# Incorporates updates for Australia from Robert Elz' australia 1.1
# and further updates from the Australian consulate.
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# Australian Data (for states with DST), standard rules
# Includes shift in 1987 to follow Vic/NSW rules for ending DST,
# and shift in 1986 to start DST earlier.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
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 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
# Victoria jumped to a later ending date for DST in 1986 rather than 1987.
Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00
10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00
# 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),
# 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; . . .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).
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule NSW 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
Rule NSW 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 -
Rule NSW 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
Rule NSW 1982 only - Apr 4 3:00 0 -
Rule NSW 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
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 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/Yancowinna 9:30 NSW ???
Zone Australia/LHI 10:30 NSW ???
# 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 [S]un 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.
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# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1
# Elz says "no guarantees"
# The 1989/90 rule may only last a year. It is a trial that is
# subject to Ministerial approval to be made permanent.
# The termination of "daylight saving" may actually be second
# to last Sunday in March. Noone spoken to was very sure.
# 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
# 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
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