| # @(#)australasia 7.33 |
| # This file also includes Pacific islands. |
| |
| # Notes are at the end of this file |
| |
| ############################################################################### |
| |
| # 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 - 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. |
| |
| # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| # Northern Territory |
| Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb |
| 9:00 - CST 1899 May |
| 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01 |
| 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 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 |
| 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s |
| 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s |
| 8:00 - WST |
| # Queensland |
| # |
| # From Alex Livingston <alex@agsm.unsw.edu.au> (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. |
| # |
| # From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): |
| # IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman, |
| # Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped. |
| # Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria, |
| # so use Lindeman. |
| # |
| # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| 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 - |
| 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 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 Holiday EST |
| |
| # South Australia |
| # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - |
| Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - |
| 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 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 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 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 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 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 1991 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - |
| # 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 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 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 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - |
| Rule AV 1995 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - |
| # 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 AV EST |
| |
| # New South Wales |
| # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - |
| Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - |
| Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - |
| 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 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - |
| Rule AN 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - |
| # 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 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 |
| |
| # 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 - |
| 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 |
| # |
| # Coral Sea Is |
| # no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists |
| # no information |
| # |
| # Macquarie |
| # permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948; |
| # sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888-1917 |
| # no information |
| # |
| # Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga |
| # no information |
| |
| |
| # Cook Is |
| # 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 |
| # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua |
| -10:30 - CKT 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is Time |
| -10:00 Cook CK%sT |
| |
| # Cocos |
| # From USNO (1989): |
| # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Indian/Cocos 6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time |
| |
| # Fiji |
| # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva |
| 12:00 - FJT # Fiji Time |
| |
| # French Polynesia |
| # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea |
| -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time |
| 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 |
| |
| # 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 |
| |
| # Kiribati |
| # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki |
| 12:00 - GILT # Gilbert Is Time |
| Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901 |
| -12:00 - PHOT 1979 Oct # Phoenix Is Time |
| -11:00 - PHOT 1995 |
| 13:00 - PHOT |
| Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901 |
| -10:40 - LINT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time |
| -10:00 - LINT 1995 |
| 14:00 - LINT |
| |
| # N Mariana Is |
| # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Pacific/Saipan 9:43:00 - LMT 1901 |
| 9:00 - MPT 1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time |
| 10:00 - MPT |
| |
| # Marshall Is |
| # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901 |
| 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time |
| 12:00 - MHT |
| Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 |
| 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct |
| -12:00 - KWAT 1993 Aug 20 # Kwajalein Time |
| 12:00 - MHT |
| |
| # 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 |
| 11:00 - PONT # Ponape Time |
| Zone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901 |
| 11:00 - PONT 1969 Oct |
| 12:00 - KOST # Kosrae Time |
| |
| # Nauru |
| # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe |
| 11:30 - NRT 1942 Mar 15 # Nauru Time |
| 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15 |
| 11:30 - NRT 1979 May |
| 12:00 - NRT |
| |
| # New Caledonia |
| # 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 |
| Rule NC 1997 max - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - |
| Rule NC 1997 max - Nov lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S |
| # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 |
| 11:00 NC NC%sT |
| |
| |
| ############################################################################### |
| |
| # New Zealand |
| |
| # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| # Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17, |
| # 1929 Oct 13 - 1930 Mar 16; go with Whitman. |
| Rule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 0:30 HD |
| Rule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S |
| 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 |
| # didn't change until 1945 Apr 30; go with Shanks. |
| Rule NZ 1934 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S |
| Rule NZ 1934 1939 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0:30 HD |
| Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D |
| Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D |
| Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D |
| Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D |
| Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S |
| Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S |
| Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S |
| Rule Chatham 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:45s 1:00 D |
| Rule Chatham 1991 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:45s 0 S |
| # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 |
| 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1940 Sep 29 2:00 |
| 12:00 NZ NZ%sT |
| Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 Chatham CHA%sT |
| |
| |
| # Auckland Is |
| # uninhabited |
| |
| # Campbell I |
| # minor whaling stations operated 1909-14 |
| # scientific station operated 1941-1995 |
| # was probably like Pacific/Auckland |
| |
| ############################################################################### |
| |
| |
| # Niue |
| # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi |
| -11:20 - NUT 1951 # Niue Time |
| -11:30 - NUT 1978 Oct 1 |
| -11:00 - NUT |
| |
| # Norfolk |
| # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston |
| 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time |
| 11:30 - NFT # Norfolk Time |
| |
| # Palau |
| # 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 |
| 9:48:40 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time |
| 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time |
| |
| # Pitcairn |
| # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown |
| -8:30 - PNT # Pitcairn Time |
| |
| # American Samoa |
| Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5 |
| -11:22:48 - LMT 1911 |
| -11:30 - SAMT 1950 # Samoa Time |
| -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome |
| -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering |
| -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa |
| |
| # W 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 |
| |
| # Solomon Is |
| # excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea |
| # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara |
| 11:00 - SBT # Solomon Is Time |
| |
| # Tokelau Is |
| # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901 |
| -10:00 - TKT # Tokelau Time |
| |
| # Tonga |
| # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 |
| 12:20 - TOT 1968 Oct # Tonga Time |
| 13:00 - TOT |
| |
| # Tuvalu |
| # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 |
| 12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time |
| |
| # Vanuatu |
| # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 S |
| Rule Vanuatu 1984 1991 - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 - |
| Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 S |
| Rule Vanuatu 1985 1991 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S |
| Rule Vanuatu 1992 1993 - Jan Sun>=23 0:00 0 - |
| Rule Vanuatu 1992 only - Oct Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S |
| # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 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 |
| 12:00 - WFT # Wallis & Futuna Time |
| |
| ############################################################################### |
| |
| # NOTES |
| |
| # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, |
| # 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 <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22): |
| # 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). |
| # |
| # Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> 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 |
| # of the IATA's data after 1990. |
| # |
| # Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990, |
| # and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. |
| # |
| # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, |
| # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which |
| # 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). |
| # |
| # I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table; |
| # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources. |
| # Corrections are welcome! |
| # std dst |
| # LMT Local Mean Time |
| # 8:00 WST WST Western Australia |
| # 9:00 JST Japan |
| # 9:30 CST CST Central Australia |
| # 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia |
| # 10:00 GST Guam |
| # 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 |
| # |
| # 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 |
| |
| # 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' |
| # and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the |
| # abbreviation does _not_ change... |
| # The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least |
| # in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the |
| # initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses |
| # the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight |
| # time'. |
| # Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian |
| # Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time' |
| # or `Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the |
| # current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers |
| # on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases |
| # prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times; |
| # time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC. |
| |
| # From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992): |
| # Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is: |
| # CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30 |
| # WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00 |
| # EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00 |
| |
| # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): |
| # Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. |
| # Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au> 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. |
| |
| # Northern Territory |
| |
| # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): |
| # # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ] |
| # # [ Nov 1990 ] |
| # # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location. |
| # ... |
| # Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST |
| |
| # From Bradley White (1991-03-04): |
| # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... |
| # the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving. |
| |
| # Western Australia |
| |
| # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): |
| # # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ] |
| # # [ Nov 1990 ] |
| # # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to |
| # # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but |
| # # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus |
| # # before reaching parliament. |
| # ... |
| # Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST |
| # ... |
| # Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D |
| # Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W |
| # Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D |
| # Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W |
| |
| # From Bradley White (1991-03-04): |
| # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... |
| # Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving. |
| |
| # From John D. Newman via Bradley White (1991-11-02): |
| # Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney |
| # rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at |
| # work at 9.00am.) |
| # W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse |
| # everybody again. |
| |
| # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): |
| # The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; |
| # it matches what was used in the past. |
| |
| # Queensland |
| # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): |
| # # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ] |
| # # [ Dec 1990 ] |
| # ... |
| # Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST |
| # ... |
| # Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D |
| # Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E |
| # Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D |
| # Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E |
| |
| # From Bradley White (1989-12-24): |
| # "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from |
| # October 1989). |
| |
| # From Bradley White (1991-03-04): |
| # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... |
| # ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving |
| # at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... |
| |
| # From John Mackin (1991-03-06): |
| # I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact |
| # end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised |
| # me.) |
| |
| # From Bradley White (1992-03-08): |
| # ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted |
| # in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ... |
| # ... |
| # Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D |
| # Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S |
| # ... |
| |
| # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): |
| # The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes. |
| |
| # South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria |
| |
| # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): |
| # The rules from version 7.1 follow. |
| # There are lots of differences between these rules and |
| # the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules |
| # and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on |
| # current DST ending dates, no worries. |
| # |
| # Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - |
| # Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - |
| # Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - |
| # Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - |
| # Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - |
| # Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST |
| # Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST |
| # Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00 |
| # 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00 |
| # 10:00 Oz EST |
| |
| # From Robert Elz (1991-03-06): |
| # I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct... |
| # that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the |
| # original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states |
| # that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic). |
| # The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think |
| # that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain. |
| |
| # South Australia |
| |
| # From Bradley White (1991-03-04): |
| # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... |
| # ...South Australia...[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 SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ] |
| # # [ Nov 1990 ] |
| # ... |
| # Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST |
| # ... |
| # Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D |
| # Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C |
| # Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 C |
| # Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C |
| |
| # From Bradley White (1992-03-11): |
| # Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide |
| # contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival, |
| # South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks." |
| |
| # From Robert Elz (1992-03-13): |
| # I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that) |
| # South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even |
| # numbered year (from 1990). That's when the Adelaide Festival |
| # is on... |
| |
| # From Robert Elz (1992-03-16, 00:57:07 +1000): |
| # DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday).... |
| # But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever... |
| # (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...). |
| |
| # From Bradley White (1994-04-11): |
| # If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March, |
| # 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 <jwarb@SACBH.com.au> (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. |
| |
| # 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 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 Bradley White (1991-03-04): |
| # A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... |
| # ...Victoria...[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 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 |
| |
| # 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), |
| # who notes: |
| # In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the |
| # individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time'' |
| # [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common |
| # use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the |
| # 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 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. |
| |
| # 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. |
| |
| # Yancowinna |
| |
| # From John Basser (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 |
| # # 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 |
| # # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not |
| # # presently available. |
| # Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST |
| # ... |
| # Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D |
| # Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C |
| # [followed by other Rules] |
| |
| # Lord Howe Island |
| |
| # From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): |
| # LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ] |
| # [ Dec 1990 ] |
| # 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. |
| |
| ############################################################################### |
| |
| # New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 |
| # Elz says "no guarantees" |
| |
| # From Mark Davies (1990-10-03): |
| # the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period. |
| # This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for |
| # subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start). |
| # source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office. |
| |
| # 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. ] |
| # # [ Nov 1990 ] |
| # ... |
| # Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D |
| # Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D |
| # Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S |
| # Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S |
| # ... |
| # Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand |
| # Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island |
| |
| # From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): |
| # The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 |
| # rather than the October 1 value. |
| |
| # From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19); |
| # Shanks reports 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and New Zealand. |
| # Robert Uzgalis <buz@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> 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. |
| # |
| # 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) |
| # gives the NZ rules but with transitions at 2:45 local standard time. |
| # Guess that they adopted DST in 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. |
| |
| # Johnston |
| |
| # Johnston data is from usno1995. |
| |
| # Kiribati |
| |
| # From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): |
| # Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that Kiribati |
| # ``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: |
| # I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday, |
| # 1993-08-20. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with |
| # 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 |
| # 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. |
| |
| # Micronesia |
| |
| # Alan Eugene Davis <adavis@kuentos.guam.net> 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.'' |
| # |
| # Shanks writes that Truk switched from GMT+10 to GMT+11 on 1978-10-01; |
| # ignore this for now. |
| |
| # Samoa |
| |
| # Howse writes 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. |