--- a/jdk/make/sun/javazic/tzdata/australasia Mon May 13 13:48:58 2013 -0700
+++ b/jdk/make/sun/javazic/tzdata/australasia Mon May 13 20:35:36 2013 -0700
@@ -241,9 +241,26 @@
# no times are set
#
# Macquarie
-# permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948;
-# sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888/1917
-# like Australia/Hobart
+# Permanent occupation (scientific station) 1911-1915 and since 25 March 1948;
+# sealing and penguin oil station operated Nov 1899 to Apr 1919. See the
+# Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service history of sealing at Macquarie Island
+# <http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=1828>
+# <http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=1831>.
+# Guess that it was like Australia/Hobart while inhabited before 2010.
+#
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10):
+# We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division:
+# - Macquarie Island will stay on UTC+11 for winter and therefore not
+# switch back from daylight savings time when other parts of Australia do
+# on 4 April.
+Zone Antarctica/Macquarie 0 - zzz 1899 Nov
+ 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00
+ 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb
+ 10:00 Aus EST 1919 Apr
+ 0 - zzz 1948 Mar 25
+ 10:00 Aus EST 1967
+ 10:00 AT EST 2010 Apr 4 3:00
+ 11:00 - MIST # Macquarie I Standard Time
# Christmas
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -269,6 +286,9 @@
6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time
# Fiji
+
+# Milne gives 11:55:44 for Suva.
+
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-11-10):
# According to Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, Fiji plans to re-introduce DST
# from November 29th 2009 to April 25th 2010.
@@ -362,7 +382,7 @@
Rule Fiji 2011 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
Rule Fiji 2012 max - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
+Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:55:44 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time
# French Polynesia
@@ -803,9 +823,9 @@
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
-# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
+# tz@iana.org for general use in the future).
-# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
@@ -823,6 +843,10 @@
# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
# I found in the UCLA library.
#
+# For data circa 1899, a common source is:
+# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94
+# <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359>.
+#
# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
#