On 6 November 2011 20:51, Eric Ulevik <eulevik@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Shaun Bouckaert <shaun.bouckaert@gmail.com> wrote: [snip]> http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/our-country/time [snip]> I believe that the abbreviations used on the federal government> website should be used. Time zones in Australia are legislated by acts of state governments, not the federal government. The acts mostly refer to "summer time" and "standard time".
Eg. South Australia: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/dsa1971165/
Regards,
Eric Ulevik
In the absence of any specific mention in the state legislation of an appropriate abbreviation, and considering the timezones and their abbreviations span multiple states, I see no reason why federal government documentation on the matter shouldn't be recognised, especially considering the only basis for the current system is a couple of AltaVista searches and the opinion of Australian's on the list at the time. Shaun Bouckaert