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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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