--- a/make/data/tzdata/australasia Thu Oct 17 20:27:44 2019 +0100
+++ b/make/data/tzdata/australasia Thu Oct 17 20:53:35 2019 +0100
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
# says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944. Ignore Whitman's claim that
# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944.
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
# Northern Territory
Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
9:00 - ACST 1899 May
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
Rule AS 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S
Rule AS 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S
Rule AS 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
9:00 - ACST 1899 May
9:30 Aus AC%sT 1971
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
Rule AT 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S
Rule AT 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S
Rule AT 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep
10:00 - AEST 1916 Oct 1 2:00
10:00 1:00 AEDT 1917 Feb
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
Rule AV 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S
Rule AV 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S
Rule AV 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
10:00 Aus AE%sT 1971
10:00 AV AE%sT
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
Rule AN 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S
Rule AN 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S
Rule AN 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
10:00 Aus AE%sT 1971
10:00 AN AE%sT
@@ -279,14 +279,14 @@
11:00 - +11
# Christmas
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
7:00 - +07
# Cocos (Keeling) Is
# These islands were ruled by the Ross family from about 1830 to 1978.
# We don't know when standard time was introduced; for now, we guess 1900.
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900
6:30 - +0630
@@ -390,13 +390,18 @@
# From Raymond Kumar (2018-07-13):
# http://www.fijitimes.com/government-approves-2018-daylight-saving/
# ... The daylight saving period will end at 3am on Sunday January 13, 2019.
-#
-# From Paul Eggert (2018-07-15):
-# For now, guess DST from 02:00 the first Sunday in November to 03:00
-# the first Sunday on or after January 13. January transitions reportedly
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2019-08-06):
+# Today Raymond Kumar reported the Government of Fiji Gazette Supplement No. 27
+# (2019-08-02) said that Fiji observes DST "commencing at 2.00 am on
+# Sunday, 10 November 2019 and ending at 3.00 am on Sunday, 12 January 2020."
+# For now, guess DST from 02:00 the second Sunday in November to 03:00
+# the first Sunday on or after January 12. January transitions reportedly
# depend on when school terms start. Although the guess is ad hoc, it matches
-# transitions since late 2014 and seems more likely to match future
-# practice than guessing no DST.
+# transitions planned this year and seems more likely to match future practice
+# than guessing no DST.
+# From Michael Deckers (2019-08-06):
+# https://www.laws.gov.fj/LawsAsMade/downloadfile/848
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 -
@@ -407,14 +412,15 @@
Rule Fiji 2011 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
Rule Fiji 2012 2013 - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
Rule Fiji 2014 only - Jan Sun>=18 2:00 0 -
-Rule Fiji 2014 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 -
-Rule Fiji 2015 max - Jan Sun>=13 3:00 0 -
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Rule Fiji 2014 2018 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 -
+Rule Fiji 2015 max - Jan Sun>=12 3:00 0 -
+Rule Fiji 2019 max - Nov Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 -
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:55:44 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
12:00 Fiji +12/+13
# French Polynesia
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea
-9:00 - -09
Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct
@@ -425,15 +431,49 @@
# it is uninhabited.
# Guam
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+
+# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+# http://guamlegislature.com/Public_Laws_5th/PL05-025.pdf
+# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-59-7-Guam-Daylight-Savings-Time-May-6-1959.pdf
+Rule Guam 1959 only - Jun 27 2:00 1:00 D
+# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-61-5-Revocation-of-Daylight-Saving-Time-and-Restoratio.pdf
+Rule Guam 1961 only - Jan 29 2:00 0 S
+# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-67-13-Guam-Daylight-Savings-Time.pdf
+Rule Guam 1967 only - Sep 1 2:00 1:00 D
+# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-69-2-Repeal-of-Guam-Daylight-Saving-Time.pdf
+Rule Guam 1969 only - Jan 26 0:01 0 S
+# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-69-10-Guam-Daylight-Saving-Time.pdf
+Rule Guam 1969 only - Jun 22 2:00 1:00 D
+Rule Guam 1969 only - Aug 31 2:00 0 S
+# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-70-10-Guam-Daylight-Saving-Time.pdf
+# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-70-30-End-of-Guam-Daylight-Saving-Time.pdf
+# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-71-5-Guam-Daylight-Savings-Time.pdf
+Rule Guam 1970 1971 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
+Rule Guam 1970 1971 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
+# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-73-28.-Guam-Day-light-Saving-Time.pdf
+Rule Guam 1973 only - Dec 16 2:00 1:00 D
+# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-74-7-Guam-Daylight-Savings-Time-Rescinded.pdf
+Rule Guam 1974 only - Feb 24 2:00 0 S
+# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-76-13-Daylight-Savings-Time.pdf
+Rule Guam 1976 only - May 26 2:00 1:00 D
+# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-76-25-Revocation-of-E.O.-76-13.pdf
+Rule Guam 1976 only - Aug 22 2:01 0 S
+# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-77-4-Daylight-Savings-Time.pdf
+Rule Guam 1977 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 D
+# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-77-18-Guam-Standard-Time.pdf
+Rule Guam 1977 only - Aug 28 2:00 0 S
+
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Guam -14:21:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31
9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana
- 10:00 - GST 2000 Dec 23 # Guam
+ 10:00 - GST 1941 Dec 10 # Guam
+ 9:00 - +09 1944 Jul 31
+ 10:00 Guam G%sT 2000 Dec 23
10:00 - ChST # Chamorro Standard Time
Link Pacific/Guam Pacific/Saipan # N Mariana Is
# Kiribati
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki
12:00 - +12
Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901
@@ -449,32 +489,57 @@
# See Pacific/Guam.
# Marshall Is
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901
- 11:00 - +11 1969 Oct
- 12:00 - +12
-Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901
- 11:00 - +11 1969 Oct
- -12:00 - -12 1993 Aug 20
- 12:00 - +12
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901
+ 11:00 - +11 1914 Oct
+ 9:00 - +09 1919 Feb 1
+ 11:00 - +11 1937
+ 10:00 - +10 1941 Apr 1
+ 9:00 - +09 1944 Jan 30
+ 11:00 - +11 1969 Oct
+ 12:00 - +12
+Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901
+ 11:00 - +11 1937
+ 10:00 - +10 1941 Apr 1
+ 9:00 - +09 1944 Feb 6
+ 11:00 - +11 1969 Oct
+ -12:00 - -12 1993 Aug 20 24:00
+ 12:00 - +12
# Micronesia
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Pacific/Chuuk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901
- 10:00 - +10
-Zone Pacific/Pohnpei 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia
- 11:00 - +11
-Zone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901
- 11:00 - +11 1969 Oct
- 12:00 - +12 1999
- 11:00 - +11
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone Pacific/Chuuk -13:52:52 - LMT 1844 Dec 31
+ 10:07:08 - LMT 1901
+ 10:00 - +10 1914 Oct
+ 9:00 - +09 1919 Feb 1
+ 10:00 - +10 1941 Apr 1
+ 9:00 - +09 1945 Aug
+ 10:00 - +10
+Zone Pacific/Pohnpei -13:27:08 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 # Kolonia
+ 10:32:52 - LMT 1901
+ 11:00 - +11 1914 Oct
+ 9:00 - +09 1919 Feb 1
+ 11:00 - +11 1937
+ 10:00 - +10 1941 Apr 1
+ 9:00 - +09 1945 Aug
+ 11:00 - +11
+Zone Pacific/Kosrae -13:08:04 - LMT 1844 Dec 31
+ 10:51:56 - LMT 1901
+ 11:00 - +11 1914 Oct
+ 9:00 - +09 1919 Feb 1
+ 11:00 - +11 1937
+ 10:00 - +10 1941 Apr 1
+ 9:00 - +09 1945 Aug
+ 11:00 - +11 1969 Oct
+ 12:00 - +12 1999
+ 11:00 - +11
# Nauru
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe
- 11:30 - +1130 1942 Mar 15
- 9:00 - +09 1944 Aug 15
- 11:30 - +1130 1979 May
+ 11:30 - +1130 1942 Aug 29
+ 9:00 - +09 1945 Sep 8
+ 11:30 - +1130 1979 Feb 10 2:00
12:00 - +12
# New Caledonia
@@ -484,7 +549,7 @@
Rule NC 1996 only - Dec 1 2:00s 1:00 -
# Shanks & Pottenger say the following was at 2:00; go with IATA.
Rule NC 1997 only - Mar 2 2:00s 0 -
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Nouméa
11:00 NC +11/+12
@@ -523,7 +588,7 @@
Rule Chatham 2007 max - Sep lastSun 2:45s 1:00 -
Rule NZ 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S
Rule Chatham 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:45s 0 -
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 Nov 2
11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1946 Jan 1
12:00 NZ NZ%sT
@@ -549,7 +614,7 @@
Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 -
Rule Cook 1979 1991 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
Rule Cook 1979 1990 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 -
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua
-10:30 - -1030 1978 Nov 12
-10:00 Cook -10/-0930
@@ -558,28 +623,30 @@
# Niue
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi
-11:20 - -1120 1951
-11:30 - -1130 1978 Oct 1
-11:00 - -11
# Norfolk
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston
11:12 - +1112 1951
- 11:30 - +1130 1974 Oct 27 02:00
- 11:30 1:00 +1230 1975 Mar 2 02:00
- 11:30 - +1130 2015 Oct 4 02:00
- 11:00 - +11
+ 11:30 - +1130 1974 Oct 27 02:00s
+ 11:30 1:00 +1230 1975 Mar 2 02:00s
+ 11:30 - +1130 2015 Oct 4 02:00s
+ 11:00 - +11 2019 Jul
+ 11:00 AN +11/+12
# Palau (Belau)
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror
- 9:00 - +09
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+Zone Pacific/Palau -15:02:04 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 # Koror
+ 8:57:56 - LMT 1901
+ 9:00 - +09
# Papua New Guinea
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time
10:00 - +10
@@ -609,7 +676,7 @@
11:00 - +11
# Pitcairn
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown
-8:30 - -0830 1998 Apr 27 0:00
-8:00 - -08
@@ -694,7 +761,7 @@
Rule WS 2011 only - Sep lastSat 3:00 1 -
Rule WS 2012 max - Apr Sun>=1 4:00 0 -
Rule WS 2012 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 1 -
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1892 Jul 5
-11:26:56 - LMT 1911
-11:30 - -1130 1950
@@ -703,7 +770,7 @@
# Solomon Is
# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara
11:00 - +11
@@ -726,7 +793,7 @@
# was "11 hours slow on G.M.T." Go with Thorsen and assume Shanks & Pottenger
# are off by an hour starting in 1901.
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901
-11:00 - -11 2011 Dec 30
13:00 - +13
@@ -739,14 +806,14 @@
Rule Tonga 2001 2002 - Jan lastSun 2:00 0 -
Rule Tonga 2016 only - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 -
Rule Tonga 2017 only - Jan Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901
12:20 - +1220 1941
13:00 - +13 1999
13:00 Tonga +13/+14
# Tuvalu
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901
12:00 - +12
@@ -807,7 +874,7 @@
# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
# Wake
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901
12:00 - +12
@@ -820,12 +887,12 @@
Rule Vanuatu 1985 1991 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 -
Rule Vanuatu 1992 1993 - Jan Sun>=23 0:00 0 -
Rule Vanuatu 1992 only - Oct Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 -
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila
11:00 Vanuatu +11/+12
# Wallis and Futuna
-# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
12:00 - +12
@@ -838,7 +905,7 @@
# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
-# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-10):
+# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18):
#
# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
@@ -863,6 +930,7 @@
# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
#
+# I invented the abbreviation marked "*".
# The following abbreviations are from other sources.
# Corrections are welcome!
# std dst
@@ -870,7 +938,7 @@
# 8:00 AWST AWDT Western Australia
# 9:30 ACST ACDT Central Australia
# 10:00 AEST AEDT Eastern Australia
-# 10:00 GST Guam through 2000
+# 10:00 GST GDT* Guam through 2000
# 10:00 ChST Chamorro
# 11:30 NZMT NZST New Zealand through 1945
# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 1946-present
@@ -1210,6 +1278,22 @@
# in WA or its introduction in SA had anything to do with the genesis
# of this time zone. My hunch is that it's been around since well
# before 1975. I remember seeing it noted on road maps decades ago.
+#
+# From Gilmore Davidson (2019-04-08):
+# https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-08/this-remote-stretch-of-desert-has-its-own-custom-time-zone/10981000
+# ... include[s] a rough description of the geographical boundaries...
+# "The time zone exists for about 340 kilometres and takes in the tiny
+# roadhouse communities of Cocklebiddy, Madura, Eucla and Border Village."
+# ... and an indication that the zone has definitely been in existence
+# since before the 1970 cut-off of the database ...
+# From Paul Eggert (2019-05-17):
+# That ABC Esperance story by Christien de Garis also says:
+# Although the Central Western Time Zone is not officially recognised (your
+# phones won't automatically change), there is a sign instructing you which
+# way to wind your clocks 45 minutes and scrawled underneath one of them in
+# Texta is the word: 'Why'?
+# "Good question," Mr Pike said.
+# "I don't even know that, and it's been going for over 50 years."
# From Paul Eggert (2006-12-15):
# For lack of better info, assume the tradition dates back to the
@@ -1528,6 +1612,42 @@
###############################################################################
+# Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands and Marcus Island (Minami-Tori-shima)
+
+# From Wakaba (2019-01-28) via Phake Nick:
+# National Diet Library of Japan has several reports by Japanese Government
+# officers that describe the time used in islands when they visited there.
+# According to them (and other sources such as newspapers), standard time UTC
+# + 10 (JST + 1) and DST UTC + 11 (JST + 2) was used until its return to Japan
+# at 1968-06-26 00:00 JST. The exact periods of DST are still unknown.
+# I guessed Guam, Mariana, and Bonin and Marcus districts might have
+# synchronized their DST periods, but reports imply they had their own
+# decisions, i.e. there were three or more different time zones....
+#
+# https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/小笠原諸島の標準時
+
+# From Phake Nick (2019-02-12):
+# Because their last time change to return to Japanese time when they returned
+# to Japanese rule was right before 1970, ... per the current tz database
+# rule, the information doesn't warrant creation of a new timezone for Bonin
+# Islands itself and is thus as an anecdotal note for interest purpose only.
+# ... [The abovementioned link] described some special timekeeping phenomenon
+# regarding Marcus island, another remote island currently owned by Japanese
+# in the same administrative unit as Bonin Islands. Many reports claim that
+# the American coastal guard on the American quarter of the island use its own
+# coastal guard time, and most sources describe the time as UTC+11, being two
+# hours faster than JST used by some Japanese personnel on the island. Some
+# sites describe it as same as Wake Island/Guam time although it would be
+# incorrect to be same as Guam. And then in a few Japanese governmental
+# report from 1980s (from National Institute of Information and Communications
+# Technology) regarding the construction of VLBI facility on the Marcus
+# Island, it claimed that there are three time standards being used on the
+# island at the time which include not just JST (UTC+9) or [US]CG time
+# (UTC+11) but also a JMSDF time (UTC+10) (Japan Maritime Self-Defense
+# Force). Unfortunately there are no other sources that mentioned such time
+# and there are also no information on things like how the time was used.
+
+
# Fiji
# Howse writes (p 153) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji
@@ -1569,28 +1689,70 @@
# Kwajalein
-# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes:
-# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday,
-# 1993-08-20. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with
-# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands,
-# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink.
+# From an AP article (1993-08-22):
+# "The nearly 3,000 Americans living on this remote Pacific atoll have a good
+# excuse for not remembering Saturday night: there wasn't one. Residents were
+# going to bed Friday night and waking up Sunday morning because at midnight
+# -- 8 A.M. Eastern daylight time on Saturday -- Kwajalein was jumping from
+# one side of the international date line to the other."
+# "In Marshall Islands, Friday is followed by Sunday", NY Times. 1993-08-22.
+# https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/22/world/in-marshall-islands-friday-is-followed-by-sunday.html
+
+# From Phake Nick (2018-10-27):
+# <https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/南洋群島の標準時> ... pointed out that
+# currently tzdata say Pacific/Kwajalein switched from GMT+11 to GMT-12 in
+# 1969 October without explanation, however an 1993 article from NYT say it
+# synchorized its day with US mainland about 40 years ago and thus the switch
+# should occur at around 1950s instead.
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18):
+# The NYT (actually, AP) article is vague and possibly wrong about this.
+# The article says the earlier switch was "40 years ago when the United States
+# Army established a missile test range here". However, the Kwajalein Test
+# Center was established on 1960-10-01 and was run by the US Navy. It was
+# transferred to the US Army on 1964-07-01. See "Seize the High Ground"
+# <https://history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-88-1/cmhPub_70-88-1.pdf>.
+# Given that Shanks was right on the money about the 1993 change, I'm inclined
+# to take Shanks's word for the 1969 change unless we find better evidence.
# N Mariana Is, Guam
+# From Phake Nick (2018-10-27):
+# Guam Island was briefly annexed by Japan during ... year 1941-1944 ...
+# however there are no detailed information about what time it use during that
+# period. It would probably be reasonable to assume Guam use GMT+9 during
+# that period of time like the surrounding area.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18):
# Howse writes (p 153) "The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the
# Philippines and the Ladrones from America," and implies that the Ladrones
# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time.
# For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines;
# see Asia/Manila.
-
+#
+# Use 1941-12-10 and 1944-07-31 for Guam WWII transitions, as the rough start
+# and end of Japanese control of Agana. We don't know whether the Northern
+# Marianas followed Guam's DST rules from 1959 through 1977; for now, assume
+# they did as that avoids the need for a separate zone due to our 1970 cutoff.
+#
# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UT +10 the official standard time,
# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time". There is no official abbreviation,
# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law,
# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST".
+# See also the commentary for Micronesia.
-# Micronesia
+
+# Marshall Is
+# See the commentary for Micronesia.
+
+
+# Micronesia (and nearby)
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18):
+# Like the Ladrones (see Guam commentary), assume the Spanish East Indies
+# kept American time until the Philippines switched at the end of 1844.
# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16),
# "I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that 'Truk'
@@ -1606,6 +1768,95 @@
# that Truk and Yap are UT +10, and Ponape and Kosrae are +11.
# We don't know when Kosrae switched from +12; assume January 1 for now.
+# From Phake Nick (2018-10-27):
+#
+# From a Japanese wiki site https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/南洋群島の標準時
+# ...
+# For "Southern Islands" (modern region of Mariana + Palau + Federation of
+# Micronesia + Marshall Islands):
+#
+# A 1906 Japanese magazine shown the Caroline Islands and Mariana Islands
+# who was occupied by Germany at the time as GMT+10, together with the like
+# of German New Guinea. However there is a marking saying it have not been
+# implemented (yet). No further information after that were found.
+#
+# Japan invaded those islands in 1914, and records shows that they were
+# instructed to use JST at the time.
+#
+# 1915 January telecommunication record on the Jaluit Atoll shows they use
+# the meridian of 170E as standard time (GMT+11:20), which is similar to the
+# longitude of the atoll.
+# 1915 February record say the 170E standard time is to be used until
+# February 9 noon, and after February 9 noon they are to use JST.
+# However these are time used within the Japanese Military at the time and
+# probably does not reflect the time used by local resident at the time (that
+# is if they keep their own time back then)
+#
+# In January 1919 the occupying force issued a command that split the area
+# into three different timezone with meridian of 135E, 150E, 165E (JST+0, +1,
+# +2), and the command was to become effective from February 1 of the same
+# year. Despite the target of the command is still only for the occupying
+# force itself, further publication have described the time as the standard
+# time for the occupied area and thus it can probably be seen as such.
+# * Area that use meridian of 135E: Palau and Yap civil administration area
+# (Southern Islands Western Standard Time)
+# * Area that use meridian of 150E: Truk (Chuuk) and Saipan civil
+# administration area (Southern Islands Central Standard Time)
+# * Area that use meridian of 165E: Ponape (Pohnpei) and Jaluit civil
+# administration area (Southern Islands Eastern Standard Time).
+# * In the next few years Japanese occupation of those islands have been
+# formalized via League of Nation Mandate (South Pacific Mandate) and formal
+# governance structure have been established, these district [become
+# subprefectures] and timezone classification have been inherited as standard
+# time of the area.
+# * Saipan subprefecture include Mariana islands (exclude Guam which was
+# occupied by America at the time), Palau and Yap subprefecture rule the
+# Western Caroline Islands with 137E longitude as border, Truk and Ponape
+# subprefecture rule the Eastern Caroline Islands with 154E as border, Ponape
+# subprefecture also rule part of Marshall Islands to the west of 164E
+# starting from (1918?) and Jaluit subprefecture rule the rest of the
+# Marshall Islands.
+#
+# And then in year 1937, an announcement was made to change the time in the
+# area into 2 timezones:
+# * Area that use meridian of 135E: area administered by Palau, Yap and
+# Saipan subprefecture (Southern Islands Western Standard Time)
+# * Area that use meridian of 150E: area administered by Truk (Chuuk),
+# Ponape (Pohnpei) and Jaluit subprefecture (Southern Islands Eastern
+# Standard Time)
+#
+# Another announcement issued in 1941 say that on April 1 that year,
+# standard time of the Southern Islands would be changed to use the meridian
+# of 135E (GMT+9), and thus abolishing timezone different within the area.
+#
+# Then Pacific theater of WWII started and Japan slowly lose control on the
+# island. The webpage I linked above contain no information during this
+# period of time....
+#
+# After the end of WWII, in 1946 February, a document written by the
+# (former?) Japanese military personnel describe there are 3 hours time
+# different between Caroline islands time/Wake island time and the Chungking
+# time, which would mean the time being used there at the time was GMT+10.
+#
+# After that, the area become Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands
+# under American administration from year 1947. The site listed some
+# American/International books/maps/publications about time used in those
+# area during this period of time but they doesn't seems to be reliable
+# information so it would be the best if someone know where can more reliable
+# information can be found.
+#
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18):
+#
+# For the above, use vague dates like "1914" and "1945" for transitions that
+# plausibly exist but for which the details are not known. The information
+# for Wake is too sketchy to act on.
+#
+# The 1906 GMT+10 info about German-controlled islands might not have been
+# done, so omit it from the data for now.
+#
+# The Jaluit info governs Kwajalein.
+
# Midway
@@ -1623,6 +1874,29 @@
# started DST on June 3. Possibly DST was observed other years
# in Midway, but we have no record of it.
+# Nauru
+
+# From Phake Nick (2018-10-31):
+# Currently, the tz database say Nauru use LMT until 1921, and then
+# switched to GMT+11:30 for the next two decades.
+# However, a number of timezone map published in America/Japan back then
+# showed its timezone as GMT+11 per https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/ナウルの標準時
+# And it would also be nice if the 1921 transition date could be sourced.
+# ...
+# The "Nauru Standard Time Act 1978 Time Change"
+# http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/4b23a17d2030150404db7a5fa5872f52.pdf#page=3
+# based on "Nauru Standard Time Act 1978 Time Change"
+# http://www.paclii.org/nr/legis/num_act/nsta1978207/ defined that "Nauru
+# Alternative Time" (GMT+12) should be in effect from 1979 Feb.
+#
+# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-19):
+# The 1921-01-15 introduction of standard time is in Shanks; it is also in
+# "Standard Time Throughout the World", US National Bureau of Standards (1935),
+# page 3, which does not give the UT offset. In response to a comment by
+# Phake Nick I set the Nauru time of occupation by Japan to
+# 1942-08-29/1945-09-08 by using dates from:
+# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Nauru
+
# Norfolk
# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2015-09-23):
@@ -1631,12 +1905,24 @@
# ... at 12.30 am (by legal time in New South Wales) on 4 October 2015.
# http://www.norfolkisland.gov.nf/nia/MediaRelease/Media%20Release%20Norfolk%20Island%20Standard%20Time%20Change.pdf
-# From Paul Eggert (2015-09-23):
+# From Paul Eggert (2019-08-28):
# Transitions before 2015 are from timeanddate.com, which consulted
# the Norfolk Island Museum and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's
# Norfolk Island station, and found no record of Norfolk observing DST
# other than in 1974/5. See:
# https://www.timeanddate.com/time/australia/norfolk-island.html
+# However, disagree with timeanddate about the 1975-03-02 transition;
+# timeanddate has 02:00 but 02:00s corresponds to what the NSW law said
+# (thanks to Michael Deckers).
+
+# Norfolk started observing Australian DST in spring 2019.
+# From Kyle Czech (2019-08-13):
+# https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2018L01702
+# From Michael Deckers (2019-08-14):
+# https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019C00010
+
+# Palau
+# See commentary for Micronesia.
# Pitcairn
@@ -1802,6 +2088,9 @@
# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23):
# We have no other report of DST in Wake Island, so omit this info for now.
+# See also the commentary for Micronesia.
+
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