From 0283a780bd023d91d7e4779510ab5ab23b46fb19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arthur David Olson <ado@elsie>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1986 18:49:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] sun!guy changes

SCCS-file: australasia
SCCS-SID: 2.4
---
 australasia | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/australasia b/australasia
index eb0951b..5912b63 100644
--- a/australasia
+++ b/australasia
@@ -1,30 +1,43 @@
 # %W%
 # Incorporates updates for Australia from Robert Elz' australia 1.1
+# and further updates from the Australian consulate.
 
 # Australian Data (for states with DST), standard rules
+# Includes shift in 1987 to follow Vic/NSW rules for ending DST,
+# and shift in 1986 to start DST earlier.  The "Sun>=14" is just a guess;
+# it starts Sunday, October 19 in 1986.
 
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
-Rule	Aus	1971	2037	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
+Rule	Aus	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
+Rule	Aus	1986	2037	-	Oct	Sun>=14	2:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Aus	1972	only	-	Feb	27	3:00	0	-
-Rule	Aus	1973	2037	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
+Rule	Aus	1973	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
+Rule	Aus	1987	2037	-	Mar	Sun<=21	3:00	0	-
 
-#Australian Data, Vic (and NSW except for a variation in 83? that I[kre] forget)
+# Australian Data, Vic (and NSW except for a variation in 83? that I[kre]
+# forget)
+# Includes shift in 1985 to end DST later, and shift in 1986 to start
+# DST earlier.
 
-Rule	Aus-Vic	1971	2037	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
+Rule	Aus-Vic	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
+Rule	Aus-Vic	1986	2037	-	Oct	Sun>=14	2:00	1:00	-
 Rule	Aus-Vic	1972	only	-	Feb	27	3:00	0	-
 Rule	Aus-Vic	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
-# is this really forever, or just 86??
 Rule	Aus-Vic	1986	2037	-	Mar	Sun<=21	3:00	0	-
 
 # Australia - something of a turmoil here
-# Zone	NAME			GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT
-Zone	Australia/Victoria	10:00	Aus-Vic	EST # rule change, 1986
-Zone	Australia/NSW		10:00	Aus-Vic	EST # NSW deserves its own rules
-Zone	Australia/Tasmania	10:00	Aus	EST # still the standard rules?
-Zone	Australia/Queensland	10:00	-	EST # Queensland - no DST
-Zone	Australia/South		9:30	Aus	CST # still the standard rules?
-Zone	Australia/North		9:30	-	CST # Northern Territory-no DST
-Zone	Australia/West		8:00	-	WST # No DST ever; simple...
+# NSW should have its own rules
+# Zone	NAME			GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
+Zone	Australia/Victoria	10:00	Aus-Vic	EST
+Zone	Australia/NSW		10:00	Aus-Vic	EST
+Zone	Australia/Tasmania	10:00	Aus	EST
+Zone	Australia/Queensland	10:00	-	EST
+Zone	Australia/South-east	9:30	Aus	CST	1987 Mar 15 2:00
+				10:00	Aus	EST
+Zone	Australia/South-west	9:30	Aus	CST	1987 Mar 15 2:00
+				10:00	-	EST
+Zone	Australia/North		9:30	-	CST
+Zone	Australia/West		8:00	-	WST
 
 # New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1
 # Elz says "no guarantees"