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australasia

@@ -15,23 +15,9 @@ Rule	Oz	1987	max	-	Mar	Sun<=21	3:00	0	-
 
 # Zone	NAME			GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Australia/Tasmania	10:00	Oz	EST
-Zone	Australia/Queensland	10:00	-	EST
-Zone	Australia/North		9:30	-	CST
-Zone	Australia/West		8:00	-	WST
-#
-# According to a December, 1986 letter from kre:
-# "Turns out to have been premature, I gather SA has changed its mind,
-# and isn't going to have EST anywhere now, so the West-SA and East-SA
-# distinction isn't needed...  They're staying GMT+9:30 all over.
-# I will try and find out what they're doing with DST, but it probably
-# won't be easy, I suspect that they have no idea..."
-#
-# So. . .we'll comment out these next four lines:
-# Zone	Australia/East-SA	9:30	Oz	CST	1987 Mar Sun<=21 3:00
-# 				10:00	Oz	EST
-# Zone	Australia/West-SA	9:30	Oz	CST	1987 Mar Sun<=21 3:00
-# 				10:00	-	EST
-# . . .and stay with:
+Zone	Australia/Queensland	10:00	-	EST	# No DST here
+Zone	Australia/North		9:30	-	CST	# No DST here
+Zone	Australia/West		8:00	-	WST	# No DST here
 Zone	Australia/South		9:30	Oz	CST
 
 # Victoria and New South Wales made the jump to a later ending date for
@@ -51,3 +37,23 @@ Rule	NZ	1975	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
 
 # Zone	NAME			GMTOFF	RULES/SAVE	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	NZ			12:00	NZ		NZ%sT	# New Zealand
+
+#
+# A footnote here:
+#
+#	. . .
+#	Date: Thu, j19 Feb 87 12:02:17 EST
+#	From: Bradley White <seismo!k.cs.cmu.edu!bww>
+#	. . .
+#	I am including a description of Australian time zones. . .
+#	this stuff is definitely accurate.
+#	. . .
+#	a) Australian Eastern Time: (EST = GMT+10:00, EDT = GMT+11:00)
+#	. . .
+#	Summer of 86/87 - present (current legislation):
+#		third Sun Oct 02:00 EST -> third LSun Mar 02:00 EST
+#
+# If this turns out to be true, substitute Sun<=21 (third Sunday in October)
+# for Sun<=24 (next-to-last Sunday in October) above. . .some time before
+# October 1988, the first time it makes a difference.
+#