Australian daylight savings time [forwarded with permission]
Arthur David Olson
ado
Mon Apr 11 14:48:03 UTC 1994
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> Subject: Australian daylight savings time
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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
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