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Annotation of 43BSDTahoe/etc/tzone/australasia, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: # @(#)australasia      3.1 (Berkeley) 3/29/87
        !             2: #
        !             3: # Incorporates updates for Australia from Robert Elz' australia 1.1
        !             4: # and further updates from the Australian consulate.
        !             5: 
        !             6: # Australian Data (for states with DST), standard rules
        !             7: # Includes shift in 1987 to follow Vic/NSW rules for ending DST,
        !             8: # and shift in 1986 to start DST earlier.
        !             9: 
        !            10: # Rule NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
        !            11: Rule   Oz      1971    1985    -       Oct     lastSun 2:00    1:00    -
        !            12: Rule   Oz      1986    max     -       Oct     Sun<=24 2:00    1:00    -
        !            13: Rule   Oz      1972    only    -       Feb     27      3:00    0       -
        !            14: Rule   Oz      1973    1986    -       Mar     Sun>=1  3:00    0       -
        !            15: Rule   Oz      1987    max     -       Mar     Sun<=21 3:00    0       -
        !            16: 
        !            17: # Zone NAME                    GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
        !            18: Zone   Australia/Tasmania      10:00   Oz      EST
        !            19: Zone   Australia/Queensland    10:00   -       EST     # No DST here
        !            20: Zone   Australia/North         9:30    -       CST     # No DST here
        !            21: Zone   Australia/West          8:00    -       WST     # No DST here
        !            22: Zone   Australia/South         9:30    Oz      CST
        !            23: 
        !            24: # Victoria and New South Wales made the jump to a later ending date for
        !            25: # DST in 1986 rather than 1987.  New South Wales also had another variation
        !            26: # in 1983, but the details of that are unknown to the authors at this time.
        !            27: 
        !            28: Zone   Australia/Victoria      10:00   Oz      EST     1985 Oct lastSun 2:00
        !            29:                                10:00   1:00    EST     1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00
        !            30:                                10:00   Oz      EST
        !            31: Link   Australia/Victoria      Australia/NSW
        !            32: 
        !            33: # New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1
        !            34: # Elz says "no guarantees"
        !            35: # Rule NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
        !            36: Rule   NZ      1974    max     -       Oct     lastSun 2:00    1:00    D
        !            37: Rule   NZ      1975    max     -       Mar     Sun>=1  3:00    0       S
        !            38: 
        !            39: # Zone NAME                    GMTOFF  RULES/SAVE      FORMAT  [UNTIL]
        !            40: Zone   NZ                      12:00   NZ              NZ%sT   # New Zealand
        !            41: 
        !            42: #
        !            43: # A footnote here:
        !            44: #
        !            45: #      . . .
        !            46: #      Date: Thu, j19 Feb 87 12:02:17 EST
        !            47: #      From: Bradley White <seismo!k.cs.cmu.edu!bww>
        !            48: #      . . .
        !            49: #      I am including a description of Australian time zones. . .
        !            50: #      this stuff is definitely accurate.
        !            51: #      . . .
        !            52: #      a) Australian Eastern Time: (EST = GMT+10:00, EDT = GMT+11:00)
        !            53: #      . . .
        !            54: #      Summer of 86/87 - present (current legislation):
        !            55: #              third Sun Oct 02:00 EST -> third LSun Mar 02:00 EST
        !            56: #
        !            57: # If this turns out to be true, substitute Sun<=21 (third Sunday in October)
        !            58: # for Sun<=24 (next-to-last Sunday in October) above. . .some time before
        !            59: # October 1988, the first time it makes a difference.
        !            60: #

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