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-# @(#)australasia 7.29
+# @(#)australasia 7.30
# This file also includes Pacific islands.
# Notes are at the end of this file
@@ -35,17 +35,33 @@ Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec
8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
8:00 - WST
# Queensland
+#
+# From Alex Livingston <alex@agsm.unsw.edu.au> (1996-11-01):
+# I have heard or read more than once that some resort islands off the coast
+# of Queensland chose to keep observing daylight-saving time even after
+# Queensland ceased to.
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
+# IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman,
+# Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped.
+# Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria,
+# so use Lindeman.
+#
+# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+Rule QL 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
+Rule QL 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
+Rule Holiday 1989 1993 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
+Rule Holiday 1990 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895
10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s
10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 2:00s
- 10:00 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00s
- 10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
- 10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00s
- 10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
- 10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00s
- 10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
- 10:00 - EST
+ 10:00 QL EST
+Zone Australia/Lindeman 9:55:56 - LMT 1895
+ 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
+ 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00s
+ 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 2:00s
+ 10:00 Holiday EST
# South Australia
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
@@ -289,11 +305,13 @@ Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D
Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S
Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S
Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S
+Rule Chatham 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:45s 1:00 D
+Rule Chatham 1991 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:45s 0 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868
11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1940 Sep 29 2:00
12:00 NZ NZ%sT
-Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 NZ CHA%sT
+Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 Chatham CHA%sT
# Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is
@@ -375,9 +393,9 @@ Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901
Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Vanuatu 1984 1991 - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 -
Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Vanuatu 1985 1990 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Vanuatu 1991 max - Sep lastSun 0:00 1:00 S
-Rule Vanuatu 1992 max - Mar lastSun 0:00 0 -
+Rule Vanuatu 1985 1991 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S
+Rule Vanuatu 1992 1993 - Jan Sun>=23 0:00 0 -
+Rule Vanuatu 1992 only - Oct Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila
11:00 Vanuatu VU%sT # Vanuatu Time
@@ -400,11 +418,19 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
-# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-01-22);
+# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22):
# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
-# Except where noted, it is the source for the data above.
+#
+# Gwillim Law <LAW@encmail.encompass.com> writes that a good source
+# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
+# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
+# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
+# of the IATA's data after 1990.
+#
+# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
+# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
#
# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
@@ -799,8 +825,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March.
# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00.
#
-# Shanks gives no data for Chatham, but usno1995 says it's +12:45/+13:45.
-# Guess NZ switchover rules for now.
+# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
+# Shanks gives no data for Chatham; usno1989 says it's +12:45,
+# usno1995 says it's +12:45/+13:45, and IATA SSIM (1991/1996)
+# gives the NZ rules but with transitions at 2:45 local standard time.
+# Guess that they adopted DST in 1990.
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