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# DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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# This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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# tzdb data for Australasia and environs, and for much of the Pacific
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# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
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# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
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# This file also includes Pacific islands.
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# Notes are at the end of this file
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###############################################################################
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# Australia
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# Please see the notes below for the controversy about "EST" versus "AEST" etc.
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# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
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Rule	Aus	1917	only	-	Jan	 1	0:01	1:00	D
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Rule	Aus	1942	only	-	Jan	 1	2:00	1:00	D
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Rule	Aus	1943	1944	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	S
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Rule	Aus	1943	only	-	Oct	 3	2:00	1:00	D
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# Go with Whitman and the Australian National Standards Commission, which
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# says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944.  Ignore Whitman's claim that
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# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944.
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# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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# Northern Territory
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Zone Australia/Darwin	 8:43:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
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			 9:00	-	ACST	1899 May
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			 9:30	Aus	AC%sT
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# Western Australia
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#
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# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
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Rule	AW	1974	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
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Rule	AW	1975	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
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Rule	AW	1983	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
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Rule	AW	1984	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
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Rule	AW	1991	only	-	Nov	17	2:00s	1:00	D
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Rule	AW	1992	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
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Zone Australia/Perth	 7:43:24 -	LMT	1895 Dec
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Zone Australia/Eucla	 8:35:28 -	LMT	1895 Dec
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# Queensland
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#
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# From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01):
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# I have heard or read more than once that some resort islands off the coast
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# of Queensland chose to keep observing daylight-saving time even after
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# Queensland ceased to.
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# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22):
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# IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman,
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# Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped.
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# Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria,
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# so use Lindeman.
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# From J William Piggott (2016-02-20):
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# There is no location named Holiday Islands in Queensland Australia; holiday
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# islands is a colloquial term used globally.  Hayman and Lindeman are at the
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# north and south extremes of the Whitsunday Islands archipelago, and
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# Hamilton is in between; it is reasonable to believe that this time zone
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# applies to all of the Whitsundays.
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# http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/austn-islands
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#
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# South Australia
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Rule	AS	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
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# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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# Tasmania
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#
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# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16):
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# http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml
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# says King Island didn't observe DST from WWII until late 1971.
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#
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Rule	AT	1969	1971	-	Mar	Sun>=8	2:00s	0	S
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Rule	AT	1986	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:00	D
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AT	1987	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AT	1987	only	-	Oct	Sun>=22	2:00s	1:00	D
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
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Rule	AT	1988	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AT	1991	1999	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AT	1991	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AT	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AT	2001	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AT	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AT	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AT	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
2
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# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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Zone Australia/Hobart	9:49:16	-	LMT	1895 Sep
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			10:00	-	AEST	1916 Oct  1  2:00
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			10:00	1:00	AEDT	1917 Feb
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			10:00	Aus	AE%sT	1967
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			10:00	AT	AE%sT
2
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Zone Australia/Currie	9:35:28	-	LMT	1895 Sep
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			10:00	-	AEST	1916 Oct  1  2:00
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			10:00	1:00	AEDT	1917 Feb
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			10:00	Aus	AE%sT	1971 Jul
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			10:00	AT	AE%sT
2
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# Victoria
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# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
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Rule	AV	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AV	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
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Rule	AV	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
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Rule	AV	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AV	1986	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00s	1:00	D
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AV	1988	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AV	1991	1994	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AV	1995	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AV	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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Rule	AV	2001	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AV	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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Rule	AV	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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Rule	AV	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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Rule	AV	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
2
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# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
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			10:00	Aus	AE%sT	1971
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			10:00	AV	AE%sT
2
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# New South Wales
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# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
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Rule	AN	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
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Rule	AN	1972	only	-	Feb	27	2:00s	0	S
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Rule	AN	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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Rule	AN	1982	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
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Rule	AN	1983	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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Rule	AN	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AN	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00s	1:00	D
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AN	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AN	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AN	1996	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AN	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AN	2001	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AN	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
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parents: 23719
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Rule	AN	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
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Rule	AN	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
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Rule	AN	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
2
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# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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Zone Australia/Sydney	10:04:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
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			10:00	Aus	AE%sT	1971
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			10:00	AN	AE%sT
2
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Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 -	LMT	1895 Feb
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			10:00	-	AEST	1896 Aug 23
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			9:00	-	ACST	1899 May
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			9:30	Aus	AC%sT	1971
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			9:30	AN	AC%sT	2000
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			9:30	AS	AC%sT
2
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# Lord Howe Island
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# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
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Rule	LH	1981	1984	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
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Rule	LH	1982	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
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Rule	LH	1985	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
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Rule	LH	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
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Rule	LH	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00	0:30	-
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
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Rule	LH	1987	1999	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
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Rule	LH	1990	1995	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
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parents: 48716
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Rule	LH	1996	2005	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
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Rule	LH	2000	only	-	Aug	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
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Rule	LH	2001	2007	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	0:30	-
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
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parents: 48716
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Rule	LH	2006	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
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Rule	LH	2007	only	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00	0	-
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
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Rule	LH	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	0	-
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Rule	LH	2008	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	0:30	-
2
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Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 -	LMT	1895 Feb
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			10:00	-	AEST	1981 Mar
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			10:30	LH	+1030/+1130 1985 Jul
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			10:30	LH	+1030/+11
2
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# Australian miscellany
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#
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# Ashmore Is, Cartier
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# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers
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# no times are set
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#
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# Coral Sea Is
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# no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists
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# no times are set
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#
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# Macquarie
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# Permanent occupation (scientific station) 1911-1915 and since 25 March 1948;
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# sealing and penguin oil station operated Nov 1899 to Apr 1919.  See the
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# Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service history of sealing at Macquarie Island
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# http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=1828
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# http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=1831
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# Guess that it was like Australia/Hobart while inhabited before 2010.
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#
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# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10):
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# We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division:
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# - Macquarie Island will stay on UTC+11 for winter and therefore not
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# switch back from daylight savings time when other parts of Australia do
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# on 4 April.
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#
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# From Arthur David Olson (2013-05-23):
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# The 1919 transition is overspecified below so pre-2013 zics
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# will produce a binary file with an [A]EST-type as the first 32-bit type;
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# this is required for correct handling of times before 1916 by
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# pre-2013 versions of localtime.
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Zone Antarctica/Macquarie 0	-	-00	1899 Nov
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			10:00	-	AEST	1916 Oct  1  2:00
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			10:00	1:00	AEDT	1917 Feb
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			10:00	Aus	AE%sT	1919 Apr  1  0:00s
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			0	-	-00	1948 Mar 25
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			10:00	Aus	AE%sT	1967
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			10:00	AT	AE%sT	2010 Apr  4  3:00
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			11:00	-	+11
2
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# Christmas
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# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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Zone Indian/Christmas	7:02:52 -	LMT	1895 Feb
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			7:00	-	+07
2
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# Cocos (Keeling) Is
2
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# These islands were ruled by the Ross family from about 1830 to 1978.
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# We don't know when standard time was introduced; for now, we guess 1900.
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# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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Zone	Indian/Cocos	6:27:40	-	LMT	1900
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# Fiji
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# Milne gives 11:55:44 for Suva.
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# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-11-10):
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# According to Fiji Broadcasting Corporation,  Fiji plans to re-introduce DST
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# from November 29th 2009  to April 25th 2010.
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#
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# "Daylight savings to commence this month"
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# http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=23719
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# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji01.html
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# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-11-10):
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# The Fiji Government has posted some more details about the approved
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# amendments:
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# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_16198.shtml
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# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-03):
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# The Cabinet in Fiji has decided to end DST about a month early, on
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# 2010-03-28 at 03:00.
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# The plan is to observe DST again, from 2010-10-24 to sometime in March
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# 2011 (last Sunday a good guess?).
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#
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# Official source:
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# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1096:3310-cabinet-approves-change-in-daylight-savings-dates&catid=49:cabinet-releases&Itemid=166
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#
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# A bit more background info here:
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# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/fiji-dst-ends-march-2010.html
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# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-10-24):
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# According to Radio Fiji and Fiji Times online, Fiji will end DST 3
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# weeks earlier than expected - on March 6, 2011, not March 27, 2011...
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# Here is confirmation from Government of the Republic of the Fiji Islands,
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# Ministry of Information (fiji.gov.fj) web site:
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# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2608:daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155
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# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji04.html
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# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-10-03):
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# Now the dates have been confirmed, and at least our start date
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# assumption was correct (end date was one week wrong).
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#
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# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4966:daylight-saving-starts-in-fiji&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155
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# which says
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# Members of the public are reminded to change their time to one hour in
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# advance at 2am to 3am on October 23, 2011 and one hour back at 3am to
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# 2am on February 26 next year.
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# From Ken Rylander (2011-10-24)
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# Another change to the Fiji DST end date. In the TZ database the end date for
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# Fiji DST 2012, is currently Feb 26. This has been changed to Jan 22.
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#
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# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5017:amendments-to-daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155
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# states:
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#
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# The end of daylight saving scheduled initially for the 26th of February 2012
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# has been brought forward to the 22nd of January 2012.
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# The commencement of daylight saving will remain unchanged and start
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# on the  23rd of October, 2011.
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# From the Fiji Government Online Portal (2012-08-21) via Steffen Thorsen:
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# The Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Mr Jone Usamate
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# today confirmed that Fiji will start daylight savings at 2 am on Sunday 21st
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# October 2012 and end at 3 am on Sunday 20th January 2013.
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# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6702&catid=71&Itemid=155
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# From the Fijian Government Media Center (2013-08-30) via David Wheeler:
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# Fiji will start daylight savings on Sunday 27th October, 2013 ...
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# move clocks forward by one hour from 2am
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# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-27th-OCTOBER-201.aspx
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# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-01-10):
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# Fiji will end DST on 2014-01-19 02:00:
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# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVINGS-TO-END-THIS-MONTH-%281%29.aspx
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# From Ken Rylander (2014-10-20):
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# DST will start Nov. 2 this year.
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# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-NOVEMBER-2ND.aspx
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# From a government order dated 2015-08-26 and published as Legal Notice No. 77
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# in the Government of Fiji Gazette Supplement No. 24 (2015-08-28),
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# via Ken Rylander (2015-09-02):
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# the daylight saving period is 1 hour in advance of the standard time
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# commencing at 2.00 am on Sunday 1st November, 2015 and ending at
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# 3.00 am on Sunday 17th January, 2016.
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# From Raymond Kumar (2016-10-04):
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# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-6th-NOVEMBER,-2016.aspx
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# "Fiji's daylight savings will begin on Sunday, 6 November 2016, when
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# clocks go forward an hour at 2am to 3am....  Daylight Saving will
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# end at 3.00am on Sunday 15th January 2017."
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# From Paul Eggert (2017-08-21):
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# Dominic Fok writes (2017-08-20) that DST ends 2018-01-14, citing
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# Extraordinary Government of Fiji Gazette Supplement No. 21 (2017-08-27),
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# [Legal Notice No. 41] of an order of the previous day by J Usamate.
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# From Raymond Kumar (2018-07-13):
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# http://www.fijitimes.com/government-approves-2018-daylight-saving/
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# ... The daylight saving period will end at 3am on Sunday January 13, 2019.
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#
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# From Paul Eggert (2018-07-15):
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# For now, guess DST from 02:00 the first Sunday in November to 03:00
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# the first Sunday on or after January 13.  January transitions reportedly
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# depend on when school terms start.  Although the guess is ad hoc, it matches
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# transitions since late 2014 and seems more likely to match future
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# practice than guessing no DST.
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# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
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Rule	Fiji	1998	1999	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
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Rule	Fiji	1999	2000	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	-
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Rule	Fiji	2009	only	-	Nov	29	2:00	1:00	-
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Rule	Fiji	2010	only	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	-
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Rule	Fiji	2010	2013	-	Oct	Sun>=21	2:00	1:00	-
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Rule	Fiji	2011	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
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Rule	Fiji	2012	2013	-	Jan	Sun>=18	3:00	0	-
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Rule	Fiji	2014	only	-	Jan	Sun>=18	2:00	0	-
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Rule	Fiji	2014	max	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
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Rule	Fiji	2015	max	-	Jan	Sun>=13	3:00	0	-
2
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# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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Zone	Pacific/Fiji	11:55:44 -	LMT	1915 Oct 26 # Suva
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			12:00	Fiji	+12/+13
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# French Polynesia
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# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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Zone	Pacific/Gambier	 -8:59:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct # Rikitea
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Zone	Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 -	LMT	1912 Oct
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800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   421
			 -9:30	-	-0930
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   422
Zone	Pacific/Tahiti	 -9:58:16 -	LMT	1912 Oct # Papeete
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   423
			-10:00	-	-10
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   424
# Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia;
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   425
# it is uninhabited.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   426
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   427
# Guam
55634
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   428
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   429
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   430
# http://guamlegislature.com/Public_Laws_5th/PL05-025.pdf
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   431
# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-59-7-Guam-Daylight-Savings-Time-May-6-1959.pdf
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   432
Rule	Guam	1959	only	-	Jun	27	2:00	1:00	D
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   433
# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-61-5-Revocation-of-Daylight-Saving-Time-and-Restoratio.pdf
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   434
Rule	Guam	1961	only	-	Jan	29	2:00	0	S
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   435
# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-67-13-Guam-Daylight-Savings-Time.pdf
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   436
Rule	Guam	1967	only	-	Sep	 1	2:00	1:00	D
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   437
# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-69-2-Repeal-of-Guam-Daylight-Saving-Time.pdf
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   438
Rule	Guam	1969	only	-	Jan	26	0:01	0	S
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   439
# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-69-10-Guam-Daylight-Saving-Time.pdf
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   440
Rule	Guam	1969	only	-	Jun	22	2:00	1:00	D
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   441
Rule	Guam	1969	only	-	Aug	31	2:00	0	S
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   442
# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-70-10-Guam-Daylight-Saving-Time.pdf
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   443
# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-70-30-End-of-Guam-Daylight-Saving-Time.pdf
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   444
# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-71-5-Guam-Daylight-Savings-Time.pdf
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   445
Rule	Guam	1970	1971	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   446
Rule	Guam	1970	1971	-	Sep	Sun>=1	2:00	0	S
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   447
# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-73-28.-Guam-Day-light-Saving-Time.pdf
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   448
Rule	Guam	1973	only	-	Dec	16	2:00	1:00	D
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   449
# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-74-7-Guam-Daylight-Savings-Time-Rescinded.pdf
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   450
Rule	Guam	1974	only	-	Feb	24	2:00	0	S
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   451
# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-76-13-Daylight-Savings-Time.pdf
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   452
Rule	Guam	1976	only	-	May	26	2:00	1:00	D
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   453
# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-76-25-Revocation-of-E.O.-76-13.pdf
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   454
Rule	Guam	1976	only	-	Aug	22	2:01	0	S
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   455
# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-77-4-Daylight-Savings-Time.pdf
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   456
Rule	Guam	1977	only	-	Apr	24	2:00	1:00	D
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   457
# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-77-18-Guam-Standard-Time.pdf
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   458
Rule	Guam	1977	only	-	Aug	28	2:00	0	S
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   459
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   460
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   461
Zone	Pacific/Guam	-14:21:00 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   462
			 9:39:00 -	LMT	1901        # Agana
55634
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   463
			10:00	-	GST	1941 Dec 10 # Guam
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   464
			 9:00	-	+09	1944 Jul 31
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   465
			10:00	Guam	G%sT	2000 Dec 23
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   466
			10:00	-	ChST	# Chamorro Standard Time
29722
7833837e1481 8075667: (tz) Support tzdata2015b
aefimov
parents: 27727
diff changeset
   467
Link Pacific/Guam Pacific/Saipan # N Mariana Is
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   468
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   469
# Kiribati
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   470
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   471
Zone Pacific/Tarawa	 11:32:04 -	LMT	1901 # Bairiki
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   472
			 12:00	-	+12
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   473
Zone Pacific/Enderbury	-11:24:20 -	LMT	1901
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   474
			-12:00	-	-12	1979 Oct
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   475
			-11:00	-	-11	1994 Dec 31
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   476
			 13:00	-	+13
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   477
Zone Pacific/Kiritimati	-10:29:20 -	LMT	1901
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   478
			-10:40	-	-1040	1979 Oct
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   479
			-10:00	-	-10	1994 Dec 31
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   480
			 14:00	-	+14
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   481
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   482
# N Mariana Is
29722
7833837e1481 8075667: (tz) Support tzdata2015b
aefimov
parents: 27727
diff changeset
   483
# See Pacific/Guam.
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   484
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   485
# Marshall Is
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   486
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
55634
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   487
Zone Pacific/Majuro	 11:24:48 -	LMT	1901
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   488
			 11:00	-	+11	1914 Oct
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   489
			  9:00	-	+09	1919 Feb  1
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   490
			 11:00	-	+11	1937
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   491
			 10:00	-	+10	1941 Apr  1
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   492
			  9:00	-	+09	1944 Jan 30
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   493
			 11:00	-	+11	1969 Oct
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   494
			 12:00	-	+12
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   495
Zone Pacific/Kwajalein	 11:09:20 -	LMT	1901
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   496
			 11:00	-	+11	1937
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   497
			 10:00	-	+10	1941 Apr  1
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   498
			  9:00	-	+09	1944 Feb  6
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   499
			 11:00	-	+11	1969 Oct
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   500
			-12:00	-	-12	1993 Aug 20 24:00
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   501
			 12:00	-	+12
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   502
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   503
# Micronesia
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   504
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
55634
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   505
Zone Pacific/Chuuk	-13:52:52 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   506
			 10:07:08 -	LMT	1901
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   507
			 10:00	-	+10	1914 Oct
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   508
			  9:00	-	+09	1919 Feb  1
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   509
			 10:00	-	+10	1941 Apr  1
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   510
			  9:00	-	+09	1945 Aug
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   511
			 10:00	-	+10
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   512
Zone Pacific/Pohnpei	-13:27:08 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31	# Kolonia
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   513
			 10:32:52 -	LMT	1901
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   514
			 11:00	-	+11	1914 Oct
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   515
			  9:00	-	+09	1919 Feb  1
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   516
			 11:00	-	+11	1937
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   517
			 10:00	-	+10	1941 Apr  1
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   518
			  9:00	-	+09	1945 Aug
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   519
			 11:00	-	+11
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   520
Zone Pacific/Kosrae	-13:08:04 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   521
			 10:51:56 -	LMT	1901
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   522
			 11:00	-	+11	1914 Oct
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   523
			  9:00	-	+09	1919 Feb  1
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   524
			 11:00	-	+11	1937
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   525
			 10:00	-	+10	1941 Apr  1
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   526
			  9:00	-	+09	1945 Aug
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   527
			 11:00	-	+11	1969 Oct
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   528
			 12:00	-	+12	1999
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   529
			 11:00	-	+11
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   530
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   531
# Nauru
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   532
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   533
Zone	Pacific/Nauru	11:07:40 -	LMT	1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe
55634
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   534
			11:30	-	+1130	1942 Aug 29
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   535
			 9:00	-	+09	1945 Sep  8
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   536
			11:30	-	+1130	1979 Feb 10  2:00
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   537
			12:00	-	+12
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   538
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   539
# New Caledonia
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   540
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   541
Rule	NC	1977	1978	-	Dec	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	-
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   542
Rule	NC	1978	1979	-	Feb	27	0:00	0	-
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   543
Rule	NC	1996	only	-	Dec	 1	2:00s	1:00	-
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   544
# Shanks & Pottenger say the following was at 2:00; go with IATA.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   545
Rule	NC	1997	only	-	Mar	 2	2:00s	0	-
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   546
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   547
Zone	Pacific/Noumea	11:05:48 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13 # Nouméa
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   548
			11:00	NC	+11/+12
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   549
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   550
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parents:
diff changeset
   551
###############################################################################
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
   552
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   553
# New Zealand
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   554
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   555
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   556
Rule	NZ	1927	only	-	Nov	 6	2:00	1:00	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   557
Rule	NZ	1928	only	-	Mar	 4	2:00	0	M
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   558
Rule	NZ	1928	1933	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00	0:30	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   559
Rule	NZ	1929	1933	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	M
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   560
Rule	NZ	1934	1940	-	Apr	lastSun	2:00	0	M
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   561
Rule	NZ	1934	1940	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00	0:30	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   562
Rule	NZ	1946	only	-	Jan	 1	0:00	0	S
49550
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rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   563
# Since 1957 Chatham has been 45 minutes ahead of NZ, but until 2018a
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   564
# there was no documented single notation for the date and time of this
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   565
# transition.  Duplicate the Rule lines for now, to give the 2018a change
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   566
# time to percolate out.
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   567
Rule	NZ	1974	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   568
Rule	Chatham	1974	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:45s	1:00	-
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   569
Rule	NZ	1975	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:00s	0	S
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   570
Rule	Chatham	1975	only	-	Feb	lastSun	2:45s	0	-
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   571
Rule	NZ	1975	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   572
Rule	Chatham	1975	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:45s	1:00	-
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   573
Rule	NZ	1976	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   574
Rule	Chatham	1976	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:45s	0	-
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   575
Rule	NZ	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:00s	1:00	D
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   576
Rule	Chatham	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=8	2:45s	1:00	-
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   577
Rule	NZ	1990	2006	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   578
Rule	Chatham	1990	2006	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:45s	1:00	-
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   579
Rule	NZ	1990	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   580
Rule	Chatham	1990	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:45s	0	-
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   581
Rule	NZ	2007	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   582
Rule	Chatham	2007	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:45s	1:00	-
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   583
Rule	NZ	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   584
Rule	Chatham	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:45s	0	-
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   585
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   586
Zone Pacific/Auckland	11:39:04 -	LMT	1868 Nov  2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   587
			11:30	NZ	NZ%sT	1946 Jan  1
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   588
			12:00	NZ	NZ%sT
26452
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   589
Zone Pacific/Chatham	12:13:48 -	LMT	1868 Nov  2
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   590
			12:15	-	+1215	1946 Jan  1
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   591
			12:45	Chatham	+1245/+1345
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   592
20867
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   593
Link Pacific/Auckland Antarctica/McMurdo
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   594
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   595
# Auckland Is
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   596
# uninhabited; Māori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers,
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   597
# and scientific personnel have wintered
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   598
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   599
# Campbell I
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   600
# minor whaling stations operated 1909/1914
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   601
# scientific station operated 1941/1995;
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   602
# previously whalers, sealers, pastoralists, and scientific personnel wintered
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   603
# was probably like Pacific/Auckland
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   604
26452
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   605
# Cook Is
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   606
# From Shanks & Pottenger:
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   607
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   608
Rule	Cook	1978	only	-	Nov	12	0:00	0:30	-
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   609
Rule	Cook	1979	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   610
Rule	Cook	1979	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	0:00	0:30	-
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   611
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   612
Zone Pacific/Rarotonga	-10:39:04 -	LMT	1901        # Avarua
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   613
			-10:30	-	-1030	1978 Nov 12
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   614
			-10:00	Cook	-10/-0930
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   615
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   616
###############################################################################
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   617
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   618
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   619
# Niue
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   620
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   621
Zone	Pacific/Niue	-11:19:40 -	LMT	1901        # Alofi
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   622
			-11:20	-	-1120	1951
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   623
			-11:30	-	-1130	1978 Oct  1
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   624
			-11:00	-	-11
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   625
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   626
# Norfolk
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   627
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   628
Zone	Pacific/Norfolk	11:11:52 -	LMT	1901 # Kingston
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   629
			11:12	-	+1112	1951
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   630
			11:30	-	+1130	1974 Oct 27 02:00
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   631
			11:30	1:00	+1230	1975 Mar  2 02:00
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   632
			11:30	-	+1130	2015 Oct  4 02:00
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   633
			11:00	-	+11
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   634
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   635
# Palau (Belau)
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   636
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
55634
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   637
Zone Pacific/Palau	-15:02:04 -	LMT	1844 Dec 31	# Koror
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   638
			  8:57:56 -	LMT	1901
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   639
			  9:00	-	+09
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   640
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   641
# Papua New Guinea
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   642
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   643
Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 -	LMT	1880
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   644
			9:48:32	-	PMMT	1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   645
			10:00	-	+10
27294
dfd89723bd6f 8059206: (tz) Support tzdata2014i
aefimov
parents: 26452
diff changeset
   646
#
dfd89723bd6f 8059206: (tz) Support tzdata2014i
aefimov
parents: 26452
diff changeset
   647
# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-13):
dfd89723bd6f 8059206: (tz) Support tzdata2014i
aefimov
parents: 26452
diff changeset
   648
# Base the Bougainville entry on the Arawa-Kieta region, which appears to have
dfd89723bd6f 8059206: (tz) Support tzdata2014i
aefimov
parents: 26452
diff changeset
   649
# the most people even though it was devastated in the Bougainville Civil War.
dfd89723bd6f 8059206: (tz) Support tzdata2014i
aefimov
parents: 26452
diff changeset
   650
#
41354
d8271dd87747 8166875: (tz) Support tzdata2016g
rpatil
parents: 39829
diff changeset
   651
# Although Shanks gives 1942-03-15 / 1943-11-01 for UT +09, these dates
27294
dfd89723bd6f 8059206: (tz) Support tzdata2014i
aefimov
parents: 26452
diff changeset
   652
# are apparently rough guesswork from the starts of military campaigns.
dfd89723bd6f 8059206: (tz) Support tzdata2014i
aefimov
parents: 26452
diff changeset
   653
# The World War II entries below are instead based on Arawa-Kieta.
dfd89723bd6f 8059206: (tz) Support tzdata2014i
aefimov
parents: 26452
diff changeset
   654
# The Japanese occupied Kieta in July 1942,
dfd89723bd6f 8059206: (tz) Support tzdata2014i
aefimov
parents: 26452
diff changeset
   655
# according to the Pacific War Online Encyclopedia
47724
6b374b7fdc3d 8190258: (tz) Support tzdata2017c
rpatil
parents: 47216
diff changeset
   656
# https://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/B/o/Bougainville.htm
27294
dfd89723bd6f 8059206: (tz) Support tzdata2014i
aefimov
parents: 26452
diff changeset
   657
# and seem to have controlled it until their 1945-08-21 surrender.
dfd89723bd6f 8059206: (tz) Support tzdata2014i
aefimov
parents: 26452
diff changeset
   658
#
41354
d8271dd87747 8166875: (tz) Support tzdata2016g
rpatil
parents: 39829
diff changeset
   659
# The Autonomous Region of Bougainville switched from UT +10 to +11
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   660
# on 2014-12-28 at 02:00.  They call +11 "Bougainville Standard Time".
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   661
# See:
27294
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aefimov
parents: 26452
diff changeset
   662
# http://www.bougainville24.com/bougainville-issues/bougainville-gets-own-timezone/
dfd89723bd6f 8059206: (tz) Support tzdata2014i
aefimov
parents: 26452
diff changeset
   663
#
dfd89723bd6f 8059206: (tz) Support tzdata2014i
aefimov
parents: 26452
diff changeset
   664
Zone Pacific/Bougainville 10:22:16 -	LMT	1880
dfd89723bd6f 8059206: (tz) Support tzdata2014i
aefimov
parents: 26452
diff changeset
   665
			 9:48:32 -	PMMT	1895
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   666
			10:00	-	+10	1942 Jul
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   667
			 9:00	-	+09	1945 Aug 21
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   668
			10:00	-	+10	2014 Dec 28  2:00
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   669
			11:00	-	+11
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   670
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   671
# Pitcairn
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   672
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   673
Zone Pacific/Pitcairn	-8:40:20 -	LMT	1901        # Adamstown
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   674
			-8:30	-	-0830	1998 Apr 27  0:00
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   675
			-8:00	-	-08
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   676
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   677
# American Samoa
47724
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rpatil
parents: 47216
diff changeset
   678
Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago	 12:37:12 -	LMT	1892 Jul  5
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   679
			-11:22:48 -	LMT	1911
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   680
			-11:00	-	SST	            # S=Samoa
29722
7833837e1481 8075667: (tz) Support tzdata2015b
aefimov
parents: 27727
diff changeset
   681
Link Pacific/Pago_Pago Pacific/Midway # in US minor outlying islands
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   682
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   683
# Samoa (formerly and also known as Western Samoa)
3739
0825ce592b81 6872467: (tz) Support tzdata2009l
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
   684
5130
1b0fbb188691 6933032: (tz) Support tzdata2010e
peytoia
parents: 4959
diff changeset
   685
# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-16):
1b0fbb188691 6933032: (tz) Support tzdata2010e
peytoia
parents: 4959
diff changeset
   686
# We have been in contact with the government of Samoa again, and received
1b0fbb188691 6933032: (tz) Support tzdata2010e
peytoia
parents: 4959
diff changeset
   687
# the following info:
4279
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
   688
#
5130
1b0fbb188691 6933032: (tz) Support tzdata2010e
peytoia
parents: 4959
diff changeset
   689
# "Cabinet has now approved Daylight Saving to be effected next year
1b0fbb188691 6933032: (tz) Support tzdata2010e
peytoia
parents: 4959
diff changeset
   690
# commencing from the last Sunday of September 2010 and conclude first
1b0fbb188691 6933032: (tz) Support tzdata2010e
peytoia
parents: 4959
diff changeset
   691
# Sunday of April 2011."
1b0fbb188691 6933032: (tz) Support tzdata2010e
peytoia
parents: 4959
diff changeset
   692
#
1b0fbb188691 6933032: (tz) Support tzdata2010e
peytoia
parents: 4959
diff changeset
   693
# Background info:
47724
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rpatil
parents: 47216
diff changeset
   694
# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/samoa-dst-plan-2009.html
4279
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
   695
#
5130
1b0fbb188691 6933032: (tz) Support tzdata2010e
peytoia
parents: 4959
diff changeset
   696
# Samoa's Daylight Saving Time Act 2009 is available here, but does not
1b0fbb188691 6933032: (tz) Support tzdata2010e
peytoia
parents: 4959
diff changeset
   697
# contain any dates:
1b0fbb188691 6933032: (tz) Support tzdata2010e
peytoia
parents: 4959
diff changeset
   698
# http://www.parliament.gov.ws/documents/acts/Daylight%20Saving%20Act%20%202009%20%28English%29%20-%20Final%207-7-091.pdf
4279
67bbd3f37f62 6899397: (tz) Support tzdata2009r
peytoia
parents: 3739
diff changeset
   699
10593
680a346c7841 7090843: (tz) Support tzdata2011j
peytoia
parents: 8761
diff changeset
   700
# From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2010-10-07):
7013
6af860e04527 6996686: (tz) Support tzdata2010o
peytoia
parents: 6290
diff changeset
   701
# Please see
6af860e04527 6996686: (tz) Support tzdata2010o
peytoia
parents: 6290
diff changeset
   702
# http://www.mcil.gov.ws
6af860e04527 6996686: (tz) Support tzdata2010o
peytoia
parents: 6290
diff changeset
   703
# the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (sideframe) "Last Sunday
6af860e04527 6996686: (tz) Support tzdata2010o
peytoia
parents: 6290
diff changeset
   704
# September 2010 (26/09/10) - adjust clocks forward from 12:00 midnight
6af860e04527 6996686: (tz) Support tzdata2010o
peytoia
parents: 6290
diff changeset
   705
# to 01:00am and First Sunday April 2011 (03/04/11) - adjust clocks
6af860e04527 6996686: (tz) Support tzdata2010o
peytoia
parents: 6290
diff changeset
   706
# backwards from 1:00am to 12:00am"
6af860e04527 6996686: (tz) Support tzdata2010o
peytoia
parents: 6290
diff changeset
   707
10593
680a346c7841 7090843: (tz) Support tzdata2011j
peytoia
parents: 8761
diff changeset
   708
# From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2011-03-07):
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   709
# [http://www.mcil.gov.ws/ftcd/daylight_saving_2011.pdf]
8761
561d07549c0c 7027387: (tz) Support tzdata2011d
peytoia
parents: 8371
diff changeset
   710
#
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   711
# ... when the standard time strikes the hour of four o'clock (4.00am
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   712
# or 0400 Hours) on the 2nd April 2011, then all instruments used to
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   713
# measure standard time are to be adjusted/changed to three o'clock
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   714
# (3:00am or 0300Hrs).
8761
561d07549c0c 7027387: (tz) Support tzdata2011d
peytoia
parents: 8371
diff changeset
   715
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   716
# From David Zülke (2011-05-09):
10593
680a346c7841 7090843: (tz) Support tzdata2011j
peytoia
parents: 8761
diff changeset
   717
# Subject: Samoa to move timezone from east to west of international date line
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   718
#
10593
680a346c7841 7090843: (tz) Support tzdata2011j
peytoia
parents: 8761
diff changeset
   719
# http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/markets/newsfeeditem.aspx?id=138501958347963
680a346c7841 7090843: (tz) Support tzdata2011j
peytoia
parents: 8761
diff changeset
   720
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   721
# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-27):
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   722
# The International Date Line Act 2011
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   723
# http://www.parliament.gov.ws/images/ACTS/International_Date_Line_Act__2011_-_Eng.pdf
41354
d8271dd87747 8166875: (tz) Support tzdata2016g
rpatil
parents: 39829
diff changeset
   724
# changed Samoa from UT -11 to +13, effective "12 o'clock midnight, on
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   725
# Thursday 29th December 2011".  The International Date Line was adjusted
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   726
# accordingly.
10593
680a346c7841 7090843: (tz) Support tzdata2011j
peytoia
parents: 8761
diff changeset
   727
680a346c7841 7090843: (tz) Support tzdata2011j
peytoia
parents: 8761
diff changeset
   728
# From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2011-09-02):
680a346c7841 7090843: (tz) Support tzdata2011j
peytoia
parents: 8761
diff changeset
   729
# http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html
680a346c7841 7090843: (tz) Support tzdata2011j
peytoia
parents: 8761
diff changeset
   730
#
680a346c7841 7090843: (tz) Support tzdata2011j
peytoia
parents: 8761
diff changeset
   731
# here is the official website publication for Samoa DST and dateline change
680a346c7841 7090843: (tz) Support tzdata2011j
peytoia
parents: 8761
diff changeset
   732
#
680a346c7841 7090843: (tz) Support tzdata2011j
peytoia
parents: 8761
diff changeset
   733
# DST
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   734
# Year  End      Time              Start        Time
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   735
# 2011  - - -    - - -             24 September 3:00am to 4:00am
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   736
# 2012  01 April 4:00am to 3:00am  - - -        - - -
10593
680a346c7841 7090843: (tz) Support tzdata2011j
peytoia
parents: 8761
diff changeset
   737
#
680a346c7841 7090843: (tz) Support tzdata2011j
peytoia
parents: 8761
diff changeset
   738
# Dateline Change skip Friday 30th Dec 2011
680a346c7841 7090843: (tz) Support tzdata2011j
peytoia
parents: 8761
diff changeset
   739
# Thursday 29th December 2011	23:59:59 Hours
680a346c7841 7090843: (tz) Support tzdata2011j
peytoia
parents: 8761
diff changeset
   740
# Saturday 31st December 2011	00:00:00 Hours
12306
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
   741
#
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   742
# From Nicholas Pereira (2012-09-10):
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   743
# Daylight Saving Time commences on Sunday 30th September 2012 and
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   744
# ends on Sunday 7th of April 2013....
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   745
# http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   746
#
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   747
# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-08):
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   748
# That web page currently lists transitions for 2012/3 and 2013/4.
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   749
# Assume the pattern instituted in 2012 will continue indefinitely.
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   750
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   751
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   752
Rule	WS	2010	only	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	1	-
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   753
Rule	WS	2011	only	-	Apr	Sat>=1	4:00	0	-
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   754
Rule	WS	2011	only	-	Sep	lastSat	3:00	1	-
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   755
Rule	WS	2012	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	4:00	0	-
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   756
Rule	WS	2012	max	-	Sep	lastSun	3:00	1	-
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   757
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
47724
6b374b7fdc3d 8190258: (tz) Support tzdata2017c
rpatil
parents: 47216
diff changeset
   758
Zone Pacific/Apia	 12:33:04 -	LMT	1892 Jul  5
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   759
			-11:26:56 -	LMT	1911
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   760
			-11:30	-	-1130	1950
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   761
			-11:00	WS	-11/-10	2011 Dec 29 24:00
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   762
			 13:00	WS	+13/+14
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   763
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   764
# Solomon Is
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   765
# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   766
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   767
Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 -	LMT	1912 Oct # Honiara
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   768
			11:00	-	+11
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   769
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   770
# Tokelau
12306
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
   771
#
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
   772
# From Gwillim Law (2011-12-29)
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
   773
# A correspondent informed me that Tokelau, like Samoa, will be skipping
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   774
# December 31 this year ...
12306
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
   775
#
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   776
# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-07-25)
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   777
# ... we double checked by calling hotels and offices based in Tokelau asking
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   778
# about the time there, and they all told a time that agrees with UTC+13....
48716
55272cc70514 8195837: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018c
rpatil
parents: 47724
diff changeset
   779
# Shanks says UT-10 from 1901 [but] ... there is a good chance the change
55272cc70514 8195837: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018c
rpatil
parents: 47724
diff changeset
   780
# actually was to UT-11 back then.
12306
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
   781
#
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   782
# From Paul Eggert (2012-07-25)
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   783
# A Google Books snippet of Appendix to the Journals of the House of
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   784
# Representatives of New Zealand, Session 1948,
47724
6b374b7fdc3d 8190258: (tz) Support tzdata2017c
rpatil
parents: 47216
diff changeset
   785
# <https://books.google.com/books?id=ZaVCAQAAIAAJ>, page 65, says Tokelau
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   786
# was "11 hours slow on G.M.T."  Go with Thorsen and assume Shanks & Pottenger
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
   787
# are off by an hour starting in 1901.
12306
35ebe1184d3d 7158483: (tz) Support tzdata2012c
peytoia
parents: 10795
diff changeset
   788
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   789
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   790
Zone	Pacific/Fakaofo	-11:24:56 -	LMT	1901
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   791
			-11:00	-	-11	2011 Dec 30
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   792
			13:00	-	+13
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   793
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   794
# Tonga
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   795
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   796
Rule	Tonga	1999	only	-	Oct	 7	2:00s	1:00	-
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   797
Rule	Tonga	2000	only	-	Mar	19	2:00s	0	-
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   798
Rule	Tonga	2000	2001	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   799
Rule	Tonga	2001	2002	-	Jan	lastSun	2:00	0	-
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
   800
Rule	Tonga	2016	only	-	Nov	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
47724
6b374b7fdc3d 8190258: (tz) Support tzdata2017c
rpatil
parents: 47216
diff changeset
   801
Rule	Tonga	2017	only	-	Jan	Sun>=15	3:00	0	-
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   802
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   803
Zone Pacific/Tongatapu	12:19:20 -	LMT	1901
41962
a52f798399ca 8169191: (tz) Support tzdata2016i
rpatil
parents: 41819
diff changeset
   804
			12:20	-	+1220	1941
a52f798399ca 8169191: (tz) Support tzdata2016i
rpatil
parents: 41819
diff changeset
   805
			13:00	-	+13	1999
a52f798399ca 8169191: (tz) Support tzdata2016i
rpatil
parents: 41819
diff changeset
   806
			13:00	Tonga	+13/+14
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   807
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   808
# Tuvalu
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   809
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   810
Zone Pacific/Funafuti	11:56:52 -	LMT	1901
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   811
			12:00	-	+12
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   812
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   813
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   814
# US minor outlying islands
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   815
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   816
# Howland, Baker
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   817
# Howland was mined for guano by American companies 1857-1878 and British
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   818
# 1886-1891; Baker was similar but exact dates are not known.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   819
# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; U.S. military bases 1943-1944;
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   820
# uninhabited thereafter.
41354
d8271dd87747 8166875: (tz) Support tzdata2016g
rpatil
parents: 39829
diff changeset
   821
# Howland observed Hawaii Standard Time (UT -10:30) in 1937;
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   822
# see page 206 of Elgen M. Long and Marie K. Long,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   823
# Amelia Earhart: the Mystery Solved, Simon & Schuster (2000).
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   824
# So most likely Howland and Baker observed Hawaii Time from 1935
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   825
# until they were abandoned after the war.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   826
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   827
# Jarvis
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   828
# Mined for guano by American companies 1857-1879 and British 1883?-1891?.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   829
# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; IGY scientific base 1957-1958;
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   830
# uninhabited thereafter.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   831
# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   832
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
   833
# Johnston
20867
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   834
#
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   835
# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-10):
23719
7c9e2106906c 8038306: (tz) Support tzdata2014b
aefimov
parents: 23348
diff changeset
   836
# Sometimes Johnston kept Hawaii time, and sometimes it was an hour behind.
7c9e2106906c 8038306: (tz) Support tzdata2014b
aefimov
parents: 23348
diff changeset
   837
# Details are uncertain.  We have no data for Johnston after 1970, so
44118
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   838
# treat it like Hawaii for now.  Since Johnston is now uninhabited,
800a6450f7d4 8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a
rpatil
parents: 41962
diff changeset
   839
# its link to Pacific/Honolulu is in the 'backward' file.
23719
7c9e2106906c 8038306: (tz) Support tzdata2014b
aefimov
parents: 23348
diff changeset
   840
#
20867
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   841
# In his memoirs of June 6th to October 4, 1945
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   842
# <http://www.315bw.org/Herb_Bach.htm> (2005), Herbert C. Bach writes,
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
diff changeset
   843
# "We started our letdown to Kwajalein Atoll and landed there at 5:00 AM
38b088040f4f 8025255: (tz) Support tzdata2013g
aefimov
parents: 19382
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   844
# Johnston time, 1:30 AM Kwajalein time."  This was in June 1945, and
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# confirms that Johnston kept the same time as Honolulu in summer 1945.
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#
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parents: 23348
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   847
# From Lyle McElhaney (2014-03-11):
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   848
# [W]hen JI was being used for that [atomic bomb] testing, the time being used
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   849
# was not Hawaiian time but rather the same time being used on the ships,
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parents: 23348
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   850
# which had a GMT offset of -11 hours.  This apparently applied to at least the
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   851
# time from Operation Newsreel (Hardtack I/Teak shot, 1958-08-01) to the last
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parents: 23348
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   852
# Operation Fishbowl shot (Tightrope, 1962-11-04).... [See] Herman Hoerlin,
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parents: 23348
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   853
# "The United States High-Altitude Test Experience: A Review Emphasizing the
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# Impact on the Environment", Los Alamos LA-6405, Oct 1976.
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   855
# https://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/docs1/00322994.pdf
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   856
# See the table on page 4 where he lists GMT and local times for the tests; a
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aefimov
parents: 23348
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   857
# footnote for the JI tests reads that local time is "JI time = Hawaii Time
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# Minus One Hour".
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# Kingman
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# uninhabited
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   862
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# Midway
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# See Pacific/Pago_Pago.
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# Palmyra
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   867
# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
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   868
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# Wake
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# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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Zone	Pacific/Wake	11:06:28 -	LMT	1901
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			12:00	-	+12
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   874
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# Vanuatu
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   876
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
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Rule	Vanuatu	1983	only	-	Sep	25	0:00	1:00	-
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Rule	Vanuatu	1984	1991	-	Mar	Sun>=23	0:00	0	-
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parents: 48716
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   879
Rule	Vanuatu	1984	only	-	Oct	23	0:00	1:00	-
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Rule	Vanuatu	1985	1991	-	Sep	Sun>=23	0:00	1:00	-
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Rule	Vanuatu	1992	1993	-	Jan	Sun>=23	0:00	0	-
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Rule	Vanuatu	1992	only	-	Oct	Sun>=23	0:00	1:00	-
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# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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Zone	Pacific/Efate	11:13:16 -	LMT	1912 Jan 13 # Vila
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			11:00	Vanuatu	+11/+12
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# Wallis and Futuna
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   888
# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
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   889
Zone	Pacific/Wallis	12:15:20 -	LMT	1901
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			12:00	-	+12
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###############################################################################
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   893
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# NOTES
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   895
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# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
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# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
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parents: 23719
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   898
# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).  For more, please see
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# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
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   900
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   901
# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18):
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parents: 27294
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   902
#
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# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
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parents:
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   904
# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
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   905
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
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# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
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#
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   908
# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source
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   909
# for time zone data was the International Air Transport
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   910
# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
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   911
# published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
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parents: 27294
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   912
# of the IATA's data after 1990.  Except where otherwise noted,
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   913
# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
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   914
#
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# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
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   916
# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
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   917
# I found in the UCLA library.
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parents:
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   918
#
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   919
# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
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   920
# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94.
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parents: 47216
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   921
# https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359
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diff changeset
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#
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   923
# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
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diff changeset
   924
# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
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parents:
diff changeset
   925
#
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   926
# I invented the abbreviation marked "*".
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# The following abbreviations are from other sources.
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   928
# Corrections are welcome!
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   929
#		std	dst
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   930
#		LMT		Local Mean Time
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parents: 23719
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   931
#	  8:00	AWST	AWDT	Western Australia
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aefimov
parents: 23719
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   932
#	  9:30	ACST	ACDT	Central Australia
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parents: 23719
diff changeset
   933
#	 10:00	AEST	AEDT	Eastern Australia
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
   934
#	 10:00	GST	GDT*	Guam through 2000
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parents: 23719
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   935
#	 10:00	ChST		Chamorro
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parents: 23719
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   936
#	 11:30	NZMT	NZST	New Zealand through 1945
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parents: 23719
diff changeset
   937
#	 12:00	NZST	NZDT	New Zealand 1946-present
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
   938
#	-11:00	SST		Samoa
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   939
#	-10:00	HST		Hawaii
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#
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   941
# See the 'northamerica' file for Hawaii.
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parents: 23719
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   942
# See the 'southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galápagos Is.
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###############################################################################
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   946
# Australia
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parents:
diff changeset
   947
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parents: 23719
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   948
# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-30):
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aefimov
parents: 23719
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   949
# Daylight saving time has long been controversial in Australia, pitting
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aefimov
parents: 23719
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   950
# region against region, rural against urban, and local against global.
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aefimov
parents: 23719
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   951
# For example, in her review of Graeme Davison's _The Unforgiving
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aefimov
parents: 23719
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   952
# Minute: how Australians learned to tell the time_ (1993), Perth native
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aefimov
parents: 23719
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   953
# Phillipa J Martyr wrote, "The section entitled 'Saving Daylight' was
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aefimov
parents: 23719
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   954
# very informative, but was (as can, sadly, only be expected from a
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parents: 23719
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   955
# Melbourne-based study) replete with the usual chuckleheaded
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aefimov
parents: 23719
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   956
# Queenslanders and straw-chewing yokels from the West prattling fables
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aefimov
parents: 23719
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   957
# about fading curtains and crazed farm animals."
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aefimov
parents: 23719
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   958
# Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History (1997-03-03)
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parents: 23719
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   959
# http://www.jcu.edu.au/aff/history/reviews/davison.htm
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parents: 23719
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   960
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   961
# From Paul Eggert (2005-12-08):
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   962
# Implementation Dates of Daylight Saving Time within Australia
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   963
# http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml
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# summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia.
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   966
# From Arthur David Olson (2005-12-12):
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   967
# Lawlink NSW:Daylight Saving in New South Wales
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   968
# http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/Corporate/ll_agdinfo.nsf/pages/community_relations_daylight_saving
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parents: 23719
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   969
# covers New South Wales in particular.
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   970
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   971
# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
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parents: 23719
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   972
# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as 'daylight' time.
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parents: 23719
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   973
# It is called 'summer' time.  Now by a happy coincidence, 'summer'
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# and 'standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the
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   975
# abbreviation does _not_ change...
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   976
# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least
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# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the
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   978
# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses
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parents: 23719
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   979
# the phrase 'summer time' and does not use the phrase 'daylight
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parents:
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# time'.
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   981
# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian
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parents: 23719
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   982
# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases 'Eastern Standard Time'
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parents: 23719
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   983
# or 'Eastern Summer Time'.  (Note, though, that as I say in the
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   984
# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.)  Announcers
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   985
# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases
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# prefixed by the word 'Australian' when referring to local times;
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   987
# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.
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   988
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   989
# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-30):
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   990
#
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   991
# Inspired by Mackin's remarks quoted above, earlier versions of this
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parents: 23719
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   992
# file used "EST" for both Eastern Standard Time and Eastern Summer
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parents: 23719
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   993
# Time in Australia, and similarly for "CST", "CWST", and "WST".
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parents: 23719
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   994
# However, these abbreviations were confusing and were not common
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parents: 23719
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   995
# practice among Australians, and there were justifiable complaints
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parents: 23719
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   996
# about them, so I attempted to survey current Australian usage.
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parents: 23719
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   997
# For the tz database, the full English phrase is not that important;
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aefimov
parents: 23719
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   998
# what matters is the abbreviation.  It's difficult to survey the web
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# directly for abbreviation usage, as there are so many false hits for
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  1000
# strings like "EST" and "EDT", so I looked for pages that defined an
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  1001
# abbreviation for eastern or central DST in Australia, and got the
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  1002
# following numbers of unique hits for the listed Google queries:
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  1003
#
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#   10 "Eastern Daylight Time AEST" site:au [some are false hits]
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  1005
#   10 "Eastern Summer Time AEST" site:au
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  1006
#   10 "Summer Time AEDT" site:au
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  1007
#   13 "EDST Eastern Daylight Saving Time" site:au
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  1008
#   18 "Summer Time ESST" site:au
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  1009
#   28 "Eastern Daylight Saving Time EDST" site:au
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  1010
#   39 "EDT Eastern Daylight Time" site:au [some are false hits]
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#   53 "Eastern Daylight Time EDT" site:au [some are false hits]
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  1012
#   54 "AEDT Australian Eastern Daylight Time" site:au
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  1013
#  182 "Eastern Daylight Time AEDT" site:au
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  1014
#
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  1015
#   17 "Central Daylight Time CDT" site:au [some are false hits]
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#   46 "Central Daylight Time ACDT" site:au
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  1017
#
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  1018
# I tried several other variants (e.g., "Eastern Summer Time EST") but
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  1019
# they all returned fewer than 10 unique hits.  I also looked for pages
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  1020
# mentioning both "western standard time" and an abbreviation, since
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  1021
# there is no WST in the US to generate false hits, and found:
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  1022
#
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  1023
#  156 "western standard time" AWST site:au
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  1024
#  226 "western standard time" WST site:au
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  1025
#
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  1026
# I then surveyed the top ten newspapers in Australia by circulation as
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  1027
# listed in Wikipedia, using Google queries like "AEDT site:heraldsun.com.au"
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  1028
# and obtaining estimated counts from the initial page of search results.
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  1029
# All ten papers greatly preferred "AEDT" to "EDT".  The papers
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  1030
# surveyed were the Herald Sun, The Daily Telegraph, The Courier-Mail,
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  1031
# The Sydney Morning Herald, The West Australian, The Age, The Advertiser,
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  1032
# The Australian, The Financial Review, and The Herald (Newcastle).
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  1033
#
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  1034
# I also searched for historical usage, to see whether abbreviations
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  1035
# like "AEDT" are new.  A Trove search <http://trove.nla.gov.au/>
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parents: 23719
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  1036
# found only one newspaper (The Canberra Times) with a house style
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  1037
# dating back to the 1970s, I expect because other newspapers weren't
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  1038
# fully indexed.  The Canberra Times strongly preferred abbreviations
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  1039
# like "AEDT".  The first occurrence of "AEDT" was a World Weather
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  1040
# column (1971-11-17, page 24), and of "ACDT" was a Scoreboard column
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  1041
# (1993-01-24, p 16).  The style was the typical usage but was not
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  1042
# strictly enforced; for example, "Welcome to the twilight zones ..."
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  1043
# (1994-10-29, p 1) uses the abbreviations AEST/AEDT, CST/CDT, and
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aefimov
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  1044
# WST, and goes on to say, "The confusion and frustration some feel
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  1045
# about the lack of uniformity among Australia's six states and two
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  1046
# territories has prompted one group to form its very own political
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  1047
# party -- the Sydney-based Daylight Saving Extension Party."
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  1048
#
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  1049
# I also surveyed federal government sources.  They did not agree:
2
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  1050
#
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  1051
#   The Australian Government (2014-03-26)
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  1052
#   http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/our-country/time
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  1053
#   (This document was produced by the Department of Finance.)
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  1054
#   AEST ACST AWST AEDT ACDT
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  1055
#
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  1056
#   Bureau of Meteorology (2012-11-08)
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  1057
#   http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/daysavtm.shtml
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  1058
#   EST CST WST EDT CDT
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  1059
#
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  1060
#   Civil Aviation Safety Authority (undated)
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  1061
#   http://services.casa.gov.au/outnback/inc/pages/episode3/episode-3_time_zones.shtml
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  1062
#   EST CST WST (no abbreviations given for DST)
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  1063
#
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  1064
#   Geoscience Australia (2011-11-24)
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  1065
#   http://www.ga.gov.au/geodesy/astro/sunrise.jsp
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  1066
#   AEST ACST AWST AEDT ACDT
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  1067
#
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  1068
#   Parliamentary Library (2008-11-10)
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  1069
#   https://www.aph.gov.au/binaries/library/pubs/rp/2008-09/09rp14.pdf
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  1070
#   EST CST WST preferred for standard time; AEST AEDT ACST ACDT also used
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  1071
#
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  1072
#   The Transport Safety Bureau has an extensive series of accident reports,
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  1073
#   and investigators seem to use whatever abbreviation they like.
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  1074
#   Googling site:atsb.gov.au found the following number of unique hits:
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  1075
#   311 "ESuT", 195 "EDT", 26 "AEDT", 83 "CSuT", 46 "CDT".
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  1076
#   "_SuT" tended to appear in older reports, and "A_DT" tended to
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  1077
#   appear in reports of events with international implications.
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  1078
#
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  1079
# From the above it appears that there is a working consensus in
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  1080
# Australia to use trailing "DT" for daylight saving time; although
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  1081
# some sources use trailing "SST" or "ST" or "SuT" they are by far in
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  1082
# the minority.  The case for leading "A" is weaker, but since it
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parents: 23719
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  1083
# seems to be preferred in the overall web and is preferred in all
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  1084
# the leading newspaper websites and in many government departments,
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parents: 23719
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  1085
# it has a stronger case than omitting the leading "A".  The current
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  1086
# version of the database therefore uses abbreviations like "AEST" and
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  1087
# "AEDT" for Australian time zones.
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  1088
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  1089
# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
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  1090
# Shanks & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ.
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  1091
# Mark Prior writes that his newspaper
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  1092
# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00,
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  1093
# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970
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  1094
# and perhaps the newspaper's '2:00' is referring to standard time.
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  1095
# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960.
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  1096
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  1097
# From Eric Ulevik (1998-01-05):
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  1098
#
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  1099
# Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable,
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  1100
# and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more
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  1101
# relevant entries in this database.
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  1102
#
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  1103
# NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill):
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  1104
# Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04)
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  1105
# https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html
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  1106
# ACT
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  1107
# Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972
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  1108
# https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html
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  1109
# SA
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  1110
# Standard Time Act, 1898
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  1111
# https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html
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  1112
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  1113
# From David Grosz (2005-06-13):
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  1114
# It was announced last week that Daylight Saving would be extended by
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# one week next year to allow for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
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  1116
# Daylight Saving is now to end for next year only on the first Sunday
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# in April instead of the last Sunday in March.
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  1118
#
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  1119
# From Gwillim Law (2005-06-14):
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# I did some Googling and found that all of those states (and territory) plan
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# to extend DST together in 2006.
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  1122
# ACT: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/mediareleases/fileread.cfm?file=86.txt
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# New South Wales: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15538869%255E1702,00.html
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  1124
# South Australia: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15555031-1246,00.html
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  1125
# Tasmania: http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=14772
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# Victoria: I wasn't able to find anything separate, but the other articles
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# allude to it.
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  1128
# But not Queensland
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  1129
# http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15564030-1248,00.html
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# Northern Territory
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# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
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# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY..  [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
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# #					[ Nov 1990 ]
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# #	N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
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  1137
# ...
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# Zone        Australia/North         9:30    -       CST
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  1139
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  1140
# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
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  1141
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
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  1142
# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving.
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  1143
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  1144
# Western Australia
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  1145
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  1146
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
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  1147
# #  The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA..  [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]
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# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
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  1149
# #	W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to
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  1150
# #	DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but
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  1151
# #	usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1152
# #	before reaching parliament.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1153
# ...
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1154
# Zone	Australia/West		8:00	AW	%sST
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1155
# ...
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1156
# Rule	AW	1974	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1157
# Rule	AW	1975	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1158
# Rule	AW	1983	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1159
# Rule	AW	1984	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1160
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1161
# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1162
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1163
# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1164
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1165
# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (1991-11-02):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1166
# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1167
# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1168
# work at 9.00am.)
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1169
# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1170
# everybody again.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1171
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1172
# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1173
# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1174
# it matches what was used in the past.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1175
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1176
# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ
26452
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1177
# http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1178
# (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1179
# South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1180
50282
4887e76f2493 8203233: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018e
rpatil
parents: 49550
diff changeset
  1181
# From Paul Eggert (2018-04-01):
4887e76f2493 8203233: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018e
rpatil
parents: 49550
diff changeset
  1182
# The Guardian Express of Perth, Australia reported today that the
4887e76f2493 8203233: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018e
rpatil
parents: 49550
diff changeset
  1183
# government decided to advance the clocks permanently on January 1,
4887e76f2493 8203233: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018e
rpatil
parents: 49550
diff changeset
  1184
# 2019, from UT +08 to UT +09.  The article noted that an exemption
4887e76f2493 8203233: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018e
rpatil
parents: 49550
diff changeset
  1185
# would be made for people aged 61 and over, who "can apply in writing
4887e76f2493 8203233: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018e
rpatil
parents: 49550
diff changeset
  1186
# to have the extra hour of sunshine removed from their area."  See:
4887e76f2493 8203233: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018e
rpatil
parents: 49550
diff changeset
  1187
# Daylight saving coming to WA in 2019. Guardian Express. 2018-04-01.
4887e76f2493 8203233: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018e
rpatil
parents: 49550
diff changeset
  1188
# https://www.communitynews.com.au/guardian-express/news/exclusive-daylight-savings-coming-wa-summer-2018/
4887e76f2493 8203233: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018e
rpatil
parents: 49550
diff changeset
  1189
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1190
# Queensland
49550
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
  1191
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
  1192
# From Paul Eggert (2018-02-26):
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
  1193
# I lack access to the following source for Queensland DST:
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
  1194
# Pearce C. History of daylight saving time in Queensland.
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
  1195
# Queensland Hist J. 2017 Aug;23(6):389-403
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
  1196
# https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=994682348436426;res=IELHSS
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
  1197
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1198
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1199
# #   The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1200
# #						[ Dec 1990 ]
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1201
# ...
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1202
# Zone	Australia/Queensland	10:00	AQ	%sST
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1203
# ...
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1204
# Rule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1205
# Rule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	E
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1206
# Rule	AQ	1989	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1207
# Rule	AQ	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1208
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1209
# From Bradley White (1989-12-24):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1210
# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1211
# October 1989).
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1212
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1213
# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1214
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1215
# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1216
# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1217
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1218
# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1219
# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1220
# end on Sunday, 3 March.  I don't know at what hour, though.  (It surprised
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1221
# me.)
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1222
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1223
# From Bradley White (1992-03-08):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1224
# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1225
# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ...
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1226
# ...
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1227
# Rule	QLD	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1228
# Rule	QLD	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1229
# ...
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1230
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1231
# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1232
# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1233
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1234
# From Christopher Hunt (2006-11-21), after an advance warning
26452
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1235
# from Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-11-01):
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1236
# WA are trialing DST for three years.
26452
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1237
# http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54825721200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1238
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1239
# From Rives McDow (2002-04-09):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1240
# The most interesting region I have found consists of three towns on the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1241
# southern coast....  South Australia observes daylight saving time; Western
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1242
# Australia does not.  The two states are one and a half hours apart.  The
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1243
# residents decided to forget about this nonsense of changing the clock so
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1244
# much and set the local time 20 hours and 45 minutes from the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1245
# international date line, or right in the middle of the time of South
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1246
# Australia and Western Australia....
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1247
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1248
# From Paul Eggert (2002-04-09):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1249
# This is confirmed by the section entitled
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1250
# "What's the deal with time zones???" in
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1251
# http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~awatkins/null.html
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1252
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1253
# From Alex Livingston (2006-12-07):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1254
# ... it was just on four years ago that I drove along the Eyre Highway,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1255
# which passes through eastern Western Australia close to the southern
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1256
# coast of the continent.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1257
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1258
# I paid particular attention to the time kept there. There can be no
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1259
# dispute that UTC+08:45 was considered "the time" from the border
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1260
# village just inside the border with South Australia to as far west
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1261
# as just east of Caiguna. There can also be no dispute that Eucla is
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1262
# the largest population centre in this zone....
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1263
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1264
# Now that Western Australia is observing daylight saving, the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1265
# question arose whether this part of the state would follow suit. I
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1266
# just called the border village and confirmed that indeed they have,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1267
# meaning that they are now observing UTC+09:45.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1268
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1269
# (2006-12-09):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1270
# I personally doubt that either experimentation with daylight saving
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1271
# in WA or its introduction in SA had anything to do with the genesis
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1272
# of this time zone.  My hunch is that it's been around since well
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1273
# before 1975.  I remember seeing it noted on road maps decades ago.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1274
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1275
# From Paul Eggert (2006-12-15):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1276
# For lack of better info, assume the tradition dates back to the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1277
# introduction of standard time in 1895.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1278
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1279
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1280
# southeast Australia
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1281
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1282
# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1283
# Starting autumn 2008 Victoria, NSW, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1284
# end DST the first Sunday in April and start DST the first Sunday in October.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1285
# http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/daylight-savings-to-span-six-months/2007/06/27/1182623966703.html
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1286
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1287
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1288
# South Australia
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1289
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1290
# From Bradley White (1991-03-04):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1291
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1292
# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1293
# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1294
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1295
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1296
# #   The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1297
# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1298
# ...
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1299
# Zone	Australia/South		9:30	AS	%sST
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1300
# ...
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1301
# Rule	 AS	1971	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1302
# Rule	 AS	1972	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1303
# Rule	 AS	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	C
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1304
# Rule	 AS	1991	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1305
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1306
# From Bradley White (1992-03-11):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1307
# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1308
# contained the following exchange:  "Due to the Adelaide Festival,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1309
# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks."
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1310
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1311
# From Robert Elz (1992-03-13):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1312
# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that)
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1313
# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1314
# numbered year (from 1990).  That's when the Adelaide Festival
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1315
# is on...
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1316
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1317
# From Robert Elz (1992-03-16, 00:57:07 +1000):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1318
# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday)....
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1319
# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever...
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1320
# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...).
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1321
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1322
# From Bradley White (1994-04-11):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1323
# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1324
# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1325
# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated....
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1326
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1327
# From John Warburton (1994-10-07):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1328
# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ...
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1329
# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994....
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1330
# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1331
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1332
# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1333
# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1334
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duke
parents:
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  1335
# Tasmania
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1336
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1337
# The rules for 1967 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1338
# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
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duke
parents:
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  1339
# #  The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1340
# #					[ Nov 1990 ]
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1341
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1342
# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1343
# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1344
# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1345
# (but nothing new about that).
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1346
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1347
# From Alex Livingston (1999-10-04):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1348
# I heard on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio news on the
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1349
# (long) weekend that Tasmania, which usually goes its own way in this regard,
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1350
# has decided to join with most of NSW, the ACT, and most of Victoria
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1351
# (Australia) and start daylight saving on the last Sunday in August in 2000
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1352
# instead of the first Sunday in October.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1353
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1354
# Sim Alam (2000-07-03) reported a legal citation for the 2000/2001 rules:
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1355
# http://www.thelaw.tas.gov.au/fragview/42++1968+GS3A@EN+2000070300
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1356
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1357
# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1358
# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1359
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1360
# Victoria
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1361
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1362
# The rules for 1971 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1363
# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1364
# #   The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1365
# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1366
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1367
# From Scott Harrington (2001-08-29):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1368
# On KQED's "City Arts and Lectures" program last night I heard an
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1369
# interesting story about daylight savings time.  Dr. John Heilbron was
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1370
# discussing his book "The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1371
# Observatories"[1], and in particular the Shrine of Remembrance[2] located
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1372
# in Melbourne, Australia.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1373
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1374
# Apparently the shrine's main purpose is a beam of sunlight which
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1375
# illuminates a special spot on the floor at the 11th hour of the 11th day
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1376
# of the 11th month (Remembrance Day) every year in memory of Australia's
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1377
# fallen WWI soldiers.  And if you go there on Nov. 11, at 11am local time,
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1378
# you will indeed see the sunbeam illuminate the special spot at the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1379
# expected time.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1380
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1381
# However, that is only because of some special mirror contraption that had
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1382
# to be employed, since due to daylight savings time, the true solar time of
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1383
# the remembrance moment occurs one hour later (or earlier?).  Perhaps
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1384
# someone with more information on this jury-rig can tell us more.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1385
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1386
# [1] http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HEISUN.html
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1387
# [2] http://www.shrine.org.au
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1388
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1389
# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1390
# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1391
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1392
# New South Wales
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1393
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1394
# From Arthur David Olson:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1395
# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1396
# Based on law library research by John Mackin,
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1397
# who notes:
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1398
#	In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1399
#	individual states.  Thus, while such terms as "Eastern Standard Time"
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1400
#	[I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1401
#	use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1402
#	legislation.  This is very important to understand.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1403
#	I have researched New South Wales time only...
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1404
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1405
# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-26):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1406
# DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual
26452
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1407
# October in 2000.  See: Matthew Moore,
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1408
# Two months more daylight saving, Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26).
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1409
# http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1410
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1411
# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1412
# See the following official NSW source:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1413
# Daylight Saving in New South Wales.
26452
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1414
# http://dir.gis.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/genobject/document/other/daylightsaving/tigGmZ
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1415
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1416
# Narrabri Shire (NSW) council has announced it will ignore the extension of
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1417
# daylight saving next year.  See:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1418
# Narrabri Council to ignore daylight saving
26452
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1419
# http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/neweng/monthly/regeng-22jul1999-1.htm
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1420
# (1999-07-22).  For now, we'll wait to see if this really happens.
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1421
#
47724
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rpatil
parents: 47216
diff changeset
  1422
# Victoria will follow NSW.  See:
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1423
# Vic to extend daylight saving (1999-07-28)
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1424
# http://abc.net.au/local/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990728112314_1.htm
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1425
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1426
# However, South Australia rejected the DST request.  See:
26452
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1427
# South Australia rejects Olympics daylight savings request (1999-07-19)
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1428
# http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990719151754_1.htm
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1429
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1430
# Queensland also will not observe DST for the Olympics.  See:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1431
# Qld says no to daylight savings for Olympics
26452
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1432
# http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/06/item19990601114608_1.htm
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1433
# (1999-06-01), which quotes Queensland Premier Peter Beattie as saying
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1434
# "Look you've got to remember in my family when this came up last time
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1435
# I voted for it, my wife voted against it and she said to me it's all very
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1436
# well for you, you don't have to worry about getting the children out of
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1437
# bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night.
26452
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1438
# I've been through all this argument domestically...my wife rules."
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1439
#
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1440
# Broken Hill will stick with South Australian time in 2000.  See:
26452
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1441
# Broken Hill to be behind the times (1999-07-21)
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1442
# http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/brokenh/monthly/regbrok-21jul1999-6.htm
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1443
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1444
# IATA SSIM (1998-09) says that the spring 2000 change for Australian
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1445
# Capital Territory, New South Wales except Lord Howe Island and Broken
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1446
# Hill, and Victoria will be August 27, presumably due to the Sydney Olympics.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1447
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1448
# From Eric Ulevik, referring to Sydney's Sun Herald (2000-08-13), page 29:
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1449
# The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is encouraging northern NSW
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1450
# towns to use Queensland time.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1451
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1452
# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1453
# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1454
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1455
# Yancowinna
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1456
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1457
# From John Mackin (1989-01-04):
26452
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1458
# 'Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna.
2
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1459
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1460
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1461
# # YANCOWINNA..  [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1462
# #					[ Dec 1990 ]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1463
# ...
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1464
# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite [its] location on the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1465
# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1466
# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1467
# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1468
# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1469
# # presently available.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1470
# Zone	Australia/Yancowinna	9:30	 AY	%sST
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1471
# ...
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1472
# Rule	 AY	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1473
# Rule	 AY	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	C
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1474
# [followed by other Rules]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1475
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1476
# Lord Howe Island
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1477
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1478
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1479
# LHI...		[ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen ]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1480
#					[ Dec 1990 ]
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1481
# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1482
# hour ahead of NSW time.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1483
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1484
# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-01-27):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1485
# Lord Howe Island summer time in 2000/2001 will commence on the same
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1486
# date as the rest of NSW (i.e. 2000-08-27).  For your information the
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1487
# Lord Howe Island Board (controlling authority for the Island) is
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1488
# seeking the community's views on various options for summer time
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1489
# arrangements on the Island, e.g. advance clocks by 1 full hour
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peytoia
parents: 8761
diff changeset
  1490
# instead of only 30 minutes.  [Dependent] on the wishes of residents
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1491
# the Board may approach the NSW government to change the existing
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1492
# arrangements.  The starting date for summer time on the Island will
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1493
# however always coincide with the rest of NSW.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1494
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1495
# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-10-25):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1496
# Lord Howe Island advances clocks by 30 minutes during DST in NSW and retards
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1497
# clocks by 30 minutes when DST finishes. Since DST was most recently
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1498
# introduced in NSW, the "changeover" time on the Island has been 02:00 as
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1499
# shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1500
# of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1501
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1502
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1503
# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks & Pottenger through 1989, and
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1504
# Lonergan thereafter.  For times we use Lonergan.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1505
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1506
# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23):
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1507
# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1508
3739
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peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1509
# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-28):
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1510
# According to the official press release, South Australia's extended daylight
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1511
# saving period will continue with the same rules as used during the 2008-2009
3739
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peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1512
# summer (southern hemisphere).
14416
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coffeys
parents: 12306
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  1513
#
3739
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peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1514
# From
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peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1515
# http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf
14416
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coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1516
# The extended daylight saving period that South Australia has been trialling
3739
0825ce592b81 6872467: (tz) Support tzdata2009l
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1517
# for over the last year is now set to be ongoing.
14416
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coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1518
# Daylight saving will continue to start on the first Sunday in October each
3739
0825ce592b81 6872467: (tz) Support tzdata2009l
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1519
# year and finish on the first Sunday in April the following year.
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1520
# Industrial Relations Minister, Paul Caica, says this provides South Australia
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1521
# with a consistent half hour time difference with NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and
3739
0825ce592b81 6872467: (tz) Support tzdata2009l
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1522
# the ACT for all 52 weeks of the year...
14416
449750ac6173 8002227: (tz) Support tzdata2012i
coffeys
parents: 12306
diff changeset
  1523
#
3739
0825ce592b81 6872467: (tz) Support tzdata2009l
peytoia
parents: 1316
diff changeset
  1524
# We have a wrap-up here:
47724
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rpatil
parents: 47216
diff changeset
  1525
# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html
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parents:
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  1526
###############################################################################
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parents:
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  1527
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parents:
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  1528
# New Zealand
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1529
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1530
# From Mark Davies (1990-10-03):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1531
# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1532
# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1533
# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start).
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1534
# source - phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office.
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1535
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duke
parents:
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  1536
# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1537
# # The Country of New Zealand   (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that!
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1538
# #				   or is Australia the west island of N.Z.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1539
# #	[ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Auckland N.Z. ]
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1540
# #				[ Nov 1990 ]
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duke
parents:
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  1541
# ...
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duke
parents:
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  1542
# Rule	NZ      1974    1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
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duke
parents:
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  1543
# Rule	NZ	1989	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1544
# Rule	NZ      1975    1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1545
# Rule	NZ	1990	max	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	S
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1546
# ...
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1547
# Zone	NZ			12:00	NZ		NZ%sT	# New Zealand
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1548
# Zone	NZ-CHAT			12:45	-		NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1549
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1550
# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1551
# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1552
# rather than the October 1 value.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1553
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1554
# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19);
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1555
# Shank & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1556
# Robert Uzgalis writes that the New Zealand Daylight
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1557
# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1558
# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1559
# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1560
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1561
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1562
# The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history,
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rpatil
parents: 47724
diff changeset
  1563
# as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.html for the full references.
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1564
# Use these sources in preference to Shanks & Pottenger.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1565
#
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1566
# For Chatham, IATA SSIM (1991/1999) gives the NZ rules but with
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1567
# transitions at 2:45 local standard time; this confirms that Chatham
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1568
# is always exactly 45 minutes ahead of Auckland.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1569
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1570
# From Colin Sharples (2007-04-30):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1571
# DST will now start on the last Sunday in September, and end on the
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1572
# first Sunday in April.  The changes take effect this year, meaning
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1573
# that DST will begin on 2007-09-30 2008-04-06.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1574
# http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Daylight-Saving-Daylight-saving-to-be-extended
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1575
26452
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1576
# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-14):
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1577
# Chatham Island time was formally standardized on 1957-01-01 by
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1578
# New Zealand's Standard Time Amendment Act 1956 (1956-10-26).
47724
6b374b7fdc3d 8190258: (tz) Support tzdata2017c
rpatil
parents: 47216
diff changeset
  1579
# https://www.austlii.edu.au/nz/legis/hist_act/staa19561956n100244.pdf
26452
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1580
# According to Google Books snippet view, a speaker in the New Zealand
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1581
# parliamentary debates in 1956 said "Clause 78 makes provision for standard
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1582
# time in the Chatham Islands.  The time there is 45 minutes in advance of New
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1583
# Zealand time.  I understand that is the time they keep locally, anyhow."
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1584
# For now, assume this practice goes back to the introduction of standard time
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1585
# in New Zealand, as this would make Chatham Islands time almost exactly match
41354
d8271dd87747 8166875: (tz) Support tzdata2016g
rpatil
parents: 39829
diff changeset
  1586
# LMT back when New Zealand was at UT +11:30; also, assume Chatham Islands did
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1587
# not observe New Zealand's prewar DST.
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1588
2
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parents:
diff changeset
  1589
###############################################################################
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parents:
diff changeset
  1590
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1591
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1592
# Fiji
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1593
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1594
# Howse writes (p 153) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1595
# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on Antipodean Time
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1596
# instead of the American system (which was one day behind).
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1597
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1598
# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1599
# Fiji will introduce DST effective 0200 local time, 1998-11-01
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1600
# until 0300 local time 1999-02-28.  Each year the DST period will
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1601
# be from the first Sunday in November until the last Sunday in February.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1602
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1603
# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1604
# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says DST ends 0100 local time.  Go with McDow.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1605
19382
fdb8e07fdaee 8020054: (tz) Support tzdata2013d
sherman
parents: 17464
diff changeset
  1606
# From the BBC World Service in
fdb8e07fdaee 8020054: (tz) Support tzdata2013d
sherman
parents: 17464
diff changeset
  1607
# http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/205226.stm (1998-10-31 16:03 UTC):
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1608
# The Fijian government says the main reasons for the time change is to
19382
fdb8e07fdaee 8020054: (tz) Support tzdata2013d
sherman
parents: 17464
diff changeset
  1609
# improve productivity and reduce road accidents.... [T]he move is also
fdb8e07fdaee 8020054: (tz) Support tzdata2013d
sherman
parents: 17464
diff changeset
  1610
# intended to boost Fiji's ability to attract tourists to witness the dawning
fdb8e07fdaee 8020054: (tz) Support tzdata2013d
sherman
parents: 17464
diff changeset
  1611
# of the new millennium.
2
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parents:
diff changeset
  1612
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1613
# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/press/2000_09/2000_09_13-05.shtml (2000-09-13)
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1614
# reports that Fiji has discontinued DST.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1615
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parents:
diff changeset
  1616
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1617
# Kiribati
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1618
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1619
# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1620
# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that Kiribati
26452
04bfc550f2b4 8049343: (tz) Support tzdata2014g
aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1621
# "declared it the same day [throughout] the country as of Jan. 1, 1995"
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1622
# as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century.
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1623
49550
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rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
  1624
# From Kerry Shetline (2018-02-03):
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rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
  1625
# December 31 was the day that was skipped, so that the transition
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
  1626
# would be from Friday December 30, 1994 to Sunday January 1, 1995.
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
  1627
# From Paul Eggert (2018-02-04):
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rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
  1628
# One source for this is page 202 of: Bartky IR. One Time Fits All:
dce997f9a93e 8200359: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d
rpatil
parents: 48716
diff changeset
  1629
# The Campaigns for Global Uniformity (2007).
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1630
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1631
# Kwajalein
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1632
55634
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1633
# From an AP article (1993-08-22):
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1634
# "The nearly 3,000 Americans living on this remote Pacific atoll have a good
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1635
# excuse for not remembering Saturday night: there wasn't one.  Residents were
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1636
# going to bed Friday night and waking up Sunday morning because at midnight
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1637
# -- 8 A.M. Eastern daylight time on Saturday -- Kwajalein was jumping from
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1638
# one side of the international date line to the other."
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1639
# "In Marshall Islands, Friday is followed by Sunday", NY Times. 1993-08-22.
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1640
# https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/22/world/in-marshall-islands-friday-is-followed-by-sunday.html
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1641
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1642
# From Phake Nick (2018-10-27):
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1643
# <https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/南洋群島の標準時> ... pointed out that
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1644
# currently tzdata say Pacific/Kwajalein switched from GMT+11 to GMT-12 in
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1645
# 1969 October without explanation, however an 1993 article from NYT say it
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1646
# synchorized its day with US mainland about 40 years ago and thus the switch
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1647
# should occur at around 1950s instead.
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1648
#
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1649
# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18):
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1650
# The NYT (actually, AP) article is vague and possibly wrong about this.
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1651
# The article says the earlier switch was "40 years ago when the United States
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1652
# Army established a missile test range here".  However, the Kwajalein Test
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1653
# Center was established on 1960-10-01 and was run by the US Navy.  It was
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1654
# transferred to the US Army on 1964-07-01.  See "Seize the High Ground"
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1655
# <https://history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-88-1/cmhPub_70-88-1.pdf>.
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1656
# Given that Shanks was right on the money about the 1993 change, I'm inclined
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1657
# to take Shanks's word for the 1969 change unless we find better evidence.
2
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parents:
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  1658
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1659
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1660
# N Mariana Is, Guam
90ce3da70b43 Initial load
duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1661
55634
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1662
# From Phake Nick (2018-10-27):
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1663
# Guam Island was briefly annexed by Japan during ... year 1941-1944 ...
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1664
# however there are no detailed information about what time it use during that
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1665
# period.  It would probably be reasonable to assume Guam use GMT+9 during
0f1e29c77e50 8224560: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2019a
rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1666
# that period of time like the surrounding area.
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1667
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  1668
# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18):
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  1669
# Howse writes (p 153) "The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the
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  1670
# Philippines and the Ladrones from America," and implies that the Ladrones
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parents:
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  1671
# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time.
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parents:
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  1672
# For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines;
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parents:
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  1673
# see Asia/Manila.
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  1674
#
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  1675
# Use 1941-12-10 and 1944-07-31 for Guam WWII transitions, as the rough start
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parents: 52373
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  1676
# and end of Japanese control of Agana.  We don't know whether the Northern
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  1677
# Marianas followed Guam's DST rules from 1959 through 1977; for now, assume
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parents: 52373
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  1678
# they did as that avoids the need for a separate zone due to our 1970 cutoff.
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  1679
#
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  1680
# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UT +10 the official standard time,
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parents:
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  1681
# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time".  There is no official abbreviation,
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parents:
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  1682
# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law,
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parents:
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  1683
# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST".
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parents:
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  1684
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  1685
# See also the commentary for Micronesia.
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  1686
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  1687
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parents: 52373
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  1688
# Marshall Is
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parents: 52373
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  1689
# See the commentary for Micronesia.
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parents: 52373
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  1690
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parents: 52373
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  1691
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parents: 52373
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  1692
# Micronesia (and nearby)
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parents: 52373
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  1693
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parents: 52373
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  1694
# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18):
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parents: 52373
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  1695
# Like the Ladrones (see Guam commentary), assume the Spanish East Indies
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  1696
# kept American time until the Philippines switched at the end of 1844.
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parents:
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  1697
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parents:
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  1698
# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16),
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  1699
# "I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that 'Truk'
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  1700
# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10."
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parents:
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  1701
#
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  1702
# Shanks & Pottenger write that Truk switched from UT +10 to +11
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parents:
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  1703
# on 1978-10-01; ignore this for now.
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parents:
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  1704
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parents:
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  1705
# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
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parents:
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  1706
# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in
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  1707
# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information (1999-01-26)
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  1708
# http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html
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  1709
# that Truk and Yap are UT +10, and Ponape and Kosrae are +11.
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  1710
# We don't know when Kosrae switched from +12; assume January 1 for now.
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parents:
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  1711
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  1712
# From Phake Nick (2018-10-27):
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parents: 52373
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  1713
#
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  1714
# From a Japanese wiki site https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/南洋群島の標準時
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parents: 52373
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  1715
# ...
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  1716
# For "Southern Islands" (modern region of Mariana + Palau + Federation of
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  1717
# Micronesia + Marshall Islands):
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  1718
#
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  1719
# A 1906 Japanese magazine shown the Caroline Islands and Mariana Islands
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  1720
# who was occupied by Germany at the time as GMT+10, together with the like
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  1721
# of German New Guinea.  However there is a marking saying it have not been
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  1722
# implemented (yet).  No further information after that were found.
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  1723
#
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  1724
# Japan invaded those islands in 1914, and records shows that they were
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parents: 52373
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  1725
# instructed to use JST at the time.
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parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1726
#
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  1727
# 1915 January telecommunication record on the Jaluit Atoll shows they use
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parents: 52373
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  1728
# the meridian of 170E as standard time (GMT+11:20), which is similar to the
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parents: 52373
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  1729
# longitude of the atoll.
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  1730
# 1915 February record say the 170E standard time is to be used until
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parents: 52373
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  1731
# February 9 noon, and after February 9 noon they are to use JST.
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parents: 52373
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  1732
# However these are time used within the Japanese Military at the time and
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parents: 52373
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  1733
# probably does not reflect the time used by local resident at the time (that
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parents: 52373
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  1734
# is if they keep their own time back then)
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  1735
#
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  1736
# In January 1919 the occupying force issued a command that split the area
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parents: 52373
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  1737
# into three different timezone with meridian of 135E, 150E, 165E (JST+0, +1,
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parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1738
# +2), and the command was to become effective from February 1 of the same
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  1739
# year.  Despite the target of the command is still only for the occupying
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parents: 52373
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  1740
# force itself, further publication have described the time as the standard
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parents: 52373
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  1741
# time for the occupied area and thus it can probably be seen as such.
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parents: 52373
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  1742
#  * Area that use meridian of 135E: Palau and Yap civil administration area
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parents: 52373
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  1743
#    (Southern Islands Western Standard Time)
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parents: 52373
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  1744
#  * Area that use meridian of 150E: Truk (Chuuk) and Saipan civil
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rpatil
parents: 52373
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  1745
#    administration area (Southern Islands Central Standard Time)
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parents: 52373
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  1746
#  * Area that use meridian of 165E: Ponape (Pohnpei) and Jaluit civil
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parents: 52373
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  1747
#    administration area (Southern Islands Eastern Standard Time).
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parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1748
#  * In the next few years Japanese occupation of those islands have been
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  1749
#    formalized via League of Nation Mandate (South Pacific Mandate) and formal
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parents: 52373
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  1750
#    governance structure have been established, these district [become
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parents: 52373
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  1751
#    subprefectures] and timezone classification have been inherited as standard
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parents: 52373
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  1752
#    time of the area.
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parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1753
#  * Saipan subprefecture include Mariana islands (exclude Guam which was
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parents: 52373
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  1754
#    occupied by America at the time), Palau and Yap subprefecture rule the
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parents: 52373
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  1755
#    Western Caroline Islands with 137E longitude as border, Truk and Ponape
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parents: 52373
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  1756
#    subprefecture rule the Eastern Caroline Islands with 154E as border, Ponape
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parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1757
#    subprefecture also rule part of Marshall Islands to the west of 164E
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parents: 52373
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  1758
#    starting from (1918?) and Jaluit subprefecture rule the rest of the
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parents: 52373
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  1759
#    Marshall Islands.
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parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1760
#
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  1761
# And then in year 1937, an announcement was made to change the time in the
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parents: 52373
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  1762
# area into 2 timezones:
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parents: 52373
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  1763
#  * Area that use meridian of 135E: area administered by Palau, Yap and
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1764
#    Saipan subprefecture (Southern Islands Western Standard Time)
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rpatil
parents: 52373
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  1765
#  * Area that use meridian of 150E: area administered by Truk (Chuuk),
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1766
#    Ponape (Pohnpei) and Jaluit subprefecture (Southern Islands Eastern
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rpatil
parents: 52373
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  1767
#    Standard Time)
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1768
#
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  1769
# Another announcement issued in 1941 say that on April 1 that year,
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  1770
# standard time of the Southern Islands would be changed to use the meridian
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parents: 52373
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  1771
# of 135E (GMT+9), and thus abolishing timezone different within the area.
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parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1772
#
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parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1773
# Then Pacific theater of WWII started and Japan slowly lose control on the
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parents: 52373
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  1774
# island.  The webpage I linked above contain no information during this
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parents: 52373
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  1775
# period of time....
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1776
#
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parents: 52373
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  1777
# After the end of WWII, in 1946 February, a document written by the
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parents: 52373
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  1778
# (former?) Japanese military personnel describe there are 3 hours time
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parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1779
# different between Caroline islands time/Wake island time and the Chungking
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parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1780
# time, which would mean the time being used there at the time was GMT+10.
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1781
#
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parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1782
# After that, the area become Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands
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  1783
# under American administration from year 1947.  The site listed some
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  1784
# American/International books/maps/publications about time used in those
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parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1785
# area during this period of time but they doesn't seems to be reliable
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parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1786
# information so it would be the best if someone know where can more reliable
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parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1787
# information can be found.
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1788
#
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1789
#
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1790
# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18):
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1791
#
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parents: 52373
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  1792
# For the above, use vague dates like "1914" and "1945" for transitions that
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parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1793
# plausibly exist but for which the details are not known.  The information
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parents: 52373
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  1794
# for Wake is too sketchy to act on.
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1795
#
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parents: 52373
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  1796
# The 1906 GMT+10 info about German-controlled islands might not have been
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parents: 52373
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  1797
# done, so omit it from the data for now.
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1798
#
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diff changeset
  1799
# The Jaluit info governs Kwajalein.
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  1800
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  1801
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  1802
# Midway
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parents:
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  1803
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duke
parents:
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  1804
# From Charles T O'Connor, KMTH DJ (1956),
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duke
parents:
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  1805
# quoted in the KTMH section of the Radio Heritage Collection
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duke
parents:
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  1806
# <http://radiodx.com/spdxr/KMTH.htm> (2002-12-31):
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duke
parents:
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  1807
# For the past two months we've been on what is known as Daylight
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duke
parents:
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  1808
# Saving Time.  This time has put us on air at 5am in the morning,
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duke
parents:
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  1809
# your time down there in New Zealand.  Starting September 2, 1956
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duke
parents:
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  1810
# we'll again go back to Standard Time.  This'll mean that we'll go to
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parents:
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  1811
# air at 6am your time.
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parents:
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  1812
#
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duke
parents:
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  1813
# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1814
# We don't know the date of that quote, but we'll guess they
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1815
# started DST on June 3.  Possibly DST was observed other years
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duke
parents:
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  1816
# in Midway, but we have no record of it.
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duke
parents:
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  1817
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parents: 52373
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  1818
# Nauru
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rpatil
parents: 52373
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  1819
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rpatil
parents: 52373
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  1820
# From Phake Nick (2018-10-31):
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rpatil
parents: 52373
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  1821
# Currently, the tz database say Nauru use LMT until 1921, and then
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parents: 52373
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  1822
# switched to GMT+11:30 for the next two decades.
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rpatil
parents: 52373
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  1823
# However, a number of timezone map published in America/Japan back then
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rpatil
parents: 52373
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  1824
# showed its timezone as GMT+11 per https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/ナウルの標準時
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rpatil
parents: 52373
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  1825
# And it would also be nice if the 1921 transition date could be sourced.
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rpatil
parents: 52373
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  1826
# ...
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rpatil
parents: 52373
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  1827
# The "Nauru Standard Time Act 1978 Time Change"
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1828
# http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/4b23a17d2030150404db7a5fa5872f52.pdf#page=3
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1829
# based on "Nauru Standard Time Act 1978 Time Change"
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rpatil
parents: 52373
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  1830
# http://www.paclii.org/nr/legis/num_act/nsta1978207/ defined that "Nauru
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rpatil
parents: 52373
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  1831
# Alternative Time" (GMT+12) should be in effect from 1979 Feb.
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rpatil
parents: 52373
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  1832
#
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1833
# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-19):
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1834
# The 1921-01-15 introduction of standard time is in Shanks; it is also in
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rpatil
parents: 52373
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  1835
# "Standard Time Throughout the World", US National Bureau of Standards (1935),
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1836
# page 3, which does not give the UT offset.  In response to a comment by
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1837
# Phake Nick I set the Nauru time of occupation by Japan to
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1838
# 1942-08-29/1945-09-08 by using dates from:
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1839
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Nauru
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rpatil
parents: 52373
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  1840
32853
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parents: 29722
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  1841
# Norfolk
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aefimov
parents: 29722
diff changeset
  1842
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aefimov
parents: 29722
diff changeset
  1843
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2015-09-23):
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aefimov
parents: 29722
diff changeset
  1844
# Norfolk Island will change ... from +1130 to +1100:
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aefimov
parents: 29722
diff changeset
  1845
# https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L01483/Explanatory%20Statement/Text
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aefimov
parents: 29722
diff changeset
  1846
# ... at 12.30 am (by legal time in New South Wales) on 4 October 2015.
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aefimov
parents: 29722
diff changeset
  1847
# http://www.norfolkisland.gov.nf/nia/MediaRelease/Media%20Release%20Norfolk%20Island%20Standard%20Time%20Change.pdf
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aefimov
parents: 29722
diff changeset
  1848
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aefimov
parents: 29722
diff changeset
  1849
# From Paul Eggert (2015-09-23):
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aefimov
parents: 29722
diff changeset
  1850
# Transitions before 2015 are from timeanddate.com, which consulted
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aefimov
parents: 29722
diff changeset
  1851
# the Norfolk Island Museum and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's
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aefimov
parents: 29722
diff changeset
  1852
# Norfolk Island station, and found no record of Norfolk observing DST
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aefimov
parents: 29722
diff changeset
  1853
# other than in 1974/5.  See:
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parents: 47216
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  1854
# https://www.timeanddate.com/time/australia/norfolk-island.html
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1855
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parents: 52373
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  1856
# Palau
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rpatil
parents: 52373
diff changeset
  1857
# See commentary for Micronesia.
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rpatil
parents: 52373
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  1858
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duke
parents:
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  1859
# Pitcairn
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1860
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1861
# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1862
# A Proclamation was signed by the Governor of Pitcairn on the 27th March 1998
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1863
# with regard to Pitcairn Standard Time.  The Proclamation is as follows.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1864
#
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duke
parents:
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  1865
#	The local time for general purposes in the Islands shall be
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1866
#	Co-ordinated Universal time minus 8 hours and shall be known
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1867
#	as Pitcairn Standard Time.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1868
#
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duke
parents:
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  1869
# ... I have also seen Pitcairn listed as UTC minus 9 hours in several
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1870
# references, and can only assume that this was an error in interpretation
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1871
# somehow in light of this proclamation.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1872
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1873
# From Rives McDow (1999-11-09):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1874
# The Proclamation regarding Pitcairn time came into effect on 27 April 1998
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1875
# ... at midnight.
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duke
parents:
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  1876
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duke
parents:
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  1877
# From Howie Phelps (1999-11-10), who talked to a Pitcairner via shortwave:
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1878
# Betty Christian told me yesterday that their local time is the same as
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rpatil
parents: 48716
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  1879
# Pacific Standard Time. They used to be ½ hour different from us here in
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1880
# Sacramento but it was changed a couple of years ago.
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duke
parents:
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  1881
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duke
parents:
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  1882
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parents: 23719
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  1883
# (Western) Samoa and American Samoa
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duke
parents:
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  1884
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parents: 47216
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  1885
# Howse writes (p 153) that after the 1879 standardization on Antipodean
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rpatil
parents: 47216
diff changeset
  1886
# time by the British governor of Fiji, the King of Samoa decided to change
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1887
# "the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system,
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1888
# ordaining - by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery - that
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1889
# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year."
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rpatil
parents: 47216
diff changeset
  1890
# This happened in 1892, according to the Evening News (Sydney) of 1892-07-20.
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rpatil
parents: 47216
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  1891
# https://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/idl/idl.htm
2
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1892
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parents: 39829
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  1893
# Although Shanks & Pottenger says they both switched to UT -11:30
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rpatil
parents: 39829
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  1894
# in 1911, and to -11 in 1950. many earlier sources give -11
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aefimov
parents: 23719
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  1895
# for American Samoa, e.g., the US National Bureau of Standards
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1896
# circular "Standard Time Throughout the World", 1932.
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rpatil
parents: 39829
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  1897
# Assume American Samoa switched to -11 in 1911, not 1950,
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aefimov
parents: 23719
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  1898
# and that after 1950 they agreed until (western) Samoa skipped a
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aefimov
parents: 23719
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  1899
# day in 2011.  Assume also that the Samoas follow the US and New
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aefimov
parents: 23719
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  1900
# Zealand's "ST"/"DT" style of daylight-saving abbreviations.
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duke
parents:
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  1901
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parents: 47216
diff changeset
  1902
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  1903
# Tonga
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duke
parents:
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  1904
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1905
# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22):
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1906
# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that "Tonga has been plotting
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1907
# to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time."
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duke
parents:
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  1908
# Since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do.
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duke
parents:
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  1909
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duke
parents:
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  1910
# Don Mundell writes in the 1997-02-20 Tonga Chronicle
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aefimov
parents: 23719
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  1911
# How Tonga became 'The Land where Time Begins':
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aefimov
parents: 23719
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  1912
# http://www.tongatapu.net.to/tonga/homeland/timebegins.htm
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aefimov
parents: 23719
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  1913
#
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duke
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  1914
# Until 1941 Tonga maintained a standard time 50 minutes ahead of NZST
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duke
parents:
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  1915
# 12 hours and 20 minutes ahead of GMT.  When New Zealand adjusted its
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duke
parents:
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  1916
# standard time in 1940s, Tonga had the choice of subtracting from its
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duke
parents:
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  1917
# local time to come on the same standard time as New Zealand or of
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parents: 48716
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  1918
# advancing its time to maintain the differential of 13°
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duke
parents:
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  1919
# (approximately 50 minutes ahead of New Zealand time).
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duke
parents:
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  1920
#
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parents: 23719
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  1921
# Because His Majesty King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, then Crown Prince
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aefimov
parents: 23719
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  1922
# Tungī, preferred to ensure Tonga's title as the land where time
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1923
# begins, the Legislative Assembly approved the latter change.
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duke
parents:
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  1924
#
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duke
parents:
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  1925
# But some of the older, more conservative members from the outer
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duke
parents:
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  1926
# islands objected. "If at midnight on Dec. 31, we move ahead 40
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duke
parents:
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  1927
# minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of the 40
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1928
# minutes we have lost?"
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duke
parents:
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  1929
#
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duke
parents:
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  1930
# The Crown Prince, presented an unanswerable argument: "Remember that
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duke
parents:
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  1931
# on the World Day of Prayer, you would be the first people on Earth
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duke
parents:
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  1932
# to say your prayers in the morning."
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1933
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duke
parents:
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  1934
# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1935
# Shanks & Pottenger say the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1936
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1937
# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03):
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sherman
parents: 17464
diff changeset
  1938
# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millennium
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1939
# Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1940
# He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from
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duke
parents:
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  1941
# October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1942
# Government.
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1943
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duke
parents:
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  1944
# From Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09):
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1945
# * Tonga will introduce DST in November
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1946
#
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duke
parents:
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  1947
# I was given this link by John Letts:
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1948
# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm
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duke
parents:
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  1949
#
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duke
parents:
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  1950
# I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November
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duke
parents:
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  1951
# yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1952
# of UTC as well, but as far as I know Fiji will only be 13 hours ahead
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duke
parents:
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  1953
# (12 + 1 hour DST).
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1954
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duke
parents:
diff changeset
  1955
# From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20):
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aefimov
parents: 23719
diff changeset
  1956
# According to <http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html>:
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duke
parents:
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  1957
# "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000
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duke
parents:
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  1958
# and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the
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duke
parents:
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  1959
# third Saturday of April.  Under the system approved by Privy Council on
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duke
parents:
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  1960
# Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and
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# set back an hour on the closing date."
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# Alas, no indication of the time of day.
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# From Rives McDow (1999-10-06):
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  1965
# Tonga started its Daylight Saving on Saturday morning October 2nd at 0200am.
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  1966
# Daylight Saving ends on April 16 at 0300am which is Sunday morning.
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# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-31):
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  1969
# Back in March I found a notice on the website http://www.tongaonline.com
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# that Tonga changed back to standard time one month early, on March 19
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# instead of the original reported date April 16. Unfortunately, the article
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# is no longer available on the site, and I did not make a copy of the
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# text, and I have forgotten to report it here.
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# (Original URL was <http://www.tongaonline.com/news/march162000.htm>)
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# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01):
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  1977
# Tonga is observing DST as of 2000-11-04 and will stop on 2001-01-27.
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  1978
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  1979
# From Sione Moala-Mafi (2001-09-20) via Rives McDow:
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  1980
# At 2:00am on the first Sunday of November, the standard time in the Kingdom
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# shall be moved forward by one hour to 3:00am.  At 2:00am on the last Sunday
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# of January the standard time in the Kingdom shall be moved backward by one
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  1983
# hour to 1:00am.
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# From Pulu ʻAnau (2002-11-05):
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# The law was for 3 years, supposedly to get renewed.  It wasn't.
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# From Pulu ʻAnau (2016-10-27):
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# http://mic.gov.to/news-today/press-releases/6375-daylight-saving-set-to-run-from-6-november-2016-to-15-january-2017
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# Cannot find anyone who knows the rules, has seen the duration or has seen
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# the cabinet decision, but it appears we are following Fiji's rule set.
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#
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  1993
# From Tim Parenti (2016-10-26):
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# Assume Tonga will observe DST from the first Sunday in November at 02:00
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# through the third Sunday in January at 03:00, like Fiji, for now.
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# From David Wade (2017-10-18):
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# In August government was disolved by the King.  The current prime minister
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# continued in office in care taker mode.  It is easy to see that few
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# decisions will be made until elections 16th November.
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#
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# From Paul Eggert (2017-10-18):
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# For now, guess that DST is discontinued.  That's what the IATA is guessing.
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# Wake
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# From Vernice Anderson, Personal Secretary to Philip Jessup,
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# US Ambassador At Large (oral history interview, 1971-02-02):
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#
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# Saturday, the 14th [of October, 1950] - ...  The time was all the
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# more confusing at that point, because we had crossed the
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# International Date Line, thus getting two Sundays.  Furthermore, we
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# discovered that Wake Island had two hours of daylight saving time
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# making calculation of time in Washington difficult if not almost
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# impossible.
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#
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# https://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/andrsonv.htm
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# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23):
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  2021
# We have no other report of DST in Wake Island, so omit this info for now.
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# See also the commentary for Micronesia.
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# The International Date Line
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# From Gwillim Law (2000-01-03):
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#
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# The International Date Line is not defined by any international standard,
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# convention, or treaty.  Mapmakers are free to draw it as they please.
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# Reputable mapmakers will simply ensure that every point of land appears on
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# the correct side of the IDL, according to the date legally observed there.
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#
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# When Kiribati adopted a uniform date in 1995, thereby moving the Phoenix and
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# Line Islands to the west side of the IDL (or, if you prefer, moving the IDL
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# to the east side of the Phoenix and Line Islands), I suppose that most
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# mapmakers redrew the IDL following the boundary of Kiribati.  Even that line
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# has a rather arbitrary nature.  The straight-line boundaries between Pacific
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# island nations that are shown on many maps are based on an international
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# convention, but are not legally binding national borders.... The date is
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# governed by the IDL; therefore, even on the high seas, there may be some
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# places as late as fourteen hours later than UTC.  And, since the IDL is not
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# an international standard, there are some places on the high seas where the
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# correct date is ambiguous.
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# From Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone> (2005-08-31):
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# Before 1920, all ships kept local apparent time on the high seas by setting
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# their clocks at night or at the morning sight so that, given the ship's
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# speed and direction, it would be 12 o'clock when the Sun crossed the ship's
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# meridian (12 o'clock = local apparent noon).  During 1917, at the
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# Anglo-French Conference on Time-keeping at Sea, it was recommended that all
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# ships, both military and civilian, should adopt hourly standard time zones
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# on the high seas.  Whenever a ship was within the territorial waters of any
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# nation it would use that nation's standard time.  The captain was permitted
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# to change his ship's clocks at a time of his choice following his ship's
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# entry into another zone time - he often chose midnight.  These zones were
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# adopted by all major fleets between 1920 and 1925 but not by many
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# independent merchant ships until World War II.
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# From Paul Eggert, using references suggested by Oscar van Vlijmen
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# (2005-03-20):
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#
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# The American Practical Navigator (2002)
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# http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/pubs/pubs_j_apn_sections.html?rid=187
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# talks only about the 180-degree meridian with respect to ships in
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# international waters; it ignores the international date line.