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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)australasia 7.61
+# @(#)australasia 7.63
# This file also includes Pacific islands.
# Notes are at the end of this file
@@ -151,16 +151,16 @@ Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb
# Lord Howe Island
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
-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 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
-Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00s 0:30 -
-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 -
+Rule LH 1981 1984 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
+Rule LH 1982 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
+Rule LH 1985 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 -
+Rule LH 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 -
+Rule LH 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 0:30 -
+Rule LH 1987 1999 - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 -
+Rule LH 1990 1995 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 -
+Rule LH 1996 max - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 -
+Rule LH 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00 0:30 -
+Rule LH 2001 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 0:30 -
Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
10:00 - EST 1981 Mar
10:30 LH LHST
@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete
# Guam
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana
- 10:00 - GST
+ 10:00 - GST 2000 Dec 23 # Guam
+ 10:00 - ChST # Chamorro Standard Time
# Kiribati
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -242,7 +243,8 @@ Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Pacific/Saipan 9:43:00 - LMT 1901
9:00 - MPT 1969 Oct # N Mariana Is Time
- 10:00 - MPT
+ 10:00 - MPT 2000 Dec 23
+ 10:00 - ChST # Chamorro Standard Time
# Marshall Is
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
@@ -494,7 +496,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# 9:00 JST Japan
# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia
# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia
-# 10:00 GST Guam
+# 10:00 ChST Chamorro
# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe*
# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand
# 12:45 CHAST CHADT Chatham*
@@ -546,11 +548,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# For now we'll continue to assume 2:00s for changes since 1960.
# From Eric Ulevik <eau@zip.com.au> (1998-01-05):
-#
+#
# Here are some URLs to Australian time legislation. These URLs are stable,
# and should probably be included in the data file. There are probably more
# relevant entries in this database.
-#
+#
# NSW (including LHI and Broken Hill):
# <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/index.html">
# Standard Time Act 1987 (updated 1995-04-04)
@@ -813,7 +815,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# ``Look you've got to remember in my family when this came up last time
# I voted for it, my wife voted against it and she said to me it's all very
# well for you, you don't have to worry about getting the children out of
-# bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night.
+# bed, getting them to school, getting them to sleep at night.
# I've been through all this argument domestically...my wife rules.''
#
# Broken Hill will stick with South Australian time in 2000. See:
@@ -876,8 +878,9 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# shown on clocks on LHI. I guess this means that for 30 minutes at the start
# of DST, LHI is actually 1 hour ahead of the rest of NSW.
-# From Paul Eggert (2000-10-25):
-# For Lord Howe we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter,
+# From Paul Eggert (2001-02-09):
+# For Lord Howe dates we use Shanks through 1989, and Lonergan thereafter.
+# For times we use Lonergan.
###############################################################################
@@ -931,7 +934,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# From Rives McDow (1998-10-08):
# Fiji will introduce DST effective 0200 local time, 1998-11-01
-# until 0300 local time 1999-02-28. Each year the DST period will
+# until 0300 local time 1999-02-28. Each year the DST period will
# be from the first Sunday in November until the last Sunday in February.
# From Paul Eggert (2000-01-08):
@@ -976,6 +979,11 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time.
# Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila.
+# US Public Law 106-564 (2000-12-23) made UTC+10 the official standard time,
+# under the name "Chamorro Standard Time". There is no official abbreviation,
+# but Congressman Robert A. Underwood, author of the bill that became law,
+# wrote in a press release (2000-12-27) that he will seek the use of "ChST".
+
# Micronesia
@@ -1072,12 +1080,12 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# From Steffen Thorsen [straen@thorsen.priv.no] (1999-09-09):
# * Tonga will introduce DST in November
-#
+#
# I was given this link by John Letts <johnletts@earthlink.net>:
# <a hef="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm">
# http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_424000/424764.stm
# </a>
-#
+#
# I have not been able to find exact dates for the transition in November
# yet. By reading this article it seems like Fiji will be 14 hours ahead
# of UTC as well, but as far as I know Fiji will only be 13 hours ahead
@@ -1087,10 +1095,10 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# According to <a href="http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html>
# http://www.tongaonline.com/news/sept1799.html
# </a>:
-# "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000
-# and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the
-# third Saturday of April. Under the system approved by Privy Council on
-# Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and
+# "Daylight Savings Time will take effect on Oct. 2 through April 15, 2000
+# and annually thereafter from the first Saturday in October through the
+# third Saturday of April. Under the system approved by Privy Council on
+# Sept. 10, clocks must be turned ahead one hour on the opening day and
# set back an hour on the closing date."
# Alas, no indication of the time of day.
@@ -1114,7 +1122,7 @@ Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
# The International Date Line
# From Gwillim Law (2000-01-03):
-#
+#
# The International Date Line is not defined by any international standard,
# convention, or treaty. Mapmakers are free to draw it as they please.
# Reputable mapmakers will simply ensure that every point of land appears on