1- # @(#)australasia 7.61
1+ # @(#)australasia 7.63
22# This file also includes Pacific islands.
33
44# Notes are at the end of this file
@@ -151,16 +151,16 @@ Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb
151151
152152# Lord Howe Island
153153# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
154- Rule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
155- Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
156- Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 -
157- Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
158- Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 0:30 -
159- Rule LH 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 -
160- Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
161- Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
162- Rule LH 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 0:30 -
163- Rule LH 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 -
154+ Rule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
155+ Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
156+ Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 -
157+ Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
158+ Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 0:30 -
159+ Rule LH 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 -
160+ Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
161+ Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 -
162+ Rule LH 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00 0:30 -
163+ Rule LH 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 -
164164Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
165165 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar
166166 10:30 LH LHST
@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete
223223# Guam
224224# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
225225Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana
226- 10:00 - GST
226+ 10:00 - GST 2000 Dec 23 # Guam
227+ 10:00 - ChST # Chamorro Standard Time
227228
228229# Kiribati
229230# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -242,7 +243,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901
242243# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
243244Zone Pacific/Saipan 9:43:00 - LMT 1901
244245 9:00 - MPT 1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time
245- 10:00 - MPT
246+ 10:00 - MPT 2000 Dec 23
247+ 10:00 - ChST # Chamorro Standard Time
246248
247249# Marshall Is
248250# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -494,7 +496,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
494496# 9:00 JST Japan
495497# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia
496498# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia
497- # 10:00 GST Guam
499+ # 10:00 ChST Chamorro
498500# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe*
499501# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand
500502# 12:45 CHAST CHADT Chatham*
@@ -546,11 +548,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
546548# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960.
547549
548550# From Eric Ulevik <
[email protected] > (1998-01-05):
549- #
551+ #
550552# Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable,
551553# and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more
552554# relevant entries in this database.
553- #
555+ #
554556# NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill):
555557# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html">
556558# Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04)
@@ -813,7 +815,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
813815# ``Look you've got to remember in my family when this came up last time
814816# I voted for it, my wife voted against it and she said to me it's all very
815817# well for you, you don't have to worry about getting the children out of
816- # bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night.
818+ # bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night.
817819# I've been through all this argument domestically...my wife rules.''
818820#
819821# Broken Hill will stick with South Australian time in 2000. See:
@@ -876,8 +878,9 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
876878# shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start
877879# of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW.
878880
879- # From Paul Eggert (2000-10-25):
880- # For Lord Howe we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter,
881+ # From Paul Eggert (2001-02-09):
882+ # For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter.
883+ # For times we use Lonergan.
881884
882885###############################################################################
883886
@@ -931,7 +934,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
931934
932935# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08):
933936# Fiji will introduce DST effective 0200 local time, 1998-11-01
934- # until 0300 local time 1999-02-28. Each year the DST period will
937+ # until 0300 local time 1999-02-28. Each year the DST period will
935938# be from the first Sunday in November until the last Sunday in February.
936939
937940# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08):
@@ -976,6 +979,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
976979# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time.
977980# Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila.
978981
982+ # US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UTC+10 the official standard time,
983+ # under the name "Chamorro Standard Time". There is no official abbreviation,
984+ # but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law,
985+ # wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST".
986+
979987
980988# Micronesia
981989
@@ -1072,12 +1080,12 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
10721080
10731081# From Steffen Thorsen [
[email protected] ] (1999-09-09):
10741082# * Tonga will introduce DST in November
1075- #
1083+ #
10761084# I was given this link by John Letts <
[email protected] >:
10771085# <a hef="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm">
10781086# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm
10791087# </a>
1080- #
1088+ #
10811089# I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November
10821090# yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead
10831091# of UTC as well, but as far as I know Fiji will only be 13 hours ahead
@@ -1087,10 +1095,10 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
10871095# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html>
10881096# http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html
10891097# </a>:
1090- # "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000
1091- # and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the
1092- # third Saturday of April. Under the system approved by Privy Council on
1093- # Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and
1098+ # "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000
1099+ # and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the
1100+ # third Saturday of April. Under the system approved by Privy Council on
1101+ # Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and
10941102# set back an hour on the closing date."
10951103# Alas, no indication of the time of day.
10961104
@@ -1114,7 +1122,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
11141122# The International Date Line
11151123
11161124# From Gwillim Law (2000-01-03):
1117- #
1125+ #
11181126# The International Date Line is not defined by any international standard,
11191127# convention, or treaty. Mapmakers are free to draw it as they please.
11201128# Reputable mapmakers will simply ensure that every point of land appears on
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