks by 1 full hour +# instead of only 30 minutes. Dependent on the wishes of residents +# the Board may approach the NSW government to change the existing +# arrangements. The starting date for summer time on the Island will +# however always coincide with the rest of NSW. + +# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-10-25): +# Lord Howe Island advances clocks by 30 minutes during DST in NSW and retards +# clocks by 30 minutes when DST finishes. Since DST was most recently +# introduced in NSW, the "changeover" time on the Island has been 02:00 as +# shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start +# of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW. + +# From Paul Eggert (2001-02-09): +# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter. +# For times we use Lonergan. ############################################################################### -# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 -# Elz says "no guarantees" +# New Zealand # From Mark Davies (1990-10-03): # the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period. @@ -826,24 +919,44 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # 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. # -# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): -# Shanks gives no data for Chatham; usno1989 says it's +12:45, -# usno1995 says it's +12:45/+13:45, and IATA SSIM (1991/1996) +# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): +# Shanks gives no time data for Chatham; usno1989 says it's +12:45, +# usno1995 says it's +12:45/+13:45, and IATA SSIM (1991/1999) # gives the NZ rules but with transitions at 2:45 local standard time. -# Guess that they adopted DST in 1990. +# Guess that they have been in lock-step with NZ since 1990. ############################################################################### + # Fiji -# Howse writes (p 162) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji -# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on +12:00. -# Perhaps it didn't take. We go with Shanks's more precise date in 1915. +# Howse writes (p 153) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji +# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on Antipodean Time +# instead of the American system (which was one day behind). + +# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08): +# Fiji will introduce DST effective 0200 local time, 1998-11-01 +# until 0300 local time 1999-02-28. Each year the DST period will +# be from the first Sunday in November until the last Sunday in February. + +# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08): +# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says DST ends 0100 local time. Go with McDow. + +# From the BBC World Service (1998-10-31 11:32 UTC): +# The Fijiian government says the main reasons for the time change is to +# improve productivity and reduce road accidents. But correspondents say it +# also hopes the move will boost Fiji's ability to compete with other pacific +# islands in the effort to attract tourists to witness the dawning of the new +# millenium. + +# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/press/2000_09/2000_09_13-05.shtml (2000-09-13) +# reports that Fiji has discontinued DST. # Johnston # Johnston data is from usno1995. + # Kiribati # From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): @@ -851,6 +964,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # ``declared it the same day throught the country as of Jan. 1, 1995'' # as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century. + # Kwajalein # In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes: @@ -859,12 +973,20 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands, # going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink. + # N Mariana Is, Guam -# Howse writes (p 162) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the +# Howse writes (p 153) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the # Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones # (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time. -# Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila. +# For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines; +# see Asia/Manila. + +# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UTC+10 the official standard time, +# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time". There is no official abbreviation, +# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law, +# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST". + # Micronesia @@ -872,19 +994,155 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # ``I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that "Truk" # (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10.'' # -# Shanks writes that Truk switched from GMT+10 to GMT+11 on 1978-10-01; +# Shanks writes that Truk switched from UTC+10 to UTC+11 on 1978-10-01; # ignore this for now. +# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): +# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in +# +# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information +# (1999-01-26) +# that Truk and Yap are UTC+10, and Ponape and Kosrae are UTC+11. +# We don't know when Kosrae switched from UTC+12; assume January 1 for now. + + +# Pitcairn + +# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08): +# A Proclamation was signed by the Governor of Pitcairn on the 27th March 1998 +# with regard to Pitcairn Standard Time. The Proclamation is as follows. +# +# The local time for general purposes in the Islands shall be +# Co-ordinated Universal time minus 8 hours and shall be known +# as Pitcairn Standard Time. +# +# ... I have also seen Pitcairn listed as UTC minus 9 hours in several +# references, and can only assume that this was an error in interpretation +# somehow in light of this proclamation. + +# From Rives McDow (1999-11-09): +# The Proclamation regarding Pitcairn time came into effect on 27 April 1998 +# ... at midnight. + +# From Howie Phelps (1999-11-10), who talked to a Pitcairner via shortwave: +# Betty Christian told me yesterday that their local time is the same as +# Pacific Standard Time. They used to be 1/2 hour different from us here in +# Sacramento but it was changed a couple of years ago. + + # Samoa -# Howse writes that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change +# Howse writes (p 153, citing p 10 of the 1883-11-18 New York Herald) +# that in 1879 the King of Samoa decided to change # ``the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system, # ordaining -- by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery -- that # the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year.'' + # Tonga # From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): # Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that ``Tonga has been plotting # to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time.'' # Since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do. + +# Don Mundell writes in the 1997-02-20 Tonga Chronicle +# +# How Tonga became `The Land where Time Begins' +# : + +# Until 1941 Tonga maintained a standard time 50 minutes ahead of NZST +# 12 hours and 20 minutes ahead of GMT. When New Zealand adjusted its +# standard time in 1940s, Tonga had the choice of subtracting from its +# local time to come on the same standard time as New Zealand or of +# advancing its time to maintain the differential of 13 degrees +# (approximately 50 minutes ahead of New Zealand time). +# +# Because His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, then Crown Prince +# Tungi, preferred to ensure Tonga's title as the land where time +# begins, the Legislative Assembly approved the latter change. +# +# But some of the older, more conservative members from the outer +# islands objected. "If at midnight on Dec. 31, we move ahead 40 +# minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of the 40 +# minutes we have lost?" +# +# The Crown Prince, presented an unanswerable argument: "Remember that +# on the World Day of Prayer, you would be the first people on Earth +# to say your prayers in the morning." + +# From Paul Eggert (1999-08-12): +# Shanks says the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell. + +# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03): +# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millenium +# Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front. +# He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from +# October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan +# Government. + +# From Steffen Thorsen [straen@thorsen.priv.no] (1999-09-09): +# * Tonga will introduce DST in November +# +# I was given this link by John Letts : +# +# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm +# +# +# I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November +# yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead +# 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): +# According to