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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)australasia 7.54
+# @(#)australasia 7.55
# This file also includes Pacific islands.
# Notes are at the end of this file
@@ -151,11 +151,13 @@ Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb
Rule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 -
-Rule LH 1986 1991 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
+Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 0:30 -
-Rule LH 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 -
-Rule LH 1992 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
+Rule LH 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 -
+Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
+Rule LH 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 0:30 -
+Rule LH 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0:30 -
Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
10:00 - EST 1981 Mar
10:30 LH LHST
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
#
# Ashmore Is, Cartier
# no indigenous inhabitants; only seasonal caretakers
-# no information; probably like Australia/Perth
+# like Australia/Perth, says Turner
#
# Coral Sea Is
# no indigenous inhabitants; only meteorologists
@@ -173,10 +175,7 @@ Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
# Macquarie
# permanent occupation (scientific station) since 1948;
# sealing and penguin oil station operated 1888/1917
-# <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm">
-# The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ
-# </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Macquarie Island follows Tasmanian practice
-# irrespective of any local use of DST. This is unclear; ignore it for now.
+# like Australia/Hobart, says Turner
# Christmas
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -505,6 +504,10 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# Australia
+# <a href="http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html">
+# Australia's Daylight Saving Times
+# </a>, by Margaret Turner, summarizes daylight saving issues in Australia.
+
# From John Mackin (1991-03-06):
# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time.
# It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer'
@@ -843,11 +846,19 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
# hour ahead of NSW time.
-# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
-# For Lord Howe we use Shanks through 1991.
-# Lord Howe is part of NSW, so we'll guess it has used the same transition
-# times as NSW since 1991, even though Shanks writes that Lord Howe went
-# with Victoria when NSW and Victoria disagreed in 1982.
+# From James Lonergan, Secretary, Lord Howe Island Board (2000-01-27):
+# Lord Howe Island summer time in 2000/2001 will commence on the same
+# date as the rest of NSW (i.e. 2000-08-27). For your information the
+# Lord Howe Island Board (controlling authority for the Island) is
+# seeking the community's views on various options for summer time
+# arrangements on the Island, e.g. advance clocks by 1 full hour
+# instead of only 30 minutes. Dependant on the wishes of residents
+# the Board may approach the NSW government to change the existing
+# arrangements. The starting date for summer time on the Island will
+# however always coincide with the rest of NSW.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-31):
+# For Lord Howe we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter.
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