🚀 go-pugleaf

Thanks for the information below Daniel, it and others like it have served to
confirm the accuracy (relative to my original post that is) of the files
being distributed by Arthur David Olson, which I believe may have made it
into 4.4BSD.

I am still interested in confirmations from others and am including the Olson
australasia file here for any final comments on it's rules.
At this stage I intend to submit something very close to it to the Engineering group
in the U.S. for inclusion in the OS.
Cheers
George Shepherd.	georges@Aus.Sun.COM
===========================================

In article 732252233@marsh, flint@cs.curtin.edu.au (Daniel Baldoni) writes:

In aus.sun-works you write:
>Hi all,
>	Here is the shell of something I hope to get integrated into Solaris
>	2.x however it needs some vetting and maybe other states than S.A.
>	need updating for 1992 and 1993.
>
>	Correcting input gratefully accepted, and acknowledged in the
>	file header. Hopefully we can get consensus and the header makes it
>	through into the OS intact. If not, it's fame and imortality lost to
>	chance.
>
> ... [stuff deleted] ...
>
>###############################################################################
>#  The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA..  [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]
>#						
>#
>#	W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to
>#	DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but
>#	usually defeated.
>#
># Zone	NAME			GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
>Zone	Australia/West		8:00	AW	%sST
># Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
>Rule	AW	1974	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
>Rule	AW	1975	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W
>Rule	AW	1983	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
>Rule	AW	1984	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W

There was a third instance of Daylight Saving over the summer of 91/92.
You might want to check the dates but I believe it was from Nov 17th 1991
to March 1st 1992.  I believe the times are as above (i.e. 2:00am start and
3:00am finish).

Other than that, well done!  It'll be good to see an updated TZ file
on most of the UNIX platforms.

-- 
		Daniel Baldoni

=================================================================
# @(#)australasia	7.13

# Notes are at the end of this file

###############################################################################

# Australia

# Zone	NAME			GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
Zone	Australia/North		9:30	-	CST

# Zone	NAME			GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
Zone	Australia/West		8:00	-	WST	1974 Oct lastSun 2:00
				8:00	1:00	WST	1975 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
				8:00	-	WST	1983 Oct lastSun 2:00
				8:00	1:00	WST	1984 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
				8:00	-	WST	1991 Nov 17 2:00
				8:00	1:00	WST	1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
				8:00	-	WST

# Zone	NAME			GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
Zone	Australia/Queensland	10:00	-	EST	1971 Oct lastSun 2:00
				10:00	1:00	EST	1972 Feb lastSun 3:00
				10:00	-	EST	1989 Oct lastSun 2:00
				10:00	1:00	EST	1990 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
				10:00	-	EST	1990 Oct lastSun 2:00
				10:00	1:00	EST	1991 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
				10:00	-	EST	1991 Oct lastSun 2:00
				10:00	1:00	EST	1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
				10:00	-	EST

# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
Rule	AS	1971	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
Rule	AS	1972	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
Rule	AS	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	-
Rule	AS	1990	max	even	Mar	Sun>=22	3:00	0	-
Rule	AS	1990	max	odd	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
# Zone	NAME		        GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
Zone	Australia/South		9:30	AS	CST

# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
Rule	AT	1967	only	-	Oct	1	2:00	1:00	-
Rule	AT	1968	only	-	Mar	31	3:00	0	-
Rule	AT	1968	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
Rule	AT	1969	1971	-	Mar	Sun>=8	3:00	0	-
Rule	AT	1972	only	-	Feb	27	3:00	0	-
Rule	AT	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
Rule	AT	1982	1983	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	-
Rule	AT	1984	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
Rule	AT	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00	1:00	-
Rule	AT	1987	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	-
Rule	AT	1987	only	-	Oct	25	2:00	1:00	-
Rule	AT	1988	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
Rule	AT	1991	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	-
Rule	AT	1991	max	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	-
# Zone	NAME		        GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
Zone	Australia/Tasmania	10:00	AT	EST

# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
Rule	AV	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
Rule	AV	1972	only	-	Feb	27	3:00	0	-
Rule	AV	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
Rule	AV	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	-
Rule	AV	1986	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	-
Rule	AV	1988	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
Rule	AV	1991	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
# Zone	NAME		        GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
Zone	Australia/Victoria	10:00	AV	EST

# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
Rule	AN	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
Rule	AN	1972	only	-	Feb	27	3:00	0	-
Rule	AN	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
Rule	AN	1982	only	-	Apr	4	3:00	0	-
Rule	AN	1983	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
Rule	AN	1986	only	-	Mar	16	3:00	0	-
Rule	AN	1986	only	-	Oct	19	2:00	1:00	-
Rule	AN	1987	only	-	Mar	15	3:00	0	-
Rule	AN	1987	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	-
# Rule	AN	1988	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
# Rule	AN	1989	only	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	-
Rule	AN	1988	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	- #
Rule	AN	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
# Zone	NAME			GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
Zone	Australia/NSW		10:00	AN	EST
Zone	Australia/Yancowinna	9:30	AN	CST
Zone	Australia/LHI		10:30	AN	???

Link	Australia/NSW	Australia/ACT	# Australian Capital Territory

###############################################################################

# New Zealand

# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
Rule	NZ	1974	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
# Rule	NZ	1989	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
Rule	NZ	1989	only	-	Oct	8	2:00	1:00	D #
Rule	NZ	1990	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D #
Rule	NZ	1975	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
Rule	NZ	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	S
# Zone	NAME			GMTOFF	RULES/SAVE	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
Zone	NZ			12:00	NZ		NZ%sT	# New Zealand
Zone	NZ-CHAT			12:45	-		NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island

###############################################################################

# NOTES

###############################################################################

# Australia

# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991):
# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time.
# It is called `summer' time.  Now by a happy coincidence, `summer'
# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the
# abbreviation does _not_ change...
# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least
# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the
# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses
# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight
# time'.
# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian
# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time'
# or `Eastern Summer Time'.  (Note, though, that as I say in the
# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.)  Announcers
# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases
# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times;
# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.

# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992):
# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is:
#	CST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30
#	WST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00
#	EST	for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00

# Australia/North

# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY..  [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
# #					[ Nov 1990 ]
# #	N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
# ...
# Zone	Australia/North		9:30	-	CST

# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving.

# Australia/West

# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# #  The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA..  [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]
# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
# #	W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to
# #	DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but
# #	usually defeated.
# ...
# Zone	Australia/West		8:00	AW	%sST
# ...
# Rule	AW	1974	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
# Rule	AW	1975	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W
# Rule	AW	1983	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
# Rule	AW	1984	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	W

# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving.

# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (November 2, 1991):
# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney
# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at
# work at 9.00am.)
# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse
# everybody again.

# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
# it matches what was used in the past.

# Australia/Queensland

# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# #   The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
# #						[ Dec 1990 ]
# ...
# Zone	Australia/Queensland	10:00	AQ	%sST
# ...
# Rule	AQ	1971	only	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
# Rule	AQ	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	E
# Rule	AQ	1989	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
# Rule	AQ	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E

# From Bradley White (December 24, 1989):
# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from
# October 1989).

# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...

# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991):
# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact
# end on Sunday, 3 March.  I don't know at what hour, though.  (It surprised
# me.)

# From Bradley White (March 8, 1992):
# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted
# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ...
# ...
# Rule	QLD	1989	1991	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
# Rule	QLD	1990	1992	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
# ...

# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.

# Australia/Tasmania, Australia/South, and Australia/Victoria

# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
# The rules from version 7.1 follow.
# There are lots of differences between these rules and
# the Shepherd et al. rules.  Since the Shepherd et al. rules
# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on
# current DST ending dates, no worries.
#
# 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	Australia/Tasmania	10:00	Oz	EST
# Zone	Australia/South		9:30	Oz	CST
# 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

# From Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct...
# that changed Oct 89.  That is, we're back to the
# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states
# that have dst, incl Qld.  (Certainly it was true in Vic).
# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think
# that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain.

# Australia/South

# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...

# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# #   The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ]
# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
# ...
# Zone	Australia/South		9:30	AS	%sST
# ...
# Rule	 AS	1971	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
# Rule	 AS	1972	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C
# Rule	 AS	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun<=21	3:00	0	C
# Rule	 AS	1991	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	C

# From Bradley White (March 11, 1992):
# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide
# contained the following exchange:  "Due to the Adelaide Festival,
# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks."

# From Robert Elz (March 13, 1992):
# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that)
# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even
# numbered year (from 1990).  That's when the Adelaide Festival
# is on...

# Australia/Tasmania

# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31...

# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# #  The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
# #					[ Nov 1990 ]
# ...
# Zone	Australia/Tasmania	10:00	AT	%sST
# ...
# Rule	AT	1967	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
# Rule	AT	1968	only	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	E
# Rule	AT	1968	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
# Rule	AT	1969	1971	-	Mar	Sun>=8	3:00	0	E
# Rule	AT	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	E
# Rule	AT	1973	1981	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E
# Rule	AT	1982	1983	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	E
# Rule	AT	1984	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E
# Rule	AT	1986	only	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	D
# Rule	AT	1987	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	E
# Rule	AT	1987	only	-	Oct	Sun>=22	2:00	1:00	D
# Rule	AT	1988	1990	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
# Rule	AT	1991	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
# Rule	AT	1991	max	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	E

# From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (October 10, 1991):
# My state Government in there eagerness to get a few more bucks for the
# tourist industry industry decided to change the daylight savings times
# yet again (we now have almost 6 months per year)...
# ...
# Rule  Oz      1986    1990    -       Oct     Sun<=24 2:00    1:00    -
# Rule  Oz      1991    max     -       Oct     Sun>=1  2:00    1:00    -
# ...
# Rule  Oz      1987    1990    -       Mar     Sun<=21 3:00    0       -
# Rule  Oz      1991    max     -       Mar     Sun<=31 3:00    0       -

# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (October 10, 1991):
# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have
# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia
# (but nothing new about that).

# Australia/Victoria

# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...

# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# #   The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
# #						[ Nov 1990 ]
# ...
# Zone	Australia/Victoria	10:00	AV	%sST
# ...
# Rule	AV	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
# Rule	AV	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	E
# Rule	AV	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E
# Rule	AV	1986	1990	-	Mar	Sun>=15	3:00	0	E
# Rule	AV	1986	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=15	2:00	1:00	D
# Rule	AV	1988	max	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
# Rule	AV	1991	max	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	E

# Australia/NSW

# From Arthur David Olson:
# 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...

# From Dave Davey (March 3, 1990):
# Rule	NSW	1988	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	-
# Rule	NSW	1989	only	-	Mar	Sun<=21	3:00	0	-

# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
# NSW...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...

# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# # The state of NEW SOUTH WALES.. [confirmed by Attorney General's Dept N.S.W]
# #					[ Dec 1990 ]
# ...
# Rule	 AN	1988	1989	-	Mar	Sun<=21	3:00	0	E
# ...

# From John Mackin (March 9, 1991)
# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the
# file Robert forwarded

# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988;
# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules.

# Australia/Yancowinna

# From John Basser (January 4, 1989):
# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna.

# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# # YANCOWINNA..  [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
# #					[ Dec 1990 ]
# ...
# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite it's location on the
# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings
# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government
# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have
# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not
# # presently available.
# Zone	Australia/Yancowinna	9:30	 AY	%sST
# ...
# Rule	 AY	1971	1985	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
# Rule	 AY	1972	only	-	Feb	lastSun	3:00	0	C
# [followed by other Rules]

# Australia/LHI

# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# LHI...		[ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ]
#					[ Dec 1990 ]
# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
# hour ahead of NSW time.

###############################################################################

# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1
# Elz says "no guarantees"

# From Mark Davies (October 3, 1990):
# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period.
# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for
# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start).
# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office.

# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
# # The Country of New Zealand
# #	[ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ]
# #				[ Nov 1990 ]
# ...
# Rule	NZ      1974    1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00	1:00	D
# Rule	NZ	1989	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
# Rule	NZ      1975    1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	3:00	0	S
# Rule	NZ	1990	max	-	Mar	lastSun	3:00	0	S
# ...
# Zone	NZ			12:00	NZ		NZ%sT	# New Zealand
# Zone	NZ-CHAT			12:45	-		NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island

# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
# rather than the October 1 value.