From: Johnson, Susan [mailto:Susan.Johnson@kronos.com] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 8:39
My Australian office tells me that it now looks like South Australia, NSW, ACT, Victoria, and Tasmania DST changes will occur the first Sunday in April 2008 - instead of the first Sunday in October 2007. All changes are permanent except for South Australia, which will undergo a 'trial' change.
Yes, that matches my understanding as well. Here are some changes that I plan to put into my next proposed set. These aren't "official" yet (as if anything in tz were "official" :-) but should give you a heads-up. --- australasia 2007/05/07 14:46:15 2007.6 +++ australasia 2007/07/23 23:23:07 @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Zone Australia/Lindeman 9:55:56 - LMT 1 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AS 1987 2007 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - @@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ Rule AS 1993 only - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1994 only - Mar Sun>=18 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 1995 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AS 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AS 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AS 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 9:00 - CST 1899 May @@ -121,7 +123,8 @@ Rule AT 1991 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 Rule AT 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AT 2001 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AT 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AT 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AT 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AT 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 @@ -145,9 +148,11 @@ Rule AV 1988 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1: Rule AV 1991 1994 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AV 1995 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AV 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AV 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AV 2001 2007 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AV 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AV 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AV 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AV 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AV 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 Aus EST 1971 @@ -166,9 +171,11 @@ Rule AN 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1: Rule AN 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - Rule AN 1996 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - Rule AN 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - -Rule AN 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - +Rule AN 2001 2007 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - Rule AN 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - -Rule AN 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AN 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - +Rule AN 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - +Rule AN 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 Aus EST 1971 @@ -191,9 +198,11 @@ Rule LH 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:3 Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 - Rule LH 1996 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - Rule LH 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00 0:30 - -Rule LH 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - +Rule LH 2001 2007 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - Rule LH 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - -Rule LH 2007 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - +Rule LH 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - +Rule LH 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 - +Rule LH 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0:30 - Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar 10:30 LH LHST