1454249adSAndy Fiddaman# tzdb data for Australasia and environs, and for much of the Pacific 2454249adSAndy Fiddaman 35d0e1406SMarcel Telka# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 45d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 55d0e1406SMarcel Telka 65d0e1406SMarcel Telka# This file also includes Pacific islands. 75d0e1406SMarcel Telka 85d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Notes are at the end of this file 95d0e1406SMarcel Telka 105d0e1406SMarcel Telka############################################################################### 115d0e1406SMarcel Telka 125d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Australia 135d0e1406SMarcel Telka 145d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Please see the notes below for the controversy about "EST" versus "AEST" etc. 155d0e1406SMarcel Telka 165d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 175d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule Aus 1917 only - Jan 1 0:01 1:00 D 185d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule Aus 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 S 195d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule Aus 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 D 205d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 S 215d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 D 225d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 S 235d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 D 245d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Go with Whitman and the Australian National Standards Commission, which 255d0e1406SMarcel Telka# says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944. Ignore Whitman's claim that 265d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944. 275d0e1406SMarcel Telka 28*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 295d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Northern Territory 305d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 315d0e1406SMarcel Telka 9:00 - ACST 1899 May 325d0e1406SMarcel Telka 9:30 Aus AC%sT 335d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Western Australia 345d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 355d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 365d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 375d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 385d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 395d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 405d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AW 1991 only - Nov 17 2:00s 1:00 D 415d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AW 1992 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 425d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AW 2006 only - Dec 3 2:00s 1:00 D 435d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AW 2007 2009 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S 445d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AW 2007 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 455d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec 465d0e1406SMarcel Telka 8:00 Aus AW%sT 1943 Jul 475d0e1406SMarcel Telka 8:00 AW AW%sT 485d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Australia/Eucla 8:35:28 - LMT 1895 Dec 498d30ff13SDan McDonald 8:45 Aus +0845/+0945 1943 Jul 508d30ff13SDan McDonald 8:45 AW +0845/+0945 515d0e1406SMarcel Telka 525d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Queensland 535d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 545d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01): 555d0e1406SMarcel Telka# I have heard or read more than once that some resort islands off the coast 565d0e1406SMarcel Telka# of Queensland chose to keep observing daylight-saving time even after 575d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Queensland ceased to. 585d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 595d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (1996-11-22): 605d0e1406SMarcel Telka# IATA SSIM (1993-02/1994-09) say that the Holiday Islands (Hayman, Lindeman, 615d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Hamilton) observed DST for two years after the rest of Queensland stopped. 625d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Hamilton is the largest, but there is also a Hamilton in Victoria, 635d0e1406SMarcel Telka# so use Lindeman. 645d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 655d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From J William Piggott (2016-02-20): 665d0e1406SMarcel Telka# There is no location named Holiday Islands in Queensland Australia; holiday 675d0e1406SMarcel Telka# islands is a colloquial term used globally. Hayman and Lindeman are at the 685d0e1406SMarcel Telka# north and south extremes of the Whitsunday Islands archipelago, and 695d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Hamilton is in between; it is reasonable to believe that this time zone 705d0e1406SMarcel Telka# applies to all of the Whitsundays. 715d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/austn-islands 725d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 735d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 745d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 755d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 S 765d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AQ 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 775d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AQ 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 785d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule Holiday 1992 1993 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 795d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule Holiday 1993 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 805d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895 815d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1971 825d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 AQ AE%sT 835d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Australia/Lindeman 9:55:56 - LMT 1895 845d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1971 855d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 AQ AE%sT 1992 Jul 865d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 Holiday AE%sT 875d0e1406SMarcel Telka 885d0e1406SMarcel Telka# South Australia 895d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 905d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 915d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 D 925d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AS 1987 2007 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 935d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 S 945d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 955d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S 965d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AS 1991 only - Mar 3 2:00s 0 S 975d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AS 1992 only - Mar 22 2:00s 0 S 985d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AS 1993 only - Mar 7 2:00s 0 S 995d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AS 1994 only - Mar 20 2:00s 0 S 1005d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AS 1995 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S 1015d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AS 2006 only - Apr 2 2:00s 0 S 1025d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AS 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S 1035d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AS 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 1045d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AS 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 105*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1065d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 1075d0e1406SMarcel Telka 9:00 - ACST 1899 May 1085d0e1406SMarcel Telka 9:30 Aus AC%sT 1971 1095d0e1406SMarcel Telka 9:30 AS AC%sT 1105d0e1406SMarcel Telka 1115d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Tasmania 1125d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 1135d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2005-08-16): 1145d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml 1155d0e1406SMarcel Telka# says King Island didn't observe DST from WWII until late 1971. 1165d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 1175d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1185d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 1195d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S 1205d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 1215d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 S 1225d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 S 1235d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 1245d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S 1255d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 1265d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 D 1275d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S 1285d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00s 1:00 D 1295d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 1305d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AT 1991 1999 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 1315d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AT 1991 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S 1325d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AT 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 1335d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AT 2001 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 1345d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AT 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 1355d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AT 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S 1365d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AT 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 137*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1385d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep 1395d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 - AEST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 1405d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 1:00 AEDT 1917 Feb 1415d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1967 1425d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 AT AE%sT 1435d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Australia/Currie 9:35:28 - LMT 1895 Sep 1445d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 - AEST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 1455d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 1:00 AEDT 1917 Feb 1465d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1971 Jul 1475d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 AT AE%sT 1485d0e1406SMarcel Telka 1495d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Victoria 1505d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1515d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 1525d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 S 1535d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 1545d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S 1555d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 D 1565d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AV 1988 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 1575d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 1585d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AV 1995 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S 1595d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AV 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 1605d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AV 2001 2007 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 1615d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AV 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 1625d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AV 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S 1635d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AV 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 1645d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AV 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 165*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1665d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 1675d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1971 1685d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 AV AE%sT 1695d0e1406SMarcel Telka 1705d0e1406SMarcel Telka# New South Wales 1715d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 1725d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 1735d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 S 1745d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 1755d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AN 1982 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 1765d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 1775d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S 1785d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 D 1795d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AN 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 1805d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 1815d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AN 1996 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S 1825d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AN 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 1835d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AN 2001 2007 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 1845d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AN 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 1855d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AN 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 S 1865d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AN 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 1875d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule AN 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 188*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 1895d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 1905d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1971 1915d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 AN AE%sT 1925d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb 1935d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 - AEST 1896 Aug 23 1945d0e1406SMarcel Telka 9:00 - ACST 1899 May 1955d0e1406SMarcel Telka 9:30 Aus AC%sT 1971 1965d0e1406SMarcel Telka 9:30 AN AC%sT 2000 1975d0e1406SMarcel Telka 9:30 AS AC%sT 1985d0e1406SMarcel Telka 1995d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Lord Howe Island 2005d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 201a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - 202a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 203a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - 204a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 - 205a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 0:30 - 206a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule LH 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - 207a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 208a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule LH 1996 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 209a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule LH 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00 0:30 - 210a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule LH 2001 2007 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - 211a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule LH 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 212a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule LH 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 213a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule LH 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - 214a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule LH 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0:30 - 2155d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 2165d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 - AEST 1981 Mar 2178d30ff13SDan McDonald 10:30 LH +1030/+1130 1985 Jul 2188d30ff13SDan McDonald 10:30 LH +1030/+11 2195d0e1406SMarcel Telka 2205d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Australian miscellany 2215d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 2225d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Ashmore Is, Cartier 2235d0e1406SMarcel Telka# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers 2245d0e1406SMarcel Telka# no times are set 2255d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 2265d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Coral Sea Is 2275d0e1406SMarcel Telka# no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists 2285d0e1406SMarcel Telka# no times are set 2295d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 2305d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Macquarie 2315d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Permanent occupation (scientific station) 1911-1915 and since 25 March 1948; 2325d0e1406SMarcel Telka# sealing and penguin oil station operated Nov 1899 to Apr 1919. See the 2335d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service history of sealing at Macquarie Island 2345d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=1828 2355d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=1831 2365d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Guess that it was like Australia/Hobart while inhabited before 2010. 2375d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 2385d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10): 2395d0e1406SMarcel Telka# We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division: 2405d0e1406SMarcel Telka# - Macquarie Island will stay on UTC+11 for winter and therefore not 2415d0e1406SMarcel Telka# switch back from daylight savings time when other parts of Australia do 2425d0e1406SMarcel Telka# on 4 April. 2435d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 2445d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Arthur David Olson (2013-05-23): 2455d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The 1919 transition is overspecified below so pre-2013 zics 2465d0e1406SMarcel Telka# will produce a binary file with an [A]EST-type as the first 32-bit type; 2475d0e1406SMarcel Telka# this is required for correct handling of times before 1916 by 2485d0e1406SMarcel Telka# pre-2013 versions of localtime. 2495d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Antarctica/Macquarie 0 - -00 1899 Nov 2505d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 - AEST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 2515d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 1:00 AEDT 1917 Feb 2525d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1919 Apr 1 0:00s 2535d0e1406SMarcel Telka 0 - -00 1948 Mar 25 2545d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 Aus AE%sT 1967 2555d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 AT AE%sT 2010 Apr 4 3:00 2568d30ff13SDan McDonald 11:00 - +11 2575d0e1406SMarcel Telka 2585d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Christmas 259*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2605d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 2618d30ff13SDan McDonald 7:00 - +07 2625d0e1406SMarcel Telka 2635d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Cocos (Keeling) Is 2645d0e1406SMarcel Telka# These islands were ruled by the Ross family from about 1830 to 1978. 2655d0e1406SMarcel Telka# We don't know when standard time was introduced; for now, we guess 1900. 266*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 2675d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900 2688d30ff13SDan McDonald 6:30 - +0630 2695d0e1406SMarcel Telka 2705d0e1406SMarcel Telka 2715d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Fiji 2725d0e1406SMarcel Telka 2735d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Milne gives 11:55:44 for Suva. 2745d0e1406SMarcel Telka 2755d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2009-11-10): 2765d0e1406SMarcel Telka# According to Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, Fiji plans to re-introduce DST 2775d0e1406SMarcel Telka# from November 29th 2009 to April 25th 2010. 2785d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 2795d0e1406SMarcel Telka# "Daylight savings to commence this month" 2805d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=23719 2815d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji01.html 2825d0e1406SMarcel Telka 2835d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-11-10): 2845d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The Fiji Government has posted some more details about the approved 2855d0e1406SMarcel Telka# amendments: 2865d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_16198.shtml 2875d0e1406SMarcel Telka 2885d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-03): 2895d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The Cabinet in Fiji has decided to end DST about a month early, on 2905d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 2010-03-28 at 03:00. 2915d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The plan is to observe DST again, from 2010-10-24 to sometime in March 2925d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 2011 (last Sunday a good guess?). 2935d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 2945d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Official source: 2955d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1096:3310-cabinet-approves-change-in-daylight-savings-dates&catid=49:cabinet-releases&Itemid=166 2965d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 2975d0e1406SMarcel Telka# A bit more background info here: 2985ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/fiji-dst-ends-march-2010.html 2995d0e1406SMarcel Telka 3005d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2010-10-24): 3015d0e1406SMarcel Telka# According to Radio Fiji and Fiji Times online, Fiji will end DST 3 3025d0e1406SMarcel Telka# weeks earlier than expected - on March 6, 2011, not March 27, 2011... 3035d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Here is confirmation from Government of the Republic of the Fiji Islands, 3045d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Ministry of Information (fiji.gov.fj) web site: 3055d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2608:daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155 3065d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_fiji04.html 3075d0e1406SMarcel Telka 3085d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Steffen Thorsen (2011-10-03): 3095d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Now the dates have been confirmed, and at least our start date 3105d0e1406SMarcel Telka# assumption was correct (end date was one week wrong). 3115d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 3125d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4966:daylight-saving-starts-in-fiji&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155 3135d0e1406SMarcel Telka# which says 3145d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Members of the public are reminded to change their time to one hour in 3155d0e1406SMarcel Telka# advance at 2am to 3am on October 23, 2011 and one hour back at 3am to 3165d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 2am on February 26 next year. 3175d0e1406SMarcel Telka 3185d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Ken Rylander (2011-10-24) 3195d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Another change to the Fiji DST end date. In the TZ database the end date for 3205d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Fiji DST 2012, is currently Feb 26. This has been changed to Jan 22. 3215d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 3225d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5017:amendments-to-daylight-savings&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155 3235d0e1406SMarcel Telka# states: 3245d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 3255d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The end of daylight saving scheduled initially for the 26th of February 2012 3265d0e1406SMarcel Telka# has been brought forward to the 22nd of January 2012. 3275d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The commencement of daylight saving will remain unchanged and start 3285d0e1406SMarcel Telka# on the 23rd of October, 2011. 3295d0e1406SMarcel Telka 3305d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From the Fiji Government Online Portal (2012-08-21) via Steffen Thorsen: 3315d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Mr Jone Usamate 3325d0e1406SMarcel Telka# today confirmed that Fiji will start daylight savings at 2 am on Sunday 21st 3335d0e1406SMarcel Telka# October 2012 and end at 3 am on Sunday 20th January 2013. 3345d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6702&catid=71&Itemid=155 3355d0e1406SMarcel Telka 3365d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From the Fijian Government Media Center (2013-08-30) via David Wheeler: 3375d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Fiji will start daylight savings on Sunday 27th October, 2013 ... 3385d0e1406SMarcel Telka# move clocks forward by one hour from 2am 3395d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-27th-OCTOBER-201.aspx 3405d0e1406SMarcel Telka 3415d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Steffen Thorsen (2013-01-10): 3425d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Fiji will end DST on 2014-01-19 02:00: 3435d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVINGS-TO-END-THIS-MONTH-%281%29.aspx 3445d0e1406SMarcel Telka 3455d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Ken Rylander (2014-10-20): 3465d0e1406SMarcel Telka# DST will start Nov. 2 this year. 3475d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-SUNDAY,-NOVEMBER-2ND.aspx 3485d0e1406SMarcel Telka 3495d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From a government order dated 2015-08-26 and published as Legal Notice No. 77 3505d0e1406SMarcel Telka# in the Government of Fiji Gazette Supplement No. 24 (2015-08-28), 3515d0e1406SMarcel Telka# via Ken Rylander (2015-09-02): 3525d0e1406SMarcel Telka# the daylight saving period is 1 hour in advance of the standard time 3535d0e1406SMarcel Telka# commencing at 2.00 am on Sunday 1st November, 2015 and ending at 3545d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 3.00 am on Sunday 17th January, 2016. 3555d0e1406SMarcel Telka 3565d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Raymond Kumar (2016-10-04): 3575d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/DAYLIGHT-SAVING-STARTS-ON-6th-NOVEMBER,-2016.aspx 3585d0e1406SMarcel Telka# "Fiji's daylight savings will begin on Sunday, 6 November 2016, when 3595d0e1406SMarcel Telka# clocks go forward an hour at 2am to 3am.... Daylight Saving will 3605d0e1406SMarcel Telka# end at 3.00am on Sunday 15th January 2017." 3615d0e1406SMarcel Telka 3625ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# From Paul Eggert (2017-08-21): 3635ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# Dominic Fok writes (2017-08-20) that DST ends 2018-01-14, citing 3645ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# Extraordinary Government of Fiji Gazette Supplement No. 21 (2017-08-27), 3655ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# [Legal Notice No. 41] of an order of the previous day by J Usamate. 366454249adSAndy Fiddaman 367454249adSAndy Fiddaman# From Raymond Kumar (2018-07-13): 368454249adSAndy Fiddaman# http://www.fijitimes.com/government-approves-2018-daylight-saving/ 369454249adSAndy Fiddaman# ... The daylight saving period will end at 3am on Sunday January 13, 2019. 370*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman 371*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# From Paul Eggert (2019-08-06): 372*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Today Raymond Kumar reported the Government of Fiji Gazette Supplement No. 27 373*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# (2019-08-02) said that Fiji observes DST "commencing at 2.00 am on 374*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Sunday, 10 November 2019 and ending at 3.00 am on Sunday, 12 January 2020." 375*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# For now, guess DST from 02:00 the second Sunday in November to 03:00 376*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# the first Sunday on or after January 12. January transitions reportedly 377454249adSAndy Fiddaman# depend on when school terms start. Although the guess is ad hoc, it matches 378*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# transitions planned this year and seems more likely to match future practice 379*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# than guessing no DST. 380*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# From Michael Deckers (2019-08-06): 381*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# https://www.laws.gov.fj/LawsAsMade/downloadfile/848 3825d0e1406SMarcel Telka 3835d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 384a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Fiji 1998 1999 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - 3855d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule Fiji 1999 2000 - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 - 386a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Fiji 2009 only - Nov 29 2:00 1:00 - 3875d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule Fiji 2010 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 - 388a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Fiji 2010 2013 - Oct Sun>=21 2:00 1:00 - 3895d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule Fiji 2011 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - 3905d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule Fiji 2012 2013 - Jan Sun>=18 3:00 0 - 3915d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule Fiji 2014 only - Jan Sun>=18 2:00 0 - 392*8a907646SAndy FiddamanRule Fiji 2014 2018 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - 393*8a907646SAndy FiddamanRule Fiji 2015 max - Jan Sun>=12 3:00 0 - 394*8a907646SAndy FiddamanRule Fiji 2019 max - Nov Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 - 395*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 3965d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Fiji 11:55:44 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva 3978d30ff13SDan McDonald 12:00 Fiji +12/+13 3985d0e1406SMarcel Telka 3995d0e1406SMarcel Telka# French Polynesia 400*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4015d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea 4028d30ff13SDan McDonald -9:00 - -09 4035d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct 4048d30ff13SDan McDonald -9:30 - -0930 4055d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete 4068d30ff13SDan McDonald -10:00 - -10 4075d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia; 4085d0e1406SMarcel Telka# it is uninhabited. 4095d0e1406SMarcel Telka 4105d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Guam 4119047ba7fSDominik Hassler 4129047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 4139047ba7fSDominik Hassler# http://guamlegislature.com/Public_Laws_5th/PL05-025.pdf 4149047ba7fSDominik Hassler# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-59-7-Guam-Daylight-Savings-Time-May-6-1959.pdf 4159047ba7fSDominik HasslerRule Guam 1959 only - Jun 27 2:00 1:00 D 4169047ba7fSDominik Hassler# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-61-5-Revocation-of-Daylight-Saving-Time-and-Restoratio.pdf 4179047ba7fSDominik HasslerRule Guam 1961 only - Jan 29 2:00 0 S 4189047ba7fSDominik Hassler# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-67-13-Guam-Daylight-Savings-Time.pdf 4199047ba7fSDominik HasslerRule Guam 1967 only - Sep 1 2:00 1:00 D 4209047ba7fSDominik Hassler# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-69-2-Repeal-of-Guam-Daylight-Saving-Time.pdf 4219047ba7fSDominik HasslerRule Guam 1969 only - Jan 26 0:01 0 S 4229047ba7fSDominik Hassler# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-69-10-Guam-Daylight-Saving-Time.pdf 4239047ba7fSDominik HasslerRule Guam 1969 only - Jun 22 2:00 1:00 D 4249047ba7fSDominik HasslerRule Guam 1969 only - Aug 31 2:00 0 S 4259047ba7fSDominik Hassler# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-70-10-Guam-Daylight-Saving-Time.pdf 4269047ba7fSDominik Hassler# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-70-30-End-of-Guam-Daylight-Saving-Time.pdf 4279047ba7fSDominik Hassler# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-71-5-Guam-Daylight-Savings-Time.pdf 4289047ba7fSDominik HasslerRule Guam 1970 1971 - Apr lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 4299047ba7fSDominik HasslerRule Guam 1970 1971 - Sep Sun>=1 2:00 0 S 4309047ba7fSDominik Hassler# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-73-28.-Guam-Day-light-Saving-Time.pdf 4319047ba7fSDominik HasslerRule Guam 1973 only - Dec 16 2:00 1:00 D 4329047ba7fSDominik Hassler# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-74-7-Guam-Daylight-Savings-Time-Rescinded.pdf 4339047ba7fSDominik HasslerRule Guam 1974 only - Feb 24 2:00 0 S 4349047ba7fSDominik Hassler# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-76-13-Daylight-Savings-Time.pdf 4359047ba7fSDominik HasslerRule Guam 1976 only - May 26 2:00 1:00 D 4369047ba7fSDominik Hassler# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-76-25-Revocation-of-E.O.-76-13.pdf 4379047ba7fSDominik HasslerRule Guam 1976 only - Aug 22 2:01 0 S 4389047ba7fSDominik Hassler# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-77-4-Daylight-Savings-Time.pdf 4399047ba7fSDominik HasslerRule Guam 1977 only - Apr 24 2:00 1:00 D 4409047ba7fSDominik Hassler# http://documents.guam.gov/wp-content/uploads/E.O.-77-18-Guam-Standard-Time.pdf 4419047ba7fSDominik HasslerRule Guam 1977 only - Aug 28 2:00 0 S 4429047ba7fSDominik Hassler 443*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4445d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Guam -14:21:00 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 4455d0e1406SMarcel Telka 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana 4469047ba7fSDominik Hassler 10:00 - GST 1941 Dec 10 # Guam 4479047ba7fSDominik Hassler 9:00 - +09 1944 Jul 31 4489047ba7fSDominik Hassler 10:00 Guam G%sT 2000 Dec 23 4495d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10:00 - ChST # Chamorro Standard Time 4505d0e1406SMarcel TelkaLink Pacific/Guam Pacific/Saipan # N Mariana Is 4515d0e1406SMarcel Telka 4525d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Kiribati 453*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4545d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki 4558d30ff13SDan McDonald 12:00 - +12 4565d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901 4578d30ff13SDan McDonald -12:00 - -12 1979 Oct 458a6c652dbSYuri Pankov -11:00 - -11 1994 Dec 31 4598d30ff13SDan McDonald 13:00 - +13 4605d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901 4618d30ff13SDan McDonald -10:40 - -1040 1979 Oct 462a6c652dbSYuri Pankov -10:00 - -10 1994 Dec 31 4638d30ff13SDan McDonald 14:00 - +14 4645d0e1406SMarcel Telka 4655d0e1406SMarcel Telka# N Mariana Is 4665d0e1406SMarcel Telka# See Pacific/Guam. 4675d0e1406SMarcel Telka 4685d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Marshall Is 469*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4705d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901 4719047ba7fSDominik Hassler 11:00 - +11 1914 Oct 4729047ba7fSDominik Hassler 9:00 - +09 1919 Feb 1 4739047ba7fSDominik Hassler 11:00 - +11 1937 4749047ba7fSDominik Hassler 10:00 - +10 1941 Apr 1 4759047ba7fSDominik Hassler 9:00 - +09 1944 Jan 30 4768d30ff13SDan McDonald 11:00 - +11 1969 Oct 4778d30ff13SDan McDonald 12:00 - +12 4785d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901 4799047ba7fSDominik Hassler 11:00 - +11 1937 4809047ba7fSDominik Hassler 10:00 - +10 1941 Apr 1 4819047ba7fSDominik Hassler 9:00 - +09 1944 Feb 6 4828d30ff13SDan McDonald 11:00 - +11 1969 Oct 4839047ba7fSDominik Hassler -12:00 - -12 1993 Aug 20 24:00 4848d30ff13SDan McDonald 12:00 - +12 4855d0e1406SMarcel Telka 4865d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Micronesia 487*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 4889047ba7fSDominik HasslerZone Pacific/Chuuk -13:52:52 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 4899047ba7fSDominik Hassler 10:07:08 - LMT 1901 4909047ba7fSDominik Hassler 10:00 - +10 1914 Oct 4919047ba7fSDominik Hassler 9:00 - +09 1919 Feb 1 4929047ba7fSDominik Hassler 10:00 - +10 1941 Apr 1 4939047ba7fSDominik Hassler 9:00 - +09 1945 Aug 4948d30ff13SDan McDonald 10:00 - +10 4959047ba7fSDominik HasslerZone Pacific/Pohnpei -13:27:08 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 # Kolonia 4969047ba7fSDominik Hassler 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 4979047ba7fSDominik Hassler 11:00 - +11 1914 Oct 4989047ba7fSDominik Hassler 9:00 - +09 1919 Feb 1 4999047ba7fSDominik Hassler 11:00 - +11 1937 5009047ba7fSDominik Hassler 10:00 - +10 1941 Apr 1 5019047ba7fSDominik Hassler 9:00 - +09 1945 Aug 5028d30ff13SDan McDonald 11:00 - +11 5039047ba7fSDominik HasslerZone Pacific/Kosrae -13:08:04 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 5049047ba7fSDominik Hassler 10:51:56 - LMT 1901 5059047ba7fSDominik Hassler 11:00 - +11 1914 Oct 5069047ba7fSDominik Hassler 9:00 - +09 1919 Feb 1 5079047ba7fSDominik Hassler 11:00 - +11 1937 5089047ba7fSDominik Hassler 10:00 - +10 1941 Apr 1 5099047ba7fSDominik Hassler 9:00 - +09 1945 Aug 5108d30ff13SDan McDonald 11:00 - +11 1969 Oct 5118d30ff13SDan McDonald 12:00 - +12 1999 5128d30ff13SDan McDonald 11:00 - +11 5135d0e1406SMarcel Telka 5145d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Nauru 515*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5165d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe 5179047ba7fSDominik Hassler 11:30 - +1130 1942 Aug 29 5189047ba7fSDominik Hassler 9:00 - +09 1945 Sep 8 5199047ba7fSDominik Hassler 11:30 - +1130 1979 Feb 10 2:00 5208d30ff13SDan McDonald 12:00 - +12 5215d0e1406SMarcel Telka 5225d0e1406SMarcel Telka# New Caledonia 5235d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 524a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 - 5255d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 - 526a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule NC 1996 only - Dec 1 2:00s 1:00 - 5275d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Shanks & Pottenger say the following was at 2:00; go with IATA. 5285d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule NC 1997 only - Mar 2 2:00s 0 - 529*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5305d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Nouméa 5318d30ff13SDan McDonald 11:00 NC +11/+12 5325d0e1406SMarcel Telka 5335d0e1406SMarcel Telka 5345d0e1406SMarcel Telka############################################################################### 5355d0e1406SMarcel Telka 5365d0e1406SMarcel Telka# New Zealand 5375d0e1406SMarcel Telka 5385d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 5395d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule NZ 1927 only - Nov 6 2:00 1:00 S 5405d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule NZ 1928 only - Mar 4 2:00 0 M 5415d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule NZ 1928 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 0:30 S 5425d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule NZ 1929 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 M 5435d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule NZ 1934 1940 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 M 5445d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule NZ 1934 1940 - Sep lastSun 2:00 0:30 S 5455d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule NZ 1946 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 546a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# Since 1957 Chatham has been 45 minutes ahead of NZ, but until 2018a 547a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# there was no documented single notation for the date and time of this 548a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# transition. Duplicate the Rule lines for now, to give the 2018a change 549a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# time to percolate out. 5505d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule NZ 1974 only - Nov Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 551a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Chatham 1974 only - Nov Sun>=1 2:45s 1:00 - 5525d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule NZ 1975 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 S 553a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Chatham 1975 only - Feb lastSun 2:45s 0 - 5545d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 555a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Chatham 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:45s 1:00 - 5565d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 557a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Chatham 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:45s 0 - 5585d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule NZ 1989 only - Oct Sun>=8 2:00s 1:00 D 559a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Chatham 1989 only - Oct Sun>=8 2:45s 1:00 - 5605d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule NZ 1990 2006 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 561a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Chatham 1990 2006 - Oct Sun>=1 2:45s 1:00 - 5625d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule NZ 1990 2007 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S 563a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Chatham 1990 2007 - Mar Sun>=15 2:45s 0 - 5645d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule NZ 2007 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 565a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Chatham 2007 max - Sep lastSun 2:45s 1:00 - 5665d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule NZ 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 567a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Chatham 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:45s 0 - 568*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5695d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 Nov 2 5705d0e1406SMarcel Telka 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1946 Jan 1 5715d0e1406SMarcel Telka 12:00 NZ NZ%sT 5725d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Chatham 12:13:48 - LMT 1868 Nov 2 5738d30ff13SDan McDonald 12:15 - +1215 1946 Jan 1 5748d30ff13SDan McDonald 12:45 Chatham +1245/+1345 5755d0e1406SMarcel Telka 5765d0e1406SMarcel TelkaLink Pacific/Auckland Antarctica/McMurdo 5775d0e1406SMarcel Telka 5785d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Auckland Is 5795d0e1406SMarcel Telka# uninhabited; Māori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers, 5805d0e1406SMarcel Telka# and scientific personnel have wintered 5815d0e1406SMarcel Telka 5825d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Campbell I 5835d0e1406SMarcel Telka# minor whaling stations operated 1909/1914 5845d0e1406SMarcel Telka# scientific station operated 1941/1995; 5855d0e1406SMarcel Telka# previously whalers, sealers, pastoralists, and scientific personnel wintered 5865d0e1406SMarcel Telka# was probably like Pacific/Auckland 5875d0e1406SMarcel Telka 5885d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Cook Is 5895d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Shanks & Pottenger: 5905d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 591a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 - 5925d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule Cook 1979 1991 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 593a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Cook 1979 1990 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 - 594*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 5955d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua 5968d30ff13SDan McDonald -10:30 - -1030 1978 Nov 12 5978d30ff13SDan McDonald -10:00 Cook -10/-0930 5985d0e1406SMarcel Telka 5995d0e1406SMarcel Telka############################################################################### 6005d0e1406SMarcel Telka 6015d0e1406SMarcel Telka 6025d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Niue 603*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 6045d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi 6058d30ff13SDan McDonald -11:20 - -1120 1951 6068d30ff13SDan McDonald -11:30 - -1130 1978 Oct 1 6078d30ff13SDan McDonald -11:00 - -11 6085d0e1406SMarcel Telka 6095d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Norfolk 610*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 6115d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston 6128d30ff13SDan McDonald 11:12 - +1112 1951 613*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman 11:30 - +1130 1974 Oct 27 02:00s 614*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman 11:30 1:00 +1230 1975 Mar 2 02:00s 615*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman 11:30 - +1130 2015 Oct 4 02:00s 616*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman 11:00 - +11 2019 Jul 617*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman 11:00 AN +11/+12 6185d0e1406SMarcel Telka 6195d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Palau (Belau) 620*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 6219047ba7fSDominik HasslerZone Pacific/Palau -15:02:04 - LMT 1844 Dec 31 # Koror 6229047ba7fSDominik Hassler 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 6238d30ff13SDan McDonald 9:00 - +09 6245d0e1406SMarcel Telka 6255d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Papua New Guinea 626*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 6275d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880 6285d0e1406SMarcel Telka 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time 6298d30ff13SDan McDonald 10:00 - +10 6305d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 6315d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-13): 6325d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Base the Bougainville entry on the Arawa-Kieta region, which appears to have 6335d0e1406SMarcel Telka# the most people even though it was devastated in the Bougainville Civil War. 6345d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 6355d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Although Shanks gives 1942-03-15 / 1943-11-01 for UT +09, these dates 6365d0e1406SMarcel Telka# are apparently rough guesswork from the starts of military campaigns. 6375d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The World War II entries below are instead based on Arawa-Kieta. 6385d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The Japanese occupied Kieta in July 1942, 6395d0e1406SMarcel Telka# according to the Pacific War Online Encyclopedia 6405ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# https://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/B/o/Bougainville.htm 6415d0e1406SMarcel Telka# and seem to have controlled it until their 1945-08-21 surrender. 6425d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 6435d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The Autonomous Region of Bougainville switched from UT +10 to +11 6448d30ff13SDan McDonald# on 2014-12-28 at 02:00. They call +11 "Bougainville Standard Time". 6458d30ff13SDan McDonald# See: 6465d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.bougainville24.com/bougainville-issues/bougainville-gets-own-timezone/ 6475d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 6485d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Bougainville 10:22:16 - LMT 1880 6495d0e1406SMarcel Telka 9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 6508d30ff13SDan McDonald 10:00 - +10 1942 Jul 6518d30ff13SDan McDonald 9:00 - +09 1945 Aug 21 6528d30ff13SDan McDonald 10:00 - +10 2014 Dec 28 2:00 6538d30ff13SDan McDonald 11:00 - +11 6545d0e1406SMarcel Telka 6555d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Pitcairn 656*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 6575d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown 6588d30ff13SDan McDonald -8:30 - -0830 1998 Apr 27 0:00 6598d30ff13SDan McDonald -8:00 - -08 6605d0e1406SMarcel Telka 6615d0e1406SMarcel Telka# American Samoa 6625ee0bd13SYuri PankovZone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1892 Jul 5 6635d0e1406SMarcel Telka -11:22:48 - LMT 1911 6645d0e1406SMarcel Telka -11:00 - SST # S=Samoa 6655d0e1406SMarcel TelkaLink Pacific/Pago_Pago Pacific/Midway # in US minor outlying islands 6665d0e1406SMarcel Telka 6675d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Samoa (formerly and also known as Western Samoa) 6685d0e1406SMarcel Telka 6695d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-10-16): 6705d0e1406SMarcel Telka# We have been in contact with the government of Samoa again, and received 6715d0e1406SMarcel Telka# the following info: 6725d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 6735d0e1406SMarcel Telka# "Cabinet has now approved Daylight Saving to be effected next year 6745d0e1406SMarcel Telka# commencing from the last Sunday of September 2010 and conclude first 6755d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Sunday of April 2011." 6765d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 6775d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Background info: 6785ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/samoa-dst-plan-2009.html 6795d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 6805d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Samoa's Daylight Saving Time Act 2009 is available here, but does not 6815d0e1406SMarcel Telka# contain any dates: 6825d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.parliament.gov.ws/documents/acts/Daylight%20Saving%20Act%20%202009%20%28English%29%20-%20Final%207-7-091.pdf 6835d0e1406SMarcel Telka 6845d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2010-10-07): 6855d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Please see 6865d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.mcil.gov.ws 6875d0e1406SMarcel Telka# the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (sideframe) "Last Sunday 6885d0e1406SMarcel Telka# September 2010 (26/09/10) - adjust clocks forward from 12:00 midnight 6895d0e1406SMarcel Telka# to 01:00am and First Sunday April 2011 (03/04/11) - adjust clocks 6905d0e1406SMarcel Telka# backwards from 1:00am to 12:00am" 6915d0e1406SMarcel Telka 6925d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2011-03-07): 6935d0e1406SMarcel Telka# [http://www.mcil.gov.ws/ftcd/daylight_saving_2011.pdf] 6945d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 6955d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ... when the standard time strikes the hour of four o'clock (4.00am 6965d0e1406SMarcel Telka# or 0400 Hours) on the 2nd April 2011, then all instruments used to 6975d0e1406SMarcel Telka# measure standard time are to be adjusted/changed to three o'clock 6985d0e1406SMarcel Telka# (3:00am or 0300Hrs). 6995d0e1406SMarcel Telka 7005d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From David Zülke (2011-05-09): 7015d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Subject: Samoa to move timezone from east to west of international date line 7025d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 7035d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/markets/newsfeeditem.aspx?id=138501958347963 7045d0e1406SMarcel Telka 7055d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-27): 7065d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The International Date Line Act 2011 7075d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.parliament.gov.ws/images/ACTS/International_Date_Line_Act__2011_-_Eng.pdf 7085d0e1406SMarcel Telka# changed Samoa from UT -11 to +13, effective "12 o'clock midnight, on 7095d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Thursday 29th December 2011". The International Date Line was adjusted 7105d0e1406SMarcel Telka# accordingly. 7115d0e1406SMarcel Telka 7125d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Laupue Raymond Hughes (2011-09-02): 7135d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html 7145d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 7155d0e1406SMarcel Telka# here is the official website publication for Samoa DST and dateline change 7165d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 7175d0e1406SMarcel Telka# DST 7185d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Year End Time Start Time 7195d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 2011 - - - - - - 24 September 3:00am to 4:00am 7205d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 2012 01 April 4:00am to 3:00am - - - - - - 7215d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 7225d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Dateline Change skip Friday 30th Dec 2011 7235d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Thursday 29th December 2011 23:59:59 Hours 7245d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Saturday 31st December 2011 00:00:00 Hours 7255d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 7265d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Nicholas Pereira (2012-09-10): 7275d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Daylight Saving Time commences on Sunday 30th September 2012 and 7285d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ends on Sunday 7th of April 2013.... 7295d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.mcil.gov.ws/mcil_publications.html 7305d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 7315d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-08): 7325d0e1406SMarcel Telka# That web page currently lists transitions for 2012/3 and 2013/4. 7335d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Assume the pattern instituted in 2012 will continue indefinitely. 7345d0e1406SMarcel Telka 7355d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 736a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule WS 2010 only - Sep lastSun 0:00 1 - 737a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule WS 2011 only - Apr Sat>=1 4:00 0 - 738a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule WS 2011 only - Sep lastSat 3:00 1 - 739a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule WS 2012 max - Apr Sun>=1 4:00 0 - 740a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule WS 2012 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 1 - 741*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 7425ee0bd13SYuri PankovZone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1892 Jul 5 7435d0e1406SMarcel Telka -11:26:56 - LMT 1911 7448d30ff13SDan McDonald -11:30 - -1130 1950 7458d30ff13SDan McDonald -11:00 WS -11/-10 2011 Dec 29 24:00 7468d30ff13SDan McDonald 13:00 WS +13/+14 7475d0e1406SMarcel Telka 7485d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Solomon Is 7495d0e1406SMarcel Telka# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea 750*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 7515d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara 7528d30ff13SDan McDonald 11:00 - +11 7535d0e1406SMarcel Telka 7548d30ff13SDan McDonald# Tokelau 7555d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 7565d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Gwillim Law (2011-12-29) 7575d0e1406SMarcel Telka# A correspondent informed me that Tokelau, like Samoa, will be skipping 7585d0e1406SMarcel Telka# December 31 this year ... 7595d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 7605d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Steffen Thorsen (2012-07-25) 7615d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ... we double checked by calling hotels and offices based in Tokelau asking 7625d0e1406SMarcel Telka# about the time there, and they all told a time that agrees with UTC+13.... 763121e6e16SYuri Pankov# Shanks says UT-10 from 1901 [but] ... there is a good chance the change 764121e6e16SYuri Pankov# actually was to UT-11 back then. 7655d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 7665d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2012-07-25) 7675d0e1406SMarcel Telka# A Google Books snippet of Appendix to the Journals of the House of 7685d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Representatives of New Zealand, Session 1948, 7695ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# <https://books.google.com/books?id=ZaVCAQAAIAAJ>, page 65, says Tokelau 7705d0e1406SMarcel Telka# was "11 hours slow on G.M.T." Go with Thorsen and assume Shanks & Pottenger 7715d0e1406SMarcel Telka# are off by an hour starting in 1901. 7725d0e1406SMarcel Telka 773*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 7745d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901 7758d30ff13SDan McDonald -11:00 - -11 2011 Dec 30 7768d30ff13SDan McDonald 13:00 - +13 7775d0e1406SMarcel Telka 7785d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Tonga 7795d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 780a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Tonga 1999 only - Oct 7 2:00s 1:00 - 7815d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule Tonga 2000 only - Mar 19 2:00s 0 - 782a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Tonga 2000 2001 - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - 7835d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule Tonga 2001 2002 - Jan lastSun 2:00 0 - 784a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Tonga 2016 only - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 - 7855ee0bd13SYuri PankovRule Tonga 2017 only - Jan Sun>=15 3:00 0 - 786*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 7875d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901 7888d30ff13SDan McDonald 12:20 - +1220 1941 7898d30ff13SDan McDonald 13:00 - +13 1999 7908d30ff13SDan McDonald 13:00 Tonga +13/+14 7915d0e1406SMarcel Telka 7925d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Tuvalu 793*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 7945d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901 7958d30ff13SDan McDonald 12:00 - +12 7965d0e1406SMarcel Telka 7975d0e1406SMarcel Telka 7985d0e1406SMarcel Telka# US minor outlying islands 7995d0e1406SMarcel Telka 8005d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Howland, Baker 8015d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Howland was mined for guano by American companies 1857-1878 and British 8025d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 1886-1891; Baker was similar but exact dates are not known. 8035d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; U.S. military bases 1943-1944; 8045d0e1406SMarcel Telka# uninhabited thereafter. 8055d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Howland observed Hawaii Standard Time (UT -10:30) in 1937; 8065d0e1406SMarcel Telka# see page 206 of Elgen M. Long and Marie K. Long, 8075d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Amelia Earhart: the Mystery Solved, Simon & Schuster (2000). 8085d0e1406SMarcel Telka# So most likely Howland and Baker observed Hawaii Time from 1935 8095d0e1406SMarcel Telka# until they were abandoned after the war. 8105d0e1406SMarcel Telka 8115d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Jarvis 8125d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Mined for guano by American companies 1857-1879 and British 1883?-1891?. 8135d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Inhabited by civilians 1935-1942; IGY scientific base 1957-1958; 8145d0e1406SMarcel Telka# uninhabited thereafter. 8155d0e1406SMarcel Telka# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati 8165d0e1406SMarcel Telka 8175d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Johnston 8185d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 8198d30ff13SDan McDonald# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-10): 8205d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Sometimes Johnston kept Hawaii time, and sometimes it was an hour behind. 8215d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Details are uncertain. We have no data for Johnston after 1970, so 8228d30ff13SDan McDonald# treat it like Hawaii for now. Since Johnston is now uninhabited, 8238d30ff13SDan McDonald# its link to Pacific/Honolulu is in the 'backward' file. 8245d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 8255d0e1406SMarcel Telka# In his memoirs of June 6th to October 4, 1945 8265d0e1406SMarcel Telka# <http://www.315bw.org/Herb_Bach.htm> (2005), Herbert C. Bach writes, 8275d0e1406SMarcel Telka# "We started our letdown to Kwajalein Atoll and landed there at 5:00 AM 8285d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Johnston time, 1:30 AM Kwajalein time." This was in June 1945, and 8295d0e1406SMarcel Telka# confirms that Johnston kept the same time as Honolulu in summer 1945. 8305d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 8315d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Lyle McElhaney (2014-03-11): 8325d0e1406SMarcel Telka# [W]hen JI was being used for that [atomic bomb] testing, the time being used 8335d0e1406SMarcel Telka# was not Hawaiian time but rather the same time being used on the ships, 8345d0e1406SMarcel Telka# which had a GMT offset of -11 hours. This apparently applied to at least the 8355d0e1406SMarcel Telka# time from Operation Newsreel (Hardtack I/Teak shot, 1958-08-01) to the last 8365d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Operation Fishbowl shot (Tightrope, 1962-11-04).... [See] Herman Hoerlin, 8375d0e1406SMarcel Telka# "The United States High-Altitude Test Experience: A Review Emphasizing the 8385d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Impact on the Environment", Los Alamos LA-6405, Oct 1976. 8395ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# https://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/docs1/00322994.pdf 8405d0e1406SMarcel Telka# See the table on page 4 where he lists GMT and local times for the tests; a 8415d0e1406SMarcel Telka# footnote for the JI tests reads that local time is "JI time = Hawaii Time 8425d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Minus One Hour". 8435d0e1406SMarcel Telka 8445d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Kingman 8455d0e1406SMarcel Telka# uninhabited 8465d0e1406SMarcel Telka 8475d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Midway 8485d0e1406SMarcel Telka# See Pacific/Pago_Pago. 8495d0e1406SMarcel Telka 8505d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Palmyra 8515d0e1406SMarcel Telka# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati 8525d0e1406SMarcel Telka 8535d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Wake 854*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 8555d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901 8568d30ff13SDan McDonald 12:00 - +12 8575d0e1406SMarcel Telka 8585d0e1406SMarcel Telka 8595d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Vanuatu 8605d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 861a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 - 8625d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule Vanuatu 1984 1991 - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 - 863a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 - 864a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Vanuatu 1985 1991 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 - 8655d0e1406SMarcel TelkaRule Vanuatu 1992 1993 - Jan Sun>=23 0:00 0 - 866a6c652dbSYuri PankovRule Vanuatu 1992 only - Oct Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 - 867*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 8685d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila 8698d30ff13SDan McDonald 11:00 Vanuatu +11/+12 8705d0e1406SMarcel Telka 8715d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Wallis and Futuna 872*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 8735d0e1406SMarcel TelkaZone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901 8748d30ff13SDan McDonald 12:00 - +12 8755d0e1406SMarcel Telka 8765d0e1406SMarcel Telka############################################################################### 8775d0e1406SMarcel Telka 8785d0e1406SMarcel Telka# NOTES 8795d0e1406SMarcel Telka 8805d0e1406SMarcel Telka# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 8815d0e1406SMarcel Telka# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 8825d0e1406SMarcel Telka# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see 8835d0e1406SMarcel Telka# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution. 8845d0e1406SMarcel Telka 8859047ba7fSDominik Hassler# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18): 8865d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 8875d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is: 8885d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition), 8895d0e1406SMarcel Telka# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003). 8905d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources. 8915d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 8928d30ff13SDan McDonald# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source 8938d30ff13SDan McDonald# for time zone data was the International Air Transport 8945d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM), 8955d0e1406SMarcel Telka# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries 8965d0e1406SMarcel Telka# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted, 8975d0e1406SMarcel Telka# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990. 8985d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 8995d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 9005d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 9015d0e1406SMarcel Telka# I found in the UCLA library. 9025d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 9035d0e1406SMarcel Telka# For data circa 1899, a common source is: 9045d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Milne J. Civil time. Geogr J. 1899 Feb;13(2):173-94. 9055ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359 9065d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 9075d0e1406SMarcel Telka# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is 9085d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997). 9095d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 9109047ba7fSDominik Hassler# I invented the abbreviation marked "*". 9118d30ff13SDan McDonald# The following abbreviations are from other sources. 9125d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Corrections are welcome! 9135d0e1406SMarcel Telka# std dst 9145d0e1406SMarcel Telka# LMT Local Mean Time 9155d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 8:00 AWST AWDT Western Australia 9165d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 9:30 ACST ACDT Central Australia 9175d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 10:00 AEST AEDT Eastern Australia 9189047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 10:00 GST GDT* Guam through 2000 9195d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 10:00 ChST Chamorro 9205d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 11:30 NZMT NZST New Zealand through 1945 9215d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 1946-present 9225d0e1406SMarcel Telka# -11:00 SST Samoa 9235d0e1406SMarcel Telka# -10:00 HST Hawaii 9245d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 9255d0e1406SMarcel Telka# See the 'northamerica' file for Hawaii. 9265d0e1406SMarcel Telka# See the 'southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galápagos Is. 9275d0e1406SMarcel Telka 9285d0e1406SMarcel Telka############################################################################### 9295d0e1406SMarcel Telka 9305d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Australia 9315d0e1406SMarcel Telka 9325d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-30): 9335d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Daylight saving time has long been controversial in Australia, pitting 9345d0e1406SMarcel Telka# region against region, rural against urban, and local against global. 9355d0e1406SMarcel Telka# For example, in her review of Graeme Davison's _The Unforgiving 9365d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Minute: how Australians learned to tell the time_ (1993), Perth native 9375d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Phillipa J Martyr wrote, "The section entitled 'Saving Daylight' was 9385d0e1406SMarcel Telka# very informative, but was (as can, sadly, only be expected from a 9395d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Melbourne-based study) replete with the usual chuckleheaded 9405d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Queenslanders and straw-chewing yokels from the West prattling fables 9415d0e1406SMarcel Telka# about fading curtains and crazed farm animals." 9425d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History (1997-03-03) 9435d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.jcu.edu.au/aff/history/reviews/davison.htm 9445d0e1406SMarcel Telka 9455d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2005-12-08): 9465d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Implementation Dates of Daylight Saving Time within Australia 9475d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml 9485d0e1406SMarcel Telka# summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia. 9495d0e1406SMarcel Telka 9505d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Arthur David Olson (2005-12-12): 9515d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Lawlink NSW:Daylight Saving in New South Wales 9525d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/Corporate/ll_agdinfo.nsf/pages/community_relations_daylight_saving 9535d0e1406SMarcel Telka# covers New South Wales in particular. 9545d0e1406SMarcel Telka 9555d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From John Mackin (1991-03-06): 9565d0e1406SMarcel Telka# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as 'daylight' time. 9575d0e1406SMarcel Telka# It is called 'summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, 'summer' 9585d0e1406SMarcel Telka# and 'standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the 9595d0e1406SMarcel Telka# abbreviation does _not_ change... 9605d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least 9615d0e1406SMarcel Telka# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the 9625d0e1406SMarcel Telka# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses 9635d0e1406SMarcel Telka# the phrase 'summer time' and does not use the phrase 'daylight 9645d0e1406SMarcel Telka# time'. 9655d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian 9665d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases 'Eastern Standard Time' 9675d0e1406SMarcel Telka# or 'Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the 9685d0e1406SMarcel Telka# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers 9695d0e1406SMarcel Telka# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases 9705d0e1406SMarcel Telka# prefixed by the word 'Australian' when referring to local times; 9715d0e1406SMarcel Telka# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC. 9725d0e1406SMarcel Telka 9735d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2014-06-30): 9745d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 9755d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Inspired by Mackin's remarks quoted above, earlier versions of this 9765d0e1406SMarcel Telka# file used "EST" for both Eastern Standard Time and Eastern Summer 9775d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Time in Australia, and similarly for "CST", "CWST", and "WST". 9785d0e1406SMarcel Telka# However, these abbreviations were confusing and were not common 9795d0e1406SMarcel Telka# practice among Australians, and there were justifiable complaints 9805d0e1406SMarcel Telka# about them, so I attempted to survey current Australian usage. 9815d0e1406SMarcel Telka# For the tz database, the full English phrase is not that important; 9825d0e1406SMarcel Telka# what matters is the abbreviation. It's difficult to survey the web 9835d0e1406SMarcel Telka# directly for abbreviation usage, as there are so many false hits for 9845d0e1406SMarcel Telka# strings like "EST" and "EDT", so I looked for pages that defined an 9855d0e1406SMarcel Telka# abbreviation for eastern or central DST in Australia, and got the 9865d0e1406SMarcel Telka# following numbers of unique hits for the listed Google queries: 9875d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 9885d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 10 "Eastern Daylight Time AEST" site:au [some are false hits] 9895d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 10 "Eastern Summer Time AEST" site:au 9905d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 10 "Summer Time AEDT" site:au 9915d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 13 "EDST Eastern Daylight Saving Time" site:au 9925d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 18 "Summer Time ESST" site:au 9935d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 28 "Eastern Daylight Saving Time EDST" site:au 9945d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 39 "EDT Eastern Daylight Time" site:au [some are false hits] 9955d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 53 "Eastern Daylight Time EDT" site:au [some are false hits] 9965d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 54 "AEDT Australian Eastern Daylight Time" site:au 9975d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 182 "Eastern Daylight Time AEDT" site:au 9985d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 9995d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 17 "Central Daylight Time CDT" site:au [some are false hits] 10005d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 46 "Central Daylight Time ACDT" site:au 10015d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 10025d0e1406SMarcel Telka# I tried several other variants (e.g., "Eastern Summer Time EST") but 10035d0e1406SMarcel Telka# they all returned fewer than 10 unique hits. I also looked for pages 10045d0e1406SMarcel Telka# mentioning both "western standard time" and an abbreviation, since 10055d0e1406SMarcel Telka# there is no WST in the US to generate false hits, and found: 10065d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 10075d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 156 "western standard time" AWST site:au 10085d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 226 "western standard time" WST site:au 10095d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 10105d0e1406SMarcel Telka# I then surveyed the top ten newspapers in Australia by circulation as 10115d0e1406SMarcel Telka# listed in Wikipedia, using Google queries like "AEDT site:heraldsun.com.au" 10125d0e1406SMarcel Telka# and obtaining estimated counts from the initial page of search results. 10135d0e1406SMarcel Telka# All ten papers greatly preferred "AEDT" to "EDT". The papers 10145d0e1406SMarcel Telka# surveyed were the Herald Sun, The Daily Telegraph, The Courier-Mail, 10155d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The Sydney Morning Herald, The West Australian, The Age, The Advertiser, 10165d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The Australian, The Financial Review, and The Herald (Newcastle). 10175d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 10185d0e1406SMarcel Telka# I also searched for historical usage, to see whether abbreviations 10195d0e1406SMarcel Telka# like "AEDT" are new. A Trove search <http://trove.nla.gov.au/> 10205d0e1406SMarcel Telka# found only one newspaper (The Canberra Times) with a house style 10215d0e1406SMarcel Telka# dating back to the 1970s, I expect because other newspapers weren't 10225d0e1406SMarcel Telka# fully indexed. The Canberra Times strongly preferred abbreviations 10235d0e1406SMarcel Telka# like "AEDT". The first occurrence of "AEDT" was a World Weather 10245d0e1406SMarcel Telka# column (1971-11-17, page 24), and of "ACDT" was a Scoreboard column 10255d0e1406SMarcel Telka# (1993-01-24, p 16). The style was the typical usage but was not 10265d0e1406SMarcel Telka# strictly enforced; for example, "Welcome to the twilight zones ..." 10275d0e1406SMarcel Telka# (1994-10-29, p 1) uses the abbreviations AEST/AEDT, CST/CDT, and 10285d0e1406SMarcel Telka# WST, and goes on to say, "The confusion and frustration some feel 10295d0e1406SMarcel Telka# about the lack of uniformity among Australia's six states and two 10305d0e1406SMarcel Telka# territories has prompted one group to form its very own political 10315d0e1406SMarcel Telka# party -- the Sydney-based Daylight Saving Extension Party." 10325d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 10335d0e1406SMarcel Telka# I also surveyed federal government sources. They did not agree: 10345d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 10355d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The Australian Government (2014-03-26) 10365d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/our-country/time 10375d0e1406SMarcel Telka# (This document was produced by the Department of Finance.) 10385d0e1406SMarcel Telka# AEST ACST AWST AEDT ACDT 10395d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 10405d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Bureau of Meteorology (2012-11-08) 10415d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/daysavtm.shtml 10425d0e1406SMarcel Telka# EST CST WST EDT CDT 10435d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 10445d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Civil Aviation Safety Authority (undated) 10455d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://services.casa.gov.au/outnback/inc/pages/episode3/episode-3_time_zones.shtml 10465d0e1406SMarcel Telka# EST CST WST (no abbreviations given for DST) 10475d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 10485d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Geoscience Australia (2011-11-24) 10495d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.ga.gov.au/geodesy/astro/sunrise.jsp 10505d0e1406SMarcel Telka# AEST ACST AWST AEDT ACDT 10515d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 10525d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Parliamentary Library (2008-11-10) 10535ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# https://www.aph.gov.au/binaries/library/pubs/rp/2008-09/09rp14.pdf 10545d0e1406SMarcel Telka# EST CST WST preferred for standard time; AEST AEDT ACST ACDT also used 10555d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 10565d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The Transport Safety Bureau has an extensive series of accident reports, 10575d0e1406SMarcel Telka# and investigators seem to use whatever abbreviation they like. 10585d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Googling site:atsb.gov.au found the following number of unique hits: 10595d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 311 "ESuT", 195 "EDT", 26 "AEDT", 83 "CSuT", 46 "CDT". 10605d0e1406SMarcel Telka# "_SuT" tended to appear in older reports, and "A_DT" tended to 10615d0e1406SMarcel Telka# appear in reports of events with international implications. 10625d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 10635d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From the above it appears that there is a working consensus in 10645d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Australia to use trailing "DT" for daylight saving time; although 10655d0e1406SMarcel Telka# some sources use trailing "SST" or "ST" or "SuT" they are by far in 10665d0e1406SMarcel Telka# the minority. The case for leading "A" is weaker, but since it 10675d0e1406SMarcel Telka# seems to be preferred in the overall web and is preferred in all 10685d0e1406SMarcel Telka# the leading newspaper websites and in many government departments, 10695d0e1406SMarcel Telka# it has a stronger case than omitting the leading "A". The current 10705d0e1406SMarcel Telka# version of the database therefore uses abbreviations like "AEST" and 10715d0e1406SMarcel Telka# "AEDT" for Australian time zones. 10725d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10735d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19): 10745d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Shanks & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ. 10755d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Mark Prior writes that his newspaper 10765d0e1406SMarcel Telka# reports that NSW's fall 1995 change will occur at 2:00, 10775d0e1406SMarcel Telka# but Robert Elz says it's been 3:00 in Victoria since 1970 10785d0e1406SMarcel Telka# and perhaps the newspaper's '2:00' is referring to standard time. 10795d0e1406SMarcel Telka# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960. 10805d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10815d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Eric Ulevik (1998-01-05): 10825d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 10835d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable, 10845d0e1406SMarcel Telka# and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more 10855d0e1406SMarcel Telka# relevant entries in this database. 10865d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 10875d0e1406SMarcel Telka# NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill): 10885d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04) 10895ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html 10905d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ACT 10915d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972 10925ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/stasta1972279/index.html 10935d0e1406SMarcel Telka# SA 10945d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Standard Time Act, 1898 10955ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1898137/index.html 10965d0e1406SMarcel Telka 10975d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From David Grosz (2005-06-13): 10985d0e1406SMarcel Telka# It was announced last week that Daylight Saving would be extended by 10995d0e1406SMarcel Telka# one week next year to allow for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. 11005d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Daylight Saving is now to end for next year only on the first Sunday 11015d0e1406SMarcel Telka# in April instead of the last Sunday in March. 11025d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 11035d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Gwillim Law (2005-06-14): 11045d0e1406SMarcel Telka# I did some Googling and found that all of those states (and territory) plan 11055d0e1406SMarcel Telka# to extend DST together in 2006. 11065d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ACT: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/mediareleases/fileread.cfm?file=86.txt 11075d0e1406SMarcel Telka# New South Wales: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15538869%255E1702,00.html 11085d0e1406SMarcel Telka# South Australia: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15555031-1246,00.html 11095d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Tasmania: http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=14772 11105d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Victoria: I wasn't able to find anything separate, but the other articles 11115d0e1406SMarcel Telka# allude to it. 11125d0e1406SMarcel Telka# But not Queensland 11135d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15564030-1248,00.html 11145d0e1406SMarcel Telka 11155d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Northern Territory 11165d0e1406SMarcel Telka 11175d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 11185d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ] 11195d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # [ Nov 1990 ] 11205d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location. 11215d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ... 11225d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST 11235d0e1406SMarcel Telka 11245d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): 11255d0e1406SMarcel Telka# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 11265d0e1406SMarcel Telka# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving. 11275d0e1406SMarcel Telka 11285d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Western Australia 11295d0e1406SMarcel Telka 11305d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 11315d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ] 11325d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # [ Nov 1990 ] 11335d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to 11345d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but 11355d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus 11365d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # before reaching parliament. 11375d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ... 11385d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST 11395d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ... 11405d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 11415d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 11425d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 11435d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W 11445d0e1406SMarcel Telka 11455d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): 11465d0e1406SMarcel Telka# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 11475d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving. 11485d0e1406SMarcel Telka 11495d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (1991-11-02): 11505d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney 11515d0e1406SMarcel Telka# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at 11525d0e1406SMarcel Telka# work at 9.00am.) 11535d0e1406SMarcel Telka# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse 11545d0e1406SMarcel Telka# everybody again. 11555d0e1406SMarcel Telka 11565d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 11575d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; 11585d0e1406SMarcel Telka# it matches what was used in the past. 11595d0e1406SMarcel Telka 11605d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ 11615d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm 11625d0e1406SMarcel Telka# (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses 11635d0e1406SMarcel Telka# South Australian time even though it's located in Western Australia. 11645d0e1406SMarcel Telka 1165a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# From Paul Eggert (2018-04-01): 1166a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# The Guardian Express of Perth, Australia reported today that the 1167a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# government decided to advance the clocks permanently on January 1, 1168a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# 2019, from UT +08 to UT +09. The article noted that an exemption 1169a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# would be made for people aged 61 and over, who "can apply in writing 1170a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# to have the extra hour of sunshine removed from their area." See: 1171a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# Daylight saving coming to WA in 2019. Guardian Express. 2018-04-01. 1172a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# https://www.communitynews.com.au/guardian-express/news/exclusive-daylight-savings-coming-wa-summer-2018/ 1173a6c652dbSYuri Pankov 11745d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Queensland 1175a6c652dbSYuri Pankov 1176a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# From Paul Eggert (2018-02-26): 1177a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# I lack access to the following source for Queensland DST: 1178a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# Pearce C. History of daylight saving time in Queensland. 1179a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# Queensland Hist J. 2017 Aug;23(6):389-403 1180a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=994682348436426;res=IELHSS 1181a6c652dbSYuri Pankov 11825d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 11835d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ] 11845d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # [ Dec 1990 ] 11855d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ... 11865d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST 11875d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ... 11885d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 11895d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E 11905d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 11915d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E 11925d0e1406SMarcel Telka 11935d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Bradley White (1989-12-24): 11945d0e1406SMarcel Telka# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from 11955d0e1406SMarcel Telka# October 1989). 11965d0e1406SMarcel Telka 11975d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): 11985d0e1406SMarcel Telka# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 11995d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 12005d0e1406SMarcel Telka# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 12015d0e1406SMarcel Telka 12025d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From John Mackin (1991-03-06): 12035d0e1406SMarcel Telka# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact 12045d0e1406SMarcel Telka# end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised 12055d0e1406SMarcel Telka# me.) 12065d0e1406SMarcel Telka 12075d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Bradley White (1992-03-08): 12085d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted 12095d0e1406SMarcel Telka# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ... 12105d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ... 12115d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 12125d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 12135d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ... 12145d0e1406SMarcel Telka 12155d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 12165d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes. 12175d0e1406SMarcel Telka 12185d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Christopher Hunt (2006-11-21), after an advance warning 12195d0e1406SMarcel Telka# from Jesper Nørgaard Welen (2006-11-01): 12205d0e1406SMarcel Telka# WA are trialing DST for three years. 12215d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54825721200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf 12225d0e1406SMarcel Telka 12235d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Rives McDow (2002-04-09): 12245d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The most interesting region I have found consists of three towns on the 12255d0e1406SMarcel Telka# southern coast.... South Australia observes daylight saving time; Western 12265d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Australia does not. The two states are one and a half hours apart. The 12275d0e1406SMarcel Telka# residents decided to forget about this nonsense of changing the clock so 12285d0e1406SMarcel Telka# much and set the local time 20 hours and 45 minutes from the 12295d0e1406SMarcel Telka# international date line, or right in the middle of the time of South 12305d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Australia and Western Australia.... 12315d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 12325d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2002-04-09): 12335d0e1406SMarcel Telka# This is confirmed by the section entitled 12345d0e1406SMarcel Telka# "What's the deal with time zones???" in 12355d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~awatkins/null.html 12365d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 12375d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Alex Livingston (2006-12-07): 12385d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ... it was just on four years ago that I drove along the Eyre Highway, 12395d0e1406SMarcel Telka# which passes through eastern Western Australia close to the southern 12405d0e1406SMarcel Telka# coast of the continent. 12415d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 12425d0e1406SMarcel Telka# I paid particular attention to the time kept there. There can be no 12435d0e1406SMarcel Telka# dispute that UTC+08:45 was considered "the time" from the border 12445d0e1406SMarcel Telka# village just inside the border with South Australia to as far west 12455d0e1406SMarcel Telka# as just east of Caiguna. There can also be no dispute that Eucla is 12465d0e1406SMarcel Telka# the largest population centre in this zone.... 12475d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 12485d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Now that Western Australia is observing daylight saving, the 12495d0e1406SMarcel Telka# question arose whether this part of the state would follow suit. I 12505d0e1406SMarcel Telka# just called the border village and confirmed that indeed they have, 12515d0e1406SMarcel Telka# meaning that they are now observing UTC+09:45. 12525d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 12535d0e1406SMarcel Telka# (2006-12-09): 12545d0e1406SMarcel Telka# I personally doubt that either experimentation with daylight saving 12555d0e1406SMarcel Telka# in WA or its introduction in SA had anything to do with the genesis 12565d0e1406SMarcel Telka# of this time zone. My hunch is that it's been around since well 12575d0e1406SMarcel Telka# before 1975. I remember seeing it noted on road maps decades ago. 1258*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# 1259*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# From Gilmore Davidson (2019-04-08): 1260*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-08/this-remote-stretch-of-desert-has-its-own-custom-time-zone/10981000 1261*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# ... include[s] a rough description of the geographical boundaries... 1262*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# "The time zone exists for about 340 kilometres and takes in the tiny 1263*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# roadhouse communities of Cocklebiddy, Madura, Eucla and Border Village." 1264*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# ... and an indication that the zone has definitely been in existence 1265*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# since before the 1970 cut-off of the database ... 1266*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# From Paul Eggert (2019-05-17): 1267*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# That ABC Esperance story by Christien de Garis also says: 1268*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Although the Central Western Time Zone is not officially recognised (your 1269*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# phones won't automatically change), there is a sign instructing you which 1270*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# way to wind your clocks 45 minutes and scrawled underneath one of them in 1271*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Texta is the word: 'Why'? 1272*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# "Good question," Mr Pike said. 1273*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# "I don't even know that, and it's been going for over 50 years." 12745d0e1406SMarcel Telka 12755d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2006-12-15): 12765d0e1406SMarcel Telka# For lack of better info, assume the tradition dates back to the 12775d0e1406SMarcel Telka# introduction of standard time in 1895. 12785d0e1406SMarcel Telka 12795d0e1406SMarcel Telka 12805d0e1406SMarcel Telka# southeast Australia 12815d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 12825d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23): 12835d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Starting autumn 2008 Victoria, NSW, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT 12845d0e1406SMarcel Telka# end DST the first Sunday in April and start DST the first Sunday in October. 12855d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/daylight-savings-to-span-six-months/2007/06/27/1182623966703.html 12865d0e1406SMarcel Telka 12875d0e1406SMarcel Telka 12885d0e1406SMarcel Telka# South Australia 12895d0e1406SMarcel Telka 12905d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Bradley White (1991-03-04): 12915d0e1406SMarcel Telka# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper... 12925d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving 12935d0e1406SMarcel Telka# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)... 12945d0e1406SMarcel Telka 12955d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 12965d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ] 12975d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # [ Nov 1990 ] 12985d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ... 12995d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST 13005d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ... 13015d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 13025d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 13035d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 C 13045d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C 13055d0e1406SMarcel Telka 13065d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Bradley White (1992-03-11): 13075d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide 13085d0e1406SMarcel Telka# contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival, 13095d0e1406SMarcel Telka# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks." 13105d0e1406SMarcel Telka 13115d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Robert Elz (1992-03-13): 13125d0e1406SMarcel Telka# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that) 13135d0e1406SMarcel Telka# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even 13145d0e1406SMarcel Telka# numbered year (from 1990). That's when the Adelaide Festival 13155d0e1406SMarcel Telka# is on... 13165d0e1406SMarcel Telka 13175d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Robert Elz (1992-03-16, 00:57:07 +1000): 13185d0e1406SMarcel Telka# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday).... 13195d0e1406SMarcel Telka# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever... 13205d0e1406SMarcel Telka# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...). 13215d0e1406SMarcel Telka 13225d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Bradley White (1994-04-11): 13235d0e1406SMarcel Telka# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March, 13245d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can 13255d0e1406SMarcel Telka# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated.... 13265d0e1406SMarcel Telka 13275d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From John Warburton (1994-10-07): 13285d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The new Daylight Savings dates for South Australia ... 13295d0e1406SMarcel Telka# was gazetted in the Government Hansard on Sep 26 1994.... 13305d0e1406SMarcel Telka# start on last Sunday in October and end in last sunday in March. 13315d0e1406SMarcel Telka 13325d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23): 13335d0e1406SMarcel Telka# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later. 13345d0e1406SMarcel Telka 13355d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Tasmania 13365d0e1406SMarcel Telka 13375d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The rules for 1967 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd 13385d0e1406SMarcel Telka# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 13395d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 13405d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # [ Nov 1990 ] 13415d0e1406SMarcel Telka 13425d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (1991-10-10): 13435d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have 13445d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia 13455d0e1406SMarcel Telka# (but nothing new about that). 13465d0e1406SMarcel Telka 13475d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Alex Livingston (1999-10-04): 13485d0e1406SMarcel Telka# I heard on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio news on the 13495d0e1406SMarcel Telka# (long) weekend that Tasmania, which usually goes its own way in this regard, 13505d0e1406SMarcel Telka# has decided to join with most of NSW, the ACT, and most of Victoria 13515d0e1406SMarcel Telka# (Australia) and start daylight saving on the last Sunday in August in 2000 13525d0e1406SMarcel Telka# instead of the first Sunday in October. 13535d0e1406SMarcel Telka 13545d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Sim Alam (2000-07-03) reported a legal citation for the 2000/2001 rules: 13555d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.thelaw.tas.gov.au/fragview/42++1968+GS3A@EN+2000070300 13565d0e1406SMarcel Telka 13575d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23): 13585d0e1406SMarcel Telka# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later. 13595d0e1406SMarcel Telka 13605d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Victoria 13615d0e1406SMarcel Telka 13625d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The rules for 1971 through 1991 were reported by George Shepherd 13635d0e1406SMarcel Telka# via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 13645d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ] 13655d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # [ Nov 1990 ] 13665d0e1406SMarcel Telka 13675d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Scott Harrington (2001-08-29): 13685d0e1406SMarcel Telka# On KQED's "City Arts and Lectures" program last night I heard an 13695d0e1406SMarcel Telka# interesting story about daylight savings time. Dr. John Heilbron was 13705d0e1406SMarcel Telka# discussing his book "The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar 13715d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Observatories"[1], and in particular the Shrine of Remembrance[2] located 13725d0e1406SMarcel Telka# in Melbourne, Australia. 13735d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 13745d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Apparently the shrine's main purpose is a beam of sunlight which 13755d0e1406SMarcel Telka# illuminates a special spot on the floor at the 11th hour of the 11th day 13765d0e1406SMarcel Telka# of the 11th month (Remembrance Day) every year in memory of Australia's 13775d0e1406SMarcel Telka# fallen WWI soldiers. And if you go there on Nov. 11, at 11am local time, 13785d0e1406SMarcel Telka# you will indeed see the sunbeam illuminate the special spot at the 13795d0e1406SMarcel Telka# expected time. 13805d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 13815d0e1406SMarcel Telka# However, that is only because of some special mirror contraption that had 13825d0e1406SMarcel Telka# to be employed, since due to daylight savings time, the true solar time of 13835d0e1406SMarcel Telka# the remembrance moment occurs one hour later (or earlier?). Perhaps 13845d0e1406SMarcel Telka# someone with more information on this jury-rig can tell us more. 13855d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 13865d0e1406SMarcel Telka# [1] http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HEISUN.html 13875d0e1406SMarcel Telka# [2] http://www.shrine.org.au 13885d0e1406SMarcel Telka 13895d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23): 13905d0e1406SMarcel Telka# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later. 13915d0e1406SMarcel Telka 13925d0e1406SMarcel Telka# New South Wales 13935d0e1406SMarcel Telka 13945d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Arthur David Olson: 13955d0e1406SMarcel Telka# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time. 13965d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Based on law library research by John Mackin, 13975d0e1406SMarcel Telka# who notes: 13985d0e1406SMarcel Telka# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the 13995d0e1406SMarcel Telka# individual states. Thus, while such terms as "Eastern Standard Time" 14005d0e1406SMarcel Telka# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common 14015d0e1406SMarcel Telka# use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the 14025d0e1406SMarcel Telka# legislation. This is very important to understand. 14035d0e1406SMarcel Telka# I have researched New South Wales time only... 14045d0e1406SMarcel Telka 14055d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-26): 14065d0e1406SMarcel Telka# DST will start in NSW on the last Sunday of August, rather than the usual 14075d0e1406SMarcel Telka# October in 2000. See: Matthew Moore, 14085d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Two months more daylight saving, Sydney Morning Herald (1999-05-26). 14095d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/26/pageone/pageone4.html 14105d0e1406SMarcel Telka 14115d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (1999-09-27): 14125d0e1406SMarcel Telka# See the following official NSW source: 14135d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Daylight Saving in New South Wales. 14145d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://dir.gis.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/genobject/document/other/daylightsaving/tigGmZ 14155d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 14165d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Narrabri Shire (NSW) council has announced it will ignore the extension of 14175d0e1406SMarcel Telka# daylight saving next year. See: 14185d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Narrabri Council to ignore daylight saving 14195d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/neweng/monthly/regeng-22jul1999-1.htm 14205d0e1406SMarcel Telka# (1999-07-22). For now, we'll wait to see if this really happens. 14215d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 14225ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# Victoria will follow NSW. See: 14235d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Vic to extend daylight saving (1999-07-28) 14245d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://abc.net.au/local/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990728112314_1.htm 14255d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 14265d0e1406SMarcel Telka# However, South Australia rejected the DST request. See: 14275d0e1406SMarcel Telka# South Australia rejects Olympics daylight savings request (1999-07-19) 14285d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/07/item19990719151754_1.htm 14295d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 14305d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Queensland also will not observe DST for the Olympics. See: 14315d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Qld says no to daylight savings for Olympics 14325d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/1999/06/item19990601114608_1.htm 14335d0e1406SMarcel Telka# (1999-06-01), which quotes Queensland Premier Peter Beattie as saying 14345d0e1406SMarcel Telka# "Look you've got to remember in my family when this came up last time 14355d0e1406SMarcel Telka# I voted for it, my wife voted against it and she said to me it's all very 14365d0e1406SMarcel Telka# well for you, you don't have to worry about getting the children out of 14375d0e1406SMarcel Telka# bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night. 14385d0e1406SMarcel Telka# I've been through all this argument domestically...my wife rules." 14395d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 14405d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Broken Hill will stick with South Australian time in 2000. See: 14415d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Broken Hill to be behind the times (1999-07-21) 14425d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://abc.net.au/news/regionals/brokenh/monthly/regbrok-21jul1999-6.htm 14435d0e1406SMarcel Telka 14445d0e1406SMarcel Telka# IATA SSIM (1998-09) says that the spring 2000 change for Australian 14455d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Capital Territory, New South Wales except Lord Howe Island and Broken 14465d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Hill, and Victoria will be August 27, presumably due to the Sydney Olympics. 14475d0e1406SMarcel Telka 14485d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Eric Ulevik, referring to Sydney's Sun Herald (2000-08-13), page 29: 14495d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is encouraging northern NSW 14505d0e1406SMarcel Telka# towns to use Queensland time. 14515d0e1406SMarcel Telka 14525d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23): 14535d0e1406SMarcel Telka# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later. 14545d0e1406SMarcel Telka 14555d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Yancowinna 14565d0e1406SMarcel Telka 14575d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From John Mackin (1989-01-04): 14585d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 'Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna. 14595d0e1406SMarcel Telka 14605d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 14615d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ] 14625d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # [ Dec 1990 ] 14635d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ... 14645d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite [its] location on the 14655d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings 14665d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government 14675d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have 14685d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not 14695d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # presently available. 14705d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST 14715d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ... 14725d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 14735d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C 14745d0e1406SMarcel Telka# [followed by other Rules] 14755d0e1406SMarcel Telka 14765d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Lord Howe Island 14775d0e1406SMarcel Telka 14785d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 14795d0e1406SMarcel Telka# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen ] 14805d0e1406SMarcel Telka# [ Dec 1990 ] 14815d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an 14825d0e1406SMarcel Telka# hour ahead of NSW time. 14835d0e1406SMarcel Telka 14845d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-01-27): 14855d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Lord Howe Island summer time in 2000/2001 will commence on the same 14865d0e1406SMarcel Telka# date as the rest of NSW (i.e. 2000-08-27). For your information the 14875d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Lord Howe Island Board (controlling authority for the Island) is 14885d0e1406SMarcel Telka# seeking the community's views on various options for summer time 14895d0e1406SMarcel Telka# arrangements on the Island, e.g. advance clocks by 1 full hour 14905d0e1406SMarcel Telka# instead of only 30 minutes. [Dependent] on the wishes of residents 14915d0e1406SMarcel Telka# the Board may approach the NSW government to change the existing 14925d0e1406SMarcel Telka# arrangements. The starting date for summer time on the Island will 14935d0e1406SMarcel Telka# however always coincide with the rest of NSW. 14945d0e1406SMarcel Telka 14955d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-10-25): 14965d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Lord Howe Island advances clocks by 30 minutes during DST in NSW and retards 14975d0e1406SMarcel Telka# clocks by 30 minutes when DST finishes. Since DST was most recently 14985d0e1406SMarcel Telka# introduced in NSW, the "changeover" time on the Island has been 02:00 as 14995d0e1406SMarcel Telka# shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start 15005d0e1406SMarcel Telka# of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW. 15015d0e1406SMarcel Telka 15025d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 15035d0e1406SMarcel Telka# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks & Pottenger through 1989, and 15045d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Lonergan thereafter. For times we use Lonergan. 15055d0e1406SMarcel Telka 15065d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2007-07-23): 15075d0e1406SMarcel Telka# See "southeast Australia" above for 2008 and later. 15085d0e1406SMarcel Telka 15095d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-04-28): 15105d0e1406SMarcel Telka# According to the official press release, South Australia's extended daylight 15115d0e1406SMarcel Telka# saving period will continue with the same rules as used during the 2008-2009 15125d0e1406SMarcel Telka# summer (southern hemisphere). 15135d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 15145d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From 15155d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/uploaded_files/DaylightDatesSet.pdf 15165d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The extended daylight saving period that South Australia has been trialling 15175d0e1406SMarcel Telka# for over the last year is now set to be ongoing. 15185d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Daylight saving will continue to start on the first Sunday in October each 15195d0e1406SMarcel Telka# year and finish on the first Sunday in April the following year. 15205d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Industrial Relations Minister, Paul Caica, says this provides South Australia 15215d0e1406SMarcel Telka# with a consistent half hour time difference with NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and 15225d0e1406SMarcel Telka# the ACT for all 52 weeks of the year... 15235d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 15245d0e1406SMarcel Telka# We have a wrap-up here: 15255ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-australia-extends-dst.html 15265d0e1406SMarcel Telka############################################################################### 15275d0e1406SMarcel Telka 15285d0e1406SMarcel Telka# New Zealand 15295d0e1406SMarcel Telka 15305d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Mark Davies (1990-10-03): 15315d0e1406SMarcel Telka# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period. 15325d0e1406SMarcel Telka# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for 15335d0e1406SMarcel Telka# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start). 15345d0e1406SMarcel Telka# source - phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office. 15355d0e1406SMarcel Telka 15365d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (1991-03-06): 15375d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # The Country of New Zealand (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that! 15385d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # or is Australia the west island of N.Z. 15395d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Auckland N.Z. ] 15405d0e1406SMarcel Telka# # [ Nov 1990 ] 15415d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ... 15425d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D 15435d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D 15445d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S 15455d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S 15465d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ... 15475d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand 15485d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island 15495d0e1406SMarcel Telka 15505d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Arthur David Olson (1992-03-08): 15515d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989 15525d0e1406SMarcel Telka# rather than the October 1 value. 15535d0e1406SMarcel Telka 15545d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19); 15555d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Shank & Pottenger report 2:00 for all autumn changes in Australia and NZ. 15565d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Robert Uzgalis writes that the New Zealand Daylight 15575d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Savings Time Order in Council dated 1990-06-18 specifies 2:00 standard 15585d0e1406SMarcel Telka# time on both the first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March. 15595d0e1406SMarcel Telka# As with Australia, we'll assume the tradition is 2:00s, not 2:00. 15605d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 15615d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 15625d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) maintains a brief history, 1563121e6e16SYuri Pankov# as does Carol Squires; see tz-link.html for the full references. 15645d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Use these sources in preference to Shanks & Pottenger. 15655d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 15665d0e1406SMarcel Telka# For Chatham, IATA SSIM (1991/1999) gives the NZ rules but with 15675d0e1406SMarcel Telka# transitions at 2:45 local standard time; this confirms that Chatham 15685d0e1406SMarcel Telka# is always exactly 45 minutes ahead of Auckland. 15695d0e1406SMarcel Telka 15705d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Colin Sharples (2007-04-30): 15715d0e1406SMarcel Telka# DST will now start on the last Sunday in September, and end on the 15725d0e1406SMarcel Telka# first Sunday in April. The changes take effect this year, meaning 15735d0e1406SMarcel Telka# that DST will begin on 2007-09-30 2008-04-06. 15745d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Daylight-Saving-Daylight-saving-to-be-extended 15755d0e1406SMarcel Telka 15765d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-14): 15775d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Chatham Island time was formally standardized on 1957-01-01 by 15785d0e1406SMarcel Telka# New Zealand's Standard Time Amendment Act 1956 (1956-10-26). 15795ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# https://www.austlii.edu.au/nz/legis/hist_act/staa19561956n100244.pdf 15805d0e1406SMarcel Telka# According to Google Books snippet view, a speaker in the New Zealand 15815d0e1406SMarcel Telka# parliamentary debates in 1956 said "Clause 78 makes provision for standard 15825d0e1406SMarcel Telka# time in the Chatham Islands. The time there is 45 minutes in advance of New 15835d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Zealand time. I understand that is the time they keep locally, anyhow." 15845d0e1406SMarcel Telka# For now, assume this practice goes back to the introduction of standard time 15855d0e1406SMarcel Telka# in New Zealand, as this would make Chatham Islands time almost exactly match 15865d0e1406SMarcel Telka# LMT back when New Zealand was at UT +11:30; also, assume Chatham Islands did 15875d0e1406SMarcel Telka# not observe New Zealand's prewar DST. 15885d0e1406SMarcel Telka 15895d0e1406SMarcel Telka############################################################################### 15905d0e1406SMarcel Telka 15915d0e1406SMarcel Telka 1592*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands and Marcus Island (Minami-Tori-shima) 1593*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman 1594*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# From Wakaba (2019-01-28) via Phake Nick: 1595*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# National Diet Library of Japan has several reports by Japanese Government 1596*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# officers that describe the time used in islands when they visited there. 1597*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# According to them (and other sources such as newspapers), standard time UTC 1598*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# + 10 (JST + 1) and DST UTC + 11 (JST + 2) was used until its return to Japan 1599*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# at 1968-06-26 00:00 JST. The exact periods of DST are still unknown. 1600*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# I guessed Guam, Mariana, and Bonin and Marcus districts might have 1601*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# synchronized their DST periods, but reports imply they had their own 1602*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# decisions, i.e. there were three or more different time zones.... 1603*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# 1604*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/小笠原諸島の標準時 1605*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman 1606*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# From Phake Nick (2019-02-12): 1607*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Because their last time change to return to Japanese time when they returned 1608*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# to Japanese rule was right before 1970, ... per the current tz database 1609*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# rule, the information doesn't warrant creation of a new timezone for Bonin 1610*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Islands itself and is thus as an anecdotal note for interest purpose only. 1611*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# ... [The abovementioned link] described some special timekeeping phenomenon 1612*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# regarding Marcus island, another remote island currently owned by Japanese 1613*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# in the same administrative unit as Bonin Islands. Many reports claim that 1614*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# the American coastal guard on the American quarter of the island use its own 1615*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# coastal guard time, and most sources describe the time as UTC+11, being two 1616*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# hours faster than JST used by some Japanese personnel on the island. Some 1617*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# sites describe it as same as Wake Island/Guam time although it would be 1618*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# incorrect to be same as Guam. And then in a few Japanese governmental 1619*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# report from 1980s (from National Institute of Information and Communications 1620*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Technology) regarding the construction of VLBI facility on the Marcus 1621*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Island, it claimed that there are three time standards being used on the 1622*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# island at the time which include not just JST (UTC+9) or [US]CG time 1623*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# (UTC+11) but also a JMSDF time (UTC+10) (Japan Maritime Self-Defense 1624*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Force). Unfortunately there are no other sources that mentioned such time 1625*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# and there are also no information on things like how the time was used. 1626*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman 1627*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman 16285d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Fiji 16295d0e1406SMarcel Telka 16305d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Howse writes (p 153) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji 16315d0e1406SMarcel Telka# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on Antipodean Time 16325d0e1406SMarcel Telka# instead of the American system (which was one day behind). 16335d0e1406SMarcel Telka 16345d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08): 16355d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Fiji will introduce DST effective 0200 local time, 1998-11-01 16365d0e1406SMarcel Telka# until 0300 local time 1999-02-28. Each year the DST period will 16375d0e1406SMarcel Telka# be from the first Sunday in November until the last Sunday in February. 16385d0e1406SMarcel Telka 16395d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08): 16405d0e1406SMarcel Telka# IATA SSIM (1999-09) says DST ends 0100 local time. Go with McDow. 16415d0e1406SMarcel Telka 16425d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From the BBC World Service in 16435d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/205226.stm (1998-10-31 16:03 UTC): 16445d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The Fijian government says the main reasons for the time change is to 16455d0e1406SMarcel Telka# improve productivity and reduce road accidents.... [T]he move is also 16465d0e1406SMarcel Telka# intended to boost Fiji's ability to attract tourists to witness the dawning 16475d0e1406SMarcel Telka# of the new millennium. 16485d0e1406SMarcel Telka 16495d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.fiji.gov.fj/press/2000_09/2000_09_13-05.shtml (2000-09-13) 16505d0e1406SMarcel Telka# reports that Fiji has discontinued DST. 16515d0e1406SMarcel Telka 16525d0e1406SMarcel Telka 16535d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Kiribati 16545d0e1406SMarcel Telka 16555d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): 16565d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (page 1) reports that Kiribati 16575d0e1406SMarcel Telka# "declared it the same day [throughout] the country as of Jan. 1, 1995" 16585d0e1406SMarcel Telka# as part of the competition to be first into the 21st century. 16595d0e1406SMarcel Telka 1660a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# From Kerry Shetline (2018-02-03): 1661a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# December 31 was the day that was skipped, so that the transition 1662a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# would be from Friday December 30, 1994 to Sunday January 1, 1995. 1663a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# From Paul Eggert (2018-02-04): 1664a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# One source for this is page 202 of: Bartky IR. One Time Fits All: 1665a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# The Campaigns for Global Uniformity (2007). 16665d0e1406SMarcel Telka 16675d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Kwajalein 16685d0e1406SMarcel Telka 16699047ba7fSDominik Hassler# From an AP article (1993-08-22): 16709047ba7fSDominik Hassler# "The nearly 3,000 Americans living on this remote Pacific atoll have a good 16719047ba7fSDominik Hassler# excuse for not remembering Saturday night: there wasn't one. Residents were 16729047ba7fSDominik Hassler# going to bed Friday night and waking up Sunday morning because at midnight 16739047ba7fSDominik Hassler# -- 8 A.M. Eastern daylight time on Saturday -- Kwajalein was jumping from 16749047ba7fSDominik Hassler# one side of the international date line to the other." 16759047ba7fSDominik Hassler# "In Marshall Islands, Friday is followed by Sunday", NY Times. 1993-08-22. 16769047ba7fSDominik Hassler# https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/22/world/in-marshall-islands-friday-is-followed-by-sunday.html 16779047ba7fSDominik Hassler 16789047ba7fSDominik Hassler# From Phake Nick (2018-10-27): 16799047ba7fSDominik Hassler# <https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/南洋群島の標準時> ... pointed out that 16809047ba7fSDominik Hassler# currently tzdata say Pacific/Kwajalein switched from GMT+11 to GMT-12 in 16819047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 1969 October without explanation, however an 1993 article from NYT say it 16829047ba7fSDominik Hassler# synchorized its day with US mainland about 40 years ago and thus the switch 16839047ba7fSDominik Hassler# should occur at around 1950s instead. 16849047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 16859047ba7fSDominik Hassler# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18): 16869047ba7fSDominik Hassler# The NYT (actually, AP) article is vague and possibly wrong about this. 16879047ba7fSDominik Hassler# The article says the earlier switch was "40 years ago when the United States 16889047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Army established a missile test range here". However, the Kwajalein Test 16899047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Center was established on 1960-10-01 and was run by the US Navy. It was 16909047ba7fSDominik Hassler# transferred to the US Army on 1964-07-01. See "Seize the High Ground" 16919047ba7fSDominik Hassler# <https://history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-88-1/cmhPub_70-88-1.pdf>. 16929047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Given that Shanks was right on the money about the 1993 change, I'm inclined 16939047ba7fSDominik Hassler# to take Shanks's word for the 1969 change unless we find better evidence. 16945d0e1406SMarcel Telka 16955d0e1406SMarcel Telka 16965d0e1406SMarcel Telka# N Mariana Is, Guam 16975d0e1406SMarcel Telka 16989047ba7fSDominik Hassler# From Phake Nick (2018-10-27): 16999047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Guam Island was briefly annexed by Japan during ... year 1941-1944 ... 17009047ba7fSDominik Hassler# however there are no detailed information about what time it use during that 17019047ba7fSDominik Hassler# period. It would probably be reasonable to assume Guam use GMT+9 during 17029047ba7fSDominik Hassler# that period of time like the surrounding area. 17039047ba7fSDominik Hassler 17049047ba7fSDominik Hassler# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18): 17055d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Howse writes (p 153) "The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the 17065d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Philippines and the Ladrones from America," and implies that the Ladrones 17075d0e1406SMarcel Telka# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time. 17085d0e1406SMarcel Telka# For now, we assume the Ladrones switched at the same time as the Philippines; 17095d0e1406SMarcel Telka# see Asia/Manila. 17109047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 17119047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Use 1941-12-10 and 1944-07-31 for Guam WWII transitions, as the rough start 17129047ba7fSDominik Hassler# and end of Japanese control of Agana. We don't know whether the Northern 17139047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Marianas followed Guam's DST rules from 1959 through 1977; for now, assume 17149047ba7fSDominik Hassler# they did as that avoids the need for a separate zone due to our 1970 cutoff. 17159047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 17165d0e1406SMarcel Telka# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UT +10 the official standard time, 17175d0e1406SMarcel Telka# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time". There is no official abbreviation, 17185d0e1406SMarcel Telka# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law, 17195d0e1406SMarcel Telka# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST". 17205d0e1406SMarcel Telka 17219047ba7fSDominik Hassler# See also the commentary for Micronesia. 17225d0e1406SMarcel Telka 17239047ba7fSDominik Hassler 17249047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Marshall Is 17259047ba7fSDominik Hassler# See the commentary for Micronesia. 17269047ba7fSDominik Hassler 17279047ba7fSDominik Hassler 17289047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Micronesia (and nearby) 17299047ba7fSDominik Hassler 17309047ba7fSDominik Hassler# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18): 17319047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Like the Ladrones (see Guam commentary), assume the Spanish East Indies 17329047ba7fSDominik Hassler# kept American time until the Philippines switched at the end of 1844. 17335d0e1406SMarcel Telka 17345d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Alan Eugene Davis writes (1996-03-16), 17355d0e1406SMarcel Telka# "I am certain, having lived there for the past decade, that 'Truk' 17365d0e1406SMarcel Telka# (now properly known as Chuuk) ... is in the time zone GMT+10." 17375d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 17385d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Shanks & Pottenger write that Truk switched from UT +10 to +11 17395d0e1406SMarcel Telka# on 1978-10-01; ignore this for now. 17405d0e1406SMarcel Telka 17415d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29): 17425d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The Federated States of Micronesia Visitors Board writes in 17435d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The Federated States of Micronesia - Visitor Information (1999-01-26) 17445d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.fsmgov.org/info/clocks.html 17455d0e1406SMarcel Telka# that Truk and Yap are UT +10, and Ponape and Kosrae are +11. 17465d0e1406SMarcel Telka# We don't know when Kosrae switched from +12; assume January 1 for now. 17475d0e1406SMarcel Telka 17489047ba7fSDominik Hassler# From Phake Nick (2018-10-27): 17499047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 17509047ba7fSDominik Hassler# From a Japanese wiki site https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/南洋群島の標準時 17519047ba7fSDominik Hassler# ... 17529047ba7fSDominik Hassler# For "Southern Islands" (modern region of Mariana + Palau + Federation of 17539047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Micronesia + Marshall Islands): 17549047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 17559047ba7fSDominik Hassler# A 1906 Japanese magazine shown the Caroline Islands and Mariana Islands 17569047ba7fSDominik Hassler# who was occupied by Germany at the time as GMT+10, together with the like 17579047ba7fSDominik Hassler# of German New Guinea. However there is a marking saying it have not been 17589047ba7fSDominik Hassler# implemented (yet). No further information after that were found. 17599047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 17609047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Japan invaded those islands in 1914, and records shows that they were 17619047ba7fSDominik Hassler# instructed to use JST at the time. 17629047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 17639047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 1915 January telecommunication record on the Jaluit Atoll shows they use 17649047ba7fSDominik Hassler# the meridian of 170E as standard time (GMT+11:20), which is similar to the 17659047ba7fSDominik Hassler# longitude of the atoll. 17669047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 1915 February record say the 170E standard time is to be used until 17679047ba7fSDominik Hassler# February 9 noon, and after February 9 noon they are to use JST. 17689047ba7fSDominik Hassler# However these are time used within the Japanese Military at the time and 17699047ba7fSDominik Hassler# probably does not reflect the time used by local resident at the time (that 17709047ba7fSDominik Hassler# is if they keep their own time back then) 17719047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 17729047ba7fSDominik Hassler# In January 1919 the occupying force issued a command that split the area 17739047ba7fSDominik Hassler# into three different timezone with meridian of 135E, 150E, 165E (JST+0, +1, 17749047ba7fSDominik Hassler# +2), and the command was to become effective from February 1 of the same 17759047ba7fSDominik Hassler# year. Despite the target of the command is still only for the occupying 17769047ba7fSDominik Hassler# force itself, further publication have described the time as the standard 17779047ba7fSDominik Hassler# time for the occupied area and thus it can probably be seen as such. 17789047ba7fSDominik Hassler# * Area that use meridian of 135E: Palau and Yap civil administration area 17799047ba7fSDominik Hassler# (Southern Islands Western Standard Time) 17809047ba7fSDominik Hassler# * Area that use meridian of 150E: Truk (Chuuk) and Saipan civil 17819047ba7fSDominik Hassler# administration area (Southern Islands Central Standard Time) 17829047ba7fSDominik Hassler# * Area that use meridian of 165E: Ponape (Pohnpei) and Jaluit civil 17839047ba7fSDominik Hassler# administration area (Southern Islands Eastern Standard Time). 17849047ba7fSDominik Hassler# * In the next few years Japanese occupation of those islands have been 17859047ba7fSDominik Hassler# formalized via League of Nation Mandate (South Pacific Mandate) and formal 17869047ba7fSDominik Hassler# governance structure have been established, these district [become 17879047ba7fSDominik Hassler# subprefectures] and timezone classification have been inherited as standard 17889047ba7fSDominik Hassler# time of the area. 17899047ba7fSDominik Hassler# * Saipan subprefecture include Mariana islands (exclude Guam which was 17909047ba7fSDominik Hassler# occupied by America at the time), Palau and Yap subprefecture rule the 17919047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Western Caroline Islands with 137E longitude as border, Truk and Ponape 17929047ba7fSDominik Hassler# subprefecture rule the Eastern Caroline Islands with 154E as border, Ponape 17939047ba7fSDominik Hassler# subprefecture also rule part of Marshall Islands to the west of 164E 17949047ba7fSDominik Hassler# starting from (1918?) and Jaluit subprefecture rule the rest of the 17959047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Marshall Islands. 17969047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 17979047ba7fSDominik Hassler# And then in year 1937, an announcement was made to change the time in the 17989047ba7fSDominik Hassler# area into 2 timezones: 17999047ba7fSDominik Hassler# * Area that use meridian of 135E: area administered by Palau, Yap and 18009047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Saipan subprefecture (Southern Islands Western Standard Time) 18019047ba7fSDominik Hassler# * Area that use meridian of 150E: area administered by Truk (Chuuk), 18029047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Ponape (Pohnpei) and Jaluit subprefecture (Southern Islands Eastern 18039047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Standard Time) 18049047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 18059047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Another announcement issued in 1941 say that on April 1 that year, 18069047ba7fSDominik Hassler# standard time of the Southern Islands would be changed to use the meridian 18079047ba7fSDominik Hassler# of 135E (GMT+9), and thus abolishing timezone different within the area. 18089047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 18099047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Then Pacific theater of WWII started and Japan slowly lose control on the 18109047ba7fSDominik Hassler# island. The webpage I linked above contain no information during this 18119047ba7fSDominik Hassler# period of time.... 18129047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 18139047ba7fSDominik Hassler# After the end of WWII, in 1946 February, a document written by the 18149047ba7fSDominik Hassler# (former?) Japanese military personnel describe there are 3 hours time 18159047ba7fSDominik Hassler# different between Caroline islands time/Wake island time and the Chungking 18169047ba7fSDominik Hassler# time, which would mean the time being used there at the time was GMT+10. 18179047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 18189047ba7fSDominik Hassler# After that, the area become Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands 18199047ba7fSDominik Hassler# under American administration from year 1947. The site listed some 18209047ba7fSDominik Hassler# American/International books/maps/publications about time used in those 18219047ba7fSDominik Hassler# area during this period of time but they doesn't seems to be reliable 18229047ba7fSDominik Hassler# information so it would be the best if someone know where can more reliable 18239047ba7fSDominik Hassler# information can be found. 18249047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 18259047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 18269047ba7fSDominik Hassler# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-18): 18279047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 18289047ba7fSDominik Hassler# For the above, use vague dates like "1914" and "1945" for transitions that 18299047ba7fSDominik Hassler# plausibly exist but for which the details are not known. The information 18309047ba7fSDominik Hassler# for Wake is too sketchy to act on. 18319047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 18329047ba7fSDominik Hassler# The 1906 GMT+10 info about German-controlled islands might not have been 18339047ba7fSDominik Hassler# done, so omit it from the data for now. 18349047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 18359047ba7fSDominik Hassler# The Jaluit info governs Kwajalein. 18369047ba7fSDominik Hassler 18375d0e1406SMarcel Telka 18385d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Midway 18395d0e1406SMarcel Telka 18405d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Charles T O'Connor, KMTH DJ (1956), 18415d0e1406SMarcel Telka# quoted in the KTMH section of the Radio Heritage Collection 18425d0e1406SMarcel Telka# <http://radiodx.com/spdxr/KMTH.htm> (2002-12-31): 18435d0e1406SMarcel Telka# For the past two months we've been on what is known as Daylight 18445d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Saving Time. This time has put us on air at 5am in the morning, 18455d0e1406SMarcel Telka# your time down there in New Zealand. Starting September 2, 1956 18465d0e1406SMarcel Telka# we'll again go back to Standard Time. This'll mean that we'll go to 18475d0e1406SMarcel Telka# air at 6am your time. 18485d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 18495d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23): 18505d0e1406SMarcel Telka# We don't know the date of that quote, but we'll guess they 18515d0e1406SMarcel Telka# started DST on June 3. Possibly DST was observed other years 18525d0e1406SMarcel Telka# in Midway, but we have no record of it. 18535d0e1406SMarcel Telka 18549047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Nauru 18559047ba7fSDominik Hassler 18569047ba7fSDominik Hassler# From Phake Nick (2018-10-31): 18579047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Currently, the tz database say Nauru use LMT until 1921, and then 18589047ba7fSDominik Hassler# switched to GMT+11:30 for the next two decades. 18599047ba7fSDominik Hassler# However, a number of timezone map published in America/Japan back then 18609047ba7fSDominik Hassler# showed its timezone as GMT+11 per https://wiki.suikawiki.org/n/ナウルの標準時 18619047ba7fSDominik Hassler# And it would also be nice if the 1921 transition date could be sourced. 18629047ba7fSDominik Hassler# ... 18639047ba7fSDominik Hassler# The "Nauru Standard Time Act 1978 Time Change" 18649047ba7fSDominik Hassler# http://ronlaw.gov.nr/nauru_lpms/files/gazettes/4b23a17d2030150404db7a5fa5872f52.pdf#page=3 18659047ba7fSDominik Hassler# based on "Nauru Standard Time Act 1978 Time Change" 18669047ba7fSDominik Hassler# http://www.paclii.org/nr/legis/num_act/nsta1978207/ defined that "Nauru 18679047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Alternative Time" (GMT+12) should be in effect from 1979 Feb. 18689047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 18699047ba7fSDominik Hassler# From Paul Eggert (2018-11-19): 18709047ba7fSDominik Hassler# The 1921-01-15 introduction of standard time is in Shanks; it is also in 18719047ba7fSDominik Hassler# "Standard Time Throughout the World", US National Bureau of Standards (1935), 18729047ba7fSDominik Hassler# page 3, which does not give the UT offset. In response to a comment by 18739047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Phake Nick I set the Nauru time of occupation by Japan to 18749047ba7fSDominik Hassler# 1942-08-29/1945-09-08 by using dates from: 18759047ba7fSDominik Hassler# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Nauru 18769047ba7fSDominik Hassler 18775d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Norfolk 18785d0e1406SMarcel Telka 18795d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2015-09-23): 18805d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Norfolk Island will change ... from +1130 to +1100: 18815d0e1406SMarcel Telka# https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L01483/Explanatory%20Statement/Text 18825d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ... at 12.30 am (by legal time in New South Wales) on 4 October 2015. 18835d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.norfolkisland.gov.nf/nia/MediaRelease/Media%20Release%20Norfolk%20Island%20Standard%20Time%20Change.pdf 18845d0e1406SMarcel Telka 1885*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# From Paul Eggert (2019-08-28): 18865d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Transitions before 2015 are from timeanddate.com, which consulted 18875d0e1406SMarcel Telka# the Norfolk Island Museum and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's 18885d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Norfolk Island station, and found no record of Norfolk observing DST 18895d0e1406SMarcel Telka# other than in 1974/5. See: 18905ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# https://www.timeanddate.com/time/australia/norfolk-island.html 1891*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# However, disagree with timeanddate about the 1975-03-02 transition; 1892*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# timeanddate has 02:00 but 02:00s corresponds to what the NSW law said 1893*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# (thanks to Michael Deckers). 1894*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman 1895*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# Norfolk started observing Australian DST in spring 2019. 1896*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# From Kyle Czech (2019-08-13): 1897*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2018L01702 1898*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# From Michael Deckers (2019-08-14): 1899*8a907646SAndy Fiddaman# https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019C00010 19005d0e1406SMarcel Telka 19019047ba7fSDominik Hassler# Palau 19029047ba7fSDominik Hassler# See commentary for Micronesia. 19039047ba7fSDominik Hassler 19045d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Pitcairn 19055d0e1406SMarcel Telka 19065d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Rives McDow (1999-11-08): 19075d0e1406SMarcel Telka# A Proclamation was signed by the Governor of Pitcairn on the 27th March 1998 19085d0e1406SMarcel Telka# with regard to Pitcairn Standard Time. The Proclamation is as follows. 19095d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 19105d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The local time for general purposes in the Islands shall be 19115d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Co-ordinated Universal time minus 8 hours and shall be known 19125d0e1406SMarcel Telka# as Pitcairn Standard Time. 19135d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 19145d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ... I have also seen Pitcairn listed as UTC minus 9 hours in several 19155d0e1406SMarcel Telka# references, and can only assume that this was an error in interpretation 19165d0e1406SMarcel Telka# somehow in light of this proclamation. 19175d0e1406SMarcel Telka 19185d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Rives McDow (1999-11-09): 19195d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The Proclamation regarding Pitcairn time came into effect on 27 April 1998 19205d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ... at midnight. 19215d0e1406SMarcel Telka 19225d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Howie Phelps (1999-11-10), who talked to a Pitcairner via shortwave: 19235d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Betty Christian told me yesterday that their local time is the same as 1924a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# Pacific Standard Time. They used to be ½ hour different from us here in 19255d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Sacramento but it was changed a couple of years ago. 19265d0e1406SMarcel Telka 19275d0e1406SMarcel Telka 19285d0e1406SMarcel Telka# (Western) Samoa and American Samoa 19295d0e1406SMarcel Telka 19305ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# Howse writes (p 153) that after the 1879 standardization on Antipodean 19315ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# time by the British governor of Fiji, the King of Samoa decided to change 19325d0e1406SMarcel Telka# "the date in his kingdom from the Antipodean to the American system, 19335d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ordaining - by a masterpiece of diplomatic flattery - that 19345d0e1406SMarcel Telka# the Fourth of July should be celebrated twice in that year." 19355ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# This happened in 1892, according to the Evening News (Sydney) of 1892-07-20. 19365ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# https://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/idl/idl.htm 19375d0e1406SMarcel Telka 19385d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Although Shanks & Pottenger says they both switched to UT -11:30 19395d0e1406SMarcel Telka# in 1911, and to -11 in 1950. many earlier sources give -11 19405d0e1406SMarcel Telka# for American Samoa, e.g., the US National Bureau of Standards 19415d0e1406SMarcel Telka# circular "Standard Time Throughout the World", 1932. 19425d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Assume American Samoa switched to -11 in 1911, not 1950, 19435d0e1406SMarcel Telka# and that after 1950 they agreed until (western) Samoa skipped a 19445d0e1406SMarcel Telka# day in 2011. Assume also that the Samoas follow the US and New 19455d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Zealand's "ST"/"DT" style of daylight-saving abbreviations. 19465d0e1406SMarcel Telka 19475ee0bd13SYuri Pankov 19485d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Tonga 19495d0e1406SMarcel Telka 19505d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (1996-01-22): 19515d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Today's _Wall Street Journal_ (p 1) reports that "Tonga has been plotting 19525d0e1406SMarcel Telka# to sneak ahead of [New Zealanders] by introducing daylight-saving time." 19535d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Since Kiribati has moved the Date Line it's not clear what Tonga will do. 19545d0e1406SMarcel Telka 19555d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Don Mundell writes in the 1997-02-20 Tonga Chronicle 19565d0e1406SMarcel Telka# How Tonga became 'The Land where Time Begins': 19575d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://www.tongatapu.net.to/tonga/homeland/timebegins.htm 19585d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 19595d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Until 1941 Tonga maintained a standard time 50 minutes ahead of NZST 19605d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 12 hours and 20 minutes ahead of GMT. When New Zealand adjusted its 19615d0e1406SMarcel Telka# standard time in 1940s, Tonga had the choice of subtracting from its 19625d0e1406SMarcel Telka# local time to come on the same standard time as New Zealand or of 1963a6c652dbSYuri Pankov# advancing its time to maintain the differential of 13° 19645d0e1406SMarcel Telka# (approximately 50 minutes ahead of New Zealand time). 19655d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 19665d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Because His Majesty King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, then Crown Prince 19675d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Tungī, preferred to ensure Tonga's title as the land where time 19685d0e1406SMarcel Telka# begins, the Legislative Assembly approved the latter change. 19695d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 19705d0e1406SMarcel Telka# But some of the older, more conservative members from the outer 19715d0e1406SMarcel Telka# islands objected. "If at midnight on Dec. 31, we move ahead 40 19725d0e1406SMarcel Telka# minutes, as your Royal Highness wishes, what becomes of the 40 19735d0e1406SMarcel Telka# minutes we have lost?" 19745d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 19755d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The Crown Prince, presented an unanswerable argument: "Remember that 19765d0e1406SMarcel Telka# on the World Day of Prayer, you would be the first people on Earth 19775d0e1406SMarcel Telka# to say your prayers in the morning." 19785d0e1406SMarcel Telka 19795d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22): 19805d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Shanks & Pottenger say the transition was on 1968-10-01; go with Mundell. 19815d0e1406SMarcel Telka 19825d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Eric Ulevik (1999-05-03): 19835d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Tonga's director of tourism, who is also secretary of the National Millennium 19845d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Committee, has a plan to get Tonga back in front. 19855d0e1406SMarcel Telka# He has proposed a one-off move to tropical daylight saving for Tonga from 19865d0e1406SMarcel Telka# October to March, which has won approval in principle from the Tongan 19875d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Government. 19885d0e1406SMarcel Telka 19895d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Steffen Thorsen (1999-09-09): 19905d0e1406SMarcel Telka# * Tonga will introduce DST in November 19915d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 19925d0e1406SMarcel Telka# I was given this link by John Letts: 19935d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm 19945d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 19955d0e1406SMarcel Telka# I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November 19965d0e1406SMarcel Telka# yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead 19975d0e1406SMarcel Telka# of UTC as well, but as far as I know Fiji will only be 13 hours ahead 19985d0e1406SMarcel Telka# (12 + 1 hour DST). 19995d0e1406SMarcel Telka 20005d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Arthur David Olson (1999-09-20): 20015d0e1406SMarcel Telka# According to <http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html>: 20025d0e1406SMarcel Telka# "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000 20035d0e1406SMarcel Telka# and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the 20045d0e1406SMarcel Telka# third Saturday of April. Under the system approved by Privy Council on 20055d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and 20065d0e1406SMarcel Telka# set back an hour on the closing date." 20075d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Alas, no indication of the time of day. 20085d0e1406SMarcel Telka 20095d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Rives McDow (1999-10-06): 20105d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Tonga started its Daylight Saving on Saturday morning October 2nd at 0200am. 20115d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Daylight Saving ends on April 16 at 0300am which is Sunday morning. 20125d0e1406SMarcel Telka 20135d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Steffen Thorsen (2000-10-31): 20145d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Back in March I found a notice on the website http://www.tongaonline.com 20155d0e1406SMarcel Telka# that Tonga changed back to standard time one month early, on March 19 20165d0e1406SMarcel Telka# instead of the original reported date April 16. Unfortunately, the article 20175d0e1406SMarcel Telka# is no longer available on the site, and I did not make a copy of the 20185d0e1406SMarcel Telka# text, and I have forgotten to report it here. 20195d0e1406SMarcel Telka# (Original URL was <http://www.tongaonline.com/news/march162000.htm>) 20205d0e1406SMarcel Telka 20215d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Rives McDow (2000-12-01): 20225d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Tonga is observing DST as of 2000-11-04 and will stop on 2001-01-27. 20235d0e1406SMarcel Telka 20245d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Sione Moala-Mafi (2001-09-20) via Rives McDow: 20255d0e1406SMarcel Telka# At 2:00am on the first Sunday of November, the standard time in the Kingdom 20265d0e1406SMarcel Telka# shall be moved forward by one hour to 3:00am. At 2:00am on the last Sunday 20275d0e1406SMarcel Telka# of January the standard time in the Kingdom shall be moved backward by one 20285d0e1406SMarcel Telka# hour to 1:00am. 20295d0e1406SMarcel Telka 20308d30ff13SDan McDonald# From Pulu ʻAnau (2002-11-05): 20315d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The law was for 3 years, supposedly to get renewed. It wasn't. 20325d0e1406SMarcel Telka 20338d30ff13SDan McDonald# From Pulu ʻAnau (2016-10-27): 20348d30ff13SDan McDonald# http://mic.gov.to/news-today/press-releases/6375-daylight-saving-set-to-run-from-6-november-2016-to-15-january-2017 20358d30ff13SDan McDonald# Cannot find anyone who knows the rules, has seen the duration or has seen 20368d30ff13SDan McDonald# the cabinet decision, but it appears we are following Fiji's rule set. 20378d30ff13SDan McDonald# 20388d30ff13SDan McDonald# From Tim Parenti (2016-10-26): 20398d30ff13SDan McDonald# Assume Tonga will observe DST from the first Sunday in November at 02:00 20408d30ff13SDan McDonald# through the third Sunday in January at 03:00, like Fiji, for now. 20415d0e1406SMarcel Telka 20425ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# From David Wade (2017-10-18): 20435ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# In August government was disolved by the King. The current prime minister 20445ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# continued in office in care taker mode. It is easy to see that few 20455ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# decisions will be made until elections 16th November. 20465ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# 20475ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# From Paul Eggert (2017-10-18): 20485ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# For now, guess that DST is discontinued. That's what the IATA is guessing. 20495ee0bd13SYuri Pankov 20505ee0bd13SYuri Pankov 20515d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Wake 20525d0e1406SMarcel Telka 20535d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Vernice Anderson, Personal Secretary to Philip Jessup, 20545d0e1406SMarcel Telka# US Ambassador At Large (oral history interview, 1971-02-02): 20555d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 20565d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Saturday, the 14th [of October, 1950] - ... The time was all the 20575d0e1406SMarcel Telka# more confusing at that point, because we had crossed the 20585d0e1406SMarcel Telka# International Date Line, thus getting two Sundays. Furthermore, we 20595d0e1406SMarcel Telka# discovered that Wake Island had two hours of daylight saving time 20605d0e1406SMarcel Telka# making calculation of time in Washington difficult if not almost 20615d0e1406SMarcel Telka# impossible. 20625d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 20635ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# https://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/andrsonv.htm 20645d0e1406SMarcel Telka 20655d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2003-03-23): 20665d0e1406SMarcel Telka# We have no other report of DST in Wake Island, so omit this info for now. 20675d0e1406SMarcel Telka 20689047ba7fSDominik Hassler# See also the commentary for Micronesia. 20699047ba7fSDominik Hassler 20709047ba7fSDominik Hassler 20715d0e1406SMarcel Telka############################################################################### 20725d0e1406SMarcel Telka 20735d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The International Date Line 20745d0e1406SMarcel Telka 20755d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Gwillim Law (2000-01-03): 20765d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 20775d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The International Date Line is not defined by any international standard, 20785d0e1406SMarcel Telka# convention, or treaty. Mapmakers are free to draw it as they please. 20795d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Reputable mapmakers will simply ensure that every point of land appears on 20805d0e1406SMarcel Telka# the correct side of the IDL, according to the date legally observed there. 20815d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 20825d0e1406SMarcel Telka# When Kiribati adopted a uniform date in 1995, thereby moving the Phoenix and 20835d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Line Islands to the west side of the IDL (or, if you prefer, moving the IDL 20845d0e1406SMarcel Telka# to the east side of the Phoenix and Line Islands), I suppose that most 20855d0e1406SMarcel Telka# mapmakers redrew the IDL following the boundary of Kiribati. Even that line 20865d0e1406SMarcel Telka# has a rather arbitrary nature. The straight-line boundaries between Pacific 20875d0e1406SMarcel Telka# island nations that are shown on many maps are based on an international 20885d0e1406SMarcel Telka# convention, but are not legally binding national borders.... The date is 20895d0e1406SMarcel Telka# governed by the IDL; therefore, even on the high seas, there may be some 20905d0e1406SMarcel Telka# places as late as fourteen hours later than UTC. And, since the IDL is not 20915d0e1406SMarcel Telka# an international standard, there are some places on the high seas where the 20925d0e1406SMarcel Telka# correct date is ambiguous. 20935d0e1406SMarcel Telka 20945ee0bd13SYuri Pankov# From Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone> (2005-08-31): 20955d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Before 1920, all ships kept local apparent time on the high seas by setting 20965d0e1406SMarcel Telka# their clocks at night or at the morning sight so that, given the ship's 20975d0e1406SMarcel Telka# speed and direction, it would be 12 o'clock when the Sun crossed the ship's 20985d0e1406SMarcel Telka# meridian (12 o'clock = local apparent noon). During 1917, at the 20995d0e1406SMarcel Telka# Anglo-French Conference on Time-keeping at Sea, it was recommended that all 21005d0e1406SMarcel Telka# ships, both military and civilian, should adopt hourly standard time zones 21015d0e1406SMarcel Telka# on the high seas. Whenever a ship was within the territorial waters of any 21025d0e1406SMarcel Telka# nation it would use that nation's standard time. The captain was permitted 21035d0e1406SMarcel Telka# to change his ship's clocks at a time of his choice following his ship's 21045d0e1406SMarcel Telka# entry into another zone time - he often chose midnight. These zones were 21055d0e1406SMarcel Telka# adopted by all major fleets between 1920 and 1925 but not by many 21065d0e1406SMarcel Telka# independent merchant ships until World War II. 21075d0e1406SMarcel Telka 21085d0e1406SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert, using references suggested by Oscar van Vlijmen 21095d0e1406SMarcel Telka# (2005-03-20): 21105d0e1406SMarcel Telka# 21115d0e1406SMarcel Telka# The American Practical Navigator (2002) 21125d0e1406SMarcel Telka# http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/pubs/pubs_j_apn_sections.html?rid=187 21135d0e1406SMarcel Telka# talks only about the 180-degree meridian with respect to ships in 21145d0e1406SMarcel Telka# international waters; it ignores the international date line. 2115