Australian daylight savings time [forwarded with permission]

[Arthur David Olson]

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> Subject: Australian daylight savings time 
> Date: Fri, 08 Apr 94 14:34:56 -0400
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> Arthur,
> 
> I am tracking down a problem reported by a customer. He indicates that the 
> zoneinfo for South Australia is off by one week.
> 
> I have no idea if he is correct or not but I assume he is if he lives there. Is there there a way to check this officially 
> and if it is wrong I would like to see the change made in the right places. The 
> file contains the following rule:
> 
>       Rule  AS      1990    max     even    Mar     Sun>=22 3:00    0       -
> 
> He has suggested the rule be changed to:
> 
>       Rule  AS      1990    max     even    Mar     Sun>=15 3:00    0       -
> 
> Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> John Connolly