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diff --git a/timezone/australasia b/timezone/australasia index 41608cdc34..efcfec74d1 100644 --- a/timezone/australasia +++ b/timezone/australasia @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ -# @(#)australasia 8.9 # <pre> +# @(#)australasia 8.11 +# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of +# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # This file also includes Pacific islands. @@ -1119,6 +1121,27 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 # From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23): # See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later. +# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-28): +# According to the official press release, South Australia's extended daylight +# saving period will continue with the same rules as used during the 2008-2009 +# summer (southern hemisphere). +# +# From +# <a href="http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf"> +# http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf +# </a> +# The extended daylight saving period that South Australia has been trialling +# for over the last year is now set to be ongoing. +# Daylight saving will continue to start on the first Sunday in October each +# year and finish on the first Sunday in April the following year. +# Industrial Relations Minister, Paul Caica, says this provides South Australia +# with a consistent half hour time difference with NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and +# the ACT for all 52 weeks of the year... +# +# We have a wrap-up here: +# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html"> +# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html +# </a> ############################################################################### # New Zealand |