Western Australia planning for Daylight Saving Timestarting1D ecember 2006
Eric Ulevik
eulevik at gmail.com
Wed Nov 22 01:45:39 UTC 2006
The first version (with explicit dates) follows the legislation more
accurately. The legislation refers to explicit dates; this was a change from
the original draft.
Reference (including the Daylight Saving Bill (No. 2) 2006 and Explanatory
Memorandum):
http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/BillProgressPopup?openForm&ParentUNID=9A1B183144403DA54825721200088DF1
On 11/22/06, Robert Masters <RMasters at bunnings.com.au> wrote:
>
> My take on the change.
> Comments? Which of the two is 'better'?
> -Rob
>
> diff -r -u australasia.2006o australasia.2006p
> --- australasia.2006o 2006-11-13 14:16:27.000000000 +0800
> +++ australasia.2006p 2006-11-22 09:14:06.000000000 +0800
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -# @(#)australasia 8.3
> +# @(#)australasia 8.4
> # <pre>
>
> # This file also includes Pacific islands.
> @@ -37,7 +37,14 @@
> 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
> 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s
> 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
> - 8:00 - WST
> + 8:00 - WST 2006 Dec 3 2:00s
> + 8:00 1:00 WST 2007 Mar lastSun 2:00s
> + 8:00 - WST 2007 Oct lastSun 2:00s
> + 8:00 1:00 WST 2008 Mar lastSun 2:00s
> + 8:00 - WST 2008 Oct lastSun 2:00s
> + 8:00 1:00 WST 2009 Mar lastSun 2:00s
> + 8:00 - WST
> +
> # Queensland
> #
> # From Alex Livingston (1996-11-01):
> @@ -764,6 +771,11 @@
> # The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
> # it matches what was used in the past.
>
> +# From Robert Masters (2006-11-22):
> +# WA will change on December 3rd to the last Sunday in March, and
> +# then from the last Sunday in October to the last Sunday in March
> +# for the next two years. Bill passed 21/11/2006 (!)
> +
> # <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/faq/faqgen.htm">
> # The Australian Bureau of Meteorology FAQ
> # </a> (1999-09-27) writes that Giles Meteorological Station uses
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tz-request at elsie.nci.nih.gov [mailto:tz-request at elsie.nci.nih.gov]
> On
> Behalf Of Erik van der Poel
> Sent: Wednesday, 22 November 2006 1:30 AM
> To: tz at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
> Cc: TZ-list; Paul Eggert
> Subject: Re: Western Australia planning for Daylight Saving
> Timestarting1December 2006
>
> It looks like they voted for daylight saving:
>
> http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,20795690-2761,00.html
>
> http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54825721
> 200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf
>
> I suppose there are a number of ways to write the new rules. Would this
> do?
>
> diff -r -u ccc/australasia ddd/australasia
> --- ccc/australasia 2006-11-06 06:17:49.000000000 -0800
> +++ ddd/australasia 2006-11-21 07:05:38.000000000 -0800
> @@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
> 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
> 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00s
> 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 2:00s
> + 8:00 - WST 2006 Dec 3 2:00s
> + 8:00 1:00 WST 2007 Mar 25 2:00s
> + 8:00 - WST 2007 Oct 28 2:00s
> + 8:00 1:00 WST 2008 Mar 30 2:00s
> + 8:00 - WST 2008 Oct 26 2:00s
> + 8:00 1:00 WST 2009 Mar 29 2:00s
> 8:00 - WST
> # Queensland
> #
>
> -------------------------
>
> Erik van der Poel
>
> On 11/7/06, Jesper Norgaard Welen <jnorgard at prodigy.net.mx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > It seems that it *is* possible to dig up some fixed adresses (links to
> > PDF
> > files):
> >
> > http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/62D4F7C55EA889934
> > 82572110007316A/$File/Bill174-1.pdf
> >
> > http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/bills.nsf/9A1B183144403DA54
> > 825721200088DF1/$File/Bill175-1B.pdf
> >
> > While I send it however the technology (Outlook? Email servers?)
> > probably will break the long lines - I don't know how to avoid that.
> > So you will have to patch the links when you receive them.
> >
> > The first bill introduces a note that clarifies that when using 2:00am
> > in the bill, it refers to 2:00am standard time, so the DST would run
> > to 25 March 2007 3:00am (daylight saving time). But the second bill
> > does not mention that, and states 2:00am both when entering and when
> leaving DST.
> >
> > A Queensland southwest bound University lecture was bombarded with
> > hate mails when suggesting to introduce DST in a corner of Queensland,
> > and according to her the most effective argument was not 'you are an
> > idiot' but 'you have lived outside of Queensland, you are not a
> > Queenslander ... (and) you don't deserve a say'
> >
> > http://origin.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20722209-29277,0
> > 0.html
> >
> > Queensland is not likely to introduce DST legislation anytime soon,
> > methinks
> > ;-)
> >
> > Regards,
> > - Jesper
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Eric Ulevik [mailto:eulevik at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 7:31 AM
> > To: tz at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
> > Subject: Western Australia planning for Daylight Saving Time starting
> > 1 December 2006
> >
> >
> > The state of Western Australia is planning to adopt daylight saving
> > time on a trial basis till 31 March 2009. This has not yet been passed
> > by parliament but is supported by both major parties.
> >
> > The initial period is 2am 1 December 2006 to 2am 25 March 2007.
> >
> > Subsequent periods are 2am on last Sunday in October till 2am on last
> > Sunday in March.
> >
> > The Daylight Saving Bill 2006 can be found on
> > http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/ . Unfortunately there is no fixed
> > address.
> >
> > Source:
> > http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=145&ContentID=10997
> >
> >
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Regards,
Eric Ulevik
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