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@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@
Rule AW 2007 2008 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec
8:00 Aus AW%sT 1943 Jul
8:00 AW AW%sT
Zone Australia/Eucla 8:35:28 - LMT 1895 Dec
- 8:45 Aus ACW%sT 1943 Jul
- 8:45 AW ACW%sT
+ 8:45 Aus +0845/+0945 1943 Jul
+ 8:45 AW +0845/+0945
# Queensland
#
# From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01):
# I have heard or read more than once that some resort islands off the coast
@@ -233,11 +233,12 @@
Rule LH 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 S
Rule LH 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
Rule LH 2008 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 0:30 D
Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
10:00 - AEST 1981 Mar
- 10:30 LH LH%sT
+ 10:30 LH +1030/+1130 1985 Jul
+ 10:30 LH +1030/+11
# Australian miscellany
#
# Ashmore Is, Cartier
# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers
@@ -271,23 +272,23 @@
10:00 1:00 AEDT 1917 Feb
10:00 Aus AE%sT 1919 Apr 1 0:00s
0 - -00 1948 Mar 25
10:00 Aus AE%sT 1967
10:00 AT AE%sT 2010 Apr 4 3:00
- 11:00 - MIST # Macquarie I Standard Time
+ 11:00 - +11
# Christmas
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
- 7:00 - CXT # Christmas Island Time
+ 7:00 - +07
# Cocos (Keeling) Is
# These islands were ruled by the Ross family from about 1830 to 1978.
# We don't know when standard time was introduced; for now, we guess 1900.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Indian/Cocos 6:27:40 - LMT 1900
- 6:30 - CCT # Cocos Islands Time
+ 6:30 - +0630
# Fiji
# Milne gives 11:55:44 for Suva.
@@ -396,20 +397,20 @@
Rule Fiji 2014 only - Jan Sun>=18 2:00 0 -
Rule Fiji 2014 max - Nov Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 S
Rule Fiji 2015 max - Jan Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:55:44 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
- 12:00 Fiji FJ%sT # Fiji Time
+ 12:00 Fiji +12/+13
# French Polynesia
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea
- -9:00 - GAMT # Gambier Time
+ -9:00 - -09
Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct
- -9:30 - MART # Marquesas Time
+ -9:30 - -0930
Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete
- -10:00 - TAHT # Tahiti Time
+ -10:00 - -10
# Clipperton (near North America) is administered from French Polynesia;
# it is uninhabited.
# Guam
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -420,62 +421,62 @@
Link Pacific/Guam Pacific/Saipan # N Mariana Is
# Kiribati
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki
- 12:00 - GILT # Gilbert Is Time
+ 12:00 - +12
Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901
- -12:00 - PHOT 1979 Oct # Phoenix Is Time
- -11:00 - PHOT 1995
- 13:00 - PHOT
+ -12:00 - -12 1979 Oct
+ -11:00 - -11 1995
+ 13:00 - +13
Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901
- -10:40 - LINT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time
- -10:00 - LINT 1995
- 14:00 - LINT
+ -10:40 - -1040 1979 Oct
+ -10:00 - -10 1995
+ 14:00 - +14
# N Mariana Is
# See Pacific/Guam.
# Marshall Is
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901
- 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct # Marshall Islands Time
- 12:00 - MHT
+ 11:00 - +11 1969 Oct
+ 12:00 - +12
Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901
- 11:00 - MHT 1969 Oct
- -12:00 - KWAT 1993 Aug 20 # Kwajalein Time
- 12:00 - MHT
+ 11:00 - +11 1969 Oct
+ -12:00 - -12 1993 Aug 20
+ 12:00 - +12
# Micronesia
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Chuuk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901
- 10:00 - CHUT # Chuuk Time
+ 10:00 - +10
Zone Pacific/Pohnpei 10:32:52 - LMT 1901 # Kolonia
- 11:00 - PONT # Pohnpei Time
+ 11:00 - +11
Zone Pacific/Kosrae 10:51:56 - LMT 1901
- 11:00 - KOST 1969 Oct # Kosrae Time
- 12:00 - KOST 1999
- 11:00 - KOST
+ 11:00 - +11 1969 Oct
+ 12:00 - +12 1999
+ 11:00 - +11
# Nauru
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe
- 11:30 - NRT 1942 Mar 15 # Nauru Time
- 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15
- 11:30 - NRT 1979 May
- 12:00 - NRT
+ 11:30 - +1130 1942 Mar 15
+ 9:00 - +09 1944 Aug 15
+ 11:30 - +1130 1979 May
+ 12:00 - +12
# New Caledonia
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 -
Rule NC 1996 only - Dec 1 2:00s 1:00 S
# Shanks & Pottenger say the following was at 2:00; go with IATA.
Rule NC 1997 only - Mar 2 2:00s 0 -
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Nouméa
- 11:00 NC NC%sT
+ 11:00 NC +11/+12
###############################################################################
# New Zealand
@@ -512,12 +513,12 @@
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868 Nov 2
11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1946 Jan 1
12:00 NZ NZ%sT
Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:13:48 - LMT 1868 Nov 2
- 12:15 - CHAST 1946 Jan 1
- 12:45 Chatham CHA%sT
+ 12:15 - +1215 1946 Jan 1
+ 12:45 Chatham +1245/+1345
Link Pacific/Auckland Antarctica/McMurdo
# Auckland Is
# uninhabited; Māori and Moriori, colonial settlers, pastoralists, sealers,
@@ -535,42 +536,42 @@
Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HS
Rule Cook 1979 1991 - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
Rule Cook 1979 1990 - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HS
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua
- -10:30 - CKT 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is Time
- -10:00 Cook CK%sT
+ -10:30 - -1030 1978 Nov 12
+ -10:00 Cook -10/-0930
###############################################################################
# Niue
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi
- -11:20 - NUT 1951 # Niue Time
- -11:30 - NUT 1978 Oct 1
- -11:00 - NUT
+ -11:20 - -1120 1951
+ -11:30 - -1130 1978 Oct 1
+ -11:00 - -11
# Norfolk
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston
- 11:12 - NMT 1951 # Norfolk Mean Time
- 11:30 - NFT 1974 Oct 27 02:00 # Norfolk T.
- 11:30 1:00 NFST 1975 Mar 2 02:00
- 11:30 - NFT 2015 Oct 4 02:00
- 11:00 - NFT
+ 11:12 - +1112 1951
+ 11:30 - +1130 1974 Oct 27 02:00
+ 11:30 1:00 +1230 1975 Mar 2 02:00
+ 11:30 - +1130 2015 Oct 4 02:00
+ 11:00 - +11
# Palau (Belau)
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Palau 8:57:56 - LMT 1901 # Koror
- 9:00 - PWT # Palau Time
+ 9:00 - +09
# Papua New Guinea
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
9:48:32 - PMMT 1895 # Port Moresby Mean Time
- 10:00 - PGT # Papua New Guinea Time
+ 10:00 - +10
#
# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-13):
# Base the Bougainville entry on the Arawa-Kieta region, which appears to have
# the most people even though it was devastated in the Bougainville Civil War.
#
@@ -581,32 +582,30 @@
# according to the Pacific War Online Encyclopedia
# http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/B/o/Bougainville.htm
# and seem to have controlled it until their 1945-08-21 surrender.
#
# The Autonomous Region of Bougainville switched from UT +10 to +11
-# on 2014-12-28 at 02:00. They call +11 "Bougainville Standard Time";
-# abbreviate this as BST. See:
+# on 2014-12-28 at 02:00. They call +11 "Bougainville Standard Time".
+# See:
# http://www.bougainville24.com/bougainville-issues/bougainville-gets-own-timezone/
#
Zone Pacific/Bougainville 10:22:16 - LMT 1880
9:48:32 - PMMT 1895
- 10:00 - PGT 1942 Jul
- 9:00 - JST 1945 Aug 21
- 10:00 - PGT 2014 Dec 28 2:00
- 11:00 - BST
+ 10:00 - +10 1942 Jul
+ 9:00 - +09 1945 Aug 21
+ 10:00 - +10 2014 Dec 28 2:00
+ 11:00 - +11
# Pitcairn
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown
- -8:30 - PNT 1998 Apr 27 0:00
- -8:00 - PST # Pitcairn Standard Time
+ -8:30 - -0830 1998 Apr 27 0:00
+ -8:00 - -08
# American Samoa
Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago 12:37:12 - LMT 1879 Jul 5
-11:22:48 - LMT 1911
- -11:00 - NST 1967 Apr # N=Nome
- -11:00 - BST 1983 Nov 30 # B=Bering
-11:00 - SST # S=Samoa
Link Pacific/Pago_Pago Pacific/Midway # in US minor outlying islands
# Samoa (formerly and also known as Western Samoa)
@@ -683,21 +682,21 @@
Rule WS 2012 max - Apr Sun>=1 4:00 0 S
Rule WS 2012 max - Sep lastSun 3:00 1 D
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Apia 12:33:04 - LMT 1879 Jul 5
-11:26:56 - LMT 1911
- -11:30 - WSST 1950
- -11:00 WS S%sT 2011 Dec 29 24:00 # S=Samoa
- 13:00 WS WS%sT
+ -11:30 - -1130 1950
+ -11:00 WS -11/-10 2011 Dec 29 24:00
+ 13:00 WS +13/+14
# Solomon Is
# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara
- 11:00 - SBT # Solomon Is Time
+ 11:00 - +11
-# Tokelau Is
+# Tokelau
#
# From Gwillim Law (2011-12-29)
# A correspondent informed me that Tokelau, like Samoa, will be skipping
# December 31 this year ...
#
@@ -714,12 +713,12 @@
# was "11 hours slow on G.M.T." Go with Thorsen and assume Shanks & Pottenger
# are off by an hour starting in 1901.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901
- -11:00 - TKT 2011 Dec 30 # Tokelau Time
- 13:00 - TKT
+ -11:00 - -11 2011 Dec 30
+ 13:00 - +13
# Tonga
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Tonga 1999 only - Oct 7 2:00s 1:00 S
Rule Tonga 2000 only - Mar 19 2:00s 0 -
@@ -734,11 +733,11 @@
13:00 Tonga +13/+14
# Tuvalu
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901
- 12:00 - TVT # Tuvalu Time
+ 12:00 - +12
# US minor outlying islands
# Howland, Baker
@@ -758,14 +757,15 @@
# uninhabited thereafter.
# no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
# Johnston
#
-# From Paul Eggert (2014-03-11):
+# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-10):
# Sometimes Johnston kept Hawaii time, and sometimes it was an hour behind.
# Details are uncertain. We have no data for Johnston after 1970, so
-# treat it like Hawaii for now.
+# treat it like Hawaii for now. Since Johnston is now uninhabited,
+# its link to Pacific/Honolulu is in the 'backward' file.
#
# In his memoirs of June 6th to October 4, 1945
# <http://www.315bw.org/Herb_Bach.htm> (2005), Herbert C. Bach writes,
# "We started our letdown to Kwajalein Atoll and landed there at 5:00 AM
# Johnston time, 1:30 AM Kwajalein time." This was in June 1945, and
@@ -781,12 +781,10 @@
# Impact on the Environment", Los Alamos LA-6405, Oct 1976.
# http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/docs1/00322994.pdf
# See the table on page 4 where he lists GMT and local times for the tests; a
# footnote for the JI tests reads that local time is "JI time = Hawaii Time
# Minus One Hour".
-#
-# See 'northamerica' for Pacific/Johnston.
# Kingman
# uninhabited
# Midway
@@ -796,11 +794,11 @@
# uninhabited since World War II; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
# Wake
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901
- 12:00 - WAKT # Wake Time
+ 12:00 - +12
# Vanuatu
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 S
@@ -809,35 +807,35 @@
Rule Vanuatu 1985 1991 - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S
Rule Vanuatu 1992 1993 - Jan Sun>=23 0:00 0 -
Rule Vanuatu 1992 only - Oct Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila
- 11:00 Vanuatu VU%sT # Vanuatu Time
+ 11:00 Vanuatu +11/+12
# Wallis and Futuna
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
- 12:00 - WFT # Wallis & Futuna Time
+ 12:00 - +12
###############################################################################
# NOTES
# This file is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
# tz@iana.org for general use in the future). For more, please see
# the file CONTRIBUTING in the tz distribution.
-# From Paul Eggert (2014-10-31):
+# From Paul Eggert (2017-02-10):
#
# Unless otherwise specified, the source for data through 1990 is:
# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
# Unfortunately this book contains many errors and cites no sources.
#
-# Gwillim Law writes that a good source
-# for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
+# Many years ago Gwillim Law wrote that a good source
+# for time zone data was the International Air Transport
# Association's Standard Schedules Information Manual (IATA SSIM),
# published semiannually. Law sent in several helpful summaries
# of the IATA's data after 1990. Except where otherwise noted,
# IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
#
@@ -850,32 +848,23 @@
# http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774359
#
# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Philip Wilson Publishers (1997).
#
-# I invented the abbreviations marked '*' in the following table;
-# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
+# The following abbreviations are from other sources.
# Corrections are welcome!
# std dst
# LMT Local Mean Time
# 8:00 AWST AWDT Western Australia
-# 8:45 ACWST ACWDT Central Western Australia*
-# 9:00 JST Japan
# 9:30 ACST ACDT Central Australia
# 10:00 AEST AEDT Eastern Australia
+# 10:00 GST Guam through 2000
# 10:00 ChST Chamorro
-# 10:30 LHST LHDT Lord Howe*
-# 11:00 BST Bougainville*
# 11:30 NZMT NZST New Zealand through 1945
# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand 1946-present
-# 12:15 CHAST Chatham through 1945*
-# 12:45 CHAST CHADT Chatham 1946-present*
-# 13:00 WSST WSDT (western) Samoa 2011-present*
-# -11:30 WSST Western Samoa through 1950*
# -11:00 SST Samoa
# -10:00 HST Hawaii
-# - 8:00 PST Pitcairn*
#
# See the 'northamerica' file for Hawaii.
# See the 'southamerica' file for Easter I and the Galápagos Is.
###############################################################################
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