# @(#)australasia	4.4

# Incorporates updates for Australia from Robert Elz' australia 1.1
# and further updates from the Australian consulate.

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# Australia

# 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
				10:00	Oz	EST

# 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; . . .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	???

# 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 [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

# 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