I have just modified our Australasia zoneinfo file to take account of changes in the NSW rule, and have incorporated changes distributed from Queensland and South Australia over the Australian news recently. I have also added code for Lord Howe Island (perhaps not in the most efficient manner possible). Lord Howe maintains GMT+10:30 when the New South Wales mainland is observing GMT+10:00. When the mainland moves to daylight saving time, it adopts the same time, namely GMT+11:00. So its "saving" is only 30 minutes. My complete file follows: # @(#)australasia 4.1+ (daved mods) # Incorporates updates for Australia from Robert Elz' australia 1.1 # and further updates from the Australian consulate. # Australian Data (for states with DST), standard rules # Includes shift in 1987 to follow Vic/NSW rules for ending DST, # and shift in 1986 to start DST earlier. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 - Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 - Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST # No DST here Zone Australia/West 8:00 - WST # No DST here Zone Australia/South 9:30 SA CST # The government seems to change things by regulation, not by changing the act. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule SA 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule SA 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule SA 1986 only - Mar 16 3:00 0 - Rule SA 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - Rule SA 1987 only - Mar 15 3:00 0 - Rule SA 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule SA 1988 only - Mar 20 3:00 0 - Rule SA 1989 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - # Victoria jumped to a later ending date for DST in 1986 rather than 1987. Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00 10:00 Oz EST # New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time. # Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz), # who notes: # In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the # individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time'' # [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common # use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the # legislation. This is very important to understand. # I have researched New South Wales time only. # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NSW 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule NSW 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1982 only - Apr 4 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1986 only - Mar 16 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 - Rule NSW 1987 only - Mar 15 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 - Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - Rule NSW 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/NSW 10:00 NSW EST Zone Australia/Broken-Hill 9:00 NSW ??? Zone Australia/Sturt 9:00 NSW ??? Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 NSW ??? # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule LHI 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - Rule LHI 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 - Rule LHI 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule LHI 1982 only - Apr 4 3:00 0 - Rule LHI 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule LHI 1986 only - Mar 16 3:00 0 - Rule LHI 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 0:30 - Rule LHI 1987 only - Mar 15 3:00 0 - Rule LHI 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 - Rule LHI 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Rule LHI 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 - Rule LHI 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 - Zone Australia/LHI 10:30 LHI ??? # Queensland introduced DST for a `trial' period of 1 year # Based on the Daylight Saving Act 1989, No. 78 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule QLD 1989 only - Oct 29 2:00 1:00 - Rule QLD 1990 only - Mar 4 2:00 0 - # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 QLD EST # New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1 # Elz says "no guarantees" # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NZ 1974 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D Rule NZ 1975 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand # # A footnote here: # # . . . # Date: Thu, j19 Feb 87 12:02:17 EST # From: Bradley White <seismo!k.cs.cmu.edu!bww> # . . . # I am including a description of Australian time zones. . . # this stuff is definitely accurate. # . . . # a) Australian Eastern Time: (EST = GMT+10:00, EDT = GMT+11:00) # . . . # Summer of 86/87 - present (current legislation): # third Sun Oct 02:00 EST -> third LSun Mar 02:00 EST # # If this turns out to be true, substitute Sun<=21 (third Sunday in October) # for Sun<=24 (next-to-last Sunday in October) above. . .some time before # October 1988, the first time it makes a difference. #