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1.1     ! root        1: # @(#)australasia      4.4
        !             2: 
        !             3: # Incorporates updates for Australia from Robert Elz' australia 1.1
        !             4: # and further updates from the Australian consulate.
        !             5: 
        !             6: ###############################################################################
        !             7: 
        !             8: # Australia
        !             9: 
        !            10: # Australian Data (for states with DST), standard rules
        !            11: # Includes shift in 1987 to follow Vic/NSW rules for ending DST,
        !            12: # and shift in 1986 to start DST earlier.
        !            13: 
        !            14: # Rule NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
        !            15: Rule   Oz      1971    1985    -       Oct     lastSun 2:00    1:00    -
        !            16: Rule   Oz      1986    max     -       Oct     Sun<=24 2:00    1:00    -
        !            17: Rule   Oz      1972    only    -       Feb     27      3:00    0       -
        !            18: Rule   Oz      1973    1986    -       Mar     Sun>=1  3:00    0       -
        !            19: Rule   Oz      1987    max     -       Mar     Sun<=21 3:00    0       -
        !            20: 
        !            21: # Zone NAME                    GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
        !            22: Zone   Australia/Tasmania      10:00   Oz      EST
        !            23: Zone   Australia/Queensland    10:00   -       EST     # No DST here
        !            24: Zone   Australia/North         9:30    -       CST     # No DST here
        !            25: Zone   Australia/West          8:00    -       WST     # No DST here
        !            26: Zone   Australia/South         9:30    Oz      CST
        !            27: 
        !            28: # Victoria jumped to a later ending date for DST in 1986 rather than 1987.
        !            29: 
        !            30: Zone   Australia/Victoria      10:00   Oz      EST     1985 Oct lastSun 2:00
        !            31:                                10:00   1:00    EST     1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00
        !            32:                                10:00   Oz      EST
        !            33: 
        !            34: # New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
        !            35: # Based on law library research by John Mackin ([email protected]),
        !            36: # who notes:
        !            37: #      In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
        !            38: #      individual states.  Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''
        !            39: #      [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
        !            40: #      use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the
        !            41: #      legislation.  This is very important to understand. 
        !            42: #      I have researched New South Wales time only; . . .I hope that perhaps a
        !            43: #      resident of each state could be found to do it for their own state. 
        !            44: #      (And I can guarantee that Victoria and NSW are different, so the link
        !            45: #      between them in the current australasia file must be broken.)
        !            46: 
        !            47: # From Robert Elz (May 5, 1989):
        !            48: #
        !            49: # From next year (1990) NSW will revert to ending DST on the 1st
        !            50: # Sunday in March (rather than the third, which it appears will
        !            51: # continue to be what everyone else uses).
        !            52: 
        !            53: # Rule NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
        !            54: Rule   NSW     1971    1985    -       Oct     lastSun 2:00    1:00    -
        !            55: Rule   NSW     1972    only    -       Feb     lastSun 3:00    0       -
        !            56: Rule   NSW     1973    1981    -       Mar     Sun>=1  3:00    0       -
        !            57: Rule   NSW     1982    only    -       Apr     4       3:00    0       -
        !            58: Rule   NSW     1983    1985    -       Mar     Sun>=1  3:00    0       -
        !            59: Rule   NSW     1986    only    -       Mar     16      3:00    0       -
        !            60: Rule   NSW     1986    only    -       Oct     19      2:00    1:00    -
        !            61: Rule   NSW     1987    only    -       Mar     15      3:00    0       -
        !            62: Rule   NSW     1987    max     -       Oct     lastSun 2:00    1:00    -
        !            63: Rule   NSW     1988    1989    -       Mar     Sun<=21 3:00    0       -
        !            64: Rule   NSW     1990    max     -       Mar     Sun>=1  3:00    0       -
        !            65: 
        !            66: # Zone NAME                    GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
        !            67: Zone   Australia/NSW           10:00   NSW     EST
        !            68: # `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. [[email protected],1/4/89]
        !            69: Zone   Australia/Yancowinna    9:30    NSW     ???
        !            70: Zone   Australia/LHI           10:30   NSW     ???
        !            71: 
        !            72: # A footnote here:
        !            73: #
        !            74: #      . . .
        !            75: #      Date: Thu, j19 Feb 87 12:02:17 EST
        !            76: #      From: Bradley White <seismo!k.cs.cmu.edu!bww>
        !            77: #      . . .
        !            78: #      I am including a description of Australian time zones. . .
        !            79: #      this stuff is definitely accurate.
        !            80: #      . . .
        !            81: #      a) Australian Eastern Time: (EST = GMT+10:00, EDT = GMT+11:00)
        !            82: #      . . .
        !            83: #      Summer of 86/87 - present (current legislation):
        !            84: #              third Sun Oct 02:00 EST -> third [S]un Mar 02:00 EST
        !            85: #
        !            86: # If this turns out to be true, substitute Sun<=21 (third Sunday in October)
        !            87: # for Sun<=24 (next-to-last Sunday in October) above. . .some time before
        !            88: # October 1988, the first time it makes a difference.
        !            89: 
        !            90: ###############################################################################
        !            91: 
        !            92: # New Zealand
        !            93: 
        !            94: # New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1
        !            95: # Elz says "no guarantees"
        !            96: # The 1989/90 rule may only last a year.  It is a trial that is
        !            97: # subject to Ministerial approval to be made permanent.
        !            98: # The termination of "daylight saving" may actually be second
        !            99: # to last Sunday in March.  Noone spoken to was very sure.
        !           100: 
        !           101: # From U. S. Naval Observatory (January 19, 1989):
        !           102: # NEW ZEALAND        12 H  AHEAD OF UTC  (EXCLUDING CHATHAM ISLAND)
        !           103: # NEW ZEALAND        13 H  AHEAD OF UTC  OCT 30, '88-MAR 4, '89
        !           104: # NEW ZEALAND       12H45M AHEAD OF UTC  CHATHAM ISLAND
        !           105: 
        !           106: # Rule NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
        !           107: Rule   NZ      1974    1988    -       Oct     lastSun 2:00    1:00    D
        !           108: Rule   NZ      1989    max     -       Oct     Sun>=8  2:00    1:00    D
        !           109: Rule   NZ      1975    1989    -       Mar     Sun>=1  3:00    0       S
        !           110: Rule   NZ      1990    max     -       Mar     Sun>=15 3:00    0       S
        !           111: 
        !           112: # Zone NAME                    GMTOFF  RULES/SAVE      FORMAT  [UNTIL]
        !           113: Zone   NZ                      12:00   NZ              NZ%sT   # New Zealand

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