diff --git a/australasia b/australasia index 287c203..1e23e39 100644 --- a/australasia +++ b/australasia @@ -1,11 +1,7 @@ # %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 -# ... -# 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 +#