amiga-tz/australasia

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# Incorporates updates for Australia from Robert Elz' australia 1.1,
# updates from the Australian consulate,
# updates from daved@physiol.su.oz.au,
# infromation from Geoge Shepherd of Sun Adelaide,
# 1991 updates from Bradley White,
# and 1992 updates from Bradley White.

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# Australia

# Australia observes, for example, "Central Standard Time" and
# "Central Summer Time", meaning the time zone abbreviations are constant.

#	The NORTHERN TERRITORY [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
#						[ Nov 1990 ]
#	N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
# Zone	NAME			GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
Zone	Australia/North		9:30	-	CST

#	The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]
#						[ Nov 1990 ]
#	W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to
#	DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years,
#	but usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus
#	before reaching parliament.
# Zone	NAME			GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
Zone	Australia/West		8:00	-	WST	1974 Oct lastSun 2:00
				8:00	1:00	WST	1975 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
				8:00	-	WST	1983 Oct lastSun 2:00
				8:00	1:00	WST	1984 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
				8:00	-	WST

#	The state of QUEENSLAND [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
#						[ Dec 1990 ]
#	Observed "experimental Daylight Saving" starting in fall
#	of 1989; abandoned after a referendum in early 1992.
# Zone	NAME			GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
Zone	Australia/Queensland	10:00	-	EST	1971 Oct lastSun 2:00
				10:00	1:00	EST	1972 Feb lastSun 3:00
				10:00	-	EST	1989 Oct lastSun 2:00
				10:00	1:00	EST	1990 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
				10:00	-	EST	1990 Oct lastSun 2:00
				10:00	1:00	EST	1991 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
				10:00	-	EST	1991 Oct lastSun 2:00
				10:00	1:00	EST	1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
				10:00	-	EST

#	The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA [ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ]
#						[ Nov 1990 ]
# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
Rule	AS	1971	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
Rule	AS	1972	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
Rule	AS	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun<=21	3:00	0	-
Rule	AS	1991	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
# Zone	NAME		        GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
Zone	Australia/South		9:30	AS	SST

# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
Rule	Oz	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00
Rule	Oz	1986	max	-	Oct	Sun<=24	2:00	1:00
Rule	Oz	1972	only	-	Feb	27	3:00	0
Rule	Oz	1973	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0
Rule	Oz	1987	1990	-	Mar	Sun<=21	3:00	0
Rule	Oz	1991	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0

# Victoria jumped to a later ending date for DST in 1986 rather than 1987.

Zone	Australia/Victoria	10:00	Oz	EST	1985 Oct lastSun 2:00
				10:00	1:00	EST	1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00
				10:00	Oz	EST

# Tasmania retained a later ending date for DST in 1991.

Zone	Australia/Tasmania	10:00	Oz	EST	1990 Oct Sun<=24 2:00
				10:00	1:00	EST	1991 Mar Sun<=21 3:00
				10:00	Oz	EST

# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz),
# who notes:
#	In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
#	individual states.  Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''
#	[I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
#	use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the
#	legislation.  This is very important to understand.
#	I have researched New South Wales time only; . . .I hope that perhaps a
#	resident of each state could be found to do it for their own state.
#	(And I can guarantee that Victoria and NSW are different, so the link
#	between them in the current australasia file must be broken.)

# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
Rule	NSW	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
Rule	NSW	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	S
Rule	NSW	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
Rule	NSW	1982	only	-	Apr	4	3:00	0	S
Rule	NSW	1983	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
Rule	NSW	1986	only	-	Mar	16	3:00	0	S
Rule	NSW	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00	1:00	D
Rule	NSW	1987	only	-	Mar	15	3:00	0	S
Rule	NSW	1987	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
Rule	NSW	1988	1989	-	Mar	Sun<=21	3:00	0	S
Rule	NSW	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S

# Zone	NAME			GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
Zone	Australia/NSW		10:00	NSW	EST
# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. [john@basser.cs.su.oz.au,1/4/89]
Zone	Australia/Yancowinna	9:30	NSW	???
Zone	Australia/LHI		10:30	NSW	???

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# New Zealand

# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1
# Elz says "no guarantees"

# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period.
# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for
# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start).
# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office.
#	Mark Davies <mark@comp.vuw.ac.nz>, 3 Oct 1990.

# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
Rule	NZ	1974	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
Rule	NZ	1989	only	-	Oct	8	2:00	1:00	D
Rule	NZ	1990	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
Rule	NZ	1975	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
Rule	NZ	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	S

# Zone	NAME			GMTOFF	RULES/SAVE	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
Zone	NZ			12:00	NZ		NZ%sT	# New Zealand
Zone	NZ-CHAT			12:45	-		NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island