The first version (with explicit dates) follows the legislation more accurately. The legislation refers to explicit dates; this was a change from the original draft. Reference (including the Daylight Saving Bill (No. 2) 2006 and Explanatory Memorandum): http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/BillProgressPopup?openF... On 11/22/06, Robert Masters <RMasters@bunnings.com.au> wrote:

My take on the change. Comments? Which of the two is 'better'? -Rob

diff -r -u australasia.2006o australasia.2006p --- australasia.2006o 2006-11-13 14:16:27.000000000 +0800 +++ australasia.2006p 2006-11-22 09:14:06.000000000 +0800 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)australasia 8.3 +# @(#)australasia 8.4 # <pre>

# This file also includes Pacific islands. @@ -37,7 +37,14 @@ 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s - 8:00 - WST + 8:00 - WST 2006 Dec 3 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 2007 Mar lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 - WST 2007 Oct lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 2008 Mar lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 - WST 2008 Oct lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 2009 Mar lastSun 2:00s + 8:00 - WST + # Queensland # # From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01): @@ -764,6 +771,11 @@ # The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess; # it matches what was used in the past.

+# From Robert Masters (2006-11-22): +# WA will change on December 3rd to the last Sunday in March, and +# then from the last Sunday in October to the last Sunday in March +# for the next two years. Bill passed 21/11/2006 (!) + # <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm"> # The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ # </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses

-----Original Message----- From: tz-request@elsie.nci.nih.gov [mailto:tz-request@elsie.nci.nih.gov] On Behalf Of Erik van der Poel Sent: Wednesday, 22 November 2006 1:30 AM To: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Cc: TZ-list; Paul Eggert Subject: Re: Western Australia planning for Daylight Saving Timestarting1December 2006

It looks like they voted for daylight saving:

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,20795690-2761,00.html

http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54825721 200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf

I suppose there are a number of ways to write the new rules. Would this do?

diff -r -u ccc/australasia ddd/australasia --- ccc/australasia 2006-11-06 06:17:49.000000000 -0800 +++ ddd/australasia 2006-11-21 07:05:38.000000000 -0800 @@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s + 8:00 - WST 2006 Dec 3 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 2007 Mar 25 2:00s + 8:00 - WST 2007 Oct 28 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 2008 Mar 30 2:00s + 8:00 - WST 2008 Oct 26 2:00s + 8:00 1:00 WST 2009 Mar 29 2:00s 8:00 - WST # Queensland #

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Erik van der Poel

On 11/7/06, Jesper Norgaard Welen <jnorgard@prodigy.net.mx> wrote:

...

It seems that it *is* possible to dig up some fixed adresses (links to PDF files):

http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/62D4F7C55EA889934 82572110007316A/$File/Bill174-1.pdf

http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54 825721200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf

While I send it however the technology (Outlook? Email servers?) probably will break the long lines - I don't know how to avoid that. So you will have to patch the links when you receive them.

The first bill introduces a note that clarifies that when using 2:00am in the bill, it refers to 2:00am standard time, so the DST would run to 25 March 2007 3:00am (daylight saving time). But the second bill does not mention that, and states 2:00am both when entering and when

leaving DST.

...

A Queensland southwest bound University lecture was bombarded with hate mails when suggesting to introduce DST in a corner of Queensland, and according to her the most effective argument was not 'you are an idiot' but 'you have lived outside of Queensland, you are not a Queenslander ... (and) you don't deserve a say'

http://origin.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20722209-29277,0 0.html

Queensland is not likely to introduce DST legislation anytime soon, methinks ;-)

Regards, - Jesper

________________________________ From: Eric Ulevik [mailto:eulevik@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 7:31 AM To: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Western Australia planning for Daylight Saving Time starting 1 December 2006

The state of Western Australia is planning to adopt daylight saving time on a trial basis till 31 March 2009. This has not yet been passed by parliament but is supported by both major parties.

The initial period is 2am 1 December 2006 to 2am 25 March 2007.

Subsequent periods are 2am on last Sunday in October till 2am on last Sunday in March.

The Daylight Saving Bill 2006 can be found on http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/ . Unfortunately there is no fixed address.

Source: http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=145&ContentID=10997

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