3 # Incorporates updates for Australia from Robert Elz' australia 1.1
4 # and further updates from the Australian consulate.
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10 # Australian Data (for states with DST), standard rules
11 # Includes shift in 1987 to follow Vic/NSW rules for ending DST,
12 # and shift in 1986 to start DST earlier.
14 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
15 Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
16 Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 -
17 Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
18 Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
19 Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
21 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
22 Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST
23 Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 - EST # No DST here
24 Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST # No DST here
25 Zone Australia/West 8:00 - WST # No DST here
26 Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST
28 # Victoria jumped to a later ending date for DST in 1986 rather than 1987.
30 Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00
31 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00
34 # New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
35 # Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz),
37 # In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
38 # individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''
39 # [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
40 # use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the
41 # legislation. This is very important to understand.
42 # I have researched New South Wales time only; . . .I hope that perhaps a
43 # resident of each state could be found to do it for their own state.
44 # (And I can guarantee that Victoria and NSW are different, so the link
45 # between them in the current australasia file must be broken.)
47 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
48 Rule NSW 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
49 Rule NSW 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 -
50 Rule NSW 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
51 Rule NSW 1982 only - Apr 4 3:00 0 -
52 Rule NSW 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
53 Rule NSW 1986 only - Mar 16 3:00 0 -
54 Rule NSW 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
55 Rule NSW 1987 only - Mar 15 3:00 0 -
56 Rule NSW 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
57 Rule NSW 1988 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
59 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
60 Zone Australia/NSW 10:00 NSW EST
61 # `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. [john@basser.cs.su.oz.au,1/4/89]
62 Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 NSW ???
63 Zone Australia/LHI 10:30 NSW ???
68 # Date: Thu, j19 Feb 87 12:02:17 EST
69 # From: Bradley White <seismo!k.cs.cmu.edu!bww>
71 # I am including a description of Australian time zones. . .
72 # this stuff is definitely accurate.
74 # a) Australian Eastern Time: (EST = GMT+10:00, EDT = GMT+11:00)
76 # Summer of 86/87 - present (current legislation):
77 # third Sun Oct 02:00 EST -> third [S]un Mar 02:00 EST
79 # If this turns out to be true, substitute Sun<=21 (third Sunday in October)
80 # for Sun<=24 (next-to-last Sunday in October) above. . .some time before
81 # October 1988, the first time it makes a difference.
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87 # New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1
88 # Elz says "no guarantees"
90 # From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
91 # NEW ZEALAND 12 H AHEAD OF UTC (EXCLUDING CHATHAM ISLAND)
92 # NEW ZEALAND 13 H AHEAD OF UTC OCT 30, '88-MAR 4, '89
93 # NEW ZEALAND 12H45M AHEAD OF UTC CHATHAM ISLAND
95 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
96 Rule NZ 1974 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
97 Rule NZ 1975 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
99 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL]
100 Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand