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SCCS-file: australasia
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Arthur David Olson
2012-07-18 03:02:07 -04:00
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# %W%
# Incorporates updates for Australia from Robert Elz' australia 1.1
# and further updates from the Australian consulate.
###############################################################################
# Australia
# Incorporates updates for Australia from Robert Elz' australia 1.1,
# further updates from the Australian consulate,
# and updates from daved@physiol.su.oz.au
# Australian Data (for states with DST), standard rules
# Includes shift in 1987 to follow Vic/NSW rules for ending DST,
@@ -20,10 +16,22 @@ 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 # 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
Zone Australia/South 9:30 SA CST
# The government seems to change things by regulation, not by changing the act.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule SA 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
Rule SA 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
Rule SA 1986 only - Mar 16 3:00 0 -
Rule SA 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
Rule SA 1987 only - Mar 15 3:00 0 -
Rule SA 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
Rule SA 1988 only - Mar 20 3:00 0 -
Rule SA 1989 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
# Victoria jumped to a later ending date for DST in 1986 rather than 1987.
@@ -38,17 +46,8 @@ Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00
# 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; . . .I hope that perhaps a
# resident of each state could be found to do it for their own state.
# (And I can guarantee that Victoria and NSW are different, so the link
# between them in the current australasia file must be broken.)
# From Robert Elz (May 5, 1989):
#
# From next year (1990) NSW will revert to ending DST on the 1st
# Sunday in March (rather than the third, which it appears will
# continue to be what everyone else uses).
# legislation. This is very important to understand.
# I have researched New South Wales time only.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule NSW 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
@@ -60,15 +59,52 @@ Rule NSW 1986 only - Mar 16 3:00 0 -
Rule NSW 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
Rule NSW 1987 only - Mar 15 3:00 0 -
Rule NSW 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
Rule NSW 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
Rule NSW 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Australia/NSW 10:00 NSW EST
# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. [john@basser.cs.su.oz.au,1/4/89]
Zone Australia/Broken-Hill 9:00 NSW ???
Zone Australia/Sturt 9:00 NSW ???
Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 NSW ???
Zone Australia/LHI 10:30 NSW ???
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule LHI 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 -
Rule LHI 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 -
Rule LHI 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
Rule LHI 1982 only - Apr 4 3:00 0 -
Rule LHI 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
Rule LHI 1986 only - Mar 16 3:00 0 -
Rule LHI 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 0:30 -
Rule LHI 1987 only - Mar 15 3:00 0 -
Rule LHI 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 -
Rule LHI 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
Rule LHI 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
Rule LHI 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
Zone Australia/LHI 10:30 LHI ???
# Queensland introduced DST for a `trial' period of 1 year
# Based on the Daylight Saving Act 1989, No. 78
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule QLD 1989 only - Oct 29 2:00 1:00 -
Rule QLD 1990 only - Mar 4 2:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 QLD EST
# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1
# Elz says "no guarantees"
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule NZ 1974 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
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:
#
# . . .
@@ -81,38 +117,9 @@ Zone Australia/LHI 10:30 NSW ???
# 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 [S]un Mar 02:00 EST
# 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.
###############################################################################
# New Zealand
# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1
# Elz says "no guarantees"
# From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
# NEW ZEALAND 12 H AHEAD OF UTC (EXCLUDING CHATHAM ISLAND)
# NEW ZEALAND 13 H AHEAD OF UTC OCT 30, '88-MAR 4, '89
# NEW ZEALAND 12H45M AHEAD OF UTC CHATHAM ISLAND
# Date: Mon, 09 Oct 89 21:19:48 +1300
# From: Mark Davies <mark@COMP.VUW.AC.NZ>
# ...
# The rules for calculating when daylight saving starts and ends in NZ have
# changed this year. Apparently this year is a trial and needs Ministerial
# approval before becoming permanent (so this may have to be amended again next
# year). . .(the termination of "daylight saving" may actually be second
# to last Sunday in March. No one spoken to was very sure.)
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand
#